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- Comment on Infra Arcana is the most brutal game I have ever played 3 days ago:
I felt compelled to make a second post. I’ve now played a few games and keep finding it to be very enjoyable. This is not without meaning considering I truly am not a big gamer. The author put a lot of thought into the game itself. That’s what I am enjoying about it. The discovery of their deep dynamics and not being bogged down by a cumbersome and time consuming system.
As I just pick up and put down, the save isn’t a problem. I’m usually dead by level 3 anyways. It is not forgiving.
Very impressive game to me at least. The games content is pretty unique. A lot of options that real life would afford you, yet other games omit (kicking objects at enemies, picking up stones). They would come up with a good idea and refuse to stop there, expounding on the idea with sub options. Sure, you can drink from that fountain to heal… but…
Very cool.
- Comment on Infra Arcana is the most brutal game I have ever played 6 days ago:
I had some extra time today, and a need to zone out for a bit. Played a few quick games. Could tell pretty quickly it was a game that someone cared about.
Will probably play more if I can. Thanks for the heads up about the saves. Would have been very frustrating to find that out later.
Thanks for the post.
- Comment on LG monitors silently install software through Windows Update without consent 1 week ago:
It depends on what the definition of ‘A’ is. Or some fries.
- Comment on LG monitors silently install software through Windows Update without consent 1 week ago:
That’s what I thought too.
- Comment on LG monitors silently install software through Windows Update without consent 1 week ago:
I wonder what would happen to a person if they were to install software onto LG’s computers without their consent.
- Comment on Microsoft’s Secure Boot has been broken for a decade and no one noticed until now 2 weeks ago:
I presumed it to be a feature. Yeah. A feature.
- Comment on Has there ever been a game whose name was intentionally suffixed with "2" despite no original game? lol 2 weeks ago:
There exists a fantastic German metalcore band called “We Butter The Bread With Butter”, a name I always found to be funny. You don’t have to know anything about them except that they are awesome.
They are so good that have several tribute bands. One of them is from their home town and they are called “I Can’t Believe It’s Not We Butter The Bread With Butter”. I always found that to be absurdly hilarious.
My point is, it’s 2026 and the Germans are finally developing a sense of humor. I for one think that’s better.
Entshuldigung, woher ist den ausfahrt?
- Comment on Has there ever been a game whose name was intentionally suffixed with "2" despite no original game? lol 2 weeks ago:
Al Lowe had originally planned to make part 4 as a massive multiplayer online game, but there were too many technical complications. Additionally, Al had writers block. So he skipped to part 5 saying it additionally afforded him a new start to get out from his writers block. He was supposed to get back to it one day, but never did.
I own all of the others. Part 3 (Passionate Patti In Pursuit Of The Pulsating Pectorals) is the best and the original Part 1 is runner up. All I ever wanted was a Part 4 though.
It’s Al’s 80th birthday in 13 days (July 24, 1946). Maybe he’ll get us something
- Comment on Electricity Does Not "Split" H₂O. And That's VERY Useful. 4 weeks ago:
Ben is fantastic. I’ll be trying his waterproof cardboard later this fall.
- Comment on LastPass notifies users of yet another data breach 4 weeks ago:
That is actually quite effective, though I would likely spell out the 35 and allow sylization to create numerics.
You can likely now remember that phrase “My-brain-isnt-made-for-35c” forever if you just reinforce the memory from time to time. Creating an absurd image in your head or even using a real image to associate is another good way of remembering something. For this, I would leave myself a clue of ‘I thought 36 was OK’.
Maybe not for everything though.
Look, the amount of negativity I’m generating for myself just trying to encourage a simple alternative and self reliance is really irking me. I’ve used this method for twenty years or so, and found it to be extremely effective. Consider it a door. Use it if you want. It is possible. You are better and smarter than a machine or software. Last post about it.
- Comment on LastPass notifies users of yet another data breach 4 weeks ago:
You offering to pay?
- Comment on LastPass notifies users of yet another data breach 4 weeks ago:
Write clues to your passphrase, not the actual passphrase. I spend a fair amount of time making my username and password. I choose something that I’m going to remember.
As an example, I was asked to attend a meeting to check out a point maker, a box that bombards objects with photons to collect the reflections, generating a 3d point cloud model that can be measured in cad. This particular one was fairly awful. Bottom of the barrel effort. The salesman was a complete slob, he was late, he took forever to set it up and had much difficulty getting it to actually work. When it did, it measured a 12.75" brick at 14.5". I knew right away it was shit.
They forced us to create an new account on the laptop with the software as it was too advanced and proprietary (pukes) for me to run it on my cad workstation. So, my password begrudgingly became a stylized derivation of “This Guys Balls Smell Like Cheese”. I still remember that password to this day 12 years later.
Not only that, but when we would have the guy out to troubleshoot, I would sometimes have to log in for him to repeat our steps. The salesman was always impressed with my typing speed and ability to remember my password. He probably never even knew my password was a total insult at him. My clue for the pass phrase was “Lynard Skynard”.
- Comment on LastPass notifies users of yet another data breach 5 weeks ago:
Don’t use random characters. Use absurd phrases that mean something to you.
- Comment on LastPass notifies users of yet another data breach 5 weeks ago:
Flashcards are your brains friend. They are no joke.
- Comment on LastPass notifies users of yet another data breach 5 weeks ago:
You can do it. That’s my point. Yes it takes time. Yes it takes patience. Yes it takes practice. Your brain is an incredible machine capable of so many things, much more by far than a computer. Computers are chunks of silicon. They do basic addition. They just do it so much quicker is all. Yours is superior. Keep it exercised.
I do keep a cheat sheet of clues. Things that I write to remind me of the actual phrase, but I rarely need it. Make a point to memorize 10 a week. Custom photo screensavers (I use jpeg Saver 5.3 by Goat 1000) are great for flash cards. I find writing it out to be the best way to learn, but reading is my second, and listening is third (but rather poor considering I lose focus and miss bits). Try to learn how you learn best and exploit that. I used to have an old braintest that was incredibly accurate. It would tell you whether you were more inclined for audio or visual learning. It also defined your brains inclination to be left hemispheric or right hemispheric in its dominance. It was called brainworks. I think it ran on windows 95. For sure Windows 98SE.
Honestly, a lot of the ones I ended up needing to lookup or reset were the ones that are restricted with a maximum length and I cant use an entire phrase. That just jambs up my plumbing, if you know what I mean.
- Comment on LastPass notifies users of yet another data breach 5 weeks ago:
Well, good luck when it’s your turn in the barrel.
- Comment on LastPass notifies users of yet another data breach 5 weeks ago:
It is possible. I have 78 unique passphrases. You only need to train your brain and not turn it over to a machine.
- Comment on LastPass notifies users of yet another data breach 5 weeks ago:
Oh really? What is it? Please tell.
- Comment on LastPass notifies users of yet another data breach 5 weeks ago:
Use your brain. Literally. It’s the only safe way to store passwords.
- Comment on Request: GPX editing software recommendations for Windows 5 weeks ago:
Where did you find the append option? I could not find it anywhere, and drag and drop just closed the currently open file and opened the dropped one. Opening multiple files only resulted in one file getting loaded (usually the first one selected in explorer).
I remember not being able to split a track either.
- Comment on Request: GPX editing software recommendations for Windows 5 weeks ago:
It’s a good editor in it’s own right, but it does not work offline.
- Comment on Request: GPX editing software recommendations for Windows 5 weeks ago:
It is with great sadness that I must report that the software can only open one .gpx file at a time. Therefore, merging multiple .gpx files seems to be an impossibility.
- Comment on Request: GPX editing software recommendations for Windows 5 weeks ago:
Handheld GPS track editor. For mapping trails and such.
- Submitted 5 weeks ago to technology@beehaw.org | 8 comments
- Comment on Assume You Will Be Hacked: AI is enabling a deluge of cyberattacks the likes of which we’ve never seen before. 1 month ago:
I’ve been told that the majority of cyberattacks now start after a disgruntled employee sells a login to hackers. And honestly with how bad most companies are treating their employees, that sounds about fair.
- Comment on Samsung's SSD warranty policy scammed me so I'm taking them to court. 1 month ago:
You, uhh, offering to sell on the cheap maybe?
I do put mine through some abuse, between the programming, gaming and server duties. Still having rotten luck with them though. I think I bought my first in 2020, my girls in early 2021, and my second in late 2021. Mine are now both dead. Glad yours is going strong.
- Comment on Samsung's SSD warranty policy scammed me so I'm taking them to court. 1 month ago:
He makes an honest point. Besides, my first 980 pro lasted only 24 months. The second lasted 26. It’s nice performance but without much reliability.
- Comment on Playing Games: General Thoughts 1 month ago:
I prefer older games. I don’t like a lot of buttons to push. Hell, I still fire up the old arcade games.
- Comment on When did programming become "coding"? 3 months ago:
Stop it! You’ll go blind.
- Comment on When did programming become "coding"? 3 months ago:
I remember it from the 2000’s. The internet was up and we could all share our own pet names for things or just make up a new word. mIRC and newsgroups were big on that. Weird times but cool for sure. Some of it stuck. I still use the exclamation ‘Blargh’ occasionally.
The first time I remember it was someone from California asked me to ‘code summin’ for their daughter. I had to make sure what they were asking of me before I agreed. 2002 maybe.
