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  • Some people in my high school began saying that someone in their class died in a motorcycle crash. I’ll call the “dead” kid Nel.

    So Nel has a motorcycle (here in Costa Rica there are some sort of scooter-like motorcycles that you can drive without needing a license as long as you are at least 13 years old)

    So I enter the classroom these guys were at, and they tell me Nel is dead. I asked why, and their answer was “Because he tried to protect a beautiful girl from an incoming car and the car hit him”.

    I actually believed them for 15 mins until someone calls them out, and it turns out there was no crash. Nel just had a fever and didn’t go to school for the day.

    Hours later I realized their argument didn’t make sense. If Nel had protected another person from an incoming car, it would still hit the 2 anyways.

    At the end I was called a whiny removed because apparently I can’t tolerate dark humor.















  • Assassin’s Creed Shadows Will Feature Denuvo & Account Linking + EULA also requires you to allow Ubisoft to “monitor” your RAM

    The game’s EULA also requires you to allow Ubisoft to “monitor” your RAM.

    As Ubisoft prepares for the 2025 launch of Assassin’s Creed Shadows – a game some view as the developer’s last chance to break free from a year marked by financial setbacks and controversies – the game’s Steam page has finally gone live, revealing two major caveats about the Steam version of AC Shadows that will, unfortunately for Ubisoft, likely drive away some gamers.

    If you’re in any way familiar with the PC gaming industry (or have read the title of this article), then you’ve most likely already guessed one of the caveats, and yes, the PC version of Assassin’s Creed Shadows will feature Denuvo, a controversial DRM software detested by the community for negatively affecting loading times and framerate in games, something Denuvo’s creator Irdeto categorically denies, blaming its low reputation on pirates and gamers.

    While Denuvo’s presence in Shadows isn’t much of a surprise – considering it’s been used in Ubisoft’s previous games like Assassin’s Creed Mirage, Star Wars Outlaws, the Far Cry series, and others – the decision to keep the DRM could be seen as questionable given the growing trend of developers ditching Denuvo or choosing not to include it in the first place, as well as Ubisoft’s apparent need to steer clear of further controversies and reputational damage.

    The second caveat relates to another requirement the community generally dislikes: the mandatory account linking to the studio’s Ubisoft Connect platform when buying Assassin’s Creed Shadows on Steam. Even though, much like Denuvo, this isn’t anything new for Ubisoft fans, it could still negatively impact the game financially and reputationally considering what happened with Helldivers 2 earlier this year when Sony’s now-retracted mandate to link Steam accounts to PSN caused an uproar, buried the game in negative reviews, and, as some believe, tanked the game’s player numbers, with many blaming this backlash as the sole reason we’ve heard so little about Helldivers 2 in the second half of 2024, despite it being universally acclaimed and considered a strong contender for Game of the Year when it first launched.

    To top it all off, Shadows’ EULA also includes a provision that allows the game to monitor your PC’s RAM to ensure you’re not running any unauthorized programs like macros, cheats, or hacks, a well-intentioned clause that nonetheless feels a touch out of place in a single-player game and could potentially scare off some of the more suspicious players who aren’t comfortable with their hardware being monitored.

    And what’s your take on those requirements? Would it be beneficial for Ubisoft to get rid of Denuvo and account linking while there’s still time?



  • Copied from other comment:

    There’s an app for that: https://github.com/zacharee/Tweaker

    You’ll need to use adb to grant special permissions that an app can’t request on its own.

    adb shell pm grant com.zacharee1.systemuituner android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS
    adb shell pm grant com.zacharee1.systemuituner android.permission.PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS
    adb shell pm grant com.zacharee1.systemuituner android.permission.DUMP
    
    • Audio & Sound --> Disable Safe Audio Warning --> Disabled
    • Persist Options --> Checkbox Disable Safe Audio Warning