ReallyActuallyFrankenstein

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein, miesiąc temu

Yes, I didn’t and still don’t understand why they didn’t make the joycon buttons and “d-pad” more comfortable. It’s Nintendo’s least comfortable controller and it’s the biggest reason I hate using the Switch portable mode.

Everyone’s saying it’s old here - the Game Boy was more comfortable to hold and had better buttons. It’s not about age.

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein, 2 miesiące temu

I am near the totality line, but stressing over this problem resulted in me giving up planning to see it.

Seeing the eclipse directly would be cool, sure, but it will certainly be photographed extensively. I feel like permanently damaging my vision is way too likely buying something off of Amazon, and I don’t have a clue where else I can find them.

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein, 2 miesiące temu

Thank you, yes…I’ll probably do the pinhole camera I suppose. I won’t be quite in totality, so definitely don’t want to risk it without protection. But I might try Lowes, from BeardedBlaze’s recommendation, since I assume there’s accountability in their distribution chain.

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein, 2 miesiące temu

Thank you, where did you find them? Is there a display, or was it in a certain section?

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein, 3 miesiące temu

WB: Hey, I hear this is where we get the money printers?

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein, 3 miesiące temu

The main link is to the motion paper. This is the link to the actual agreed-upon final judgment and injunction:

…courtlistener.com/…/gov.uscourts.rid.56980.10.1.…

In short, Yuzu agreed to stop developing and distributing the emulator, cannot distribute source code, assign it to a new entity, encourage any IP violations, and must surrender their domain.

The findings also include admissions that the purpose of the Yuzu software was “primarily” designed to circumvent technical measures in violation of the DMCA.

So it appears Yuzu didn’t “win” in any real sense. Nintendo got a chilling amount of damages, effectively their full injunction, and also some agreed-upon “findings of fact” that may serve Nintendo in future litigation to justify claims that emulators are “primarily” designed to circumvent technical measures and circumvent the DMCA.

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein, 3 miesiące temu

Presumably forks remain public on Github at their own risk, but Nintendo may shift to a DMCA removal policy now that are about to have a judgment.

The judgment has two sections, one for people who have “privity” and more direct relationships with Tropic Haze, and another for “all third parties acting in active concert and participation with” Tropic Haze. The latter enjoins only sharing code and decryption keys. So it certainly sounds like this was drafted to capture, in the Court’s order, people who don’t have a relationship but are code-forking.

Nintendo doesn’t have nearly as clean legal leverage for randos and individuals that don’t have a company built around this emulator, but I actually predict they’ll do GitHub DMCA removals on forks based on a broad reading of the injunction.

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein, 3 miesiące temu

Yes, if you were to argue it later in court, you would argue that technically it was a judgment to enter the stipulation and dismiss. And the court may strike the “Judgment” wording in the proposed order. But Nintendo presumably wrote it as a “Judgment” knowing the value that such a designation has.

Further, most stipulated settlements don’t include substantive findings of fact, and again, Nintendo drafted that section explicitly to blur the line between a court’s finding of facts and mere approved stipulated findings of fact. With this order on the books, it will be up to the next case’s defendant to later argue that it wasn’t equivalent to any other trial findings of fact and order.

Yes, it doesn’t technically create precedent as a trial-tested findings of fact by the Court, but a competent litigation attorney would argue that it is probative of the factual issue and fudge the wording in a brief well enough to argue effectively the same.

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein, 3 miesiące temu

It’s a good point. Honestly, unless everyone in a company is extremely careful, non-lawyers will say very incriminating crap at some point. I think Grokster (the vicarious infringement case Nintendo was probably going to rely on) had quite a bit of that.

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein, 3 miesiące temu (edited 3 miesiące temu)

DMCA § 1201 is the anti-circumvention clause. It makes it illegal to circumvent DRM, no copyrighted content reproduction needed.

Yuzu may have defenses if they clean-room broke the encryption, but it’s a fight that will be difficult because the statute itself is unreasonable - essentially outlawing using knowledge to circumvent access controls. To those of us who know about this statute and its history in attempt to lock-down content, it’s a serious scumbag move because they may actually win. The statute is terrible and has been since it was enacted in 1998.

They also seem to be asserting a secondary liability argument - i.e., the infringement of users is Yuzu’s responsibility because Yuzu allegedly facilitated piracy, or recklessly moved forwarded when it knew or had reason to know it would be used as such. This is harder to prove.

Even if Nintendo doesn’t win the suit (but they may win it), they already “won” by filing because this will have a chilling effect on legitimate emulation.

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein, 4 miesiące temu

How is nobody talking about this, from the article?

It was also referenced that this will be the case for Jet Set Radio, which will also receive a remake of its own before securing a live service reboot. In an exclusive reveal, Midori claimed that the reboot will feature ‘shooting elements’ and will be like Fortnite in its design. It’ll reportedly feature an open-world ‘concept’ with a solid focus on exploration as an all-new story unravels.

So Jet Set Radio is going to get the same treatment? Wow. It’s hard to imagine my excitement for either game being killed so efficiently and instantly. Those MBAs sure got it all figured out.

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein, 4 miesiące temu

That’s good to know. I haven’t felt the grind yet (level 20) but maybe level 40-something is where the devs’ early access content plateaued.

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein, 4 miesiące temu

Oh, crazy on the raiding - I had a few low-level monsters raid, but fought them off pretty easily. Those monsters would kill me instantly. Not surprised if raid balancing is another bug, though.

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein, 5 miesięcy temu

I play some Xbox SEX but I bought a PS5 on a whim when I had a (then-)rare chance in 2022, and it’s still unopened in my closet.

I just assumed it’s because I’m busy and wished I had more time. But now that you mention it, not a lot of must-play games. Even Elden Ring on Xbox, I could’ve played on PC just fine.

When the new FF7 remaster episode comes out I’ll probably set it up then.

Steam Deck is the MVP of this Gen, for sure.

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein, 6 miesięcy temu

I’m not aware - Reddit is blocking posts about it?

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein, 7 miesięcy temu

My Steam Deck is pretty much a Vampire Survivors machine.

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein, 8 miesięcy temu

Is it just me or is this sale a little underwhelming? Cyberpunk 2077 is a good test case - it is only 40% off. Not terrible but it has been 50% off many times in the past.

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein, 9 miesięcy temu

Interesting, but FileCR is on the list of sites it pulls from.

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein, 10 miesięcy temu

It’s amazing how addictive VS is without being predatory or manipulative. The feedback loop to play one more game is solid, in the best way.

So it’s just refreshing that Galante actually has principles enough to stay away from micro transactions. I hope we’re at the point where more developers move away from that - I feel like after the 2000s and 2010s, where game monetization went full nihilistic capitalism, we’re all ready for a change.

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein, 11 miesięcy temu

I love mine but really want the image filters in OpenFPGA cores so I can ditch lugging around carts.