Game Development

doesn't sound far fetched. The average user given 2 choices, I don't know who gets their vote:
1. Serious candidate with long answers
2. Funny candidate with short funny answers

OKprogrammer

I vote serious most of the time.

Evorlor

all of us in the chat room probably do. But we don't make up the majority

Vaillancourt

Yes. I suppose SE has mechanisms in place to prevent that.

OKprogrammer

That is true. But I’m sure people would now what was the right thing to do.

Evorlor

12:43 PM

i dont think it will play out like that. I just wouldnt be surprised if it did

we should close the "election chatroom" and just move it in here. I don't think this one is too crowded for it

OKprogrammer

That is true. We are a pretty consistent chat. Around 6 people at one time, except on busy days.

user92578

Years ago the room was a lot lot more busier

Evorlor

im usually in gamedev.net discord as my game dev chat. Don't spend much time in here

OKprogrammer

1:37 PM

I originally wasn’t thinking about running for moderator as I’m pretty new to the site, as DMGregory said, but I don’t want a joke mod in charge.

DMGregory

@OKprogrammer That "most" worries me. 😉

OKprogrammer

Yes, there are a few exceptions. Like if it’s your friend as the candidate.

DMGregory

@OKprogrammer Not to worry, the community managers know how to deal with joke candidates. They shouldn't be a problem for us.

OKprogrammer

Ok, that’s good. I really think Tyyppi or Pikalek should run though.

Vaillancourt

1:51 PM

Apparently there is a "flag" feature on the nomination page that I missed before. Looks like it should be used to report bad nomination (and it looks like it has been used for that today--Yay! the system works").

Evorlor

Let's have the election discussion in same place
https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/122951/2021-game-development-moderator-election-chat

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Q: We need more candidates for the 2021 election!

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Vaillancourt

3:29 PM

This question makes me think that I should buy a fireproof safe and a binder, and should keep my passwords there and not in an online service...

A: 2FA: Why do I need to keep my backup codes for each platform on paper?

Writing them to paper is one of the simplest, guaranteed to be safe from malware and hardware failure for the average people. If you have a password manager, usually you can store secure notes too, which can handle backup codes. But if you do that, then attackers who managed to breach your passwo...

OKprogrammer

4:09 PM

That’s gonna make my 1024 character Ravencoin password pretty difficult to type.

Vaillancourt

Yeah. It's a balancing act. How much is this 1024 character sting worth?

You could also store it on a USB key, along with the piece of paper.

user92578

Why in the world is the password 1024 characters

Vaillancourt

AFAIK longer passwords are harder to crack.

user92578

Yeah but the critical entropy is around 256 bits

DMGregory

I was gonna say, unless this is like nuclear codes then you probably don't need quite that much protection. ;)

Vaillancourt

4:18 PM

Maybe it's a trick; they force you to use a long password that you'll not want to write down on paper but will keep it somewhere in a text file in your computer; then they manage to find that file and that password to hack your account.

Conspiracy!

DMGregory

I've heard of folks who bought some Dogecoin way back in the day who now don't have access to the hard drive their credentials were stored on...

Vaillancourt

There was a story ~6months ago where a guy wanted the help of the City to dig a specific location of a dump site, where he though a HDD holding that kind of key was buried. He offered to share the profits 50/50 with the City.

I don't know how this ended...

OKprogrammer

Oof. Well, I just got 50 RVN, which is around $10, so I need a password. And, since this is predicted to replace ETH, I figure I need security.

user92578

Makes me wonder if the underlying hash functions can even use the bits after some predetermined amount

DMGregory