tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post6757144949035746414..comments2024-03-28T00:11:33.489-04:00Comments on bensozia: Links 9 December 2022Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-87547772551014560092022-12-10T08:45:19.509-05:002022-12-10T08:45:19.509-05:00@Verloren
"There's a now-ancient (and st...@Verloren<br /><br />"There's a now-ancient (and still actively played by a large community!) text based multiplayer computer game which had the brilliant idea to create a "Fallen" version of their game - they duplicated the original game world exactly, designated it to be a "rules free" version of the game which would receive zero moderation of player behavior, and then opened up it for subscription access to people who chafed under the idea of having to play nice with others."<br /><br />That's fascinating. Do you remember the name of the game?<br />Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14456987412710878404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-68076362423933425142022-12-09T23:50:54.307-05:002022-12-09T23:50:54.307-05:00Xerox copies used to have a bug that caused them t...<i>Xerox copies used to have a bug that caused them to change numbers in certain copies. Amazing to learn that a machine you think of as a simple copier has software complex enough to have a bug that replaces one digit with another.</i><br /><br />This is an interesting case of modern digital technology introducing a flaw that didn't exist in earlier analog iterations of the same product.<br /><br /><i>Instead of banning people, social media might one day employ "heavenbanning, the hypothetical practice of banishing a user from a platform by causing everyone that they speak with to be replaced by AI models that constantly agree and praise them, but only from their own perspective."</i><br /><br />There's a now-ancient (and still actively played by a large community!) text based multiplayer computer game which had the brilliant idea to create a "Fallen" version of their game - they duplicated the original game world exactly, designated it to be a "rules free" version of the game which would receive zero moderation of player behavior, and then opened up it for subscription access to people who chafed under the idea of having to play nice with others.<br /><br />It worked astoundingly well - huge masses of chaotic rule breakers flocked to their shiny new playground where they could do whatever they wanted and never get in trouble, and they loved it. Meanwhile, polite rules-following players in the original version of the game enjoyed not having to put up with all the crummy behavior of the rules breakers, and <i>they</i> loved it. And the company making the game got to enjoy not having to devote anywhere near as many resources policing their players, and <i>they</i> loved <i>that</i>.<br /><br />It was the rare kind of situation where everyone wins, and I've never understood why no one else has ever really tried to duplicate the success of the idea in other areas.<br /><br /><i>On Russian television, talk about what happens if Russia loses: "everyone will be considered at fault, no exceptions. . . . We will all be found guilty." Which inspired an interesting comment from a German guy who says a bunch of Brits called him a Nazi and chased him out of their town, in 1978. So, yeah, the Russian talking heads are probably right. Not that they don't deserve it.</i><br /><br />I mean, there are plenty of Russians who joined the Ukrainian army, who people understand are not at fault. There are plenty of Russians who fled the country rather than be conscripted, and people understand THEY are not at fault. The Russians who have refused to be complicit in the war are being praised for their bravery and their morals - it will only be those who sat silent, who did and said nothing as Ukrainian children were orphaned and murdered in droves, who the world judges. They sat at home and shrugged as Putin began murdering in their names, and now they wring their hands at the thought that the world might judge them for not caring.<br /><br />In short, it's not Russians that fear being condemned for being Russians - it's Orcs who fear being condemned for being Orcs.G. Verlorennoreply@blogger.com