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Basically the extent of my IPv6 knowledge
  • My ISP doesn't support IPv6, now what?

    It's really bullshit.

  • Elden Ring – Patch Notes Version 1.12
  • There's an easy mod to uncap fps, it works. There's a mod for ultra wide, it works.

    It's not an engine limitation, you can already play like this with mods. But you can't play online because of changing the files..

  • Elden Ring – Patch Notes Version 1.12
  • No ultrawide support, no DLSS, no removed fps cap, no precompiled shaders to remove the stutter, ..

    From makes good games, but when it comes to technology they either suck or are just lazy as hell.

    The biggest joke is that ultrawide already renders the full screen width, they just put black bars on top to not give the player an advantage, lol.

  • Lemmy.zip's 1st Birthday Giveaway! (Winners have been drawn!)
  • Shouldn't we gift lemmy.zip something instead? :D

  • std::underflow_error
  • Well, there's modern C++ and it looks reasonable, so you start to think: This isn't so bad, I can work with that.

    Then you join a company and you find out: They do have modern C++ code, but also half a million lines of older code that's not in the same style. So there's 5 different ways to do things and just getting a simple string suddenly has you casting classes and calling functions you have no clue about. And there's a ton of different ways to shoot your foot off without warning.

    After going to C# I haven't looked back.

  • Study finds 268% higher failure rates for Agile software projects
  • Agile is not about being quick, it's about delivering what the customer actually wants. When you do Waterfall you gather all the requirements, then you sit down and code the thing. Only to find out months or years later that you delivered crap as the customer didn't even know themselves what they wanted.

    With agile you take it one step at a time. What is important now? Get the requirements for this feature, deliver it in the next two weeks (or at least a part of it). Then the customer, which can be an actual customer, or your internal Product Owner, or a Product Manager looks it over. If the whole thing is perfect? Nice, carry on to the next thing.

    Often you find out some detail was overlooked, or a new requirement came up, or the design didn't fully work out. So pack it into the next sprint and do it better. You'd never get this feedback if you gather "all" requirements first and then just try to go from start to finish.

    Agile certainly has its upsides when done right, unfortunately there's not a lot of companies who manage to do so (like most I've been part of). Despite being messy at times, it's still better than Waterfall. There's too many meetings either way.

  • Lets test the theory
  • Take the money away and the connections are worthless. They have business connection because of money.

  • "Anon" has problems with cybersecurity [Mod approved non-greentext]
  • Use a password manager, no need to remember shit then (besides your master password). For example if you want a local solution KeePass and sync the file (I use Dropbox, it's encrypted anyway). You can also access it on Android with the sync.

  • Male birth control gel is safe and effective, new trial findings show
  • I mean this is just "sperm suppression", of course it lowers the risk of pregnancy considerably, but not 100%. I'll still get my tubes snipped at this point. As a guy you simply don't have a lot of options if you want to be safe. Condoms and vasectomy, that's it. And condoms can fail too if you're unlucky.

    As soon as the girl is pregnant all you can do is pray she doesn't decide to keep the kid :-/

  • Humanity making progress like it always does
  • I still remember 10 years ago when I was driving on the Autobahn at 130 km/h and a juicy bug hit the windshield. It was literally a loud splat. Besides the grill always being covered in bugs.

    Hasn't happened since, nowadays I can count the number of bugs on the grill with one hand. And that's after months of driving.

  • The science was never the problem
  • Hydrogen cars will never happen. Storing hydrogen is difficult, you also have to transport it on top. Which basically replicates the concept of gas stations with added difficulty.

    EVs make much more sense, transporting power is easy and the car doesn't care where it comes from. Beides the possibility to produce your own.

    Upgrading the energy grid and adding a good mix of renewables is the way. But here we are with people crying that wind turbines are ugly and kill birds, while we burn coal and their outdoor cat is playing bird terminator.

  • New ASUS router firmware now requires a user to be 16y or older and will restrict features and even security upgrades if you opt out
  • I like my 3080 TUF, but damn ASUS makes it a tough sell to get any of their products in the future. Crazy how they fell off.

  • Cloudflare took down our website after trying to force us to pay $120000 within 24h
  • There were 3 issues at once, so "trust & safety" is definitely part of it.

    1. Too much traffic use, this is purely a billing issue and CF probably wouldn't even care (they haven't for years) despite losing money
    2. Violating ToS with the domains, a minor infraction probably, but enough to cancel the contract
    3. This is the big one: CF uses one pool of IPs for all customers, the IP of a gambling site (like a casino) will get banned by ISPs of various countries (Gambling being illegal, strictly regulated and so on). This is the trust & safety issue, CF is actively hurting by keeping this customer. The enterprise plan they want to push them to has ByoIP (Bring your own IP), which would probably have been one condition of keeping them on. CF could have communicated better (if we got the full story here..), but for $250 a month they'd much rather kick the customer off their service
  • Cloudflare took down our website after trying to force us to pay $120000 within 24h
  • From the additional info I read, it sounds more like the traffic wasn't the main issue.

    Gambling is forbidden in a lot of countries or heavily regulated. Cloudflare uses a common IP pool for all customers, so a casino customer would possibly get their IPs blacklisted (by various ISPs). The Enterprise tier of Cloudflare has "Bring your own IP (ByoIP)", which they probably wanted to force onto this problematic customer to protect their business.

    So it's actually a problem, not just them paying not enough (which is another reason to get rid of them as fast as possible).

  • Cloudflare took down our website after trying to force us to pay $120000 within 24h
  • "Unlimited" doesn't exist in this universe. It's always "Unlimited under fair use".

    If you pay for your water park ticket and they offer unlimited free drinking water fountains, you can't pay for your ticket, call up Nestlé and bring in the water trucks.

    Besides the IP poisoning from the casino, ToS violations and so on, just using this much traffic would probably be enough cause for a cancellation (or a forced plan upgrade).

  • Cloudflare took down our website after trying to force us to pay $120000 within 24h
  • As I said in another comment: The up-front payment is the only thing that makes sense for Cloudflare. You got a customer that's costing you money each month. They broke ToS. You offer them a deal still to keep the services running. And their CEO/CFO tells you they are looking at other providers like Fastly.

    If Cloudflare gave them a monthly contract then the casino would simply pay for a month and switch over their services to a competitor in that time. So Cloudflare loses all the money from the past (where the casino used far too much traffic) and will barely recoup 10k (minus the running cost, so more likely 7k at the high end) for a single month. It's just not worth it.

    So they offer: Stick with us for a full year at least or get fucked. Which is fair.

  • Cloudflare took down our website after trying to force us to pay $120000 within 24h
  • Is there? The casino is on a cheap $250 a month plan they don't belong on and they broke ToS with the domains. While also costing Cloudflare money each month (as the casino admits themselves, their traffic alone is worth up to $2000 a month).

    It's absolutely in the right of Cloudflare to drop a customer that's bothersome. Casinos usually are (regulations, going around country restrictions), them costing them money on top is a massive issue.

    120k a year is a big slap of course, but it's probably the amount Cloudflare would want to keep them on as a customer. If they leave, so be it.

    I've seen it several times before at companies I worked at. They cheaped out and went with a tiny service plan to coast by. Or even broke ToS because it would be cheaper. That usually got stopped by plans getting dropped (GitLab Bronze for example), cheap plans getting limited, or the sales team sending a 'friendly' message that we're abusing their plan and how we're going to fix it. If you don't play along at that point you're going to get the hammer dropped on you.

    It also wasn't 24h as the title says, the first communication happened in April. At that point they should have started to scramble, either upgrading to a bigger tier immediately or switching providers. And it's totally normal to go to the sales team when you break the ToS of your plan or you abuse a smaller plan. They're going to discuss terms, it's not a technical issue.

    Edit: And I should also say, the whole "paying for a whole year is extortion" is bullshit too. Their CFO or CEO told Cloudflare they are looking at switching providers (as they looked at Fastly). So of fucking course Cloudflare is going to demand a full year upfront. Otherwise the casino could pay for a single month and during that month they switch away to another provider. So Cloudflare would still be thousands in the red with that ex-customer after they used so much traffic the last few years.

  • Would you rather be stuck in the woods with an updated Windows 11 or a Windows 7?
  • Let's not act like Microsoft hasn't patched that into older Windows versions too.

    Anything older than Windows 10 is a massive security risk. And Windows 11 is just Windows 10 with a slightly worse UI and a handful of new features on top.

  • ICQ, One of the Oldest Instant Messengers, Is Shutting Down
  • 234500080, I always liked my number.

    Haven't used it in over ten years, I thought it had already shut down :)

  • Report: Microsoft to face antitrust case over Teams
  • I had the same issue, you're starting the wrong app. When you start old teams you get the selection. When you start new teams (with the little turquoise new icon) you don't get the selection. Change your shortcut :)

  • Random white border around Firefox (Windows 11)

    I'm out of ideas on how to fix this, every now and then my Firefox browser gets a random white border around it. Windows 11, no compatibility mode active for the application.

    When I maximize and minimize the window it goes away for a while.

    One possible hint: This has started to show up after adding a third display (a 4K TV) to my setup. Even if the TV is fully off. But the TV is the only display which has a different resolution scaling active (all other displays are at 100%).

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    Game Ready Driver 537.13 FAQ/Discussion

    Game Ready Driver 537.13 has been released.

    Article Here: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/starfield-game-ready-driver/

    Game Ready Driver Download Link: Link Here

    New feature and fixes in driver 537.13:

    Game Ready - This new Game Ready Driver provides the best gaming experience for the latest newgames including Starfield and the ICARUS: New Frontiers expansion.

    Fixed Gaming Bugs

    • [Battlefield 2042] Game stability can decrease when applying GeForce Experience Freestyle filters [4170804]
    • [Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart] Performance fluctuations due to issues between DirectStorage and NVIDIA Reflex [4212649]

    Fixed General Bugs

    • [Vegas Pro FX] Preview not working on some notebook configurations [3752618]

    Open Issues

    • [Halo Infinite] Significant performance drop is observed on Maxwell-based GPUs. [4052711]
    • [DaVinci Resolve] This driver implements a fix for creative application stability issues seen during heavy memory usage. We’ve observed some situations where this fix has resulted in performance degradation when running DaVinci Resolve. This will be addressed in an upcoming driver release. [4172676]

    Driver Downloads and Tools

    Driver Download Page: Nvidia Download Page

    Latest Game Ready Driver: 537.13 WHQL

    Latest Studio Driver: 536.99 WHQL

    DDU Download: Source 1 or Source 2

    DDU Guide: Guide Here

    DDU/WagnardSoft Patreon: Link Here

    Documentation: Game Ready Driver 537.13 Release Notes | Studio Driver 536.99 Release Notes

    Submit driver feedback directly to NVIDIA: Link Here

    Having Issues with your driver? Read here!

    Before you start - Make sure you Submit Feedback for your Nvidia Driver Issue

    There is only one real way for any of these problems to get solved, and that’s if the Driver Team at Nvidia knows what those problems are. So in order for them to know what’s going on it would be good for any users who are having problems with the drivers to Submit Feedback to Nvidia. A guide to the information that is needed to submit feedback can be found here.

    Additionally, if you see someone having the same issue you are having in this thread, reply and mention you are having the same issue. The more people that are affected by a particular bug, the higher the priority that bug will receive from NVIDIA!!

    Common Troubleshooting Steps

    • Be sure you are on the latest build of Windows 10 or 11
    • Please visit the following link for DDU guide which contains full detailed information on how to do Fresh Driver Install.
    • If your driver still crashes after DDU reinstall, try going to Go to Nvidia Control Panel -> Managed 3D Settings -> Power Management Mode: Prefer Maximum Performance

    If it still crashes, we have a few other troubleshooting steps but this is fairly involved and you should not do it if you do not feel comfortable. Proceed below at your own risk:

    • A lot of driver crashing is caused by Windows TDR issue. There is a huge post on GeForce forum about this here. This post dated back to 2009 (Thanks Microsoft) and it can affect both Nvidia and AMD cards.
    • Unfortunately this issue can be caused by many different things so it’s difficult to pin down. However, editing the windows registry might solve the problem.
    • Additionally, there is also a tool made by Wagnard (maker of DDU) that can be used to change this TDR value. Download here. Note that I have not personally tested this tool.

    If you are still having issue at this point, visit GeForce Forum for support or contact your manufacturer for RMA.

    Common Questions

    • Is it safe to upgrade to ? Fact of the matter is that the result will differ person by person due to different configurations. The only way to know is to try it yourself. My rule of thumb is to wait a few days. If there’s no confirmed widespread issue, I would try the new driver.

    Bear in mind that people who have no issues tend to not post on Reddit or forums. Unless there is significant coverage about specific driver issue, chances are they are fine. Try it yourself and you can always DDU and reinstall old driver if needed.

    • My color is washed out after upgrading/installing driver. Help! Try going to the Nvidia Control Panel -> Change Resolution -> Scroll all the way down -> Output Dynamic Range = FULL.
    • My game is stuttering when processing physics calculation Try going to the Nvidia Control Panel and to the Surround and PhysX settings and ensure the PhysX processor is set to your GPU
    • What does the new Power Management option “Optimal Power” means? How does this differ from Adaptive? The new power management mode is related to what was said in the Geforce GTX 1080 keynote video. To further reduce power consumption while the computer is idle and nothing is changing on the screen, the driver will not make the GPU render a new frame; the driver will get the one (already rendered) frame from the framebuffer and output directly to monitor.

    Remember, driver codes are extremely complex and there are billions of different possible configurations. The software will not be perfect and there will be issues for some people. For a more comprehensive list of open issues, please take a look at the Release Notes. Again, I encourage folks who installed the driver to post their experience here... good or bad.

    Did you know NVIDIA has a Developer Program with 150+ free SDKs, state-of-the-art Deep Learning courses, certification, and access to expert help. Sound interesting? Learn more here.

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