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Can chargers really damage your smartphone?
  • If you read the article, it's more of an "it depends" answer.

    Most phones have safety mechanisms built in to them to protect from things like overcharging or overheating during fast charging. They will also default to a low power charging state if it doesn't detect the correct signal from the charger.

    There is a very rare possibility that a charger may not be grounded correctly and that's why it's recommended to stick with big brands if you're going with a 3rd party charger.

  • What is the hardest video game(s) in your opinion, why, and what other games are you comparing against to make this conclusion?
  • Probably "Trap Adventure 2".
    Imagine an old Mario game where Bowser has the most rediculous traps set up. You need to memorize all of the trap locations as well as have the coordination to tip-toe around them to survive.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nW9k6k1I3k

  • Palworld developer has no idea why Nintendo’s suing over its Pokémon-like game
  • Though Nintendo’s not going after Pocketpair because lamballs look uncomfortably similar to wooloos, we do know the company is famously litigious in protecting its brand.

    So no one really knows what exactly Nintendo is accusing them of yet.

    Here's an older video by an attorney that did a deep dive on Palworld and its legality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns3ATH556NU (Warning: long video).

    Edit - Update:

    A patent lawyer Was able to narrow down which patent that they could allege was infringed by looking at the combined patents between Nintendo and The Pokémon Company (since they filed a joint lawsuit). There are 28 possibilites and they are claiming that multiple patents have been infringed. https://gamerant.com/nintendo-pokemon-palworld-pocketpair-lawsuit-which-patent/

    One likely candidate is a patent that was filed (and requested that the review process be expedited) in July of 2024 that's "primarily centered on creature-catching mechanics".

  • Keyboard apps stop working correctly in Voyager comment section.
  • hmm doesn't seem to work for me.

    Only thing that works is to manually re-select the keyboard among my keyboard selection/input method.

  • Keyboard apps stop working correctly in Voyager comment section.
  • This has been driving me crazy.

    I'm using a Pixel with GrapheneOS and the FUTO Keyboard.

    Slight workaround for everyone on Android: Click the keyboard selector at the bottom right of your screen and just select the already active keyboard. This will temporarily fix it until you start to type up a different comment.

  • Omnipresent AI cameras will ensure good behavior, says Larry Ellison
  • When you can get ticketed for speeding while your car is on the back of a tow truck:
    https://www.the-sun.com/motors/11008328/photo-towing-van-speeding-ticket-evidence/

    Or a red light traffic ticket when your car was stolen:
    https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-red-light-ticket-camera-illinois-car-stolen-theft/11677595/

    And the police/courts won't help you because it's a problem from the private company running the cameras... I think we can see where some sort of AI backed camera network is headed.

    A bandaid to fix this might be to setup an easy way for someone to dispute the charge. For every day that it takes the company to review the dispute, they would need to pay back the accused the same amount that they are charging them (with a minimum of paying them back twice the amount of the fine).

    Even then, I'd rather cameras not be used in this way at all.

  • Flappy Bird’s original creator says he has nothing to do with the new game
  • Flappy Bird wasn't the first to even implement a game like this.

    I remember playing a very similar game with a helicopter and another one with a worm long before that app released for phones.

    Flappy Bird is just the game of this type that ended up going viral in its time.

  • Additional Feedback Surveys for 3.24

    Thanks to Camural for putting together this list with the links:

    Vehicle Balance: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/4/thread/3-24-live-feedback-vehicle-balance/436913

    Group and Party System: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/4/thread/3-24-live-feedback-group-and-party-system

    Commodity Trading: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/4/thread/3-24-live-feedback-commodity-trading

    Salvage Career: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/4/thread/3-24-live-feedback-salvage-career

    Arena Commander: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/4/thread/3-24-live-feedback-arena-commander

    Vehicle Features: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/4/thread/3-24-live-feedback-vehicle-features

    Locations: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/4/thread/3-24-live-feedback-locations

    New Player Experience: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/4/thread/3-24-live-feedback-new-player-experience

    Inventory Management: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/4/thread/3-24-live-feedback-inventory-management

    Law and Criminality System: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/4/thread/3-24-live-feedback-law-and-criminality-system

    Game Economy: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/4/thread/3-24-live-feedback-game-economy

    Environment Art and Audio: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/4/thread/3-23-feedback-environment-art-and-audio-1

    FPS Combat: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/4/thread/3-24-live-feedback-fps-combat

    Mining and Harvesting: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/4/thread/3-24-live-feedback-mining-and-harvesting

    Keybinds and Controls: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/4/thread/3-24-live-feedback-keybinds-and-controls

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    Be careful.
  • Just reported by Mohamed Aruham on Twitter

    The oldest tweets I could find that actually started reporting this are from ~16 days ago.

    https://x.com/Piotrdotcom/status/1829126494574067992

    They reference a page here that was posted on Aug 29th.

    https://niebezpiecznik.pl/post/uwazajcie-na-takie-captcha/

  • Star Citizen Live: Cargo & Hangars
  • ATC is probably the oldest system in the game.

    Well, i guess that explains why the audio responses never seem to work correctly.

    edit:typo

  • Dell will continue to reduce its workforce amid push to focus on AI
  • I think this title is being easily misunderstood.

    Dell is not cutting jobs by having AI compensate for those positions, they're cutting down on sales teams and creating a new team that focuses on AI products.

    From the article:

    The latest job cuts appear to be part of a broader reorganization of Dell's sales teams, including the creation of a new group focused on AI products and services – an area where Dell plans significant growth. For instance, in June, Dell, alongside Supermicro, was selected to provide hardware infrastructure for Elon Musk's xAI startup's AI supercomputer.

  • My dead father is “writing” me notes again
  • Depends on what you're using.
    With local models you use something called a "negative prompt" to exclude anything that you don't want in the image.

  • My dead father is “writing” me notes again
  • If you really want this to work, you would have to train/fine tune a model by feeding it a bunch of images that show that person's handwriting.

    if you're just asking ChatGPT to do this for you then you're doing it wrong.

  • Inside Star Citizen: Alpha 3.24.2 - Zeus and MFDs
  • The Benny Vending Machine Tardis continues to make its cameo.

    Tap for specific timestamp/spoiler

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHYhi7se4F8&t=295s

  • RMQ Meshing Test is Live. Potentially testing up to 1k players per Shard
    robertsspaceindustries.com Spectrum - v7.0.3

    RSI’s Spectrum is our integrated community and player interaction service, including chat, forums, game integration, and Player Organization facilities. Player Organizations (“Org”...

    Spectrum - v7.0.3

    A few more details here, but definitely read through the known issues if you decide to hop in:

    > We are intending to leave this build up for up to 24 hours but could come down sooner if blocking issues occur.\ This test will have each Stanton shard split into many authoritative zones. We are planning to start the test out at 1 DGS with 100 players as a baseline and increase this to add more DGS with 500 and then as high as 1000 players

    Edit: An easy way to download this is to rename your "LIVE" folder to "TECH-PREVIEW".

    Edit2: If they make it to 1000 players, this will be handled by 6 dedicated game servers (DGS) being meshed together into a shard.

    The 500 player count will be achieved with 3 DGS

    Global Chat will work, but will only show players in your DGS and not everyone in the shard: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/lobby/38230/message/55594666

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    Android apps are blocking sideloading and forcing Google Play versions instead
  • Yeah until the cops pull you over and take your cash under civil asset forfeiture because it's "suspicious that you have so much cash on hand".

    https://ij.org/press-release/highway-robbery-in-reno-nevada-cops-use-civil-forfeiture-to-steal-a-veterans-life-savings/

  • Android apps are blocking sideloading and forcing Google Play versions instead
  • The features you miss out on would be direct deposit from checks and app notifications (usually there are a few that you want enabled but are only available through the app).

  • Android apps are blocking sideloading and forcing Google Play versions instead
  • Good luck when banking apps start doing this.

  • 3.24 Mastermodes Survey - Please participate
    odysee.com 3.24 Mastermodes Survey - Please participate

    3.24 Mastermodes Survey - Please participate

    3.24  Mastermodes Survey - Please participate

    Link to Spectrum Thread about Feedback: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/4/thread/3-24-live-feedback-vehicle-balance

    Direct link to the survey: https://airtable.com/appuNwWnmCOAmbCgo/shrko5r7043boH6g3

    Deep dive video by Avenger One about Master Modes/combat: https://youtu.be/SNm8RaKHLHg

    Edit: Some awesome suggestions to fix racing (even with mastermodes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxqarzvkKJ4

    I really like his idea of performance components and the benefit/drawback ideas he comes up with.

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    CIG working on a new game? - Star Citizen Spectrum
  • Since "Arena Commander" also shows up on that list, this could just be a smaller mini game that ends up in the verse somehow.

    For all we know this could be one of the first arcade games implemented on one of those arcade machines in-game.

    But there's still a chance that they are working on building out a different game.

    Best to wait until we have more info...

    That or let rampant speculation run free! Sounds like a Karaoke game to me!

  • If you could time travel, what would you change ?
  • Well, I don't think anyone is really sure just how exactly time travel can mess with stuff. I would probably take a page from some time travel movie I saw. I would want to avoid any sort of temporal paradox and avoid too many changes.

    So, I would probably remove myself from the equation as much as possible. Go to a hotel or somewhere where I can avoid accidentally running into anyone I might know. Leave all electronics behind, but take a book or something. Spend the whole day avoiding TV/News/People and just reading or work on perfecting a skill. At the end of the day I would call up a broker from the hotel room and find out which stock had the greatest percentage gain that day. Just enough information for one good trade.

    Then I would go back to that morning, buy up a ton of that stock, live out life normally, then sell the stock at the end of the day.

    Rinse and repeat for a short time.

    I would absolutely avoid something like winning the lottery, but for those of you who would use time travel to win the lottery, you might want to follow the advice from this comment here: https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/24vo34/whats_the_happiest_5word_sentence_you_could_hear/chb38xf/

  • Would you recommend any of the Star Trek games?
  • I see "TOS point and click" and can only think of "Terms of Service point and click"... what does this actually stand for?

    The other side? TOp Side? It's definitely not "Thoracic outlet syndrome"...

    edit: The Old School?

  • 3.24.1 PTU ATLS griefing - Destroying ships in armistice zones
    odysee.com 3.24.1 PTU ATLS griefing - Destroying ships in armistice zones

    3.24.1 PTU ATLS griefing - Destroying ships in armistice zones

    3.24.1 PTU  ATLS griefing - Destroying ships in armistice zones

    I'm hoping they implement a way to assign crimestat to players that "flick" cargo at other players or ships in armistace zones.

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    800 Player Server Test Starts in about 30 min (update: last minute issue delaying it until tomorrow morning)

    From Wakapedia in SC-Testing-Chat:

    > @Wakapedia-CIG: > > We're getting closer. QA team is checking the build. Goal is 2x800 player meshed shards. Will update here shortly as we are hoping for sometime in the next 30 minutes if QA gives the greenlight!

    https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/lobby/38230/message/55501617

    Update: Wakapedia-CIG:

    >   TECH-PREVIEW will be opening up shortly for a RMQ/Meshing Playtest! <https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/190049/thread/tech-preview-playtest-meshing-playtest-round-3>

    update 2: Last second issue found, test delayed until tomorrow (morning at earliest).

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    Sneak Peak of the Titan Suit (update: argo cargo loading mech, not titan)

    And for those that haven't heard of the Titan Suit before: https://starcitizen.tools/Titan_exosuit

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    MotD Update: RMQ/Meshing Test this week - Goal is for it to be open to all backers

    MOTD > 🕹️(Tuesday) Goals for the week: We are currently working on further stability hotfixes for 3.24 LIVE with plans to roll out server hotfixes throughout the week. We are also currently putting together a new build for a Tech-Preview RMQ/Meshing test later this week!

    Additional context: > I'll give more details once we have it all locked in for the test but goal is to be all backers tech-preview

    -Waka (sc-testing-chat) https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/lobby/38230/message/55453982

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    CitizenCon 2954 Digital Goodies Pack Now Available - Roberts Space Industries | Follow the development of Star Citizen and Squadron 42
    robertsspaceindustries.com CitizenCon 2954 Digital Goodies Pack Now Available - Roberts Space Industries | Follow the development of Star Citizen and Squadron 42

    Roberts Space Industries is the official go-to website for all news about Star Citizen and Squadron 42. It also hosts the online store for game items and merch, as well as all the community tools used by our fans.

    The goodie pack for last year's Citizencon was heavily Pyro themed.

    The rewards this time around are tied to Citizen Day which (to me) is feeling a lot more Squadron 42 focused.

    https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/bmGYMYp9Xy-citizen-day

    If we're lucky we might even get a potential release date, but I could easily see them specifying this as a "goal" rather than a hard release date...

    Edit: A fellow org mate pointed out that the P8-AR was originally a SQ-42 campaign exclusive rifle.

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    REC has been increased in the EPTU to allow for testing of more ships in AC.

    From a spectrum thread:

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    > Is there any chance we could get more REC for future EPTUs?\ \ it would make specific ship testing alot easier in AC

    Nurseman

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    > Hi, thanks for feedback, totally agree.\ \ The starting REC for PTU has just been increased to 10,000,000 to ease with testing!\ \ See you out there o7\ \ ps. we're still working on reducing REC prices overall (see: <https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/3/thread/why-is-rental-so-expensive/7058253>), unfortunately the tool used for this is experiencing issues in the 3.24 stream so will most likely not make it for 3.24.0; we'll continue to push to resolve for the next.

    TheDJBuntin-CIG

    ---

    https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/4/thread/could-we-get-some-more-rec-in-future-eptus/7118085

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    Mysteries from a Nuclear Test Site - Journey to the Microcosmos

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18399462

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    MotD: New PTU build today and Blockade Runner test over the weekend

    > Message of the day > > 🕹️ (Tysdagr) We are currently putting together a new 3.24 build for a Wave 1 PTU release later today.\ Current goal is to run Blockade Runner on PTU over the weekend.

    https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/lobby/38230

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    Unanswered Oddities - Episode 4: America

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18325399

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    MotD Update: Potential 3.24 Wave 1 Release Tonight

    MotD > 🕹️ (Thor's Day) We are currently building a new PTU candidate for a 3.24 Evocati release later today. This build is a Wave 1 candidate and we are looking to potentially open up to Wave 1 late tonight If it goes well for a couple hours with Evocati.

    Some of my own thoughts: Yesterday's test went a lot more smoothly compared to the previous builds. I still have some major concerns about 3.24, but hopefully the biggest things get addressed before it goes Live. (Let's just say it's way too easy to steal things from other players in armistace right now).

    They fixed most of the ship spawning issues in the hangar, as well as some nasty teleporting bugs. They've focused on trying to make it so that, if the hangar doors are closed in the view of either the server or the client, at least one layer of the doors will appear closed to the player (hopefully no more destruction for flying into invisible hangar doors).

    There are some amazing fixes for ultra-widescreen users (no more massively overscaled ui icons on your HUD, and inventory scales correctly now).

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