SSH most of the time of course, and a management interface (iDRAC, iLO, etc) if you have an enterprise server; otherwise an old monitor and spare keyboard. Sometimes they'll support serial out that you can use over a cable to another computer instead of the whole monitor+keyboard combo. Or nowadays you can use a network KVM like a PiKVM, NanoKVM, or JetKVM
the thing about network KVM is, they require ... network. So if you already can't ssh into your machine, it maybe network issue, thus you can't use network kvm
This article and its linked (preprint) research paper attempt to use k-means clustering to classify games by their scope and give a more objective definition to the labels AAA, AA, and Indie (as in, "Call of Duty is a AAA game" or "Undertale is an Indie game").
and I'll repost the comment I made on the reddit /r/games thread about the article too:
There's a lot of comments here about how TFA's classifications don't really match with people's own classifications because most people's classifications are more vibes-based, and I'm wondering if the problem is just that the name of classifications people use seems to imply a more objective based standard than what people actually use. Like, I treat the label AAA as a derogative that implies it's probably live service-ish, infested with microtransactions, constant FOMO events, and stuff like that, like, say, Call of Duty or League of Legends or something like that. (Usually multiplayer since those are better for live service which are better for monetization.) Meanwhile Doom (2016, Eternal, or Dark Ages) has a similar scope but is much more focused and respectful of the player's time, so I wouldn't call it AAA. (I don't really have a word to call those sorts of games.) Something like Factorio on the other hand definitely feels more indie, even if it isn't: a focus on gameplay over monetization, catering to a niche and accepting that it might not be popular outside of that, and a strong artistic theme. It'd probably be accurate to describe that as AA, which something like Undertale that shares a lot of the same commonalities but has a smaller team would actually be indie.
But by the plain reading of their names, AAA means large team and budget, AA means smaller team, and Indie means small/no publisher (which is orthogonal to team and budget). The confusion lies in the fact that my definitions for AAA and AA/Indie focus on gameplay and design, but the names themselves imply something about their budget or publishing status. If you're going for an objective definition, which do you choose to follow? I think TFA is trying to create an objective standard that fits the vibes most people have, which means it's not going to fit either most people's vibes-based definitions or the plain-reading definitions. I think it's a neat article though for making me think about those issues in the first place.
This is my theory too. The internet made it easier to connect with diverse cultures... and then ignore all of them in favor of the one that agreed with you on every point so you could ignore anything that went against your thoughts
This current spate of attacks might be _because_ of that, in fact. Enough people know that phishing attacks are obviously low quality, so when they see a well-constructed message they're less suspicious
If you get a message (text, email or call), it's best to not trust the contents of the message until you verify it by logging in or whatever yourself. If crates.io says you have a problem, close the email and go to crates.io yourself. If your bank calls you, hang up and log in or call their support number yourself. Don't trust anyone contacting you for sensitive stuff
> If your bank calls you, hang up and log in or call their support number yourself.
And don't trust the number you see on Google. Google is known to show scammers' phone numbers in featured snippets or in their new "AI Mode". Click on the link and make sure it's the correct site before trusting the number.
I do this religiously, and last time I got a fraud alert call for my Barclays-issued credit card, I called them back on the number on the card. They seemed amused and didn’t know what to do :(
Phone number on the card? My latest card doesn't even have the card number itself, validity dates or CVV number on it anymore, just the bank logo, some background graphics and some words about how safe it is and that it was made with recyclable materials.
Wow. That seems... less useful. Like, the huge embossed numbers weren't really necessary because the machines those are for no longer are popularly used so who cares (I have used one, but it was last decade and it did not feel like they'd have turned me away if it didn't work). But a CVV must still actually be useful to some fraction of your real customers, and likewise the expiry date.
> But a CVV must still actually be useful to some fraction of your real customers, and likewise the expiry date.
The CVV code of this card changes once every 10 minutes, so I understand them not printing that. Yet yeah, could have put the card number there with the dates, but I guess if the CVV already cannot be printed, why not just avoid all of it?
Regardless, doesn't really matter much anyways as I don't think I've used a proper card for months, everything around me supports NFC mobile payments since years back.
Always good advice for anything. A variation of this is that you should also not answer the negative: that you definitely did not do something, if someone asks you that on a phone call. This is meant to spread harm to others.
I was speaking to a pharmacist yesterday. Apparently certain pharmacy insurance companies in the US have set up call centers that randomly call people and ask.
"We are from the fraud check department. Did you ask for receiving XYZ medication that your insurance paid $$$$$$ for?". The guy who does who's salary is an order of magnitude smaller, immediately panics and denies he ever asked for XYZ, even though they are obviously taking the medication. The purpose is of-course for pharmacy insurance companies to challenge/deny claims for on ALL XYZ orders the pharmacy made.
Of course checking insurance payouts is a hassle so most people reach for panic first and shortly thereafter denial.
Definitely. I get scammers calling me from a caller id that claims to be my bank asking about suspicious charges, and they know my name and have my account info, but they ask for my full credit card number to "verify" it. Yet, they give different suspicious charges every time you ask.
The worst part is that when I call the bank to see if its legit, they are much less pleasant to deal with than the scammers...
I've stopped trying to call - if I think there's a problem I go into my local branch. Much harder to put me on hold for 40 minutes and then hang up in person.
I just realized that's an excellent opportunity for "reverse phishing:" you can mangle the first 4 digits of your card [or make one up wholesale] and if they say "thank you, sir" you know they are fake. The real bank will spot that mistake instantly since that prefix is per financial institution
AI being normal technology would be the expected outcome, and it would be nice if it just hurried up and happened so I could stop seeing so much spam around AI actually being something much greater than normal technology
It's the thing about type I fun and type II fun, where type I is "fun while it's happening" and type II is "not fun while it's happening but fun in retrospect": if you don't use a guide, the type II fun that results may be greater in quality and impact than the type I fun you'd get using a guide
Yeah I've been figuring that out myself recently. Turns out that I don't really like Baroque or Classical music, but I do like Romantic music. It was just a factor of finding that "classical" has more than one genre in it
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