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up_the_irons: <u>mnathani</u>: mkb : well, you can kinda already do this, by requesting it through a support ticket :)
<br> i would like to automate it, for sure...
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mercutio: hmm 850 pro 128gb is on special for $90 USD at amazon now
staticsafe: too bad I can't order one right now
mercutio: i got a 256GB 850 pro :)
<br> which is $150.
<br> i've ordered way too much stuff recently
<br> i'm rearranging my whole storage system it seems.
staticsafe: bank is sending me a new card soon though
<br> hopefully by friday
mercutio: hah i nearly left my card at the supermarket yesterday
<br> amazon actually remembers my card.
<br> did your card get compromised?
staticsafe: fraudulent activity, yeah
mercutio: damn.
staticsafe: can't do any transactions with it anymore
mercutio: that happened to me before :(
<br> i had two credit cards at the time, so i was sort of ok, but it was an annoyance.
<br> weird thing is it was the one i don't use online much
staticsafe: yeah only one card here
mercutio: i only have one now too
staticsafe: perhaps i should get a backup
mercutio: my bank had this thing where they give you a free american express that gives you more rewards.
<br> but they've stopped that now.
<br> but it did mean i used american express where i could, and most online stuff lets you use it. :)
staticsafe: amex isn't really a thing here
<br> mostly MC and Visa
mercutio: but it was a mastercard or something that got compromised.
<br> same here.
<br> well kind of.
BryceBot: That's what she said!!
mercutio: quite a few places take american express, supermarkets and petrol stations.
<br> i keep realising that i'm saying different words than people might understand :)
<br> supermarket is grocery store, and petrol station is gas station? kind of obvious i suppose.
<br> but most normal retailers either don't take it, or want to charge extra.
mike-burns: I'm surprised that something called a petrol station would take something called American Express. I would have thought the "American" would cancel out the "petrol".
mercutio: heh
staticsafe: lol
mercutio: amazon keep sending me stuff via dhl
<br> i complained that they took a while to ship my video card, and they sent it via dhl which costs more normally, and now my next two items have also been sent by dhl
<br> dhl are usually hell expensive :)
staticsafe: UPS for 2-day, Dynamex for same-day in my city
mercutio: dhl is 2 to 4 days, iparcel is 2 to 3 weeks.
<br> although it can be a week. usps is about as slow as iparcel.
brycec: <u>mercutio</u>: The majority of CC theft is physical (skimming), so it's no surprise that your compromised card was the "the one i don't use online much"
mercutio: oh
<br> i kind of assumed it was online stuff that does it
<br> it was used somewhere far far away
<br> and got flagged pretty quick
brycec: online is where skimmed cards get used :P
mercutio: it was like the other side of the world
<br> netherlands or something
brycec: It's a matter of ease and the return - rigging a store's reader, breaking into stores' transactions (made headlines the past couple of years), a waiter skimming on the side... All easier, and yield more cards than breaking into PCI-compliant companies/websites
<br> Not to mention the chance of detection - a company may notice a breach and immediately notify the CC companies, versus skimming a card here and there...
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m0unds: gas pumps and ATMs are more and more common targets of skimming stuff
brycec: ATMs don't usually see credit cards
m0unds: no, but they see debit cards
<br> and amazon processes debit as pinless debit
<br> so you don't need anything but card and expiry
<br> and people can get cash advances from atms also
<br> (lots of people do this, despite it being horrible)
brycec: heh, the earlier conversation was about a CC being skimmed, so I stuck with terminals that see CC :p
-: m0unds shrugs
m0unds: happens with either
BryceBot: That's what she said!!
-: brycec hugs
m0unds: gas pumps can be either
brycec: >.>
<br> <.<
m0unds: ...'tis the season?
brycec: for rhymes
mercutio: i pay inside, i think i'd notice :)
brycec: Probably, not that those terminals are immune either
mercutio: i actually suspect airport parking
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mercutio: they're pretty thin.
m0unds: my wife had 4-5 cards get compromised within a year w/her old credit union
mercutio: ouch.
brycec: ouch
mercutio: haha
m0unds: they handle issuing new cards at the CU itself
<br> BAD ACTORS ABOUND
mercutio: oh bryce, would you be keen to test my console latency program?
m0unds: it's awesome - visa would call about fraudulent activity, then they'd call her and she'd say she didn't recognize it so they'd call the CU and kill the card to issue a new one
<br> sometimes they'd call about something suspicious that wasn't at all suspicious (like..grocery shopping at the place we always shop at) and the CU would put a hold on her card and it'd take 2-3 days for it to release
mercutio: i got a sms message with my card, and would have preferred a call i think.
<br> sms that your card has been compromised looks dodgy :)
m0unds: haha, chase does that
brycec: That's one of many reasons I refuse to setup mobile access to my Wells Fargo accounts (they're really pimping it out)
m0unds: yea, they're obnoxious about asking at each login
<br> i've been using capital one 360 for a while (used to be ING Direct)
brycec: Yep, that and billpay. To their credit, the humans aren't [too] pushy about it (well, they were about billpay), but when you add up every time it's pushed at you on ATM screens and online login... it's overboard.
m0unds: yeah
brycec: But WF do have the best ATM experience I've ever had. Not only does the ATM remember my language choice, but they also have quick-access for my most frequent actions right there on the pin entry screen
m0unds: yeah, their deposit at atm stuff worked pretty good too
<br> good/well
<br> s/good/well
BryceBot: <m0unds> well/well
m0unds: s/well/well/well/well
brycec: Phenomenally well. It's always been right, even with handwritten cheques.
<br> It's the simple improvements though, specifically the language selection. Every other bank/CU's ATM has asked me for language. It's stupid, it can safely be attached to my account (it's not like I'm suddenly going to change languages... and if I do, there's a button for that still)
m0unds: right
up_the_irons: i got a couple of the 256gb 850 pro's at $149 too
mercutio: makes sense :)
<br> did anyone get an evo when they had the far cry promo and want to give me their promo code? :)
<br> it seems the promo finished sunday night US time
up_the_irons: i had two promo's for Assassin's Creed Unity but forgot about 'em and they went out with the trash in the boxes :(
<br> it was for PC, which i don't have, so i didn't really care, but i coulda given 'em to someone
mercutio: i got really bored of earlier far cry games pretty quickly.
up_the_irons: <u>brycec</u>: love WFB ATMs
mercutio: so i don't really want to pay for it..
BryceBot: That's what she said!!
mercutio: well not more than like $10.
<br> it looks like that game is on other platforms too.
<br> http://www.vg247.com/2014/12/01/these-photos-compare-the-paris-of-assassins-creed-unity-to-the-paris-of-today/
m0unds: farcry 3 was great
mercutio: for how long?
BryceBot: That's what she said!!
m0unds: i finished it
mercutio: i've played games like dota and starcraft for months
m0unds: and i hate both of those games, so i guess maybe our tastes are different
mercutio: i get bored of all these other games after a few days
m0unds: hahaha
<br> i like stuff with story and favor single player over MP most of the time
mercutio: borderlands 2 is the game i've played the most of that kind of game
m0unds: i finished original farcry, couldn't get more than 90 mins into farcry 2 and finished farcry 3 - probably 20-25hrs total
mercutio: heh i've been playing saints row 4, and the story keeps annoying me.
<br> but yeah i must admit i'm not really into the storylines.
m0unds: i like that SR3 and 4 didn't take themselves seriously
<br> can't finish a gta game, but i finished those and all the dlc stuff too, haha
mercutio: i am amazed at how nice sr4 looks.
m0unds: yeah, they did a good job with it
<br> i like the matrix-y effect on vehicles and stuff
mercutio: i wanted to get games to test my new video card.
<br> but all my ideas of "how things look" are so many years out. and things definitely look better than they used to.
brycec: Heh... So I finally got a copy of Crysis (2? whatever, it was awhile back), maxed the graphics settings, and it played completely smoothly. I was so happy that my mid-range graphics card handled it like a pro. Then I thought about how long it had been since Crysis (2?) was /the/ game to stress a graphics card.
mercutio: crysis 3 is now
<br> i think i can get that for free
-: brycec asks Steam what he has
mercutio: my video card is meant to come with 3 games? i have to choose them though.
m0unds: crysis 2 had a high res / dx11 roll-up pack
<br> i need to start it over again, my save got corrupted on the last mission
mercutio: i got sr4 in humble bundle. i'm cheap :)
m0unds: yeah, it's worth it too
brycec: "Crysis 2 Maximum Edition"
m0unds: lots to do in that game
brycec: SR4 was a gift :p
m0unds: i bought it at release, haha
brycec: Apparently Deep Silver have had major issues with the website, logins, etc
m0unds: yeah
brycec: Which meant that I was unable to load my SR3 PC character on Xb360 :(
m0unds: oh, bummer
<br> that's right, totally forgot about that - i had to rebuild my sr3 char
<br> i bought "the long dark" last week, it has really cool art direction
brycec: Nice
<br> I fucking love Steam's reviews, and the overview Steam incldues
<br> *includes
m0unds: http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/537381735127029830/99B116AA3D2C9CF73A5FA9FA8F3EADD2E9777DE6/
brycec: things like "User reviews:Overwhelmingly Positive (2,201 reviews)"
m0unds: http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/537381735127029830/99B116AA3D2C9CF73A5FA9FA8F3EADD2E9777DE6/
brycec: http://store.steampowered.com/app/305620/ for more, etc
m0unds: http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/537381735127029830/99B116AA3D2C9CF73A5FA9FA8F3EADD2E9777DE6/
<br> yeah
<br> i loved that they integrated metacritic too
brycec: Overall, they implemented reviews very well. It's not some hats feature
m0unds: yeah
brycec: It's a very pretty game, and I want to want it... but it doesn't interest me beyond its appearance. #FWP
m0unds: hahaha
<br> i like survival games, especially zombie-free ones
<br> the forest is pretty good, inspired by cannibal movies from the 70s
<br> the long dark's sandbox is slower and has good sound and visuals. can't wait for them to implement the story as development progresses
brycec: I am somewhat more tempted by it after reading some reviews. Offers a solid challenge, but easily pickedup/dropped as time permits, doesn't require /too/ much focus, etc
<br> I like that there isn't (currently) a story, or multiplayer, or anything of the sort. It's just you, surviving.
m0unds: yeah
<br> i like that stuff that should be scarce is scarce and requires you to be careful with things
<br> and that you need tools to open cans of food, or risk food poisoning smashing them open
brycec: And no punching trees.
m0unds: right
brycec: (unless you want to smash up your fist)
m0unds: i had really good luck my first playthrough, found a hatchet and a knife and some basic tools and stuff
<br> then got mauled to death by a wolf
<br> voice acting for the two playable chars is done by the two people who did male and female shepard voices for mass effect
mercutio: i love it when games have more atmospheric sound than movies
<br> it's like woah..
<br> i think it's because movies often try and smooth everything out
up_the_irons: any of you guys using / coding in Meteor? i'm playing around with it now... my mind is being blown