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8:00 PM
I 100% respect it if you guys think I'm being too harsh again, but this is also the same from Dewi here.
 
I don't see what the problem with his answer is. He's stating a way to get a bald dweller.
 
But that does not answer the question. I have said that multiple times.
 
Yeah, it's a little obtuse in relation to the question in the title, but they do answer the question
 
It does answer the question. I think the issue is that the asker has a specific problem but is trying to frame it in general terms as well.
You do kind of badger the guy in the comments.
 
@Texenox It is an answer, though. They want to know if they can get a dweller with a specific attribute "faster [than just waiting for one to randomly appear]". The answer says that you can do so by breeding
 
8:03 PM
> Hello @BugRaptor , now Xamarin free and supports for Xamarin forms, but as free as lasts 30 days, my recommendation is my opinion, and I recommend that you use windows 8 or higher, so you wont have problems, I don´t think anything will happen in w7 but it is best to discard
downvote -1 VTC
MY RECOMMENDATION IS MY OPINION
 
They don't word it in the clearest way, but it does provide an answer to the question
 
Well, I suppose you do have a point there.
 
I think you need to take a break from commenting, Tex.
 
Buh.
Ohh, bloody hell.
 
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Q: How does Windows 10 allow Microsoft to spy on you?

Zviad GabroshviliWindows 10 is perhaps the most Internet-connected and cloud-centric operating system released by Microsoft to date. This, of course, has caused many users to be concerned about how the OS respects their privacy (or doesn't). Multiple sources are now claiming that this OS reports user data to Mic...

heh.
 
8:05 PM
You're right, @twobugs.
 
@Rapitor This is a great question and the top voted answer is amazing.
Accepted answer is funny because of how knee jerk and silly it is
 
@twobugs and completely incorrect
They quoted a technical preview agreement as though it was actual policy for the release version
 
@murgatroid99 Yep, it's basically just "a bloo bloo microsoft evil"
 
Now I'm incredibly pissed off.
At myself.
 
@Texenox Don't be. It's just a mistake. Everyone makes them.
 
8:06 PM
@twobugs And it's been on the hot list since it was asked
 
There is no evidence that Micro$oft didn't leave their spyware in is shot
 
@Unionhawk There's no evidence that the US government isn't watching your house right now
 
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@twobugs And I know that someone must have been keeping a track record on the mistakes I made in the past month.
 
@murgatroid99 the fact that i'm not in jail is proof enough
 
8:07 PM
Pfft. Google is watching my house right now.
 
Probably more than I could've counted.
 
@murgatroid99 Yes, the infinity hitler theorem and whatnot
 
@Texenox Is it you?
 
@Texenox I really doubt anyone is doing that. I know this might not help too much coming from a random stranger on the 'net but just take a breather. It's okay.
 
Fine.
@murgatroid99 Well, I had at one point kept note of a few times.
 
8:09 PM
You don't need to beat yourself up over mistakes. Trust me. I do it all the time as well.
 
And now I've lost count.
 
And believe me, I make a lot of mistakes.
 
mistakes are good
but steaks are better
 
You're right, I've only been here for two months. I can still fix up.
 
I'm not trying to downplay anything you're experiencing, I'm just trying to put things in perspective.
 
8:10 PM
Everyone makes mistakes. The important thing is to learn from them
 
Okay.
Now would one of you guys clear things up a hit with Dewi? I'm too embarrassed to keep being involved in the discussion.
bit*
 
@Texenox That already happened
 
It's smoothed over now. Water under the bridge.
 
ho ho ho
 
Speaking of water.
 
8:13 PM
@twobugs damnit, did the sewage pipes burst again? I don't think it's water under us
 
@Rapitor Speaking of hot network questions
4
Q: How NOT gate generates power

The KingIf I understand rightly NOT gates inverts the input. when the input is "ON" I can imagine the gate stopping the flow of current. But how does the gate generates flow of current when the input is OFF. Sorry if I have grossly misunderstood something. Electronics is not my subject, so can you ple...

 
Wow, I didn't even mean it like that.
 
MAGIC IS HOW
OBVIOUSLY
 
@twobugs we occasionaly point out the fact that the bridge is the name of the chatroom
 
hwat
 
8:14 PM
There was an academics.se hot network question earlier where the guy was like "Hey I got my degree... what if I just don't pay my tuition? PS: PLZ ignore the ethics and morals"
 
@twobugs 't was linked, wasn't that on another .se site?
 
@twobugs i think jail happens
 
@Rapitor Apparently someone didn't notice there's more than just an IN and an OUT pin in your standard NOT gate
 
@KevinvanderVelden Yeah, I linked it earlier because it was honestly one of the most insane questions I've seen
 
8:15 PM
@Unionhawk or they only know about the idealized NOT gate
 
Or that
 
This is a chat room? I thought it was a text version of a conference bridge
 
It was on the verge of being like "lifehack: you don't have to pay for anything!"
 
That's what we tell our bosses
 
If you don't actually work with electronics, a NOT gate is a triangle and a circle with an IN arrow and an OUT arrow
 
8:17 PM
@murgatroid99 I'm not smart enough to work with hardware, I just hit my face against the keyboard until sometimes compiles
 
I kekt at this whole conversation.
And now I must depart, for the battery on this phone is at a dangerously low level.
 
Science! One step closer to room temperature superconductors: nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature14964.html 203 degrees K (but requires high pressures)
 
@Texenox you need MOAR NOT GATES
 
gnight lads
 
So in the future, if you smell rotten eggs: It might just be your superconductor leaking
 
8:19 PM
@KevinvanderVelden Ooh, nice
 
@KevinvanderVelden yes, definitely not the aftereffectscof what the guy in the next cube had for lunch
 
@GodEmperorDune I might also need some NOT gates for my brain because FUCK SLEEP
 
Sleep is great. I wish I could sleep more
 
I meant for tonight.
Generally, I like sleep.
Anyways, PHONE, BATTERY, GOTTA GO.
 
@GodEmperorDune that sounds like a plan, I shall go bother my bed for some vivid hallucinations and then probably amnesia
 
8:20 PM
@murgatroid99 I bought a 970 with the bonus of buying it at the time Batman: Arkham Knight. Newegg is doing a deal where if you got Batman: Arkham Knight or AC: Unity, you can get MGS 5 for free. I am sure I'll get it. I asked you guys because you know more than Newegg customer support about videogames. Amazon is doing a similar thing for people who bought a 960 or better. — mugen2099 5 mins ago
 
Cya chat!
 
gnight lads
 
Now there are graphics cards involved
 
I think it's pretty cool that we've come to the point where people are expecting extra free bonuses because the free bonus they got wasn't good enough
 
@murgatroid99 THE PLOT THICKENS!!!!!
 
8:21 PM
@murgatroid99 I would interpret the second deal as "if you bought either game"
 
@Unionhawk As would anyone rational, I believe
 
Not "if you receive it as a bonus"
 
@twobugs you pay for the bonuses one way or another
 
@Unionhawk Well, I don't know. Maybe we should check Newegg
 
@GodEmperorDune True, but when you describe it as a bonus yourself...
The whole situation just seems a little surreal to me
Damn it, this coding is really pissing me off. I'm so absurdly close to it doing exactly what I want but there are all these undocumented caveats that keep coming back to bite me
 
8:24 PM
Oh, wait, I think I get it. They know they're getting MGS5. They want to know whether they're going to get the preorder bonuses for MGS5.
Because they got a free bonus pre-release copy of MGS 5 because their other free bonus game wasn't good enough
 
Generally preorder bonus's are via the vendor right
and not the manufacturer of said package
So you're unlikely to get a free bonus with the free bonus ....
 
8:40 PM
I agree. And they should really be asking the vendor
 
Ooh what is this magical place?
 
> The Bridge
> General Arqade chat room, wherein we meanwhile links, verb words, unhack life, fail to meet our sky-high standards in post quality with gusto and avoid thinking about fredley.
 
Meh, well, yes, MOTD asides.
 
If someone can read that description and tell what this place is, then they are a better person than I.
 
I know some of those words.
 
8:42 PM
I don't think I could come up with a more accurate description
 
Hang on
room topic changed to The Bridge: General Arqade chat room, wherein we meanwhile links, verb words, unhack life, fail to meet our sky-high standards in post quality with gusto and fail to come up with better descriptions. [++alcohol] [+order] [-context] [-fun] [-games] [jin-fanclub] [lazers] [-popcorn] [-uni] [-xd]
Perfect.
 
Why don't we like popcorn again? IS that a reddit reference?
 
There was drama, people were popcorn giffing, @AshleyNunn said "you're not helping" and thus it was codified into tags
 
Plus the kernels get stuck in your teeth
Autocorrect almost put that to kerbals
 
8:51 PM
Poor Jeb.
 
@GodEmperorDune Ah-ha! You're the Kraken!
 
@SaintWacko yes, and I hunger for MOAR SNACKRIFICES
 
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9:39 PM
@Sterno wants me to get mad at everything again?
I'd oblige, but I have this thing where I have to actually work for my paycheck. :P
But I will do this much:
I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is about Newegg's policies. We are not Newegg experts, we are video game experts. — Frank 1 min ago
 
-1
Q: Creating Blueprints

gillesBRobocraft does not have a sandbox build mode yet(?), in which you can basically build whatever you want, regardless the Robo Point costs of the cubes. This is really unfortunate as I am always running out of Robo Points, when I am half way through with my robot. Therefore, does anybody know anot...

 
@Frank as I spend more time in the review queue, I begin to see your side of things
 
@GodEmperorDune I prefer a more focused approach on actual gameplay issues. It's not a popular opinion, but I'm okay with that.
@Lazers2.0 That's so developer intent it's not even funny.
Bridge, how could you have failed me so?
 
@Texenox this is a great example of a comment that delivers the news without any hostility
Sorry, gilles. This is a software recommendation, and we don't do recommendations here. — Frank 2 mins ago
 
this may make people upset (actually it probably will), but 4chan is at it again
grab your popcorn
 
9:53 PM
 
4chan is always at it, for varying definitions of "it"
 
@Rapitor so 4chan can photoshop the popcorn pounds right off me? No thank you, sir
 
@GodEmperorDune oh you.
 
@Rapitor no u
Wait...
 
@murgatroid99 most of the time they keep to themselves
 
9:55 PM
@Rapitor Or do what they're doing here, and make it look like someone else is leading the charge when it actually hits social media
It's like the annual "fake iPhone feature that actually breaks your phone" they do
 
user15026
@Rapitor throws rocks and goes back to camping
 
those are great though
 
@AshleyNunn you come out of camping for this?
 
user15026
Nah that's just what greeted me
 
that said, pretty talented with photoshop
 
9:57 PM
They must be wizzards
 
user15026
I mostly just found Internet long enough to clear out the 500 work emails I have from 2 days of being away
 
So I think we have a clear winner in the "Coffee is overrated/underrated" star contest
 
user15026
Aww, I can't see stars on my phone :p
 
AT 2 STARS VERSUS 1, I DECLARE "COFFEE IS UNDERRATED" TO BE THE WINNER
THIS CONCLUDES THE STAR BATTLE SPONSORED BY PORK: THE OTHER WHITE MEAT
 
6 hours ago, by fredley
Coffee is rated.
4 stars
Coffee is underrated loses
 
10:00 PM
Posted after the star battle was called.
 
It's double the coffee is underrated
 
wouldn't underrated still fall into rated.
 
All star battle entries must be in before the battle is declared.
Unknown errors will continue until morale improves.
 
you're an unknown error.
 
@Unionhawk the star battle needs an unbiased judge
Not one who is entirely wrong on all things
 
10:02 PM
NUMBERS AREN'T BIASED FRIEND
 
You wanna know what's biased? @Unionhawk
 
@Unionhawk you can't spell H8 without 8, m8
 
@Frank No u
 
@Unionhawk I never said I wasn't.
 
@GodEmperorDune Something something, The H8ful 8.
Thank god they haven't marketed it like that so far.
 
10:06 PM
@Yuuki trailer looks good for that one
 
@Yuuki wat
 
@Unionhawk New Tarantino movie called The Hateful Eight.
 
@Unionhawk I see you have no comback for my h8 - 8 remark. I declare victory
 
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@GodEmperorDune Oh yeah, well... your face!@!
I can't wait to get to school where the WiFi is not the worst
 
10:21 PM
There's currently an exploit in the wild to run homebrew on your 3DS.
For those interested.
 
@Frank that's interesting, YouTube is one of the exploit vectors
 
@murgatroid99 Yeah, through what looks like DNS redirects.
 
There must also be some sort of sandbox escape
Otherwise there would be too many layers of abstraction to make playing games impractical
 
@murgatroid99 I think it just redirects one specific URL, and Nintendo's eShop URLs.
 
From what it says they rediret the DNS queries to a server of their own which can then initiate a "Firmware" update required in order to run the app
And send you Their firmware to install on your 3DS
 
10:32 PM
@James oh, that makes sense
 
:)
 
But the part about redirecting you to a firmware selection page seems odd, in that case
That doesn't seem like a mechanism that would exist in a pre-existing firmware update feature
So there must be some sort of remote code execution vulnerability in the YouTube app.
 
Its common now a days actually
Scenario: You buy a release day console, dont use it for 2 years for some reason, and then put in a disc/game/whatever that is new
It will say that you need to update the firmware in order to continue
 
@James Yeah, I know
 
Most of the time they have that firmware on the disc.. But for the games that are download only, they have to have a download mechanism
 
10:36 PM
What I'm saying is "Why would that screen ask you to select a firmware version?"
 
@James This is capable on the latest firmware.
 
Cause its connecting to a fake Youtube server saying a version update is now required
 
@James what?
 
Its then either using that same mechanism or a default mechanism for finding the latest version of the firmware, which they also redirect to themselves
 
@murgatroid99 It probably says there's a firmware version 9.9 available or something.
Which then feeds it the homebrew through Nintendo's own update process.
 
10:38 PM
I am so confused
 
@Frank Yeah. I am just saying that mechanism to require a firmware version is part of almost every console OS in existence ???
Hell they have submission deadline cutoffs to get your games released on specific versions of the console OSes
Caused us all sorts of trouble on transformers 2 as it was developed on a version that it was not going to be released on.
 
All I'm saying is that something is asking what version you currently have, and that something has to be the YouTube app, which means that there is some sort of remote execution vulnerability to make the YouTube app decide what firmware to download based on interactions with the app.
 
@murgatroid99 Ok, the TL;DR version. All consoles have a firmware update path. They are simply hijacking that to tell your 3DS it needs to udpate and then giving you their firmware instead of nintends.
No, its outside of the youtube app
 
@James Then why does it require the YouTube app?
 
Only one version requires the youtube app
And I can promise you the only reason they are targeting it is because its 1) Free and B) They figured out the IPs that it connects to
As soon as it makes that connection though then youtube is out of the picture
 
10:42 PM
That doesn't make any sense
 
Sure it does
I dont implement Sonys or Nintendos or anyone else's firmware check
 
I could figure out the IPs any app connects to with wireshark
 
I just say 'My software was released for this version'
All that checking and confirmation and stuff is then just the firmware doing its thing
 
OK, what I've been trying to ask is: what kind of firmware updater asks the user what version of the firmware they have?
 
Id actually almost bet that if you had any other internet required piece of software, changed your DNS settings to that one they specify, that it would likely do this
Unless they have it specifically limited to the product code of the Youtube app
 
10:45 PM
@Arperum I just logged on to check and I have 4 pieces of inna's and the crudest boots. Without ally I have 786k damage and with the 2 allies with fire rune and inna's set effect it goes to 1,094k, which is roughly 786 * 1.4
 
@murgatroid99 Someone's idea of a flexible system used for unintended means? :)
 
@James or it's part of the exploit
 
@murgatroid99 It may be something they can trigger off of the changes to the SD card you have to do
But.. Well whoever made That decision should be Fired.
a hijackable firmware check is bad enough
 
what?
 
A selection menu (debug options?) is horribad.
 
10:46 PM
@James or it's part of the exploit
 
But letting SD card overrides of the firmware flow?? That is just stupid
@murgatroid99 Yeah I know that is what you are saying.. Im just thinking that very very very unlikely to the point of us having this conversation about it :)
 
@James I thought the SD card was for after the firmware was updated
@James why?
 
@murgatroid99 That is my thought as well.. Sooo not something they are taking advantage of there..
It would likely have to be just part of the normal firmware upgrade path
As mentioned before, a debugging interface option to let developers of either games swap the version of the firmware whenever they want for testing purposes.. Or even for debugging of the firmware update system itself
 
How do you think that debug interface is appearing on a retail machine?
 
@murgatroid99 Because nintendo's devkits are retail machines 90% of the time
Same with Microsoft actually
Retail machine with an addon in place of the harddrive for the 360
 
10:50 PM
Then why is a request to a remote server making it open, when it normally doesn't?
 
Sony is the only one I know of to have custom dev kit solutions
Cause all the default firmware systems out there would never give the console the option of choice?
change 'default' to 'official' and it makes it a more clear statement
 
Wait, the webpage says that you have to select which version you already have, not which version you want to update to.
That wouldn't make any sense in a debug menu
 
@murgatroid99 Indeed
Sure it would, they named their firmware the same name as what its actually called
Display strings are not used for version checking, they are client facing not code facing.
So instead of saynig 'If you have XYZ get ABC' its just
If you have XYZ select XYZ
 
@James who would?
 
@murgatroid99 Not sure what you are asking...
 
10:54 PM
@James I'm not sure what you're saying
Why would a built in firmware updater ask you what version your firmware is?
 
/me makes hacked firmware
/me thinks people who are likely to hack their 3ds can be easily confused
/me names his version of the firmware the same name as the version it will 'patch'
That way people dont have to do any sort of translation.. Its just 'Select the one you have'
 
OK, stop for a second
You just described the behavior of a hacked firmware server, whereas previously you were claiming that this was the existing behavior of built in firmware update software
 
I think you may be overcomplicating the situation is all @murgatroid99 :)
 
So, which is it?
 
I just described why you select the firmware 'name' that matches the one you are already running
That is all
Its not a one or the other, its just addressing that one part of the system you questioned
 
10:57 PM
OK, let's back up for a second
Something is asking you what your firmware version is. What is that something?
 
The automated firmware system
My guess is that it can provide a list of firmwares to update from and to.
 
Why? Why would the automated firmware system ask you that?
 
So people who should be changing firmwares often, can
 
Why wouldn't the automated firmware system already know what version you have?
 
A common debugging tool
^
 
11:00 PM
OK, nothing you've said makes sense to me. I'm just going to stick to what is to me a simpler solution: there is a single remote-execution vulnerability in a single app, and somebody found it.
 
Yeah except that they can do it with 3 apps and only one fo them requires the DNS change
Sure :P
 
@James how else would you get it to read the remote code?
 
@murgatroid99 It looks like the YouTube app is just a limited version of the browser which had a remote code exploit that was fixed in a previous firmware updated, but the app didn't follow suit.
 
@murgatroid99 I am not saying its doing any such thing
 
@James I mean in my scenario
 
11:02 PM
I think your scenario is 100% wrong
I do not think there is a remote-execution vulnerability
I think they have just hijacked the automatic embedded firmware update path
 
I meant that, in my explanation, the DNS is changed so that YouTube, instead of reading the page it normally reads, reads a page with the code execution code
 
@murgatroid99 Thats fine if that is what you think is going on.. I just disagree with that.
I think Frank's initial wording threw things off
 
@TimStone So, what you're saying is that the YouTube app has a remote code exploit, and if someone were to some how make it read a specially crafted page, they could make it do anything?
 
I don't know about anything, but if this is similar to the approach used by the Cubic Ninja hack, then I imagine so.
 
@James You haven't explained why at all. You've just spent the whole conversation telling me I'm wrong
 
11:05 PM
@TimStone It's done by the same guy, so I bet it is.
 
The other two titles don't require the DNS change because their exploit is triggered by locally-read content.
 
@TimStone exactly
 
Sweet Jesus Insomnium are good
@StrixVaria I listened to a bunch of opeth. They're good, but I like Insomnium better
 
@GnomeSlice I've kind of grown out of liking Opeth as much as I used to.
What Insomnium album should I listen to?
 
Above the weeping world
Red one
Listen to track 2 on each for a good idea of what the album is like
I'm listening to their debut album now. Never knew about it before, its amazing. Unbelievable for a first go
 
11:18 PM
Ok, trying out that Insomnium album.
 
@TimStone Ninjahax uses a QR Code and a remote piece of software to be downloaded and executed.
@TimStone Ironhax or whatever actually requires you to do Tubehax First then is a second pass to remove having to have your 3DS connected to the internet all the time.
 
Yes
 
They do indeed all require remote executable code.
 
@StrixVaria I know you probably won't like the vocals but everything else is phenomenal
Like exactly what I want to hear in melodeath
 
@James so, that one uses a specially crafted URL instead of a DNS change to direct the app to the page
 
11:31 PM
@murgatroid99 Yeah they both probably loop around to the same location... Probably tweaked a bit for each use case or some such.. I dunno.. but they both are going out getting code/data and bringing it back
 
Well, you need slightly different data to exploit different programs
Assuming it's a buffer overflow, you need to account for different buffer sizes and whatnot
 
@GnomeSlice These vocals aren't bad.
This band is also less on the doom side than Opeth, which is actually kind of nice.
 
Yeah. I noticed that about them
@StrixVaria how many albums does spotofy have for them?
 
Batman nooooooooooo :(
 
11:49 PM
@murgatroid99 In Cubic Ninja's case the QR code actually represents the compressed level data, but the exploit does eventually download additional payload code (mostly due to the size limitations imposed by using QR codes)
@LessPop_MoreFizz Yeah, this is the worst :(
 
It's like the consoles got together and had a baby
 
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or justa chinese bootleg
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz that sucks
@Fluttershy I was expecting a koume and katake joke
 
11:57 PM
@TimStone Personally, I'm saving my money for a Macrosoft Pleystetion.
 
Gamebox 640
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Never. Never get out of your car on a highway. Unless it's on fire or something, I guess.
 

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