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Comment on Ahead of an all-digital future for PlayStation, Sony needs to prove in courts that players know they don't own digitally purchased games in ~games
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Comment on CGA-2026-08 🗡️🛡️❤️🔺 REMOVE CARTRIDGE ⏏️ The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past in ~games
JCPhoenix LinkI intended to play this month, but got sidetracked with other games and other things. So I'll tell a story of my experience with LTTP. Well, my mom's. So we got an SNES when I was like in...I intended to play this month, but got sidetracked with other games and other things. So I'll tell a story of my experience with LTTP. Well, my mom's.
So we got an SNES when I was like in kindergarten or so. So like 1993 or something. First console our family had. My parents bought Super Mario World, Legend of Zelda: a Link to the Past, and Mario Paint (I think Mario Paint came with the system). I tended towards Paint, my dad towards Super Mario, and my mom towards Zelda. Though neither of my parents are gamers as we know them/us today.
But one could be forgiven for thinking my mom absolutely was one. She was a SAHM at the time. And sometimes I'd watch her play Zelda in the evenings before I'd go to bed. Then, I'd wake up in the mornings to get ready for school...and she would still be up playing LTTP. I'd sometimes help or backseat game, lol. I think it was the Desert Palace where you get to this point where you can't go any further. My mom and I were confused. She kept going back and forth through the whole dungeon to see if she missed something. But I noticed the torches at the end of the corridor. So I was like, "Mom, what if you light up all the torches?" So she does. And lo and behold, the corridor lengthens and the boss door appears.
Anyway, she actually got pretty far. Like to the Dark World. However, she got stuck at some boss battle and so she whipped out the Game Genie. Unfortunately, the codes corrupted the save. And that was the end of my mom as the gamer. I've never seen her play a video game since. Valid crashout, I suppose.
But staying up all night, not going to bed to game? Hmm, sounds like something my younger brother and I would do and sometimes still do; wonder where we got that from? Maybe that's why our parents never gave us that much grief when we'd do that growing up =P
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Comment on What is the oldest file you still have? in ~tech
JCPhoenix LinkAround 2-3yrs ago, I found the 3.5" diskette that contained my first website. Naturally, I bought an external USB diskette drive and transferred the files to my cloud storage for safe keeping....Around 2-3yrs ago, I found the 3.5" diskette that contained my first website. Naturally, I bought an external USB diskette drive and transferred the files to my cloud storage for safe keeping. Anyway, the oldest file is from January 16, 1999. I was 11yrs old, almost 12yo. And it's a non-animated GIF of Mewtwo. Because my first website, all in handcrafted HTML, was about Pokemon. Here's what it looked like (at least in a modern browser), with that Mewtwo image.
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Comment on What do you call a bun, bacon, some amount of cheese, and two burger patties? (Not a setup to a joke) in ~food
JCPhoenix LinkBacon double cheeseburger. Like others, double bacon makes me think there's more than one layer of bacon.Bacon double cheeseburger. Like others, double bacon makes me think there's more than one layer of bacon.
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Comment on What theme do you use with Tildes? in ~tildes
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
JCPhoenix Link ParentWe just...turned zombification off. From the get-go. I don't think we've had it on the last few playthroughs. Which, I know, kinda defeats the point of the game. I think in an early playthrough...We just...turned zombification off. From the get-go. I don't think we've had it on the last few playthroughs. Which, I know, kinda defeats the point of the game.
I think in an early playthrough years ago we did use Antibodies, or a mod like it, when we still had zombification on. Though eventually I think we just got tired of the slowness of dealing with zombie bites, period.
I get the feeling that Zomboid is supposed to played somewhat long-term, given how slow things can be in the game. Reading skillbooks, gaining XP. Dealing with injuries and illnesses. Now with growing and breeding seasons for crops and animals, respectively. And then of course, death of the character and then jumping in with a new character, re-building the character.
But my friends and I rarely play games together that long. We'll prob play for another week or two, for like a month total, and then be done with it for another year or more. So we've started removing some of those annoyances through settings changes and mods.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
JCPhoenix LinkPretty much just continuing to play Project Zomboid with a couple friends. The B42 content that we've experienced/tried so far seems alright. But we're definitely finding we still need mods. We...Pretty much just continuing to play Project Zomboid with a couple friends. The B42 content that we've experienced/tried so far seems alright. But we're definitely finding we still need mods.
We started as a vanilla playthrough, but after a week of playing, we were like, "Hmm, maybe one or two mods." Like one was some simple UI stuff.
Recently, a couple of us died after surviving for quite awhile (Like my character died after two in game months and >1000 zombie kills). And we just didn't want to have to re-read skillbooks, recipe magazines, retrain skill levels, etc. It's be too much wasted time. So we cheated and used admin powers to add at least skills and levels back, then introduced a new mod that would "bound" those skills/levels/xp to an in-game item, so that if we died again, we'd have a "save point" we could restart from.
Dying is too easy and too punishing. Bugs/glitches alone can kill a character. And the game still lacks some QoL things. So mods are still needed. Hopefully B43 will focus on some of that. But given how long it took for B42 to come out, who knows when the next major version will be released.
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Comment on Formula 1 Dutch Grand Prix 2026 - Race Weekend Discussion in ~sports.motorsports
JCPhoenix LinkWelcome back from the summer break, and welcome to the second half of the season! And goodbye to Zandvoort; that was the last Formula 1 (And F1A and PSC I think and probably the rest of the...Welcome back from the summer break, and welcome to the second half of the season! And goodbye to Zandvoort; that was the last Formula 1 (And F1A and PSC I think and probably the rest of the ladder) race in the Netherlands. Zandvoort is currently not scheduled for future seasons.
Which meant Max's crash in Lap 2 was a pretty shitty sendoff for the home crowd.
I will admit, I wasn't watching this race closely, since I was busy working on something else. So don't have a whole lot to say. Did seem like Charles was holding up Lewis for no reason (Lewis seemed VERY heated about that). And then whatever happened between the Williams boys. Congrats on both signing contract extensions! I'm sure the team loved that inter-team crash.
On the plus side, was nice to see Yuki again. For a guy who hasn't raced all season, he did decently. Shame he wasn't able to grab a point. Interestingly, because he scored 11th, he's technically ranked above Stroll, Bottas, and Perez in the drivers standings. Anyway, I did catch his F1TV post-race interview. And that was a little sad; you could tell he was grateful to be there again, but wasn't what he was hoping for and knew it wasn't enough to impress a team. I know there's talk of him possibly landing in Indycar next year. Not F1, but a competitive series nonetheless (ignore Palou inevitable domination).
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Formula 1 Dutch Grand Prix 2026 - Race Weekend Discussion
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
Dutch Grand Prix
Circuit Zandvoort
August 21-23, 2026
Sprint Race Qualifying Results -- SPOILER
Pos. No. Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Laps 1 63 George Russell Mercedes 1:13.278 1:12.235 1:11.567 17 2 1 Lando Norris McLaren 1:13.071 1:12.189 1:11.608 15 3 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:13.011 1:12.190 1:11.622 16 4 81 Oscar Piastri McLaren 1:13.126 1:12.026 1:11.666 15 5 12 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 1:13.668 1:12.511 1:11.794 15 6 3 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1:13.585 1:12.771 1:12.094 15 7 44 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 1:13.151 1:12.445 1:12.191 15 8 10 Pierre Gasly Alpine 1:13.977 1:12.720 1:12.578 12 9 5 Gabriel Bortoleto Audi 1:13.730 1:12.786 1:12.583 12 10 41 Arvid Lindblad Racing Bulls 1:14.057 1:12.785 1:12.737 15 11 30 Liam Lawson Red Bull Racing 1:13.420 1:13.136 13 12 22 Yuki Tsunoda Racing Bulls 1:14.490 1:13.145 11 13 43 Franco Colapinto Alpine 1:14.618 1:13.439 9 14 27 Nico Hulkenberg Audi 1:14.284 1:13.616 13 15 31 Esteban Ocon Haas F1 Team 1:14.503 1:13.893 12 16 23 Alexander Albon Williams 1:14.596 1:14.294 12 17 87 Oliver Bearman Haas F1 Team 1:14.728 6 18 55 Carlos Sainz Williams 1:14.738 7 19 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:15.391 5 20 77 Valtteri Bottas Cadillac 1:15.472 7 21 11 Sergio Perez Cadillac 1:15.545 7 22 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1:16.014 5 Source: F1.com
Sprint Race Results -- SPOILER
Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time / Retired Pts. 1 63 George Russell Mercedes 24 30:25.318 8 2 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 24 +1.360s 7 3 1 Lando Norris McLaren 24 +5.196s 6 4 12 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 24 +5.581s 5 5 81 Oscar Piastri McLaren 24 +10.185s 4 6 3 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 24 +10.529s 3 7 44 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 24 +12.188s 2 8 10 Pierre Gasly Alpine 24 +42.510s 1 9 5 Gabriel Bortoleto Audi 24 +44.437s 0 10 41 Arvid Lindblad Racing Bulls 24 +44.971s 0 11 30 Liam Lawson Red Bull Racing 24 +47.471s 0 12 43 Franco Colapinto Alpine 24 +54.466s 0 13 22 Yuki Tsunoda Racing Bulls 24 +56.483s 0 14 31 Esteban Ocon Haas F1 Team 24 +66.098s 0 15 87 Oliver Bearman Haas F1 Team 24 +66.588s 0 16 23 Alexander Albon Williams 24 +74.632s 0 17 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 24 +74.650s 0 18 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 24 +75.284s 0 19 77 Valtteri Bottas Cadillac 23 +1 lap 0 20 55 Carlos Sainz Williams 23 +1 lap 0 21 11 Sergio Perez Cadillac 21 +3 laps 0 NC 27 Nico Hulkenberg Audi 7 +17 laps 0 Source: F1.com
Qualifying Results -- SPOILER
Pos. No. Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Laps 1 1 Lando Norris McLaren 1:12.695 1:11.628 1:11.163 21 2 63 George Russell Mercedes 1:12.924 1:11.959 1:11.265 20 3 12 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 1:13.022 1:11.915 1:11.296 21 4 81 Oscar Piastri McLaren 1:12.610 1:11.641 1:11.305 21 5 44 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 1:12.673 1:11.970 1:11.494 25 6 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:13.064 1:11.910 1:11.558 23 7 3 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1:13.290 1:11.874 1:11.618 22 8 30 Liam Lawson Red Bull Racing 1:13.392 1:12.301 1:11.733 25 9 5 Gabriel Bortoleto Audi 1:13.142 1:12.433 1:12.079 22 10 41 Arvid Lindblad Racing Bulls 1:13.074 1:12.525 1:12.185 22 11 10 Pierre Gasly Alpine 1:13.115 1:12.616 14 12 22 Yuki Tsunoda Racing Bulls 1:13.085 1:12.627 15 13 27 Nico Hulkenberg Audi 1:13.188 1:12.797 19 14 43 Franco Colapinto Alpine 1:13.322 1:12.800 13 15 31 Esteban Ocon Haas F1 Team 1:13.544 1:13.137 17 16 23 Alexander Albon Williams 1:13.552 1:13.182 16 17 55 Carlos Sainz Williams 1:13.574 10 18 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1:13.650 10 19 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:13.818 10 20 87 Oliver Bearman Haas F1 Team 1:13.826 11 21 77 Valtteri Bottas Cadillac 1:14.371 10 22 11 Sergio Perez Cadillac 1:14.600 10 Source: F1.com
Grand Prix Results -- SPOILER
Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time / Retired Pts. 1 1 Lando Norris McLaren 72 2:4:44.859 25 2 12 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 72 +11.536s 18 3 63 George Russell Mercedes 72 +15.906s 15 4 44 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 72 +16.755s 12 5 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 72 +17.258s 10 6 81 Oscar Piastri McLaren 72 +32.332s 8 7 30 Liam Lawson Red Bull Racing 72 +79.915s 6 8 27 Nico Hulkenberg Audi 71 +1 lap 4 9 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 71 +1 lap 2 10 10 Pierre Gasly Alpine 71 +1 lap 1 11 22 Yuki Tsunoda Racing Bulls 71 +1 lap 0 12 41 Arvid Lindblad Racing Bulls 71 +1 lap 0 13 5 Gabriel Bortoleto Audi 71 +1 lap 0 14 43 Franco Colapinto Alpine 70 +2 laps 0 15 11 Sergio Perez Cadillac 70 +2 laps 0 16 55 Carlos Sainz Williams 70 +2 laps 0 17 23 Alexander Albon Williams 66 DNF 0 NC 77 Valtteri Bottas Cadillac 61 DNF 0 NC 31 Esteban Ocon Haas F1 Team 52 DNF 0 NC 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 45 DNF 0 NC 87 Oliver Bearman Haas F1 Team 2 DNF 0 NC 3 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 0 DNF 0 Fastest Lap: Charles Leclerc // 1:14.230 on lap 60
DOTD: Lando NorrisSource: F1.com
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Comment on US Federal Communications Commission abolishes gigabit speed goal, suggesting it is unfair to slower technologies in ~tech
JCPhoenix LinkI got an idea. I'm gonna bring back the Pony Express. If we're gonna go backwards with communications speeds, because we don't want to disadvantage slower "technologies," well then why not ponies?...I got an idea. I'm gonna bring back the Pony Express. If we're gonna go backwards with communications speeds, because we don't want to disadvantage slower "technologies," well then why not ponies? They always want to go back to the 50s. Never said which 50s (though I think Pony Express was in the early 1860s).
I'll be sure to grab some sweet government subsidies while I'm at.
/snark /noise
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Comment on What's something that's more challenging for you than it is for others? in ~talk
JCPhoenix Link ParentThis is me and Lumpia, or Filipino eggrolls. Like my mom makes them all nice and tight and pretty. Mine? Less so, to say the least. I mean, I'll sometimes make a nice one here and there, but I'm...This is me and Lumpia, or Filipino eggrolls. Like my mom makes them all nice and tight and pretty. Mine? Less so, to say the least. I mean, I'll sometimes make a nice one here and there, but I'm totally inconsistent.
While it's been awhile since I've tried, I pretty much helped make Lumpia for holidays/special occasions from like age 5 til my mid 20s when I moved out. Never got that much better at it.
My younger brother, is much better than me at it. Though he definitely has more of a chef hat than me.
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Comment on What's something that's more challenging for you than it is for others? in ~talk
JCPhoenix LinkGoing to bed on time. I don't have a problem waking up with alarms and all that. That's fine. It's just going to sleep at a proper time and/or being consistent with it is so tough for me. My goal,...Going to bed on time. I don't have a problem waking up with alarms and all that. That's fine. It's just going to sleep at a proper time and/or being consistent with it is so tough for me.
My goal, during the week, is to be in bed by like midnight at the latest. Ideally, it'd be like 11pm. But nope. Sometimes I am in bed at 11pm and snoozing a few min later. Other times, it's like midnight. Or 1am. Or 2am. On rare occasion, even 3am! Even though I have to wake up around 6:30a to get ready for work.
Maybe I'll do it for a week. But then by the next week, it's all fucked again and remains that way for weeks and months. Part of that is very likely napping and then the weekends where I go HAM on staying up late (I also blame Formula 1 for this).
But I just cannot get a set schedule and stick with it. "I'll just stay up 30min more." And then next thing I know it's 1:00a or later.
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Comment on Fixing a Framework laptop bricked by a BIOS update in ~tech
JCPhoenix Link ParentA former coworker got a Framework. And he's had/having some issues with the GPU module. I don't know exactly what, but he got the computer earlier this year, but has already had to work with...A former coworker got a Framework. And he's had/having some issues with the GPU module. I don't know exactly what, but he got the computer earlier this year, but has already had to work with Framework to get a replacement GPU. And before he left, he mentioned that he's still having problems and he's once again working with the company to resolve.
I'd like to one day get a Framework, not that I need one, but yeah, def some issues they need to work through.
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Comment on Why your Amazon order confirmation emails have become so unhelpful in ~tech
JCPhoenix LinkA friend literally mentioned this last night. He ordered a cigar cutter from Amazon (I didn't even know they sold anything related to tobacco/nicotine). And he asked us what category the item was...A friend literally mentioned this last night. He ordered a cigar cutter from Amazon (I didn't even know they sold anything related to tobacco/nicotine). And he asked us what category the item was listed as in the email. I joked "circumcision tool." But apparently, I wasn't too far off: It was classified as medical.
I hadn't noticed the change since I've reduced my Amazon buying somewhat.
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Comment on Hayden Panettiere dies at 36 in ~movies
JCPhoenix Link ParentI remember her mostly from Heroes. Save the cheerleader, save the world. I actually never watched the show, but remember how she dominated the show's marketing. And apparently she also voiced...I remember her mostly from Heroes. Save the cheerleader, save the world. I actually never watched the show, but remember how she dominated the show's marketing. And apparently she also voiced Kairi from the game Kingdom Hearts! Didn't know that one.
Sad though. 36 is way too young. I didn't even know she was just a bit younger than me. I was in college when Heroes got popular.
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Comment on What game are you terrible at? in ~games
JCPhoenix Link ParentFor me, I actually enjoy the macro. I love strategy and tactics. I pretty much only played Deadlock with friends and I often had my eyes on the mini map, mentioning in Discord where the opposing...For me, I actually enjoy the macro. I love strategy and tactics. I pretty much only played Deadlock with friends and I often had my eyes on the mini map, mentioning in Discord where the opposing players were, trying to predict where they would be, whether we should be hitting objectives or not, etc. I wasn't the shot caller, but I definitely was constantly reading the game state and trying to figure out what to do next and making suggestions. And there were definitely times we won because I was able to get my friends to get out of the solo/team fighting tunnel vision. Like forget the kills; we can win this right now if focus objectives!
Unfortunately, I'm just bad at the micro. Can't land my shots, can't build out a build (I pretty much just used public builds), I'm slow to farm, etc. Plus, the movement system in that game is crazy. I don't understand all the corner jumping and such.
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Comment on Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news in ~news
JCPhoenix LinkLate to the party, but just saw this: Air France Closes Paris Lounge Sauna After Passengers Apparently Turned It Into A Sex Den In some ways, this might be a twofer. One for the sauna in an...Late to the party, but just saw this: Air France Closes Paris Lounge Sauna After Passengers Apparently Turned It Into A Sex Den
I was looking forward to one of my favorite pre-flight rituals at Paris Charles de Gaulle: a sauna in the Air France Lounge in Terminal 2E, Hall L. Instead, I discovered that the sauna is gone for good, apparently because some passengers could not behave themselves.
In some ways, this might be a twofer. One for the sauna in an airport lounge (guess I'm not fancy enough to know about these things). Second, the sex den in an airport lounge. Mile high club not good enough anymore?
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Comment on New worlds, and what was your "Future Shock" moment? in ~life
JCPhoenix Link ParentYeah I had the same experience a few years back of looking at photos of people who never existed, who will never exist. It was a real WTF experience. Because the images looked real. Kids, adults,...Yeah I had the same experience a few years back of looking at photos of people who never existed, who will never exist. It was a real WTF experience. Because the images looked real. Kids, adults, teenagers, old people. Of all shapes and colors and stripes. Yet none of them are real.
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Comment on What game are you terrible at? in ~games
JCPhoenix LinkDeadlock. I very much like the idea of a shooter-MOBA. Unfortunately, I tend to be mid at best with FPS. Planetside 2 is the only one I ever got decent at and it took me years to get there. And...Deadlock. I very much like the idea of a shooter-MOBA. Unfortunately, I tend to be mid at best with FPS. Planetside 2 is the only one I ever got decent at and it took me years to get there. And MOBAs? Well, this is the first one I've played. I've done a game here or there of League and DOTA, but nothing sustained.
I think it also doesn't help that I'm terrible at builds and such. Sigh.
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Comment on Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO in ~news
JCPhoenix LinkProbably better to be in a federal prison rather than a state prison. Especially given the many problems surrounding the New York state prison system.But after Mangione entered the plea at Friday’s hastily scheduled hearing, his lawyers quickly sought to have the New York case thrown out on double jeopardy grounds. The state’s double jeopardy protections can kick in if a prior prosecution ends in a guilty plea.
Probably better to be in a federal prison rather than a state prison. Especially given the many problems surrounding the New York state prison system.
I'm a Millennial. I used to pirate music like crazy on Napster, Limewire, Kazaa, then torrents. As soon as Spotify became available in the US, I subscribed and almost entirely stopped pirating music. I've been a paying Spotify customer since like 2011, when Spotify got here. It's just easier to search a song in an app, and be able to play it on my phone, my computers, etc.
As a kid/teen, I dealt with warez and cracks. I used to frequent gamecopyworld. But once the Steam store came around, plus I started working and making money...it was just easier to not have to do any of that stuff. I want to play the game, not have to troubleshoot this janky-ass cracked version that's crashing my PC repeatedly. I work in IT today; I know my way around a computer. I troubleshoot plenty at work. I don't want to come home and keep doing that just to play a game.
About the only things I still pirate -- though still to a much lesser extent than back when I was in college -- are movies and shows. Because I have subscriptions to Prime Video and Crunchyroll and, up until pretty recently, to Netflix. But they don't have everything or they lose a license and content disappears. So pirating is still "necessary."
Anyway, I think it's too simplistic to say it's merely generational. In many ways, pirating, especially for music, movies, and shows, is easier than it ever was. Several of my friends use radarr and sonarr and have Plex or Jellyfin servers at home. And a lot of it us automated. Though do keep in mind, we're almost entirely IT/techy types.
Yet I imagine most people don't do it. Even back in high school and college, there was always a small group of us who were doing the pirating for everyone else. In college, there were like three of us who torrented movies for the rest of our friend group. We just shared our external HDDs around. In high school, I remember pirating music and burning CDs for my girlfriend and some of her friends. They didn't do that stuff. So I wouldn't even say these are "Millennial skills." Most Millennials may have beneficiaries of pirating, but I wouldn't say most pirated, themselves.
Convenience and price I think are the more important factors here. Convenience, we largely still have. Price, however, is definitely changing the equations for people. But is it enough to drive them to piracy? Time will tell. Even then, I imagine it'll be back to how it used to be: a few pirates doing all the dirty work for the rest of their social group.