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- Comment on Hey look, a giant sign telling you to find a different job 9 hours ago:
Name and shame!
- Comment on Is there a uBlock Origin filter or extension for LLM slop in search results 1 day ago:
You can use uBO on shorts to make them dissappear.
For Android, 7 helieve revanced has an option for that.
- Comment on Porsche Cars in Russia Shut Down After Satellite System Failure 4 days ago:
Feature is based on the same tech implementation as these SOS/Service call buttons almost every modern car has. It uses IoT sim.
People who have SOS/Service call button in their cars are also falling under this issue except it would only affect cars that has been outside of russian cellular towers for over 72h.
Also, maybe this is happening due to Porsche not willing to extend IoT sim subscriptions for russian citizens making their sims essentially to be disabled. But I am not sure how car manufacturer IoT sim contracts work. For a typical company/private person IoT sim contract is for 10 years with typically 1gb of data for the same timeframe. If car manufacturer contract is similar to that, this may be the reason why their cars are bricking.
- Comment on Porsche Cars in Russia Shut Down After Satellite System Failure 4 days ago:
Not only due (or probably not even because of) Satellite system failure.
In order to fight drones flying over the border from Ukraine, Russia implemented new restrictions to cellular connections. From like last 2 weeks they made so that when a sim card that enters russian border, it will be denied cellular connection for 24 hours. This also include russian sim cards that have been not connected to russian cellular network for over 72 hours.
Almost every modern car today has a sim that communicates with servers all the time. It is just that Porsche also has this feature that can track car remotely and immobilize on demand. It utilizes this type of sim card. Porsche itself has nothing to do with why they are bricked. It is a byproduct of russian attempts at preventing drone attacks which backfires spectacularly.
- Comment on Manufacturer issues remote kill command to disable smart vacuum after engineer blocks it from collecting data — user revives it with custom hardware and Python scripts to run offline 4 days ago:
Say, if he got it because it was advertised as an offline device then why would he connect it to wifi anyway? The more I read this article, the more questionable this so called “IT specialist” is.
This is how it has been for a long time - robovacs do to talk to a server. Should it? Not necessary. But they undeniably do.
- Comment on Manufacturer issues remote kill command to disable smart vacuum after engineer blocks it from collecting data — user revives it with custom hardware and Python scripts to run offline 4 days ago:
That’s like a month old news article
No one should be outraged. That is how all robovacs are working - use LIDAR to map area -> send back to server -> server calculates optimal cleaning route -> sends back info to vac -> vac cleans. Vac cant ping back to server - server thinks vac is dead. No killswitch is needed.
Also, app is not a necessity except we are forced to use it. But many would not like to lose an ability to track progress or start and stop cleaning from their phone outside of the home network. For these features, app and external server is a must.
The only real issue with robo vacs is that it is an IoT device. We should make manufacturers and brands to let us choose if we want to selfhost their software. But that would never happen.
This article IMO is full of bs and ragebait.
- Comment on Left 4 Dead co-creator is directing a mysterious co-op shooter for JJ Abrams' production company, and Sony's going to publish it: "We hope to deliver a bold, innovative experience" 4 days ago:
As a hardcore fan of L4D, I just found it hilarious that I had to google for the name of their spiritual successor to L4D and that game before Back 4 Blood where you have 4 teammates hunt or be hunted by 1 big monster. Both are unmemorable abandonware games while L4D2 (also is kind of an abandonware) somehow is still played and is almost old enough to drink. Fucking timeless classic, I may say.
- Comment on Left 4 Dead co-creator is directing a mysterious co-op shooter for JJ Abrams' production company, and Sony's going to publish it: "We hope to deliver a bold, innovative experience" 4 days ago:
Last time I have heard about a L4D
co-creator making another co-op game, we got Back 4 Blood which I got beta for and which sucked some major ass and eventually died in less than 2 years after release. So, no. I am not hyped and nobody should until they actually show a good game. Glad my beta was free. Didn’t had to pay for this crap to figure out it is crap. - Comment on Reddit global rank is going down 4 days ago:
little has been done to mitigate it
They made it more difficult for community to spot bots. Now anyone can hide their profile post/comment history. By design!
pretty much for every legitimate post a day, you’d get 6 to 10 bot posts
Real! I once saw a post in some sub where mods were complaining about bot/AI problems lately. In comments there was a guy who said he is moderating a very niche sub about toyota trucks with a few thousands of users. He said that half of the posts in a day feature AI generated pictures of these cars. Can’t be real people posting it. I wonder what really happens in bigger subs.
- Comment on Reddit global rank is going down 4 days ago:
It is riddled with bots. Like, you know. The whole thing supposed to be where people would collaborate, vote for the best design on their sub and then implement it on the canvas together. But instead we got bunch of bot accounts that would draw pictures faster than a speed of sound and not let anyone draw anything there but themselves.
And also, during IPO incident, spez decided that the best option to distract people from the elephant in the room would be to run (at that point already not so much) beloved r/place.
- Comment on Reddit global rank is going down 4 days ago:
There is nothing to wait for. It has been there for a while now.
- Comment on Controversial horror game Horses is the top-selling new game on GOG even as it gets kicked off the Humble Store one day after launch 5 days ago:
In this crazy world where it could actually happen, I don’t think they did it with intent. Most likely the haven’t had this in their plans, but they did plan on having a minor in the game to ride a horse. They thought that it would be a great idea to capitalize on Steam ban - that is undeniable. And I can’t blame them. That is indeed a perfect advertisement campaign - loud and, most importantly, free.
It is just hilarious to me that with all this clout and attention, their game is getting barely any buzz post-release. And also that the most posted article about Steam ban is mentioning them as one of the best idie devs out there when they are like mid at best.
- Comment on Controversial horror game Horses is the top-selling new game on GOG even as it gets kicked off the Humble Store one day after launch 5 days ago:
Publicity stunt.
They got tons of publicity by being banned from steam. They harnessed it as much as possible which spawned the infamous “one of the best indie game developers” title in some news articles. Being banned from two major game stores brings a lot of eyes on their game. And even with a bright spotlight lightning up their game - still barely anyone is talking about it. My theory is - game is below average at best and can be barely called an art piece in gaming industry. (based on what I know about the game and on one youtube playthrough)
Popularity matters cause it is a good metric to measure sales. If game is good and sells well - people will talk. People are barely talking about this game. Sales are probably very low. But also, what would sales be if it wouldn’t be banned of steam? I bet they would barely exist.
- Comment on Controversial horror game Horses is the top-selling new game on GOG even as it gets kicked off the Humble Store one day after launch 5 days ago:
Ah yes, yes. The game from “one of the best indie game developers” that, as of 2025.12.04 (2 days since release), has <4 Metacritic user reviews (no score) and stands at 77 score with only 7 reviews by game critics. Devs get tons of free clout by being removed, but somehow their game is still unpopular. Wonder why.
- Comment on Psychonauts, 3D platformer with a big heart 5 days ago:
That is what I’ve missed upon my first play-through.
I wanted to do 100% right after the final boss but quickly realized that in order to do this, you’ll need not only to cleanup everything before you reach top of The Thorny Tower, but also talk to children during different parts of the game. So, naturally I had to go though game once again and let me tell you what:
Tim Schafer is a fucking genius. Not only he made one of the most memorable Adventure games of all time, he has managed to enter 3D platforming and making it not only stylistically stand out of all the copy-paste industry stencil games, but also mix it with Adventure style dialogue that rocks your socks off. I liked the game, the story, levels, design and gameplay. But, man, dialogue is what really seals the deal to me. It is hilarious, smart, fits the world to a tee, and is important part of the game.
When I have played Psychonauts 2, I made sure to check in with all of the characters after each level of the game and explore on new dialogue options. 5x 100% playthrough, and it delivers every single time.
- Comment on Which SBC for TV streaming? 6 days ago:
4W rpi5 versus 7W n100 on idle is not a big of a difference. I admit that rpi5 would be around half as cheaper to run but even with really high electricity price, difference is minuscule. Your average wifi router would utilize around the same amount of energy as N100 minipc.
- Comment on Which SBC for TV streaming? 6 days ago:
Not sure if this counts as SBC, but maybe you should try to find a used GMKtec G5. It is tiny and these usually have N97 and 12gb of DDR5. New one goes for 139 where I am at, so maybe it is fair to try to find used one for cheaper.
Alternatives: minis with N5059, N95, N100, N150 are all priced similarly.
- Comment on The Algorithm That Detected a $610 Billion Fraud: How Machine Intelligence Exposed the AI Industry’s Circular Financing Scheme 6 days ago:
- Comment on Samsung reveals first tri-fold phone 6 days ago:
I know a person who has some Samsung foldable phone that is as of right now (2025.12.03) about a year old. According to them, everything was fine since February when the phone was bought. But last week we got below 0C weather, so the fold line on the screen got layers separated.
Z Fold 7 is 2000 euro. They might have Z Fold 6, I am not sure. Regardless, that is way too expensive of a phone to breaks under a mildly cold weather.
- Comment on South Korea police say 120,000 home cameras hacked for 'sexploitation' footage 6 days ago:
Which surprises me since South Korea is not well known for armed/unarmed break-ins.
- Comment on Decreasing Certificate Lifetimes to 45 Days 1 week ago:
As some selfhosting novice who uses NPM with auto renewal - I feel that I shouln’t be ocncerned.
- Comment on South Korea police say 120,000 home cameras hacked for 'sexploitation' footage 1 week ago:
Why in the world anyone would put camera in bedroom or any other part of the house/apartment where sexy things could happen?
- Comment on Do you cheat in video games? 1 week ago:
Years ago - I did cheat in many single player games. For example, I am extremely bad at RTS. Couldn’t beat computer on easy in WC3, even today. I was cheating during campaign just to go thought the story of the game.
I did cheat in WoW pirate server but not in the way of malice. I only did use flight cheat to travel quickly and a small teleport 1m ahead because sometimes quests or dungeons were broken and this was the only way to deal with that. I never used cheats in BGs or against other players but one of my friends did and got banned many times for that.
I have never cheated in any PvP games like CSGO, LoL, HOTS, L4D2, PUBG, COD, Town of Salem. I hate when cheaters ruin my game. I would not want to ruin anyone else’s game.
General rule: single-player cheats are ok. Multiplayer cheats - not ok.
- Comment on Valve dev counters calls to scrap Steam AI disclosures, says it's a "technology relying on cultural laundering, IP infringement, and slopification" 1 week ago:
If you are talking about NPC AI as if their behaviour that is programmed - then you talk about the wrong thing. The buzz is about AI being used to generate textures, levels, designs of characters, text/dialogue, story/plot of the game.
- Comment on Valve dev counters calls to scrap Steam AI disclosures, says it's a "technology relying on cultural laundering, IP infringement, and slopification" 1 week ago:
To add, I am pretty sure most of devs are actually for AI disclosure. Who really is against are publishers.
- Comment on Don't throw away your old PC—it makes a better NAS than anything you can buy 1 week ago:
I got a Kill-A-Watt similar device. I have measured my old PC at around 110W. PC specs: i5-6600, 16gb DDR4 ram, 1060 3gb, 1x2TB hdd, 1x250gb sata ssd, 1x1tb m2 ssd.
- Comment on Don't throw away your old PC—it makes a better NAS than anything you can buy 1 week ago:
Nah. I dissagree. My dedicated NAS system consumes around 40W idling and is very small sized machine. My old PC would utilize 100W idling and is ATX-sized case. Of course I can use my old PC as a NAS, but these two are different category devices.
- Comment on idk 1 week ago:
For 120v power grid systems these would boil water twice as slow. But still, the beat and most efficient way to do it.
- Comment on Epic boss Tim Sweeney thinks stores like Steam should stop labelling games as being made with AI: 'It makes no sense,' he says, because 'AI will be involved in nearly all future production 1 week ago:
I got a few epic games to be claimed on epic store. I just don’t. I don’t have an account and I also do not have a will to make one. Nothing of value is there anyway.
- Comment on I dunno 1 week ago:
That is a problem, tho
