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Passwords have problems, but passkeys have more
  • Every time I’ve tried to understand passkeys I either don’t get it and it’s scary to potentially be locked out or I do understand it and I still find it scary to potentially be locked out.

    Even 2fa is tricky.

    If my phone is stolen and I don’t have my laptop with backup codes, then I’m not getting into my accounts.

    What if both are stolen or damaged at the same time?

  • Lots of PCs are poised to fall off the Windows 10 update cliff one year from today
  • This is going to have a much bigger impact on the third would countries.

    Most people here are not going to buy a new computer there are tons of people who buy second hand laptops that are old to be able to afford them.

    Additionally people are not tech savvy and don’t understand the implication of this. When they see an ad that says to buy a new computer, they are going to dismiss it the same way they dismiss all the other ads online telling them to buy stuff.

  • Why 'free' proprietary software will always end in tears
  • The app was really good and I’d be willing to pay for it, but not a subscription just to use features that are already in the app.

    Additionally, it’s a scanner app, who scans enough to subscribe to a scanner app but doesn’t scan enough to not just buy a scanner?

  • What is a game or games that you think are an absolute must-buy?
  • Well not every game is for everybody. This just might not be for you.

    Without knowing you better, I’d advise things like.

    • take it slow, there is no rush to do anything.

    • it’s ok to sleep early if you can think of something to do.

    • you can really lose in this game.

  • TAS Explained: Super Mario Bros. 3 in 0.2 seconds
  • TAS stands for tool assisted speedrun.

    TAS is cool as people can use it to find the most optimal way to finish a game. Sometimes tricks are too hard for people to do or at least they are believed to be to hard for people to do. Sometimes TAS “only” tricks end up being done by people.

  • What is a game or games that you think are an absolute must-buy?
  • Stardew Valley.

    Its revolver has continuously released huge updates for free and has commuted to never charging for dlc.

    The games mechanics are pretty great and nothing in the game requires too much grinding to get.

    Even when you “finish” the game, there are still things to do and starting a new files is always fun.

    The characters are all great and have unique personalities. It really makes you feel like you are part of the town.

    My wife and I have over 400 hours on a single file. It’s also enjoyable starting a new file. I like to challenge myself to see how quickly I can do certain objectives in the game.

    It’s also decently cheap and has a huge community behind it.

  • There's now a third studio boasting Disco Elysium veterans trying to follow up the beloved RPG—here with a spiritual successor 'psychogeographic RPG' [UPDATE: now 4 studios]
  • Well that’s just like your opinion, man.

    But i think it was a pretty unique game with an interesting art style.

    It also had a well written story with unique characters that left an impression.

    I’d played it for a few nights before my wife asked me what show I was watching.

    She just heard all the dialog and through cuno was annoying.

  • The water has waves!
  • I remembered having trouble the first time a tried n64 at toys r us.

    I couldn’t walk in a straight line easily.

    I agree with you about ps2. I remember thinking that things could not get much better from that point on.

  • Why 'free' proprietary software will always end in tears
  • There was an iOS app I used like this that did a great job of scanning text books.

    After I used it for about 6 months this exact thing happened. Started charging fees for many different things.

    Exporting images as pdf had a charge, then scanning to make the text searchable had a fee.

    I just exported as jpg and used imagic and ocrmypdf to take care of this.

    Then I learned that iOS has a built in scanner in the files app, so I just switched to that one.

  • WWF: Wildlife populations have plummeted by 73% since 1970
  • I 100% believe it. I hardly see birds anymore and that’s probably due to the insect population collapsing.

    I remember beetle bags full in them summer and tons of fireflies at night. Once my sister collected hundred of ladybugs in some tall grass

    We also used to always have ticks on us from the tall grass.

  • The high life: Kamala Harris cracks open a beer with Stephen Colbert
  • I always was taught that too. Maybe it was an old rule or maybe it’s after a certain time. Maybe it was never true and just something my parents taught me.

    Also, maybe Kamala and Colbert didn’t actually have alcohol in the can

  • 3000 people on bikes riding in Milan, Italy, usually a car-infested city. This is how it could be.
  • (Not in US) just 20 minutes ago I had to drive in the bike lane.

    It’s not my fault though, the city also marked it as the turning lane.

    If I didn’t drive in the bike lane to make a turn, I would have been ticketed.

    Yes, there were traffic enforcers standing at that corner. (During rush hour, they are everywhere.)

  • Apple Slowly Moves Away From Its Annual Product Release Strategy [Bloomberg]
  • I think you are 100% correct. Look at the iPad, it’s way overpowered for how limited iPadOS is.

    Making a new cpu each year is probably really expensive and they come with marginal differences.

    Apple can offer marginal iPhone processor increases and then take a few generations of marginal upgrades to release a new Mac processor with a bigger power jump.

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