ReallyActuallyFrankenstein
@ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com
- Comment on Lazarus - Episode 1 discussion 8 minutes ago:
Shinichiro Watanabe directed both.
- Comment on Unshittification: 3 tech companies that recently made my life… better 2 days ago:
Yep. “My draconian DRM loosened the straight jacket a little.”
Yayyy.
- Comment on AdNauseam is a uBlock fork that goes further: it actively attacks marketers by auto-clicking every ad before blocking 2 days ago:
Thanks, I didn’t see this, there was a different embedded FAQ that didn’t have the specific Q & A below.
But, if anything, it seems to confirm the ad itself is just legitimately clicked from the user’s IP address and hidden from the user, and that there is code execution protection, but not that there is any privacy protection? It’s still very ambiguous.
How does AdNauseam “click Ads”? AdNauseam ‘clicks’ Ads by issuing an HTTP request to the URL to which they lead. In current versions the is done via an XMLHttpRequest (or AJAX request) issued in a background process. This lightweight request signals a ‘click’ on the server responsible for the Ad, but does so without opening any additional windows or pages on your computer. Further it allows AdNauseam to safely receive and discard the resulting response data, rather than executing it in the browser, thus preventing a range of potential security problems (ransomware, rogue Javascript or Flash code, XSS-attacks, etc.) caused by malfunctioning or malicious Ads. Although it is completely safe, AdNauseam’s clicking behaviour can be de-activated in the settings panel.
- Comment on AdNauseam is a uBlock fork that goes further: it actively attacks marketers by auto-clicking every ad before blocking 3 days ago:
Yeah, I can’t find an answer whether the “click” is behind some obfuscation, or if the “click every ad” is the obfuscation step itself by attempting to poison the data. The latter may work but yes, may actually increase tracking. Wish that answer wasn’t so hard to find on their site.
- Comment on FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado 5 days ago:
The woman left the house before 13News arrived. She returned just after noon accompanied by a lawyer. The group of ten or so investigators left a few minutes later.
So the FBI were in there, the woman left and came back with a lawyer, and then almost immediately the FBI left. Boy, that doesn’t sound at all like they were conducting an illegal search.
- Comment on Trump says U.S. will 'get Greenland,' military force may not be needed but not ruled out 5 days ago:
This absolutely is a reasonable explanation why Putin had such an easy time convincing him.
- Comment on DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse 1 week ago:
“Whoops, we pushed to prod and have no backups. Sorrryyyy!”
- Comment on JPMorgan researchers say they have generated and certified truly random numbers using a quantum computer, a world-first with potential security and trading uses. 1 week ago:
I mean, when you collapse that logic you’re effectively saying random is the same thing as non-deterministic. But they’re different things, because even if an infinitesimally exact moment in time may “always” produce the same result, because the arrow of time only points in one direction, no such deterministic result can ever be replicated, and if the result cannot be replicated, then what is the difference from random?
- Comment on What metrics did people evaluate arcade games by when they were popular? 1 week ago:
I remember it was not really a surprising set of metrics: gameplay, graphics, and fun.
It was about having an experience you couldn’t have at home (or anywhere else) because the games were always noticeably ahead of the curve.
It’s hard to communicate how impressive it was since we’re in the diminishing returns era for graphics. But a jump from Pac-Man to Rush 'n Attack or Contra, and from that to Street Fighter II, and from that to Ridge Racer, and so on was so imagination-bending.
Maybe like if you could play an actual Pixar movie as a game? Something like that. As a kid, the arcades in the 90s-00s were really amazing places.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
Emulators with rewind and save states mean regular humans can finally enjoy this game.
- Comment on This tiny piece of shit! 5 weeks ago:
Oh god. This is why we need to differentiate NSFW from NSFL tags on Lemmy.
- Comment on Immich: opinion revised 5 weeks ago:
Thank you for this. I plan to look at the authentication part more closely, but that’s the part I can’t quite figure out (being an amateur at this stuff but still trying), since I’m nervous with just a password accessing it remotely or from the phone.
Authelia, NGINX, there is so much that’s confusing to me, but this might help.
- Comment on After 40 years of being free Microsoft has added a paywall to Notepad 5 weeks ago:
Freemium dark patterns are also enshittification. It’s slight clickbait/ragebait, but not far off.
- Comment on Two big Final Fantasy remakes are reportedly still in ‘active development’ 1 month ago:
Final Fantasy 8 still getting no love, I see…
- Comment on Reddit temporarily bans r/WhitePeopleTwitter after Elon Musk claimed it had ‘broken the law’ 1 month ago:
Seven figures? Try nine. Musk spent an absolutely staggering amount getting Trump elected.
- Comment on Urasawa is Genius 1 month ago:
Gotcha, thanks. Maybe I’ll try watching - usually I prefer the manga but maybe it will help fill in whatever’s missing for me.
- Comment on Urasawa is Genius 1 month ago:
Yea, Inio Asano is my favorite manga artist. To the extent you view Urasawa as a predecessor to the type of atypical and non-linear storytelling that Inio Asano engages in, that’s a strong recommendation to me to give Urasawa another shot.
I’ll try Monster again, and enjoy hearing about him from someone who is a passionate fan.
- Comment on Urasawa is Genius 1 month ago:
Haha, ok! I’m definitely fallible, but each time I start one I tell myself, “Everyone likes this guy, he’s clearly a great artist, you must just be missing the point. Try again.” And each time my eyes glaze over by chapter 6 and I just can’t continue.
But I’m the interest of avoiding the trouble of armed (or poisoned) conflict, what’s your favorite? Maybe I’ll give it another try.
- Comment on Urasawa is Genius 1 month ago:
I can’t say I like Urasawa’s manga much, it feels very bland. But I really love his documentary series on manga artists.
Here’s the one on Junji Ito, the rest are not hard to find online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0ZtMuCDlck
- Comment on It shows you love them 2 months ago:
- Comment on Could you imagine a Nintendo title being advertised like this today? (Conker's Bad Fur Day, 2001) 2 months ago:
The images are all AI generated as well, which anyone with a few hours and a consumer GPU could create. Low effort AI slopware should disqualify it more than any porn-iness…
- Comment on Amazon worker who was ran over and shot during NO attack denied medical leave. 2 months ago:
Oh, agreed and understood. I just was putting an exclamation point on it.
- Comment on Apple CEO Tim Cook Donating $1 Million to Trump's Inaugural Fund 2 months ago:
Yes, not really better at all. These donations are all symbols, not meaningful except as a show of obeisance. So we should interpret it along the same symbolic parameters.
It’s being framed as a personal donation because Cook is acquiescing to Trump’s pending authoritarian takeover, but wants plausible deniability that that imputes to Apple. But since Tim Cook is the one acquiescing and he leads Apple, it’s indistinguishable from the same thing. It carries the same message: Apple won’t get in your way, do what you will.
- Comment on Amazon worker who was ran over and shot during NO attack denied medical leave. 2 months ago:
This is such a perfect A Boring Dystopia article because the denial of leave - after being shot in the foot by a terrorist - was so inconsequential to the reporter that it barely warranted a mention in the second-to-last paragraph.
- Comment on 79% of Americans feel burned out as they put most vacation time toward errands, doctor visits, and family care 2 months ago:
How long did you learn instruments before you made this your full-time?
- Comment on 79% of Americans feel burned out as they put most vacation time toward errands, doctor visits, and family care 2 months ago:
After surviving multiple rounds of layoffs and working overtime, I had my first vacation this year for a week between Christmas and New Years…and got sick Christmas morning. Just feeling better now, in time for work tomorrow!
- Comment on 1 in 3 people 3 months ago:
I’m having a particularly braindead morning. Mario and Luigi are two people. 1 in 3 leaves the possibility of a third person being ugly and both Mario and Luigi being not ugly. Why does Mario conclude Luigi is ugly based on the 1 in 3 comment?
- Comment on is that real? 4 months ago:
Don’t you dare speak that into existence.
- Comment on Nintendo 64 "Reimagining" Analogue 3D Delayed to 2025, First Look Revealed | Tech Raptor 5 months ago:
I did pre-order one, and two controllers. In 1990s dollars this is not really that expensive, is how I’m rationalizing it.
- Comment on Nintendo 64 "Reimagining" Analogue 3D Delayed to 2025, First Look Revealed | Tech Raptor 5 months ago:
I think Analogue typically supports Bluetooth in the consoles generally, but is very cautious about whitelisting specific controllers that are officially supported.