MostlyBlindGamer

MostlyBlindGamer, 2 months ago

Or “How Signal is closer in functionality to WhatsApp by the day, because it turns out people like the functionality of WhatsApp.”

MostlyBlindGamer, 3 months ago

If I’m reading this correctly, they’re adding your name to your site profile, but that’s not visible and is not linked to your reviews.

That specificity makes the situation much less terrifying than the title alone would imply.

MostlyBlindGamer, 3 months ago

I’m looking at it from a perspective of intentionality. Careless? Definitely. A risk ? For sure. But the situation is still not as the title implies.

MostlyBlindGamer, 3 months ago

Risks that are already described.

The headline does it’s job getting clicks by making it sound like reviewers names may already be public.

MostlyBlindGamer, 3 months ago

I was thinking about how this would happen and I remembered when signing up for services using Google login, I’d always get a list of information the website would have access to, including the name listed under the Google account. When I didn’t consent to that, I went back.

Now, is there a line somewhere between strictly getting a user’s consent and the user having an expectation of privacy? Yes, and they may have landed on the wrong side of it.

Suffice it to say, this is one of the reasons I prefer to sign up with an email address.

MostlyBlindGamer, 3 months ago

Found the Python developer. Hehe. Thanks for the reminder that we can do this stuff: all the common layouts are just suggestions, we can’t make our lives easier by recognizing that.

MostlyBlindGamer, 3 months ago

Hey, you can cross-post this to rblind.com!

MostlyBlindGamer, 4 months ago

Presumably you’re a UK citizen using .uk in accordance with the controlling entity’s terms and conditions. These folks weren’t in the same boat.

MostlyBlindGamer, 4 months ago

How are you liking the Brexit expansion? I felt like was overhyped and overrated.

MostlyBlindGamer, 4 months ago

Some other Central and Eastern European ones are weird as well.

MostlyBlindGamer, 4 months ago

With this headset’s personalized design, it would probably be uncomfortable for a lot of people to wear one that wasn’t made for them. I’m sure Apple never considered what a shame it would be for each person to have to buy their own…

Either way, other headsets would likely be better for these retail style use cases.

MostlyBlindGamer, 4 months ago

I didn’t want to reply to this before figuring out if I felt the same, and it turns out I do.

You can be stealthy and fearful, but you can also be determined and direct - and then you’re faced with something that scares you again. The progression is very cool.

MostlyBlindGamer, 4 months ago

I finished my first playthrough and absolutely loved it!

MostlyBlindGamer, 4 months ago

I already started! I maxed out movement speed at the end of the campaign to get to the shuttle, so I’m accidentally speed running it. Hehe.

MostlyBlindGamer, 6 months ago

A recall is the legally defined process to address a safety issue. From NTSHA’s documentation.

Manufacturers voluntarily initiate many of these recalls, while others are either influenced by NHTSA investigations or ordered by NHTSA via the courts. If a safety defect is discovered, the manufacturer must notify NHTSA, as well as vehicle or equipment owners, dealers, and distributors. The manufacturer is then required to remedy the problem at no charge to the owner. NHTSA is responsible for monitoring the manufacturer’s corrective action to ensure successful completion of the recall campaign.

There was a safety issue and it was addressed by the manufacturer: huzzah!

Even physical mechanical changes don’t usually require the car to go back to the factory, they’re often addressed as part of routine maintenance.

The term may feel misleading, but it exists and is used in a specific context.

MostlyBlindGamer, 6 months ago

Something something monopoly, something something gatekeepers. They don’t need a war chest big enough to sue Apple, they just need to convince the EU to do it. I’m sure they saw this coming from the start.

MostlyBlindGamer, 6 months ago

No doubt, but MagSafe turning into the Qi 2 standard is… interesting. It may or may not be part of a broader shift.

MostlyBlindGamer, 4 months ago

You were absolutely right! It’s been a while, huh? WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger are gatekeepers and WhatsApp is supposed to open up based on the Signal Protocol. I guess we’re settling on that.

MostlyBlindGamer, 6 months ago

I have. I’ve accidentally initiated NameDrop between my personal and work phones, just by having them in the same pocket. Both set to Contacts Only.

Imagine a scenario where kids put all their phones in a bad before class or something.

MostlyBlindGamer, 7 months ago

A “technical limitation” is just a feature with a poor ROI on engineering hours on a spreadsheet. I mean, on Microsoft 365 Excel.

MostlyBlindGamer, 10 months ago

Yes. Besides keyboards, adjusting my desk and chair and even monitor (VESA arm) has been amazing.

On the topic of HID, that also extends to Braille displays and keyboards which are, for some reason, consistently more ergonomic.

Check out the eight big blue keys on the Focus 14, for an example: a proto-columnar stagger.