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It is path of all the mobile games, because people are morons and their interest will peak on something else, so it is not clones that will be taking their popularity, but boredom of people.
Any mobile app has ~2 year lifetime on market, unless it is significantly updated and changed to the point, that it is not the same when it was released first.
Currently I am playing couple of 5 year old mobile games - one of them I am playing for 3 years and joined when it was in process of neglect. Another one I started to play 6 months ago and it was "dead" for past 3,5 years now, as it had no events and nothing new added - it was too expensive for a company to employ devs just to fix bugs!
Lifetime of Wordle will be under those 2 years, because it looks very simple concept and there is nothing that can improve it, so it is doomed for even shorter lifetime, than anything that was released before.
Mobile gaming is cancer - it is not clones that are killing successful games, but loss of interest in public, that has a short attention span.... oh look, a shiny thing, kthnxbye.
Over past 2 years I went through 10+ mobile games. They were all very beatufuly done and all of them stole my time and it took tremendous amount for me to get rid of them, because I got addicted to them, so pardon my cynic view on this, but I don't care at all for Wordle and the public free advertisement of another cancer game.
Clones apparently are appealing to completelly different market segment, than what "original" aimed at. It is erroneous to assume, that it was their market in first place!
Ideas are sh!t and means nothing!
If you have an idea - that means, that someone else(in counts of 100s or 1000s) have the same idea already, or someone else in past had that idea. There has been examples of similar products developed independently at the same time, so they might have looked like clones but they are not always clones. So, claiming that ideas are unique and should be somewhat appropriately rewarded... phew!
I can relate to the frustrations that are described in article, but at the same time I can't understand if the people that complain have no brains, if they had not foreseen this outcome and did not calculated for how long they will get profit from their product - which was not forever in the first place!!!
PS If you are an indie developer, you should educate yourself at least in basic level of marketing, law and business. And after that decide if indie development is for you and if you have a killing insticts of a shark or you are going to be food.
DOOM clones was a thing of past. There were many of them. Then Diablo clones - Sacred was one of them I liked. Torchlight or Path of Exile should not exist by the logic of article and OP.
If a clone is better and is outperforming original, then clone makers are doing right thing. In the big view on future, patents or any other restrictions on knowledge are only limiting overall progress.
It can not be perceived as a sane argument, after Allies had to deal with Germans in Europe.
Since they used word "likely", then the whole article does not mean, that huh applies to every language. They also used "more precisely a short questioning interjection with the function of other-initiation of repair" - and that is more closer to truth, as such questioning interjection might be present in all languages. But it hardly represents topic of huh.
Only because of logic used in conclusion, I can dare to say with absolute truth that: "Earth is flat, or more precisely - it is not round as ball". You can just marvel when scientists became lawyers and when science died because of that type of language.
PS With exception to English, other 2 languages that I use as native user do not have any equivalent of huh? at all. Unless it is what?, as a shortened form of question - what did you said?, but it is hardly a candidate to huh? unless we are really stretching the argument to include everything else. With that argumentation we can stretch even mouse onto a elephant.
During WW2 US gave to Soviet Union materials, newest machines and technological secrets(including technology and materials of atomic bomb, that supplemented and sped up development of Soviet Union atomic bomb project), what other allies of US did not receive. This narrative, that US was bombing Japan, to put Soviet Union in fear does not account for that Soviet Union had infiltrated US, that even US president was not working for US, but for Soviet Union. Even nowadays those US traitors, that gave away more, that what was agreed on Lend-Lease, have not been prosecuted, because their positions were top positions and their deed and betrayal of US is not common knowledge to modern Americans.
We can also look from that side, that USSR was unreliable ally(also to Third Reich, which USSR was preparing to invade, while it hoped that it was busy invading Britain) and did not want to enter war with Japanese, who at that point still controlled Manchuria, Korea and very large parts of China. They only entered war, because they realised, that they might miss out on piece of Japanese territories, because US would make their own peace and Japan would surrender wholly to US - only because of those atomic bombs.
For those that would think, that USSR was sparing their troops - it has not been concern of USSR until the day it collapsed and was not concern for Stalin, when he was postponing attack on Japan, like he was playing with Germans.
1. subscriptions
it takes only 250 tier 1 subscribers to reach that 15 000$/year, if we take into account, that twitch is taking 50% from charges
2. ads
This actually turns away all the casual watchers, who are not subscribing, but only donating. Subscribers do not see ads in most cases anyway, so there is not that much income for streamer.
3. bits
They were implemented to take away cut from donations. Not really useful, compared to other types of donations from paypal, patron or from donations that are going into cryptocurrencies wallets.
I'm very sceptical about that twitch streamers who do streaming as a serious job only get 15 000$/year(more like 15 000$/month would be more realistically, otherwise there would be not that many twitch thots who have switched from streaming in adult industry to twitch - their income numbers from streaming on twitch were posted to be in range of 60 000$ - 90 000$ per month, so they are not nowhere that poor, as those who are donating to them). For a well established streamer donations are rarely less than 100$ per stream. That makes very decent salary even for US.
PS only insane person can write with green ink article, to irritate anyone else who is trying to read that BS crap article.
I do not make rules of reddit(I feel that the discussion somehow has took that direction, where... I am defending reddit?) - I just speak from my experience.
There is a reason, why humans can not have on their mind more than one enemy - their brains can not keep track of all the enemies as keeping track of all of them is a nightmare scenario, where brainpower is used just to keep track of all of them. As long as mods are humans, there are no good solutions to keep track of all warnings - maybe AI can do that, but keeping all that information in head is too much garbage - if I have to manage any such forums, banning is the best option for warning, as my brains are not unlimited. If a person convinces, that he has learned a lesson, then the ban can be lifted. Some bans can even expire, so it does not really matter.
When I think of warning, it also has additional information: how long it has to stay, until it is forgotten(because it is not a ban), what that warning was about, because you can't really make warning to kid not to touch hot surface and scald for the same reason, if he touches electric power cable - they are completelly different cases, so I am looking from that viewpoint, that there does not exist proper warning system and 'Reddit Enhancement Suite' is not it as well - from the description it still sounds, that it is meant for banning - not warnings, where warnings are meant to educate and protect people. Warning system means a lot of involvement and without AI, that is not viable, especially when no one is going to pay you for that kind of job.
>>Returning with a new account after being permbanned from a 'sub' counts as ban evasion
Not, if you return with different email, as reddit can ban email, but not a person, so this rule can not be implemented to a person and can be read as guideline. Unless you are a complete idiot and post your id data and after being banned from sub, come back and state that you have returned, then that rule can be applied in that case. And I perceive that rule exactly how it is technically done - that they might ban account and maybe email, that was attached to it - rest takes too much effort and is not really possible to do by reddit(at this stage).
Not because people are stupid and have one-dimensional thinking, but for the reasons, that textual information does not provide enough additional information, I always add additional information, if post is a joke.
Warnings can not be sustainable, when such high volume of warned is involved - you have to keep records of those warnings. Since it is easy to create account in reddit, outright ban is a warning - to not to do the same with new account.
If you are a dick in RL and do snarly comments in RL, you will be banned from communication quicker than in reddit - in some cases even beaten up. So, the only approach is to use reddit and NH comments with attitude, that it is not real conversation.
Downvote is a disagree button as it is perceived as such and that is an issue. Same functionality is in NH - it just has a higher treshold when you can use it, but not really that different in essence.
Banning for arguing is normal - from the times, when early web forums existed. Banning can be for any reasons - disagreeing with mod, arguing with someone, who is friends with mod. Mod is a god in forum. The solution to that is - either be a friend of mod or do not argue with idiots for idiotic reasons unless you are an idiot or simply want to be banned. PHP might be stupid or might not be stupid - who really cares in the end, when you log off from forum.
Anything else is free game. Also, I want to create a bot, that would act like me and piss off others - as many as possible, so I do not have to do it by myself(this is a self-deprecating sarcastic joke). Or probably not - I get bored very quickly and would find more interesting things to do.
The issue with covid is disturbing in many levels. Apparently this is something that government(s) have decided that discussions and even constructive criticism is sabotage of government(and they decided to do something about covid, because not doing anything would be worse - for government and bureaucracy - not for individual people, who in majority survive through covid). So, there are no equal tribal opinions in first place - only "extremists-terrorists" that are in opposition to government VS religious patriots, who feel comfortable, that they do not need to think for themselves and somebody else is taking care of them and for them. So, quite logically NH can't be in opposition in this religious-patriotic fervour. And this is a stark reminder, that you and only you have to think for yourself(and not government) - because that is what your brains are for.
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Another issue is what is going on in US, that for good or worse affects everyone else on this planet. Once the current civil war in US will be over, rest would relax and adapt to new reality.
And another issue with coments is that commenting is not communication - in a way, that it is not talk with other person. Comment to communication is the same communication, that lamp post is for a dog - where he leaves mark by pissing on it. So, this is the sad reality - we are dogs here leaving marks on internet territory. And that is the closest form to "communication". If you want proper communication, get a friend and have a tea or wine and have a proper talk. Here it is simply not possible.
Every joke has some truth in it: we have a chicken - a very viable candidate to back-bred dino. Well, either that or we can have a giant chicken, that might strike fear in everybody. Though, cassowaries also are frightening enough.
This is from article: "They then prevent people from drinking the contaminated water and use pesticides to disinfect it."
Basically they contaminate water with pesticides, which locals are drinking afterwards... there are no imminent effects from pesticides - that is for sure.
from wiki: D. medinensis larvae reside within small aquatic crustaceans called copepods.
>>The guinea worm life cycle is largely human driven as well.
Not true. It affects mammals, including humans. Infected mammals becomes easier catch for predators. It is part of cycle of life, which humans are disrupting.
The main issue here is that hygiene of people in Africa is still on the same level that Europeans had couple of centuries ago, when they used water from the same water sources where they had dead cats and fecal matter, only European sources of waters are getting "sterilized" by cold weather, unlike in Africa where those water inhabitants thrive all year. USSR had very similar issues with infections from drinking water, until it educated population that only boiled water is safe to drink. Judging from the article - that is still the main issue and part of what they are doing.
Apparently, in this case humans already are giving advantages to baboons and if they multiply too many - humans again will need to intervene to kill them to maintain their "normal" numbers.
The solution to the worm and other parasites is very simple - boil your water before using it. Swim only in pools that have been threated against parasites. Instead the offered solution is to sterilize all water in nature - in jungle environment, that is infested with life, that by nature is hostile to humans and others. I suppose, that the thinking of eradication of these worms comes from how they are dealing with malaria.
Why would China be involved in this at all? This war disrupts Chinese non-military takeover of Silk Road territories, where they are dominant economical force already.
The only losers in this play are Russians, where only "brightest" of them think of such crazy scenario, that you are proposing. People in a way do not differ from lemmings - even millions of them can be wrong on their way down from cliff. But, while they are running amok, they have a goal - for that moment.
>>Too often, Native claims to land are argued with, invalidated, or dismissed as far as “we’re all from somewhere else.”
I do not know of any other people(with exception of US and Russia, that have split Aleut lands between them) that _currently_ have claims on Aleut lands, so Aleut claims as primary claims are still very valid. The main issue is that Aleut numbers are small and dwingling to make that claim into independence - a top achievement to any people.
To be fair, this claim is argued mainly for any country, where migrants want to enter, because we are living in times, where US is going through "cultural revolution" and migrants are "new oppressed"(because true working class is too rich and independent and not stupid), whether they like it or not - their opinion is of no matter, where political influence is at play. Coincidentally some natives who play along also can gain something from it, but to an extent of course.
>>I am distrustful of genetic testing/results for the second to last paragraph there—we’ve really been nearly wiped out compared to e.g. Inupiat who still have a fair number of full blooded individuals. Aleuts were enslaved and carted across the coast of Alaska by Russians and our genetic history — to say little of oral history, traditions, and culture — is not perfectly clear as a result.
Judging from the contents of sapiens.org, they are making that statement as a sum of all natives of both Americas - not specifically from Beringia. More or less nowadays 50% of indigenous people have 50% European patrilinear lineage, though 10%+(more than native numbers) of non-native inhabitants carry native patrilinear lineages, so it is something that goes both ways.
In case of Aleutians, it was something, that made me realize, that Russian colonization was not as much different from rest of Siberia(where cossacks left wastelands of bodies that even nowadays are still not repopulated), and contradicts happy picture what can be gained from media, that tells about Russian times in Alaska. But, to be fair - let's not make myth, that Aleuts were peace loving people and that they dwingled, because they were peaceful - they dwingled in numbers, because Russians were more ruthless and had better weapons - Aleuts initially expanded, because they were better at something - including warfare.
Personally to me genetic results was shattering some myths, that I had and I could rediscover history of my own, as my relatives were afraid to talk about past. Also in USSR people were robbed of history and not allowed to have memory, so that is an awakening for me.
I think that understanding history, that can't be changed and not hiding from it is what makes strong people, as the truth and understanding of past is the only foundation on which to build future. Without understanding past, there is only repetition of the same errors - again and again. Even with all the might and power Russians are still in agony, as they can't built their own future and are making same mistakes, because time does not stand still and others who are learning from their mistakes and errors have grown, while Russians have learned nothing and are declining their own growth(and numbers), by living in glorious past - or rather still undecided on which glorious past to live in.
Well, anyway - I think, that nowadays Aleuts in US can do more, compared to Aleuts in Russia and it is up to youth if they want to be Aleuts in future or not - just the same as anywhere else. Yeah, I'm wondering if Aleuts of US are making contacts with Russian Aleuts, but then again - probably now it is a bad time to do so, as Russia is descending into totalitarian state again.
Only it is Na-Dene(because it is constructed word - just like Google, Meta, Apple, and Giigle, Mita, Ipple could be names of different companies - and in the case of article to something else, that is only in the head of author) and this and other mistakes are making me look on sapiens.org as entertaining article and not scientifically reliable source. I would suggest for everyone to read something else on that topic - this is close to the truth, but nothing new and can not be regarded as news.
The thing about migratory highways is that people who live there(on migration highway) are not be able to continuously be connected to that place, due to constant influx of new people that pushes them along, like waves in ocean. But nonetheless - all people are related to other people and have very deep and long and unique ancestry. And the unique is what matters - and story that comes with it. But in this case those early Beringia inhabitants are more closely linked to American natives in Brazil, than to Aleuts.
In 2020, Steele, along with researcher N. Chandra Wickramasinghe and others, claimed in ten research papers that COVID-19 originated from a meteor spotted as a bright fireball over the city of Songyuan in Northeast China on October 11, 2019, and that a fragment of the meteor landed in the Wuhan area, which started the first COVID-19 outbreaks. However, the researchers, including Steele, did not provide any direct evidence proving this theory.[1] The pseudonymous science blogger Neuroskeptic, writing in Astronomy magazine, called the meteor origin theory "so remarkable that it makes the others look boring by comparison".[1]