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Is this legal in the EU?


Should be yes, however the data (if any) gained is considered "personal data" and should be handled conform GDPR legislation.



"I still do. But I used to, too." -Mitch Hedberg


A favorite joke of mine with a similar structure was Dave Attell's

"I used to do drugs waaaay baaaack - there!" And he points to the side of the stage.


Genuine question, do you really own these ROMs or rent them from Steam? Practically speaking, as long as you can move the ROM files, sure. But legally?


You licence it.

In response to California law requiring this to be made clear, they have updated the purchase screens thusly: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/10/steam-now-reminds-you...


enshittification? No papers as far as I'm aware


I'm out of the loop, what was the fiasco?


These may help:

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Core-i5-beats-Core-i7-Alder-La...

https://wccftech.com/intel-alder-lake-desktop-cpus-more-powe...

Basically the P CPUs are much faster than U in previous generations but are also much more power hungry. The battery life is noticably shorter on laptops with a CPU like i5-1240P. And they produce a LOT of heat. I think one CPU option for framework laptop is i5-1240P.


Offtopic, the cookie screen on this site is one where you have to unconsent manually for each vendor


Block all 3d-party content and you won't have any such problems. The site still works as intended. Use this as the default for uBlock Origin and you'll be spared many if not most of these obtrusive dark-patterned "consent" things.


No, that’s not the point. It’s simply not compliant with GDPR, and they expose themselves to litigation with it.


I have listened to Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner soundtracks countless times while developing or just spending time behind the computer. Thanks for making the time go by better Vangelis!


Countless hours of El Greco on loop during gaming sessions (Wolfenstein, Doom, Quake and similar) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSXzPd8RX0Q)


What's the carbon footprint for these services? Would be interesting to calculate how much would an average free tier usage pollute. Are there any available numbers from these products?


This seems like it would be hard to pin down, since it would vary widely from project to project. It would kind of be like asking 'what's the carbon footprint of a dev running a test?'. Well, that depends on the complexity of the code they're testing, what computer they're using, what language they're using, the climate of their workspace, and so on.


There's a Finnish stand-up comedian who also pondered on the many possibilities of the English word "ass". This is him on Conan's talk show: https://youtu.be/RAGcDi0DRtU

Funny enough, he mentions the same things the article does, especially the end of it.


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