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brymaster

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“People resist a census, but give them a profile page and they'll spend all day telling you who they are.”

― Max Barry, Lexicon

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brymaster··on Apple's SSL/TLS bug
Disagree. They can't even keep the lock screen secure. Any major or point release there's been a bypass exploit.
brymaster··on About the security content of iOS 7.0.6
Lock screen has been vulnerable with a bypass exploit on several occasions so caution is probably a good idea. Way too many times to give me any sort of confidence.
brymaster··on Project Tango
> Good god I am so sick of reading comments like this.

Then don't.

You just lazily suggested to these people to stop using these products/services, so I suggest for you to stop reading comments "like this."

> Almost as lazy as "remember, if you're using a service for free, you're not the customer, YOU'RE THE PRODUCT!"

By the way, what do you think Facebook bought yesterday for $16 billion? Not a product, but users.

brymaster··on Faster, More Awesome GitHub Pages
Interesting and thanks for the clarification. I see they have (Alias) in parenthesis so it makes me wonder if they are implemented as ALIAS records. This will take some more digging.
brymaster··on Faster, More Awesome GitHub Pages
So is this blog incorrect in stating that you can simply change CNAME at your domain's registrar and still take advantage of github's CDN for "apex" domains? http://davidensinger.com/2013/03/setting-the-dns-for-github-...

Github stated that if you use an "apex" domain your only option is to set A records to their IP but that doesn't seem right.

brymaster··on OpenEmu 1.0 Released
Yeah, it's definitely fair use to make backups of your own games on the same medium. Tools like the Retrode are great to use with your carts.

Nintendo is attempting to control the message (no one is going to check them on it and they're deliberately being ambiguous) and scare people away who would normally just be pirating their old games.

brymaster··on OpenEmu 1.0 Released
Hey byuu, thanks for the feedback.

> On your screenshot, http://openemu.org/img/controls-prefs.png , you appear to be missing an option for the B button

That whole field scrolls down, just doesn't appear so from the screenshot. Seems we can polish up a few things on the website still.

I have to drag the slider for that horizontal scrollbar but I'm using Firefox 26.

We're using a database called OpenVGDB that I've co-created. I'll hop on your forums later as I'd like to talk to you about it more. It handles multi-region and "world" roms of all types and depending on your location (operating system supplied), can deliver you the correct cover and metadata.

For input, we're still sorting out cases especially with odd adapters and hubs. We generally go by the port and vendor/product ID.

brymaster··on OpenEmu 1.0 Released
Grab our 'Experimental' build. We have Stella in there.
brymaster··on OpenEmu 1.0 Released
Grab our 'Experimental' build where we have way more cores including Atari 2600. We'll continue to add more in the future, though not sure how we'll handle the old 8-bit computers just yet.
brymaster··on OpenEmu 1.0 Released
There are some really great tools for dumping your own ROMs from original carts you own. I've personally used Retrode: https://www.retrode.com
brymaster··on OpenEmu 1.0 Released
Can't replicate that here, anyway, bug reports please: https://github.com/OpenEmu/OpenEmu/issues :)
brymaster··on OpenEmu 1.0 Released
OpenEmu is meant to remove a lot of the complexity out of emulation. Some more advanced features we'll expose in the future. I'd be interested in knowing which games aren't being 'detected' and your input issues might be specific to a controller you're using.

> rewind and fast forward, quick save/quick load keyboard bindings.

You need to explore the app a little more. In controller prefs, under "Special Keys" at the bottom we have binds for quick save/load and fast forward.

As for "drawbacks" and any other issues you're having, please submit a detailed report: https://github.com/OpenEmu/OpenEmu/issues

HN threads aren't good for bug reports. Luckily this is open source and we can patch and fix things :)

Edit: By the way, having Google Chrome open with their gamepad API enabled is known to break input for some reason. If one has that open, please close and try input in OpenEmu again.

brymaster··on OpenEmu 1.0 Released
That's really personal preference isn't it?

One has a polished cocoa UI, the other is a cross-platform app. There's no animosity between the two projects here in case anyone is curious.

brymaster··on OpenEmu 1.0 Released
Thanks, we have a link to the repo at the top of our webpage header too.
brymaster··on OpenEmu 1.0 Released
OpenEmu has been in development for a really long time, first around 2009 which is before RetroArch came around. Our focus has always been a native OS X application while theirs has been cross-platform. Also, cross-platform UI's are a pain!
brymaster··on OpenEmu 1.0 Released
A complete rewrite as this is a native cocoa app. We don't have any plans to do this but I recommend using RetroArch which is a great multi-platform emulator.
brymaster··on OpenEmu 1.0 Released
No plans. We're focusing on OS X but there is a great multi-platform emulator called RetroArch: http://www.libretro.com
brymaster··on OpenEmu 1.0 Released
OpenEmu dev here.

Reverse engineering is legal. However, check your local laws and as always, use your best judgement when it comes to playing games that you own or some great Homebrew as found on sites like these: http://pdroms.de

Don't forget that you can use some great adapters like Retrode on carts you already own! https://www.retrode.com

brymaster··on Top-Secret Document Reveals NSA Spied On Porn Habits To Discredit 'Radicalizers'
This reminds me of a link I found while browsing Woz's tweets several months ago. https://twitter.com/stevewoz/status/364464427736633344

It was a video about a possible attempted 'setup' of someone named Luke Rudkowski who runs an investigative/dissenter/truthseeker blog.

Someone claiming to be a whistleblower had emailed Rudkowski's personal account from an anonymous Tor address supposedly having information that might interest him but attached were graphic images of CP. He was overseas at the time so if he had happened to get detained in customs while reentering the US and had his browser cache searched he'd be in some serious shit. Apparently he'd been detained in the past and had his computer searched.

A nefarious organization could use this method and tip off customs or local law enforcement to discredit a 'radicalizer.' Very scary stuff.

brymaster··on Tab Closed; Didn't Read
Yeah when I saw this I was immediately reminded of these threads:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6300856

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6658995

brymaster··on Tab Closed; Didn't Read
I keep a bookmarklet around to destroy elements on a webpage for this very reason. http://jsfiddle.net/6jbJc/

Stuff like this, where flash is being replaced by html5+javascript, is what has me worried about Firefox removing the "disable javascript" checkbox from prefs (yes I know it can still be turned off in about:config but that's unacceptable). When we make javascript ubiquitous, these dark UI/UX patterns are only going to get worse.

Furthermore, why doesn't Firefox allow me more control over the data that's sent to and from my machine? The functionality that plugins like Disconnect and Adblock Edge have should be mandatory user preferences. There should never be a way for things like Flash LSO's and Evercookies to stay persistent in my web browser cache if I don't want them.

And we're still waiting on third-party cookies to be blocked in Firefox by default. That's been pushed back so much that I wonder if they faced too much outrage from advertising companies to make this happen.

brymaster··on OS X LevelDB Corruption Bounty: 10.00 BTC + 200.2 LTC
cryptocoin, I have 'showdead' on and you're hellbanned. Welcome to HN!
brymaster··on Microsoft In Talks To Buy Shoutcast And Winamp From AOL
What you're probably imagining: http://cdn0.sbnation.com/entry_photo_images/4243405/microsof...

What I'm imaging: http://www.tsemrinpoche.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/20060... (a world without ads and bullshit)

What actual Winamp users really want: http://www.avinashtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/winamp...

brymaster··on Microsoft In Talks To Buy Shoutcast And Winamp From AOL
Sweet. The world needs more freemium, gamification, ads, subscription plans and "social."
brymaster··on Xbox One: The Review
Got it. Changing scores is good so your reviews are worthless and defending EA lies is also good. Polygon is just another game journo blog towing publisher lines.
brymaster··on Xbox One: The Review
Oh, sure. Except when they change review scores as it suits them and "editors" defend game publisher lies and berate users on twitter.

http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/13/polygons-simcity-review-is...

https://twitter.com/aegies/status/310282795564015616

https://twitter.com/aegies/status/313370778013954048

brymaster··on Xbox One: The Review
> Its just the usual HN tinfoil hat hypocrisy that extends to MS, but seemingly not to Apple, Google, Yahoo, Sony, Dropbox, Twitter, and Facebook.

Tu quoque and that's not even close to true.

brymaster··on Australis is landing in Firefox Nightly
Thanks for that. Any idea on how exactly this protects privacy though? The moz dev didn't clarify.
brymaster··on Ask HN: CS Degree, felony conviction, need not apply?
There are numerous data collection companies and they're definitely not all following the rules on background checks.

Ever heard of conflicting information on reports between credit bureaus?

brymaster··on Ask HN: CS Degree, felony conviction, need not apply?
> California cannot go back further than seven years on a background check and cannot ask about convictions more than seven years ago.

No business is going to reasonably follow this. They use all sorts of background check services so an arbitrary number means nothing to them.

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