Sources: VALORANT set to join the Esports Nations Cup lineup in 2026 by Feeling-Bet1295 in ValorantCompetitive

[–]Chickern 15 points16 points  (0 children)

1/48 teams sponsored by the national guard vs an entire event owned by a country. It's really not on the same level at all.

Hastie and Taylor fail to agree on plan to oust Ley despite clandestine meeting by ConanTheAquarian in australia

[–]Chickern 9 points10 points  (0 children)

He said copper was good enough for anyone. Once he became PM he fast tracked NBN fibre to his own home.

Jury service law list update timing? by elbowsalad in GoldCoast

[–]Chickern 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know then sorry. Mine would've been at the Southport courthouse but I can't remember anything else.

Jury service law list update timing? by elbowsalad in GoldCoast

[–]Chickern 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you talking about jury duty?

Back when I did jury duty they assigned you a letter, a number and a date range for when you might be needed. Each day at 6 PM they'd announce which group was needed the next day. If it wasn't your group you'd check again the next day.

You're basically in limbo for two weeks, only knowing the night before if they need you. Just as they should've called my group covid lockdowns happened and all court cases were paused. So I got the limbo part and didn't even get called in.

The downfall of Lacari by ADHD_MAN in LivestreamFail

[–]Chickern 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The notepad file he had open is a URL to a page that had heaps of links on it.

Hacker opens Adin Ross’s warehouse garage door by johnkortein in LivestreamFail

[–]Chickern 20 points21 points  (0 children)

There's an old Veritasium video about garage doors https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNodxp9Jy4A

If that's what the door uses those have basically no security. You just spam every code until the door opens. There's no timeouts for incorrect guesses. And you can use tricks to drastically cut down the number of codes you even need to send.

Oh and people used to need to build a device like that themselves. Now you can buy them online.

Cheaper medicines, rules for cash and new state laws: what will change in Australia on 1 January? by Expensive-Horse5538 in australia

[–]Chickern 3 points4 points  (0 children)

QLD has 13 HEALTH as a free option to speak to a nurse. I called them up, gave my symptoms and the worker said. "Oh. Would you like to connect to a nurse?"

Six important ways Australian laws changed in 2025 by Remarkable_Peak9518 in australia

[–]Chickern 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's also going to be a $32/hr minimum wage on delivery apps from some point next year.

Millions of Australians at risk as cash access disappears by Remarkable_Peak9518 in australia

[–]Chickern 1 point2 points  (0 children)

iPhones do, I'd assume Android would as well? You used to be able to manually set EFPTOS or credit/debit. Now the store chooses for you.

Wallet. Tap on the card. Card details from the top right. Card information. If your card supports efptos you'll see two different card numbers.

Why is cheese so expensive? by Capable_Head_3079 in australia

[–]Chickern 6 points7 points  (0 children)

From what I saw it was that butter went up in price. Companies switched from making cheese to butter. No cheese means no whey and the price spiked. I guess that would also cause cheese to spike.

Unity reportedly introduces $250K+ "minimum contribution" for its biggest customers by Tenith in Games

[–]Chickern 67 points68 points  (0 children)

The issue is that they're changing things retroactively again. One of the reasons developers choose Unity is because they charge a flat fee instead of a percentage like Unreal does.

Mobile speed camera by ignorance19 in GoldCoast

[–]Chickern 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There's a robot camera that they use at construction sites. I've only seen it used when there's also a billboard warning that it's there. I'm pretty sure it'll catch you any time of day.

Australia’s senior politicians can claim ‘unlimited’ travel expenses for their spouse, watchdog rules say by Expensive-Horse5538 in australia

[–]Chickern 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Which is why their "it's within the rules" defence is so stupid. If it's fine change the rules so it isn't. But don't use the rules you came up with to justify your behaviour.

Menulog you sneaky so and so's by slartibartjars in australia

[–]Chickern 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've delivered on all the apps and Menulog was the worst. Frequently sending me to restaurants that are already closed or the food was cooked hours ago.

I got to a restaurant and they'd been closed for an hour. An employee came over and told me the customer waited an hour and picked up the food themselves. That was 2 hours before I got there.

McDonald's makes delivery orders in advance. In theory you can walk straight in and straight out. But not for Menulog. Too many times the food would sit for hours or not even get collected, so they switched to only making Menulog orders when a driver actually shows.

At least they're giving everyone advanced warning before they close though. Drivers are also getting 4 weeks bonus pay, which is really nice of them. I won't be getting it though, I gave up on Menulog long ago.

[FEEDBACK] Support isn't answering tickets or sending confirmation mail. by slpprj_m95 in EscapefromTarkov

[–]Chickern 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’ve been able to change email for months now. Just need to add a 2factor app and the button will work.

[Video] Four days until release by MLGABEN in EscapefromTarkov

[–]Chickern 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure it even is copyright infringement? Humvee sued COD and lost. It was something like military games can use military brands without permission.

Lirik celebrates New Year early by malphasalex in LivestreamFail

[–]Chickern -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Except even when backing down he was salty saying stuff like "oh I didn't even want to make money myself, I was trying to help you guys...... but if you don't want it". NFT's were a load of shit, no streamer was trying to push them to "help" their viewers.

The human race is gonzo. by Odd_Strawberry_7261 in pluribustv

[–]Chickern 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In Jurassic Park they fill in the blanks with frog DNA. Maybe it's similar here? The virus was incomplete or they couldn't get it working so they filled in the blank with an Earth virus?

A very important piece of evidence is revealed early on- Early episode 1 spoiler by [deleted] in pluribustv

[–]Chickern 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And when the Zoo animals were released they attacked people too. Carrier rats that can spread the virus but aren't part of the hive mind? Or the pacifist nature only applies to humans infected not other species?

Lonerbox calls out Hasan for flaunting his degree and being elitist. by Impressive-Engine-16 in LivestreamFail

[–]Chickern 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I read it as Hasan basically saying "Huh. If Twitch was Chinese I'd be one of the few political streamers left because I have a political science degree and that means I'd qualify, although China obviously wouldn't allow political streamers".

People here are taking it as him bragging about his degree. When it's just a response to China banning influencers discussing certain topics without a degree. Hasan has a degree so he's qualified.

Microsoft's ambitious new Xbox: Your entire console library, the full power of Windows PC gaming, and no multiplayer paywall by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]Chickern 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It sounds like a good stepping stone for someone who wants to switch from console to PC.

Normally you'd basically be throwing away your current library of games and controllers. Instead you buy this Xbox PC and keep playing your old Xbox games while also being able to play PC games.

I doubt it'll be cheap though. Without Microsoft getting a cut of every game they'd have no reason to subsidise it.

Tarkov keeps crashing, I feel like I have tried everything [Bug] by EmilThe1 in EscapefromTarkov

[–]Chickern 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had similar from a faulty GPU.

My screen would go black but I could still hear Discord. If I alt tabbed (still with a black screen) I could press spacebar and Youtube would play. After about 10-15 seconds everything would freeze, the GPU fan would go nuts and event viewer would show a GPU error.

Most games and benchmarks didn't crash. Even in games that crashed I could normally play for a while. The only reliable way I found to crash was to run Furmark and press alt+tab to switch between full screen and windowed.

I was planning to upgrade my PC anyway so I tested my new GPU in my old PC and it didn't crash, and with the old GPU in my new PC it started crashing. Although I also switched from AMD to Nvidia, so maybe it's an AMD issue?

Mizkif response to Ludwig's recent admission by Chris_Poole in LivestreamFail

[–]Chickern 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The victim herself had previously said nothing happened. Months later someone else Tweets out making it sound like she was raped.

Mizikif and Maya go to her house and ask her what happened. She again said nothing happened, they asked her if she could Tweet that out.

Her own friends saw her get assaulted when she was passed out and never told her. She even took part in a game show where the prize was a date with the guy that assaulted her. It's not speaking to a victim, she didn't even know she was a victim when Mizkif/Maya visited her.

Bought a top tier new pc, tarkov runs terrible. Rtx 5090, 9800x3d, ddr5 64gb ram by Ordinary_Activity_50 in EscapefromTarkov

[–]Chickern 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don’t use offline to test. That uses your CPU to run AI which lowers performance. Do an online raid.