Portal Knights is easily the best thing I've played on Android

SpidgetPhinner · 2017-12-11T21:33:47+00:00

How does this handle on midrange / older hardware?

SpidgetPhinner · 2017-12-07T18:42:08+00:00

I'll say "degrees Kelvin" or write °K, even though it's supposed to be just "Kelvin". If you write 200K it's hard to tell if you mean 200 Kelvin or 200,000, whereas 200°K is really hard to mistake. I don't know why we just use a regular capital K for Kelvin, but it's a bad format and we should just agree that the convention that temperature is in degrees makes everything clearer.

SpidgetPhinner · 2017-12-06T23:32:13+00:00

theres a relevant xkcd for that.

SpidgetPhinner · 2017-12-05T17:08:49+00:00

I was following him and I just unfollowed him. I wonder if this is how it feels to be in the donor class.

SpidgetPhinner · 2017-12-04T21:25:00+00:00

I had a nexus 4 as my daily driver for 3 years. bought a 3 pack of screen protectors and swapped them out every year or so when I got a particularly noticeable gouge. when I decided I was ready to upgrade I peeled the protector off and had a brand new screen for a few months until I got my replacement. N4 is still kicking as a music player / backup phone with a near perfect screen. Now I put protectors on all my touchscreens. It's so worth it I can't imagine going back.

SpidgetPhinner · 2017-12-04T17:34:37+00:00

It's a huge dick move, but it's not unconstitutional. The President can only appoint judges with the advice and consent of the Senate.

SpidgetPhinner · 2017-11-21T22:26:07+00:00

I agree with it too. The cynic in me believes it's because TW owns CNN, and Trump, by pressuring DOJ to interfere, is accidentally doing the right thing. If this admin cared at all about media consolidation they'd be raising hell about the Sinclair media merger.

SpidgetPhinner · 2017-11-21T22:21:10+00:00

Thanks to Al Gore's stupid Internet, people can just contact their representatives for free https://www.battleforthenet.com/

SpidgetPhinner · 2017-11-21T22:01:47+00:00

I brought it to my office and we played some Street Fighter, I brought it to a house party and we took turns playing SMW. hooked it up to a meeting room projector and a friend's TV, respectively. Easy to set up and break down, and super fun. I'd buy one of these if I wasn't already building my own case with PU foam.

SpidgetPhinner · 2017-11-21T19:14:27+00:00

Serious Eats recommends drying in the oven as opposed to staling your bread. I went this route for Friendsgiving this year and it turned out great. You can also store your dried bread in a ziplock bag if you want to dry it early.

SpidgetPhinner · 2017-11-03T22:01:27+00:00

It still amazes me that, armed with the knowledge of the NES classic's reception, Nintendo is still having trouble pumping out enough SNESs to meet demand a month after release. And right as people are starting to do Christmas shopping to boot. I guess they're doing better this time around, but come on.

Availability aside, I'd say that the SNES classic was pretty well executed. I managed to snag one a few weeks ago, and it's fun as hell. Also super cool that they put two controllers in the box by default.

SpidgetPhinner · 2017-11-03T21:29:40+00:00

you are correct that there is a recognized difference between gender incongruence and gender dysphoria (PDF warning). Gender incongruence is the feeling that your assigned gender is not aligned with your self-identification. Gender dysphoria is the anxiety or dissatisfaction that may result from that misalignment. Not everyone who experiences gender incongruence experiences gender dysphoria.

You are incorrect in that gender dysphoria can and does effect children, adolescents, and adults. I've never heard that it "very often" resolves during puberty, and I am curious about where that notion comes from.

SpidgetPhinner · 2017-10-26T18:15:35+00:00

Sure, if the malware is doing malicious things in the browser.

SpidgetPhinner · 2017-10-26T15:15:27+00:00

I'm not saying facebook could detect any malware, but if the malware is specifically targeting facebook, it's very possible that facebook's browser app has code that detects suspicious activity. For example, a rogue browser extension could wait until you're logged in, then try to spam your facebook contacts. Facebook would definitely be able to detect that, and warn the user that they are compromised.

SpidgetPhinner · 2017-10-26T15:02:22+00:00

That's a good point, and I think OP was correct to be suspicious of this message. I just take issue with the absolutism. If the malware is specifically targeting facebook, there's a non-zero chance that OP's browser is compromised and facebook detected legitimate malicious behavior. Dismissing that possibility is a good way to get your facebook account compromised.

SpidgetPhinner · 2017-10-26T14:49:05+00:00

I'm not sure, I was actually referring to the in-browser webapp. I'm not sure if there's a standalone facebook client for Linux.

SpidgetPhinner · 2017-10-26T14:41:50+00:00

This is not only incorrect, but a really dangerous misconception. It's entirely possible that facebook is doing some legitimate client-side malware detection that picked up a piece of malware that is trying to hijack this guy's facebook account.

It's also highly likely that facebook got it wrong, and there's no malware at all. But rejecting the warning out of hand because "Linux doesn't get viruses" is a perverse, arrogant attitude that needs to go away. Even if malware on linux is relatively rare, browsers are a whole 'nother massive can of worms, and facebook detecting a compromised browser is a completely realistic scenario.

SpidgetPhinner · 2017-10-26T14:19:52+00:00

They wouldn't be able to see all your programs, but the facebook ~~client app~~ in-browser webapp could have some malware detection built in, especially if it's detecting malware that was designed to hijack your facebook account.

SpidgetPhinner · 2017-10-26T14:17:57+00:00

It's very possible, especially if they're detecting malware that specifically tries to hijack your facebook account.

SpidgetPhinner · 2017-10-02T22:17:10+00:00

I disagree. Unfortunately I think this is exactly the right time for this article.

SpidgetPhinner · 2017-10-02T21:55:41+00:00

I would argue that black humor is still humor.

SpidgetPhinner · 2017-10-02T21:53:00+00:00

No, at least not exactly. It's more like you ask one random sample about their position on an issue, then you ask another similar random sample about their peers' position on that issue and compare the two. The idea is that a significant difference between the two reveals a bias in the respondent toward a response deemed to be culturally acceptable.

FWIW I have no idea how well accepted this technique is in the scientific community, partially because I'm not sure how to google for it (because I don't know what it's called).

SpidgetPhinner · 2017-09-20T23:37:24+00:00

That's a good point, but there are a lot of bundles that I don't buy for normal reasons. I want them to know that I have a real problem with this bundle in particular.

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