tehmics

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some of the impacts of a power outage that isn't that obvious / isn't talked about a lot? And What happens to restaurant bills? Do Buses still work? (since card payments wouldn't work)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago⁩:

  People type their credit cards into online stores all the time.

  Sure, under the assumption that it’s not being stored without permission, or securely with permission. People are and should be very cautious about what sites you directly submit your card info to, and for less popular sites people are more and more opting to use a third party payment processor like apple, amazon, PayPal, etc.

  In the US, most restaurants still take your card out of eyesight to be processed, although processing devices at the table is becoming more popular.

  One of the most common ways cards get skimmed in person. You should absolutely be wary of this especially if it takes an unusually long time. I’ve been at group dinners where this was commented on. Seems pretty common sense.

  I don’t think most people even think about it most of the time in the US because the credit card companies take care of disputes. Europe is definitely way ahead of us on secure payments!

  I disagree. This is a common point of concern in my experience with customer facing roles, and anecdotally in my social life. When I worked for a major cell provider, for example, we sent a digital form to the customer so that we didn’t have to collect card info over the phone at all. In the event that we did as a fallback, customers were very wary of this across the board.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some of the impacts of a power outage that isn't that obvious / isn't talked about a lot? And What happens to restaurant bills? Do Buses still work? (since card payments wouldn't work)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve only seen those in movies, and I haven’t even had an embossed card in years. but most people (rightfully so) would refuse having their card info written anywhere these days. Things have really changed

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some of the impacts of a power outage that isn't that obvious / isn't talked about a lot? And What happens to restaurant bills? Do Buses still work? (since card payments wouldn't work)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  When I worked in a restaurant we still had paper bills in the office we could write up if our system was down. If you wanted to pay with card, we would offer to write down your card info and charge it later, or accept cash only. We’d always inform new customers of this before taking their order.

  If someone already ordered and was unable to pay we’d just take the loss on good faith that they’d return to pay, no holding ID or anything like that. It’s a relatively small loss for the restaurant to maintain a good reputation. Orders get comped all the time for more trivial reasons, and food cost is already a major part of a restaurant’s overhead.

  But if power is out, then that generally means the kitchen isn’t functioning either unless the restaurant has generators

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Rare Shigeru Miyamoto Interview About The Making Of Mario 64 Has Just Surfaced Online | Time Extension⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Could also be rare in an algorithmic sense. If someone randomly uploads it to YouTube in 2007, only gets 12 views and it just sits there unwatched for years

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are PC handhelds like Steam Deck really competitors for Switch 2?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re cheaper which is insane. We could see a boom if third party manufacturers hop on steamOS now

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PirateSoftware's Take On $80 Games⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Another shill take from the rat, what a surprise

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Even the bravest retro gamer fears Sega Genesis' final form⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure. That still doesn’t answer my question though, what happens?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ninten-drawers and Steel N64 Bowels Coming Back In Stock⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So this bowl is meant to be used with oem plastic sticks? Is there a steel stick on the market anymore?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Even the bravest retro gamer fears Sega Genesis' final form⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What actually happens if you try to boot this? Stuck at SEGA splash screen? Error code?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: some places it is a crime to ask questions⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree he wasn’t acting in good faith, but I’m more concerned with any would-be censorship than a silly troll. The moderator reached out to be and explained the scenario, and pointed out that they actually left one of their duplicate posts up.

  I’m pretty happy with how the particular situation has gone down, but I do still stand by my initial comments and my principles on censorship.

  Mods handled it appropriately and sealion is an idiot, misrepresenting the scenario. but that was a given.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: some places it is a crime to ask questions⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for taking the time to break it down.

  I agree that he isn’t acting in good faith, but silencing the discussion is (would be) the bigger issue to me than some silly troll.

  I really appreciate your response and reasoning. I don’t have an issue with logistical moderation (e.g. duplicate threads) but I’m extremely adverse to moderation of actual topics for what should be obvious reasons.

  Given that you left the other thread up, I think I can put away the pitchfork for now. I’ll have a look at your rules, and hopefully find myself satisfied and participating in your community.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: some places it is a crime to ask questions⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re going to lose what appears to be your only defender if you maintain that bullshit rhetoric.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: some places it is a crime to ask questions⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t care. I don’t care about your sealioning either. I

  t is my view that some things should be dealt with through downvotes and discussion, not moderation. Especially when we are talking about authoritarianism of all fucking things.

  Moderation in my view is an extreme measure that shouldn’t be enacted lightly. And I only want to participate in communities that share that view.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: some places it is a crime to ask questions⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes. I disagree with their rules and their enforcement of them, and this exposed that.

  What else would you have me do in that scenario?

  It’s not like I pour over each community’s rules before reading any content that surfaces from them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: some places it is a crime to ask questions⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep, that’s part of my point.

  I’ve already blocked the community over this. Know any alternatives?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: some places it is a crime to ask questions⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  We used to say the same thing about the internet as a whole, and then the big tech companies crowded out all the smaller options, started controlling narratives and we ended up where we are at now.

  I don’t want to see the same thing happen with Lemmy instances. We are on the ground floor.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: some places it is a crime to ask questions⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It starts with us.

  I came here to get away from censorship, not join it. We need places for open discussion but I’m starting to see that this isn’t it either.

  This was an opportunity to actually have a discussion about the topic and reinforce virtues of freedom, but it is doing the opposite and illustrating the descent to authoritarianism.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: some places it is a crime to ask questions⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Using authoritarianism to silence the question is not the win you seem to think it is. This shit is gross

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Chrome is killing more extensions than you think - is your old favorite on the list?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep, I have my PiHole running on a Pi2 still.

  You’re underestimating these websites though. I already run into sites that arbitrarily throw up a “Firefox not supported” gate until I switch user agents. That will only get worse.

  I’m still very concerned about Firefox’s funding majority coming from Google search, especially after the antitrust shutting it down. slashdot.org/story/431592

  We’re headed for dark times for the open internet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Check your DVDs for disc rot — Warner Bros. says it’s replacing them⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Shockingly good news from a media corp. Paramount would just steal your discs and tell you to pound sand

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord is discussing an IPO⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s matrix? Been hearing that more recently

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Last Of Us Part II will require a PSN account to play on PC, making it unplayable in over 100 countries⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe you’re thinking of Empress

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨flouride⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I also came across the same study while looking to disprove a conspiracy nut. We should really do more research on the effects of fluoride.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's a matter of perspective⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you. I’ve seen the old one before and I knew there was an illusion but I obviously couldn’t find it in the OP.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If I lose the spread gun, I start over.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Spread gun is even better if you manage to offset the spread. It can only have x bullets active at once, so if you stack the bullets it will turn into the highest DPS machine gun in the game