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faller_slive··on Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose access 3 times a year
I did some more research. It looks like there is a way to recover if you don't have the phone number or the old device. They have an online form you fill out with your old phone number and new phone number. Then they have some process to verify ownership of the phone numbers which they say will take several days for security purposes.

https://support.authy.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001953247-Pho...

faller_slive··on Papa John's sued for 'wiretap' spying on website mouse clicks, keystrokes
It is equivalent to following someone around a store and writing down how long they look at each item on the shelves, what they pick up, what they put back, etc.
faller_slive··on Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose access 3 times a year
Authy recovery requires you to have access to the same phone number when you want to restore to a new device.
faller_slive··on Even After $100B, Self-Driving Cars Are Going Nowhere
The cost of LIDAR keeps going down. Velodyne is selling a LIDAR sensor for $100.

https://velodynelidar.com/media-coverage/ieee-spectrum-highl...

faller_slive··on Tell HN: Twitter suspends arrested Iranian tech blogger’s account
Do you think someone should be banned for saying something like:

The Nazi regime is a deadly, cancerous growth and a detriment to this region. It will undoubtedly be uprooted and destroyed. Then, the shame will fall on those who put their facilities at the service of normalization of relations with this regime.

faller_slive··on YouTube locks 4K playback behind Premium subscriptions in latest test
I suppose it depends on the size of the channel. If you have more subscribers than you can negotiate higher pay for in video ad placements. From channels that I have heard talk about it, google ads make up a minority of their revenue. Perhaps it is not the most representative example but Linus Tech Tips only made 26% of their revenue from YouTube AdSense in 2020.

https://youtu.be/-zt57TWkTF4?t=537

faller_slive··on Apple’s ad business set to boom on the back of its own anti-tracking crackdown
> Apple has hinted that more of its own apps can soon get ads. It was reported that the company eyes bring ads to Maps, Books and Podcasts apps.
faller_slive··on YouTube locks 4K playback behind Premium subscriptions in latest test
I think he is talking about other revenue streams that most large creators use. Such as ads the creators place in their own videos, merchandise, and direct payments (Patreon, subscribe star, etc).
faller_slive··on EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024
They exist but they cost $15,000.

https://www.totalphase.com/products/advanced-cable-tester-v2...

faller_slive··on Turkey’s inflation hits 83% as Erdogan vows to keep cutting interest rates
According to Erdogan, it is not about economics. He says that is is following Islamic teaching. Technically any interest being charged is haram.

> “What is it? We are lowering interest rates. Don’t expect anything else from me,” Erdogan said Sunday in televised comments from Istanbul. “As a Muslim, I’ll continue to do what is required by nas,” he said, using an Arabic word used in Turkish to refer to Islamic teachings.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-19/turkey-s-...

faller_slive··on Red Dead Redemption 2 fan with 6k hours on Stadia begs for character transfer
An issue that Stadia had with cross play is that controller and KB/M were both very common ways to play. Controller players would not want to play against PC users with keyboards. And Keyboard users would have an unfair advantage against console players with controllers. I think one game changed which you were matchmaked against depending on which input method you were using.
faller_slive··on Europe braces for mobile network blackouts
Radek Sikorski, MEP who previously served as Marshall of the Sejm and Minister of Foregin Affairs, thanked America in response to Nordstream being sabatoged.

https://web.archive.org/web/20220928201734/https://twitter.c...

faller_slive··on It doesn't matter what a PM at Google tells you
Many people play 30 FPS games on TVs that add 100+ ms of latency. Some people will buy 240 Hz gaming monitors with sub-1 ms response times but I think your underestimate what most people are okay with.
faller_slive··on We worked for 4 months to build a port for Stadia and today we finished it
Since there were much fewer games on Stadia, your game had a much bigger chance of getting discovered. And if they got their game into Stadia Pro (subscription) they would benefit from its generous revenue share. Hundred Days - Winemaking Simulator made 25% of their revenue from Stadia.

https://twitter.com/YvesHohler/status/1519966206169649152/ph...

faller_slive··on Jack Dorsey texts Elon Musk, March 26, 2022
He is talking about Bluesky.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluesky_(protocol)

faller_slive··on Google is shutting down Stadia
I've used it almost exclusively for gaming since it was released. I've occasionally had issues with poor connection over WiFi but most of the time it has worked flawlessly. I know the latency is higher than a locally running game but I'm not doing side by side comparisons so I don't notice it. With this news I guess I'll be switching to GeForce Now which supports higher quality and framerates but a worse UX in my experience. In my opinion the business case for GeForce Now makes less sense than Stadia but I guess the numbers of overs makes more of a difference.
faller_slive··on Google is shutting down Stadia
Yes, you can download them through Google Takeout.

https://9to5google.com/2021/02/02/how-to-export-download-gam...