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New comment by Pooge in "Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features"

Pooge — Wed, 13 May 2026 19:22:54 +0000

If by "thousands of virus" you mean software shipped by default in Windows, then I agree with you. Everything feels so sluggish on Windows 11 compared to any Linux distribution even if you run it on an HDD... it's ridiculous.

New comment by Pooge in "Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features"

Pooge — Wed, 13 May 2026 19:19:29 +0000

Apple doesn't care about gaming.

New comment by Pooge in "Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features"

Pooge — Wed, 13 May 2026 19:18:51 +0000

In good faith, you can't really say "[x] is shit" if you don't have an usual setup; X11 is no longer the default on most distros. Even when I was also using it, it never crashed.

I don't know whether your GPU is older than mine or not but I have the RX 7700XTX. Maybe it had a software defect...

New comment by Pooge in "Gmail registration now requires scanning a QR code and sending a text message"

Pooge — Mon, 11 May 2026 17:38:48 +0000

> They've essentially gotten roped into maintaining a huge chunk of internet infrastructure, for free.

Lol, what? One of the biggest company on Earth is being pictured as a victim for creating services that siphon data out of half the planet's people? Don't take it personally but I can't fathom how you think this is FREE. It's literally the most lucrative business there is and it's only going to get worse—and not for them.

New comment by Pooge in "Getting arrested in Japan"

Pooge — Sun, 10 May 2026 11:55:32 +0000

That's noble until an innocent person gets jailed.

New comment by Pooge in "Brazil's Pix payment system faces pressure from Visa and Mastercard"

Pooge — Sat, 09 May 2026 16:20:04 +0000

Fair enough, you're right.

New comment by Pooge in "Brazil's Pix payment system faces pressure from Visa and Mastercard"

Pooge — Sat, 09 May 2026 12:14:27 +0000

In Switzerland there are a lot of cases where the bank will actually refund you if it was a fraudulent payment.

New comment by Pooge in "Brazil's Pix payment system faces pressure from Visa and Mastercard"

Pooge — Sat, 09 May 2026 09:09:54 +0000

> buyer protection, chargeback and a way to handle fraudulent transaction

There is; it's called a bank.

New comment by Pooge in "Brazil's Pix payment system faces pressure from Visa and Mastercard"

Pooge — Fri, 08 May 2026 18:19:57 +0000

> We have? SCT inst has been rolled out almost everywhere

That is true; I should have said "EEA" or "countries supporting IBAN".

> We definitely are. Transfers in EUR from/to CH IBANs use SEPA rails. CHF accounts can also send or receive EUR transparently (usually at a bad FX rate, but it just works).

Yes, which is exactly my point. We need it to work for CHF as well. Instant payments are not the norm and in fact UBS is charging for it.

> You answered your own question. We need pan-European payments systems on top of the existing banking infrastructure. Payments and transfers aren't the same thing. By moving to mobile wallets with QR code and NFC payments, this opens up interoperability beyond Europe too.

A payment should be a bank transfer. Anything more complicated is just something that is to be exploited by middle-men.

New comment by Pooge in "Brazil's Pix payment system faces pressure from Visa and Mastercard"

Pooge — Fri, 08 May 2026 12:52:54 +0000

> your IBAN number, which at least in Germany can be used to take money from your account

What the f#*k?!

New comment by Pooge in "Brazil's Pix payment system faces pressure from Visa and Mastercard"

Pooge — Fri, 08 May 2026 11:51:36 +0000

SEPA is only for Euros but there are countries that don't use Euros that still use IBAN (e.g. Switzerland and UK).

New comment by Pooge in "Brazil's Pix payment system faces pressure from Visa and Mastercard"

Pooge — Fri, 08 May 2026 06:35:33 +0000

Makes sense. I lived there for a year and visit yearly and at the time I didn't notice such an aggressive campaign from Visa.

IC cards indeed are much faster from my experience (in Hong-Kong and Singapore).

I hope we can get rid of Visa and MasterCard because they are the reason we don't have free, instant payments.

New comment by Pooge in "Brazil's Pix payment system faces pressure from Visa and Mastercard"

Pooge — Fri, 08 May 2026 05:51:44 +0000

I couldn't have said it better. I don't understand what they solve.

We need instant, free SEPA transfers around the clock. Switzerland is not part of SEPA but IBAN is used so it is trivial to send payments to foreign accounts that have an IBAN.

I always say that the day Trump decides to block Visa/MasterCard outside the US is the day we get instant payments and finally get rid of cards.

New comment by Pooge in "Brazil's Pix payment system faces pressure from Visa and Mastercard"

Pooge — Fri, 08 May 2026 05:46:41 +0000

Could you elaborate? Genuinely interested.

New comment by Pooge in "EU Age Control: The trojan horse for digital IDs"

Pooge — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:08:52 +0000

Switzerland's rely completely on an (Android/iOS) application. No desktop version. If you change your phone you must ask for a new ID.

New comment by Pooge in "EU Age Control: The trojan horse for digital IDs"

Pooge — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 07:39:15 +0000

> Govts want to have control back

By forcing us to go through devices completely controlled by US companies?

New comment by Pooge in "UK to permanently ban future generations from buying cigarettes"

Pooge — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 17:59:26 +0000

So my point stands; it's not a cultural symbol like alcohol is for Europeans.

New comment by Pooge in "UK to permanently ban future generations from buying cigarettes"

Pooge — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 15:49:28 +0000

Including for heroin or other hard drugs?

New comment by Pooge in "UK to permanently ban future generations from buying cigarettes"

Pooge — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 15:48:45 +0000

Alcohol was always an important cultural symbol (drinking wine as a Christian, for example). This is not the case for tobacco, especially highly artificial one.

Tobacco is inherently bad for one's surrounding as well.

New comment by Pooge in "GPT-5.5"

Pooge — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:59:40 +0000

Up until now I only paid LLM subscriptions to Anthropic but I'm going to give ChatGPT a chance when my current subscription runs out next month.