Ethalis

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 6 months ago (1 children)

To be fair this piece was written by a contributor unaffiliated to the journal

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It should also be noted that a directive isn't an "EU Law", since it cannot be enforced directly (as opposed to a EU regulation such as the GDPR). It's basically a framework that all EU member states have agreed they would each pass as a Law in their own jurisdiction (which explains the first quote in the article beginning by "Member States shall ensure ...").

Since eprivacy is "just" a directive, each member state has since passed their own implementing Law that have the same basis but can vary in their specifics, so rules on tracking and cookies aren't the exact same in each member state.

[–] [email protected] 71 points 8 months ago

Selling only DRM-free games has always be GOG's whole thing (well, that and selling oldies compatible with modern OS), it's weird that this meme specifically would be considered "aknowledging piracy"

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago

It's very reminiscent of the Paris commune, where Parisian pre-marxist socialists were killed almost to the last by the french army after they'd built a short-lived commune. It was basically the end of the Proudhonist idea of socialism (no gods, no masters), which provided space for Marxism to take over in France and particularly in Paris.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Agreed, Big Tech's quest for UX and frictionless Interfaces has lead to a generation of people who vastly overestimate their tech savviness and are basically only great at navigating walled gardens made specifically to be easy to use.

It's not really their fault though: in addition to frontends becoming ever easier to use, backends are also becoming increasingly complex. 20 years ago you could learn a bit of HTML and CSS and throw a decent website together, but nowadays you need to master tons of other skills (graphical design, scripting, etc.) to make even so much as a web page that won't scare people away immediately. It's hard to get interested in this stuff when the barrier of entry is getting higher and higher, while tons of GAFAM-made alternative are already available for "free"

[–] [email protected] 82 points 10 months ago

From context, Behind The Scenes I guess

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Or do compare yourself to others and use that as motivation to get better. I started HEMA a few months ago and still suck at it, but training and sparring with people that are way better than me is what is giving me purpose as I keep thinking "Wow I can't wait to get as good as them!"

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

FYI, tracking based on legitimate interest can be rejected, it just isn't by default. If you click on "reject all" both tracking based on consent and tracking based on legitimate interests are rejected (at least if Microsoft wants to be in compliance with EU rules on tracking).

The only trackers that can be used even if you click on "reject all" are those that are used exclusively for technical purposes and some very light analytics

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Honestly the endgame was pretty fun as well on face value if a bit barren, it's the midgame that was super disappointing to me. Overall it's a decent game imo, it just set expectations way too high and couldn't deliver

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hate this so much

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Salut, j'ai partagé ton post aux modérateurs de jlai.lu, la cavalerie devrait arriver

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