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• On the post: EA Announces New Anti-Cheat Tech That Operates At The Kernel Level

  

  Mat ( profile ), 19 Sep, 2022 @ 11:11pm

  In as few words as possible

  Linux world laughs at you for suggesting this. Windows world eyes you skeptically. Apple just tells you to get the fuck out. Who at EA thought this was a good idea? I've said it before, I say it again: If you want anti-cheat tools? Run them server side. Or make them otherwise optional for leaderboards or what not.

• On the post: OnlyPrudes: OnlyFans, The Platform For Sexually Explicit Content, Says No More Sexually Explicit Content (Except For Nudes)

  

  Mat ( profile ), 20 Aug, 2021 @ 10:01am

  ... I think the first biggest hurdle to fixing it so this stops happening (this isn't the first time this has happened in internet history), is perhaps taking away the ability of payment processors to deny any legal service, even if that means shielding them from liability from a 'in good faith' legal service being not so. (As in, hold the end user(s) liable for their own acts, not the middle man, so long as the middle man is just being the middle man)

  The alternative, is that MasterCard/Visa, Discover, and American Express basically can dictate what you can and can't spend money on.

  I can tell you I'm not fond of that second option.

• On the post: Steam Still Can't Seem To Keep Its Hands Off Some 'Sex Games' Despite Hands Off Policy

  

  Mat ( profile ), 14 May, 2021 @ 06:15am

  Wait...

  They don't allow pornography?

  pulls up his own steam library

  we have two games from the Taimanin series, Breeders of the Nephelym, pact with a witch, spiral clicker, yes master, Crush Crush, Hunnie Pop. Hunnie Pop 2, HunnieCam Studio... but the one that is most telling? SinVR exists. Which is basically a VR bordello.

  This isn't just uneven enforcement, this is litterally either such under-enforcement as to be useless, or, such singled out enforcement that they would be more honest to say 'we don't want you in particular on our platform.'

• On the post: Will Parler Users Treat Its 'Glitch' That Hid Georgia Election Content The Same Way They Treated A Twitter Glitch?

  

  Mat ( profile ), 25 Nov, 2020 @ 01:40am

  Parler moments of lulzs.

  Look, if we're gonna discuss these idiots today, let's not forget the fact that we've gotten to look behind the curtain. Because, dear gods, idiotic setups are idiotic. https://web.archive.org/web/20200717202137/https://home.parler.com/1

• On the post: DOJ Releases Its List Of 'Anarchy' Jurisdictions The President Thinks Should Be Blocked From Receiving Federal Funds

  

  Mat ( profile ), 22 Sep, 2020 @ 08:39pm

  Well, at least ONE thing in this adminstration is transparent

  This order is so transparently political in nature it hurts.

  Signed,
  A Minnesotan who was expecting Minneapolis to make the list.

• On the post: Brew Dog, Aldi Get Into Brand Battle With Good Nature, Not Cease And Desists

  

  Mat ( profile ), 25 Aug, 2020 @ 01:38pm

  Re:

  Glad to k now I wasn't the only one who read it that way first.

• On the post: Current Whistleblower Scandal Shows (Again) That The Official Channels Are Useless

  

  Mat ( profile ), 25 Sep, 2019 @ 10:53am

  Re:

  Sadly this works far too well in this context...

• On the post: United Airlines Made Its App Stop Working On My Phone, And What This Says About How Broken The Mobile Tech Space Is

  

  Mat ( profile ), 06 Sep, 2018 @ 05:00pm

  Re: Re:

  You mean like the USPS's 'app' which is basically a glorified web broswer wrapper for most of its functions?
  
  That said, and I'm going to be very very blunt here, if using android 4.x or a rooted phone is in violation of terms with your payment provider, how the -bleep- do you manage to take payments over the web from a general computer that I, the end user, may or may not have root access to, and may have or have not granted any given program that level of access, at my whim?
  
  Put another way, I'm verrrry sad to see this mess being what it is.

• On the post: AT&T Sued After SIM Hijacker Steals $24 Million in Customer's Cryptocurrency

  

  Mat ( profile ), 18 Aug, 2018 @ 08:11pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  You do also have the option of using the much saner 'generate a token' programs like Authy or Google or Microsoft Authenticator.

• On the post: Senators Wyden & Rubio Ask Google And Amazon To Bring Back Domain Fronting

  

  Mat ( profile ), 25 Jul, 2018 @ 06:49pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Ron Wyden gets it

  the random slot asignment is needed anyway: It's already been proven that the higher your name is on the list, all things being equal, the more likely you are to get the vote. Though this leads to other issues, I suppose.

• On the post: Cops Follow Up Officer-Involved Shooting By Heading To Funeral Home To Apply Dead Man's Fingers To His Locked Phone

  

  Mat ( profile ), 27 Apr, 2018 @ 09:09pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  Once again, I feel a strange need for the 'sad but true' button we still don't have.

• On the post: Censorship Creep Is Setting In As Social Media Companies Try To Stay Ahead Of European Lawmakers

  

  Mat ( profile ), 16 Mar, 2018 @ 08:07am

  Re:

  I believe this is what you call comically missing the point...

• On the post: Body Cam Footage Of A Cop Planting Evidence Leads To Dozens Of Dismissed Cases

  

  Mat ( profile ), 03 Aug, 2017 @ 08:52pm

  Re:

  Actually it's a perfect comparison if you know the original full saying, which tells you to throw out the bad apples, to save the rest from going bad. And since we didn't throw them out when they first showed signs of going bad...

• On the post: De-Escalation Works, But US Law Enforcement Hasn't Show Much Interest In Trying It

  

  Mat ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2017 @ 07:44am

  Hah!

  "they can't keep asking taxpayers to pay for the sins of government employees"
  
  Sure they can, as long as the other person running against them is equally willing to do so!

• On the post: Facebook Back In Court Challenging More Law Enforcement Gag Orders

  

  Mat ( profile ), 12 Jul, 2017 @ 06:32am

  Re:

  While Insightful I voted, we really do need a 'sad but true' button

• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At BestNetTech

  

  Mat ( profile ), 15 May, 2017 @ 06:16pm

  Re: Re:

  Do they come in X-Large? Because I'd seriously consider getting one.

• On the post: AT&T Unveils A Fake 5G Network In The Hopes You'll Ignore T-Mobile Is Kicking Its Ass

  

  Mat ( profile ), 27 Apr, 2017 @ 08:45am

  Given we technically still don't have full 4G? Remember, 4G LTE stands for '4G Long Term Evolution', thus this isn't even a NEW stunt.

• On the post: Paul Hansmeier Argues Convicting Him Of Fraud Would Seriously Damage The Judicial System

  

  Mat ( profile ), 26 Apr, 2017 @ 06:33pm

  Re:

  If this happens, it will be time to buy shares in Popcorn again...

• On the post: FBI Arrests Creator Of Remote Access Tool, Rather Than Those Abusing It To Commit Crime

  

  Mat ( profile ), 03 Apr, 2017 @ 01:39pm

  Re: Re: Isn't it obvious?

  ... I hate to say it but this sounds far too logical.

• On the post: Stupid Patent Of The Month: Storing Files In Folders

  

  Mat ( profile ), 31 Mar, 2017 @ 09:41pm

  Hmm.

  So how much of this could we halt by simple new rule of this: Only someone (corporation or otherwise) who helped fund the research that lead to the patent in the first place may buy a public institutions patents. Otherwise they either remain with the institution, or are placed into the public domain.
  
  Also, in the case of this -specific- patent I counter with prior art: Winamp has been doing this for ripped CD files since the late 90s or so.

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