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Games with loot boxes and other "paid random items" re-rated PEGI 16 as new rules come into force, hopefully cutting down on kids gambling somewhat

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On a more serious note, in your world, what are kids with shitty parents supposed to do?

They are not supposed to do anything and I never said that. That is part of kid agencies to individually detect and combat these things.

Isn't it a little bit of society's responsibility to ensure that it isn't easy for kids aren't chasing the next big win?

Oh Mr Politican don't give me the "Think about the children" talk with no other practical solution then introducing a surveilance state.

Totally stupid idea that the Netherlands implemented a decade ago: (paid) Lootboxes are illegal in the first place. Problem magically solved because guess what: No "gambling" in the first place.

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Games with loot boxes and other "paid random items" re-rated PEGI 16 as new rules come into force, hopefully cutting down on kids gambling somewhat

This won't solve the problem and makes everything worse:

  1. People need to learn that gambling is bad. It's a good idea to teach that as soon as possible. A 12 year old kid can maybe gamble $50 down the drain until a functional parent notices. Self-sustaining people that work can gamble their ENTIRE life away.
  2. Once again (as with chat contol, social media age verification and all the other crap): It's the kids parents problem. Don't buy your 5 year old kid a smartphone, let it un-supervised and add your credit card to it. NO ONE can and will ever able to fix that unless you take the kids away from their parents. Stop that shit and get your kids agency together...

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Like Windows explorer but better

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I just updated to Windows 11 and oh boy has it gotten worse when compared to 10...

The UI, useless spacing in between items, 2nd context menu, gigantic bars on top, the somehow missing create folder button, OneDrive Integration, "Pin to quick access" everywhere, freezing up when creating thumbnails, constantly somehow resetting the layout of the user home and I'm just getting started... But hey it got tabs now

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META POST: MOTION TO MAKE A RULE THAT CROPPING THE ARTIST'S SIGNATURE IS AGAINST THE RULES

The way to hell is paved with good intensions...

The current proposal is not specific enough: With your proposal every post effectively requires an artist signature. There will always be some valid reason why there is none. Also who should check/enforce this? The single non-existing mod? xD

Keep it simpler and make a rule that says: Content created by somebody else requires attribution.

Attribution could be an artist signature in the comic, the name of the artist in the description or a link to the original source in a comment.

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Dutch authorities allegedly seize VPN server without a warrant — company claims that law enforcement will return it after analyzing the device fully

Too sumarize the article:

US clickbait and ad infested news website directly quotes "trust me bro" Twitter post + describes in 2 sentences what a ramdisk is and does zero real "journalism" like maybe contacting mentioned dutch authorities or Windscribe themselfs.

Once again: Ban Tom's Slopware. Post the original source instead.

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Something odd happened on Reddit today..

Easiest explaination:

  1. Visit website X without VPN
  2. Get tracking cookie set that's associated with your IP and approximate location
  3. Turn on VPN because your're an idiot that believes VPNs fix everything
  4. Wonder how website X knows your approximate location

So no rocket science involved here...