Ah yes, the super chad of its console generation, tons of great games, dvd playback, and PS1 compatibility! What’s not to love about this legendary system?...
So I joined a new gym last year and was pleasantly surprised. They gave me a smart card to get in and out, that’s it, no app, no accounts, no nothing. Well, today I got to the gym and saw the announcement that they are phasing out the access with the smart card and starting to use, you guessed it, an app....
This would be the best way. Unfortunately they made it the other way around. A screen at the door shows the code, and you scan it with the app.
In my previous gym the code was on the app, but I’m not sure anymore if it was static or it changed over time. But the reader on the door was awful, I used to spend a good 3 minutes trying different angles with my phone to make it recognize the code.
Ohh. This is exactly the side project idea I’ve had on the back of my mind for a few years now. Something minimal and straightforward, just to sharpen my programming skills and learn a couple of things along the way. Maybe I’ll get around to building it some day.
I agree with this, this is why I haven’t really made the switch. Tbh the appeal of the dumphone for me is mostly for the cool and nostalgic feel.
But I do think that making this a “trend” and challenging the norm of the smartphone is a positive thing, and it’s nice to see people rocking dumb phones in this day and age.
Yes that’s a good point. I don’t have a lot of time to play so I try to stick with shorter games as you said in the post. Even if there is replayability I just drop it after I finish it the first time. For that reason I don’t play stuff like Minecraft and also rarely open worlds, I’ve played a few but try to stick to the main story
I’m planning on using Zotify to download a couple playlists of music I’ve added over the years. Before I do that, I’d like to be able to make a copy of the playlists before downloading any music in the off chance my account gets flagged by Spotify....
I’ve used Exportify (github.com/watsonbox/exportify) to get CSVs of my playlists. I do it for kind of disaster recovery scenario, so I’ve never actually had to re-import my playlists. Judging from the readme it seems it’s possible but tedious. And as for importing to a different service, no idea.
It does require you to log in with your Spotify account though. But I think it’s trustworthy enough and also you can self host it.
The news was already posted here last week, but I found this great technical explanation of the flaw. Long story short: Apple is using bad cryptography. They got alerted by researchers back in 2019 but didn’t fix it.
I want to build a “pirate portfolio” of all my personal fan works. There’s manga, anime, documentaries, book chapters, all sorts of things I’ve translated myself from Russian and English. Mostly Japanese, British and modern Russian content. No USA....
You can create a simple static website and deploy it to Vercel for free. You can buy a domain name and attach it pretty easily, but it’s not needed (by default website will have .vercel.app domain).
Hmm yes maybe. I do remember a paywall bypass extension was removed from there because publishers were complaining to Vercel. Worst case scenario I guess your website gets taken down
Recently stumbled upon the PhD thesis of a researcher at the Eindhoven University of Technology from ~2 years ago. I haven’t read the whole thing, but I thought it might be of interest for someone here. It’s freely available for download on the link....
So recently I was thinking how games with pixel art graphics are popular nowadays, and I was wondering if there are new games being made with other kinds of “retro” graphics, for example, games that look like the PS1 or PS2 eras....
The PlayStation 2
Ah yes, the super chad of its console generation, tons of great games, dvd playback, and PS1 compatibility! What’s not to love about this legendary system?...
Got annoyed by my gym
So I joined a new gym last year and was pleasantly surprised. They gave me a smart card to get in and out, that’s it, no app, no accounts, no nothing. Well, today I got to the gym and saw the announcement that they are phasing out the access with the smart card and starting to use, you guessed it, an app....
foss audio slowdowner?
I’m looking for an audio app for learning tunes by ear. Ideally would have:...
The Dumbphone Boom Is Real (www.newyorker.com)
Stumbled upon this article about the rising popularity of dumbphones....
There is no EU cookie banner law (www.bitecode.dev)
Improve Your Privacy Setup
Hello, Lemmy!...
Sometimes you really need that vodka shot when things go wrong in the database (sopuli.xyz)
What are some good games with *zero* replayability?
I want to try and play some more games. That feels more fulfilling if you play games that you can finish and be done with....
Positive Affirmations for Site Reliability Engineers (youtu.be)
Saving Spotify Playlists
I’m planning on using Zotify to download a couple playlists of music I’ve added over the years. Before I do that, I’d like to be able to make a copy of the playlists before downloading any music in the off chance my account gets flagged by Spotify....
Windows95Man to represent Finland in Eurovision. Linus Torvalds must be so disappointed (sopuli.xyz)
Context: the creator of Linux is from Finland
Fortune Teller (files.catbox.moe)
Actually had to use this old friend at work the other day (sopuli.xyz)
They keep this 20+ year old laptop around because it has a serial port and every now and then that comes in handy....
[Discussion] What technique are you working on right now?
Just trying to inject some life into this community beyond NGD post....
The AirDrop flaw exploited by China, explained (blog.cryptographyengineering.com)
The news was already posted here last week, but I found this great technical explanation of the flaw. Long story short: Apple is using bad cryptography. They got alerted by researchers back in 2019 but didn’t fix it.
[ADVICE] Tips on creating a small website just to host links to pirated content I've translated (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
I want to build a “pirate portfolio” of all my personal fan works. There’s manga, anime, documentaries, book chapters, all sorts of things I’ve translated myself from Russian and English. Mostly Japanese, British and modern Russian content. No USA....
PhD thesis on mass surveillance (and strategies to counter it) (research.tue.nl)
Recently stumbled upon the PhD thesis of a researcher at the Eindhoven University of Technology from ~2 years ago. I haven’t read the whole thing, but I thought it might be of interest for someone here. It’s freely available for download on the link....
Games with graphics resembling PS1 or PS2?
So recently I was thinking how games with pixel art graphics are popular nowadays, and I was wondering if there are new games being made with other kinds of “retro” graphics, for example, games that look like the PS1 or PS2 eras....