TIL thanks.

What’s the difference?

Anyone that expected the current British government to do anything a government is meant to do… Well… Let me introduce you to the past 14 years of disappointment.

The trouble is the upfront capital though, but at the same time another publisher would surely bite at the thought of getting a talented studio’s staff in one go?

I mean, yeah… There’s no such thing as being an ethical billionaire.

If reviews don’t flip back to positive in response (seeing as they only went negative in anticipation of this policy being enforced), then we have no way of indicating our dissatisfaction next time Sony do something undesirable.

I get that it’s not necessarily simple, however… Firstly, surely streaming companies could push for a standard formatting to make their lives easier. And second, why does a track that was previously explicit suddenly start playing as the clean version one day? Why is the data for it continually being changed?

Oh my God, thank you for the confirmation.

But I don’t understand - it’s inconsistent. Some stuff will be censored and others won’t be?

Sorry, you’re quite right - I misread it to begin with.

This paper suggests you’re spot on that they’re not as profitable as other large companies, but they’re still making an awful lot of money on top of the necessary costs.

Great explanation (including the pre-edit bit ha) - thank you!

When you say the cypher puzzle wouldn’t be much fun - why not? Surely you could have a set of puzzles through the game that each yield a keyword (seemingly plot relevant, but still pretty random when combined with the others) and the player has to combine all of them via clues in game in the correct order to yield the correct key. That doesn’t sound unfun on the surface?

I apologise as I know next to nothing about how this all works - so ELI5 please:

Based on what you explained here, could the game designed in theory put those 256 bits of key into 256 puzzles - with several hundred more puzzle pieces being red herrings?

But were you making the point the data miner could just then target the thing that accepts those puzzle pieces and reads the key from them?

Except as highlighted, if the drug didn’t make a return on investment it wouldn’t be made. That can be true for government funded research, it’s not necessary to have a profit margin on top.

Based on my tumbles with the apex predator that is my wife, yes - we tall people are very vulnerable to attack.

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No I have not. Is that a North American thing?

Shh, I have successfully distracted the masses.

I’m really sad I missed the chance to get a Steam Controller.

We’re snack siblings now.