Sorry, I don't see your point. There are plenty of mods that require modification of both the server and the client software, e.g. if new items or game modes are added and the client needs to be able to recognize them.…
Absolutely. This ties in to the whole Stop Killing Games saga, and my comment was long enough. Suffice it to say widespread push of cryptographically locked-down gaming clients and distros will not make that battle any…
For sure, the solution sounds in line with the interests of users who really want to play the protected games, more so than any alternative I can think of right now. I'm supportive of people who will knowingly make this…
The consequences are all the more worrisome if you suppose this arrangement is able to gain any real traction as proposed. Each participating distro's maintainers will need to publish a compliant distro flavour in…
The quiet part needs to be said out loud: ensuring "fairness" in online games and letting clients meaningfully remain in control over their hardware and software are two fundamentally incompatible goals. One goal puts…
Is there a way to provably destroy a piece of information? The closest thing I heard of was the Z-Cash "ceremony" [1]. If there was, we could create messages that are provably and absolutely timestamped. Another…
In other news: 100% of people who drink water inevitably die
Sorry, I don't see your point. There are plenty of mods that require modification of both the server and the client software, e.g. if new items or game modes are added and the client needs to be able to recognize them.…
Absolutely. This ties in to the whole Stop Killing Games saga, and my comment was long enough. Suffice it to say widespread push of cryptographically locked-down gaming clients and distros will not make that battle any…
For sure, the solution sounds in line with the interests of users who really want to play the protected games, more so than any alternative I can think of right now. I'm supportive of people who will knowingly make this…
The consequences are all the more worrisome if you suppose this arrangement is able to gain any real traction as proposed. Each participating distro's maintainers will need to publish a compliant distro flavour in…
The quiet part needs to be said out loud: ensuring "fairness" in online games and letting clients meaningfully remain in control over their hardware and software are two fundamentally incompatible goals. One goal puts…
Is there a way to provably destroy a piece of information? The closest thing I heard of was the Z-Cash "ceremony" [1]. If there was, we could create messages that are provably and absolutely timestamped. Another…
In other news: 100% of people who drink water inevitably die