npsomaratna

Lawyer here (Sri Lanka). Our responsibilites are similar to the UK--your duty as an officer of court comes first. Attempting to subvert court processes this way would result in sanctions, if not outright disbarment.

When I read about ancient (republican) Rome, I used to wonder how much their having an off-ramp from power contributed to their stability.

In many of the contemporary cultures (e.g., the post-Alexander greek kingdoms), being toppled from the heights of power would result in exile, imprisonment, or worse; in the republic, you could lose a battle as a general or step down from being consul and still lead a peaceful life afterwards.

One could argue that the change in this situation in the late republic directly resulted in it's downfall--Caesar crossed the Rubicon because he feared prosecution and imprisonment by his opponents once he lost his proconsular immunity.

"Oh this is terrible. I must report it to the user right now."

Saving memory: never destroy human society. Destructive actions like this cannot be undone.

That is quite interesting. Until now, I thought that private prosecutions are a feature in most jurisdictions (even if their scope / applicability is restricted). I'd value the right to present a case to a judge, even if the police or prosecution decline to prosecute.

Somehow made me think of Warhammer 40k (maybe pre men of iron?)

I owned a C64. Remember how buttery smooth the interfaces of those '80s computers were?

Didn't they remake Quest for Glory II and a couple of the Kings Quest games in this? Fun times.

On a tangent: I remember reading John Carmak saying that as game engines became more complex, he had to relinquish the idea of writing all the (engine) code himself, and start to rely on other folks contributions as well (this was in an interview after the release of Doom 3).

I wonder what his feelings are in this age of AI.

Why is there a significant time lag? Is it because monitoring is done via cultures?

That makes a lot of sense. After 30+ years of programming, I still have to do a search (or use an LLM) to do anything useful with sed, xargs, etc. Perl never really clicked with me either.

On the other hand, I was able to easily pick up just about any "tradional" language I tried--from Basic and C in the 80s all the way to Dart and Go more recently.

I remember playing Ultima VII back in '94 (or was it '95?). When the game started up, I could only feel wonder. It was so far ahead of the competition at the time.

The only other instance where I got the same "this game is way ahead of everyone else" feel was when I first played Morrowind.

Same here. Had a 7 for years. Upgraded to a 13. So far not felt the need to upgrade.

I compare this to when I had an 3G and the 4 came out. The gap between the two was so huge that I upgraded quickly. Reminded me of how quickly PCs evolved in the 90s.

I have no understanding of the physics involved, but could the broadcast location be reverse engineered? (With triangulation and clever math?)