Post AW70heQSmg1ZPKBTV2 by mario@hornyjail.pro
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(DIR) Post #AW6xZYc4DEujCT3oqe by moffintosh@berserker.town
2023-05-28T10:45:46Z
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DRM'd batteries
(DIR) Post #AW70Uf4f3vGfeanCFs by SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
2023-05-28T11:18:53.965Z
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@moffintosh@berserker.town I remember for the PSP you had the famous "pandora battery" which was a third party battery you could buy that managed to circumvent the DRM of the system and allowed you play downloaded game ISOs.
(DIR) Post #AW70heQSmg1ZPKBTV2 by mario@hornyjail.pro
2023-05-28T11:20:50.194826Z
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Kinda, it was a Battery which allowed for booting into a Debug Mode which allowed for downgrading the system which then could be exploited iirc.It was fun, i made one myself back then :blobcatgiggle2:
(DIR) Post #AW70l2PK4rtGebGWsS by SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
2023-05-28T11:21:50.600Z
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@mario@hornyjail.pro I still have my pandora'd PSP. I think it still works but the battery is flat.
(DIR) Post #AW70oZDWY3ZvHQQhOK by SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
2023-05-28T11:22:30.052Z
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@mario@hornyjail.pro Like as in I can only play it with the AC adapter connected as it will turn off immediately without power. Should probably buy a new battery for it.
(DIR) Post #AW70rMHl5Il82ek1Vg by mario@hornyjail.pro
2023-05-28T11:22:35.601180Z
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As far as I know it was not possible to actually use the Pandora Battery as a regular battery pack, as it would not allow you to boot into the regular system.But this could very well be wrong, been a looooong time ago :blobcatgiggle2:
(DIR) Post #AW70xDmTcK1FP2uBHs by SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
2023-05-28T11:24:02.619Z
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@mario@hornyjail.pro Yeah well I mean the OG battery is flat. I have a 2004 phat version that I bought literally on launch day.
(DIR) Post #AW715uNz63gxrAajRY by mario@hornyjail.pro
2023-05-28T11:25:13.558034Z
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The PSP subsystem on the Vita is also really, really, really kewl :3Allows for huuuge microSD cards and can be exploited just like the regular PSP and it's NoPayStation compatible :ablobcatbongo: I can download PSP games onto the subsystem directly through the NoPayStation PS Vita client without any external device whatsoever :blobcathappy:
(DIR) Post #AW72RAEZT7Kf2nt6R6 by Jockel@h5q.net
2023-05-28T11:40:13Z
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@moffintosh which brand is the camera from?
(DIR) Post #AW72ZSUzRbsM0ZWTOC by Bobo_PK@chaos.social
2023-05-28T11:41:28Z
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@mario @SuperDicq you can boot into the XMB. It depends what bootloader is installed on the card. Pandora let's you boot from memory stick. You can boot an entire firmware from card in case your internal memory (flash0) is corrupted.Sorry for invading your thread but I was deep into the PSP scene back then.
(DIR) Post #AW72cR1zMFbKKCNQMy by mario@hornyjail.pro
2023-05-28T11:42:17.381983Z
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Don't be sorry for corrections :hug: Thanks for clarifying :ablobcatheart:
(DIR) Post #AW73fdiGlN6iTpFGRU by dave@gleasonator.com
2023-05-28T11:54:06.056761Z
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@moffintosh You can argue a profit motive, but uncertified batteries can taint your brand when they fail.It’s really not a problem for the actual prosumers who can afford these new. Where it creates problems is in the used market, who are more cost-sensitive and thus likely to buy some sketchy uncertified battery.
(DIR) Post #AW73uO5F9gZELl1W9A by ligniform@infosec.exchange
2023-05-28T11:56:45Z
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@moffintosh adding a "DRM-free" label to my batteries now
(DIR) Post #AW78KTy4IeMhwgMkK0 by vaprakhunter@birb.space
2023-05-28T11:22:07.054Z
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@moffintosh@berserker.town Why the hell does a battery need to provide data?! Why would a battery need to provide data?!
(DIR) Post #AW78KUkHPOviMCvFT6 by moffintosh@berserker.town
2023-05-28T12:46:17Z
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@vaprakhunter So that they can make more money off of them
(DIR) Post #AW78LLJVxe0nOXo7bk by moffintosh@berserker.town
2023-05-28T12:46:27Z
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@Jockel Nikon
(DIR) Post #AW78bLr9iALni9Azlg by moffintosh@berserker.town
2023-05-28T12:49:21Z
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@dave 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
(DIR) Post #AW7Co8i0IxMoW2FUp6 by flipsideza@fosstodon.org
2023-05-28T13:36:27Z
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@moffintosh What the heck! We are more than ever needing some kind of open hardware revolution. Dont think it will ever happen though :(
(DIR) Post #AW7knjOxnDYeT7JtKK by finlaydag33k@social.linux.pizza
2023-05-28T19:57:22Z
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@Jockel Looks like a Nikon Z8@moffintosh
(DIR) Post #AW7l4ETG2tqFSgCGY4 by finlaydag33k@social.linux.pizza
2023-05-28T20:00:16Z
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@adiz Yea, I hate this kind of DRM... I'm fine with say a "device may not work as expected" message popping up somewhere but making the camera unuseable is just garbage.@moffintosh
(DIR) Post #AW7p8Gio1EyTPveKDQ by finlaydag33k@social.linux.pizza
2023-05-28T20:45:51Z
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@adiz Tbf, so do I.I never saw any benefit of DRM outside "securing initial sales" or being able to push a new product by making the old one a pain to repair (read: Corporate greed)But honestly, if your new product is better in a meaningful way, people will buy it anyways...Then again, actually improving products costs money spent in R&D, which is money not spend paying the shareholders.@moffintosh
(DIR) Post #AW7pX7oQHU6R1b84Po by m0xEE@breloma.m0xee.net
2023-05-28T20:50:17.080043Z
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@adiz @moffintosh I think you can just dismiss this warning, can't you?My HP laptop kept bugging me about RAM it didn't like but it worked anyway, it just displayed this warning every time I had turned it on. I still didn't like it and eventually replaced it with RAM modules it liked (had better timings anyway), but I didn't think it was evil. Hardware whilelists that prevent startup completely are pure evil though, can't disagree with that.
(DIR) Post #AW7t3TKk6IP6tvMWhM by himorik@infosec.exchange
2023-05-28T21:29:51Z
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@moffintosh wild
(DIR) Post #AW7uPQs22SkhaRy6im by ThatWouldBeTelling@shitposter.club
2023-05-28T21:45:03.909495Z
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@vaprakhunter @moffintosh I’m really hesitant to be so sure when we’re talking about lithium ion batteries in a market filled with really bad ones. Remember the inherent implications of storing a lot of energy in a small space (remember reading or hearing lithium metal primary, as in nonchargeable batteries have a power density greater than TNT).So the first question is, does this battery provide data the separate? charger needs like internal temperature? Said charger having a very simple UI without an LCD?OK, maybe I’m just paranoid and use Official batteries, and keep almost all my lithium ion ones inside a metal or ceramic container to hopefully limit damage if one catches on fire.
(DIR) Post #AW7vwZmK2YGeizfLJA by m0xEE@breloma.m0xee.net
2023-05-28T22:02:12.686684Z
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@adiz @moffintosh My model is too old for whitelists, even MacBooks didn't have them at the time :marseyemojismilemouthcoldsweat: , and they've given up in newer ones too according to what I've read, but there was time HP did that shit too.
(DIR) Post #AW8b6I72fk4ux46n6O by moffintosh@berserker.town
2023-05-29T05:43:23Z
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@m0xEE @adiz My HP laptop had a wifi card whitelist and the bios would halt the boot and not let me access anything
(DIR) Post #AW8vVGB10NnlGp9NpY by SuperSnekFriend@poa.st
2023-05-29T09:32:01.756321Z
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@moffintosh >For safety sakeLike the Li-ion batteries that explode or catch fire because manufactures side-step regulations and go cheap at suspect factories in China with piss poor conditions. :noa_disgust: