asmoranomar

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[–] asmoranomar 11 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Or what? A slap on the wrist?

[–] asmoranomar 27 points 3 months ago

Given that Chinese fortunes aren't fortunes and are usually proverbs....it'll probably be something like "You can walk on water too, if it's cold enough."

[–] asmoranomar -1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

You are exaggerating. You can complete the entire MSQ up to EW in less than 3 days in-game playtime. Source: You can find raiders with alts that have sprout icons, and I've done it myself twice.

But I get it, you need to know exactly what to do and skip cutscenes. You also can't do any side questing and once you leave an area, never look back. Which most would rightly criticize me for suggesting. The story is good.

Honestly, if the concern is anything other than the story, it's probably not the game for you anyways.

I'd also like to point out that most content is built to be relevant, so you'll be doing content with the rest of the player base in just a few hours of playtime. We have the opposite queue problem in contrast to other games: You aren't waiting for other new players to show up to complete content; you are waiting for the servers to fit you into a party that hundreds of other players of various levels want to also do.

[–] asmoranomar 2 points 3 months ago

I like to think that whenever we discover something new, the universe just got an update and we discovered the patch notes.

[–] asmoranomar 2 points 3 months ago

From a birdeye view, nothing. And that's not what the designation attempts to address. It's not even about how fast the hardware is, as encryption doesn't require lots of processing power and key delivery systems are relatively simple devices.

It's about control. Encryption in general is robust and nobody directly tries to break the algorithm. Most breaches are done by bypassing the encryption entirely. By adding a hardware component, it makes it very difficult to do so. It also creates a one-way bridge for key delivery - once you put keys into the device you cannot remove it. The only option is to delete it. Most of the devices are also hardened - they emit no signals, resist interference, and have various preventions that will dump keys and software in the event the device is tampered with. Add to the fact that because it's physical in nature and not some boogeyman subsystem buried deep in a server, you can point to it, tell someone to guard it, and put it in a vault. Most also have an accessible wipe button, which makes it easy to prioritize what gets destroyed if the need calls for it. There are many more things, but I think I made my point.

It's still hard for the consumer market to have a physical component for encryption. Even for those that do, it's still not robust enough. You can get legitimate military-grade encryption, with all its bells and whistles, but it's incredibly expensive and requires specific requirements by the NSA. But afaik, there is no cheap alternative, and most of what you see being advertised is just marketing gibberish.

[–] asmoranomar 3 points 3 months ago (4 children)

There are legitimate military-grade designations. Military-grade encryption is one. It entails a mandatory physical component. Quite expensive without even considering the logistics behind securing such a device. Not cheap by any means, and yet it really bothers me that you can buy "military-grade" encryption without the hardware for consumer products. That's.....just regular encryption guys...

For stuff that legitimately has such designations on the consumer side, it's not just cheap - it's incorrect, incompatible, or illegal.

[–] asmoranomar 7 points 4 months ago

I was always told the bugs use moonlight for navigation, and artificial light of any kind throws them off. But as a kid, I didn't question it and there was no reason to verify or prove it. It was simple and made sense. I'm not saying my interpretation was common sense, but I also never heard someone say bugs fly to light for warmth. My 7 yr old ass would probably question how bugs existed before fire or something stupid.

[–] asmoranomar 4 points 4 months ago

Simple answer: No one set out to solve big problems (computers) like that. If you went back in time to make a transistor, you'd be solving the issue that was the problem back then. Generally it was how to recreate and transmit radio signals for further distances. Ironic, considering that was an analog endeavor.

Computers emerged out of the discovery of correlations with logic. Many, many incremental steps to make things better, faster, and more reliable slowly developed into what we see now. Transistors the size of your hand had fundamentally different purposes back then than the millions found in the size of your typical processor, even if they do relatively operate the same.

[–] asmoranomar 7 points 4 months ago

No. The fallacy is believing that the stories of military service will straighten people right up is flawed. Certainly it has the potential to do that, but you ignore:

  1. Most people already know empathy before joining.
  2. The worst of the worst get kicked out.
  3. Lessons will stick after the fact.

What you get is survivorship bias. Of course the people who aren't getting entry level discharged or dishonorable discharge have the qualities needed to have or learn empathy, following orders and working as a team.

Fact is, military isn't a perfect fit for everyone, and forcing people to do so runs against cohesiveness, morale and effectiveness. It should only be used in the most dire of situations.

Mirroring this onto service industries wouldn't be effective at all for the people that need it. I would argue it would make it worse, as these people would see it more of a punishment than a lesson, and only serve to drag down and consume resources for the vast majority of individuals who don't need the lessons.

[–] asmoranomar 36 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Bought stove last March. Was cooking on it in Dec and the glass top melted. It's clearly melted and the glass is not cracked. Called it in, and they lost my claim. I sent another and they sent out their own specialist. The guy was a Samsung shill, and he only looked at the stove and, without talking to me as I'm standing there, called it in and said it was cosmetic damage caused by user. He then left telling me that my stoves warranty ran out 3 months after I bought it and that I had to call it in again to get their determination. I did, and they said the claim was closed out citing I caused the damage.

So, either Samsung thinks I took a blowtorch to it, or they refuse to perform a proper diagnostic or send an independent technician. They would prefer my house to burn down, than to admit even a little bit of fault. Worse still, I don't know what to do, because any action I take would get ignored (they haven't responded to bbb or states consumer protection reports and both have no legal authority to make them). Trying to repair it myself would allow them to push harder on user fault, and I don't have money to take legal action.

If that wasn't bad enough, my sister is going through the same thing with a dryer she bought that died 4 days before the warranty expired.

[–] asmoranomar 5 points 6 months ago

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