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That ping, tho.

I found no mention of it in their About/FAQ pages, so I’m assuming it’s all proprietary code.

I feel like I’m out of the loop with this Saddam thing.

A site run by an idiot, it seems. From their FAQ:

Is Flibbar decentralised? Yes and no, at present it’s 90% decentralised. We don’t police speech, but we will oversee the platform to ensure nothing illegal is posted on our site. We aim to eventually migrate to Web3 and use AI to oversee the site to ensure nobody crosses the line. However, Rome wasn’t built in a day, and your continued support will enable us to reach this goal sooner. In the meantime, until this migration has been completed, we will have to continue to remain admins to ensure this site isn’t abused by bad actors and criminals, or anything that would make us legally liable.

I don’t think he has any idea what “decentralized” means, because his answer to that question only references moderation, not decentralization.

I’ve never heard of Flibbar until this post. From where I’m standing, you’re their best advertiser!

Our problem will quickly be everyone’s problem if this isn’t dealt with soon.

They do make special shielding for USB and other ports, but most manufacturers don’t use them because generally people aren’t going to stick foreign objects into their computer for internet points.

Often times, those “public chargers” you sometimes see in airports and such have that shielding installed on the ports (though you should never use public USB ports to charge your devices, for a dozen other reasons).

You can short-circuit basically anything with exposed contacts and a paper clip. This isn’t specific to Chromebooks.

Pretty much any device with a USB port can be catastrophically short-circuited, because most USB ports are capable of supplying some amount of power. You can even buy “USB Killers”, which look like a thumb drive but will fry the internals of whatever they get plugged into.

Sounds like a skill issue.

They were allowed whether you said so or not, dipshit.

If you wanted to make a Mario Kart clone, copyright is easy enough to avoid. Nearly every other second-rate dev studio has managed to make a half-baked Mario Kart ripoff for whatever Nick Jr show they got the licensing to, so that part’s simple.

The real issue is navigating the patent minefield that Nintendo has laid out.

The existing regulations for headlights are actually quite sufficient, and already cover some of those concerns. The problem is that there’s no enforcement of the regulations.