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@lazerwalker

@lazerwalker
26 posts
2023-09-14
are you a badass enough game dev to walk the tightrope of having your game classified as “gambling” by Unity Software Inc but not by the US government
2023-09-14 View on X
Windows Central

Unity announces fees based on a game's installations and the developer's plan tier, starting on January 1, 2024, joining Unreal Engine, which has similar fees

Yesterday Unity announced that starting next year … Scott Hayden / Road to VR : Epic Games is “exploring native Unreal Engine support” for Apple Vision Pro Stephen Totilo / Axios :...

You've gotta hand it to Unity for single-handedly causing the entire games industry to completely waste at least a day of productivity
2023-09-14 View on X
Windows Central

Unity announces fees based on a game's installations and the developer's plan tier, starting on January 1, 2024, joining Unreal Engine, which has similar fees

Yesterday Unity announced that starting next year … Scott Hayden / Road to VR : Epic Games is “exploring native Unreal Engine support” for Apple Vision Pro Stephen Totilo / Axios :...

You've gotta hand it to Unity for single-handedly causing the entire games industry to completely waste at least a day of productivity
2023-09-14 View on X
IGN

Unity acknowledges “the confusion and frustration” around its planned install fees but argues that “more than 90% of our customers will not be affected”

Platform holder claims “90 percent of users” won't be affected by change.  —  Game developers are still furious …

are you a badass enough game dev to walk the tightrope of having your game classified as “gambling” by Unity Software Inc but not by the US government
2023-09-14 View on X
IGN

Unity acknowledges “the confusion and frustration” around its planned install fees but argues that “more than 90% of our customers will not be affected”

Platform holder claims “90 percent of users” won't be affected by change.  —  Game developers are still furious …

2023-09-13
You've gotta hand it to Unity for single-handedly causing the entire games industry to completely waste at least a day of productivity
2023-09-13 View on X
Windows Central

Unity announces fees based on a game's installations and the developer's plan tier, starting on January 1, 2024, joining Unreal Engine, which has similar fees

By Jez Corden Contributions from Zachary Boddy last updated  —  Unity joins Unreal Engine with a per-install fee.  —  What you need to know

are you a badass enough game dev to walk the tightrope of having your game classified as “gambling” by Unity Software Inc but not by the US government
2023-09-13 View on X
Windows Central

Unity announces fees based on a game's installations and the developer's plan tier, starting on January 1, 2024, joining Unreal Engine, which has similar fees

By Jez Corden Contributions from Zachary Boddy last updated  —  Unity joins Unreal Engine with a per-install fee.  —  What you need to know

2023-08-03
oh no. I've considered writing a doc like this but didn't know it was a TPOT thing. In retrospect, that makes sense. https://t.co/...
2023-08-03 View on X
New York Times

How some people use “date-me docs”, online documents akin to newspaper personal ads, to look for more meaningful connections than those found in dating apps

Writers of the online text profiles, which can read like 1,000-word versions of the personal ads of yore … Twitter: @stephmui , @lazerwalker , @taylr , @lioninawhat , @sdho , and @...

2023-05-29
The SCP entries are bleeding into the real world https://www.vice.com/...
2023-05-29 View on X
VICE

A look at hCaptcha, a reCAPTCHA alternative used by Discord and others, which trains ML systems and generative adversarial networks using AI-generated images

Discord's captcha is asking users to identify a ‘Yoko,’ a snail-like object that does not exist and was created by AI.  —  Matthew Gault Tweets: @jeffjarvis , @lazerwalker , @grege...

2022-09-01
I've recommended Cloudflare's free services for years, despite their free speech absolutism. Hearing them explicitly say “we regret banning The Daily St_rmer and 8ch_n” is deeply fucked. Check out @lizthegrey's livestream VODs for advice on migrating to alternate providers. https://twitter.com/...
2022-09-01 View on X
VICE

After an outcry over serving anti-trans stalking forum Kiwi Farms, Cloudflare says denying security services due to “despicable” content is the wrong policy

2022-06-26
A concrete reminder about period tracker data, as people are urging you to delete your apps: Apple Health data is safe from the threat model of the government demanding data from Apple in a PRISM-style secret order. IF AND ONLY IF you disable iCloud Backups of health data.
2022-06-26 View on X
Reuters

As anti-abortion state laws kick in, law enforcement could force tech companies to give up users' search history, geolocation, and other pregnancy-related data

The technology industry is bracing for the uncomfortable possibility of having to hand over pregnancy-related data to law enforcement …

A concrete reminder about period tracker data, as people are urging you to delete your apps: Apple Health data is safe from the threat model of the government demanding data from Apple in a PRISM-style secret order. IF AND ONLY IF you disable iCloud Backups of health data.
2022-06-26 View on X
New York Times

Sources: Meta told staff not to discuss the Roe v. Wade ruling on wide-reaching internal channels, citing a company memo issued after the May draft opinion leak

Meta told its workers on Friday not to openly discuss the Supreme Court's ruling eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion …

2022-06-25
A concrete reminder about period tracker data, as people are urging you to delete your apps: Apple Health data is safe from the threat model of the government demanding data from Apple in a PRISM-style secret order. IF AND ONLY IF you disable iCloud Backups of health data.
2022-06-25 View on X
Reuters

As state laws limiting abortion kick in, tech companies could be forced by law enforcement to hand over users' search histories and other pregnancy-related data

The technology industry is bracing for the uncomfortable possibility of having to hand over pregnancy-related data to law enforcement …

2022-04-25
.@apple is removing a few of my old games b/c they have “not been updated in a significant amount of time” Games can exist as completed objects! These free projects aren't suitable for updates or a live service model, they're finished artworks from years ago. https://twitter.com/...
2022-04-25 View on X
The Verge

Apple warns it will remove apps from the App Store that haven't been “updated in a significant amount of time” and is giving developers 30 days to update them

what you need to know Chris Kerr / Game Developer : Apple warns App Store devs outdated apps will be pulled from sale Sarvesh Mathi / MediaNama : Why developers are unhappy with Ap...

2022-04-24
.@apple is removing a few of my old games b/c they have “not been updated in a significant amount of time” Games can exist as completed objects! These free projects aren't suitable for updates or a live service model, they're finished artworks from years ago. https://twitter.com/...
2022-04-24 View on X
The Verge

Apple warns it will remove apps from the App Store that haven't been “updated in a significant amount of time” and is giving developers 30 days to update them

Wiping apps that haven't been updated in a ‘significant amount of time’  —  Apple may be cracking down on apps that no longer receive updates.

2022-03-03
I am... pessimistic. https://twitter.com/...
2022-03-03 View on X
Bandcamp Updates

Epic Games acquires Bandcamp, which will continue operating as a standalone marketplace and music community; Bandcamp has paid nearly $1B to artists and labels

I'm excited to announce that Bandcamp is joining Epic Games, who you may know as the makers of Fortnite and Unreal Engine, and champions for a fair and open Internet.

2021-11-20
Company gets positive PR for publicly conforming to labor laws after NRLB claims are already pending against them for violations of those exact laws https://twitter.com/...
2021-11-20 View on X
NBC News

Internal memo: Apple affirms that employees have the right to discuss working conditions and pay internally and externally

Following months of internal controversy about how much workers make at one of the highest valued companies in the world, Apple has announced that employees …

2021-09-13
A study about remote work during a mass trauma event, when no in-person travel is possible, is not a reasonable study of “remote work”. My remote-prior-to-2020 MS team saw those same trends. Because we were all burnt out from working during a fucking pandemic. https://twitter.com/...
2021-09-13 View on X
GeekWire

Study of 61,000 Microsoft employees shows the shift to remote work has hurt communication and collaboration, threatening productivity and long-term innovation

2021-08-07
To be clear, that specific phrasing comes from the NCMEC, not Apple management. This is still... an extremely disappointing way to internally communicate a complicated and nuanced ethical dilemma. https://twitter.com/...
2021-08-07 View on X
9to5Mac

In an internal memo, Apple acknowledges concerns and “misunderstandings” about its new photo scanning feature but says it is necessary to “protect children”

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac :

To be clear, that specific phrasing comes from the NCMEC, not Apple management. This is still... an extremely disappointing way to internally communicate a complicated and nuanced ethical dilemma. https://twitter.com/...
2021-08-07 View on X
MacRumors

In response to CSAM detection misuse concerns, Apple says protections will roll out in the US first, then on a country-by-country basis after legal evaluation

Apple this week announced that, starting later this year with iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, the company will be able …

2021-06-06
I'm skeptical of both FB as a company and FB Gaming as a product, but it's a very interesting signal they're seemingly attempting to focus in on game dev livestreaming as a community https://twitter.com/...
2021-06-06 View on X
TechCrunch

Facebook buys Unit 2 Games, a studio behind Roblox-like Crayta game platform, says it will integrate Crayta's toolset into Facebook Gaming's cloud platform

Facebook has been making plenty of one-off virtual reality studio acquisitions lately, but today the company announced …