Zikeji
@Zikeji@programming.dev
Nice. Software developer, gamer, occasionally 3d printing, coffee lover.
- Comment on Jump Ship Demo is Live! 3 weeks ago:
It has Platinum in ProtonDB for now. Definitely appears to be playable on Linux.
- Comment on And I was just about to register :/ 5 weeks ago:
If I have to use an ad blocker to make a site remotely usable (and you have to to make it usable), then I don’t even want to give them traffic.
- Comment on Doom the dark ages... 1 month ago:
The gameplay looks fine. It looks like a Doom game. But I won’t buy a game with DRM, so I won’t be buying it until that gets removed (at earliest).
- Comment on My password is not accepted because it is too long 1 month ago:
Is the maximum 24 characters because their database column is a VARCHAR(24)? That’s one of the first questions that I thought of. Sure, it doesn’t guarantee plaintext, but it’s a indicator that it may be stored plaintext, considering hashing doesn’t care about length. Or at the very least whoever has had eyes on this code doesn’t know shit about security, which makes me less confident in the product as a whole.
The only reason I can think of to have a maximum would be to save on bandwidth and CPU cycles, and even then 24 characters is ridiculously stingy when the difference would be negligible.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Whoops! Didn’t notice that typo. I wouldn’t even dream of subjecting my steam deck to the same 900 mods as my PC.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
I modded Cyberpunk 2078 and jumped straight to the NNM app, no issues. Running quite a few mods.
- Comment on PSA: I want a law for PC games to be offered in physical versions again 2 months ago:
Is there another meaning to “PSA” that isn’t “public service announcement”? It confuses me being in the title as this entire post is written as a suggestion / CTA, not a PSA.
- Comment on Even his doctors are full of it 2 months ago:
Every time I recall those episodes, and the pain, it gets easier to do, emotionally.
And theoretically I could just get it operated on - there have been improvements in the field. But the prospect of going under the knife is scary, especially in an area where one fuckup or miscalculation could lead to partial paralysis for life. Throw in a mix of abusive American healthcare and… Weekly therapy is more preferable.
- Comment on Even his doctors are full of it 2 months ago:
No. I’ve considered it though, but I’m a tad worried it won’t make a difference considering the options I’ve seen probably don’t result in 200lbs of force being applied.
- Comment on Even his doctors are full of it 2 months ago:
In my spine my L5-S1 and L4-L5 are herniated (as of 2017, haven’t checked if any more are). Full on herniated, not bulging. It started when I was 20, and my doctor said surgery should be avoided since it could impact my quality of life significantly at my age (not that my QoL wasn’t already severely impacted). Epidurals and physical therapy didn’t help.
Back then it wasn’t miserable 24/7 but it had it’s moments. Eventually I had an “episode” where I was bedridden in immense amounts of pain for a solid week. During that desperation I found the IDD option and started that. It was rough back then at the start. But within weeks the constant pain died down and I recovered mobility as well as my sciatica improved.
Through… Losing a job I discovered the effects wear off after 2ish months and I start being susceptible to the episodes and random function loss again, so now I just go weekly to keep things peachy. It isn’t full recovery obviously, I still wind up in pain if I do too much with my back, even stuff as little as bending over slightly to do the dishes (because I’m tall), but it beats being disabled in constant pain… Those few episodes I’ve had haunt me. Being so helpless I couldn’t even.
- Comment on Even his doctors are full of it 2 months ago:
I undergo weekly spinal decompression therapy. While not exactly the same as the medieval torture devices, being strapped in and having my spine pulled from both directions with 200lbs of force is pretty close.
And yes, it feels amazing for a second or two.
- Comment on Torrenting is not allowed on Windscribe 2 months ago:
I have used AirVPN for half a decade and never ran into any issues, if you’re looking for an alternative with port forwarding.
- Comment on Adult gamers of Lemmy how do you find time to game without being exhausted of the screen? 2 months ago:
I work full time at a computer. I have two jobs, so I put in 68 hours a week (second is 28 hours a week, no overlap).
I have no issues with eye fatigue best I can tell, that or I’ve just gotten so used to it. I will note I do have the blue light filter on my glasses lenses my optician recommended.
- Comment on Hamster 2 months ago:
Considering the little girl brought it in, it’s definitely more plausible she wouldn’t notice the magnet. And considering the amount of parents who give hamsters as pets and never take any responsibility over it themselves, even more so.
But I’d also assume, with no real insight into the behavior of hamsters, that one in this situation would wind up either tearing it’s cheek off (depending on the strength of the magnet) or figuring out it can dislodge / move enough to free it.
- Comment on The Humane Ai Pin Has Already Been Brought Back to Life 4 months ago:
- Comment on This City’s Sewer System Is Full of Alligators, but It’s Not New York 4 months ago:
Save a click: it’s Gainesville Florida. The New York in the title is a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reference.
- Comment on How much of my sleep debt do I need to pay off? 4 months ago:
Honestly one could probably make a comparison to a loan shark, you keep paying it off but the interest is so high and you keep borrowing more you just stay in debt and keep sinking deeper.
- Comment on How much of my sleep debt do I need to pay off? 4 months ago:
Sleep debt itself is a weird metric. You can’t “pay it back”, lost sleep is lost sleep, period.
The body doesn’t keep track, the body just complains. You might feel weird if there is a dramatic change to your sleep schedule.
- Comment on Amazon Artificially Discounting Items $0.01 Below the Free Shipping Limit 5 months ago:
There’s Filler Checker as well for those that don’t have such a collection.
- Comment on if you work night shifts, do you have a life? Are you healthy? 5 months ago:
I work an odd schedule - two jobs, one WFH Sat-Tue from 8PM to 3AM, then a hybrid (2 days WFH) dayjob (Mo-Fr) from 10AM to 6PM. It’s been this way on and off but so far I’m at over a year with this particular schedule, but I’ve had similar schedules in the past.
I would say I have a life, but my hobbies are more introverted anyway. Am I healthy? No, bit I wouldn’t say that’s entirely related to the schedule, I have other conditions.
It can be taxing at times but most of the time it’s just life.
- Comment on Google is now forcing gemini in their gmail app 5 months ago:
Despite have AI off as much as possible within our Google Workspace at work, today all of my coworkers have received multiple ads / prompts by Google to use Gemini. In Gmail, in Google Meet, and more. Our policies don’t allow us to use it so this is just ridiculous.
- Comment on Resume help 5 months ago:
Just keep in mind each person is impacted differently. Symptoms aren’t one size fits all, and even NTs get some relatable symptoms occasionally.
- Comment on What's the last point on your todo list? 5 months ago:
“hot tub - $$$$”
Right under “fix the back pain that plagues my life” which is right below “get LASIK”.
- Comment on The Black Friday sale for the most popular gaming system on the planet doesn't actually have any games on sale...? 7 months ago:
It is, which is why I check on darkpattern.games when finding a new one.
In a similar vein, Slice and Dice is on mobile and well worth it in my opinion.
- Comment on Why are most mobile games trash? 7 months ago:
There are some great mobile games out there. A few of my favorites include Dawncaster and Slice & Dice. Personally when I’m looking for a new game I use www.darkpattern.games to check if they are exploitive.
- Comment on [deleted] 7 months ago:
You might tell yourself in retrospect that you consciously made that decision to deepen it and twist it, but with the adrenaline, panic, fear? You instinctually reacted to survive, and the fact you were able to withdraw from the situation before inflicting greater harm is a testament to the fact it wasn’t cruel.
- Comment on [deleted] 7 months ago:
Cruel? Of the places to be stabbed, the belly is probably one of the least severe ones, especially on males, so long as you get medical attention. Stabbing in a limb could result in long term damage much more easily.
You were in the process of being strangled, even if in hindsight you think you did, you weren’t making a choice with any thought of it being cruel or not. There was likely adrenaline at that point, and panic. No one could successfully argue you had the presence of mind to make a conscious decision to be cruel.
I’m sure you’ll have lifelong trauma, and might need to seek therapy if you aren’t already receiving it. It sounds like a part of what you’re experiencing is a form of survivor’s guilt. But no, how you got yourself out of that situation wasn’t cruel.
- Comment on What's the term for someone that likes Jesus of Nazareth, but doesn't identify with church, religious dogma, or whatever? 8 months ago:
Sounds like you’re describing that you view how he is depicted as a good role model. I think the best way to describe it would just be “I’m atheist/agnostic/etc but view Jesus as a good role model” or something to that effect.
Or just lean into chaos and go with “Jesus is my role model” with no elaboration and let people make of it what they will.
- Comment on How One Man Lost $740,000 to Scammers Targeting His Retirement Savings 11 months ago:
I never claimed the first 9 being unique to his CU was special, just added it as clarification, since you hadn’t read the article.
As for repeating your question, the author has his own explanation as to why (basically came down to bad timing, or in the case of the scammers, good timing).
- Comment on How One Man Lost $740,000 to Scammers Targeting His Retirement Savings 11 months ago:
If you’d read the article, you’d find that he was asked for the last 7 digits of the number, not the full number. He admits he should have found that fishy, but was distracted at the time. Since his bank’s credit cards all have the same first 9 digits, he had just given the scammer the full number.