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LostMyWords

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LostMyWords··on Pirating the Pirates
It is often very difficult or even impossible to locate who currently owns the rights to some intellectual property in order to re-release it legally.[0]

[0] https://www.fastcompany.com/3053050/how-one-company-is-bring...

LostMyWords··on Pirating the Pirates
Video games sign terrible licenses even for their most core parts. Many of the millions selling Forza games disappeared from the digital stores because they couldn't use the cars anymore.[0] It's almost unbelievable since cars and their makers are actually getting a big marketing push from those games, but studios cannot get better conditions.

[0] https://kotaku.com/forza-horizon-4-delisted-xbox-licensing-1...

LostMyWords··on Setting up phones is a nightmare
> Pixel Camera (which forces you to use Google Photos for basic functionality)

I disabled Google Photos but I didn't notice any issues with Camera except for not being able to open the photo just taken from the camera interface. Am I missing something else?

LostMyWords··on France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital autonomy from the US
I'm out of the loop, how does the EU have access to Windows source code?
LostMyWords··on Notepad++ supply chain attack breakdown
Yes, but I start with the browser. What are the Notepad++ alternatives on Linux and MacOS, for those times when I have to use them?
LostMyWords··on After 40 years of adventure games, Ron Gilbert pivots to outrunning Death
Visual novels usually present an autoplay feature[1] which stops at choices, or just skips text you haven't met yet. The genre is famous for its multiple endings, even in the dozens, so a game can branch a lot and players re-play a game many times, so the autoplay feature is appreciated. You can also set the text speed in many games, and there's a play log called history[2] if you missed something.

[1] https://vndev.wiki/Autoplay [2] https://vndev.wiki/History

LostMyWords··on Jolla Phone Pre-Order
I actually confused them many times, when I started researching Android alternatives and Linux phones. Now I learnt :)
LostMyWords··on Meta says it won't sign Europe AI agreement
>charged with blasphemy for insulting religious figures

Isn't that the exact definition of "blasphemy"[1]?

[1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blasphemy