KyleJune (u/KyleJune)

KyleJune commented on XBMC 4.0 for the Original Xbox xbox-scene.info/articles/... · Posted by u/zdw

echelon_musk · 4 months ago

Mechassault, 007 Agent Under Fire and Splinter Cell.

More recently there are other game exploits, such as THPS4. However, since ENDGAME you don't even need a game to softmod.

KyleJune · 4 months ago

I think I used splinter cell. The exploit was also only in a specific version of the game. I remember having to look at a version number on the cd when buying to confirm I was getting the right one.

KyleJune commented on Signs of autism could be encoded in the way you walk sciencealert.com/signs-of... · Posted by u/amichail

KyleJune · 8 months ago

Another difference that I believe is common is how your arms move when you walk. I was diagnosed at a young age. I found out I didn't swing my arms normally when walking after someone made fun of me for it in high school. I had to consciously think about swinging my arms for a while to figure out how to do it right. I still catch myself sometimes not swinging my arms correctly when walking or one of my arms resting at a 90 degree angle (T-rex arm).

I'm not sure if it's the differences in gait that might cause people with autism to need less arm swinging for balancing or if swinging less causes them to develop those differences in gait.

KyleJune commented on Why I don't discuss politics with friends shwin.co/blog/why-i-dont-... · Posted by u/shw1n

shw1n · a year ago

I actually agree, I don't think people should merely dismiss differences on issues that strike at core values -- I think it's okay to cut friends/family off on huge differences in values. I have actually done this to both left and right-leaning friends.

But what I'm arguing is that most people do not actually come to these values by way of thinking, but rather by blindly adopting them en masse from their chosen tribe.

And when they choose not to be open to the possibility they might be wrong, then they have a religion, not a intellectually-driven view.

This is okay if acknowledged imo, as per this sentence in the piece:

"If someone is self-aware enough to consciously acknowledge their choice to remain in the bubble, that’s totally fair. I respect it like I’d respect anyone who chooses to participate in a more traditional religion. My issue is when this view is falsely passed off as an intellectually-driven one."

KyleJune · a year ago

One way people keep themselves in bubbles is by dismissing counter opinions as being tribal or trendy. Some opinions may appear that way because the people that have them seem similar. But it could also be due to them having similar backgrounds that led them to those opinions. For example, most doctors believe in vaccines, but that's not group think, it's based in evidence that they have studied. From the outside, it might seem like group think.

KyleJune commented on Americans see their savings vanish in Synapse fintech crisis cnbc.com/2024/11/22/synap... · Posted by u/hunter2_

mst · a year ago

It seems like they were branded much more conservatively and bankish at the point where said couple would have picked them.

The site *now* ... yeah. Ick.

KyleJune · a year ago

Yea, they seemed more professional in the past. There were big finance education youtube channels that were advertising it suggesting that the average prizes worked out to be higher than the interest on other high yield savings accounts. The first year I had money in it, that seemed to be true, but interest rates at other banks were going up and I moved most of the savings I had there to another bank.

KyleJune commented on Americans see their savings vanish in Synapse fintech crisis cnbc.com/2024/11/22/synap... · Posted by u/hunter2_

Junk_Collector · a year ago

Yotta marketed itself as a "bank" where every time you deposited to savings you would get a free lotto ticket for the month based on how much you deposited. They did this by offering below average interest rates on savings then parking people's money in accounts at banks with higher interest rates than they paid out and pulling some of the difference into a prize pool. Over time (very quickly actually) to increase revenue they pivoted into more traditional gambling.

Notably, Yotta is neither a bank nor a payment processor. They are just an "app" front end. Yotta's processor went bankrupt and the fintech bank they were working with to hold the accounts now disputes the amount of money they actually are holding to the tune of ~$96M being missing. This will probably be in courts for several years while things are unwound, someone will go to jail for financial crimes, and a lot of people will never be made whole. Some people have called for the FDIC to step in, but the FDIC has helpfully pointed out that no FDIC insured account has defaulted which is the necessary condition for FDIC insurance to pay out.

KyleJune · a year ago

I've had an account with them. It looks like in March they quit giving automatic tickets monthly based on funds. Now the app looks much more like a casino, with other games and a separate yottacash balance for playing games including the lottery that use to be automatic and based on cash in the account. Withdrawing isn't possible but it still shows I have a $400 balance. Evolve bank is sending me $0.06 based on my balance because of the synapse bankruptcy. I'm just glad I moved most of the money I had in it to a different bank a few months before the issues started, I had 10k in it at one point.

It looks like the drawings are still happening and it says someone won 33k this month. That's gotta be bitter sweet. They won big but probably won't actually collect the prize considering it's not possible to withdraw. I wonder if they are going to have to pay taxes on that prize despite it not being accessible.

KyleJune commented on Netlify just sent me a $104k bill for a simple static site old.reddit.com/r/webdev/c... · Posted by u/laubonghaudoi

TheDataMaverick · 2 years ago

@KyleJune

I would consider extremely difficult to setup a reliable system that could listen to webhooks and pause projects.

My main concerns are .. how can you test it and how can you be sure that it is working in all future.

..

Are you able to find the twitter post you mentioned?

KyleJune · 2 years ago

I found the example I mentioned, it was from earlier this month.

Here is a link to the twitter post where someone got a 23k bill. In the thread you can find people confused about how this could have happened and why there are not hard limits to prevent situations like this. https://twitter.com/michaelaubry/status/1757539928534315322?...

Here is a comment in the thread from their VP of product explaining how to set hard limits via a web hook. They said they would improve the documentation for it but some people replied saying they shouldn't need a web hook to set usage limits. https://twitter.com/leeerob/status/1757960730865696892?t=mCD...

KyleJune commented on Netlify just sent me a $104k bill for a simple static site old.reddit.com/r/webdev/c... · Posted by u/laubonghaudoi

TheDataMaverick · 2 years ago

Thanks again @doque

For me it seems a little overkill to build an automated system that can handle webhook that can pauses a project

Hmm .. to maybe I'm overthinking it .. could you describe the architecture needed to setup a system like this?

KyleJune · 2 years ago

It feels like they are intentionally making it complicated to figure out to avoid people actually setting hard limits. Vercel recently had a customer get charged 20k+ that posted on twitter. When Vercel employees mentioned this way of controlling it through a webhook, most people didn't even know about it. I feel like a hard limitbshould be easy to set in your projects settings and that it should have a default value.

KyleJune commented on Ask HN: How did yall meet your SO? · Posted by u/yfh

yfh · 2 years ago

Thanks so much for the story

I want to, but I have no idea what hobbies to pickup or where to search for places where people hang. I walk for hours to fill the void, but I end up feeling even sadder.

KyleJune · 2 years ago

Do you have any hobbies currently? If so look around for places where you can do that hobby with others. I think the Meetup app is good for that. Another option would be finding or creating posts on your city subreddit or nextdoor app.

Don't have a hobby that is good to do with others? Find one. Don't be afraid to be bad at it at first, you'll get better at it overtime. This past year I picked up strength training and this spring I'm going to try rock climbing more. I was surprised by how much I enjoy strength training, going into it, I thought it would feel like a chore that would be difficult to keep doing.

KyleJune commented on Catalyst – Tailwind CSS Application UI Kit tailwindui.com/templates/... · Posted by u/accounter8or

corytheboyd · 2 years ago

Oh man, if this is more or less tailwind ui but already turned into thoughtful react components, I’m all in. Tailwind ui has been useful as a reference of a non-trivial implementation of tailwind css that you buy, which is great. Try to drop the examples into a real application and you’ll have a bad time, it just feels like something should exist already… and here it is! Hopefully, anyway, will definitely try it out!

KyleJune · 2 years ago

Yea, before this, I had been creating my own components based on the examples provided. It will be nice to just have premade components, now I won't have to implement all the components myself.