There is no clean room implementation of a discrete title that would not run afoul of Western copyright and trademark law. If you want to release Super Mario 64, as it was made, you will not have a free license to do so until it enters the public domain. You can release Supra Wario 63, with all it's not quite the same assets, and argue that you can get away with it. The value of these projects is not the licensing.

Now, worse? This scenario would actually be improved if the AI were to do the whole implementation? Because it would apply a FOSS license where a human could not? This is nonsensical.

while* hearing about it.

Think we just have a different take on the meaning of 'expect' is all.

nothing about finally being in a playable state

"... appears to work on Linux with Proton 11 as captured in my screenshot above"

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heh

I know it's five days old and made heavy use of AI. My comment is that before hearing about it, it's deeply cynical to expect it to be AI driven.

As expected? There's been a few high profile RE efforts recently of games of the era without AI tooling. The Mario 64 decompile effort from a few years ago being the most notable. While I'm not surprised to see an AI disclosure here (I would assume agents are a very useful tool for this particular work), this just as readily have been an entirely human passion project.

... They're not lamenting that it's dangerous. They're exercising their authority over the strait.

This is about market capture, not compatibility. This isn't about expanding the existing library, but opening the door for future titles to make kernel level anti cheat a requirement. While the current community will likely turn their nose up, Linux gaining traction means there's a growing line of users that may not.

Even if this were technically correct, it would be disingenuous.

PAC spending is directly correlated to congressional election outcomes. Being pedantic about the word 'bought' doesn't hold up either, this is an accepted use of the word.

If the PAC is operating under the support or guidance of a foreign entity, it is a foreign lobby. The origin of the dollar is irrelevant.

But, yes. MTG was, is, and probably always will be an anti-semite.

Sure... But there aren't facts on occurrences. Violations seems like it would be a strong indicator of occurrences. If not, why?

What's the solution to this that won't take generations? And for what it's worth, if I wasn't clear, I don't believe the No Kings efforts to be particularly effective in concept or practice.

Stepped right on some ml land mines with this one. For what it's worth, I'll back you up a bit. I don't think all actions have strict utilitarian needs. There is a mountain of soft value to these large scale actions that go missing when we focus only on concrete progress.

If nothing else, these are obvious community building and networking opportunities. The US is starved of these opportunities, and rather than turning our noses up, should be engaged with. Pissing and moaning about structure loses the forest for the trees.

We don't have examples of these movements being effective without targeted and concrete goals, but we also forget all examples of the moments in between these landmarks. It's important to develop this momentum into structural progress, rather than upset that the average person is more willing to participate in less-targeted action. Progress doesn't have prescribed structure, despite what many suggest. Take wins where you can and keep working.

There's no subtext. This man has no obligation to this law, so “How dare this person follow the law. ;(” isn't relevant. This man is not following a law, he is simply going about his day. He is volunteering, and not compelled. There is no sanctity of law at play here.

But, to play ball, yes. If a person who would otherwise receive punishment were to do this, I would take that into account. That is not the case here.

Let's just ignore whether there's any moral or ethical arguments about legal compliance: What law is this man complying with? This is not a law that governs him. He is volunteering, and not compelled. There is no sanctity of law at play here.