doephin @Doephin@awoo.space

Ask them how we're paying for now.

https://energynews.us/2020/10/16/southeast/this-arkansas-school-turned-solar-savings-into-better-teacher-pay/

A school is AK has gained $2 million in it's budget by installing a solar array and upgrading the school, slashing their energy bills enormously.

Who is tastier?

@Phorm @JulieSqveakaroo like I said it's still busted. Random bits of the site keep failing, from viewing to posting to whatever. it's not surprising some people can and some can't and I don't think the bug/ddos/server failure cares about you :)

@catgoat It is funny because people have no idea where the corpses are when that happens

also holy crap how low was your kill timer that you managed that many with someone dead at the button

@catgoat did you call a meeting right after?

@Phorm @JulieSqveakaroo nah it's still busted. It's just varying on which bits are busted

Well so much for reasonable.

"I need you to do x"
"I literally cannot do x that person is asking for a response from a specific person and I am not that person"
"I need you to do x"

repeat with variation for entire call

@kelseyhusky Depends if they can find mr "President McPresidentyface" I suppose!

my boss was a actual reasonable human being during my performance review

this feels weird

@Aarkethrix That may be their intent, but it's not what the language says, and I really doubt you know IPR as well as you think.

The character designer includes names. Good luck arguing that "Aark" the red dragon with these specific characteristics isn't "Aark" the red dragon with these extremely similar other characteristics.

The entire section after "avoidance of doubt" is new from September, and is extremely far reaching. Like if you...somehow? accidentally made something patentable with their character creator they get the patent.

I'm not sure how would WOULD, but the language is there. It reeks of someone at corporate being stupid with their attorney requests.

@Aarkethrix Even taking it at it's most charitable- which is pushing things- here's the problem.

They now have copyright on that design.

Anything further you create- on site or off- using that character is now a derivative work. And therefore a violation of their copyright. Not the 3D model, or screenshots: the design. The character appearance.

(also no, this isn't equivalent to social media ToSs at all)

@Aarkethrix They've claimed on Twitter that they "just" own the 3D model, but this is what their lawyers will be using in court:
"For the avoidance of doubt, you expressly agree that all intellectual property rights in and to any and all character or other designs or any 3D Models that you may create on or through the site (“Character Designs”) and all Content are the property of Sky Castle Studios"

And that says they own *everything*. Notice despite them saying "oh it's just the 3D models" the 3D models are called out separately?

"All character or other designs" is a very, very broad term. Section 2.1 could very easily have a few terms added and cover what they claim to be asking for. This is more than that. Also it's new- from last month.

Hah, Hereforge is bonus shady. I emailed to delete my account because of the recent TOS change (yes I've seen their reply, no that's not what their TOS actually says)

Their reply includes this lovely line:
"Please make sure to cancel any subscriptions before confirming you want your account deleted, or you will continue to be charged."

...WHAT. How is that in any way, shape or form an acceptable thing? "Yes, we're going to continue to charge the account that no longer exists and which you can't log into to turn off". Seriously?

@ceralor it's pretty great. And has an astonishing amount of good VA

Today on Gameplay Accidentally Imitates Life:

Playing Seedship, where you are the AI of a colony ship sent from a doomed Earth. I found a planet with OK conditions and alien ruins. And a pre stone age civilization.

Ok, they probably nuked themselves. Maybe my colonists won't be fucks this time and they can help

....my colonists were fucks again and killed them all. Sigh.

*adds "humans are assholes" to the next AI priority tree*

A news story in which I'm siding with a fucking Pinkerton.

(yes that Pinkerton. They're still around)

IT: we're updating Windows 10. this won't touch your files, no need to back up

The update: "This will wipe the hard drive and install.."

Huh. Apparently there's a "Space Empires 4x" boardgame that's, well, a computer 4x as a board game.

The weird thing is it's taking it's entire game design- including the graphics on the tokens! from Space Empires IV the PC game. But it doesn't seem affiliated with either the developer or publisher.

@anthracite And permanently lock the cage

Useful Masto feature reminder: users can block entire domains for their own account. This is totally separate from admin defed decisions!