FDE? Maybe Coyote Brown depending on saturation/contrast?

Well there’s a couple factors at play:

• Some disgruntled people who are just frustrated with the current ecosystem of software/media gouging (Piracy of Nintendo and Sony ROMs are the first thing that come to mind, along with things like Adobe product cracks). Slogans would be things like “If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing”, and “It’s always morally correct to pirate Nintendo games”.
• Places that ignore Western/International copyright law and don’t seriously prosecute their citizens, who are then able to host databases where anyone can download/stream from, with income from ads and donations (Basically China/Russia, and some countries outside like Brazil)
• Places where the price of purchasing legitimate media is just so insanely high (compared to average income) that having an online distribution network hosted no matter the risk would be the most accessible option (most notably Brazil with their high af import taxes, along with other LATAM nations). This is even seen in places that have no distribution officially period, such as Cuba’s “paquete” (Literal HDDs and flash drives being smuggled with foreign data through informal networks)
• “Software Cracker”/“Aaron Swartz” ideologists who believe information should be free and accessible to anyone, no matter what and who pride themselves on releasing protected media not out of financial gain or hatred for the publisher, but for online street cred and to “Democratize” information. This is most notable through shadow libraries like Anna’s Archive.

There are probably other cases I have not mentioned, but these are the big ones.

Laughs in DDG and Wikipedia

Well hey, that’s why I report any I see to the moderators :D

(And unlike corporate platforms they’ll actually parse it lol)

Midnight Riders - All I want for Christmas is to kick your ass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTZc3z21YVU

I wonder how economical it would be to do a homemade EV conversion once my car’s engine is no longer feasible to maintain.

Knowing that maybe I brightened someone’s day on the internet :)

Damn. I usually got around that by having people send things to me to fix at my workbench, and then I mail them back.

“Sometimes, I dream about cheese…”

I plan on getting TF2ENGR on mine some day

I don’t think the admins mind, so you can just leave the post here. For future reference, head to somewhere like the steam, steamdeck, or steamdeck piracy communities.

I don’t think it really goes here, but here’s my advice lol:

Unless you really need steam hardware (the steam deck is amazing for commuters, for example), you probably don’t need to buy it. That being said, they are fun to use, so feel free if you’d like to.

You can also get some games that are difficult to play pirated during a steam sale (mainly live service games, I believe). Just wishlist and wait.

5 eyes originally, 14 eyes effectively through bilateral agreements.

Relevant Wikipedia section of the 5 eyes article

They’re probably operating out of a country where they are legally untouchable for copyright infringement. Or for that matter, just not in a 14 eyes country.

My comment was referring to the fact that it is difficult if not impossible for governments to restrict a civilian’s access to effective lethal weapons. Legally, a government does maintain a monopoly on violence, and they can attempt to continue restricting the civilian’s access, but the continued development of technology is eroding the barrier of entry for effective weapons.

I understand it’s not a department or office lol, what I’m saying is any average joe now has the ability to download a single file off the internet and assemble a functional, reliable firearm with no prior experience. Or manufacture effective fragmentation IEDs. Or 3D print a lethal drone that can be controlled with a phone or a portable game console. With those developments, no population can be fully or effectively disarmed - so governments must accept that the population can be armed regardless of their wishes, and can disrupt the monopoly at any time.

It’s gotten better thanks to the softmods coming out lately like BadUpdate and BadAvatar.

I remember reading and watching videos about the DVD firmware hax. C4Eva, right?

“Sir, the 17 pounder won’t fit!”

“Put it in sideways.”

“The radio won’t fit!”

“Cut a hole in the back and have it stick out the back.”

“The engine’s no good!”

“Grab 5 car engines and stick them in together.”

Portmanteau of “True” and “Escape”.

Because online spaces allow us to Truly Escape reality :)

“This was a Triumph.”

“I’m making a note here, huge success.”

That’s funny because they did send 360s to the troops in Iraq (and later Afghanistan).