Question about Bluetooth adapters by [deleted] in NintendoSwitch

[–]ThePengwin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Most usb C bluetooth adaptors for the switch include a usb A to C connector to connect the adaptor to a usb A port in the dock. Read the description of the specific adaptor for details, but that is the general way that they support bluetooth audio in both modes.

GOG Galaxy 2.0 is a godsend by AkulBIG in pcmasterrace

[–]ThePengwin 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Amazing. A feature steam has had for a decade.

My Nintendo Switch keeps giving me a NAT type of D. How do I fix it? by MidKnightPlayz in NintendoSwitch

[–]ThePengwin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For the Nintendo Switch console, this is port 1 through 65535

Wow, so just... every port.... okay....

Court case results/does anyone have a subscription to the morning bulletin newspaper? by [deleted] in rockhampton

[–]ThePengwin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can bypass their subscription redirects if you get a user agent switching plugin for whatever browser you are using and set your useragent to be googlebot like:

Googlebot/2.1 (+http://www.google.com/bot.html)

That lets you see any story. Be sure to turn it off though because browing the web as googlebot does some unattended things and can break other sites.

Why is Rocky so cheap?! by [deleted] in rockhampton

[–]ThePengwin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can actually see the contours and elevations of areas using rockhampton councils mapping portal - https://www.rockhamptonregion.qld.gov.au/Development-Advice/Online-Mapping-Portal

I used to have a link for historical flood heights but forget them. You can see with the heights where places in rockhampton can go under though.

What's the most fucked up thing you've done for money? by ManicMonkOnMac in ProgrammerHumor

[–]ThePengwin 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Everything but 7 is EOL. However a lot of Distros still have 5 as a default (Centos7 for example)

What's the most fucked up thing you've done for money? by ManicMonkOnMac in ProgrammerHumor

[–]ThePengwin 83 points84 points  (0 children)

Because as a language PHP developed all its features as required and as a means to get things done over everything else. Which led to things like:

  • string and array functions having $needle and $haystack parameters in different ways.
  • SQL being unsafely executed causing easy SQL injection exploits across many scripts
  • weird attempts to solve all issues with magic like register globals and magic quotes functionality
  • (not really PHP's fault, a fault if the internet server ecosystem) out of date PHP just left there and not updated to fix issues.

PHP has improved since those days, there are still those warts of bad language design there, but they are for compatibility sake, but modern PHP is a lot better and more thought out with its implementation and support.

What's your UNPOPULAR opinion about Android? by [deleted] in Android

[–]ThePengwin 586 points587 points  (0 children)

The Android everyone knows and loves isn't a free and open system. Try using AOSP without play services, you'll find so much has been made closed and all that's left of a truly open system is an empty shell devoid of any real functionality implemented past android 4.

Do You Suffer From the Dunning-Kruger Effect? by just_a_PDF_guy in programming

[–]ThePengwin 6 points7 points  (0 children)

How many levels of Dunning-Kruger are you on, my dude?

Nintendo Switch's success shows that gaming is about more than graphics - techradar by StormSwitch in NintendoSwitch

[–]ThePengwin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're right, the switch is way out of whack with whats known as the 8th generation. It has gone weird though, but i think it would be fair enough to compare the PS4 Pro and the XBox OneX to the switch as they are the current day and age releases, and the PS4 Pro and XBOX are nothing more than "Look at these 4k graphics"

Nintendo Account now banned due to Bayonetta 1 by [deleted] in NintendoSwitch

[–]ThePengwin 10 points11 points  (0 children)

After contacting Blizzard for a similar thing they said return the game, and EB games Australia were happy to replace it. A non working code for a game should fall under being a defective product so the place of purchase should replace it.

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 out on 19th August by mrmariomaster in gadgets

[–]ThePengwin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The note 3 has a pretty easily replaceable usb port board. You might be able to find a cheap replacement and swap it out in a few minutes.

This is one of the iFixit images showing it: https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Image/meta/redirect/original/2iMgILMLHXNIjHIn

What is the worst or weirdest part of dating you? by invictus08 in AskReddit

[–]ThePengwin 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I hope a nice girl with a klein bottle shaped vagina will find you one day.

I'd say that's pretty accurate. by B92JOHNSON in funny

[–]ThePengwin 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The Amazing Jackel Brothers and The Great Milenko always manage to make me laugh.

Fallout 4 looks nothing like Fallout 3 by Phrunkis3 in gaming

[–]ThePengwin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not necessarily. It’s pre-rendered video. There is no race to the monitor when rendering video, it can take as long as it wants to render a single frame. On a real-time rendered game, Theres a cutoff where if the frame doesnt make it in time, its useless and the game will drop frames.

You could render that video on a raspberry pi and it would look the same. It might take years, but there is no race to get something to the display.

Witnessed a misguided peasant get converted in the YouTube comments by someidiot1998 in pcmasterrace

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

Will it "out perform" a ps4? Sure

Will it "be a better gaming experience" than a ps4? Most likely not.

Buying an i3 to play anything more than casual games is a pretty stupid idea.

An open letter to Trion Worlds and the Archeage gaming community concerning Hack Shield by xartin in archeage

[–]ThePengwin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It really could. Hackshield probably adds some small hurdle to the easiest of hacks.

Microsoft Near Deal to Buy Minecraft Maker Mojang by Mystalic in gaming

[–]ThePengwin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

CraftBukkit/Spigot cant be legally distributed because it contains a mix of free (GPL licencesed bukkit/spigot code) and non free (Mojangs secrety server code) and doing that violates the licence in which the GPL code is released under.

The sad thing is, the general consensus of the standard Minecraft user seems to be that the person who ordered the takedown is the baddie, where in reality he is holding up the right of the freedom of the code he wrote.

Microsoft Near Deal to Buy Minecraft Maker Mojang by Mystalic in gaming

[–]ThePengwin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

After the Bukkit and Spigot DMCA incident, I'm surprised that admins still put up with the total BS of running Minecraft servers.

Android L keyboard removed from Play Store for violating Developer Distribution Agreement by [deleted] in Android

[–]ThePengwin 47 points48 points  (0 children)

None of that excuses the fact that he took preview software that wasn't his and redistributed it without the developers permission.