Eji1700's recent activity
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Comment on Polymarket asked to work with us. We exposed their scam instead. in ~society
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Eji1700 LinkMinos is the only new thing to hit my pile. Orcs must die esque where you build a maze for enemies and try to kill them all. I despise that TDs with set tracks have become the norm (i have too...Minos is the only new thing to hit my pile. Orcs must die esque where you build a maze for enemies and try to kill them all.
I despise that TDs with set tracks have become the norm (i have too many thoughts on this subject) and so i'm happy to see something focusing on mazing. Not sure if it'll continue to hold up but i'm happy with it so far.
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Comment on What is your go-to project for learning a new language? in ~comp
Eji1700 LinkSnake. It's a simple thing but it requires some level of output, and understanding what options a coding language has for user interface is something that I feel too many coders gloss over. "oh...Snake.
It's a simple thing but it requires some level of output, and understanding what options a coding language has for user interface is something that I feel too many coders gloss over.
"oh we'll just dump to the console" or "tie to your interface here" or whatever. Given how many ways there are to interact with the user these days and the initial "do you want what is essentially a web app" starting point, I NEED something that helps me test that so I can figure out what my real options are.
Obviously most everything these days has some way of at least connecting to JS, but even that can vary wildly.
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Comment on Ilhan Omar says she isn’t a multimillionaire, blames accounting error in ~society
Eji1700 Link ParentEverything about this screams shady in several directions. Which one is correct will come with time but there’s no fucking way you accidentally shit the bed this badly. Part of the “problem” is...Everything about this screams shady in several directions.
Which one is correct will come with time but there’s no fucking way you accidentally shit the bed this badly.
Part of the “problem” is it’s unclear what her husbands company is worth and between the total lack of financial literacy in reporting and what sure looks like shady shit on his behalf (suit over supposedly promising 200% returns in his past) it’s near impossible to tell right now.
I doubt there’s anything severely illegal (by our shit standards these days ) but I also doubt someone isn’t a huge hypocrite.
80-250k net worth while owning a house, making north of 150k solo and having double income? I fucking doubt it?
Maybe they give all their money to their kids. Maybe it’s some “well technically they’re in debt” thing (which kinda betrays the point), but this feels all sorts of odd
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Comment on How are we all feeling about piracy these days? in ~movies
Eji1700 Link ParentFor what it's worth I get most of my audiobooks through libro.fm as they're DRM free. They ARE however expensive that way, but if you want to be able to support everyone I've found it a reasonable...For what it's worth I get most of my audiobooks through libro.fm as they're DRM free. They ARE however expensive that way, but if you want to be able to support everyone I've found it a reasonable option. Plus they keep all your stuff and make it easy to get it down to whatever you want.
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Comment on Making the most pickproof lock yet in ~engineering
Eji1700 LinkWhole thing reminds me of the Forever Lock with how they want to rotate the key out of the way. Thoughts “Pickable” and “trivially bypassed” are two separate goals but some what co mingled....Whole thing reminds me of the Forever Lock
with how they want to rotate the key out of the way.Thoughts
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“Pickable” and “trivially bypassed” are two separate goals but some what co mingled. Obviously the creator is aware since he’s worried about Impression attacks.
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I kinda hate the animations/montages. I get it and they’re well done, but it’s just one more thing for me to skip so I can continue the narrative.
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So…. Is this design such that the lock CANNOT be unlocked if the key isn’t inside? Like maybe fine for a shackle but wouldn’t work for a door.
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
Eji1700 LinkNear the end of book 1 of Malazan. It’s about how I remember it, for better and worse. I plan on sticking it out for book 2 at leastNear the end of book 1 of Malazan.
It’s about how I remember it, for better and worse. I plan on sticking it out for book 2 at least
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Comment on Vibe coding is just the return of Excel/Access, with more danger in ~comp
Eji1700 LinkNot wrong, but arguably, that's always been the goal. The whole point of tech is to, eventually, get to where the business user can solve problems with their toolset. The problem of Excel/Access...Not wrong, but arguably, that's always been the goal.
The whole point of tech is to, eventually, get to where the business user can solve problems with their toolset. The problem of Excel/Access and now AI has always been that if you want to do that you have to design with rights and management FIRST, not second.
It is going to be a massive nightmare (already seeing it in my friends companies) and it almost certainly will lead to yet another wave of "so uhhh we don't know how this works, someone did it years ago, pls fix" hires, but the real "goal" is still IT managing rights and access. Not also building solutions with the department.
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Comment on Street Fighter | Official trailer in ~movies
Eji1700 Link ParentNot sure what you'd actually DO with that. They're right in the middle of SFVI, and any "move game" entry is going to take a hell of a lot of development time and cost. They'll (maybe..it's been...Not sure what you'd actually DO with that.
They're right in the middle of SFVI, and any "move game" entry is going to take a hell of a lot of development time and cost. They'll (maybe..it's been odd) add costumes for VI and be done with it as anything else is going to take a ton of resources.
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Comment on Street Fighter | Official trailer in ~movies
Eji1700 Link ParentI was sorta hoping they'd go more in on the martial arts side since, yeah, you're not going to match the raw absurdity of what Julia did with that role. I'm guessing Bison in this isn't going to...I was sorta hoping they'd go more in on the martial arts side since, yeah, you're not going to match the raw absurdity of what Julia did with that role.
I'm guessing Bison in this isn't going to do much more than Julia did with a wire/cgi assisted "psycho crusher" and then we're done, but I guess we'll see.
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Comment on Street Fighter | Official trailer in ~movies
Eji1700 LinkAppears to be, mostly, the right level of stupid. They obviously are staying faithful to the moves, the choreography looks good, and the plot...looks like it's in the way and "overly ambitious" as...Appears to be, mostly, the right level of stupid.
They obviously are staying faithful to the moves, the choreography looks good, and the plot...looks like it's in the way and "overly ambitious" as these things go but hopefully we don't spend too much time on it.
My only complaint is that dictator isn't getting trailer time and I suspect that's because they aren't going to do him justice, but so be it, even if he is my main.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
Eji1700 Link ParentAh yes it's SATA. I'm big on trying to keep this whole project as a hobby, not a second job, so I didn't want to home build my NAS. And for comparison everyone I know has used SATA successfully...Ah yes it's SATA. I'm big on trying to keep this whole project as a hobby, not a second job, so I didn't want to home build my NAS. And for comparison everyone I know has used SATA successfully until recently, and if you've got some hot swap built in it wasn't supposed to be that big of a deal.
Further, unlike many it seems, my NAS is ACTUALLY just that. It's connected to a MS-01 which does all of my server/app hosting.
With those things in mind, building one myself was right out (at least out of the gate) and synology ensured they'd never have my business when they tried to vendor lock everyone, and i've heard mixed things on QNAP/UGreen
I'm already in the ubiquiti ecosystem, so when they started making NAS equipment it seemed like a good first step as they idiot proof a lot of things and i've been happy with their equipment so far. I was planning on being able to easily scale up if my needs were higher, but then all hardware become spice and suddenly I couldn't if I wanted.
I'd considered an eventual upgrade to something stronger, but I have to see what my ACTUAL demand is. I have no desire to become the data hoarder but part of the point of this project is to become the family cloud provider for things like home videos/photos/documents. I don't think I should need that much more space depending on how I do the RAID/backup and a more enterprise grade device struck me as overkill.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
Eji1700 Link ParentThe literal item was the IronWolf NAS Hard Drive-ST4000VN006, brand new from seagate (whiiiiich you can no longer do it seems) 8 TB 5400 RPM. Threw them in the NAS, 3 never registered as...The literal item was the IronWolf NAS Hard Drive-ST4000VN006, brand new from seagate (whiiiiich you can no longer do it seems)
8 TB 5400 RPM.
Threw them in the NAS, 3 never registered as connected. When removed and connected to my main machine through an adapter I tested with 2 other drives, never even spun or acted as if they were connected.
The others, upon attempting to make my RAID, all failed. At first it said it could just be one of the drives, so try making the raid again with the minimum amount, but several iterations of testing later, I had no working combinations. They all also failed (differently) when connected to my machine.
Almost everyone I know is having trouble with hard drives, WD or Seagate, purchased in the last 8 months or so. I'm very concerned that the stupidity of the AI market means they've shifted their QA and stuff that normally wouldn't make it out the door is now "consumer grade" (if you can get it at all).
Hilariously, Seagates warranty will only let you do batches of 5 items, so I made two RMA requests and then shipped it all in one box (since shipping is on me).
Today I just got a box marked as "for shipping 11-20 drives" with 3 sitting inside. I have an email saying the other 5 are on their way.
This does not inspire confidence.
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Comment on Ticketmaster is an illegal monopoly, jury rules in ~finance
Eji1700 LinkHere's hoping this goes somewhere, but I don't believe this is the first time they've lost or been found liable or told they're crossing a line. Long past the "believe it when I see it" point.Here's hoping this goes somewhere, but I don't believe this is the first time they've lost or been found liable or told they're crossing a line.
Long past the "believe it when I see it" point.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
Eji1700 Link Parent7 and 1 for hotswap.... They failed out of the gate so I didn't lose anything. Some spun up and then failed, others literally wouldn't spin at all even when testing on another machine. Maybe there...7 and 1 for hotswap....
They failed out of the gate so I didn't lose anything. Some spun up and then failed, others literally wouldn't spin at all even when testing on another machine. Maybe there was some user error in there i'm unaware of, but I had 3 other drives (which were higher rpm) and those slotted in and just worked so I guess bad batch or something.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
Eji1700 LinkWarrantied my 8 FAILED seagate drives and those are coming back so I can finish up my NAS. Next steps are getting more comfortable with ssh, figuring out why ubiquiti teleport and mDNS don't seem...Warrantied my 8 FAILED seagate drives and those are coming back so I can finish up my NAS.
Next steps are getting more comfortable with ssh, figuring out why ubiquiti teleport and mDNS don't seem to work as expected, and then eventually converting my server to headless.
Also need to poke more at my F#/Falco/Datastar dev stack to see if I can abstract out some basic rendering so I can do quick design and prototyping.
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Comment on How are we all feeling about piracy these days? in ~movies
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Comment on 'Bloodborne' video game getting R-rated animated movie adaptation in ~movies
Eji1700 Link ParentI mean...the next game after that was sekiro in 2019 followed by ER in 2022 which DOES stick to the 1-3 years, but given the "failure" of sekiro and the success of ER I could see them reassessing.. In 2014-2016 they pumped out three mainline games and a next gen port back to back. I would've expected a Game Awards trailer or a credible leak or something by now.
I mean...the next game after that was sekiro in 2019 followed by ER in 2022 which DOES stick to the 1-3 years, but given the "failure" of sekiro and the success of ER I could see them reassessing.
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Comment on 'Bloodborne' video game getting R-rated animated movie adaptation in ~movies
Eji1700 Link ParentStuff like this SHOULD be a goldmine for movies/shows. There's so so so much media out there with good stories that ought to be pretty trivial to adapt, but I think they often die because rather...Stuff like this SHOULD be a goldmine for movies/shows. There's so so so much media out there with good stories that ought to be pretty trivial to adapt, but I think they often die because rather leaning into their proven draw, they wind up just become some other script that's been repurposed.
I'm curious to see how well this does, as depending on how deep you go into bloodborne's lore this goes from "meh" to "wow" to "wtf" real quick for the average audience.
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Comment on US begins blockade in Strait of Hormuz in ~society
Eji1700 (edited )Link Parentmeh That said this is unusual for the US and in general. You're just asking for an international incident where China or Russia pays the toll and then the US blockades the boat. I suspect that...common reaction on social media
meh
That said this is unusual for the US and in general. You're just asking for an international incident where China or Russia pays the toll and then the US blockades the boat. I suspect that won't happen because this is all about proxy projection nonsense not actually kicking off WWIII, but it does probably lead to some dumb situation where a french or spanish (sorta....) tanker pays the toll and then gets blocked and kicks off another NATO fit.
The sorta there is because as many know "who's tanker is this" is a miserable game already that is going to give everyone headaches if this part escalates.
That said personally I see this as posturing because I suspect the plan is wait for the Bush to arrive and blow up all infrastructure.
As someone a bit too busy to watch at the moment, is there anything specific/new in this?
My understanding is that polymarket and friends is claiming they're a futures market (well something akin) and so they're regulated by the feds who are very clearly regulatory captured (we'll see you in court, ties to trump son in law, all the usual).
That said, again to my understanding, they don't really need to "rig" the market itself because they're the market maker and just take a % of the action. I'd at first heard about how they'd not payout certain things to "save money" but I'm skeptical that can be true/worth it to them because they already made their money.
Is there anything more in this or some fundamental misunderstanding i've got here?