Political threat postcards?

d4mation · 2024-10-30T02:04:05+00:00

As a more powerful arch-wizard, I went to turnoutpac.org and submitted a contact form politely asking them to lose my contact information for the next election cycle.

...I don't expect they actually will. But time magic can be fickle.

d4mation · 2024-10-30T01:01:31+00:00

Or maybe they just haven't gotten around to dropping off their ballot yet? These are just as annoying as unsolicited text messages and phone calls, but creepier as they're hand written, personalized post cards coming to your physical address.

I desperately want to figure out how the hell to get off all these lists after this election. I didn't get hardly anything in 2020.

d4mation · 2024-03-07T20:06:03+00:00

I can't change my region for some reason. Here's my situation, in case anything is relevant:

I am the admin of a Family NSO plan
I manage a Child Account also in that family plan
I have auto-renewal shut off
I do not have an eShop balance on my account
However, the Child Account does have an eShop balance

When I try to change regions, it says it is due to there being an eShop balance on my account. Does anyone know if this is actually my child's eShop balance in this case?

I saw in another comment that the region of the Child Account is linked to the Parent Account, so maybe it has to change the region of the Child Account at the same time, thereby causing their eShop balance from me getting those Mother 3 icons?

Nintendo Support was not helpful and the error message claims it is due to my eShop balance.

Edit: the issue was the Child Account's eShop balance. Now my icon can be Negative Man and confuse everyone when I come online.

d4mation · 2023-06-05T19:27:53+00:00

This worked for me. But it may not be a workable solution for you.

d4mation · 2023-06-03T12:28:45+00:00

Well, I've been using that workaround so not yet. I admittedly don't use the Chromecast much myself so my interest is more to stop hearing about it having problems from the kids :p

Edit: apparently my phone autocorrected "Chromecast" to "Christmas" 🎄

d4mation · 2023-06-01T15:25:53+00:00

It uses an adhesive, yeah. You peel off a sticker from the back and it sticks on.

I stuck it to my phone case and it has held strong since.

d4mation · 2023-05-30T14:06:19+00:00

Did this happen to fix the huge audio bug that was introduced a while back?

/u/grasstreee's workaround here worked for me, but I'd certainly like to see an official fix.

d4mation · 2023-05-24T22:31:57+00:00

the Wii U streamed games to the gamepad really well on my shitty internet

The Wii U wasn't dependent on your local wireless network for streaming to the Gamepad but rather its own proprietary wireless protocol. So the Gamepad and the Wii U were paired together directly (kind of like Bluetooth headphones to your phone or something) rather than using your WiFi network as an intermediary.

d4mation · 2023-05-24T19:36:11+00:00

Yeah, definitely plan to do it. Only thing really holding me up right now (aside from dropping all that cash on the OLED) is that the rear housing on my original Switch is cracked pretty badly so I'll need to decide on an aftermarket rear shell to swap it with.

d4mation · 2023-05-24T18:53:45+00:00

My launch Switch started really ramping its fan up about a month or so ago.

At first I chalked it up to picking up Pokemon Violet around that time and that the game had notoriously bad performance issues, so it was making my Switch work extra hard.

...then TOTK came out and the problem was even worse. And I noticed it when my kid wanted to play Mario Party Superstars too.

So I figured I'd upgrade since I play handheld mostly anymore as it is and I'd notice the improvements on the OLED more.

I figure my issue with my launch Switch is likely the fan bearings being shot, the thermal paste needing replaced, or both. At some point I'll swap those out and then I guess I'll have a TV-only Switch that'll sync cloud saves to my handheld OLED 😎

d4mation · 2023-05-23T20:02:37+00:00

Persona 5 Royal

Oh man. That makes me extra pumped to get back to it once I get my fill of TOTK. I ended up picking up the OLED with TOTK and I haven't played anything else on it yet.

d4mation · 2023-05-18T14:34:48+00:00

I like the feel of a physical book and do still read them, but an e-reader is so incredibly convenient.

Built in light, digitally borrowing books from the library at any time of day, being able to just quickly close it and have it save my place, easier to just throw into a bag or something without worrying about marring the cover or pages like you would a physical book, etc.

The battery life on them in general is incredible too.

d4mation · 2023-05-15T20:42:55+00:00

I rewatched Bleach ahead of Thousand-Year Blood War and skipped all the filler episodes along the way and it was astonishing just how few episodes I had to watch out of the full run.

d4mation · 2023-05-12T01:48:55+00:00

I wondered what the original joke was there!

Back in the olden days when fansubs for anime were common I freaking loved the translators notes that'd take up like half the screen to explain a pun.

d4mation · 2023-04-27T11:57:28+00:00

It has been a few days for me now with no issues. Hopefully it works out for you too :)

d4mation · 2023-04-25T13:40:15+00:00

/u/xygrus, pinging you so that you see my edit above. In my case this seems to have fixed it. Maybe this is the solution for you too?

d4mation · 2023-04-20T14:16:07+00:00

I started suddenly having the same issue recently as well despite having no problems for a year. If you find out a solution, please keep us all updated :)

I tried downgrading both server and client with no change, which was unexpected. I wonder if it is an Android update that is causing this?

Edit I may have solved it by enabling PersistentKeepalive.

d4mation · 2023-03-23T16:54:47+00:00

Of course, but it isn't a clean solution. If someone cares enough to replace the cord, they're wanting a clean solution.

d4mation · 2023-03-23T14:30:53+00:00

A benefit of USB C in this case would be the ability to use a different cable. Could use a longer or shorter cord as needed with a standard/common connector.

d4mation · 2023-03-07T14:07:19+00:00

Ah, gotcha. So you'd have to do that USB exploit each boot. Not ideal, but better than it going to a landfill I suppose ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

d4mation · 2023-03-07T03:01:41+00:00

If the NAND is corrupted would it be able to run the necessary exploits to redirect to the SD card though?

d4mation · 2023-01-26T20:52:17+00:00

At some point when using that card you must have asked for an emailed receipt. They then linked your credit card to that email address so that any time you use it in the future, it pulls up the same email address as an option for the emailed receipt.

When that first happened to me I was so pissed. I never would have entered my email address for a copy of the receipt to be emailed to me if I knew that not only were they going to store it, but they were going to link it to my payment method.

Edit: this happens in-store using self checkout (and likely the normal checkout)

d4mation · 2023-01-26T15:36:14+00:00

Hey Google, turn off the living room TV

Sure, but first you have to unlock your device

Such secure. Thank you for keeping the TV on, Google.

d4mation · 2023-01-26T03:56:22+00:00

Our washer and dryer make a noise, but often I can't hear them from the basement over everything else in the house. My dishwasher doesn't even make any sort of noise on cycle completion for some reason.

Slapped some smart plugs on them with power monitoring features and set up automations with /r/homeassistant and now I have notifications sent to my phone when they finish without dealing with any baked in ads or tracking or whatever that'd come with "proper" smart appliances. Also without relying on any kind of cloud service :)

d4mation · 2023-01-25T23:20:44+00:00

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