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- Comment on To celebrate Oxford Word of The Year, Submit your worthy ones for rating in the comments 1 day ago:
Cant even call this ragebait after reading this thread lol, its just a sea of half assed complaints that no one cares about.
- Comment on Libraries are cool 1 week ago:
Unless the library is tracking book reader stats or you actually check out the book, maybe remember how the classification system works like they were supposed to teach you in school?
Half the time I’m literally standing in front of the shelf perusing the book, it would be dumb to throw it in the book return unless I don’t know or can’t find the exact position where it came from.
- Comment on Valve Addresses Steam Machine Anti-Cheat Concerns, Says It's Working Towards Support 1 week ago:
Lots of games that ship with kernel level anticheat have an android port that doesn’t have that feature because android (also linux) similarly doesn’t hand out root access, let alone kernel access to anything in userland.
Huge example being Fortnite.
Already ignoring the fact that kernel level anticheats have well known bypasses, cheaters can also just use the Android version to make cheating easier if that was really an obstacle.
Anyone peddling kernel anticheat as a requirement is just using it to cut costs in running moderation staff. Epic Games specifically is just being a dick to linux because they know they have zero leverage in that market, and don’t want to give Steam more traffic.
All Valve really has to do is sell enough units to tip the percent of linux users that these publishers would not want to miss out on. That’s how so many updated and expanded with the steam deck. Currently the estimate is about 4 million monthly active users on a linux platform. I think if they can reach 10 million (I think 6-7%), it would be enough to incentivize the change.
I never would have thought Microsoft would allow Halo Infinite or MCC on linux 5 years ago, but they actually changed their minds because they knew people wanted to play on the steam deck. I would even take a guess that the new CoD stuff will shortly follow since MSFT is taking a more open platform approach anyway.
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Even though LTT said valve gave a cold stare at a $500 price tag, the BOM estimate is sitting around $420 (compared to $300 for the deck).
If they follow the same path as the steam deck, they could still comfortably sell the base model at $600 or $550 if they want to get aggressive with consoles.
Valve basically broke even with the base model steam deck, so I’m assuming the remaining $100 per unit cost is all the external stuff like production shipping etc. They make profit on the higher level models by charging more for storage and OLED.
Valve’s plan was never to compete with consoles, but they’re sitting on a golden opportunity here with Xbox flailing in the water and being able to price match without loss. Their major blocker is the anti cheat holdouts though, and I don’t think they’ll be willing to change unless steam machine itself becomes very popular, which forms an annoying loop.
I think they’re probably having some great arguments behind the scenes on what point exactly they should settle on based off of the public response everyone is giving from this statement lol.
- Comment on Figured I'd join in sharing what I'm playing- my platinum team ☺️ 2 weeks ago:
Yeah I used to do it through my mobile hotspot, but Android dropped support for 802.11b, so now I gotta use my PC.
On the other hand, I think emulators like MelonDS have an emulated network passthrough which makes it super easy to use.
- Comment on Figured I'd join in sharing what I'm playing- my platinum team ☺️ 2 weeks ago:
pkmnclassic.net in case you want to do DLC events, GTS, and other wifi features.
Have fun with gen 5.
- Comment on EA Announces No F1 26 Next Year, F1 25 Will Get a Major Expansion Instead 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on One more internet meme 2 weeks ago:
Me waiting for the remaining 60% of vulnerable records to enable DNSSEC
- Comment on Steam Hardware [new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and VR headset Steam Frame, coming in 2026] 2 weeks ago:
They said they went LCD because of the light loss due to the lenses.
I dunno if they could implement a controlled backlit array + high constrast panel layer at that scale, but it would be killer if they did and made it seem 80% like a real OLED.
- Comment on Aeroplane 3 weeks ago:
Me flipping on reverse thrust and parking brake before touching the ground in FSX because I’m like 100 kts above the landing speed
- Comment on Why have so many services started using single-factor passwordless authentication in the last little while? 4 weeks ago:
gg ez ease of use feature, which is hilarious because that’s exactly where smishing attacks come in. People are actually more willing to give out the OTP than their actual password, so it definitely less secure.
I think this started out as a decently good idea, like sign in with a device type of feature (think QR code from an authenticated device), but then along the way someone just went “screw it” and changed it to an OTP.
Even in 2025 password managers are rare, people still reuse the same 8 character password everywhere, and people fall for low effort scams. So someone thought “if they’re gonna be insecure anyway, lets just make it so they never have to use a password and sync it to their phone or email”.
- Comment on Minecraft is removing code obfuscation in Java Edition 4 weeks ago:
Finally we can view Mojang’s shitty server multi-threading implementation in all its glory.
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- Comment on PC Master Race 4 weeks ago:
$400 console
The only thing that qualifies is an Xbox series S, even Switch 2 is $450 lmao.
Even funnier when you consider “PC” consoles like Steam Deck or Legion which gives you a even wider access to games, including exclusives thanks to emulation.
Hell Sony and Microsoft gave up on the console exclusive system because PC & Steam demonstrated the expanded market is worth the tradeoff when your console hardware is basically a computer.
That didn’t used to be the case even up to the PS4 when the hardware was still targeted for games like high VRAM, but that’s no longer the case.
It gets even better with Switch emulation because it was a glorified Android tablet that was already outdated on arrival, meaning you can play Switch games even on your phone thanks to ARM instruction pass-through techniques.
- Comment on There was no need to ever improve upon THIS 5 weeks ago:
Only missing a night picture with the red LED backlight on
- Comment on Are there any good 3D Nintendo FAN made games? 1 month ago:
If the 3D of Gen 5 qualifies: smilingzero.github.io/BlazeBlack2ReduxWiki/
Don’t quote me on this, but I believe it should also be compatible with pkmnclassic.net which includes online WFC features such as:
### What works GTS Battle Videos Dressup (PtHGSS) Box uploads (PtHGSS) Musical photos (BW1/2) Wi-Fi Battle Tower and Subway Random Match ups (Currently requires AR Code: https://github.com/mm201/pkmn-classic-framework/issues/116) ### What doesn't Trainer Rankings (PtHGSS) ~~Wi-Fi Plaza (PtHGSS)~~ Seems to work now Game Sync Rating Battles / Competitions
- Comment on Are there any good 3D Nintendo FAN made games? 1 month ago:
First time ever I’ve seen someone complain about Pokemon on lemmy. Only other time I saw Nintendo complaints was a couple of posts about Mario Kart during the Switch 2 launch.
I’m so damn sick of the bitching about fun games I’m trying to enjoy.
Most of us here aren’t braindead consumers who throw money at even subpar media, much less Game Freak slop. Could probably guarantee you most people on lemmy probably haven’t touched a Pokemon game since they were a kid.
It’s like a McDonald’s Happy Meal. It’s a targeted cheap product designed to make money.
- Comment on Republican? Democrat? There is a third option: 1 month ago:
You dropped your /s
- Comment on 1 month ago:
I did a 2 minute lazy search when people were talking about this, and its not just some random reddit post, several people working at stores posted online on several platforms that stock was being moved around or removed entirely.
Most likely its just brick and mortar stores moving product around to locations that are actually selling, or planning ahead for black friday deals. Nothing groundbreaking, but this site was the first that was heavily defending Microsoft for no reason lol.
- Comment on Is anyone NOT steaming their Music? 1 month ago:
People pay to stream music?
I thought most people just put up with ads, or get the revanced version of the app with ads removed.
Then you have the smaller group that downloads off of any good distribution site, and then the small minority of music archive torrentors.
I think I only ever met one person who actually paid for youtube premium, but my sample size is probably too small.
- Comment on If you are in the US, and a karen threatens to call ICE on you, what's the best course of action? 2 months ago:
None of you fools in this thread have ever encountered a public situation, much less a dangerous public situation huh?
- Comment on ... 2 months ago:
Forgot the “Thinks his skills at hitting 100m targets will allow him to fight the government in a civil war situation”
- Comment on DO IT! 2 months ago:
Would that make Bart Nite Owl lol?
- Comment on Dinner is ready! 2 months ago:
D by far has the widest available palette, it includes the silk road which is the thing that fueled C, B, and E.
- Comment on Nintendo reportedly gets even more obnoxious about patent law by taking a 'mods aren't real games' stance against a Dark Souls 3 mod that could invalidate its Palworld lawsuit 2 months ago:
Team Fortress was a quake mod
Half Life used a modded version of the quake engine
Counter Strike was a Half Life mod
L4D was a Counter Strike mod
Gary’s Mod is literally just a game revolving around you modding the Source Game Engine
Seems legit Nintendo.
- Comment on I may swear like a pirate, but I'm a fucking PRINCIPLED pirate 2 months ago:
Yeah the only environment it seems to fit is the military which sort of makes sense for how often you get smoked long before you ever see combat or even just active duty.
And even then most military people have a cleaned up citizen dictionary for whenever they’re not with their buddies.
Anything outside of that just seems excessive and vulgar for no apparent gain or reason. Even funny and wildly profane comments online don’t use expletives as much as some people do IRL.
There has to be wordplay and emphasis to make it justied (or funny like the gorilla warfare copypasta), otherwise it just comes of the same as ending every single sentence or phrase with “lol”.
- Comment on No Man's Sky: Voyagers update releases today, introduces customizable "colossal, fully furnished, completely bespoke Corvette-class starships" 2 months ago:
- Comment on Steam can't escape the fallout from its censorship controversy 3 months ago:
Welcome to the bank owned oligopoly lol.
Debit cards use the same PCI DSS backend, which is owned by Visa and Mastercard, both of which were created by banks (I think BofA made Visa)
“ePayment” systems like PayPal, Cashapp, Zelle, etc rely on the same backend, or also publicly owned by several major banks.
Direct bank wire transfers still have a useless transfer fee for literally no reason. I think maybe echecks don’t, but they expose your full bank account numbers (for no good reason), and they’re still controlled by the bank, and they don’t offer it as a solution for rapid payments.
Bitcoin technically solved this problem except the supply system wasn’t designed for stability, so the value is way too volatile. Even though there are better crypto currencies that have solved this problem like XRP, the blockchain hype train crashed so a ton of vendors don’t accept crypto anymore even though they used to.
This entire system is nothing but a highly organized and legalized fraudulent scam to ensure banks can rip off vendors and consumers with transaction fees and debt.
The only thing that bypasses this system at the moment is using physical cash, which doesn’t work online.
- Comment on Public transit in Chengdu, China versus Toronto, Canada 4 months ago:
Just like how Pakistan administers Jammu & Kashmir and India administers AJK & Gilgit Baltistan, both of which are across the Line of Control in the opposite country’s border lol.
- Comment on Public transit in Chengdu, China versus Toronto, Canada 4 months ago:
