Quoting: Purple Library Guy[Excellent wall of text.]

There's not much to add, but I'll do it anyway. A sort of "TL;DR", although not reading that post would be a shame:

Judging a person by their actions is fine, and is not discrimination. So even if you buy into the ridiculous idea that corporations are people and should be treated with the same respect, you are definitely allowed (if not morally compelled) to judge them by their actions and act upon them. Usually "act" means "speak out and boycott", but it can also mean things like "report to the authorities" if you suspect their actions to be downright illegal.

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Quoting: scaineI reckon this game is too cute to be called "distopian" :D

Absolutely beautiful graphics though. I'm not sure a point-n-click is my thing anymore, but I'm still tempted to pick this up!

The style is cute and there's plenty of humour to keep things from getting too oppressive, but the setting and the story justify that adjective. It's definitely not a future you'd want to live in.

As a backer and a beta-tester, I'd say that if you ever enjoyed old-school adventure games, you should definitely give this one a go. In a month when it finally comes out I mean. :)

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Quoting: Mountain ManAs for mask use, there is actually no good evidence that it can stop or even slow the spread of influenza like the Chinese coronavirus.

Plenty of studies that show that masks have a significant effect if used correctly. Here's one [External Link] I read recently. They don't stop the spread completely, but they are useful. Good thing wearing masks isn't much of a problem for most of us.

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Quoting: tuubi

Quoting: Mountain Manthe Chinese coronavirus

Parroting this xenophobic name invented by American right-wing politicians really underlines your ignorance.

The term "Chinese coronavirus" is no more xenophobic than any other common term for illnesses based on their point of origin like Spanish flu, West Nile virus, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Middle East respiratory syndrome, Zika fever, German measles, Ebola, and dozens more.

Then why is this term never used by anyone in the medical professions? Or the media, unless they're pushing a certain brand of politics and trying to make a point? This can't be said about any of the other names you mentioned.

Of course you can call it the Chinese virus if you want, but that will result in some of us taking you less seriously.

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Quoting: GuestIf you "agree to receive marketing" email spam, yes.

Yes, which also amounts to signing up for an account. So, if you want to use GOG, then you are signing up for their promotional emails anyway. They don't spam you terribly badly. A few emails a month about sales, usually.

You can customize your subscriptions or opt out completely in your account settings.

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Quoting: tuubiNo, it's still the previous version. I guess it might be GOG's famously slow QA process delaying the release.

Well, CDPR has to make sure that everything that gets released on their platform is free of bugs. That takes its time. Does anybody know when they will release Cyberpunk on GOG? ;)

QA for you, not for me. :wink:

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Quoting: spjoeThe GOG version is not updated yet :sad: Is there any info when ConcernedApe will update it?

Edit I only see version "Stardew Valley 1.4.5.433754439 556 MB" Or is this version 1.5?

No, it's still the previous version. I guess it might be GOG's famously slow QA process delaying the release.

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Quoting: elmapulits a waste of effort that could be used to improve something more important (like wine) instead...

We're talking about volunteers in an open source project. It's not a zero-sum game. People work on what they want to work on unless someone pays them to work on something else. And that's how it's supposed to be.

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Quoting: Purple Library Guythe world has seen the US look like an unreliable basket case and fail to lead while it sees China take care of business and pay significantly more attention to helping elsewhere in the world.

I'm sure you're right about the plummeting opinion of the US around the world, but you might be mistaken if you think this has polished the world's opinion on China. We haven't suddenly forgotten about their totalitarian government, their human rights abuses and their expansionist ambitions. As you said, they got the virus under some resemblance of control quicker than some other countries, but that doesn't earn them much goodwill.

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Quoting: ghiumaIt has nothing to do with the discussion, do you recommend a PC controller for Linux? I have a Nacon gc 200 wl and it often disconnects by itself, I also have a ps5 controller but it still doesn't work with all Steam games ... help !!!

You're right that this is the wrong place for an unrelated question, but start a new thread in the forums and I'll be happy to give you my recommendation.

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Quoting: DorritIf governments hadn't intervened and hospitals and doctors were free to work with patients this would have been solved by now and without the need for vaccines because there are therapies effective enough.

Most medical scientists and professionals would agree with you that certain governments have done more harm than good. But they wouldn't be blaming the governments that actually listened to their advice and worked with them to limit the spread.

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