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xdrosenheim

196 karma · joined October 7, 2016

I'm quite literally a nobody. No big company behind me, no books, not much. I just like most of the news that are posted here.
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xdrosenheim··on Banned book library in a wi-fi smart light bulb
You people never disapoint... Putting a web server in a light bulb, I mean who the hell even thinks of that?!
xdrosenheim··on NetSurf on ReMarkable 2
On my ReMarkable Pro, the password is always the same. Even through updates. No clear way to change it.
xdrosenheim··on New study reveals most classic video games are unavailable
> You have no reasonable expectation of privacy in public.

That does not apply to every country.

xdrosenheim··on Android Games on PC
Many, if not most, big Triple-A titles on PC, and consoles, are also filled with in game purchases of coins and loot boxes targeting whales. I guess you could say that those are also filled with ads, but at least it is for their own stuff in the game.

The only shining thing in gaming currently are the awesome indie titles that just keep on giving from a single purchase of the game.

xdrosenheim··on France passes bill to allow police remotely activate phone camera, microphone
Meh, phones with removable batteries are still being made. Samsung's Galaxy Cover line has plenty of phones with removable batteries. Some even feature the much feared IP68.
xdrosenheim··on LEGO Building Instructions
The whole point of LEGO is to "LEg GOdt" (Play great/good/well, however you want to translate that).
xdrosenheim··on LEGO Building Instructions
Do you know the set number? There is a "Super Car" in Technic with set number 8070, available in the archive. Not sure about the steering and differential, but it seems to feature a V8 and a stick shift.
xdrosenheim··on A curated list of uBlock origin filters
Be sure to also mark videos as "Not interested" on your homepage, if you also did not know about that. You can even tell them not to recommend an entire channel.
xdrosenheim··on Cities: Skylines II
It would be so cool to only have a rail station to begin with.
xdrosenheim··on ChatGPT broke the EU plan to regulate AI
Blame the sites than needs to have a million cookies.
xdrosenheim··on Now offering 2TB SSDs for Steam Deck in the Framework Marketplace
I do not see why Steam would try to make people afraid of getting third-party modifications, when there are no first-party modifications. Also, it is Steam/VALVe, they usually do not care.
xdrosenheim··on Ask HN: Video games that will make me smarter and are addictive?
There are ammy games on Steam without DRM.
xdrosenheim··on Godot 4 Beta 1
Ah, we are dozens. At least.
xdrosenheim··on It seems that the good times for online Minecraft play are over
I have not used the official Minecraft client since they change it over to the new one. I advice everyone to never use it. Use one of the meny alternatives that lets you easily set up different versions of the game, with mods, profiles, and easier to change RAM allocation. Never download that piece of human garbage that is version 1.19.
xdrosenheim··on It seems that the good times for online Minecraft play are over
Wow dude, you said a swear word in public...

Better call the police and have you locked up for the rest of your life for that.

Unless you pay your government a little $30 more, pretty please? ; )

xdrosenheim··on It seems that the good times for online Minecraft play are over
But then you have their new moderation for that group...
xdrosenheim··on It seems that the good times for online Minecraft play are over
You should not let you children play with random 30 year olds, if you do not want them to see/hear profanity.

You have the option to install your own chat moderation tools, client-sided, there is not need to force every to "be nice" just because there _might_ be children playing.

If this was just for their own Realm Servers, that would be fine, it is their server, they host it. But why does Microsoft suddenly feel the need to moderate MY server? (public, but only used by friends of mine)

All the big public servers, such as Hypixel, have had their own moderators and they do a fantastic job.

> I don't see anything in their process that suggest that a group of adults playing with their friends are at risk of having their chat audited in the absence of a complaint? The thing is that we have NO IDEA how much it takes to be banned. - Will an actual human look at the reports? Doubtful. - When a ban is to be issued, who will decide when to do that? Some guy who has to follow a script that reads "3 profanities, max" and click the boot button?

The Minecraft community is one of the largest gaming communities, and I have seen very little controversial about it. I do not see the need for Microsoft to suddenly step in and decide to moderate it.

xdrosenheim··on Tell HN: After 10 years of experiments, custom username emails receive no spam
If you mean password manager, sure. But I was thinking of e-mails received, how would I know if the emails came from the "right" sites? Would have to open up a text file, or login to my password manager, just to check. I do not think that is a great way to keep track of it.
xdrosenheim··on Tell HN: After 10 years of experiments, custom username emails receive no spam
I have been thinking about using some sort of UUID-generator ([UUID]@mydomain.xz) whenever I sign up for a new site, but I just can not think of a _good_ way to keep track of them.
xdrosenheim··on Tell HN: After 10 years of experiments, custom username emails receive no spam
I do the same thing with my email and have actually gotten a few spam mails as a result. I have of course contact said companies and told them about it. None of them seems to be blatant selling of data, though.

However, I am receiving a _bunch_ of spam email to "first.lastname@mydomain.xz". I do have one default inbox everything goes into, if it does not match a filter.

xdrosenheim··on Replayability in game design
Just look at the recent release of Stray. You can sink about 5 hours into it and get the whole story out of it. Sure, you can spend double that and get all the small collectables and achievements, but it is not needed for everyone.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1332010/Stray/

xdrosenheim··on PiBox: a tiny personal server for self-hosting
Cost of shipping: Tell the customer it will be expensive.

Import: That is paid by the reciever? I have to pay import for things from abroad.

Returns: Most companies tell you to arrange shipping yourself.

xdrosenheim··on VRchat bans mods, embraces EAC
I am just a regular (free-)user in VRChat, and have never seen a "NSFW"-tag or any kind of rating on avatars, so I thought there were no such thing. I wonder how it is used then.
xdrosenheim··on TIFU by using Stripe as a payment processor for my small business
Stripe responded to a Twitter post about it, Reddit helped retweeting it.

https://twitter.com/GenosAtHonda/status/1552588035077726208

xdrosenheim··on VRchat bans mods, embraces EAC
In my experience, and from what I asked a few friends about: We have never seen an actual "NSFW" avatar in our combined hundreds of hours of playtime, and those that use the avatars that comes close to being NSFW are usually the younger audience. It is possible to filter out avatars from the world space, and only be able to see your friends avatars. Making your own instances (servers), you are able to kick out players that misbehave.

But I would like a NSFW-tag on content.

And as a side-note: The game is free everywhere, Steam, too.

xdrosenheim··on Amazon issued 13,000 disciplinary notices at single U.S. warehouse
Amazon is not only complaining about its own workers, but also about their partners in other countries. They do not (officially) have a Danish site, but sure will deliver anything you buy from their German/UK site. I work for PostNord, the Danish postal service (possibly the largest parcel service, not sure how well GLS is doing these days), and Amazon has been complaining about our "parcel quality", because some parcels are not delivered within 24 hours. (Even though it might take 3-5 days to even get to us)
xdrosenheim··on Ask HN: First-time dad-to-be. What do you wish you'd known back then?
My neighbor, not sure where exactly they were from, but they were from the east, had a newborn some months ago. They had a full week of partying, family and friends visiting. They made as much noise as possible, day and night, literally banging pans and pots. All of this was to get the child comfortable with noise. Even leaving the child to cry so it would get used to being alone sometimes. I have never seen such with a "western" family.
xdrosenheim··on Send an Open Source Developer on Vacation
Site is up.
xdrosenheim··on Explaining Code Using ASCII Art
Not me, as they are all in different resolutions, having to zoom out, to zoom in, and zoom in again. Simple text would be better.
xdrosenheim··on Ask HN: GPT-3 reveals my full name – can I do anything?
Take this with a bit of salt, as I can not seem to find it anymore, but.... I recall having read something in relation to the GDPR passing, that not even an individual is allowed to hold personal information on someone else, even if it is just through "contacts" on your phone (With permission, you can of course).
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