Brokkr
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- Comment on Steam Machine is huge for indie development 2 weeks ago:
I think Steam already presents a large enough market to be enticing for indie devs.
A quick check shows that Steam likely has more monthly active users than Xbox, PS5, or Nintendo. I’m sure a large portion of those groups overlap too. So indie devs are likely to develop for PC first.
While I’m excited for what they just announced, I don’t think it will significantly change these numbers.
- Comment on Passkeys Explained: The End of Passwords 2 weeks ago:
Yes, you have to trust the company storing the passwords.
A good company can store passwords in ways that are secure to most hacking attempts. It isn’t impossible to break the encryption typically used, but it is difficult enough that most thieves will not have the resources or time to make use of the data. They want the low effort password databases, not the difficult and expensive ones.
- Comment on Passkeys Explained: The End of Passwords 2 weeks ago:
That sounds great, but also isn’t a solution for most people.
- Comment on Passkeys Explained: The End of Passwords 2 weeks ago:
It is not portable in the sense that you need bitwarden installed on the device you are trying to connect from.
Passwords can be plain text, which means I can copy, paste, and dictate them to a device that does not have additional software installed.
- Comment on Passkeys Explained: The End of Passwords 2 weeks ago:
Not at all the same. I can type or dictate my passwords on any device with a keyboard. I am not reliant on an individual device continuing to work. In fact I could get all new devices tomorrow, with no access to any previous device, and log into all my accounts within minutes.
Passkeys do not allow, and specifically prevent, that.
- Comment on Passkeys Explained: The End of Passwords 2 weeks ago:
They were surpassed by password managers and 2fa.
- Comment on Passkeys Explained: The End of Passwords 2 weeks ago:
Oops, meant passkey manager, fixed it.
- Comment on Passkeys Explained: The End of Passwords 2 weeks ago:
Sounds like a password manager would make that way easier. Changing your password would involve a few extra clicks. Also, you might want to check with your IT folks. Asking people to constantly change their password is a good way to weaken password strength. I don’t use docusign, but there is probably a setting that they can change.
- Comment on Passkeys Explained: The End of Passwords 2 weeks ago:
Sure, they probably work great when you have your password manager on the device, but that’s not when I need to have backup routes into my accounts. When using a new device, or someone else’s, having even a complicated password that can be typed or copied-pasted has way more functionality.
As far a I can tell, using passkeys would only risk locking me out of my accounts. Everyone else is already effectively locked out.
- Comment on Passkeys Explained: The End of Passwords 2 weeks ago:
While the lock-in issue is annoying and a good reason not to adopt these, the device failure issue is a tech killer. Especially when I can use a password manager. This means I can remember two passwords (email and password manager), make them secure, and then always recover all my accounts.
Passkeys are a technology that were surpassed 10 years before their introduction and I believe the only reason they are being pushed is because security people think they are cool and tech companies would be delighted to lock you into their system.
- Comment on Sliced off the tip of my thumb, what are some good one handed games? 3 weeks ago:
Thanks, looks interesting, added to the list.
- Comment on Sliced off the tip of my thumb, what are some good one handed games? 3 weeks ago:
Return of the Obra Dinn and the golden idol games would probably work. I think you could do everything with mouse clicks or hitting a few keys with your good hand, nothing is time based. Other puzzle based games might work too (lorelai and the laser eye, Blue Prince?)
Mostly 2D factory games, like Factorio could also be doable. Would be a little annoying, but it would work.
- Comment on Infrared contact lenses let you see in the dark 6 months ago:
Your phone’s camera should be able to “see” the IR from security cameras and IR remotes. That can give you a sense for home much and in what direction they emit.
The sensitivities will be different, your phone should still help you some.
- Comment on The Beauty Of Having A Pi-hole · Den Delimarsky 6 months ago:
I put it onto my home server and it is working great. I can’t tell you about all the options, but it was so easy to start another VM for it that I didn’t look at other options too carefully.
- Comment on Players Have Too Many Options to Spend $80 on a Video Game 6 months ago:
Would be interested to know what games you have >500 hours in. Especially if they aren’t multi-player online games.
- Comment on The first folding e-reader is smaller than a paperback 7 months ago:
Once again, this isn’t an OLED screen. It is an E Ink screen, like the black and white ones, but with color. And it folds, if you want that.
- Comment on The first folding e-reader is smaller than a paperback 7 months ago:
This is an E Ink screen: “The mooInk V features an 8-inch folding E Ink screen that’s been tested to survive over 200,000 bends.”
- Comment on The first folding e-reader is smaller than a paperback 7 months ago:
“The mooInk V features an 8-inch folding E Ink screen that’s been tested to survive over 200,000 bends.”
You could at least read the sub heading
- Comment on Balatro wins formal appeal to reclassify poker game as PEGI 12 8 months ago:
While the game can be “addicting”, it is mostly because it is fun to play. Not all “addicting” forms of entertainment need elevated ratings because they are fun to consume. We don’t increase the ratings for binge worthy TV shows and we don’t restrict books if they are page turners, so why should we with a video game. At some point people need to regulate the use of their time themselves.
- Comment on What are your favorite 1000+ hour games? 1 year ago:
Factorio, it’s fun from the first minute but you’ll still be learning new things after 1000 hours.
- Comment on Russian court fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 1 year ago:
2 x 10^34 for those people who like to use numbers to represent numbers in a sane way.
- Comment on Three Mile Island owner seeks $1.6 billion federal loan to restart nuclear plant for Microsoft AI facility 1 year ago:
Market cap doesn’t say how much cash they have available. For that, look at cash on hand which publicaly traded companies need to report
MS has about 75B cash on hand, so they could afford this themselves. They will probably argue that it will bring jobs and expertise to the state. Also, it’s a loan, so the interest will generate funding for the state as well.
- Comment on Patient gamer philosophy 1 year ago:
The question is moot from both sides of the deal, but understanding why is important.
For something like a game, you will only ever pay approximately what you think a game is “worth”. How you determine that value is entirely up to you and should be based on your own opinions and beliefs. Therefore, if you derive value from supporting niche developers, that’s great for you and you should continue to do so as you wish. If you don’t value that quite as much, then wait for a sale price that does.
Your individual decisions will not affect the decisions of publishers and developers.
Their decisions will take into account the total profit that they think a game can provide over its lifetime. This is determined by the initial price and sales as well as future discount prices and sales. The way they estimate the potential profit of a new project is based on past data. If they see most of their sales at launch time, they will price the game accordingly. If they see more revenue over time from sales, then they will price the game accordingly. As long as they continue to hit those goals, then they will continue making products for those audiences.
Therefore, the best way to support the projects you like is to buy the game when the price justifies the value to you. That is buy it whenever you want. The only way to not support (I am purposefully avoiding the word hurt) the publisher and developer is to pirate the games.