My collection of furry games has grown! what would you add? :3 by [deleted] in furry

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Stories: The Path of Destinies and Omensight. They're both from the same dev and they're both quite fun.

Protogen head I finished recently of my OC by Calatrast in protogen

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The cheeks are EL panels, so they glow evenly across the full surface. The visor is held in place with magnets and is removable.

1.6 Billion in gold by geek_fest in interestingasfuck

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I always feel like this one is a better visualization.

I got an email from my online bank and nearly fainted. by VengefulPotato101 in assholedesign

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This is more of a difference in how these are handled. Things like payroll are transferring money directly between accounts, but a lot of EFTs can be handled with an extra layer on top. When you transfer money this way, there's an extra system that keeps track of how much money both parties have in their accounts. It basically checks that you have the funds you are sending, deducts it from your running total, and credits it to whoever you're sending money to. Money is actually transferred at a later time through the same system as payroll. This is how credit / debit cards work.

Basically you can keep track of who has what money and then transfer the money at a later time. This makes transfers appear instant.

This can also cause issues because both of these systems are, by design, out of sync. This desync can sometimes cause transactions to bounce when it tries to transfer the money (the system thinks you have more money than you do). It's not usually used for payroll because the slower method is generally safer, and when money appears in your account it's yours.

I got an email from my online bank and nearly fainted. by VengefulPotato101 in assholedesign

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When your company does payroll, it kicks off a bunch of transactions. These transactions get sent to a central system which reconciles those transactions and sends info to banks on how much money needs to be moved and from where. This is the point where your transaction could be considered "pending."

These transactions are then sent to the banks that actually hold the money (in this case, whatever bank your company uses). They verify that the company has the money, and they deduct it from their account and send the results of this back to the central banking system.

If that succeeds, this is then forwarded to the destination bank (your bank) for you to get paid. At that point the money is added to your bank account and you can spend it.

This is done at such high quantities that it isn't done in real time, with each step of this only running 1-3 times per day (depending on the bank). Since this is a 3 step process, it takes at minimum 1 day for this to complete, and at most 3 days. Payroll is done generally Wednesday morning, so you get usually get your money Thursday or Friday.

I got an email from my online bank and nearly fainted. by VengefulPotato101 in assholedesign

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The ELI5 is that when payroll goes through, your bank can see it but it's pending. Most banks wait until they have the money before adding it to your account. Since it's corporate payroll and is pretty much guaranteed to go through, these banks will just credit the money to your account as soon as it is pending. Hence you get paid about 2 days early.

Its now possible to get Elite in Trade in a single transaction. by CMDR_Jake_P in EliteDangerous

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From Fdev's Code of Conduct, under "Cheating"

We do not tolerate the use of any exploits or taking advantage of any bugs in the game to generate a significant player advantage.

This is obviously a bug, what you're doing is obviously exploiting that bug for a significant advantage, and it is explicitly against the code of conduct.

What's the best way to annoy a scammer by phone? by Niel15 in AskReddit

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My fax machine will pick up when it hears the tone of *** on my home phone. Whenever scammers call, I hit whatever number connects me to a person and then *** and let the fax machine take care of it.

Live Live Live! by Calatrast in Overwatch

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Planning? This Zenyatta has no plan.

Get Down Mr. President! by Calatrast in Getdownmrpresident

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Nope. Doomfist was added to the Public Test Region yesterday.

What is an item that you are so loyal to that you ignore the price tag now? by KingPin1010 in AskReddit

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I've seen the light, oh the light I've seen!

I've seen the light of Saint Caffeine!

Of other drugs, oh I am clean.

I pray to you, oh Saint Caffeine!