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@ Arnox:

Vendor-Lazarus said:
I find it weird that the latest steam site update isn't causing more issue with people. Since they now require Performance Observer. A heinous tracking API.

People just trust Steam naturally I guess. For better and for worse.

Link Friday at 11:20 AM

@ Gauche:

Aside from downloading the installer, I imagine most just use the client to browse steam pages

Link Friday at 11:41 AM

@ Arnox:

Gauche said:
Aside from downloading the installer, I imagine most just use the client to browse steam pages

It's now gotten even more inconvenient to browse Steam via the web now that the stupid fucking state laws requiring ID for "mature" content have kicked in.

Link Friday at 12:18 PM

@ Vendor-Lazarus:

Well, the client is a chromium embedded framework thing, and probably has Performance Observer on by default. They introduced it after all..

Link Friday at 1:35 PM

@ Vendor-Lazarus:

Yeah, seeing a lot of Digital ID things happening, just we all started saying 7 years back.

Link Friday at 1:36 PM

@ Arnox:

I'm looking at the Latest Posts list and it's just blue dragons all the way through now. You guys are fucking boring, man. lol

Link Saturday at 3:02 PM

@ Battousai:

Well I might post about my experiences with Cyberpunk 2077 later perhaps, I'm liking it so far, but I'm early in the game.

Link Saturday at 3:28 PM

@ Arnox:

Do it.

Link Saturday at 3:28 PM

@ Battousai:

I'm legit surprised the game is working so smoothly actually, I remember the absolute shitshow it was at launch, but it's been 5 years. Time and patches fix stuff I guess
.

Link Saturday at 3:30 PM

@ Gauche:

Bought a 9070 pulse - tariff paranoia fuckery fueled purchase

Link Sunday at 10:58 AM

@ Arnox:

Gauche said:
Bought a 9070 pulse - tariff paranoia fuckery fueled purchase

Did you buy it used or new?

Link Sunday at 12:22 PM

@ Arnox:

Also, XT or just a 9070?

Link Sunday at 12:22 PM

@ Gauche:

New, just a

Link Sunday at 1:02 PM

@ Arnox:

Gauche said:
New, just a

Why not a used XT? I found a used one for $650.

Link Sunday at 1:26 PM

@ Gauche:

You can get a 9070 XT New at $660 atm - I'd have to remove a fan from my case to make room for half of the XT models - 1080p monitor so it already is excessive - CPU is gonna bottleneck it anyway

Link Sunday at 2:41 PM

@ Gauche:

640*

Link Monday at 8:39 AM

@ Vendor-Lazarus:

Man, dumbphones really are dumb today. Barely half the features they used to have back in the day. A much worse way to even handle the phone. No single hold to lock phone key. Can't even edit phone number entries. Much larger and heavier, and awkward to hold. I miss my Samsung E1080 already. stupid freaking 4G minimum.

Link Tuesday at 6:04 AM

@ Gauche:

Not a fan of flip phones?

Link Tuesday at 9:01 AM

@ Arnox:

Vendor-Lazarus said:
Man, dumbphones really are dumb today. Barely half the features they used to have back in the day. A much worse way to even handle the phone. No single hold to lock phone key. Can't even edit phone number entries. Much larger and heavier, and awkward to hold. I miss my Samsung E1080 already. stupid freaking 4G minimum.

Trust me. You want a 4G minimum. There was a HUGE exploit where phones on 3G networks and lower could have their physical location tracked by anybody.

Link Tuesday at 10:29 AM

@ Arnox:

As to dumbphones, I honestly don't know why you're getting one unless you're trying to break away from social media. They don't offer any more privacy than smartphones and have incredibly stripped back features.

Link Tuesday at 10:30 AM

@ Vendor-Lazarus:

Gauche said:
Not a fan of flip phones?

One of my new phones is a flip phone actually. The HMD 2660 Flip. The other is a Nokia 105.

Link Tuesday at 11:19 AM

@ Vendor-Lazarus:

CellPhones have always been possible to track. Simple tower triangulation. It wasn't a problem when I didn't have my SIM cards registered, but now that's mandatory.. Dumbphones last longer, battery-wise, and mine especially don't have google android. I also don't need to pay any extra for internet when I've already got a desktop computer with it. I don't need more than calls and SMS. Camera would be nice though. The issue is that making calls and SMS are now worse than the way my older dumbphones did it.

Link Tuesday at 11:25 AM

@ Vendor-Lazarus:

Also, there's now absolutely no fallback/backup system in case 4G/5G doesn't work, or gets broken/taken out/technical issues. The entire art of backups seems lost today. Seems they've never heard of not putting all the eggs in a single basket.

Link Tuesday at 11:28 AM

@ Vendor-Lazarus:

Cars have no manual backup system when the electronics go haywire. Can't even roll up/down the window without it. Sites don't offer alternative fallback code for other than chrome. Physical things like money and paying personally (counters, banks, etc) is all being removed for using the smartphone and a Bank ID. One way internet of things monoculture.

Link Tuesday at 11:30 AM

@ Arnox:

Technically, you DID mention the fallback for 4G since, to my knowledge, 5G towers are separate from 4G. Regardless though, if something is really so big that it interferes with a 4G tower, it'll very probably be hitting the 5G too, and vice versa.

Link Tuesday at 8:04 PM

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