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flopbob commented on "Privacy preserving age verification" is bullshit pluralistic.net/2025/08/1... · Posted by u/Refreeze5224

michaelt · 19 days ago

Interesting. How does the revocation of lost/stolen cards interact with the anonymous design of the age attestation?

If an enterprising 19-year-old sold their card and PIN to a 15-year-old and reported it lost to get a replacement, presumably there's some mechanism to stop the 'lost' card being used as proof of age?

flopbob · 19 days ago

That would be an unlikely scenario. No one would just sell their ID just like that because you have to go to the police to make a report on what happened exactly which then gets distributed in whole Europe and also getting a new ID is quite a procedure and costly unfortunately

flopbob commented on Discontinued and unreleased Microsoft peripherals revived by licensing deal arstechnica.com/gadgets/2... · Posted by u/oldgradstudent

Dalewyn · 2 years ago

I would kill for a USB re-release of the venerable Microsoft Sidewinder 3D Pro, still the best joystick I have ever used.

In fact, I still have mine in the closet. The only reason I haven't used it is because no computer these days has a game port. Maybe I should investigate USB adapters...?

flopbob · 2 years ago

Even if you would, the games don't support it anymore. It really was the best joystick I've eveused

flopbob commented on Grid operator to interfere in Finnish electricity market after bidding error reuters.com/business/ener... · Posted by u/vincnetas

jpalomaki · 2 years ago

So Kinect accidentally told they are selling 5787MWh of energy for the whole Friday, but they don't have this energy. This drove the price to negative. During the afternoon hours the price is -500€/MWh.

Now Kinect needs to try to purchase the energy they have sold from other producers, on the daily market. Some estimates say their losses will be tens of millions of euros.

A reasonable number of consumers are paying the market price for electricity. This might mean you can make few euros by spending electricity. Interesting to see how this works out in practice.

flopbob · 2 years ago

Small correction, they sold 5787 MWh every hour on Friday! So the 24-fold

flopbob commented on Austria rail operator OeBB unveils new night trains techxplore.com/news/2023-... · Posted by u/PaulHoule

albert180 · 2 years ago

Because it's unprofitable. We need to either accept that we need to subsidise these kind of services for climate protection or ban flights inside the European Union

flopbob · 2 years ago

Afaik did ÖBB manage to reach net zero with night trains pre covid. That would be good enough for me

flopbob commented on The German group buying ticket dodgers out of prison bbc.com/news/world-europe... · Posted by u/vinni2

ivanche · 2 years ago

Oh man, this impossibility to cancel SEPA-Lastschrift based subscription should be criminally charged.

flopbob · 2 years ago

You might want to check your online banking portal thoroughly. I stumbled by accident over a semi-hidden place in mine that listed every SEPA Mandat and let me revoke them

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