Valve to show SteamVR hardware at GDC - Gamasutra by NorgGameDev in Games

[–]goldcakes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Australia law requires the seller to provide remedies. I have never had a single unresolved issue with an Australian store due to our strong consumer protection laws - live here for a while and see why consumer protection is a good thing.

Oh, we get double the warranty on Apple products because smartphones on a 2 yr contract needs to have a 2 yr warranty.

Valve to show SteamVR hardware at GDC - Gamasutra by NorgGameDev in Games

[–]goldcakes -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I am part of the ACCC lawsuit against Valve for not offering refunds if the game is faulty. I hope they get fucked in court.

Valve to show SteamVR hardware at GDC - Gamasutra by NorgGameDev in Games

[–]goldcakes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The ACCC is involved now. I haven't had a response to my ticket for 2 weeks and I filed a complaint with the ACCC. Got a call a few days later, they asked for my details to add to their lawsuit. Steam support ended up declining the refund after almost a month, very wise.

Valve to show SteamVR hardware at GDC - Gamasutra by NorgGameDev in Games

[–]goldcakes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With eye tracking rendering can be substantially optimised (like, 90%+).

The Darkest Dungeon is being illegally sold on the Windows Game Store. by foamed in Games

[–]goldcakes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oi. Competition is good.

You can get automated refunds on Origin for example.

The Darkest Dungeon is being illegally sold on the Windows Game Store. by foamed in Games

[–]goldcakes -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Dude make Windows 10 stop being awful on actual computers. Microsoft is not going to sell, and has not sold tablets by forcing tablet UI onto us.

The Darkest Dungeon is being illegally sold on the Windows Game Store. by foamed in Games

[–]goldcakes -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

How can I disable Windows Store URLs activating the store app? I want to keep this widnows store junk away from everything else. It is not a URL association in Firefox.

Did Mozilla actually hard code this link inside firefox's source?!

Suburban Chicago police pay 2 BTC ransom to unencrypt their files by WinkleviBitcoinTrust in Bitcoin

[–]goldcakes 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Nah, nowhere close. There are dozens of cryptolocker variants including one that infects all files, of all extensions, except a whitelisted number of files that are essential for the base OS to work.

Malware distribution is rarely done by the author. The way it works is that malware writers pay for infections.

Brandis: Australian government to create body to monitor social media and take down terrorist propaganda by robot_batman in australia

[–]goldcakes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a hacking magazine. Pretty much everyone who subscribes to it is an anarchist or libertarian tbh

If I buy a game from a studio that no longer exists, where does the money go? by Hieuro in Games

[–]goldcakes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pretty much every contract has gross sales splits or bonuses to incentivize developers to make a game that sells well.

Been accepting Bitcoin for 2 months, received 168 BTC sales; done ~$25,000 USD sales in same time! NSFW Charity Parody. by parasocks in Bitcoin

[–]goldcakes -26 points-25 points  (0 children)

No, but Canadian dollar is not a rip off of the US dollar that leeched off the development and 85% of the code.

The people who make altcoins are not interested in innovating cryptocurrency. They're just interested in making profit for themselves by making a shiny new altcoin, and trying to be early adopters. The real innovation is coming from building upon the bitcoin network. Take a look at Lighthouse's assurance contracts, or sidechains, or coinjoin. You do not need a new altcoin.

Been accepting Bitcoin for 2 months, received 168 BTC sales; done ~$25,000 USD sales in same time! NSFW Charity Parody. by parasocks in Bitcoin

[–]goldcakes -55 points-54 points  (0 children)

I'd have bought for $5 but then I saw you also accept Litecoin and Dogecoin. I closed the tab instead.

Like it or not, I am a bitcoin holder, and I do not welcome competition. I'm not going to support any business that accepts altcoins. Think carefully about the real cost of accepting altcoins.

Bitfinex liquidity providing question by Abell68 in BitcoinMarkets

[–]goldcakes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You get interest, calculated per hour (rounded up), minus 15% which BFX takes.

Regular coffee consumption contributes to DNA integrity by Mister_Cupcake in science

[–]goldcakes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

were randomized to consume daily for 4 weeks either 750 ml of fresh coffee brew or 750 ml of water

Read the fucking paper.

DeathAndTaxes has a brilliant posting on the Bitcointalk Forum. This is a must read for everyone regarding the 1MB blocksize cap. by mastermind1228 in Bitcoin

[–]goldcakes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We need to hard fork Bitcoin before the new 1mb+ blocks. Otherwise, game theory wise no pool would want to test the waters themselves.

I find it comedic that people think Bitcoin can be the currency of the future, yet those same people oppose increasing the block size from 1 MB to 20 MB. You can't have a currency of the future that only handles 7 transactions per second. by scotty321 in Bitcoin

[–]goldcakes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, because 0confirms are fine and are commonly accepted. (reddit, namecheap, etc)

I suggest reading the Bitcoin white paper, especially the abstract on how it is specifically designed to ALLOW microtransactions: http://www.bitcoin.orgm/bitcoin.pdf

I find it comedic that people think Bitcoin can be the currency of the future, yet those same people oppose increasing the block size from 1 MB to 20 MB. You can't have a currency of the future that only handles 7 transactions per second. by scotty321 in Bitcoin

[–]goldcakes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But Bitcoin transfers are not wire transfer. They clear with reasonable assurance within 10 mins. There is no reason why you cannot pay for a cup of coffee, or even a $0.05 microtip. Ultra pruning means the blockchain size can remain a gigabyte pretty much forever.

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