@Alex @ryo @TerminalAutism The only game I know of that Nintendo sued for being too similar was The Great Giana Sisters which was a Super Mario Bros clone for home computers and that one Fire Emblem clone for the PS1 after the original creator left Intelligent Systems. AFAIK, you can't copyright or patent a game's design. So, you can have 100% identical gameplay as long as you have a different characters, setting, story, etc which the vast majority of spiritual successors do.
@TerminalAutism @ryo A spiritual successor does not infringe on copyright.
@ryo @Tadano @sjw The only OpenNIC site I ever knew of was some really obscure imageboard that was just one of the many bunkers after the original 8chan shutdown. It never caught on because nobody could figure out how to configure their DNS settings, even though most modern OSes (including Windows) allows you to easily change your main DNS server in the control panel.
OpenNIC has been around since 2000, but it was always obscure. I think people never saw the need for it because darknets have been around for the same amount of time and pretty much served the same purpose, but were and are superior options.
@MirceaKitsune I don't think Mastodon allows polls where you can vote for more than one option. I know Pleroma does. I probably should've used my Pleroma alt in hindsight.
@ryo Not familiar with Pokemon, but it better end with Ash doing a fatal falcon punch.
@Tadano @sjw Be warned that if you use a VPN, Tor, or proxy then you automatically use their DNS settings, no matter what your local DNS settings are. The OpenNIC website does have a proxy for browsing OpenNIC sites last time I checked.
Also, I think @ryo tried to purchase an OpenNIC domain for his site but he couldn't find anyone to buy from.
The GNU Project also has their own DNS root now.
https://www.gnunet.org/en/gns.html
@sjw Learn how a tripcode works. Names are insecure.
warning: the UK government is scanning what it considers to be the “whole internet” or at least what it believes the UK is part of
https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/information/ncsc-scanning-information
they give you the option to “OPT-OUT” but we all know governments dont adhere to privacy requests
are you a server administrator? you can block these easily:
sudo iptables -I INPUT -s 18.171.7.246 -j DROP sudo iptables -I INPUT -s 35.177.10.231 -j DROP
@ChristiJunior @coolboymew Which is why I'm one of the few who believes that woman actually should wear socks in the kitchen.
@cee I can still see Poast and DRC users trying to harass them off of here. To them, post-left and post-anarchism are no different than antifa.
@cee Hopefully, they use an instance that isn't block happy.
Exit and Build: Creating the 2030 of Your Dreams
@Hyolobrika @ArdainianRight @ademan I still think local elections aren't rigged.