Comment Re:Wow (Score 0) 28
I came here specifically to say this as well. Sadly it seems to reflect much of the 'open' community.
Submission + - Nintendo "Please don't hack your Wii-U" 1
vrhelmutt writes: In a classic case of "too little, too late," Nintendo has decided to throw a digital tantrum over nine months after pulling the plug on the online services for the Wii U and 3DS. In what can only be described as a belated PSA, they've now asked gamers to kindly "refrain" from using those pesky unofficial servers that have been letting players pretend it's still 2015.
Remember that one die-hard Mario Kart 7 player who kept the dream alive for 210 days? Well, those days are now officially over unless you're ready to dive into the murky waters of "unauthorized services." Nintendo, in their infinite wisdom, has warned about these services posing "unexpected security risks," but didn't bother to specify which ones. Perhaps they're afraid players might start using their 3DS to hack into the mainframe?
Meanwhile, the Pretendo team, who've been busy recreating Nintendo's online magic, continues to be the unsung heroes for those still clinging to their old consoles. Nintendo's statement, conveniently posted on a Twitter account that probably still thinks fax machines are cool, avoids naming Pretendo directly but everyone knows who they're talking about.
This all comes at a time when every Nintendo fan is practically living on social media, waiting for any crumb of news about the Switch 2. There's buzz about an imminent announcement this week, which has fans more excited than a Goomba in a mushroom field. Whether this is just Nintendo's way of diverting attention or if they're actually about to drop the next big thing, we'll just have to wait and see.
So, if you're one of the brave souls still trying to get online with your Wii U or 3DS, maybe consider looking over your shoulder for Nintendo's digital ninjas while you're at it.
Remember that one die-hard Mario Kart 7 player who kept the dream alive for 210 days? Well, those days are now officially over unless you're ready to dive into the murky waters of "unauthorized services." Nintendo, in their infinite wisdom, has warned about these services posing "unexpected security risks," but didn't bother to specify which ones. Perhaps they're afraid players might start using their 3DS to hack into the mainframe?
Meanwhile, the Pretendo team, who've been busy recreating Nintendo's online magic, continues to be the unsung heroes for those still clinging to their old consoles. Nintendo's statement, conveniently posted on a Twitter account that probably still thinks fax machines are cool, avoids naming Pretendo directly but everyone knows who they're talking about.
This all comes at a time when every Nintendo fan is practically living on social media, waiting for any crumb of news about the Switch 2. There's buzz about an imminent announcement this week, which has fans more excited than a Goomba in a mushroom field. Whether this is just Nintendo's way of diverting attention or if they're actually about to drop the next big thing, we'll just have to wait and see.
So, if you're one of the brave souls still trying to get online with your Wii U or 3DS, maybe consider looking over your shoulder for Nintendo's digital ninjas while you're at it.
Comment Re:Duh (Score 1) 34
I did the same thing for my childhood regional ISP and some of the emails are *chef's kiss*
Comment Re:Too little too late (Score 0, Troll) 12
It seems to be the complete opposite in many respects. As with the 'contracture' that happened in 2016-18, Mastodon if it doesn't completely remove your instance, will suppress anything that doesn't fall into the neutered neoliberal worldview. Spend 10 minutes on any of the largely Federated instances and you will see some sort of partisan idiocy encouraging prejudice against others. It's not nearly as bad as BlueSky and their immense trouble with religious extremism and CSAM but is still pretty terrible in its own right.
Comment Too little too late (Score 0, Flamebait) 12
After the 'CEO' of Mastodon took part in willful censorship disconnecting Mastodon instances from the broader Fediverse that he deemed to be objectionable (Only based on his limp wristed politics) I quit paying attention and throw the project into the same bin that I do Lemmy. Open Source but free as in beer and not as in speech.
Comment As long as some one forks this feature out (Score 1) 68
I'll be fine
Comment I really don't care (Score 0) 74
I'm so tired of hearing about Tesla and all the associated companies. Their only aim is to push the 'have nothing and like it philosophy' and at the end of the day they don't really do anything to put anything useful into the hands of the individual, quite the opposite in fact.
Comment If RTO causes losses (Score -1, Flamebait) 96
Then the employee wasn't really into their job anyways. Good riddance.
Comment We should do that here (Score 1) 123
three payment tiers, regional network, national network, global network. Regional networking would be a godsend for an already overextended infosec industry.
Comment It would be just like the dems (Score -1, Troll) 135
To manufacture a crisis that cuts off the availability and drive up the cost of milk, eggs, cheese so they can spend a year pointing at it and mocking conservatives for not bringing the price of food down.
Comment If I get scammed over the phone (Score 0) 37
It's my own damn fault. Google, keep your creepy AI out of my conversations... Although I do kind of giggle to myself about calling a friend, talking and somewhere in the middle start talking about Amazon gift cards over and over until the call terminates lol.
Comment So what? Just another Mastodon (Score -1, Flamebait) 56
Will a shiny exterior and plenty of virtue signals that guarantee your feed will be full of just the most insufferable inane garbage. X is no better but everyone is already there and if you have pretty tight communities, the volatile changes of the userbase really doesn't mean much.
Comment I'd still be using Android 4 if (Score 1) 11
Google hadn't have broken it. I wish I could have continued to use my HTC instead of the garbage that I have now.
Comment Welp..... (Score 1) 149
Looks like all of the relationships I made with local farmers will pay off. I haven't set foot in either of those stores for two years and things like this will keep me from doing so for even longer.
Comment Archive being down made me realize.. (Score 1) 16
How much the availability, safety and variety of torrenting is greatly lacking. Archive, however well meaning is a prime example of organizations centralizing information for the sake of becoming institutionalized to get the grants, build dependents and also be a silent partner of the copyright police through analytics. Now that my habit has been broken, I've added the site to my blocklist to see how long I can hold out.
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