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) 2 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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 3 weeks 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? 1 month 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 1 month ago:
Another shill take from the rat, what a surprise
- Comment on Even the bravest retro gamer fears Sega Genesis' final form 1 month ago:
Sure. That still doesn’t answer my question though, what happens?
- Comment on Ninten-drawers and Steel N64 Bowels Coming Back In Stock 1 month 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 1 month 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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? 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 4 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