Don't mind me, just testing some stuff. #test
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Checked if there was a @[email protected] release for the first time in a few days and noticed there was, and then was puzzled when I couldn't download the container image.
On double checking the time stamps, turns out I had tried to pull the image less than 2 minutes after Mayel pushed the commit.
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Me: is building a conditional logic survey platform easy
My tech advisor who built a conditional logic survey platform: I'm going to hold your hand when I say this
@[email protected] looks for the I agree with this post but like/heart is not the appropriate response button
Browsers have fingerprints. They're kind of unavoidable.
Is there anything to stop the browser from spoofing each part that might be fingerprinted with random realistic but false data per request?
@[email protected] I think the problem is how much of the info is actually useful (or even necessary). By the time you've got timezone, language, light/dark theme, and network required stuff you're already fairly uncommon if maybe not unique.
Some bits you could make the argument - like version of browser, which is sort of benefit to share in aggregate but not as an individual. I've known people that have chosen to override user-agent and other info, but unless it becomes the default for a large number of people it just fingerprints you in a different way.
@[email protected] @[email protected] I had a Nepalese friend who was introduced to expressos while being shown how to use the office coffee machine at a new job.
Assuming the small portion had been because the person showing him wasn't sure if he'd like this type of coffee, he rolled in the next morning and kept on hitting the espresso button until his large mug was full. He relates it was a memorable experience, and the finger tremers had mostly stopped after 24 hours.
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@mavnn @0xabad1dea
Just wait until you run into one that hashes the entire password, but the login password field only accepts 8 characters.
@[email protected] Ah, the lovely "we'll email you in plain text the only string that will ever work" systems. Right up there with systems that silently turn any 'illegal' character into a '_' without notice. I see those two less often than the silent trancation in real life though.
@mavnn
There is a delightful variation where the truncation is inconsistent, so you can get the password wrong even with a password vault or other copy paste.
@0xabad1dea
@[email protected] Indeed - I found one where the web interface truncated but the mobile did not. Which would imply a certain lack of hashing and salting, but that's probably not the most pressing security concern by that point.
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"Please set a new password for your account."
okay
"Your password does not meet your organization policy."
okay, you could have hinted that in the interface before I hit enter, but what's the policy
"It's a secret to everybody."
@[email protected] My all time favourate in this genre are the websites that silently truncate passwords, so it looks like they've been accepted but to actually login you need to only type the first 8 characters...
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Physics engines are so much fun to play with. Just had a first project based #gamedev session with a new student, and went from zero to a player controlled #godot block bouncing around and bashing evil red godot faces out of the way - all in under an hour.
And there's just so much built in entertainment from what you're working with. Most (not all) bugs are just randomly funny rather than deeply frustrating - watching the player drop off the screen because there's no floor, firing them out of view because you typed an extra zero, etc...
Pasted the same picture on Facebook, and their AI alt text generator helpfully suggested that the alt text of the image should be: "원유 کمنمه سى 인유 왔은"
I don't think all those characters even come from the same script?
Physics engines are so much fun to play with. Just had a first project based #gamedev session with a new student, and went from zero to a player controlled #godot block bouncing around and bashing evil red godot faces out of the way - all in under an hour.
And there's just so much built in entertainment from what you're working with. Most (not all) bugs are just randomly funny rather than deeply frustrating - watching the player drop off the screen because there's no floor, firing them out of view because you typed an extra zero, etc...
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@TheBreadmonkey That is too many miles.
@[email protected] @[email protected] As a Brit who's had to adapt to Italian temperatures: yeah, that's probably too much unless you're both used to it and have a lot of shade. 10 miles with a long break in the shade after lunch is more realistic. Also, even for much shorter walks at that temp you'll want lots and lots of water with you (750ml - 1l of water per hour you're walking).
Before taking my medication this afternoon, I was feeling vague and tired. Now I'm feeling vague, tired, and wired. #adhd #InterestingTimes
@[email protected] @[email protected] also, this is the company that chose to call a flagship product family .NET
For our next trick from the course: create a character by quickly learning how to trace a reference image in #Krita . Take some selfies with the facial expressions you want, and go to town.
Bonus tip: Wikimedia Commons has lots of great art that is no longer in copyright you can use for backgrounds, like this forest from Berndt Lindholm!
(Course details up thread) #gamedev #visualnovel #creativecommons
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The advantage of this technique is that you can spend a few minutes for placeholder art like the post above, but you can also use exactly the same techniques to nail down your finished art just by spending more time on it. Many professional artists start from reference images and if you ask them about it, a lot of the people they reference are themselves or family members!
Oh, yes, links. We haz them. Have one of them there new fangled hyperlinks to the courses I'm talking about: thinkersmeetup.com/service-p...
For our next trick from the course: create a character by quickly learning how to trace a reference image in #Krita . Take some selfies with the facial expressions you want, and go to town.
Bonus tip: Wikimedia Commons has lots of great art that is no longer in copyright you can use for backgrounds, like this forest from Berndt Lindholm!
(Course details up thread) #gamedev #visualnovel #creativecommons
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@[email protected] see also the rabbit proof (ish) fence and following descent into biological warfare against them. Humans at work being intellectually superior apex predators.
@[email protected] did I see something in the release notes about limited relay support to post to #tagspub? I can't find it again, and at the moment federating to #tagspub via the followback account fails due to an authentication issue.
@[email protected] This is literally true, and has been giving many of us nightmares for a long time. See also the package managers for most popular programming languages.
@[email protected] Yeah, that's been my experience as well but I'm aware I've only looked at Unity briefly. I was mostly wondering if there were specific things that Unity had a clear cut advantage on, but it sounds like (at least for small scale single dev work) Godot is just going to be a nicer learning experience. Sounds stupid, but load speeds alone just make it feel more fun to use.
@jernej__s "A Journey of Black and Red" by Alex Gilbert (who also wrote "The Calamitous Bob"). You can find it on Royal Road for now.
@[email protected] @[email protected] I can second it being great fun in its own slightly campy way and, erm, quite long.
