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- Comment on Sweden, Norway rethink plans for cashless societies over fears that fully digital payment systems would leave them vulnerable to Russian security threats 2 weeks ago:
¯_(ツ)_/¯
All I know is that if my country was entirely digital in payments, I’d be between a rock and a hard place.
- Comment on Sweden, Norway rethink plans for cashless societies over fears that fully digital payment systems would leave them vulnerable to Russian security threats 2 weeks ago:
same checking number, new account. The branch manager was 100% sure that any autopay using the current card would not be automatically updated because the new card would not be considered a successor to my current card.
She even showed me the scenario play out in the card ordering software.
- Comment on Sweden, Norway rethink plans for cashless societies over fears that fully digital payment systems would leave them vulnerable to Russian security threats 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, I can’t explain the limitation either. That’s how all my cards worked before when they changed numbers after expiration, but the branch manager was very clear that the current debit card would be canceled not reissued. So it’s a new account under my name with the tap card. They even showed me the software used to order replacements, and my card type was cleared marked DO NOT USE.
- Comment on Sweden, Norway rethink plans for cashless societies over fears that fully digital payment systems would leave them vulnerable to Russian security threats 2 weeks ago:
Correct. The card is not tap. The only cards they can order now are tap, so to get a replacement they have to cancel the card and issue a brand new one, messing up any autopay tied to the current number and leaving me without a payment method while the new one arrives.
- Comment on Sweden, Norway rethink plans for cashless societies over fears that fully digital payment systems would leave them vulnerable to Russian security threats 2 weeks ago:
This would suck so bad. My debit card’s chip went bad and the bank can’t reissue me a new one until it expires. I’ve been using cash as a fallback when I don’t want to do the ‘3 chip failure timeout then swipe’ dance just to purchase some soda.
- Comment on Are any games using neural networks for better hard AI that doesn't cheat? 2 weeks ago:
I always got the impression it wasn’t a learning AI but rather a very limited “Has the player pressed the run button? if YES: AI can use run next cycle”
- Comment on What websites still feel like the old internet? 4 weeks ago:
gradients, animated GIFs, “best browsed on”, and a frame once you click enter. Only thing it’s missing is an index page.
- Comment on Anyone use Retropie? Two buttons won't map. 1 month ago:
Two questions:
Are you connecting via USB or Bluetooth?
Do you have a toggle anywhere to put the device into XInput mode?
- Comment on What is your favorite retro console? 1 month ago:
My #1 gaming desire is a PSP consolizer. My 3000 unit has a dead UMD, and my 2000 is failing. I just want a clean HDMI out to my TV without the tangled wires. I always manage to pull the power out while playing.
- Comment on Review of a tester extracting the functionality of USB-C cables 1 month ago:
With the paragraph covering counterfeit cables, I wonder if it tests incorrectly mapped pinouts. I recall that being a pretty wild QA issue with a bunch of previous cables. Even name brand ones.
- Comment on Mozilla faces a privacy complaint over Firefox's tracking 1 month ago:
I chucked Brave shortly after they decided to install a VPN service on my machine without consent or notification.
A service that silently reinstalled itself on Brave update.
A service that did not remove itself when you uninstall Brave. It took a lot of research and time to rip out the guts of that. I will never trust Brave again.
- Comment on Counterfeit PS1 Games Are All Over AliExpress 1 month ago:
I thought it was trivial to circumvent but difficult to duplicate?
Last I recall (though I admit this was years ago) the wobble groove can’t be burned and has to be pressed into the disc… which is why despite it being nearly 30 years old now, you still have to modchip to play anything unofficial.
- Comment on No 'Sims 5' Coming as EA Updates Franchise With Multiplayer 1 month ago:
I gave FreeSO a try since it’s an open-source implementation of Sims Online, but the hookability wasn’t there. We’ve come so far from the days of Sims 1…
- Comment on Everyone assumes it's game over, but Intel's huge bet on 18A is still very much game on 2 months ago:
I’m guessing that Intel’s contingency plan includes a US government bailout if they fail.
- Comment on Revised Raspberry Pi 5 chip comes with unexpected power savings 2 months ago:
Support is what makes me worry about Milk-V and their flood of RISC-V products. You see videos where somebody is trying to get Ubuntu working on Mars while using some colorful language or how the same guy purchased two Meles which were DOA and it makes me wonder how thinly spread their support must be. Or perhaps how packed the Pi Foundation and community support must be.
- Comment on Samsung TVs will get 7 years of updates, starting with 2023 models 2 months ago:
last firmware update I performed for my TV removed features, including the ability to see what resolution and framerate the set was currently displaying.
- Comment on What are some game series you would like to see revived? And if possible, which entry should the new game follow from? 2 months ago:
The first Deception game by Tecmo. A pretty basic game in concept: Invaders come in your castle, you set up traps, lure them into the traps. But- Something about the limiting view of first-person, combined with the poorly lit castle, chilling music, and dark story tone has never been replicated. Add on how you could customize your castle with extra hallways and rooms with special attributes, capture invaders to make your own monsters, or even use masks to change the way invaders react to you… mmm, now I want to play it again.
I tried playing the second, third, and Trapt, but everything after the first game switched to a more action-oriented third person view and started to shy away from the heaven/hell connection.
I wouldn’t mind if it was a game outside the Deception IP. I just want the atmosphere back.
- Comment on Microsoft formally deprecates the 39-year-old Windows Control Panel 2 months ago:
UI designers have had a war on information density for a loooooong time.
- Comment on Can anyone suggest some good co-op games for two people? 2 months ago:
ooh, umm. I actually haven’t played it since 2018. I can’t speak for Enhanced Edition as that came out like a month after I completed the campaign.
- Comment on With SteamOS coming, Microsoft needs to up its game in the handheld gaming market 2 months ago:
Why do I get the weird feeling that they wouldn’t use Xbox, but rather Zune, if they did.
- Comment on Can anyone suggest some good co-op games for two people? 2 months ago:
Dang, I scanned the suggestions and didn’t see this one before posting!
- Comment on Can anyone suggest some good co-op games for two people? 2 months ago:
Divinity Original Sin 1 & 2
- Comment on Cheap but reliable external SSD for RPis 2 months ago:
Unfortunately I don’t have any recommendations I can give you as each enclosure could use a different chipset. It seems that the brand does not have a good reputation for compatibility but that list is fairly old at this point. All I can say is if you find an enclosure you like, plug the model number into the raspberry pi forum and see if anybody had to add it to the quirks list.
- Comment on What games popularized certain mechanics? 2 months ago:
Batman: Arkham Asylum’s free-flowing combo system was copied by many future games.
- Comment on Cheap but reliable external SSD for RPis 2 months ago:
whoa whoa, I would not recommend a cheap AliExpress USB enclosure at all. As others have already pointed out there’s a whole ever-growing blacklist of partially incompatible enclosures that basically flake out whenever they feel like it. Worse yet, not every device is on the list so you frequently have to research and add devices yourself.
The last generic Inland m.2 enclosure I bought worked fine… for 1 hour. Then it disconnected and reconnected. I thought it was just random chance, until it happened again and again and again. Did the deep-dive research, found the chipset was partially incompatible and I had to return it.
DO NOT BUY CHEAP ENCLOSURES FOR EXTERNAL MEDIA ON RPI
- Comment on We need to nationalise Google, Facebook and Amazon. Here’s why 2 months ago:
Can we go with Egypt? I feel like they should get some more time in the history books.
- Comment on Microsoft boosts Windows’ FAT32 partition size limit after nearly three decades 2 months ago:
Personal computers and flagship phones? Yeah you can probably use exFAT.
Video game consoles and handhelds? Dashcams? Car entertainment centers? Cheap android devices? 100% going to be FAT32 partitioned with a Master Boot Record
- Comment on Microsoft boosts Windows’ FAT32 partition size limit after nearly three decades 2 months ago:
I love how the arstechnica article words it like you will never need FAT32 and it’s silly to consider it.
I had to download fat32format I don’t know how many times because I needed to format an extra large SD Card or USB drive for some device. Microsoft really shafted exFAT’s adoption with their licensing.
- Comment on What’s a game you can 100% without hating by the end? 2 months ago:
There were WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too many secret caves in DKC1 to try to 100%. I did try to complete DKC3, but I don’t think I achieved it.
- Comment on What’s a game you can 100% without hating by the end? 2 months ago:
I’m the kind of person who has no issues with moving on from a game with only 20% of the achievements/trophies unlocked after beating the final boss. If it’s not fun, it’s not fun.
I think the only two games I set out to 100% were probably Super Mario World, or Donkey Kong Country 2.
