asmoranomar

@asmoranomar@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starfield's first DLC is one of the worst Bethesda and DLCs of all time⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel like starfield is an experiment in user driven content (mods) to sell a game. The issue with Skyrim is that there is really only one map, and before any map extension mod came out, there were so many mods out there that competed for space on the map. Even today, large world overhaul mods are constantly stepping on the toes of other mods. City redesigns are also a problem unless you’re really good at load orders and merging.

  Starfield feels like each world is an open map, ready for people to start designing content: either a colony, a cave, or anything really. The story seems loose and open ended so that it won’t interfere with large collaborative content. It’s not a game they are selling, but a modding storefront. It’s like Skyrim Creations, but putting the horse (armor sold separately) before the cart.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who still uses pagers?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Pagers are not guaranteed to be 1 way comms and bringing them into secure locations is a security violation. Additionally, depending on the classification, no unauthorized and undisclosed devices of any kind would be permitted, including any electronics or electronic media such as tapes, CDs, discs, etc. Even when I was issued a verified 1-way pager, I was specifically briefed I was not permitted to bring it into a classified location. Most of the highly classified SCIFS are shielded anyways, you can’t use it inside so it’s safer to leave it out, along with all other devices.

  If your organization allows it, then (if federal) they are breaking the law and should be reported/up-channeled. If it’s corpo, you should bring up additional concerns with your security team.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Layered encryption?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In some instances of private/public key systems, this is done. It’s mainly for the purpose of ensuring the recipient knows who the sender was and also ensuring the sender knows who the recipient is.

  Quick primer: If you encrypt with your private key, everyone knows it was sent by you. If someone encrypts with your public key, they know you will receive it. Use your private key and someone’s public key together and you know only that person got it.

  In practice, lately another step is added to negotiate a third temporary/session key. This ensures keys aren’t used forever, and if compromised a new one can be generated. This is more secure than encrypting twice, because you never know what data is sensitive and picking the wrong one requires the attacker to start from scratch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why we don't have 128-bit CPUs⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A better example is to explain the chaos of having to go to the grocery store and pick up some hot dogs and buns. You know the pain.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samsung purposely knives customer's TV to weasel out of repair⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Bought stove last March. Was cooking on it in Dec and the glass to melted. It’s clearly melted and the glass is not cracked. Called it in, and they lost my claim. I sent another and they sent out their own specialist. The guy was a Samsung shill, and he only looked at the stove and, without talking to me as I’m standing there, called it in and said it was cosmetic damage caused by user. He then left telling me that my stoves warranty ran out 3 months after I bought it and that I had to call it in again to get their determination. I did, and they said the claim was closed out citing I caused the damage.

  So, either Samsung thinks I took a blowtorch to it, or they refuse to perform a proper diagnostic or send an independent technician. They would prefer my house to burn down, than to admit even a little bit of fault. Worse still, I don’t know what to do, because any action I take would get ignored (they haven’t responded to bbb or states consumer protection reports and both have no legal authority to make them). Trying to repair it myself would allow them to push harder on user fault, and I don’t have money to take legal action.

  If that wasn’t bad enough, my sister is going through the same thing with a dryer she bought that died 4 days before the warranty expired.