Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50138889

Points: 11

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So, we discovered that for $50 per month, you can contact human support once. It seems bad considering we already pay them $3k a month, but we needed the help and paid the $50.

After 4 days of them not responding, they sent us a message that they were ready to help. 15 minutes later, which I didn't respond in, they closed the ticket.

They didn't schedule a time when they would reply when I first opened the ticket. I just had to make sure that I can respond to their message instantly in a random 15 minutes interval over 4 days.

Now, to open a new ticket, I have to pay them $150!!!

How is this not a scam?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49784840

Points: 1

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We are a cyber security company, so we have absolutely ensured all gaps are closed, 2FA, SIM card in device, verified account, all of it.

Today, we were logged out from the account, and the phone number has changed to a number we don't recognize.

We tried everything, and we can't find a way to contact support (considering we have paid 30k to Facebook in the last year and still can't get a human to talk to us is another issue).

We honestly can't figure out how this could happen. We didn't receive any code. We don't connect to any apps from the Meta Business suite. Account is on 1 device only.

Any recent news of such attacks?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49673333

Points: 3

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While it is one of the cheapest of its kind, to me, that was a lot of money. Out of pure rage, I (with the help of Claude), spent 8 hours making a driver for it, and it works. Here is the Github Repo (MIT Licensed). Learned a lot about how displays work in the process, and how to reverse engineer it.

The funny part? One monitor failed after a few hours (vertical green line), and I was able to return it, and got a one with proper DisplayLink support, so I don't need the driver anymore.

Well, hopefully someone can find use of it.

Ohh, and the old dock is sluggish (even on windows). So unless its the only one you can afford, I don't recommend it.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49640360

Points: 4

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Why? Not trying to argue against AI labeling, but if you are enjoying the music, why does it matter?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48269631

Points: 3

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I was able to get a sealed DVD from the lead developer who wants to remain unnamed. He said he used a custom DRM for the game, and gave me permission to try and crack it, though he was confident I won't be able to. He no longer has access to the source code, and had 2 DVDs left, one is with me.

I have tried everything I know to no avail.

First, I tried using ddrescue, but it got stuck at around 30%. Disc is in great condition, so it was probably the intentional bad sectors by the DRM. I then tried Alchohol 120%, and after 80 hours, I got an mdf/mds files.

But when trying to install the game from the setup, decompressing fails.

I tried binwalk. After multiple hours, I was able to get most(?) of the files, revealing a game using the Cry Engine. But the files are unordered and unnamed, and after trying for hours to reassemble them, I failed.

I have also tried using UniExtract, and was able to get the correct folder structure, but no actual files.

Any suggestions? Anyone willing to help archive and share this game?

Thank you

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48066010

Points: 2

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Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47409467

Points: 3

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You can imagine my disappointment when in the end, the code is still basically a mystery, and a wrapper around the core game was made.

Not because what you did is not hard or impressive, it's because, up until the line were you said you are going to use a wrapper, you made it seem like you're deciphering the code. That isn't really clickbait, because I had already clicked and spent 20 minutes reading. Being misled felt a bit bad, considering how beautifully the story is written.

Impressive work nonetheless.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46629661

Points: 1

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Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46625591

Points: 2

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