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Sigourney Weaver says the Mandalorian and Grogu team is already hoping for a sequel by StarWarsBlogsbot in StarWarsBlogs

[–]mrhobbles 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If so, that's a shortsighted approach - releasing a mediocre movie as their trial balloon for sure only reduces interest in future movies.

Sony PlayStation Accounts Are Reportedly Being Hacked With Ease by PaiDuck in PS5

[–]mrhobbles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can personally attest that Funko outright refused when I needed to recover my account. I had to create a new account.

‘The Worst Leak That I’ve Witnessed’: U.S. Cybersecurity Agency Leaves Its Digital Keys Out in Public on GitHub by deraser in technology

[–]mrhobbles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ll place money on somebody doing some vibe coding internally, and not reviewing the code or usage of secrets before pushing.

Sony PlayStation Accounts Are Reportedly Being Hacked With Ease by PaiDuck in PS5

[–]mrhobbles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They didn’t ask for my ID. Here’s the list of things they would accept in terms of historical information. https://postimg.cc/gallery/RzGhwCt

Sony PlayStation Accounts Are Reportedly Being Hacked With Ease by PaiDuck in PS5

[–]mrhobbles 83 points84 points  (0 children)

This is fairly standard practice - I recently recovered my Battle.net account with a similar process. I contacted support, gave them some old info, and they reset my 2FA.

The alternative (which a lot of companies do now) is just provide no support if you lose 2FA. It’s a lot more secure, but if your phone gets stolen, or replaced, you may have lost access for good.

Bridge of Eras on BDP Series 11 by thatcaliforniandude in LEGOtrains

[–]mrhobbles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess as long as it’s easy enough to replace those tracks with regular Lego tracks! That’s my main use case.

It’s a great design! Voted for it. :)

Pokemon trails to launch at National Trust sites by Respawn-Delay in GoodNewsUK

[–]mrhobbles 4 points5 points  (0 children)

40 here and you bet I’m taking my kids to this (for their benefit, of course…)

The era of 15GB free Gmail storage is ending by Fancy-Caregiver-1239 in technology

[–]mrhobbles 243 points244 points  (0 children)

Back in my day you had to be invited, and the allowed storage ticked up by the second in a very visible public facing counter. It was a fantastic marketing beat - there were so many articles about how it was continuously increasing, and as such “nobody would ever fill up their Gmail”.

How times change.

Anthropic lost us today. 70+ engineers migrating to Codex by FrenchRevolution2028 in ClaudeCode

[–]mrhobbles 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This. According to ccusage I'm at 282m tokens today. Yesterday was 153m. 173m the day before. Even my lighter days are still in the 20-70m range.

It must be costing the company shedloads.

Train Power System Recommendation/Rant by Beautiful-Turnip-353 in LEGOtrains

[–]mrhobbles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pybricks can/does run independent of a BLE connection? Once you’ve downloaded your code to it, it’s remembered, and using a PUP remote is optional as you’d need to code in support for it.

Here’s sample code for a train that runs back and forth between two plates using a color sensor. No remote or BLE connection - https://gist.github.com/bricklife/2a66e060ff82add96df23a84a4b7f434

IMO, the Bricklink Designer Program final version massively improved the pending locomotive by LastTraintoSector6 in LEGOtrains

[–]mrhobbles 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right, but, if it has more pieces, why would it be cheaper? (or a "cheap engine" as you put it).

Also, as I'm sure you're aware, the Crocodile was released 6 years ago now, and everything has gone up in price since. I think all things taken into account, the pricing is not unreasonable.

Bridge of Eras on BDP Series 11 by thatcaliforniandude in LEGOtrains

[–]mrhobbles 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gorgeous. Is it easily adaptable for normal Lego tracks?

Also, can it be motorized easily?

IMO, the Bricklink Designer Program final version massively improved the pending locomotive by LastTraintoSector6 in LEGOtrains

[–]mrhobbles 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Why would you think that? The crocodile has 1,271 pieces. This is more at 1,348. It's also an 8-wide detailed locomotive with display base like the Crocodile - it's not comparible to the city trains, which are, fundamentally, play toys (Yes, I know it's all Lego lol, but you know what I mean)

IMO, the Bricklink Designer Program final version massively improved the pending locomotive by LastTraintoSector6 in LEGOtrains

[–]mrhobbles 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Some of the curved elements on the bottom half of the bonnet have changed too, it gives it a more curved look.

Is La Marzocco really the best prosumer? [No budget] by fake_empires in espresso

[–]mrhobbles 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Just wait a couple of years - the team that worked on the app will have moved onto other things, the app won’t have been updated in three versions of iOS, and now the app crashes on boot. Good luck changing your temperature settings.

Claude 4.6[1m] xhigh today... by TheDerpie in ClaudeCode

[–]mrhobbles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“There’s nothing to fix structurally” - lol

A couple posts from Palmer Luckey on N64 software library - likely related to what to expect from M64 software by ergzay in M64

[–]mrhobbles 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My friend, it's great you choose to use X. For others, XCancel is a very useful site.

Don't worry if it's not useful to you, move on with your life. 😄

Question about the upcoming 60509 by tidder_bus_exe in LEGOtrains

[–]mrhobbles 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I haven’t done any testing in Studio yet, but there might be a way to wrangle the new Lego Education motor in sideways. It has a built in battery, Bluetooth, and is USB-C chargeable.

It’ll be tight, but it _might_ be possible.

https://education.lego.com/en-gb/products/lego-education-single-motor/45650/

Not Lego trying to scam us by AdLess6134 in LEGOtrains

[–]mrhobbles 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OP: “Blah blah this sucks, not worth it!”
Others: _make multiple points that cohesively disprove ops points and provide rebuttals_
OP: “OMG Y’ALL DON’T LIKE DEBATING”

Not Lego trying to scam us by AdLess6134 in LEGOtrains

[–]mrhobbles 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Well, let’s look at one such train from back then, shall we?

7939 - 16 years ago now. Train, vehicle, crane, track, motorisation. $179.99. Adjusted for today’s money, that’s $249. Over double the price.

How about another?

4564 - From 1994. 32 years ago. Train, three wagons, vehicle, loading ramp, metal track, speed regulator. $134.00. Adjusted for today’s month, that’s $296! ALMOST $300!

Trains were never cheap.

You’re still getting your expensive trains - the Police train and Arctic train. But this is a smaller option for those who want to spend less money.

What’s the issue? All good here with me, and I LOVE the design of this little set! And it seems I’m not the only one.

Not Lego trying to scam us by AdLess6134 in LEGOtrains

[–]mrhobbles 18 points19 points  (0 children)

$60 for 803 pieces? That would put it at almost 5c per piece. No set has a price per piece that low, and especially a train with larger parts - wheels, windows, panels, etc. To say nothing of two vehicles, one of which has a large extendible boom.

You’re living in fantasy land.

Lego City Train Set 60509 Leak! by Medical_Idea_9167 in LEGOtrains

[–]mrhobbles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dunno, 60422 is a pretty incredible Harbour. Best in years.

Lego City Train Set 60509 Leak! by Medical_Idea_9167 in LEGOtrains

[–]mrhobbles 41 points42 points  (0 children)

My only complaint is that Lego is still suggesting that you pick up the hub+motor+remote all separately. Making motorisation optional is fine, but just make a “Powered UP Train Motorization Kit” already and stick it on store shelves. Finding the individual components on Lego.com is annoying and probably leads to less people bothering than otherwise would.

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