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The Internet Archive just lost its appeal over ebook lending
  • Against the terms of agreements they made? Yes.

    To be fair, this is what I meant when I said wrong. Enough people have taken umbrage with my wording that I think I should update it, though. Thank you for your reply.

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    The Internet Archive just lost its appeal over ebook lending
  • My understanding is that the IA had implemented a digital library, where they had (whether paid or not) some number of licenses for a selection of books. This implementation had DRM of some variety that meant you could only read the book while it was checked out. In theory, this means if the IA has 10 licenses of a book, only 10 people have a usable copy they borrowed from the IA at a time.

    And then the IA disabled the DRM system, somehow, and started limitlessly lending the books they had copies of to anyone that asked.

    I definitely don't like the obnoxious copyright system in the USA, but what the IA did seems obviously wrong against the agreement they entered into. Like if your local library got a copy of Book X and then when someone wanted to borrow it they just copied it right there and let you keep the copy.

    ETA: updated my wording. I don't believe what the IA did was morally wrong, per se, but rather against the agreement I presume they entered into with the owners of the books they lent.

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    Trump Suggests He'll Flee The Country If Kamala Harris Wins
  • I predict that in under 4 years, he'll have run to Russia for sanctuary, where he'll tweet for the rest of his days. He'll make some kind of comparison between himself and Snowden. The media will start to report less and less on what he says, and people will pay less and less attention to him as he is no longer able to do rallies.

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    Anon rides a bike
  • Actually, in a way, you did! You said "get a life", which indicates you think I don't have one. Me giving you information about me shows that I do have one. So now you're more informed than you were before!

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    Anon rides a bike
  • The commenter I replied to is from a French instance. If I were writing in a different language, I would want to know where I've made mistakes.

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    Anon rides a bike
  • >just get a job closer to your home
    >just move

    Idk man, not sure either of those are the easy solutions you're implying them to be.

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    Anon rides a bike
  • Some corrections:

    You may have misread the history. The man is having fun with his current commute and he is does not seems to be looking for some sort of a change in his routine.

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    LegalEagle - MrBeast: Illegal Rigging, Lotteries, & NDAs?
  • I find that Devon speaks a bit too fast for my taste, but he's always given great breakdowns of stuff I wouldn't otherwise understand. Love that guy.

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    Which will you choose?
  • I have had a comment of mine removed from .ml for (correctly) indicating that hexbear is not a trustworthy instance.

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    YouTube tests server-side ads to make your coveted blocker obsolete
  • I'm in the same boat. There are a lot of parts of the Internet that should be free, but YouTube is not one of them. Video hosting is one of the most resource intensive services around, and if we as consumers aren't paying for it they'll find a worse way to fund it.

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  • www.nexusmods.com Calling Stardew Valley testers - Nexus Mods app

    Get ready, gamers! We're delighted to announce the alpha release of the Nexus Mods app - our next-generation mod manager. This is a very early build with limited features and only supports Starde...

    It's in early stages, and only supports Stardew Valley right now. There's a Trello board for their roadmap with broad outlines.

    I don't play Stardew or else I would participate myself. Hope this is of interest to some of y'all!

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    I've been using ModOrganizer2 via SteamTinkerLaunch, but the performance is not great.

    I haven't tried tweaking anything to get it better, mostly because I don't know where to start.

    Does anyone have advice on modding Skyrim (especially with SKSE) on Linux effectively?

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    I don't know if I'm blind or getting too old or what, but I cannot find the instance rules anywhere. Can someone help me?

    ETA: for context, a comment of mine was removed and "rule 2" was cited but the rules in the TOS don't seem to be relevant.

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    As in writing the OP has personally written.

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    An excellent video from Adam Conover of "Adam Ruins Everything", both about the history of unions in the US and current events.

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    Feels like a dumb question, but I haven't ever worn a pair of boots that didn't hurt in some way. Is this just a feature of boots, or am I doing something wrong?

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    It's been going on for months and no matter how many I mark as spam and block they keep coming back with new numbers!

    Makes me wonder if someone signed me up for something

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