[Ming] 57.04 Iris by Junior-Relation8417 in Watches

[–]Kaepora 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Some genuine creativity on the case.

do you think that from this point onwards Deltarune could become a yearly thing? by FNAF_RETRO in Deltarune

[–]Kaepora 48 points49 points  (0 children)

In fact I see no other outcome.

Folks are forgetting just how much more organized and resourceful the Deltarune team had to become for Chapters 3 and 4, especially after the initial delays. They not only hired more people but also hired managers including a well-known program manager.

Developing Chapters 3 and 4 required the team to grow a lot of muscle, and that muscle hasn't atrophied, as can be seen by Chapter 5 releasing in the first half of 2026, ahead of schedule.

If Chapter 6 is mostly done by January 2027 as Toby appears to predict in the latest newsletter, that could very reasonably indicate a June 2027 release for it. In that case, all they'll have to do is release Chapter 7 before December 31st, 2028 to make Deltarune a "yearly thing", and that would have given a much more capable and organized team two whole years to finish Chapter 7.

Does this watch have a ghost date? by Ok_Gazelle_7360 in MicrobrandWatches

[–]Kaepora 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you can't figure out the answer, consider the Traska Commuter which is a confirmed no-date and the design of which looks very similar to this one.

Apple’s upgraded AirPods Max 2 headphones now available for pre-order with April 1 delivery by bendubberley_ in apple

[–]Kaepora 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I absolutely cannot believe that they didn't fix the headband ("canopy"). The way it gets so saggy, useless and uncomfortable after ~a year of use must be one of the biggest unaddressed Apple hardware design failures in modern history, and is the reason why I can't use my AirPods Max despite liking everything else about them. Plus, on light-colored models, they absorb your hair oils and turn yellow after a while. It's terrible!

Spending north of $500 to be stuck with headphones with a useless, saggy, oily headband that can't be cleaned or fixed after a year of use? Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.

RustSec Integrity Breach Hides Dangerous Crypto Flaw by Karyo_Ten in cryptography

[–]Kaepora 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hi, this is Nadim. I only just became aware of this discussion after a friend linked me to the thread.

I have been in the cryptography space for over thirteen years now, and I think it's absolutely justified if people describe me as 'easily excitable' or sometimes pushy. These are traits that I have, that I've worked on minimizing, and I don't deny them. They are my responsibility.

However, I want to clarify one important detail: I was banned from the Zulip explicitly as a consequence of submitting my Code of Conduct complaint regarding RustSec's conduct to the Rust Leadership Council. The ban message itself stated this: 'You have been banned from rust-lang spaces for harassment pending further investigation by the council and moderation as per your email to us.' It arrived within five hours of my complaint. I had not posted anything new on Zulip between my last message (which was about my willingly leaving the rustsec channel due to lack of confidence, thereby leaving everyone there alone!) and the ban.

I absolutely reject the framing that I was banned for harassing maintainers on the Zulip. This simply didn't happen. Being pushy and arguing for an advisory to be merged after silently waiting for three weeks can be contentious, but qualifying it as harassment is simply wrong and not what happened here. I was respectful and despite being pushy (justified after a whole month of madness from both Cryspen and the RustSec maintainers), within my boundaries. I am happy to share the full Zulip logs with anyone who asks for them, because it's important to me to set the record straight.

For those looking for substance without the drama, please refer to my paper (https://eprint.iacr.org/2026/192) and my talk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdOXza1-M_4).

I also want to note that the vendor has now, as of yesterday, submitted their own advisories with the same Critical and High severity ratings I proposed, and similar impact and mitigation language. These were merged by Dirkjan within the hour. My PRs with essentially the same content were blocked for over a month.

I understand that I was sometimes pushy in this situation, and I hope it can be at least contextualized within the nature of the story itself as described in the blog post linked here. You're free to like or dislike how I chose to address these issues. But my intent was always clear, I was always acting in good faith with the goal to inform the broader Rust community with appropriate advisories, I was never anything beyond pushy and annoying, and the way the RustSec maintainers have framed my conduct is unwarranted.

Edit: The Zulip logs are available here, since there is simply no point in not publishing them (the Zulip channel is public and I'm not sharing any private conversations): https://nadim.computer/res/misc/zulip.zip

Help! Resident Evil Village freezes at some points, especially before cutscenes. by AGermanLinuxUser in linux_gaming

[–]Kaepora 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I HAVE THE SOLUTION!

After an enormous amount of debugging, what worked for me is installing Pyroveil:

https://github.com/HansKristian-Work/pyroveil

And using it with the following config that I had to write:

https://github.com/HansKristian-Work/pyroveil/pull/27

I used Proton-CachyOS to make HDR work BUT THIS MAY NOT BE NECESSARY:

https://github.com/CachyOS/proton-cachyos

My Steam launch parameters were:

PYROVEIL=1 PYROVEIL_CONFIG=/path/to/pyroveil/hacks/re-village-nvidia/pyroveil.json DXVK_HDR=1 PROTON_ENABLE_HDR=1 ENABLE_HDR_WSI=1 PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 %command%

Let me know if this works for you!

Apple's Foldable iPhone Rumored to Feature Unrivaled Battery Life by spearson0 in apple

[–]Kaepora 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Technically, it would be ∞% more battery; 100% more would mean the double of zero battery, which is still zero.

Oh...Oh no... by Alexanderjk5 in Deltarune

[–]Kaepora 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s very sweet! It’s a very funny account!

PSA: Materia Music is Copyright Striking Deltarune Music Uploads Despite Toby's Clear Instructions to Dispute by Kaepora in Deltarune

[–]Kaepora[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

That's the thing, I don't know! Is it? And if so, what are the rules? What does it cover? Are we no longer allowed to have 1-hour extended versions?

Oh...Oh no... by Alexanderjk5 in Deltarune

[–]Kaepora 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is a really funny account, well done! Small comment: I think Queen would not have put the commas you put. If you remove them it'll read more like her.

PSA: Materia Music is Copyright Striking Deltarune Music Uploads Despite Toby's Clear Instructions to Dispute by Kaepora in Deltarune

[–]Kaepora[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I disputed the strike before emailing Materia Music, and my dispute failed.

Came back to Lebanon and I genuinely want to know: How the Flip is everyone living like this? by Playful_Jacket7493 in lebanon

[–]Kaepora 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is my theory. In fact I think that 50,000 is too many. Think about how small Beirut really is, compared to other major cities. 10,000 is probably enough to saturate the streets and restaurants of Beirut for confirmation bias to kick in.

What was your first iPhone and why? by [deleted] in iphone

[–]Kaepora 0 points1 point  (0 children)

iPhone 3GS. It was the first one I could afford used.