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Games

Clash of Clans „No Gems” in Offer: Here is the Solution

u/Royallvl1challenge made a post in this subreddit recently that explains why Supercell can no longer offer gems and outlines the legal walls of the company. Keep reading if you want to know more.

Some people believed that gold should also not be available from these offers, but it is because of the one first layer of gems that is regulated.

The solution

Gem tickets are what Supercell could do to bypass this problem without struggling too much. It can make a second layer of enforced or not regulated gems.

To be more specific, as we say in the US, Gem Tickets are more like a form of „store credit.” From gem tickets you can redeem an x amount of gems based on three kinds of Gem Tickets that you can choose from:: Gem Ticket 500, Gem Ticket 1200, Gem Ticket 2500.

The tickets have a number at the end of it so you can know how many gems can be redeemed for. Later you can add different values to get tickets.

In addition to this, you can buy the tickets with gems, contrary to the gold. However, the Gem Ticket 500 would be sold at the price of 500 gems. This is only a solution for bypassing the problem this the authentic gems as long as they can just be bought with real money. If it is not, maybe the possibility to transfer gems to a friend or receive a gift from one can be added.

TL;DR: The creator company, Supercell is stuck behind a legal barrier, and it prevents them from putting gems in offers. Gem Tickets is the only way we get Gems back in our offers because they can be redeemed for Gems, which technically bypasses the legal barrier.

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Tech

Google Chrome Has Increased RAM Consumption After Spectre ‘Improvement’

Yes it’s true: Google Chrome will now consume even more RAM in order to ensure that these pesky Spectre vulnerabilities will not endanger your system. The bad news is that short of changing your browser or adding more RAM you have no choice.

Short refresh: Spectre and Meltdown are chip-level security vulnerabilities that were discovered earlier in 2018. They affect both AMD and Intel processors among others, and may even be present on your PC/laptop. Since receiving a free processor upgrade is out of the question, the vulnerabilities can only be patched at a software level.

In a blog post, Google explains while your browser is even more hungry now:

Site Isolation is a significant change to Chrome’s behavior under the hood, but it generally shouldn’t cause visible changes for most users or web developers (beyond a few known issues). It simply offers more protection between the websites behind the scenes. Site Isolation does cause Chrome to create more renderer processes, which comes with performance tradeoffs: on the plus side, each renderer process is smaller, shorter-lived, and has less contention internally, but there is about a 10-13% total memory overhead in real workloads due to the larger number of processes. Our team continues to work hard to optimize this behavior to keep Chrome both fast and secure.

Site isolation has now been enabled by default for most of the users and you are not able to turn off, as it is mandatorily enabled. Google further elaborates that the purpose o the site isolation is to prevent extended data transfer between your machine and potentially malicious attackers that seek to gain access to your private information.

While better security is always good news, the cost may be a bit high for Chrome users with older machines that may be significantly slowed down by the update. The feature is here to stay, so as previously stated, should you not like it, only switching browsers may help you.

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Tech

6 Clash Of Clans Golden Lessons You Learn While Playing

Addictive mobile games can teach you practical knowledge. Our phones have become glorified Gameboys, and we need to accept it because you sure played Doodle Jump and Angry Birds at least once.

An overall favorite game is Clash of Clans, one of the most versatile and engaging games from the market. It is not just a game as it takes alliances and tactics to fully take advantage of the Clash of Clans universe.

Here are seven lessons you learn while playing:

A bigger fish is always waiting to be fried

We all live in the fantasy of becoming a perfect human being, but actually, we should focus on our weaknesses and strengths because in the game, for example, no clan can be flawless no matter how good or for how long you play.

Everything can be healed with time

If those 75 raging barbarians demolished your city, it just takes a matter of our for your village to heal itself. It is exactly how life works. Sometimes you are discouraged and have a deep wish to give up, but patience will help you get over that problem of yours.

Responsibility

Keep in mind that the 1000 peasants in your village are all relying on you, so before engaging in this game, get ready for some responsibility lessons because they need your help non-stop.

Violence is the key

If you are out of gold, rob someone else’s village and get back on track.

Pay and this is what you get

We usually face the problem of choosing a brand article of clothing or a bad quality one, but Clash of Clans teaches you how to save the valuable items because if you settle for less so will be your experience.

Lives are expendable

If you lose your army, you can make a new one.

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Tech

Amazon Echo Dot 2 – Why Is It Better Than The Old Version?

Amazon has launched the Echo Dot 2, a better, smaller and smarter version of its fan-favorite Echo Dot product line.

Cheaper than the first generation, it is a very efficient and satisfying experience for users that desire a smart, voice-controlled hub.

Smaller than its cousins Echo and Echo plus, the Dot looks and feels good. Should you desire two devices instead of one, you receive a 20$ discount, for a total price of 80% (Keep in mind that Prime Day is coming, and you may find n even sweeter deal should you wait).

The Echo Dot is in two gloss variants, black or white. Custom cases are also available, should you like a more personal choice regarding the looks of your device.

Alexa will be able to play music, check the weather forecast, control other smart appliances available in your home, and other familiar skills such as book reading, call and message answering, food order and others tasks.

The number of skills is continuously growing, as more re-added with each firmware update. As of spring 2018, more than thirty thousand distinct skills are supported.

Hardware-wise the Dot comes with seven built-in microphones able to pick up your voice from no matter where you are in the room at the time. It features the Echo Spatial Perception protocol. Should you have more Echos or Dots in a room, only the one closest to you will trigger in order to minimize potential conflicts between the devices when the Alexa command is spoken.

While in theory this sounds great, in practice some devices can trigger simultaneously even when they are far away from each other. But Amazon assures that protocol improvements will come in the future in over to minimize any inconvenience. One workaround is to change the wake word in order to allow the devices to trigger differently.

For newcomers and old users alike, The Echo Dot is the perfect investment.  It’s the perfect heart for your smart home setup and for 50$ you get more than enough functions.

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News Tech

Electra Jailbreak – Downgrading to iOS 11.4 Beta 3 Guide

Today we are going to present readers with a step-by-step guide on how they can downgrade from iOS 11.4.1 to iOS 11.4 Beta so that they can use the latest Electra jailbreak on iPhone 7, iPhone 8 and iPhone X. Before we get into that, we need to mention that Apple is now signing iOS 11.4 Beta 1, Beta 2 and Beta 3. Therefore, iOS fans can upgrade and downgrade to those software versions without any problems.

On the downside of things, Apple is only signing iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and the latest iPhone X for iOS 11.4 Beta 1, Beta 2 and Beta 3. Therefore, iPad owners who were hoping to use the Electra jailbreak will not be able to use the upcoming guide. Let’s hope that the folks at Electra will launch a special jailbreak tool for iPads during the upcoming future, or for Apple to start signing iPads to iOS 11.4 Beta 1, Beta 2 and Beta 3.

Downgrading to iOS 11.4 Beta 3

The first thing iOS fans are required to do before downgrading their software version is to download the necessary firmware file which can be found on Apple’s beta program website. With that being said, here are the steps to downgrading an iPhone operating system.

  • Connect the designated iPhone to a PC via the Lighting cable;
  • iTunes should activate automatically, but if doesn’t, simply launch it manually;
  • Hold down the Shift key on Windows or the Option key for Mac and select the “Restore iPhone” option;
  • Choose the firmware which has been recently downloaded;
  • iTunes will start extracting the firmware and restoring the iPhone;
  • Wait for the firmware extracting process to finish;
  • All that’s left now is to install the Electra jailbreak.
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