A problem with tech regulation by moral panic is that it tends to lead towards contradictory regulation with massive unintended consequences. Nowhere is this as evident as with the current generation of laws intended to βprotect kidsβ.
In the US itβs state laws forcing websites to collect your government ID to restrict access to to people under 21. In Europe, itβs banning encryption to prevent people sharing CSAM. In both cases, these have real anti-democratic impacts.
https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/24/eu-csam-scanning-edps-seminar/
big thanks to all concerned for wasting my time & bullshitting me that it was still going to come until 10pm tonight
finally got the notification that they had a nonspecific problem delivering it and will try again tomorrow. i'd left delivery instructions that work for 99% of other drivers and no attempt was made to contact me or anything like that. so i have updated the delivery instructions to be even more detailed. shrug emoji
hi please hire me to make you pixels i'm broke and unemployed and i need the money https://maple.pet/commissons #mutualaid #commissons #pixelart #art #mastoart thanks for having boosted this post already i know you won't have failed me π
literally the same thing has happened again today. i just rolled the dice and had a shower anyway
btw what eventually happened the last time was, at some point later in the evening they phoned me and said they couldn't find my flat and i came out and met them on the side road. so i'm guessing they have some system where if they have trouble finding an address they press the "fuck this one off until later" button and come back to it after they've finished all the easy ones
party quiz: mega q, mega drive (1993) https://www.mobygames.com/game/57508/party-quiz-mega-q/cover/group-96579/cover-263797/
This is another from Amazon US which just seems to be a fake website these days
The brand name is Leencum and it's sold by Bibos
And all the reviews are for children's party favours
The product is actually the D80 game stick by Jncota which is Fine for a cheap emulator thing but you can get them for literally Β£15 on Aliexpress with different controllers
Amazon US really turns up the good stuff sometimes. This is a plug n play famiclone in the shape of a boombox https://www.amazon.com/Output-Classic-Controllers-Birthday-Children/dp/B0CCYM39D1/
So I finally got into my storage closet to grab some things to dump for future inclusion in MAME's software list (and eventual redistribution cough) and one of the game discs I have, Crime City, has this in its manual.
I just found it really funny. #English #American #DOS #chubblybubblykins