amatecha (u/amatecha)

amatecha commented on A GTA modder has got the 1997 original working on modern PCs and Steam Deck gtaforums.com/topic/98649... · Posted by u/HelloUsername

ohyes · 4 hours ago

I remember when there was a kid who kept installing this and the Chex doom on the school pcs in 7th grade. GTA was pretty controversial as a game even though it is incredibly tame by today’s standards. I’m pretty sure they never caught him.

amatecha · 4 hours ago

I got in trouble for bringing Doom shareware and putting it on one of the computers in the lab at school... worth, though - had half the class exclaiming at the awesomeness until we got busted hahaha

amatecha commented on A GTA modder has got the 1997 original working on modern PCs and Steam Deck gtaforums.com/topic/98649... · Posted by u/HelloUsername

secretballot · 7 hours ago

Similar effect with the Fallout series. A whole lot of the fanbase has never played any of the three 2D games (Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout Tactics). The series started, for them, with Fallout 3.

I’m kinda that way with Elder Scrolls. My first one was III (Morrowind) and I’ve still never played the first two.

amatecha · 4 hours ago

Yeah, for me, Fallout 1 and 2 are the definitive Fallout games (ignoring Tactics as I never played it). I felt like 3 and onward were like Elder Scrolls total conversions, and I always saw them as "spiritual successors" but not exactly cut from the same cloth, or something. Like, same universe, but very different style and feel, and far less memorable or influential to me. Of course I played the first two games at a far more impressionable age, but the actual atmosphere of the games was a lot more gritty and impactful, even comparing the "eras" today.

amatecha commented on Wirth's Revenge jmoiron.net/blog/wirths-r... · Posted by u/signa11

Attrecomet · 3 days ago

This could not be a more picture perfect example of a Wirth-suboptimal engeneering decision as per the article if it were designed for that. The amount of slowdown to run to the emails, wait for reception, open, copy, paste instead of using the sensible flow of password manager integration is huge. But people will use wasteful processes if they just don't need to change them, so what are you gonna do?

amatecha · 2 days ago

well, yeah, I mean a local 2fa code app (or integrated passwd manager as you say) is definitely simpler. the "just enter an email and paste in the code you got emailed" is the most foolproof because people don't lose access to their email nearly as often as they lose their phone (2fa app) or forget their password. /shrug

amatecha commented on Wirth's Revenge jmoiron.net/blog/wirths-r... · Posted by u/signa11

sevensor · 4 days ago

I know competent adults whose login flow for most websites is “forgot password.” Might be better off writing your passwords on post it notes at that point.

amatecha · 4 days ago

I've seen a few sites where the login flow is simply entering your email address and you get a time-limited login link sent to you. You never create any password at all. I was skeptical at first but I've found it seems to work pretty decently.

amatecha commented on Iran rounds up thousands in mass arrest campaign after crushing unrest reuters.com/world/middle-... · Posted by u/mhb

lukan · 9 days ago

Is reuters anywhere paywalled?

amatecha · 9 days ago

Yes, I just got "Subscribe to Reuters to continue reading." paywall after scrolling down into the page a bit. I could probably delete the element/scrim and make the page scrollable again with dev tools, but yeah... either way. (I assume that's also why https://neuters.de/ exists)

amatecha commented on GOG: Linux "the next major frontier" for gaming as it works on a native client xda-developers.com/gog-ca... · Posted by u/franczesko

eikenberry · 9 days ago

Convenience is 100% Steam’s most important feature. Finding games, installing them, updating, auto-login, cloud saves, probably more that I can’t think of right now.

amatecha · 9 days ago

Yeah, I'm remembering the time immediately before Steam launched, getting a computer set up with games for a LAN party or whatever, someone sharing a folder of installers/updates from their HDD so everyone could be on the same version and whatnot. .. and that was the best-case scenario. Sometimes you just don't play a certain game because half the people have a different version or whatever haha

amatecha commented on Proton spam and the AI consent problem dbushell.com/2026/01/22/p... · Posted by u/dbushell

davidee · 16 days ago

I've been using proton for a year after migrating from Rackspace and I'm done. Not because of this article, but I might as well pile on:

1. I use a custom domain.

Turns out that there are two competing features, not-at-all documented. If you use a catch-all, like I do, AND use specific addresses for sending, the two are incompatible to some degree. Which is bonkers.

Example: with a catchall I can create any address I want (and I do). Some store wants an email for a big discount, cool, here's a throwaway. Buying something online, here's a throwaway.

Now sometimes, I need to reply using that throwaway. Turns out in Proton, this triggers a gotcha. As soon as I add the throwaway email to my list of email addresses for sending, I enter a world with a limit of 10 max.

That's fine, I can disable them right?

Nope, it turns out if I disable them in order to add aothers, Proton blocks those addresses *even though I have a catch-all*. WHAT?? Worse, if I try to delete the addresses, Proton will also delete the associated messages in my Inbox/folders. Excuse me?

2. What really pushed me away: Search.

Whatever proton is using under the hood is easily the worst search experience I've ever had from a mail product, and I use Thunderbird on my work machine.

Notable: Proton Bridge. I get why, but it's just terrible.

So many rough edges. Just not worth it.

amatecha · 16 days ago

Yeah, even when you turn on "enable local cache of emails", the search is still terrible.

What's pretty surprising to me is that for everything they say about privacy etc., getting Mail Plus gives you nothing better than a free user in terms of VPN options. That was the case in their previous set of plans, too - I've been paying for Proton for some years now, at a cost of like $100-150/yr, and only ever had the same level of VPN offering from them as a free user, which is pretty lame.

amatecha commented on Proton spam and the AI consent problem dbushell.com/2026/01/22/p... · Posted by u/dbushell

nxtbl · 17 days ago

Sounds like they just don't care about privacy, do they? Guess showing them https://i.redd.it/0imry50rxy961.png still won't change anything..

amatecha · 16 days ago

The graphic has an error: in the Signal box, "Phone number" should be included.

amatecha commented on Proton spam and the AI consent problem dbushell.com/2026/01/22/p... · Posted by u/dbushell

chc4 · 17 days ago

I saw a Mastodon tweet a while ago, which went something like:

Do tech companies understand consent?:

- [ ] Yes

- [ ] Ask me again in a few days

amatecha · 16 days ago

I like to frame it like this: "ask me later" is rape culture. It promotes and reinforces a culture of never taking "no" for an answer, and pushing one's agenda/intent regardless of the preference/consent of the other party/parties.

amatecha commented on Spotify won court order against Anna's Archive, taking down .org domain arstechnica.com/tech-poli... · Posted by u/voxadam

dang · 18 days ago

Recent and related. Others?

Anna's Archive loses .org domain after surprise suspension - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46497164 - Jan 2026 (358 comments)

Spotify reportedly investigating Anna's Archive's scraping of their library - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46355793 - Dec 2025 (82 comments)

Backing up Spotify - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46338339 - Dec 2025 (701 comments)

amatecha · 18 days ago

IMO also recent and related: NVIDIA Contacted Anna’s Archive to Secure Access to Millions of Pirated Books - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46677628 - Jan 2026 (153 comments)