Who the fuck would be in the favour of fascists…?

Franco did not sire the entire Spanish population.

No, but he did kill, or drive into exile or poverty and political irrelevance anyone who didn’t share his views.

Most of the surviving population, especially the ones with economic and political power, were fascists. Their children were fascists. Their grandchildren were fascists wearing progressive masks. And their great grandchildren are fascists who’ve taken off their masks.

When the bastard said he left everything “tied up and well tied up” he wasn’t kidding.

Germany was forced to clean up house, though.

Franco died in bed (in extreme agony, apparently; the only good thing the bastard ever did; but still), naming his successor, whose son is the current unelected parasite on the throne. The dictator’s children and grandchildren are public figures, celebrated and followed by embarrassingly large portions of the population.

The murderers and torturers who worked for him kept their jobs, were forgiven all their crimes, and their children and grandchildren succeed them (old money and contacts in high places go a long way towards winning elections).

The supposed “transition” merely put some new wallpaper on top of the existing structures, with a watered down constitution voted under military threats: vote for it, or else, even going as far as staging a coup attempt so that Franco’s successor could “save the day”, become a hero, and water the new supposed democracy down even further.

Do not compare Spain to Germany. It’s extremely insulting to Germany.

Most other states tend not to celebrate their raping, murdering, and pillaging as a national holiday, though.

And there’s also the fact that most Spanish politicians are descendants of those that served under the coupist dictator Franco (who nominated the current parasite in chief’s father as his successor), and share the same political views, as does a nauseatingly high portion of the population.

Move on

No.

In my case they’re facing a 100% revenue reduction regardless of when (or whether) it’s cracked.

I’m never going to buy denuvo infested malware, and developers and publishers who try to pull this shit go straight into the blacklist.

Crossing the channel I can understand. Crossing the channel to the UK, however, seems like an exercise in masochism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuru_(disease)

every human alive is guilty

We are, though, if we’re not actively doing our best to stop all this. We’re all at least necessary accomplices.

You’re a necessary accomplice. Organise. Burn shit up and build better things on top of the ashes.

Gah! A bit too much for me, but if you want contrast it’s certainly got it.

I want contrast

Sure, but you can also have contrast with a dark background that isn’t constantly shooting a third of the photons your screen can generate (or more, since in some screens blue pixels are the largest), and the most energetic at that, at your eyes… high contrast themes tend to have a black background (not a gray one like most dark themes) precisely as a way to maximise contrast…

(It was even worse when we sat all day in front of a fucking particle accelerator, of course; frankly, as much as I loved CRTs’ ability to work with multiple resolutions I don’t know how we didn’t all end up going blind…)

Nostalgically atrocious.

You might not like it, but Borland yellow on blue was peak IDE design.

Personally, I have downloaded Borland themes for all my IDEs. I don’t use them, of course, because I’m not entirely insane and I value my eyesight too much, but I have downloaded them.

Japan isn’t big on change.

You’re copying someone else’s work

That’s how culture works and has worked since humans have been human, you damn lunatic.

Copying and retelling and sharing each other’s stories and works is what makes us human and differentiates us from other animals, you monstrously ignorant tool.

This totally depends on the ToS of the ticket issuer. It’s his right to decid that for you

This logic is exactly what Disney is arguing gives them a right to murder your loved ones without consequences just because you once used one of their services.

The point is that it’s evidently absurd, and more often than not outright monstrous.

Yeah, the question is how long until they make it illegal to quit. As I said Musk is already trying, with advertisers.

Ask any artist if they’d rather their work not be enjoyed at all, or enjoyed for free.

Here you go:

Neal Gaiman on copyright piracy and the web.

Ask any artist if they’d rather their work not be enjoyed at all, or enjoyed for free.

Here you go:

Neal Gaiman on copyright piracy and the web.

Torrents have no ads. And better quality. And are easier to find, watch, download, and archive. Much more convenient in every way.

Haven’t watched TV in over a decade either. Or seen an ad. Still watch any show or movie I want to.

As Gabe Newell put it (and demonstrated with Steam), piracy is a service problem.