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> and some tinkering needed for Diablo 4/Battle.net

Funnily this is the same thing I tried to do just last month, Installed CachyOS after not having Linux on my desktop for a very long time, tried installing Battle.net and just ran into too many issues and haven't come back yet (to be honest I didn't try too many avenues to fix it).

If you don't mind me asking what was the tinkering you had to do to make this work? Thanks!


I added the battle.net installer as a non steam game in steam and it just worked. Proton is really good.


I was trying to do it through Lutris, I'll give a non-steam game in Steam a shot, thanks a lot!


I moved from pihole to Technitium a few months back because I wanted more DNS features than just adding A and CNAME records.

For example the split horizon features to return different responses to DNS queries depending if I'm connected to my Tailscale network or not has been pretty slick.

I documented that process here in case anyone is interested: https://blog.jamesbrooks.net/posts/technitium-dns-server-wit...


Excellent write-up. As a Tailscale + Pi-hole user you may have just inspired me to switch to Technitium. I’ve wanted that kind of split horizon functionality for years, for all sorts of things!


If you opt to use import-maps I think you can get away without needing node these days, though then you're using import maps and have to deal with that can of worms.


I came to write exactly this comment, specifically I wanted to check what the pricing for forward geocoding was, as I've got a very significant monthly Google Maps bill for geocoding and if Radar gives results which are 95% as good as Google's at a cheaper price then I'd be jumping


Hi, there are much more affordable geocoding options: https://opencagedata.com


why do so many people rely on Google for this? ArcGIS is vastly superior and much cheaper.


ESRI is as evil as Google (if not worse). If pricing is the only consideration, maybe ESRI is the way to go, but I would take other aspects into account, too (e.g. walled-garden signals, tricking customers, software-lock-in).


Would love to chat. Worth considering best solution given tradeoffs: Cost, coverage, customization options, enterprise-readiness


I believe the point is that Op doesn't _want_ to chat. I believe the originally point is you should be up front and _clear_ with your pricing rather than trying to force a conversation.


Yep, I get it. Working on a self-serve pricing calculator. Reality is that enterprise convos do make sense at sufficient scale. If it does here, our inbox is open!


You get that they don't want to chat but circle right back around into 'our inbox is open' lol

Odd


Often, if a company has "Contact Sales" on their pricing page it's because they only want customers who have a budget big enough to warrant contacting sales.

At an early stage, it's often easier and more lucrative to build for and support a few large customers than many small ones.


Yeah I understand that, I was just amused at the extent to which the guy was convincingly impersonating a half-bright chatbot


Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir (top recommendation of the year)

Sanderson's Skyward Flight series (a few things came out this year, it's young-adult but thoughtfully enjoyable and easy to consume).

I read a few Asimov's this year I hadn't gotten around to, but the two that really stood out were 'The Gods Themselve's and 'The End of Eternity'.

(I primarily read to sci-fi/fantasy)


Project Hail Mary is such an awesome book. Great buildup, an intriguing plot slowly unfolding with an inquisitive problem solver caught in the middle. I would recommend this book to anyone and everyone.


Currently in the midst of this audio book… very fun and entertaining. You know it is great when you look for reasons to get in the car or do the dishes/ laundry just so you can continue listening.


The first third of The Gods Themselves could be written now and one might interpret it as being about our approach to climate change, it's just such a great examination of the problem of negative externalities, I had to re-read the start of the middle third a bunch of times before I grokked it but when I did it I was impressed with how well he gave us a means to empathy to those characters and their point of view (after struggling to figure out what the heck I was reading!).


Big fan of Sanderson here.

Also love how fellow devs such as Andy Weir and Ernest Cline (Ready Player One) are coming up with great novels.


Affected Optus customer here (received email indicated I was impacted). They never had my passport details (there have been some links going around when logged in to see the payload of your PI involved in the breach) but they certainly have my name, address, phone number and drivers license number in the data.

Fortunately we're able (in South Australia) to get our drivers licenses changed over free of change if impacted, which I'll do but now that's something else I need to get around to doing... I wonder how many of these costs will be forwarded on to Optus on behalf of the goverment


Also in SA, and also contacted by Optus. The thing that shits me is that I haven’t been a customer in a couple of years. They really shouldn’t have details unnecessarily stored unless there is some government requirement.


Same over here, over five years since I left, more than the required time they're required to hold information for.


That’s what happens when you don’t have a clear legislation like Europe’s GDPR.


why in the world did a telco need your drivers license in the first place? i assume you don't have to be a licensed driver to get phone service in australia.

edit: hn is rate limiting me but like, any phone number? you need id even for a prepaid one? and why do they need to keep this on file?


In addition to what other siblings already said, in Australia we have a scoring system to prove your identity (called "100 point identification") and depending on the score needed, drivers licence can get you there so it's used very often. This system is for Government entities but private companies often take inspiration from it

This is the SA version since GP is from South Australia, all other states have the same thing too https://www.police.sa.gov.au/services-and-events/100-point-i...


An interesting thing is that "100 point ID" applies to physical documents, but somehow it's been conflated with the number on the document being equivalent. One is obviously more easily copied than the other, and scales better for fraudulent use.


It's much cheaper to make a computer check the number than pay the post office to sight and verify ID docs.


Australia doesn't have any kind of national ID card, so a driver's license is the most commonly used form of primary ID.


Most (all?) states have a proof-of-age card which is functionally equivalent to a drivers license for ID purposes.

https://www.sa.gov.au/topics/driving-and-transport/licences/...


True; but most adults have a drivers' license instead. I don't think I know anyone who has a proof-of-age card.


'functionally equivalent' except where it's not.

There's a bunch of places where they've got some sort of ID requirement that only accepts either a licence or passport.

There's a really big assumption in this country that you must have a driver's license, and if you don't well then difficulties arise.


The best bit though, it will have a CRN on it. This CRN is the same as your drivers license. (at least in qld)

This means using a Drivers License / Proof of Age card is functionaly equivilant.


You have prove your identity to get a phone service. Drivers license is one way of doing that.


Verification of Identity. That's what these documents are used for. It's also why they're so dangerous.


Shouldn't this be stored temporary with the document deleted straight after passing verification?


To get a mobile number in Australia you need to identify yourself with government ID.


Why do they keep it after opening your account / activating your SIM, though?


Because they're irresponsible. There's no reason to hang on to this information once they've verified it.


That’s incorrect. They are obligated by law to retain it for 6-7 years for KYC purposes.


KYC for a gd phone number... honestly the whole attacks on E2EE make a lot more sense now with the background of that kinda shady stuff going on beforehand. praying for y'all, hope the digital rights situation gets better there.


I had the exact same experience as you (no passport details leaked). I wonder if the passport data is more for tourists getting Optus sims. Nice to see another South Aussie here!


Well, it will be whatever you used for your 100 points of ID to open an account to begin with. So most people would have used a drivers license. My guess is that the passports is mostly people without a drivers license.


Looks like it fits a similar bill to many existing rails admin frameworks, e.g. https://trestle.io/


Yes, they intersect in features.

The barrier that I'm trying to break and push through is that the result is not a hidden away admin panel where only a small number of core team members go to update some record. The result is a beautiful consumer-ready interface that you give to your user.

Avo is your app. Not a part of your app. Avo is the UI your users see when they go and interact with it.

Thank you for the message.


I still have Ubiquiti wireless equipment but the rest of my network incorporates Mikrotik and I've been really enjoying using it the past few years.


I stand with you.


There are dozens of us! DOZENS!



A lot of noise from changing single-quoted strings to double-quoted strings


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