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Easter egg in the TOS that we all agreed to.

I'm pretty sure they do it to prove copyright infringement should another dev/publisher copy and paste their exact agreement into their game or service, like how cartographers put fake cities/landmarks on a map to easily prove someone copied their work. I remember an AWS service having a "zombie apocalypse" clause at some point.

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I've got a couple of days off, 2 kg of sculpting clay, and zero previous experience of sculpting. What should I make?

Mushrooms. The first few will probably be pretty rough, but you'll quickly start to see the possibilities with different textures, shapes, adding gills underneath, etc. If the clay is different colors you can get buck wild. After fewer than you think you'll probably be pretty good at them. You can even screw in a hook at the top and turn them into ornaments for friends and family if that's your thing.

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Unity apologizes and updates their infamous Runtime Fee

Even after this walk back, the whole situation still sucks for everybody but Unity. Even the part about removing the "requirement to use the Made with Unity splash screen" bit seems like blatant self-preservation more than capitulation. They've got to be aware that there are probably consumers out there willing to boycott any game with that splash screen, leading to lower install numbers. I'm not in game dev, so I'm just talking out of my ass, but it doesn't seem like studios are really bothered by including those pre-roll splash screens all that much.

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As a 14-year long user, the new Fisher Price UI makes me sad :( What have they done to you, Reddit?

I found myself on Reddit by way of Google the other day while looking for an answer to a niche question. I noticed that whatever post I clicked on opened in a new window (on mobile). Maybe it's just been that long, and someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't remember this being the default behavior. Reddit's other shenanigans aside, any site that seems to use target="_blank" for every link has definitely lost my eyeballs.

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