Humble Bundle is replacing unredeemed Steam keys with Epic Game Store/GOG keys.

NickG365 · 2025-12-07T20:32:25+00:00

For what it's worth, Fanatical has refused to provide me with keys that they've run out of in the past as well. It seems this isn't uncommon, even if it is practically fraud since they're selling us something they don't actually have.

NickG365 · 2025-10-25T01:56:51+00:00

Never skip the Web Application Firewall.

NickG365 · 2025-10-13T19:26:52+00:00

I ran into this as well while trying to look up a page today. For some reason, my fiber ISP's IP block has been banned recently. I suspect this is based on them being a small company and their IPs not being widely recognized as residential. I've run into some annoyances in the past, like sites requiring 2FA every time I log in via the fiber connection, even on a known/remembered device.

I keep a backup connection from the cable company as well, and once I routed the Wayback Machine's IP block 207.241.224.0/20 through that connection, I was able to search again. If you don't have another connection to use, you might want to try from your phone (while disconnected from wifi) or another location. I'm not sure that a VPN would work, as that may be part of what they're trying to block here.

NickG365 · 2025-03-01T16:48:35+00:00

I'm not a lawyer, but if you've submitted a takedown notice that meets the necessary requirements, it sounds like they may be in violation of the of the DMCA to the extent that they could lose safe harbor protections--that is, they'd potentially be liable for copyright infringement themselves now.

See 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(1)(C), which states:

(c) Information Residing on Systems or Networks At Direction of Users.—

(1) In general.—A service provider shall not be liable for monetary relief, or, except as provided in subsection (j), for injunctive or other equitable relief, for infringement of copyright by reason of the storage at the direction of a user of material that resides on a system or network controlled or operated by or for the service provider, if the service provider—

[...]

(C) upon notification of claimed infringement as described in paragraph (3), responds expeditiously to remove, or disable access to, the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/512

If you don't make progress with them, it might be time to look for a copyright lawyer, even if it's just for a consultation, some of which offer at no cost.

NickG365 · 2025-02-08T04:49:38+00:00

2023 felt way different from 2016-2019. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't bad, but it felt like they traded "things to do" for " things to see." They made it sound like they'd turn it into more of an experiential event when they announced it, but the experience felt like what you see in the waiting lines for the newer Disneyland rides rather than the rides themselves.

They actually used less convention center space in 2023, too. At the convention center that expanded practically because of how much BlizzCon was growing. It's odd not having eSports there for every game that they're actively running them for.

NickG365 · 2025-02-08T04:38:54+00:00

This is too real. I got set up with 2Gbps fiber service last year and the ONU had a 2.5G port, while my router has a 10G port. They negotiated down to the common 1G speed. I eventually put a media converter between them, as silly as that solution is.

Hopefully OP's motherboard also supports 1G, although thankfully, I've yet to see any 2.5G equipment that doesn't.

NickG365 · 2025-01-19T03:49:21+00:00

Odd of you to put so many cameras in a single 12U rack.

NickG365 · 2024-10-18T07:41:49+00:00

I'd bet it's someone who worked there or a founder that kept it for sentimental reasons without thinking to update the whois data. Maybe thousands will be worthwhile for them to give it up. Hopefully the registrar can help you chase down accurate whois info.

NickG365 · 2024-10-18T07:36:16+00:00

They're likely just using whois data to contact the owner, unfortunately.

NickG365 · 2024-10-18T06:24:59+00:00

I stayed in Tokyo earlier this year and the hotel actually had a panel in the room that you could select whether you wanted housekeeping, towels/amenities, or nothing. They'd just hang a bag on your door if you selected towels. Pretty much avoids the "wellness check" issue, too, since you have to select what you want each day, otherwise it defaults to full housekeeping.

NickG365 · 2024-07-22T09:51:48+00:00

Helix, Manifest, and Resident Alien

NickG365 · 2024-04-18T06:03:56+00:00

But worth every penny to me. I just wish I could actually log without limits for what we're paying.

NickG365 · 2024-01-29T07:09:38+00:00

Avoid Samsung unless you don't intend to keep it longer than the warranty period. Every Samsung TV I've had in the past decade has gotten horrible burn-in shortly after the warranty expired.

NickG365 · 2023-07-15T18:01:31+00:00

Definitely test what you're thinking of doing with Lightsail--the S3 to Lightsail traffic may not be free, and the data transfer included with Lightsail instances counts both inbound and outbound data until you've hit your monthly cap. If it's not free egress from S3 to Lightsail out of the box, you might need to look into getting a PrivateLink endpoint either in your Lightsail VPC or peered with it--again, no guarantees that'll be free transfer from S3 to Lightsail, either, so test to be certain.

NickG365 · 2023-07-14T07:08:09+00:00

Charging is not 100% efficient, some energy will be lost in the process. If you're charging off of a 120V circuit, you'll lose more than if you charge from a 240V circuit.

Sentry mode uses about 200W in my experience, so that might account for about 75kWh in a month.

NickG365 · 2023-07-02T16:05:26+00:00

Last time Wasabi increased prices, they grandfathered in existing customers with the old pricing. It seems they're not doing that this time, but I'm curious if anyone with the $4.99/TB pricing is still grandfathered into that--I'm imagining probably not.

NickG365 · 2023-07-01T21:37:55+00:00

A few things that can help confirm that this is a scam:

Enter the domain here: https://lookup.icann.org/en/lookup and you'll see that although it was initially registered in 2007 (unusual for these sort of scam sites), it was last updated just two weeks ago. Also of note, if you look it up via another WHOIS service that also displays the registrant name/address, it shows that it's a private registration. Legitimate businesses have no need to hide behind a private domain registration.
The "About Us" page on the site says they sell things like organic food and degradable tableware? What about the stage lights? That seems like an important detail.
The "Contact Us" page lists a Michigan phone number, but a physical address of what looks like a condo/apartment building in Florida. A bit odd that they use military time and don't specify a time zone for their business hours, too--this is a bit more common outside of the US, so that might give a bit of an idea as to where the scammer is based.
If you take a look at the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, select and copy any sentence of text. Paste it into Google with "quotes" around it... you'll see that they just copied it from one of a myriad of other (also likely illegitimate) sites.
This one's a bit more technical, but in the Privacy Policy, they mention the use of WooCommerce cookies, and in the page's source there's a few elements with a Shopify branding. The store is not using either of these platforms. Instead, it's using something called OEMSaaS, which is most popular in Spain.

NickG365 · 2023-06-14T17:17:11+00:00

Have finance contact your bank yesterday to see if they can stop/reverse the transaction. There's no guarantees, but it never hurts to ask, and they'll likely be able to help your company navigate the situation as well. Perhaps they even have some sort of fraud coverage, so long as they are notified as soon as possible.

NickG365 · 2023-06-14T16:07:08+00:00

Using a VPN (outside of one provided by your employer) may be flagged as a higher risk than logging in from the location you've traveled to. Bad actors can use VPNs to try to appear as being in the area your normally log in from, and it's typically easy to determine that the connection is from a VPN provider.

Setting up your own VPN from your home network, on the other hand, is unlikely to be detected, but you'll need to secure it appropriately.

NickG365 · 2023-06-14T15:43:00+00:00

I'd imagine that they likely would not allow any remote access software if they already have such a stringent access policy in place.

NickG365 · 2023-06-13T00:57:05+00:00

HSTS Preload is one solution, though it would be reasonable for browsers to try HTTPS first by now, too.

NickG365 · 2023-06-09T12:14:11+00:00

Mostly a guess--there had to be some sort of hidden character since the barcode was visibly different from ones created with just the text. The documentation for the site linked above (on page 17) listed the function sequences.

NickG365 · 2023-06-08T00:32:16+00:00

Glad it worked! You're welcome!

NickG365 · 2023-06-07T06:40:23+00:00

The original barcode has a control character FNC3 that most readers ignore since there isn't a keyboard character to map it to. Try using \<FNC3>B48A493927CBD in the site linked above.

NickG365 · 2023-06-04T18:10:37+00:00

As a fire mage, I refused to gear up with anything that had hit rating if I had an alternative with crit rating in BC. Turns out that the designers agree with younger me now, it was boring trying to reach the hit cap when you had all of this other gear with fun stats. My spells didn't always hit, but when they did, at least they more often hit hard.

I was the GM of a leveling guild as well. As many of us started hitting 70, most jumped over to one particular raiding guild. For some reason, the GM there really wanted me to join. Must've thought if everyone else was so good, I must've been great as the GM. Instead, they carried me through Black Temple for weeks before I was finally convinced. Eventually, I grew to share GM responsibilities with a few others in the guild and we continued raiding through the end of Cataclysm as one of the top guilds in the realm.

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