Ekky

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Cake day: November 21st, 2023

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  • Who’s talking server side code? just releasing the compiled server binary should be enough. Just like games typically are released as binaries and assets, and not as source code.

    Can you decompile the server binary? Yes you can! But you can also decompile the game to work without the server or with a makeshift server. Either is just a lot of work that few people are willing to do.

    Protecting the server code is rather useless if the game can be cracked, since then you can also play the game for ‘0.00 €$’.


  • EkkytoFediverse@lemmy.worldAnother random blip in the stats
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    19 days ago

    And the above was literally how I was thought to represent data in university. Maximize the areas of interest, make sure to properly label your axes (lest they become misleading), and remember to trim empty space where relevant.

    But it appears that proper graphs for science and engineering reports may not be used for representing data to the common man, as it must be assumed that, even for the most simple of graphs, the common man will only look at the funny line, but not the graph itself.






  • EkkytoScience Memes@mander.xyzGood night, sleep tight...
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    29 days ago

    Hmmm, seems much the same as catbox, except that you need a click more to get the image link but gives you more options in return.

    What I’m really interested in would be a (preferably) self hosted solution which allows one to share either single images or albums with visible (but non-obscuring) labels, and where one can easily flip through images in an album. Also needs batch upload (can be by FTP, the method doesn’t matter much). I’ve tried Pixelfed half a year ago, and while I really wanted to like it, it didn’t really have proper albums and labels at the time.

    Hosts like Postimages and Catbox are fine, I guess, much like Discord is “fine, I guess”, but I don’t want to spam the host by uploading an image 50 times for 50 different posts, and no way that I’m gonna check all previously uploaded images whether I’ve already uploaded the one I need.


  • EkkytoScience Memes@mander.xyzGood night, sleep tight...
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    29 days ago

    Thank you, and it absolutely is, but I’m lazy and haven’t yet found a proper solution for hosting images.

    I sometimes host smaller images like the above on Catbox, but Imgur, Catbox, and other similar sites feel just as clunky and unfit as Discord. At least to me.


  • EkkytoScience Memes@mander.xyzGood night, sleep tight...
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    30 days ago

    Don’t forget to put all your clothes, bags, and other belongings in the freezer for a week when you come home.

    I sheltered two people during the storm surge last year and I think they brought in bed bugs, though I didn’t wait long enough to properly confirm other than the itching and bite marks. In other words, the floor still has “bubble marks” from when the varnish started cooking during my week-long extermination craze.

    Edit: Image from the glorious happening. Heater was usually placed on a box to keep it elevated. I tried to keep the room above 70°C.


  • I haven’t found a definite favorite yet, but I’ve bought a few Western Digital external HDDs which have all supported S.M.A.R.T. over USB. I’m currently using their WDBU6Y0050BBK devices. They don’t have the best reviews, but mine have worked just fine over the past year.

    Contrary, I’ve had two Seagate external HDDs in the past, none of which supported S.M.A.R.T. over USB, and they died after about 10 years of sparse use (powered on for backup at least once a year).

    I guess one could find what USB chip the WDs use and then compare with other drives, but no one writes such stuff in their product information. >:(


  • If it’s important, or if you love your stuff, then always keep a backup.

    I personally do three 5TB ext. drives, and only two drives may be at the same location at any given time. I’m also making sure only to use drives whose S.M.A.R.T. can be read without removing their enclosure.

    Not sure who thought it’d be a good idea to make an external drive where S.M.A.R.T. cannot be read through whatever interface it uses.



  • Used mine as my main PC for half a year, doing everything from gaming (duh) to embedded development. Used RWFUS to install packages not available on flathub, but have recently started experimenting with the NIX package manager (I’m still running write-protected SteamOS).

    My sister uses hers as a test and development machine for linux and Android applications.

    Thought about using my SD in my model aircraft hobby, but never got around to that. Maybe I’ll use it when playing around with my car with the OBD2 adapter, since i can easily connect to it from my current main rig.




  • EkkytoStar Wars Memes@lemmy.worldProblematic
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    1 month ago

    Was about to mention this.

    One would believe an atomic clock to show the same time in seconds despite the celestial body it orbits. Though, that appears to be a fallacy and begs the question, what about relativity? Two identical atomic clocks would show different times depending on the influence of gravity (like near-lightspeed travel), so does everyone carry a clock around with them?

    Or, at least that’s what I remember from physics class.


  • Ekkytomemes@lemmy.worldSemantics is divisive
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    1 month ago

    Can’t those both be true at the same time?

    The “system” is working as intended by the rich elite/<insert antagonist>, which means that it’s fundamentally broken for the general populace, and therefore must be fixed, which is easiest done by first destroying and then rebuilding it?

    Seems like an oxymoron to me, but I’m not entirely sure of the context.


  • What really sets the Steam Controller (and the Steam Deck’s control layout) apart from the market are the dual touchpads and dynamically/easily programmable buttons. The above just looks like a reskinned XBox controller, and, if I read the article right, it needs a “companion app” to get full functionality out of the controller.

    I hope that they at least made sure that the companion app works on the Steam Deck.