SkunkWorkz
@SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world
- Comment on Quantum mechanics might have the solution to joystick drift 15 hours ago:
These new type of sensors require less power so that’s the biggest advantage. But them needing smaller magnets probably could mean they can be manufactured cheaper than Hall effect sensors. The increased accuracy and size shrinkage is just a bonus on top.
- Comment on Genius 1 day ago:
Yeah they were selling Tlahco not tacos and Tlālcamohtli not potatoes.
- Comment on Quantum mechanics might have the solution to joystick drift 1 day ago:
Read the article. This is an improvement over Hall effect sensors.
- Comment on Quantum mechanics might have the solution to joystick drift 1 day ago:
Did you even read the article? This solution also uses magnets but requires smaller magnets and the response curve is more linear than with Hall effect sensors.
- Comment on Switch 2 GameCube controller will only be offered to those who pre-order the console 1 day ago:
NYXI Wizard maybe
- Comment on I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre 1 day ago:
People have been denied entry to the US because they said they were house sitting. To the law that’s considered work for accommodation. Immigration has every right to deny you entry. Doesn’t matter if you guys agree with it or not.
Just never say you are doing chores or work in exchange for accommodation to any border cop in any country. So never say you do homestay or are housesitting. It will get you kicked out in many countries not just the US and Canada.
Also this article just proves to only cross the US border by airplane. It seems that every tourist that is in an ICE detention center crossed the border on land.
If she landed in Vancouver she would’ve been send home by plane. Also I bet are she wouldn’t have been caught if she went trough immigration at the airport. Canadian immigration cops are a lot stricter at the borders than at the airport.
- Comment on I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre 1 day ago:
If their is a contract it’s work.
- Comment on Nintendo delays Switch 2 preorders over tariff concerns 2 days ago:
Also most of Nintendo’s target audience has no idea that the Steam Deck exists. Like if a kid asks their parents for a Switch 2 the parents aren’t going to suggest the Steam Deck since they don’t know what it is. Nintendo does a shit ton of traditional advertising, the Nintendo brand has an enormous mind share among the general audience. The mind share for Steam is almost non existent outside of PC gamers.
And many kids I know who play PC games don’t even have Steam installed. Since they only play Roblox and Fortnite on their PC. Nintendo is not competing with the Steam Deck. Their real competition is Apple and Android because of Fortnite, Roblox and TikTok.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 hands-on reveals a proper generational upgrade, though its biggest new idea remains unproven 4 days ago:
The general casual gamer who plays Nintendo games doesn’t know what Steam Deck is.
- Comment on Please choose one 4 days ago:
Yeah they Japanese. Tipping is seen as an insult over in Japan.
- Comment on YouTube removes 'gender identity' from hate speech policy 4 days ago:
Also right wingers are dumb as hell and don’t use adblock.
- Comment on Self-Driving Teslas Are Fatally Striking Motorcyclists More Than Any Other Brand: New Analysis 5 days ago:
It’s because the system has to rely on visual cues, since Tesla’s have no radar. The system looks at the tail light when it’s dark to gauge the distance from the vehicle. And since some bikes have a double light the system thinks it’s a car in front of them that is far away, when in reality it’s a bike up close. Also remember the ai is trained on human driving behavior which Tesla records from their customers. And we all know how well the average human drives around two wheeled vehicles.
- Comment on Important information about compatibility of Nintendo Switch games with Nintendo Switch 2 5 days ago:
It’s only a relative handful of games with issues and only one is a Nintendo game. And many with issues are from the same developers. Looks to me that those developers didn’t use the NDK properly. It is a software side issue so could be fixed before the launch if those publishers care enough.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 Launches on June 5th Worldwide; 1080p Screen With 120 FPS and HDR Support, Docked Mode 4K Resolution Support Confirmed 5 days ago:
For sure. It’s a great machine. I have one. But I’m trying to keep expectations down. Some people might be surprised to know that it isn’t a latest gen machine. Some people might have too high expectations because of all the rave it gets.
- Comment on First-party Switch 2 games—including re-releases—all run either $70 or $80 5 days ago:
The only game I want to play is that new Donkey Kong game. Paying €520 for playing just one game is ridiculous. I’m gonna wait till Nintendo releases more games. I’m not gonna spend €450 for it to collect dust like my PS5.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 Game-Key Card Overview 5 days ago:
But the Switch cards are not MicroSD cards. MicroSD cards are produced at much larger scales than Switch game cards. And there are many manufacturers producing the MicroSDs. That’s why MicroSD cards are so cheap because there is competition. While the game cards are a bespoke design using non-standard flash memory and only produced by Nintendo’s partners in lower numbers than MicroSD cards. I heard from a publisher that they had to pay $8 per unit for the 16GB card when they released a small indie game for the Switch 1. That was almost the price of the digital version. So they had to charge double for the retail version. The Switch cards are relatively expensive that’s why many publishers opted for a small card and forced the consumer to download the rest even when the game could fit on the bigger card. And Nintendo still takes a royalty for every game sold on top of that.
But even if a publisher could buy a 256GB Switch card for $10 bucks that is money not going into the publishers pocket. So of course a publisher like Activision will opt for the smallest card possible so they can earn a couple of bucks more per game sold.
- Comment on Switch 2 mouse mode (such potential) 6 days ago:
But that controller comes with the console.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 Game-Key Card Overview 6 days ago:
Many Ubisoft games and Activision games on the Switch 1 were sold like this.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 Launches on June 5th Worldwide; 1080p Screen With 120 FPS and HDR Support, Docked Mode 4K Resolution Support Confirmed 6 days ago:
The Steam Deck is getting long in the tooth. New triple A games don’t run very well on it or aren’t even playable. It’s fine if you wan tot run older games or indie games, but otherwise you might have to look for one of the competitors.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 Launches on June 5th Worldwide; 1080p Screen With 120 FPS and HDR Support, Docked Mode 4K Resolution Support Confirmed 6 days ago:
Bet they priced it that high to get ahead of any tariffs that might affect them. Consumers really don’t like to see price hikes right around a launch. Plus they still want to milk the Switch 1 since they probably have a very healthy profit margin on that machine. This price makes the Switch 1 look very appealing for people who still haven’t bought one.
- Comment on Embracer studio Eidos-Montreal has laid off 75 employees 1 week ago:
Not a surprise. Anything this company touches is sinking. These giant gaming conglomerates don’t make an iota of business sense. The whole point of a conglomerate buying a whole bunch of similar businesses, aka horizontal integration, is so these businesses can share the same knowledge, infrastructure and supply lines and benefit from economies of scale to lower costs. Like an oil conglomerate using their own tankers to transport oil for all their subsidiaries. But in the gaming industry there is barely any overlap between two studios where synergy can happen. Except for the business admin, promotion and advertising side. But that is a tiny fraction of the costs of big budget production. The biggest cost is on the production side and every studio needs their own set of directors, producers, designers, artists, programmers etc. Another goal of horizontal integration is capturing market share, but with games you run the risk of cannibalizing your own sales especially how Embracer is doing it since most studios in their portfolio are from the same region in the world making games for similar markets.
EA and Ubisoft tried this before and failed miserably and they sold or shuttered almost every studio they bought. The only one who does a good at it is Sony, but even they don’t have as many studios as Embracer and they rely on Chinese digital asset sweatshops.
- Comment on Elon Musk and Taylor Swift can now hide details of their private jets/// Private aircraft owners can now ask the FAA to keep their registration information out of the public eye. 1 week ago:
Bourgeoisie is what they are called. Wealthy people without an aristocratic tile and not part of the ruling class.
- Comment on Signal downloads spike in the US and Yemen amid government scandal | TechCrunch 1 week ago:
For the people who want to use Signal but are stuck in WhatsApp land because all their contacts are on WhatsApp, you should download WhatsApp business and create an automated away message that says that you are only available via Signal and with a link to your Signal account (if you use a Signal username. ) People in my contacts are slowly switching to Signal.
- Comment on *trumpets blare* 1 week ago:
I don’t know if there is a Disco song that calls for murdering gay people.
- Comment on Microsoft's many Outlooks are confusing users and employees 1 week ago:
Very doubtful
- Comment on X88B88 is the word "voodoo" with a reflection. 1 week ago:
DOODOO is nnnnnn with a reflection
- Comment on Ubi, it's $70 and people are vary of your mile wide puddles that drop 75% in price after half a year 1 week ago:
Yeah but it was the other side of the spectrum. It weren’t right wing racist who were mad but SJWs who didn’t see the movie and don’t understand that the word Samurai in the title is plural not singular.
- Comment on Schedule I, a first person drug empire management game, released in early access on Steam (demo available) 2 weeks ago:
Damn already 1800 reviews.
- Comment on Bluesky made more money selling T-shirts mocking Mark Zuckerberg in one day than it has in two years of selling custom domains 2 weeks ago:
Ofcourse they ain’t making shit from custom domains. Anyone who is interested in connecting a domain to their Bsky account and has the skills or patience to learn how to probably already has a domain bought at another registrar to connect to.
- Comment on You can only imagine what is going on in there 2 weeks ago:
Haha my first thought as well