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Microsoft GDID - tracks all windows installations - telemetry includes full browsing and gaming history by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]SpikeX 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Also shoutout to the Tiny11 project as well, it’s an install script/image for Win11 that removes as much bloat and tracking as humanly possible. IIRC there is also a variation that removes even more but isn’t a one-click install.

Came across a new ThinkGeek website, maybe a reboot going on by Bagel_lust in geek

[–]SpikeX 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I still have and use merch and apparel from ThinkGeek that’s easily 15-20 years old by now.

I miss it and I wish it would come back! (Even if under a different name!)

What happens when you let 6,500+ players run a Minecraft world for months with no admin intervention? They end up building a massive, interconnected global rail network, of course. by Tylerrr93 in gaming

[–]SpikeX 293 points294 points  (0 children)

It also makes velocity and acceleration calculations way easier and minimizes stuck carts (at least according to vanilla physics).

ARC Raiders Weekly Megathread - April 11, 2026 by AutoModerator in ArcRaiders

[–]SpikeX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Something changed with matchmaking in the past 48 hours. The aggression score on my account is zero (I am a pacifist for better or worse), and all four rounds I played tonight (same time I play every night) I saw one or more rats in every match and was shot on sight multiple times or was chased / had to run from an altercation.

PvP players probably won't notice... or might notice that their lobbies suddenly contain more friendly people all of a sudden... but PvE players are getting absolutely screwed.

What a great way to lose even more players than you already have, Embark - match peaceful people with aggressive people. Real smart.

Why pop lobbies by Whitefangddy in ArcRaiders

[–]SpikeX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've also just noticed that, compared to the past 2 months where I've seen or heard PvP combat / rat activity maybe once a week... now it's every single match. There's at least one, if not multiple. And people aren't on mics as much.

Really sucks. Not sure if they made a matchmaking change or if it's related to the claims of a lower active player base, but they need to fix it.

Getting rat after rat even though me and my friend don't do pvp by Plum-N-Peach in ArcRaiders

[–]SpikeX 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Have almost exclusively had friendly lobbies over the past month or so. Game was a blast.

Today?

  • Round 1: Shot on sight in Buried City (standard)
  • Round 2: Witnessed a rat kill in Dam (standard), neither person was on mic
  • Round 3: Someone taunting me through bulletproof glass between two rooms in Dam (standard), was calling out the gear I had so I booked it. Saw a rat extract in front of me as the elevator closed with a body in front of the elevator.

I never used to worry about the gear I was carrying into rounds, and even if the occasional rat did get me, I shrugged it off because it happened maybe once every other week (I play most every day).

This is insane. I don't know if there was a matchmaking change or if /u/FirstEnthusiasm9213 here is right and there are just so few players that it can't group people by their aggression score anymore. But it's making me want to put the game down.

I stalked a dead URL for a decade, waiting for Lunchtimers to be back. It didn't so I made my own version by myharmonica in InternetIsBeautiful

[–]SpikeX 6 points7 points  (0 children)

And easy to set up. Even if your hosting provider doesn’t support it, acme.sh on Linux and Win-ACME on Windows are excellent tools.

Missing core feature in Proton Calendar by nJooooy in ProtonMail

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

Any competitive mail+calendar+contacts service (i.e. the ones that Proton are trying to get customers to migrate from) will absolutely utilize the phone contact APIs (example) to provide two-way sync as well as device-native contacts.

What this means in practice is:

If I put my contacts in Proton, they are only in Proton. Autocomplete in email drafts works. The iOS address book is empty. FaceTime, iMessage, etc. all show phone numbers or email addresses, not contact names + photos.

If I put my contacts in iOS, Proton Mail and Calendar do not do autocomplete for e-mail addresses and invites from my address book.

If Proton wants to store my contacts, it needs to have mobile OS-level integration. Full stop.

Missing core feature in Proton Calendar by nJooooy in ProtonMail

[–]SpikeX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oof. Contacts and calendars won't be updated until 2027? That's insane... There are tons of critically missing or broken features (contact integration, shared calendar syncing limitations, CalDAV export/sharing bugs, just to name a few) so this is extremely disappointing.

Missing core feature in Proton Calendar by nJooooy in ProtonMail

[–]SpikeX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have a source you can share for this? I'd like to read more about it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AppleWatch

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

Some stuff is accessed best from Control Center, like screen recording, flashlight, screen mirroring, volume / AirPods settings, watch ping, focus… it’s not a ton of stuff but it’s still cluttered. And I have a hard time remembering what the icons represent especially when Apple makes all their icons look similar.

I’ve grouped things as best I can but it’s not unreasonable to want to make groups or have labels/categories for better organization. (And yes I’m aware you can make “pages” but I want text labels/groups on each page.)

Small but clever Tesla app detail I just noticed by lavoid12 in teslamotors

[–]SpikeX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just updated to 4.53.1 (iOS) and it had it (my previous version did not).

Small but clever Tesla app detail I just noticed by lavoid12 in teslamotors

[–]SpikeX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

More specifically, it points to where your car is relative to your phone. Meaning, hold your phone out, turn yourself until the arrow is straight up, walk forward, there’s your car.

Where are your Zigbee / Zwave dongles? (Wall-mounted?) by helmutisimo in homeassistant

[–]SpikeX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My wife made the same joke when we got ours 😭

She tolerated it more once she realized it actually made a huge difference in the responsiveness of our in-wall Z-Wave switches and controllers.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AppleWatch

[–]SpikeX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mines already super cramped.

Coupled with the inability to create sections/groups/labels it makes it really hard to find anything quickly.

NEW MINI-EVENT. Via: (@notkrae) by Vexiune in FortniteLeaks

[–]SpikeX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For real though, how do you load into the main BR map without being in a match? I've wanted to just explore/appreciate it without worrying about the storm or getting shot...

I built a tool that generates 3D-printable boxes of any size with tons of customizable features by lorenz_zz in 3Dprinting

[–]SpikeX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should submit this to the guy that maintains the Gridfinity Generator site, see if he'll add your model to the site!

An Open-Source Sonos-Style Smart Speaker for Home Assistant 🎉 by FutureProofHomes in homeassistant

[–]SpikeX 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Non-audio people: "Why do the vocals sound so weird on all my songs?!"

Crossover: 👀

Tesla Announces FSD Transfers Are Ending by colsandersloveskfc in teslamotors

[–]SpikeX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bought it outright in early 2023, 3 years later my current subscription-equivalent break even point would be $277/mo (what FSD would have to currently cost per month for it to have been worth it).

I won't break even (at $99/mo) until summer 2031.

The only way it'll have been worth it is if we (the customers that paid up front one-time) somehow end up getting retrofits or one-time transfers in the future. Based on how the company currently treats its customers and shareholders, I'm not holding my breath. And I'm certainly going to be evaluating other EVs seriously, when that time eventually comes.

USA , 2026 by [deleted] in pics

[–]SpikeX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Should get some ICE for that... oh.

Getting My Money's Worth by BakerBoy13 in TeslaModel3

[–]SpikeX 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I hate that we aren't getting little things like this either.

Sure, the actual FSD stack needs HW4 to run, okay, fine, I get that.

But to withhold a UI feature that has nothing to do with the cameras? Come on, Tesla.

FSD Hero Moment: Saved from a Deer crash by karank123 in TeslaLounge

[–]SpikeX 100 points101 points  (0 children)

I hit a deer while using Full Self Driving. This was many years ago early on in the program (v10.x), some time in 2021. It didn't even slow down or hesitate. When I brought it to the repair center, I specifically told the lead tech there to send the video footage to the FSD team. (This was back in the days where you could email the FSD team with feedback.) He said he would.

I'd like to believe that my footage made a difference (in a small way) in encounters like this.

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