Ulrich
@Ulrich@feddit.org
- Comment on Steamdeck or.... 3 days ago:
The OLED is the same size as the OG but lighter.
- Comment on Steamdeck or.... 3 days ago:
“Deck verified” is an absolutely useless metric and very often wrong. I pay no attention to them and neither should you.
- Comment on Steamdeck or.... 3 days ago:
The only reason you should buy a Switch is if you have no self respect, don’t give a shit about being in an abusive relationship with Nintendo, and don’t care about sending thousands of dollars to a company that hates you to get an artificially limited device, and absolutely MUST play Nintendo first-party games, in the intended fashion.
The Deck is such a better device in nearly every way.
- Comment on Neil Druckmann Says a Cure Would Have Worked in 'The Last of Us' 4 days ago:
He also admitted that the science behind it might not be perfect. “Now, is our science a little shaky that now people are questioning it? Yeah, it was a little shaky and now people are questioning that.
I wonder if these people realize that this is science fiction.
- Comment on Why console makers can legally brick your game console 4 days ago:
They refer to Sony’s ToS:
If SIE Inc determines that you have violated this Agreement’s terms, SIE Inc may itself or may procure the taking of any action to protect its interests such as disabling access to or use of some or all System Software, disabling use of this PS5 system online or offline, termination of your access to PlayStation Network, denial of any warranty, repair or other services provided for your PS5 system, implementation of automatic or mandatory updates or devices intended to discontinue unauthorized use, or reliance on any other remedial efforts as reasonably necessary to prevent the use of modified or unpermitted use of System Software.
Although I’ve never heard of any reports of that, and I’d love to see it tested in a courtroom. Deliberately bricking someone else’s hardware because YOU believe for some reason that they’re not using it properly is on a whole other level than just disabling online accounts. It’s vindictive.
- Comment on 70% of games that require internet get destroyed 4 days ago:
That’s why the first thing I do when I buy a new game is to turn off the internet and boot the game. If it doesn’t boot or work offline, I refund it. And I just don’t buy games that have Denuvo.
- Comment on Why console makers can legally brick your game console 4 days ago:
“Although users own the hardware, the software that’s needed to run it is subject to a license agreement,” attorney Jon Loiterman told Ars. “If you violate the license terms, Nintendo has the right to revoke your access to that software. It’s less common for software makers to revoke access to software in a way that disables hardware you bought from them, but the principle is the same.”
- Comment on Signal calls out Microsoft for poor implementation of Windows 11 Recall, blocks it by default 5 days ago:
It’s hard to believe anyone would be legally convicted of a crime because their OS took a screenshot.
- Comment on Signal calls out Microsoft for poor implementation of Windows 11 Recall, blocks it by default 5 days ago:
There will always be edge cases and exploits.
Sure, but most people already have sensitive data on their PCs and trust the OS to keep it (mostly) safe.
To what end?
To the end that stonk line go up.
- Comment on Lies of P is getting difficulty options to make the Soulslike more accessible 5 days ago:
I usually start on easy mode and then steadily increase difficulty as I go. Nothing will make me refund a game faster than being 20 minutes in and dying 74 times in an impossible encounter. LoP is one of those games.
- Comment on [deleted] 6 days ago:
JESSICAAAAAA!!!
- Comment on [deleted] 6 days ago:
I don’t want to watch any of that.
If you do, you’ll probably enjoy The Boys on Amazon.
- Comment on Lies of P is getting difficulty options to make the Soulslike more accessible [VGC] 6 days ago:
The difficulty is not a problem for me so much as the very slow movements. It takes like 2 seconds to swing a sword. Meanwhile the opponent is still attacking. Just can’t figure these games out, myself 😮💨
- Comment on After a lengthy legal battle and billion-dollar loss, 'Fortnite' is back on iOS 1 week ago:
Its recurring news going back multiple years at this point. And probably into the future.
- Comment on After a lengthy legal battle and billion-dollar loss, 'Fortnite' is back on iOS 1 week ago:
But look at the typical apple user. Do you think they’re going to be happy without the apple experience?
Oh my God, they’re going to have to make decisions for themselves!? The horror!
- Comment on $80 for Borderlands 4 too costly? Randy Pitchford says, "If you're a real fan, you'll find a way to make it happen" 1 week ago:
It’s a combination of a huge variety of attributes and an endless supply. I just get anxiety about walking past a super powerful weapon or dropping it in exchange for something else without realizing it.
- Comment on $80 for Borderlands 4 too costly? Randy Pitchford says, "If you're a real fan, you'll find a way to make it happen" 1 week ago:
I honestly don’t know how people play this game. Every 12 seconds coming across new gear. Can’t do it.
- Comment on A year later, Apple Vision Pro owners say they regret buying the $3,500 headset - "It's just collecting dust" 1 week ago:
I didn’t realize that was a thing
- Comment on FCC Chair Brendan Carr is letting ISPs merge—as long as they end DEI programs 1 week ago:
Because they’re a minority. Statistically they are more overrepresented and overpaid than white people.
- Comment on A year later, Apple Vision Pro owners say they regret buying the $3,500 headset - "It's just collecting dust" 1 week ago:
It’s the same story for every VR headset. Buy it, be blown away for a few hours/days, then never touch it again. I did it too, with Oculus Go. The only exception is for gaming, but Apple just doesn’t know anything about that. Honestly I’m blown away that they sold as many as they did, but that’s Apple marketing for ya, I guess.
It was insanely overpriced, and so obviously intentionally so. Sell a headset that gets plugged into a Macbook for computation and you’ll sell quite a few more. It’ll be lighter, cheaper, smaller, more comfortable, and easier to integrate into your workflow. But of course that would break Apple’s cardinal rule of making 2 products capable of the same tasks. Same reason why your MacBook will never have a touchscreen and your iPad will never drive 2 displays or run MacOS apps.
- Comment on FCC Chair Brendan Carr is letting ISPs merge—as long as they end DEI programs 1 week ago:
“We’ll only permit you to do this terrible thing if you also agree to do this other terrible thing that you already want to do.”
- Comment on You can now use authenticator apps to keep your GOG account secure! 1 week ago:
Could be worse. GOG’s approach is super annoying, and a lot of platforms (like fucking Apple) actually require the use of insecure SMS verification. And as far as I know Steam hasn’t been hit with any data breaches since 2011.
- Comment on You can now use authenticator apps to keep your GOG account secure! 1 week ago:
Okay, let’s say there’s currently no native support for normal TOTP.
- Comment on You can now use authenticator apps to keep your GOG account secure! 1 week ago:
I’m pretty sure it doesn’t but I’ll bite: How did you set that up?
- Comment on You can now use authenticator apps to keep your GOG account secure! 1 week ago:
Not exactly, no
- Comment on You can now use authenticator apps to keep your GOG account secure! 1 week ago:
They have TOTP but only in their app.
- Comment on You can now use authenticator apps to keep your GOG account secure! 1 week ago:
It presumably works with a normal TOTP app.
- Comment on “I Hope That It Brings Comfort”: Sarah Michelle Gellar Shares Her Vision for the ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Reboot 1 week ago:
Thanks.
- Comment on “I Hope That It Brings Comfort”: Sarah Michelle Gellar Shares Her Vision for the ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Reboot 1 week ago:
I don’t “live under a rock”, I just don’t give a shit about, and actively avoid, celebrity gossip.
- Comment on “I Hope That It Brings Comfort”: Sarah Michelle Gellar Shares Her Vision for the ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Reboot 1 week ago:
I wasn’t aware of such an accusation.