I have zero doubt that the people actually leaving Discord will be a rounding error, and the vast majority of users will continue using it. If people had a spine, our word wouldn't be the place it is.

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Quoting: Liam DaweIt doesn't really matter what alternatives there are - anything chat / social media will end up having to use these types of controls. Otherwise, they will end up getting blocked by various governments.

Yes. Politicians wanted to end anonymity on the internet since it became a thing, because they hate it when they can't control or see what their subjectscitizens do. The "there is too much crime on the internet" argument didn't work at first, so it's now "for the children!!!!"

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Video selfies for facial age estimation never leave a user’s device.
Identity documents submitted to our vendor partners are deleted quickly— in most cases, immediately after age confirmation.

In other words: Trust me, bro!!! It's so laughable how corporations always go ahead and tell people you can trust them, when there are entire libraries filled with examples why you can't.

Also, "in most cases", makes me laugh really hard. I'd love to hear their excuse why the materials would EVER remain in their hands after completion of the process.

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Quoting: kaimanImproving on the Civilization formula is really not that simple. Change it too much and people complain it's no longer Civilization. Change it too little and people see no reason to upgrade from the previous installment.

That's, in short, what's wrong with today's AAA gaming segment. They constantly fix what's not broken, just to get an excuse to release full-price updates of existing games.

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Quoting: apocalyptechRight, but as I said earlier: a banner image on a site is just the tip of the iceberg. Their recent job posting for a Senior Software Dev required active use of AI Tools and internal advocacy to increase adoption of AI Tools across the whole organization.

Not sure if you are working in the industry, but mandated AI tool use is pretty much the norm now.

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Quoting: LachuMaybe devs will release server software, when shutting down own?

That would be great, but I think the ask can be even less. Literally all they need to do is not get in the way of people reverse engineering and building their own servers.

That's not nearly enough. Not even close. There are a lot more server-dependent games around than people having enough time at their hand to pick their server software apart.

The mandate should be for them to release the tools and related documentation required for players to keep the game in a runnable state, without forcing the devs to provide any further updates after that. If the server uses middleware that cannot be released for legal reasons, and/or uses cloud servers, I'd let them pick if they want to patch the servers to make them runnable, or release source code, so the community can do it.

But hey, that's just what should be done. I have ZERO faith in any lawmakers on the planet to introduce "business unfriendly" legislation, unless people start dying left and left. And that won't be the case here, so...

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Quoting: wit_as_a_riddleI'm sure there were people complaining about the jobs of sled makers when the wheel was invented - ultimately fruitless.

There were math teachers protesting against introducing the newly invented calculators in school classes, because apparently not doing math with paper and pencil makes you dumb.

I am the last person to adopt every change without questioning it, and not every change is progress. But I will never understand their desire to fight literally ANY change, until they have no other choice left.

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Quoting: KimyrielleMy feelings on that are clear: As long as people find it acceptable to use AI for coding (and they seem to), it must be okay to use it for everything else, too.

The biggest difference with coding is that AI is rarely used to generate the end product. It's used for snippets or a starting point and then people iterate on it.

The code is in the end product, too. And we have moved past snippets a while ago. Yes, you have to review AI generated code. You have to do the same with AI generated art.

People try to find any imaginable way rationalize why they defend artists against AI, but not coders. But in the end, it's the same thing, no matter how hard people to try to argue it's not.

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My feelings on that are clear: As long as people find it acceptable to use AI for coding (and they seem to), it must be okay to use it for everything else, too.

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Quoting: GoEsrI wish they didn't make DX12 the default on Windows, that's exactly what developers are going to use and target for performance. 😫

It is a funny way to promote the use of open standards, really. By all means, provide that rendering path for those who absolutely insist on it, but leave Vulkan the default.

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