I love the series, but if downtime bothers you, like OP says, then Arma is gonna be excruciating

Social media has acclimatised us to echo chambers and curated algorithmic feeds that rarely, if ever, serve up content that challenges our views.

US patent law doesn’t apply to Japan, where this case is ongoing

I just realised I drew the pedals as suspended in midair and frankly I regret nothing

Because the things that seem like obvious best practices now weren’t known at the time; they had to be developed and improved through iteration, like every other technology.

The problem is the arms race escalates forever - cheat developers will just regroup, analyse what the new VAC is doing, and start finding new exploits.

Not saying Valve should just give up; quite the opposite. The war never ends.

I think it depends on the types of photos you tend to take. If you’re mainly taking portraits and candid ‘capture the moment’ type stuff then I don’t think the Wide format has much to offer besides physically larger photos - if anything it’s bulkier to carry around and more awkward for shooting.

However, if you want to capture landscapes and other scenes that actually benefit from having a wider framing, then it might be worth it. (But also bear in mind the Wide film is more expensive per shot and harder to find in stores.)

Edit: just realised the Evo cameras specifically are ‘hybrid’ cameras, not pure analog instant like the main Instax line. Not sure how that affects image quality, but I’d imagine it might have a shorter lifespan due to the built-in battery (and possibly hard to replace) and more complicated inner workings. More things to go wrong over time. If you’re looking for a reason not to buy, that might be it.

I feel like this gets asked often. There are several countries that aren’t in Europe but that currently participate in Eurovision: Israel, Cyprus, Armenia, and Australia.

The contest is organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which is made up of various broadcasters from countries across Europe and beyond. The BBC is a member of the EBU, as is RTE in Ireland, Rai in Italy, SVT in Sweden and so on. There are 73 member stations from more than 56 countries, and they’re entitled to send acts to Eurovision if they wish.

So as long as a nation has a broadcaster that operates inside the EBU, they’re allowed to enter.

“Typically, when a customer purchases a hacked console or the circumvention services, Defendant preinstalls on the console a portfolio of ready-to-play pirated games, including some of Nintendo’s most popular titles such as its Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and Metroid games.”

Yeah, that’ll bring the hammer down every time.

We can argue about the legality and morality of mod chips all day long, but building a business on distributing pirated software (and software that’s still being actively sold, at that) is a legal slam dunk.

For actual authoritative word definitions, usages, and spelling variants, I use Oxford English Dictionary - it requires an account but most libraries include free access.

For quickly finding synonyms (and similar utility stuff) while writing, my go-to for the last few years has been WordHippo. There are plenty of other sites that give synonym lists, but in my experience WordHippo surfaces way more variety, including idiomatic expressions and slang.

Ah yes, I too remember the part of 1984 in which Big Brother improved Oceania’s outdated train ticketing system.

I also don’t care for Souls games, but I think ‘angry and miserable’ is the intended experience.

It is, per the article

I recently finished Dragon Age Inquisition, and then started Powerslave: Exhumed.

I never played any of the original versions so it’s a completely new experience for me. Enjoyable so far - it’s an interesting historical link between classic metroidvania and 90s FPS, like a proto-Metroid Prime in some ways.

I do wish they’d added a quick save button to this modern version, though.

Weird that worker exploitation is so amusing to you

I sit, pooping.
The cramps
come in
waves.
Send help.

Unfortunately this was added to the gamescom b2b meeting platform, used by actual game developers and publishers to organise actual meetings with each other at the event. It’s not a throwaway marketing email to be sent straight to junk; it affected everyone using the system for genuine business purposes.