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nightdice

@nightdice@chaos.social

Self-proclaimed nerd.
IT, privacy and networking enthusiast.
Computer Science student working my way to a M.Sc.

Would absolutely download a car.

Support the ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆrainbow๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ or taste the painbow.

Content you can expect from me: terrible puns, memes, privacy rants, political posts, and tech posts, with the occasional #GW2 #GuildWars2 or #MagicTheGathering sprinkled in.

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kaia, to random
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this is not photoshopped btw

nightdice,
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@kaia in a way I kinda like that they're saying this, because while absurd, saying "photoshopped" gives Adobeยฎ Photoshopยฎ credit for some great edits that never touched their overly expensive software.

massivelyop, to random
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Choose My Adventure: The Wagadu Chroniclesโ€™ worldbuilding is epic, but the gameplayโ€ฆ
๐Ÿ”— https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/27/choose-my-adventure-the-wagadu-chronicles-worldbuilding-is-epic-but-the-gameplay

nightdice,
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@massivelyop
Sadly this kind of resonates with my experience. It's very clear that the devs love this game, and the worldbuilding is epic. Unfortunately, there are several major issues in terms of gameplay systems that stop you in your flow.
My biggest grievance so far (apart from some unfortunate bugs) is that there is no clear indicator how hard a given foe is to fight, so you sometimes get oneshot, even on early islands.

I too have shelved the game for the time being, I'll check back later.

scy, to guildwars2
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Who's "hoarding useless nonsense" now? :P

Crafting calculator for a Legendary Rune again, but this time I've set "Use own materials" to "yes". The cost has dropped to 11 gold.

nightdice,
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@scy
Not quite, they will effectively just be a legendary version of Relics (which replaced the sixth tier of runes, the special effect, starting with SOtO). Runes will still exist, they will just (as they have been since SOtO dropped) be only stats.

nightdice, to random German
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Mein zusammengeworfener Beitrag zu den |n. Leider nicht super schรถn, bin aus der รœbung mit Inkscape :breadpeek:

nightdice, to guildwars2
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Currently installing on Linux to check it out, since it's pretty much the last game seriously stopping me from fully abandoning Windows. Excited to see how it plays out, the install has been child's play so far, thanks to . Now to wait for the download.

nightdice,
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@bass @nullthegrey
That's awesome!
I don't use all that many add-ons, but I will miss the radial menu from BlishHUD if I jump over to Linux.

Is there a way to support the development?

syphist, to random

You know, this is a really good point...

nightdice,
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@syphist
Fun fact: in Germany (as well as some other countries in the EU), creating a copy of a copyrighted work for private use is perfectly legal, as long as you

  1. do not re-distribute it (there is a narrow exception for your very close private circle)
  2. do not do it for commercial purposes
  3. the version you're copying is not an "obviously illegally created/published copy"

Afaik, this does not apply to software, which requires permission.

(I am not a lawyer, this is not legal advice)

nightdice, to random German
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Gab es ein bei der ?

Ich habe gerade eine Mail erhalten mit einer Zahlungsaufforderung, an eine Mail-Adresse die ich ausschlieรŸlich bei der DB verwende, und zumindest der Sender sieht richtig aus (bin nicht am Rechner und kann den Mail-Header daher nicht richtig prรผfen). Der Grund warum ich stutzig wurde, ist weil die DB ein SEPA-Mandat von mir hat und bisher einfach abgebucht hat. AuรŸerdem waren weniger Links drin als in รผblichen DB Mails.

Ich spiele nachher die Hotline durch.

nightdice,
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@julianwki
Ja, ist in keinen der Seite bekannten Leaks drin.

nixCraft, to random
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I don't know who wants to hear, but please test your backup. Restore files. How much time did it take? Did you succeed in getting back your data? You are welcome ๐Ÿค—

nightdice,
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@nixCraft
If you don't test your backup, you don't have a backup.

masukomi, to random
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Today in AI bullshittery:

Nvidia has trained an LLM on their codebase to save senior designers having to answer junior's questions about what some code does.

I don't know how many times i have to say this, but these are not search engines. They are not inference engines. Their answers are 100% "what would be a plausible sounding string of words to respond to that input?" that's it. That's all they do.

1/2

nightdice,
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@masukomi
Nvidia: why have solid documentation when we can just have a semi-accurate bullshit engine for our junior devs?

PogoWasRight, to random

Seriously: who decides what "best practice(s)" is/are for incident response? And how is that determination made?

A law professor reportedly informed a student news outlet it was โ€œbest practiceโ€ to limit information about a breach claimed by threat actors until there was information on the full scope of the breach and the network was secure.

โ€œInstitutions do not want to get into a drip situation where they notify people of a breach, then later learn the breach was worse than understood, and then have to give more and more notices,โ€ he wrote.

So "best practice" is defined as what is most convenient or in the entity's best interests instead of in the best interests of those whose data were stolen? I can understand the wanting to secure the network part, but it is not acceptable in the World According to Dissent to delay disclosure of a breach until you know the full scope if data are already being leaked on the internet or appear to be at plausible risk of imminent misuse.

Calling delays like this "best practices" seems to confer some legitimacy on delays that I don't think are all legitimate reasons.

(Wanders off in search of coffee..)

@brett @douglevin @funnymonkey @campuscodi @amvinfe

nightdice,
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@PogoWasRight
As a (relative) lay person on IR, my opinion is that it's best to inform users a la "There has been a breach, your information may be affected, please take the following measures to ensure your safety: ...", but to keep detailed info on what was stolen behind closed doors until you know the sum total extent of it.

Telling users specifics before knowing all of them can only end poorly unless you're lucky, so I agree with that professor there.

ilumium, to aitools
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The clusterfuck just became even more shitty:

Dutch researcher Danny Mekiฤ‡ has looked at data from & says that the @EU_Commission's has used based on prohibited data categories to target people with about the proposal.

's department specifically targeted people in member states that had been critical of her proposal but excluded people who are likely to value .

https://dannymekic.com/202310/undermining-democracy-the-european-commissions-controversial-push-for-digital-surveillance

nightdice,
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@ilumium @edri

It's interesting how she feels the need to re-emphasize that the proposal is allegedly about protecting children (which has been debunked repeatedly), when none of the accusations of illegal conduct have anything to do with the content of the proposal.

Pretty much openly showing that she thinks claiming to "protect children" is a free pass to do anything she wants.

campuscodi, to random
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Windows 10 EOL is in two years ๐Ÿ˜จ

nightdice,
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@campuscodi
So basically, Microsoft wants to require hardware upgrades for a lot of people in the next 2 years?

Dear people who know how to boot from a USB to install Linux: your time has come, spread the good word.

that_shaman, to random
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They could've gotten rid of laurels entirely and move the laurel rewards to the astral acclaim vendors because 99.9% of these are acquired via login rewards.

Now you get the situation where you will have to buy laurels from an astral acclaim vendor separately

nightdice,
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@that_shaman
That would be my guess too. They want to avoid a situation where not having spent your laurels from years of login rewards can give you the next few rotations worth of astral acclaim loot.

nightdice, to random
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Search engines a few years ago: okay, this one knows the magic words, give him the secrets.

Search engines now: those symbols are part of your desired results, right?

nightdice,
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... Yes, I am very salty that search engines stopped treating search operators as absolute and started treating them as requests.
If you don't have the exact thing I'm searching for, I want you to show no results damnit, not over a dozen completely unrelated results that I have to go through to be sure.

nightdice,
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I used to be able to find the most obscure documentation by refining my search query over several iterations, nowadays I'm just getting the same results over and over again, despite those results not being related and me doing my best to use query syntax to exclude them.

This has actively made my search engine experience worse and my life a lot harder when troubleshooting. No, I don't want generic problem no. 15, I'm looking for specific solutions!

campuscodi, to random
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A team of security researchers has discovered a vulnerability in Echo, an anti-cheat and cheater detection software advertised to gaming companies.

The vulnerability (named EchOh-No) resides in the tool's kernel driver and can be exploited by attackers to gain SYSTEM privileges.

The research team says they tried to disclose the vulnerability to the Echo team, but they were mocked and banned from their Discord channel.

Write-up: https://ioctl.fail/echo-ac-writeup/

PoC: https://github.com/kite03/echoac-poc

nightdice,
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@campuscodi
"but Microsoft signed it!!!1!"

Yeah, because Microsoft has never signed shady code, ever

massivelyop, to random
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The Daily Grind: Which MMO quietly and consistently churns out a great soundtrack? https://massivelyop.com/2023/07/08/the-daily-grind-which-mmo-quietly-and-consistently-churns-out-a-great-soundtrack

nightdice,
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@massivelyop
The soundtrack is absolutely fantastic throughout. The only thing fans disagree on is which track is best. Maclaine Diemer did a fantastic job, and the various people who contributed (most notably in my mind Lena Raine, Lena Chappelle and of course Jeremy Soule) only worked to diversify it, creating a beautiful result.

ordnung, to random
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Heads-up to chaos.social users: This week, Meta (Facebook/Instagram) are releasing their new app, Threads, which reportedly will be Fediverse-compatible.

There are a lot calls to block (or not block) them. We are both too busy this week to make a truly considered decision โ€“ sorry for that. Please give us a couple of days: We will sit down and make a call during or just after the weekend.

We'll post here once we've made a decision.

nightdice, (edited )
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@ordnung thank you for all your hard work :blob_rainbowheart:

scy, to guildwars2
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Hey bubble, can I watch the announcement trailer without having completed the current storyline, or does it contain spoilers for it? I'm in the middle of Gyala currently, so almost up to date, but not quite.

nightdice,
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@bass @scy
I don't think there's spoilers for any prior story even. There probably will be in the expansion, but other than that...

GebbiGibson, to random German

Wisst ihr noch, wie wir in der Schule ungefรคhr 285 Grรผnde lernen mussten, warum die Weimarer Republik zerbrach und der Faschismus kam? Niemand hat uns gesagt, dass Gendern und Wรคrmepumpe gereicht hรคtten.

nightdice,
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@wakame @interplanetarisch @GebbiGibson

Thanks, I hate it

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