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A 32-bit integer overflow in SmileBASIC's array REMOVE handling gives memory read and write on the Switch 1, where there is no pointer authentication. A path-normalization overflow then reaches the filesystem service.
The exploit is tethered, runs on firmware 23.0.1, and took about two weeks of real work.
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The revised Switch 2 console weighs roughly 10g more and carries a 1% smaller battery; the new Pro Controller battery is about 16% smaller. Nintendo's pitch: you'd never notice.
It swears there's "no difference in functionality" between old and new hardware, a phrase readers turned straight back on it.
The celebrated "10% pay bump" is Japan-only base pay that Nintendo actually lifted in April 2023; the 2026 news is a separate, smaller adjustment to starting salaries.
President Shuntaro Furukawa cited it to reassure shareholders. But with the yen near 162 to the dollar, one reader calculated the raise is already down 12% in dollar terms, and levels.fyi figures had others calling Nintendo a below-market payer to begin with.
Palworld — survival-RPG с открытым миром от японской инди-студии Pocketpair: ловите существ-«палов», стройте базы, играйте в кооперативе до 32 человек.
В сентябре 2024-го Nintendo подала патентный иск — и индустрия затаила дыхание. Теперь юридический анализ показывает: Nintendo добьётся лишь минимальных выплат, не блокировки игры.
Garrit Franke's browser toy hands you a single ghost and lets the classic Pac-Man AI flee. Built in ~400 lines of HTML, vibe-coded with Claude. The complaint everyone hits: it feels impossible to catch him, and the swipe controls are rough.
Then the thread cracked it: Pac-Man never grabs the power pellets, so chase him into the bottom corridor by alternating right-down and you'll always close the gap. Others want Inky and Pinky added so you can actually corner him.
The Dreamcast, Wii, DS and Wii U all shipped browsers, many powered by Opera scaling its engine onto tiny hardware. The Wii U turned its GamePad bookmark menu into a literal animated book.
The nostalgia carried a real complaint: we lost console browsers just when they'd be useful — one network admin wishes he could still run a speed test from a console to debug support calls.
