inserts smartphone
āI got the worlds most powerful implant! Including 5G capability!ā
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ā¦yet?
Itās THE implant?
An OUTplant? (Exo)
An UNPlant?
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I assume a big part of Apexā magic will come from the community. Though Iām sure there will be how tos for basic stuff like setting up OTP at release.
Since itās a fidesmo enabled card using off the shelf applets is easy. You literally pick the applet to install in the fidesmo app and hold your phone over your Apex, wait a second, done.
Then in the case of OTP you use yubico Authenticator. Youād go to e.g. GitHub settings activate OTP, scan that QR code and again tap your Apex. After then whenever you login to GitHub you open this Authenticator app, tap your Apex and enter the generated OTP as second factor.
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I still get conniptions whenever someone uses āOTPā in a positive light, because Iām a bare metal programming kinda person so OTP means āone-time programmableā bits, which can brick things. Whereas youāre a abstract software kinda person so OTP means āone-time passwordā which is a good thing
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trueā¦ should be TOTP technically speakingā¦ though HOTP also appliesā¦ though nobody uses that because it sucks.
Anyone else seen the Steam Deck by Valve? Seems like a pretty good deal for the pure hardware, $399 for the base model for a handheld Linux gaming PC. Thereās 2 other storage tiers, 256GB and 512. The 256GB and 512 models both have NVMe for storage, with the 512GB having the fastest SSD.
Apparently the new SteamOS is just Arch-based.
Really curious what else will be able to be done with it, since itās just a handheld full PC. It just uses type-C USB, completely open. Can use standard docking stations, or just plug right into it.
They opened pre-order reservations today for $5, I threw down a reservation for the 512GB model. Supposed to release either December of this year, or Q1 2022. Figure that gives me more than enough time to save.
Canāt wait to use my proxmark with it 
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That was one of my first thoughts too! 
I love how itās a PC and not just a console. I was thinking of getting a Switch soon but I will definitely be grabbing one of these instead. Going for the 256GB model. I figured Iād just get the 64GB version and tack on a decent sized micro SD card for added storage, but then load times would probably be abysmal.
Absolutely stoked to play (almost) all my PC games on my couch and save my back some trouble 
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Yeah, the 64GB is just too small. I really like that you could also just plug in a type C SSD or HDD when itās docked, and instantly have more storage.
Hell, my friend brought up the idea of trying to do network storage via NFS, curious if that would work (especially with AC wifi).
It seems like a way better deal than the switch, especially with the new 64GB OLED switch only being $50 less than the base model Steam Deck. I actually sold my switch a few months ago, I just wasnāt getting much use out of it. It didnāt have a lot of my type of games, but with this Iāll be able to play my 400 game steam library that Iāve built up over the last 10+ years, along with any other Linux games I have.
Canāt wait for mobile Factorio and KSP 
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Yep Factorio and Oxygen Not Included are gonna be much easier to play for hours and hours while laying down
Itās all the portability I wanted from the Switch but with the added bonus of playing the games that I actually enjoy instead of saying āhmm yes I guess I will get my ass kicked in Super Smash Bros again tonightā
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Whatāre your thoughts on that? Thought about getting it a few times, looks right up my alley.
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I think it would be a killer game without it
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Oh itās alright I guessā¦ Iāve only played 35 hours in the last weekā¦
From what Iāve seen so far itās an absolutely incredible game! It looks beautiful, it sounds beautiful (seriously the SFX when you queue actions/choose items/select an area are just so fun and donāt get annoying, and the music is superb), and your colonists (Duplicants or āDupesā for short) are cute lilā guys with positive and negative traits that actually affect the game.
The game has about a dozen different maps which all (aside from the base map) add additional challenges to make the game harder. For reference I havenāt even tried any of the other maps because Iām still learning about the game even after 30+ hours. You can also change different parameters around to make the game harder or easier (make the Dupes hungrier so they consume more food per day, make them more or less prone to disease, make them more or less prone to stress, etc).
I will say that when I make some grand mistake that ruins my colony, Iām excited to start a new map and avoid the mistakes I made in the previous run while also improving other aspects of my base that werenāt as efficient as they could have been. In games like Factorio and Prison Architect, making a huge f*** up kinda ruins my fun with the game for a while.
They just released a much needed QoL update yesterday, which improved some aspects of the UI and the AI prioritization scheme, restructured the tech tree to improve the flow and logical progression, and made the game more realistic by having toxic gases and liquids cause more harm to your Dupes (they also nerfed Atmo Suits which were very OP prior to the update, they now require upkeep).
Anyways, I probably havenāt even played around with half of the content in the game and I am enjoying it greatly. Iād definitely recommend it to you or anyone here who enjoys Factorio, Prison Architect, RimWorld, and other colony management sims!
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Thanks for the detailed answer! Definitely gonna get it next chance I get.
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I pre-ordered one! Iām really excited about it!
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I think Iām living in an alternate reality or something.
Today I did overtime at work to finish up some parts in the workshop, seeing as though my finger is getting opened up tomorrow for the flexNT and I donāt want to be doing machining for a couple weeks to let it settle and find its space properly.
A workmate popped by to ask why I was still here instead of going home for the week-end. I explained I was getting new implants tomorrow and I wanted to get the parts done today. āOh yeah? Where you getting them?ā he asked. Then later another one came, I explained again, and āCool! What features will those implants have?ā was the reacion (they guy is 63 and very old fashioned, but a bit of a geek), Then a third, I explained again, and he replied āOh yeah, better let your hand rest for a while. Good idea.ā
Very matter-of-fact, casual-like, just like it was the most normal thing in the world. I would have gotten exactly the same sort of conversation if I had said I was getting the new Playstation. Of course, all my colleagues know Iām into this and they see me use the implants at work all day every day, so itās nothing new to them. Still, it feels so weird to not have to justify myself, or get judgment calls, or explain what an implant is. It was justā¦ normal.
It must be what the future feels like
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The goal of biohacking is to come up with efficient, practical solutions such that they become contemporaryā¦ and thus no longer a hack. Itās interesting to consider this is actually happeningā¦ however limited at the moment.
It must have something to do with Finland. The Finnsā approach to anything is: if itās not harmful, do what you want, they donāt mind. And theyāre very practical: if something seems like a good idea, they embrace it. Implants tick both. Still, as a foreigner, itās a novel experience for me.
Indeed. I think a lot of people tend to have existential fears and assign those fears to things they donāt understand like chip implantsā¦ so their definition of āharmfulā pretty much includes any black box they donāt understandā¦ as in āit could be harmful to me now or in the futureā
Yeah thereās that, and also people who think they know better than you whatās harmful to you and go out of their way to prevent you from hurting yourself - or give you an earful if they canāt.