No third world countries.
Guess I'm the exception to this rule, then. Although I don't live in my home country anymore, my third world country passport is allowed.
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jersak commented on Activision’s faulty anti-cheat software blog.mikeswanson.com/post... · Posted by u/mdswanson
Yeah, but then ActiBlizz has been doing the "online only" thing at least since Starcraft 2 (2010), also removing multiplayer not through Blizzard's servers in the process !
And they recently did the same with the Diablo 2 """remaster""", preventing multiplayer-heavy mods running in the regular online mode from operating !! (They are not allowed on battle.net, partially for anti-cheating reasons of course.)
Meanwhile other games still allow normal connection through IP/server name, provide a matchmaking server for players to organize their games, including modded ones, and provide an *optional* ban list for server owners using the official matchmaker to enforce on the worst offenders that in no way affects the singleplayer or the direct connection multiplayer experience !
I've always enjoyed playing and modding D2, so when D2R launched I bought it and again went into modding and what not, all single player. A while after that i got an email saying i had been banned. I tried hopping on a single player game and it worked so i didn't care too much since i don't play online anyways. However, to my surprise, 30 days after the ban when i tried to play i was greeted by a message saying that i had been offline for too long and needed to log back in to "verify ownership" of the game, which i obviously couldnt since i got banned, so i couldn't even play offline/single player.
Luckily i managed to get in touch with an understanding support rep who unbanned me, but not without a "stop modding if you don't wanna get banned again" message, which is absurd. I paid for the game and i should be able to do whatever i want with it within the confines of my own computer.
I've had two fairly detailed, not low-effort, reviews not approved for publication on Amazon.co.uk recently. After the first I swore I'd never bother again (it was pretty high-effort to be honest, relatively) but something got the better of me.
Neither time has there been any indication of what the problem is (I guessed the first one was my reference to a 'knob', as in for turning, which the product had - but couldn't find any such similar Scunthorpe in the second) and even if they did give you some idea, they invite you to start again from scratch - not edit it, it's not saved, not even your photos. I'd love to see click-through metrics on that, does anyone bother?
I had the same experience. Id say they just don't approve most of the reviews.
I would think most (real) people only leave a good review when things go EXTREMELY WELL. Not the same for bad reviews though, which means real people will more often than not leave reviews pointing problems and shortcomings than praising a product. That, at least in my head, would result in less sales and so making the review workflow painful for the user is by design.
jersak commented on Senior engineers are living in the future zerobanana.com/essays/liv... · Posted by u/pierreprinetti
> I'm sure he felt stupid when I pointed it out.
He certainly did. There is no amount of experience that makes people not feel stupid about those. What changes is that you learn to not be affected by it, because you know that it's not a personal flaw (at least not one specific to you), and while you can improve on it, you can't completely fix it.
But the alternating between feeling like the dumbest person on Earth and the smartest person on Earth never goes away.
In those situations i do feel stupid but also feel relieved. Fixing a semi-colon is easier than fixing some major logic flaw that could have way deeper and worse ramifications.
jersak commented on The Portuguese can no longer afford to live in Portugal medium.com/the-portuguese... · Posted by u/nateb2022
Maybe it's just a matter of time? In Canada even the small cities got unaffordable , mainly after COVID started. With the interest rate raise a lot of people are hoping for a crash, some banks are saying it will be up to this 20-40% in some cities. Hopefully that helps. There's no where livable in Canada that is affordable to have a house right now.
Not gonna lie, im considering moving from BC to a farm in NS. With the mortgage i have on a 2 bdr apartment in the lower mainland i can buy up to 3 farms in NS, which is comically sad.
Some highlights:
* We saw geysir, the first geyser known to modern Europeans and the source of the name "geyser" [0]
* We went inside of a volcano [1]
* We did not get fooled by Icelandic polar bears [2]
* We (well, I) ate an average of two hot dogs per day [3]
* We saw a viking home which they unearthed during construction and then built a museum around [4]
* We boiled ourselves like happy lobsters [5]
* We had te og kaffi, which smelled and tasted like the best cafe I'd been to in years [6]
We went in April and were really glad we'd bought sleeping masks for the flight as the midnight sun did throw us for a loop. We were walking down the street one day wondering why all the stores were closed already, then saw a group of young women in glittery dresses and platform heels walking down the street. Checked my phone and it was 11 PM on a Saturday. Oh, okay, clubbing. Right, it's bedtime. Okay.
When we got back from Iceland, my wife was starting a new position at her company where she had to show up at 6:30 AM, so we ended up keeping the same sleep schedule and getting up at 3:30 every morning to have breakfast and commute together. Working in tech meant I had about six hours alone in the office before anyone else really showed up, which was quite peaceful.
Highly recommend Iceland, even if you don't go for New Year's!
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geysir
[1] https://insidethevolcano.com/
[2] https://fooledbyiceland.tumblr.com/
[3] https://theculturetrip.com/europe/iceland/articles/how-this-...
[4] https://reykjavikcitymuseum.is/the-settlement-exhibition/exh...
[5] https://www.bluelagoon.com/
[6] https://goo.gl/maps/QCDLW6DPyLSeKumF9