N-gated Hacker News6d ago
🤔 Oh boy, another riveting piece from the ivory tower of Harvard Law Review, unraveling the mystery of what a "tort" is. Thank goodness they dug into that nail-biter! 💤 Spoiler alert: it’s not a pastry. 🥐
https://harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-139/what-is-a-tort/ #HackerNews #HarvardLaw #TortLaw #LegalHumor #IvoryTower #HackerNews #ngated
What is a Tort? - Harvard Law Review

What is a tort, and what is tort law for? On one leading scholarly account, torts are legal liability rules that seek to promote the welfare of society at large by disincentivizing socially suboptimal behavior and distributing the costs of accidents to those who can best bear them.

Harvard Law Review
Class WarioFeb 20

I just want to thank all of the banal and inane humorous accounts and posters which give us a needed distraction in what feel like unprecedented depraved times.

Thanks for reminding us that distraction was always a part of the problem, and disallowing the slow, maddening, bubbling combination of frustration, disgust, despair, and anger to reach a critical half life that actually prompts difficult action is how we got here.

#twee #letthemeatcake #ivorytower #unaffected #removed #privilege

Eurogamer.netJan 26

Stop Killing Games' EU initiative clears almost 1.3m signatures, prepares for official submission to European Commission next month

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.eurogamer.net/stop-killing-games-eu-initiative-crosses-1-million-signatures-prepares-official-submission

Eurogamer.netJan 15

"What is a fair end-of-life cycle for a game?" As Anthem servers are switched off, GOG weighs the "complicated riddle" of multiplayer game preservation

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.eurogamer.net/gog-weighs-complicated-riddle-of-multiplayer-game-preservation

Rock Paper ShotgunJan 9
UK Green Party MPs would be 'compelled' to support Stop Killing Games, if a proposed policy amendment passes - https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/uk-green-party-mps-would-be-compelled-to-support-stop-killing-games-if-a-proposed-policy-amendment-passes #MultiplayerCooperative #MultiplayerCompetitive #UbisoftEntertainment #UbisoftReflections #ActionAdventure #SinglePlayer #Preservation #Firstperson #Thirdperson #AsoboStudio #IvoryTower #Ubisoft #Xbox360 #XboxOne #TheCrew #Racing #MMORPG #PS4 #PC
UK Green Party MPs would be 'compelled' to support Stop Killing Games, if a proposed policy amendment passes

A group of UK Green Party members have announced plans to propose a policy amendment which would "compel" its MPs to support the Stop Killing Games campaign.

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RaurquizDec 15
#happybirthday @GarrettRWang #GarrettRWang #actor #HarryKim #startrek #voyager #lowerdecks #eliteforce #ofgodsandmen #intothewest #ivorytower #theride #actsofviolence #risingsun #rockjocks #alongsidenight #americandad #unbelievable #MonsterForceZero #thedeltaflyers #startrek59 @trekcore
Rock Paper ShotgunNov 24
The Crew Unlimited devs have prevented the Ubisoft racer's "3rd imminent death", this time via a "Y29K" bug - https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-crew-unlimited-devs-have-prevented-the-ubisoft-racers-3rd-imminent-death-this-time-via-a-y29k-bug #MultiplayerCooperative #MultiplayerCompetitive #UbisoftEntertainment #UbisoftReflections #ActionAdventure #SinglePlayer #AsoboStudio #Thirdperson #Firstperson #IvoryTower #TheCrew #XboxOne #Xbox360 #Ubisoft #Racing #MMORPG #PS4 #PC
The Crew Unlimited devs have prevented the Ubisoft racer's "3rd imminent death", this time via a "Y29K" bug

The Crew revival project The Crew Unlimited's developers have found a way to work around a date bug which would have seen the game stop working in 2029.

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Rock Paper ShotgunNov 3
Stop Killing Games' UK petition has been debated in parliament: "The law works, but companies may need to communicate better" - https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/stop-killing-games-uk-petition-has-been-debated-in-parliament-the-law-works-but-companies-may-need-to-communicate-better #MultiplayerCooperative #MultiplayerCompetitive #UbisoftEntertainment #UbisoftReflections #ActionAdventure #SinglePlayer #AsoboStudio #Thirdperson #Firstperson #IvoryTower #Ubisoft #Xbox360 #XboxOne #TheCrew #Racing
Stop Killing Games' UK petition has been debated in parliament: "The law works, but companies may need to communicate better"

The Stop Killing Games campaign's UK petition about games being rendered unplayable by server shutdowns has been debated in parliament.

Rock Paper Shotgun
Rock Paper ShotgunOct 27
Nearly half the 1.48 million Stop Destroying Videogames signatures have been okayed, as campaigners seek "expert" backing - https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/nearly-half-the-148-million-stop-destroying-videogames-signatures-have-been-okayed-as-campaigners-seek-expert-backing #MultiplayerCooperative #MultiplayerCompetitive #UbisoftEntertainment #UbisoftReflections #ActionAdventure #SinglePlayer #Thirdperson #AsoboStudio #Firstperson #IvoryTower #TheCrew #Xbox360 #XboxOne #Ubisoft #Racing #MMORPG
Nearly half the 1.48 million Stop Destroying Videogames signatures have been okayed, as campaigners seek "expert" backing

The Stop Destroying Videogames campaign have provided another update on their EU Initiative, with 689,035 signatures having been verified so far.

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Rock Paper ShotgunOct 17
The Crew 2's offline mode is live, so you don't have to worry as much about Ubisoft ramming it off the road - https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-crew-2s-offline-mode-is-live-so-you-dont-have-to-worry-as-much-about-ubisoft-ramming-it-off-the-road #MultiplayerCooperative #MultiplayerCompetitive #UbisoftEntertainment #UbisoftReflections #ActionAdventure #SinglePlayer #Firstperson #AsoboStudio #Thirdperson #IvoryTower #TheCrew2 #Ubisoft #XboxOne #Xbox360 #TheCrew #Racing #MMORPG #PS4 #PC
The Crew 2's offline mode is live, so you don't have to worry as much about Ubisoft ramming it off the road

An offline mode for The Crew 2, dubbed hybrid mode, has been launch by Ubisoft following backlash to the original Crew's server shutdown.

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