Wildmimic
@Wildmimic@piefed.social
- Comment on Roblox continues efforts for child safety by expanding age estimation to all users by end of the year 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, i remember reading an article where child devs were getting burnout from working inhumane hours, organized through discord with shit like standups and all the crap from offices, but without pay, health insurance or vacation time, on top of a shitton of bullying - and Roblox gets their cut through their marketplace
- Comment on How long do we have before PCs get locked bootloaders and corporations ban installation of "non-approved" software? (for context: Google is restricting sideloading worldwide on Android ETA 2027) 2 weeks ago:
the replaceable batteries will be coming back (thanks EU, don't know if it will spill over to the US tho), and regarding the headphone jack there seems less and less market - wireless headphones have started to win out with features like ANC, passthrough and long battery times (i have to charge mine about once a week, and they are not new), on top of getting rid of the cable that annoyed more people than it endeared. You still can use cabled headphones with an adapter, so i don't think it's a catastrophal loss.
- Comment on How long do we have before PCs get locked bootloaders and corporations ban installation of "non-approved" software? (for context: Google is restricting sideloading worldwide on Android ETA 2027) 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, i'm pretty sure the EU wont approve of locking down PCs that way. I'm also pretty sure that Googles current moves regarding the registration of developers and locking down sideloading will not be seen positively in the current climate, where the EU seeks to become more independent from Silicon Valley. The EU has been adamant in their view that users should not be limited to one market on phones; i believe that trying to lock down PCs would lead to legislation forbidding that.
- Comment on [Important] Catbox Needs Your Help 2 weeks ago:
I don't know what VPN you use, but i have zero issues running Proton VPN and accessing catbot. Maybe some VPN nodes are used to attack Catbox and they are temp banned?
- Comment on (Rant) Don't buy Rockstar games. 2 weeks ago:
If it comes to keeping contact information in order, that is something that only consumers can do; it would be pretty creepy if Corpos knew my new email address without telling them.
It has nothing to do with what i think about 3rd party launchers. Those are 2 different things, no need to get personal.
- Comment on (Rant) Don't buy Rockstar games. 2 weeks ago:
I simply repeat: it is OPs job to keep their accounts in order and contact information updated. The license is bound to an email account. Keep your info updated for stuff you actively use, or run into trouble. There's nothing else to say in this matter.
- Comment on (Rant) Don't buy Rockstar games. 2 weeks ago:
that was gouranga
- Comment on (Rant) Don't buy Rockstar games. 2 weeks ago:
But they are also required to make sure noone else gets access to the account, and so it's OPs job to prove ownership of the account - which he can't, or else the situation would have been resolved after Rockstar supports questions.
- Comment on (Rant) Don't buy Rockstar games. 2 weeks ago:
This doesn't happen to me because i made the mistake of not taking stuff like account creation seriously 20 years ago and i learnt my lesson, OP will have learnt his now. Since you seem to share the notion that it's not important if you lose access to an account which active software is bound to, WITH NO OTHER REAL WAY TO PROVE THAT YOU OWN THAT SPECIFIC LICENSE (you can't even be sure from Rockstar's side that the Steam account hasn't been hacked and now the criminal wants to get the GTA credentials, and Rockstar does not have an ID stored to compare OP's to), you will probably learn it too sooner or later.
That the support asked him for the original nickname (that's something they HAVE stored and is bound to the owner, because it was defined at account creation) to confirm his ownership (on a pretty weak basis i might add), is the way Rockstar wants to remedy those situations bureaucratically. But OP can't give them an straight answer because he has ignored the situation for so long that he can't remember that info anymore.
The legal office of any Corp worth their salt forbids the (outsourced, but where it's inhouse the rule is the same tbh) support to login into user accounts, because that's one way to be in real trouble if your support takes over user accounts and pulls shady shit with them.
The Crew name is public information, so it's of no use to them, and sending your password in cleartext per email is either a sign of being mentally unwell or you don't care because you got it from a hack somewhere. If I were the support here, i would suspect someone other than the owner of the account wants to take over the account (no definite answer to my questions and infobombing are social engineering tactics), and go into high alert mode, which happened here.
I don't defend 3rd-Party launchers, those are unneeded trash. But as a veteran support, I have to defend them - they are not responsible for picking up OPs slack that hasn't been cleaned up for years.
- Comment on (Rant) Don't buy Rockstar games. 2 weeks ago:
But this whole situation started with him ignoring that he didn't have access to the mail address connected to his account, and i bet that this has been this way for years, not a few days. And he couldn't even spit out one definite answer for the original nickname used when creating the account (which tells me it definitely has been years). They didn't ask for the wrong things, OP couldn't answer them.
- Comment on XC Running: Does anyone else's parents do this? 3 weeks ago:
Sorry for you to go through this. I also had parents that always put me down and never encouraged me any way, but at least they didn't do the comparing thing, that must have hurt.
Just do your own thing and i would recommend trying to set boundaries with your parents - at least your dad seems to try to respect them (asking you if he might tell the high school coach), and i think his comment about you coming a long way was him acknowledging the hard work and motivation you put in, at least i read it that way - expressing stuff like that might not be his strong suit. Your mom might be a different beast tho.
If your mom's involvement in your activities is detrimental to your mental wellbeing, you might wanna tell her to stop talking like that about you, or you keep her out of the loop if you can. I don't know if you are still living with them, and your options depend a lot on how dependent you are from them.
- Comment on Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed - Louis Rossmann 3 weeks ago:
I agree with you, even if you are downvoted. I've wrecked more in-ear buds by (non-replaceable) broken cable than i can count, while i'm on my 3rd bluetooth headphone in about 10 years - i lost none of them, and the second one is still around as backup.
The security is a thing that can be patched if it pops up and is only an issue if your OPSEC differs strongly from the common citizen, and the energy argument comes across like a purity test - the light in my fridge probably uses more energy.
I would never go back to cable, especially since noise cancelling doesn't work without a battery anyway - and i am very unhappy without noise cancelling.
Also, i have a power bank where i can use 21600 Li-ion Battery cells as power source - on travels i take a few batteries with me, and even if i find myself for weeks without power, i will have it whenever i need it.
- Comment on Stardew Valley will be getting another update after all 3 weeks ago:
didn't say that the first appearance was over already ;-)
- Comment on (Rant) Don't buy Rockstar games. 3 weeks ago:
yeah, that's a flameable offense, i agree.
- Comment on Stardew Valley will be getting another update after all 3 weeks ago:
That game will be the second coming of Terraria
- Comment on (Rant) Don't buy Rockstar games. 3 weeks ago:
Don't give them money because you aren't able to keep your email address updated? Don't give them money because you are not able to provide the information they need to verify you are who you say you are?
I've worked costumer support for many years, and me and my supervisors would have rejected your request too. Since you can't provide what they want (not even a definite nickname wtf), you probably can't prove the purchase either.
Don't flame some poor support guy, kick yourself in the ass for letting it slide for so long that you cant even remember the original nickname anymore and chalk it up as a learning experience - we've all been there.
- Comment on (Rant) Don't buy Rockstar games. 3 weeks ago:
It is valid for them to make sure accounts cannot be taken over by hostile actors, and it is valid for them to assume that you are able to notify them about email address changes in time.
Tell me, how many years did you have to resolve the situation regarding your email address before it came to this?
- Comment on fafo 2 months ago:
I find it fascinating that a fungus can take over an ant and use it's body to climb up on grass to get eaten. i wonder how the lived experience of that fungus changes over it's phases; does he get vision when controlling the ant? how does it feel to suddendly have legs when you are a fungus?
- Comment on Browser extensions turn nearly 1 million browsers into website-scraping bots 2 months ago:
You can check if you have an affected extension installed by going to the mellowtel settings page, where you can configure mellowtel if its installed (or get a message that you don't run mellowtel): https://www.mellow.tel/user-control