Deestan
@Deestan@lemmy.world
- Comment on Is there any security in the communication with Voyager I? 13 hours ago:
Correct. But also xkcd.com/538/ . Hence why I said “or bribes and kidnappings”.
- Comment on Is there any security in the communication with Voyager I? 13 hours ago:
Well, sorta. I ruled it out because hardware of that era, limited by Voyager’s power supply, could not do encrypted communication beyond wet paper bag levels.
Buy encrypted communication is all based on same as a passkey in the end (a sequence of secret bytes), whether we are talking encryption based off public/private keys, symmetric keys, elliptic curve, passphrases etc, so it’s comparable enough for the point I was aiming for. :)
- Comment on Is there any security in the communication with Voyager I? 14 hours ago:
Consider why a very strong passkey is protective: It is expensive to crack it. Either you spend a ton of expensive computing power to crack it, or you arrange bribes or kidnapping. At some point, the cost is beyond “lol” budget and needs to be worth it for a lot of powerful people.
So basically it’s protected by an extremely strong password. :)
- Comment on [deleted] 5 days ago:
If you are treated badly, don’t get mad at people who are treated a bit less badly.
- Comment on Funko gets community noted 1 week ago:
Yep. Literally copied in full from ChatGPT output.
- Comment on where do you draw the line if you ponder quitting a job? 1 week ago:
Also feeling a bit lost now :) What is the job of a manager?
They are responsible for the work, productivity, and well-being of everyone they are managing, both individually and as a group who needs to work together.
- Comment on Funko gets community noted 1 week ago:
Your assumptions are too honest. Try “non-apology” and see if it is closer
- Comment on Funko, BrandShield speak out about itch.io takedown 1 week ago:
Agree, though I would not use the word “decent” about BrandShield or Funko. Being harmfully lazy and immoral legally and according to contract is still harmfully lazy and immoral.
- Comment on where do you draw the line if you ponder quitting a job? 1 week ago:
You need a different manager. Distancing yourself from the one you have doesn’t sound realistic: Their job is to not be distant.
Move, but leave a good impression.
- Comment on What are your favourite trailers? 1 week ago:
The Satisfactory trailers
- Comment on Are there games with real collision detection? 2 weeks ago:
Hellish Quart?
- Comment on if you're the kind of person not to burn bridges when leaving a toxic job or toxic coworkers, why? 3 weeks ago:
Because people see your actions, not your worldview. E.g. a future employer who happens to know a former colleague.
-“Hey, you worked with Vestmoria, right? What are they like?” -“A bit stuck up and complain6, but we got along ok.”
Alternatively:
-“Hey, you worked with Vestmoria, right? What are they like?” -“Complained a lot, caused a huge scene and left.”
- Comment on If media corporations worked together to convince you that a half decent politician is evil incarnate but the politician that helps corporations extort the people is good, what would it look like? 4 weeks ago:
Is this an opinion with a question mark glued onto it?
- Comment on Why hasn't American football embraced AR and radio tech? 2 months ago:
Something is terribly wrong.
- Comment on Why hasn't American football embraced AR and radio tech? 2 months ago:
Apologies in advance, because this is in no way an answer to your question.
It is, however, related to the thought and super cool:
- Comment on Do drivers in the USA have to yield to alien UFO's? 2 months ago:
This is the type of information those classified air force documents are full of.
- Comment on Do drivers in the USA have to yield to alien UFO's? 2 months ago:
A few general traffic laws apply:
1: The UFO is not a legally registered road vehicle and they must yield to all traffic.
2: If you see a hazardous situation, like the UFO not clearly following traffic laws giving you space, you must do your part to avoid injury by avoiding a collision.
So after you do brake for the UFO, or swerve and honk, you may go to the police and inform them of the aliens’ traffic violation. They may then get a fine.
If you say “fuck it Im in the right” and crash into them, you are both breaking the law, but you are in bigger trouble for willfully endangering life and property. You get prison, the aliens get a fine.
- Comment on How do I install a python language server in doomemacs? 2 months ago:
Apologies if you already know this, but just making sure: A language server is first installed independently from its emacs/vim/etc integration.
You have lsp-mode set up. Did you install python-lsp-server and just need a guide to point lsp-mode at it?
- Comment on Steam Now Warns Consumers That They're Buying a License, Not a Game During a Purchase 2 months ago:
Yeah good ones last 200 years if stored correctly. Cheap ones are 5-10. 20 can be expected for quality CDs stored correctly.
- Comment on Steam Now Warns Consumers That They're Buying a License, Not a Game During a Purchase 2 months ago:
True, with some modifications:
Some games had online activation built in. Some games would simply not install on a second or third machine without getting permission from the publisher.
Regular CDs have a lifespan of 5-10 years, shorter if not stored ideally. Almost all games had sophisticated mechanisms to prevent backups being taken.
Even if you could take a backup, record associations and publishers lobbied to make it illegal and punishable by severe fines in many countries.
- Comment on Has anyone here ever bought games on eneba? 2 months ago:
Grey market key seller? Yes.
They sell cheap because they get them illegitimately. Leaked press keys, keys bought with stolen credit cards, keys scammed from developers, datamined keys…
What all of these sources have in common is that the actual developer gets nothing at best, and a chargeback fee at worst. All your money goes to middle men.
Just pirate instead. It’s more responsible.
- Comment on How do decide what language you speak living on a countries border. 2 months ago:
They speak what their parents and neighbors speak. This is constant even when borders shift.
The formal language they conform to is the nearest administrative region, usually in the country controlling the town.
- Comment on Why isn't apple a popular ice cream flavor? 2 months ago:
I’d love if it was more popular!
Mighy try and make at home. Parfait ice cream is reasonably uncomplicated. Wonder if I should make it from dried apples.
- Comment on What letter has the best games? 2 months ago:
Yessss, that was an embarrassing omission in my list.
- Comment on I make games and this literally happened to me this morning 2 months ago:
My bank: “We have a new valuation on your home! Open your app to see it!”
…
“It’s down 2%!”
- Comment on What letter has the best games? 2 months ago:
Fair! But why “Pirates!” but not Sim City?
- Comment on What letter has the best games? 2 months ago:
- Satisfactory
- Starcraft / 2
- Slay the Spire
- Saints Row
- Sam & Max (tons)
- Serious Sam
- Scribblenauts
- Shadowrun
- Shadow Warrior
- Shapez / 2
- Shovel Knight
- Skyrim
- Soma
- Slay the Princess
- Space Engineers
- Spelunky
- Sid Meyer’s Everything
- Stanley Parable, the
- Stardew Valley
- Stronghold Crusaders
- Subnautica
- Sunless Sea
- Sonic (all)
- Super Mario (everything)
- Superhot
- Super Meatboy
- Surviving Mars
- Comment on How do I make my own internet? 2 months ago:
Can you give an example of a possibility you think of? In its simplest form it’s exactly your house wifi if you disconnect your internet uplink. Anything bigger is also exactly a subset of the current internet disconnected from the rest, plus you having to maintain infrastructure.
- Comment on Are those top tier Geoguessers that do crazy stuff like figure out a location from 4 pixels and a mcslurry contracted by the CIA? 2 months ago:
there are many details in one image, and the chances of some player recognizing one of those details is an instance of the birthday problem?
That would be a valid model. But you are still right that it doesn’t apply: It would give the effect that a different geoguesser would get the picture right every test, while we are seeing consistent results from the top geoguessers.
- Comment on Are those top tier Geoguessers that do crazy stuff like figure out a location from 4 pixels and a mcslurry contracted by the CIA? 2 months ago:
I see your point, but the Birthday Problem would apply differently.
It is the chance of “collision” between randomly picked elements two large enough sets of random data. If I understand correctly, the random data here would be “geographical fact” like bush density and road width. Set A is geoguessers’ geographical knowledge, and set B is pictures’ geographical features.
So if we picked hundreds of random picture and hundreds of geoguessers and asked them, the chance of one guessing one image is high. And the person would be largely dfferent every time.
In this case, we can give one specific geoguesser a large amount of pictures and that same geoguesser would get most of them right.