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Posted by sureanem

Posted by CaptainJistuce
I'm assuming they're using some sort of embedded microcontroller version that runs at something like 200 MHz. I mean, if it is possible for the Z80, it is possible for the 80286.

The article says it runs at 20 MHz, make of it what you will.

Posted by KoiMaxx
I'm curious whether I should that give that a go or not.

Posted by hunterk
I have the opposite issue. I want all games to describe buttons by their Nintendo-sanctioned names. I always screw up quicktime events in xbawks games because they tell me to press 'X' and I start jamming on the top button.

Posted by tomman

See, Soviet Venezuelan banking system was pretty much forced -complete with kicking and screaming along the way- to embrace the joy of mobile payments, just like more civilized countries like Japan or Kenya have been doing since forever (and something USA will never adopt due to heavy corporate interests because God forbid you pay for that soda through interoperable payment standards).

Posted by Kawa
If I ever write another forum software I'll keep that in mind.

Early news reports were inaccurate in attributing the problem to an 80286[238] microprocessor overwhelmed with data. The problem was in fact caused by deliberately flipping five bits in the flight control computer. The bits represent status flags such as whether MCAS is active (which disables the cutout switch), or whether the tail trim motor is energized. Engineers were able to simulate single event upsets and artificially induce MCAS activation by manipulating these signals. Such fault occurs when memory bits are flipped from 0 to 1 or vice versa. This can happen due to cosmic rays striking the microprocessor circuits.[223]

Posted by tomman

Holy shit, yo.

1) Doesn't USA have a banking regulator office or something that can force banks to actually not be complete assholes when talking about paying over anything that isn't a credit/debit card!? (oh, I forgot "interoperability" is a curse word up there).

2) Wow, you guys still rely on magstripes. I can't even... Your banking system is indeed masochist by design then.

Posted by tomman
We've got the RGB LED craze everywhere inside of our PRO GEAR SPEC TYPE GT-RAGE "gamer" PCs:

- in our PSUs
- in our motherboards
- in our cases
- and even in our videocards

(There is now even a bunch of competing standards for RGB lighting on motherboards, some of them driven over USB and others requiring proprietary mobo plugs and wires)

Now, get welcome to the next level: RGB-driven SSDs:
https://www.nikktech.com/main/articles/pc-hardware/storage/solid-state-drives/9699-hyperx-fury-rgb-480gb-ssd-review?showall=1

Too bad it's an "about average" drive (any Samsung or Crucial drive will give you better performance per dollar, and that's not getting NVMe in the mix yet - we're talking about ordinary SATA drives). But hey, it's all about the looks! Who cares about speed when you've got the bling?

Posted by Nicholas Steel
You got a link to a good article on that Target fiasco?

Posted by Kakashi
@sureofnothing Japan is a cash-only society? Since when? NFC? Check. InsertBrandHerePay? Check. Credit Card at the checkout? Check. Using your train-pass for everything you can poke a stick at? Check. Buy one of ten thousand different branded cash cards at every convenience store that is available every couple of blocks in a built-up area? Check.

As usual, everything you post is TL&Stupid;DR, but two cents had to put in here.

Posted by Kakashi

I'll give you an out for your ridiculous argument: Japan is experiencing a population issue currently where the number of aged people are increasing and the number of births are decreasing. There, now you have something to continue your babble with.

Posted by Kakashi
Certain banks still require hankos, here. It's stupid because you can buy a standard hanko anywhere as long as they have your family name. I have way too long a last name and decided to mispell my first name in katakana when I had a custom one made. That still doesn't mean that my hanko isn't easier to forge than any signature. Mind you, most places let you use your signature if you're a foreigner these days. Signing for stuff is stupid here, too. I sign for $gf's deliveries and vice-versa. Ass-backwards enough for you, 'Cap?

Posted by Kakashi
lolwut A falcon? That's rather random.

Posted by KoiMaxx

Posted by creaothceann
Aliens with Metroid sounds

Now do Metroid with Aliens sounds! I wanna hear Samus yell 'LET'S ROCK!!!' before she starts blasting :D

Posted by sureanem

Absolutely nothing wrong with this, unless you're bad at handling your economy. If you're concerned with global warming and housing shortages and all that, then letting your population naturally level out ought to be the best for the long run.

Posted by Wowfunhappy

Posted by CaptainJistuce
I want Nintendo Co, Ltd to stop insisting the dyslexic labels they put on the Nintendo controller are in any way right, and start putting button labels in the correct order.

Is the Microsoft way any more "right"?

We read up → down and left → right.

On Microsoft controllers, A is to the left of B, but B is above A
On Nintendo controllers, A is above B, but A is to the right of B.

So both controllers get something wrong and something right. And that's the most you can ever do as long as we're using a diamond layout. (Well, I guess you could put A and B on opposite sides, but that would be weird.)

If anything, I think Nintendo's arrangement makes more logical sense. Because if I'm reading a paragraph, I'll always read the top line first, even if the first word is indented or what have you.

What would be really nice is if Microsoft just hadn't decided to change up the order in the first place! (Or should we blame Sony for swapping the confirm and deny buttons in the west for some arcane reason, even though they used different symbols?)