wiki-user: car

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Cake day: July 13th, 2023

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  • I use the back buttons as alternative shoulder buttons.

    My right bumper button broke and I can’t find cheap replacement daughterboards, so bandaid it is. I can’t just solder in a new switch because the leads on the PCB broke. Seems to be a failure common mode for the bumpers if you ever hit the corner or drop it. The way the bumper is designed transfers the full force directly to the PCB instead of to the shell or any actual structural component.




  • I would not say

    any self-respecting malware writer will download [powertools] and…

    I’m not as familiar with mass-market malware, but APT-level gear generally doesn’t try to make use of such easily observed events. The more network traffic malware appropriates, the greater the probability that it’s caught.

    Simply put, Powertools puts several functions within arms reach for malware looking to stay under the radar. Without it, malware needs to bring more of its own code which increases footprint. Living off the land exploits in particular love the presence of these kinds of programs







  • I can’t imagine that’s any fun to deal with.

    “You should have known what the intent of the question was. Management won’t know or care about the internals of your code as long as it meets requirements. You have failed this test.”

    Or

    “You should know that you’re calling a function with invalid parameters. Where did you get your CS degree from again?”



  • Maybe. It was up to around $150 or $200 off during Black Friday last year in the US.

    Bigger issue is that there’s not a whole lot of software for it. Why buy a PSVR2 for a console that’s mid life with little to no roadmap of future content, and no plans for at the very least porting PSVR1 media?

    Even worse is that as Sony likes to demonstrate, cross compatibility is up to their convenience. If you buy a PS5-priced VR headset, it might be relegated to a PS5. Can’t use it with your computer. Probably can’t user it with a PS6.



  • Why should the interviewee assume that?

    This could very well be a test to see if the applicant has an idea of how a project scales or how they need to interact with other departments or track down compliance information. It could also test the applicant’s ability to provide a sanity check to a boss’s idea before they pitch something that the team can’t actually do






  • I’d love for Blizzard to pursue a genuine passion project. Ask the Microsoft overlords for a few years to put out something not beholden to sales expectations or profit. They can devote a small team to make something that they want to while the rest of the company continues on with its soulless corporate entertainment fabricator to fund the creative projects. You need creative projects to keep the workforce engaged.

    If nothing else, Activision Blizzard was seen as a greedy, profit-driven machine which continually pushed out semi-entertaining products with en emphasis on FOMO micro-transactions and monetization schemes. Blizzard is a shell of what it once was.

    Let them get back to their roots. Let them focus on engagement and fun.