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xsmasher

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Mobile Game Developer in San Francisco
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xsmasher··on FBI: Largest homemade explosives cache in agency history found in Virginia
"We are not the same. I'm an American, you're a sick asshole." ~ William 'D-Fens' Foster
xsmasher··on 3D-printed neighborhood nears completion in Texas
Shared space sounds like communism. /s
xsmasher··on Martin Fowler's 2024 thoughts on the state of social media
Six months ago I would have believed you; but Bluesky is having a moment right now and stacking on users at an incredible rate. It's hitting a real tipping point.
xsmasher··on Title drops in movies
The show is more meta than Deadpool.

> Chachi: "Look, this is not the first time I’ve been brought in to replace Barry Zuckerman. I think I can do for you everything he did, plus skew younger…"

> Narrator: "No one was making fun of Andy Griffith. I can't emphasize that enough."

xsmasher··on Title drops in movies
Robocop 2 is a critique of sequels - everything must be bigger and better, designed by committee, with every idea (directive) shoved into the box until it becomes unworkable.
xsmasher··on How 'Factorio' seduced Silicon Valley and me
Factory Town is great, but looks more like a Warcraft 2 era sprite game.
xsmasher··on How 'Factorio' seduced Silicon Valley and me
Maybe; I limit my gaming this way - to 40 minute increments, and then go do something else.

If anything I think it makes me prioritizes games where 40 minutes is a satisfying adventure and skip games where 40 minutes is just time-wasting.

xsmasher··on Meta Movie Gen
> I noticed it right away
xsmasher··on Make Pottery at Home Without a Kiln (Or Anything Else) [video]
He also mentioned it can be done in a chiminea or other fire pit
xsmasher··on A subtle change to the iPhone’s contact-sharing permissions
A lot of the comments are about spamming your contacts, but I assume the common reason is to connect you with people you already know - if a phone number is in your address book, and that number is associated with an account, it can suggest that person to you as a friend.

Is there a better way to make that connection without exposing the actual number?

xsmasher··on Kris Kristofferson has died
Maggie Smith was on here yesterday. Cultural icons touch everyone.
xsmasher··on Map with public fruit trees
> You aren’t sure when it is time to harvest unless you know this tree well.

This is a big issue. Every bush and tree I've added to my yard is a learning experience about what "ripe" means and when to harvest. The bright red plums are enticing to the eye but bitter and chalky. Perfect blue blueberries that taste like lemons.

xsmasher··on Why wordfreq will not be updated
This is an amazing demo reel of effects shots used in "mundane" TV shows - comedies and produce procedurals. - for faking locations.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clnozSXyF4k

xsmasher··on The Thin Purple Line
The "people stay inside, which makes crime rates lower" doesn't make sense. A mugger out to make some cash is going to hit SOMEONE, whether there are 2 or 20 people out walking in a town.

Staying in may increase your personal safety but won't decrease the crime rate. In fact in a "prisoner's dilemma" kind of way it probably makes the empty streets more dangerous.

xsmasher··on Amazon Still Has a Counterfeit Problem
You're going to love this. https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/1atu0tk/...
xsmasher··on Californian fed up with stolen mail sends Apple AirTag to herself to catch thief
I know many apartment building mailboxes have a front key, but shouldn't PO Boxes at the post office be filled from the BACK?
xsmasher··on Tubi Explodes in Popularity, Outranking Max and Apple TV+
Pluto, this could have been you if your interface weren't so frustrating.
xsmasher··on Watching "Grizzly Man" with a bear biologist
I'd rather take my chance at being renewed in carousel than be terminated as a runner.
xsmasher··on I am using AI to drop hats outside my window onto New Yorkers
C'mon, what could they possibly use a phase-conjugate tracking system for?
xsmasher··on Phishing scammers impersonate AH employee to drain crypto wallets
They could also make initial contact with victims using the scam account (new account that took the old user name).
xsmasher··on Toon3D: Seeing cartoons from a new perspective
The renders it creates are underwhelming, but it seems good at determining the location and angle of the camera.

I could see it being used to create a "scratch track" that human animators animate on top of. An aid to tweening.

xsmasher··on GameStop rockets, as 'Roaring Kitty' returns; shares halted
Their only way out is to turn into Hot Topic / Spencer Gifts. Not a bright future.
xsmasher··on Evidence of price-fixing in the oil industry?
Are you implying that the environmental and political fallout from electric cars is somehow worse? Or just that electric cars are not 100% cost-free?

Everyone here knows that creating an electric car requires emissions; but over its lifetime it's a great improvement over a gas-burning car.

xsmasher··on Mini ponds are 'tiny universes' of biodiversity for gardens and windowsills
It's true.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacillus_thuringiensis_israele...

xsmasher··on Software glitch saw Aussie casino give away millions in cash
Depends on the nature of the glitch. Machine adds an extra dollar to every ticket? User is probably blameless.

In this case is sounds like there is an extra action to exploit the machine - insert tickets two at a time, and then insert one of the tickets again.

Not a perfect analogy, but if you see a store with a broken door, you're still at fault if you start looting.

xsmasher··on Reddit is taking over Google
I agree; I wish JIRA did this. I actually asked for this feature in their support forum yers ago and got a chorus of "that's stupid, why would anyone want that?" in reply.
xsmasher··on Bay Area workers charged for building secret apartments inside train stations
The diverted company funds and property to their own sole benefit, in secret.
xsmasher··on Recent 'MFA Bombing' Attacks Targeting Apple Users
Wells Fargo actually uses this for voice verification. They ask you to say "My voice is my password. Please verify me."

I thought it was a joke at first. I have no idea what they compare it to??

xsmasher··on Recent 'MFA Bombing' Attacks Targeting Apple Users
I don't think there's any danger in clicking "allow." There's still a 2FA step after that, and then you have to choose a new password. All of the danger comes from the phone call, where they presumably try to wheedle the 2FA code from you.
xsmasher··on 'Simply good' Chinese electric cars power ahead of inferior US rivals
Parent poster knows that, and is offering an example path that Chinese cars will take.
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