[–] 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

One of my favourites is Game Dev Tycoon.

TLDR; The devs released the 'cracked' version themselves on various file sharing sites. Their crack had an extra event though; after a while of playing, your studio would inevitably go bankrupt due to video game piracy, forcing a loss. This only occurs in the cracked version as well, so players complaining about it automatically outed themselves as pirates.

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  • [–] 84 points 1 week ago (68 children)

    I got a warehousing job on the far side of the city from me. To get there, I was dependent on the busses, but the first bus on the schedule for the day got me there ~5-10min late. This was discussed during my hiring interview and wasn't a problem... In the beginning.

    Just over three months working there, the manager pulled me into his office and told me I am required to arrive at work on-time. This needs to be fixed or he will begin writing me up for tardiness. He was the same manager that interviewed me and agreed the 5-10min because of the bus was not a problem. Now he's claiming no memory of this conversation and that It's my problem to fix despite me not having any other options.

    This is where I told him; Ok, I guess today was my last day then. I then told him I expect the overtime hours I have not been paid, to be on my final paycheque.

    This warehouse worked 4 x 10hr shifts per week, instead of the typical 5 x 8hr. This had not been discussed during my interview, I actually didn't find out about it until my first day, when I went to leave after 8hrs. I live in BC Canada. BCs Employment Standards Act requires overtime be paid for hours in excess of 40 per week, as well as more than 8hrs per day. This means the ninth and tenth hour of each shift, is overtime, per BC law.

    BCs ESA does provide a method of averaging hours across a week; allowing 4x10hr shifts without overtime. That requires a written and signed agreement between both parties though. I hadn't even been told the schedule, let alone signed such an agreement. I hadn't really pushed back about this though, because I was ok having an extra day off each week, it was still only 40hrs; this was basically just a matter of missing paperwork.

    When I told the manager I expected to be paid that overtime, he brushed it off and told me to collect my stuff and get out. Even had a supervisor escort me around to ensure I didn't take or damage anything.

    I left and immediately headed to the Employment Standards Office in my city. They took the details and opened an investigation. It wasn't a super fast process, but 3ish months later I received a cheque in the mail, as well as a call back from the ESA Office: the company apparently fired their entire HR department and backpaid myself as well as all current staff a years worth of unpaid overtime, to avoid direct fines and a possible lawsuit. All over some missing paperwork for an arrangement most of the employees were happy with anyway. They even ended up paying for my Employment Insurance claim, because EI agreed I was essentially forced to quit - ie fired without cause.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Paycheck and auto billing to the same checking account. A seprate general use checking accout thats linked to my debit card, so I have to explicitly move money out of the billing account to spend it. Plus a savings account.

    CC is for emergency purchases between paychecks, online purchases, or the rare CC required transaction such as rental equipment (Home Depot for example requires a CC, no other options).

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  • [–] 13 points 1 week ago*

    Breakers have a saftey feature where they trip internally and don't require the lever to move. This prevents someone from jambing/tieing the lever in the 'on' position to prevent it from tripping.

    This also means that to reset a tripped breaker, you have to move it fully into the off position, THEN move it back to the on position. The lever will typically sit in the midway position to indicate that it has tripped, and will not reset just by pushing it back to on.

    If you can't move it to off, then the breaker needs to be replaced.

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    I've been using the default clock app on Samsung phones as my alarm(s), for almost two decades.

    A recent update has changed the 'upcoming alarm' notification. You have the option to dismiss/shut off an alarm that's supposed to sound in the next 5-30min via that notification; but a recent update has changed that to dismiss ALL upcoming alarms for the entire day, as well as every upcoming alarm for future days if they're set for the same time.

    I used to have a sporadic work schedule with varying start times; so I'd set/schedule my alarms for the next week or two in advance. If I set one for 8am tomorrow and one for 8am four days from now; dismissing that first alarm at 7:40am also dismisses the one that's four days away...

    If I set alarms for 8am, 10am, and noon today; dismissing the first one at 7:45 dismisses all three alarms together...

    There is no options to change this, the only related setting is for how early that 'upcoming alarm' notification shows up (5, 15, or 30min)


    What alarm app do you use? Got a recommendation?

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    People seem to be misunderstanding me. I don't have trouble waking up/snoozing alarms too much.

    I just need a typical alarm app, but one that doesn't dismiss a bunch of unrelated alarms instead of just the one that's supposed to go off very soon.

    I was just curious if people had a particular one they liked.

     

    Telegram’s core domain t.me has been placed on serverHold at the .me registry, effectively removing it from global DNS and rendering all t.me links inaccessible.

    The change occurred today, according to domain records. As of now, there has been no official explanation from Telegram, the .me registry, or backend operator Identity Digital.

    A serverHold is a registry-level status that completely dead-ends the domain, preventing it from resolving anywhere in the world.

     

    When viewing a limited thread of comment's (for example, clicking on a comment from my history) There are two buttons at the top of the comments: 'Show context' (which should just show the next comment up the chain) And 'show all comments'

    Both of these buttons have done exactly the same thing for the entire time I've used this app (around a year now): they both show the next comment up the chain.

    You have to tap either button several times to get to the full list of comments. ie, show all comments. It doesn't matter which of the two you use, they both only show the next comment and not the full thread.

    hmmm (lemmy.ca)
     

    I found this today, on the removable power cord for an EZ-8 Drum Sander.

    I have so many questions...

    First of all, am I understanding this right: Do not use this in areas where anaesthetics are administered?

    ....Why not?

    What happened, where that oddly specific label became necessary?

    Just the power cord? (It's a 50' cord that adapts a 6" twist-lock pigtail into a standard 15amp american outlet) Or the whole sander?

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