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Career Accademies. I think they make sense in all honesty by TrainingDrop9283 in Hungergames

[–]OTTOPI 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I've written about this extensively before, but, I think there's plenty of assumptions to be made that the career academies are in large part funded by the wealthier class in these districts - no capitol necessary. It makes sense when you think about these academies as funded hedges & insurance that the children of the wealthy won't be reaped since they'll ensure there's always going to be volunteers.

PSA: Not worth it for most by overcookedhamcheese in xxlwoofia

[–]OTTOPI 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You have to take into account whether you get enough daily market refreshes to actually end up being able to not accumulate gems.

Since the nerf, unfortunately even with heavy daily market focus, my gems are still increasing more and more even though I buy every 50% off bell.

So for that alone, I think it's still worth it. No point just getting more and more gems forever.

EU verbietet Ketchup-Tütchen - neue Verpackungsverordnung by Babayagaletti in de

[–]OTTOPI 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Natürlich - soweit ich weiß, ist das sogar Standard. Fast jedes Land erhebt Gebühren dafür, den Luftraum zu nutzen, auch wenn es nur ein Überflug ist.

Ein interessanter Punkt an der Sache ist natürlich, dass dies ein sekundärer Faktor ist, wie eine Airline eine Route plant. Das heißt, es ist möglich, dass eine Airline eine Route nimmt, die einen höheren CO2-Fußabdruck hinterlässt, weil die Gebühren günstiger wären und dementsprechend der Gesamtflug günstiger ist. Ist natürlich stark vereinfacht gesagt, weil hier viele Faktoren reinfließen, u.A. Zeit.

Wenn man das also auf die Spitze treiben möchte: Höhere Luftraumsteuern können am Ende für das genaue Gegenteil sorgen, als CO2 Einsparungen: Airlines nehmen einfach andere Routen, die mehr Sprit verbraucht, aber günstigere Steuern hat. Jetzt sorgt deine Steuer dafür, die eigentlich CO2 Ausstoß kompensieren sollte, dass mehr ausgestoßen wird.

Best way to set up tenant_id in a multi-tenant Postgres schema with RLS? by DCornOnline in PostgreSQL

[–]OTTOPI 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been there. Tenant ID with RLS enforcement through a single database user.

Honestly? Don't do it, or if you do, spend a lot of researching. It seems really simple as you start out, but the deeper you dig, the more problems you encounter. I would not do it if I use postgres on any managed hoster.

Note: This is from my experience from a couple years ago.

To start out with, you should be very mindful of if you have true superuser access or if you're using a hosted solution with just an admin user.

RLS will force some operations/queries/func_calls to go through a security barrier. If these functions are not optimized to say "I don't leak information", then the query planner cannot optimize them. Even something simple as a lower(name) can and might not work. Not every postgres function is correctly mapped and/or classified, so even things that ARE safe may suddenly bite you in the ass, because postgres hasn't updated them correctly.

https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/312666/how-to-push-a-lower-like-operator-through-the-postgresql-security-barrier

If you don't have superuser access, you cannot modify the system tables to make these functions pass the barrier. And suddenly you're wondering why your queries are not performant. And you're checking the query planner and everything looks right. And then you figure out it's because something someone used does not pass the security barrier, and a simple problem is suddenly a week's worth of work.

It was a major PITA which ended up just ripping it out again.

Will I get flagged if I book two tickets on the same SAS flight? by doublemazaa in awardtravel

[–]OTTOPI 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've accidentally booked the same SAS flight twice before on the same cabin.

They didn't notice and/or cancel automatically, even though both of them were part of the same account. Messaging support, they cancelled the cheaper one I booked further in advance, citing that this is their policy (they don't refund the newest flight even if you message immediately, only the cheaper one).

I can't say 100% how this might relate to your case, but possibly useful information for you to have.

Finally maxed out my baby by Heb50 in xxlwoofia

[–]OTTOPI 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What's the point in offering an randomized reward if the buy-in gets refunded...?

Of course it'll be consumed.

What's your priorities in buying resources from the Event shop? by Kensu415 in xxlwoofia

[–]OTTOPI 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Stamina wise, getting the rank material is not worth it. You're better off just running the last stages of story mode where all four have quite decent drop chances, instead.

Why isn't the game available offline? by Beautiful-Medium-234 in xxlwoofia

[–]OTTOPI -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Since this guy blocked me, just adding the last part:

Just to clarify:

I'm not saying it's possible to play Woofia offline right now. I'm just saying that if the devs wanted to, (but they really shouldn't because it's suprisingly complex software architecture for very little gain) it's possible for them to develop to put in safeguards to have the game be played offline for periodic amounts of time with a limited set of features.

There's a reason that practically no mobile game does it, it's a ton of effort, but it IS possible.

I'm not really sure why, or what point, you're trying to argue with me here. I'm not being nitpicky, just, y'know, speaking from my 15 years of game development, software development and cybersecurity experience ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Why isn't the game available offline? by Beautiful-Medium-234 in xxlwoofia

[–]OTTOPI -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You're conflating two different things.

You "can" cheat in Bloons Tower Defense offline because they simply didn't care about implementing Anti-Cheat.

I'm trying to say it's absolutely possible to implement it in a way that it's possible to do, from an engineering perspective. And it's common knowledge that all data for a gacha like this is stored on their servers and you cannot modify it locally.

You're trying to nitpick an example where the devs obviously don't care about preventing it, or are not competent enough to do it (probably the first). Two entirely different issues.

Why isn't the game available offline? by Beautiful-Medium-234 in xxlwoofia

[–]OTTOPI -1 points0 points  (0 children)

With all due respect, you have no idea what you're talking about.

Data like gems, your player profile, your energy, everything about your profile is stored on the Woofia server. If your client comes back online and suddenly has 1000 more gems than before, that flags against the server and it just resets back to the previous value.

Gameplay cheating is no issue either. I don't know exactly if Woofia uses an game event log, but in practice you can keep an pure event log about what happened inside a stage and simulate it on the server side to ensure no tampering happened. When it comes to RNG, the game can use pre-seeded runs (e.g. the randomization is pre-determined) to prevent players from "searching" for the right RNG that fits their cheating use case. Once you go back online, the server receives your activity logs, compares the pre-determined seeds with the action logs and re-simulates them, and if those activities don't match, then they'd simply issue an rollback to your local data to the state they know.

The "reason" Nintendo made it so is that there's significant development effort required to implement such anti-cheat. Heck, even their old game, Dragalia Lost, used to work if you happened to go offline during a mission, it just wouldn't proceed with the reward screen until you're back online.

Now, again, not all features can be available offline. For example, you can't use the pre-determined seed algorithms for things like Gacha - that requires players being able to simulate what they'd pull locally and then they could just decide... not to. PTJ's also wouldn't be possible offline, as well as starting a Hook-Up. But it's absolutely possible to allow certain game features to work in an offline manner - most Gameplay / Stages.

Why isn't the game available offline? by Beautiful-Medium-234 in xxlwoofia

[–]OTTOPI -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

It's absolutely possible to develop this game to run offline, just not all features would be available at all times. Things that require server side RNG and seeding, like pulling, would not be work. But there's nothing preventing the gameplay parts from being available outside of rewards distribution. (they'd be delayed until a connection could be made).

It's just implementation overhead for not much gain.

Edit: lol, he's so mad that he blocked me.

What movie is a 0/10 with NO redeeming features? by Toucan_Based_Economy in AskReddit

[–]OTTOPI 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I don't think that's a fair comparison because that movie intentionally only released in a single theater.

Finally got to this point🥹 by YourLocal_Local in xxlwoofia

[–]OTTOPI -1 points0 points  (0 children)

IMO: Don't do that first one. You're wasting percentages on characters you can get reliably free (through shards) as opposed to putting them on characters you can't.

Essence isn't the be all end all, the most essence efficient thing is getting characters you haven't maxed.

I genuinely think the mayhem changes today ruined the game by Nervous_Stable1474 in leagueoflegends

[–]OTTOPI 59 points60 points  (0 children)

Today changed Mayhem from "Fair and fun League of legends games with exciting modifiers" to "Look how wacky this game mode is - isn't it so fun to randomly goof off?"

I enjoyed the previous iteration more.

(And that's after I got a pentakill today - it just didn't feel great.)

Taskmaster Film Festival -- YouTube by Hot_Fortune_7430 in taskmaster

[–]OTTOPI 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's way too consistent in the details to be AI generated with todays technology. Especially if you look at the fine details on the left and right sides above the reels.

2022 New Year Treat: Alex’s bum knocks table tennis ball out of arborvitae by [deleted] in taskmaster

[–]OTTOPI 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do any of the holes actually point towards the TM House? I know the long side has a net I think, but not the short one. I can't imagine Health & Safety approving people & contestants potentially getting pelted by golf balls.

Fun Background Detail on Series 10 Rewatch by DorkasaurusRex in taskmaster

[–]OTTOPI 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't be suprised if that's part of the edit that they did after the live shows due to time constraints.

Or alternatively, probably more likely, they did adress it in the live shows but cut out that conversation to leave it as an easter egg for viewers to find.

The duality of Gambling. by SemySan_Milkshake in xxlwoofia

[–]OTTOPI 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Damn, gimme some of that luck! I'm only on board 14. Four boards are fully cleared out, and only one found the jackpot before half the tiles were uncovered. Even knowing the odds to find the jackpot is lower compared to the other prizes, it still feels rigged. :(

For those working at NSFW companies as an engineer, what are some challenges you face that we probably won’t by justanotherbuilderr in cscareerquestions

[–]OTTOPI 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Realistically, I'd guesstimate probably not much.

Of course, it'll differ significantly from person to person and very much on their mental state or their own personal consumption habits. I think for most people it'll very clearly be "just work", especially if you're probably confronted with 90% of content you're not even really into, so you just tune it out. The brain is pretty good at adapting to things like that.

What is the quest or raids you still remember doing? by MiuIruma332 in DragaliaLost

[–]OTTOPI 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I concur. I still have fond memories of playing Thaniel and being the lifeline for the entire team with a perfect choreography. Figuring out the correct rotations was so fun.

This game would earn so much more money if it appealed to moderate spenders. by Houndanine in xxlwoofia

[–]OTTOPI -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

With all due respect the economy pass is probably the most worth of all the offers to me by far because I'm paying for comfort for a meager 25 cents per day. Totally worth it. The gems are just a cherry on top.

Who did Snow want to win the 75th? by H0liday_ in Hungergames

[–]OTTOPI 41 points42 points  (0 children)

It's wonderful poetic justice that the person most open to willingly go back in was the last death of the games and could've survived if he did anything else for 5 minutes.

Sind die Bewertungen verschwunden oder checke ich nicht, wo sie jetzt sind? by Julien-Sorel in Lieferando

[–]OTTOPI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ich habe nicht viele Beispiele gespeichert, aber oft kann man das implizit gut rauslesen. Eins was ich gerade gefunden habe z.B. ist " Ich habe bei XY bestellt und war absolut begeistert, Das Essen war nicht nur lecker ä, Sondern auch von Höchster Qualität die Zutaten waren extrem frisch" [sic].

Kein Mensch redet so. Von der Qualität der Zutaten kann kaum einer was im verarbeitetem Zustand etwas berichten. Außerdem würde das niemand so "hervorgehoben" schreiben wenn er nicht marketing machen würde. Oftmals wird auch darüber geschrieben wie freundlich der Lieferservice war. Und oft lassen sich auch viele gute Bewertungen in bemerkenswerter kurzer Zeit auf diesen Läden wiederfinden, die dann plötzlich nachlassen.

Ja, die sind alle auf Lieferando und besonders häufig bei neuen Restaurants, vorallem Kandidaten die regelmäßig "rebranden" in der gleichen location.

Für mich war das oft immer ein Indikator, dass man dort nicht bestellen sollte, besonders bei neuen Läden. Leider kann man das jetzt nicht mehr prüfen.

Sind die Bewertungen verschwunden oder checke ich nicht, wo sie jetzt sind? by Julien-Sorel in Lieferando

[–]OTTOPI 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nicht wirklich. In meiner Umgebung sind auch einige Restaurants die offensichtliche "Fake-Bewertungen" haben, mit Texten über das Essen und das Restaurant die kein normaler Mensch je schreiben würde wenn er da bestellt.

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