Passwords? A relic, and an insecure one at that.

instead of scanning your face (which can be spoofed) or fingerprints (which can be copied), these systems scan the ‘pattern’ of the veins running inside your palm – something that’s unique to you, and absolutely can’t be faked.

Consider me sceptical.

They don’t want you viewing content from friends, they want you viewing content from the brands that pay them

Assuming this article is talking about the USA? This doesn’t sound like the kind of thing that would fly anywhere with half-decent consumer protection laws.

It is and always has been as far as I’m aware

Thank you for doing the hard work!

You can still (for the moment) be patient with Nintendo games if you’re OK buying second hand

I clicked on this because I’ve enjoyed your previous articles, despite not having heard of Gardiner before. Maybe it’s just the kind interests we Lemmy users have, but he’s ticking every box for the kind of thing I like to read!

It runs fine on my WiiU!

You guys are paying $20 to see a single film at the cinema!?

If this joke works in your accent then you have a funny accent ~(not like mine, which is sensible and correct, of course)~

Ah, so the American equivalent of a kebab shop then?

The best time to buy a console is just after its sequel is released, lots of people upgrading and selling their old one with all the games and controllers

So it lets you get so close that you can block the ball from ever leaving the opposition’s side and they get a penalty? Neat, though still requires you to be better at the game than me!

You can view my unedited comment on my instance

Absolutely loved Jazz Jackrabbit (2 specifically), but what the fuck were they thinking calling a character “Spaz”? Apparently the connotations are different in America, but over here that’s a more offensive version of the word “retard”!

That’s a sensible way to buy all video games

Interesting, I’ve been wondering how OSM deals with malicious changes

Not to blow my own trumpet, but I was able to memorise basic type relationships as a small child!

That is a summing-up of the criticism that I’ve seen a few times though: they refuse to accept that their players grow up and only ever aim the games at youngsters, difficulty-wise.

They gave the Heroic Launcher devs an affiliate link, so while they don’t really support Linux they at least approve of it

I remember that being the “feature” which really highlighted the dumbing-down of the game. Work things out for yourself? Look them up? Remember what you’ve learned? No, we’ve solved the puzzle for you, don’t worry.