tiramichu

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Well I don’t think there’s any pride in it, they are just going after what is the most profitable at any given time.

  That’s exactly why I suspect they will choose to resurrect the Crucial name later, because given a choice between launching a new name nobody knows, or a name people recognise (even if it’s been tarred a bit) then recognised will be the winning and more profitable option.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably just the same brand, honestly?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don't expect a SteamOS phone after the Steam Machine, Valve engineer says⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It really wouldn’t make sense at all, to me.

  Like sure - they could design a Linux phone with their own polished UI, and Proton so it can run Steam games natively, and that would be super cool! But what about the apps?

  I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that for most people out there a phone is all about apps - in fact, completely synonymous with apps - and the sad truth is that Android and iOS have an absolute stranglehold on the app market.

  There have been (and still are) efforts to develop Linux phones, but they are generally seen as rough experiments which for most people require far too much compromise - with one of the most significant compromises being that you give up all your apps.

  Valve’s recent hardware successes haven’t come from making experiments for dedicated nerds, but from making polished hardware devices that you can put in the hands of a consumer and just work, and do everything they expect. That’s the strategy.

  Now don’t get me wrong - I’d love to see a big-hitter like Valve with some financial clout try to make a phone. But this is an arena where even Microsoft failed, and heavens knows how much money they poured into phones before pulling the plug.

  I’d love it, but I don’t think it aligns at all with Valve’s strategy, and I don’t expect to see it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chimes⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Plap plap plap

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NEVER OBSOLETE⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s right. There’s an insightful blog article if you want to learn the full story.

  You could get your PC upgraded for $99 if you also bought 24 months of dial-up Internet service through them. But you had to pay shipping both ways, and be out the use of your computer while you did it! So I don’t imagine almost anyone took them up on the offer - meaning that really it was a carefully crafted almost-scam.

  That said, their machines were very competitively priced even without the deal and really disrupted the incumbents, making them good value machines even if you didn’t take them up on the “never obsolete” offer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨By technical standards were 3D TVs impressive, Why didn't they catch on back then?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  They made 3D TVs with passive glasses too, I had one. Still have actually, working fine 10 years later.

  Has some neat tricks like coming with two pairs of “game” glasses that are effectly two left lenses for one person and two right lenses for the other, giving the ability to play a two-player split screen game with each player having a full-screen view (albeit stretched) and not being able to see the other! Trippy.

  IMO the reason they didn’t catch on wasn’t the technology, just that it genuinely didn’t add much to the movie watching experience. What makes a movie worth watching continues to be the movie itself, and in some ways 3D - which was meant to be “immersive”- was actually just a distraction from the movie which frequently reminds you you’re actually just sat in a room watching a screen, rather than letting you get into the story.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve confirm the Steam Machine will be priced like a PC with similar specs, rather than a console⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure, for real.

  Of course, it isn’t like you can’t build yourself a small PC. I’ve got a build in a Fractal Design Terra with a beefy GPU, and that thing is barely bigger than a shoebox.

  But building small is even more daunting than building large, so IMO it ties into the same angle of people wanting something that is premade and a product that just works, right down to the SteamOS operating system it ships with.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve confirm the Steam Machine will be priced like a PC with similar specs, rather than a console⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  They can’t, and they won’t.

  The way I see it, the people the Steam Machine is meant for are these:

  1. People who are sick of the increasingly predatory nature of console gaming and want to switch to PC, but don’t have the confidence or knowledge to build their own

  2. People who are similarly sick of Windows bullshit and want to try Linux, but don’t have the confidence or knowledge to do it themselves

  3. People with plenty of cash who fancy an extra gaming PC to put under the TV

  4. Valve fans who will buy anything Valve releases, no matter what

  IMO it’s not trying to compete against consoles directly, and especially not on price, it’s trying to be an alternative to people who are already sick of consoles.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HP and Dell disable HEVC support built into their laptops’ CPUs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The headline is a little misleading.

  As I understand it, they haven’t retroactively removed the HEVC capability from any devices that already shipped with it already enabled.

  Rather, they have stopped including it in new ones of the same model or in certain new models, even though those machines still have CPUs which have the capability built in for it.

  This has resulted in e.g. businesses buying a laptop which works fine for conference calls and other stuff, then buying another laptop the “exact same” and suddenly it’s nerfed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve Announces New Steam Machine, Steam Controller & Steam Frame⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You’d have to assume so!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Hardware [new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and VR headset Steam Frame, coming in 2026]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You have to remember, the price isn’t only due to the hardware.

  We often still think of “hardware” as if it’s some tool we actually own like a wrench or a hammer, and the price of it should depend on the cost.

  But in the modern world the electronic hardware we buy is subsidised through gated ecosystems and by profiting from slurping data and selling ads.

  The reality is that Meta hardware is priced aggressively low to encourage adoption - on the basis of all the money they expect to make later from your data. Same with smart TVs and everything else with a similar business model.

  Valve’s hardware will seem exoensive but that’s just the price you have to pay in the modern world for some small amount of control and privacy.

  Personally, I’ll pay it gladly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nearly 90% of Windows Games now run on Linux, latest data shows⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess the beefier your system is the less you will notice the impact of a greedy OS (because thats a fixed/absolute overhead) while the performance hit of having to translate directx through Proton will always be there (because that’s a percent-based overhead for each rendered frame)

  So for the most top-end rigs, probably still Windows will squeeze a few more FPS.

  At the end of the day Linux and Windows are both pretty comparable for gaming performance, so we don’t need to worry about that as a deciding factor in which OS to choose, and can decide based on other merits.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nearly 90% of Windows Games now run on Linux, latest data shows⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  On the other hand, some testing has found that running games on Linux with Proton is actually faster than with Windows on the same hardware, because Windows is such a resource hog.

  The hardware in in this test being the Legion Go steamdeck rival.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK before you buy a replacement for your cellphone that has stopped charging, buy the $10 cleaning kits and spend the time deep cleaning the phone's charging port.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure. But that’s intended to detect shorts caused by water, and water is a much worse electrical conductor than a piece of metal, and so less damaging in the time it takes to detect a short.

  Even if phones have some level of protection, why risk damage when you could use something wooden and just not risk it at all?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NOW!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks.

  Seems like CCC may no longer be the best choice, but it is still a free choice, and the article doesn’t seem to suggest they are falsifying their data.

  Good to know, thanks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NOW!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This custom SKU trick is also used by retailers to advertise “We’ll price match any other store!” when technically the only store who sells that exact SKU is them!

  (Of course some retailers are genuine when they offer to price match, it’s not always a scam)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NOW!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you have a source on that? I can’t find any mention of this from having a quick search just now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube is taking down videos on performing nonstandard Windows 11 installs⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not in their interest for people to switch to something actually good that they will want to stay on, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What We Talk About When We Talk About Sideloading⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Because this is not about security. Security is nothing more than the sufrace-level excuse.

  This is about removing user freedom, and consolidating corporate control. This is about ensuring that every app and service you use is approved by the big G, and consumed in the way they want - with ads, with tracking, and with nothing you can do about it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'd like to control my air-purifier with one of those power-socket-timer-switch thingies – Is there a way to "auto-press" those non-mechanical buttons?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For anyone who needs a cheap but functional air filter which DOES do this, IKEA’s UPPÅTVIND remembers its last setting when turned back on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there good Movies, TV Shows, Anime, with wholesome family (particularly parent-child) relations?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Watch out though, because while the TV anime ends on a sweet note, and you should probably stop there, the manga ends with time-skipping forwards 10 years to when they start a romantic relationship together.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there good Movies, TV Shows, Anime, with wholesome family (particularly parent-child) relations?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Kakushigoto is really good.

  It is the story of a single-parent manga artist who is ashamed of his work and goes to great lengths to keep it from his young daughter.

  The story begins when the girl, now older, discovers her Father’s job, and is told through flashbacks to her growing up and life with her father who was always trying his best for her.

  I can’t find the official trailer with subtitles but it gives you the idea. Trailer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nokia solos⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  To be fair, probably his back would pop off, and his battery would shoot out across the floor like a missile, but then he’d go back together like nothing ever happened.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As Microsoft Forces Users to Ditch Windows 10, It Announces That It’s Also Turning Windows 11 into an AI-Controlled Monstrosity⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, that’s right. Steam can play windows-only games via Proton, which is the exact same thing they are doing on Steam Deck. Steam Deck is what really motivated a lot of work in this area, and why the situation is so good these days.

  It sounds like you’ve already got plenty of Linux machines, so perhaps try it for yourself and see.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As Microsoft Forces Users to Ditch Windows 10, It Announces That It’s Also Turning Windows 11 into an AI-Controlled Monstrosity⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Steam is absolitely the EASIEST way to run games on Linux.

  It abstracts Wine, Proton and all the other dependencies so you don’t have to think about it much.

  You just install it, download and play exactly the same as you would on Windows.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which game would you erase from your memory, in order to experience it fresh once again?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly, I had completely the opposite experience with Dredge.

  The first few days in the game feel truly scary, with your terribly slow ship, and strange lights in the darkness are terrifying. Those initial quests with the pulsating wet package are creepy, and you wonder where that’s going to lead, and what storyline will cone from that.

  But then, you get a few engine upgrades and there’s suddenly not a single danger in the game you can’t easily run from. You’re invincible and the whole ocean is your oyster. The pulsating package was just a bit of flavour and nothing comes of it at all - in fact the quests in the game are almost entirely plain fetch quests, totally shallow with very little real story. And while the ending gets interesting, it’s all too brief.

  Now don’t get me wrong - I loved Dredge, actually. But I loved it as a cosy collect-em-all fishing sim bombing around the ocean in your fun and zoomy boat, rather than the narrative-driven Lovecraftian horror the trailers made it out to be, which it ultimately I felt it wasn’t at all

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta is removing its Messenger apps for Windows and macOS⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
  5. They know people use the desktop app in order to not use the phone app, and they want those people on the phone instead because the phone is even more data-valuable and ad-valuable

  Facebook web on mobile browser already doesn’t allow messenger, and tells you to get the app. Pulling messenger from the desktop web browser will be the next move, forcing people to app completely.

  Glad I don’t use it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Games with Text-based Interaction?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Looks interesting in other respects too, thanks for the suggestion

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone else notice an up tick in hostility on Lemmy lately?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It wasn’t because of the apps.

  It was because closing down the APIs - despite the widespread protests and subreddit blackouts - was the final nail in the coffin for many. It proved reddit was no longer a place where community opinion mattered at all, or had any sway in how the site might operate.

  It was proof that things were firmly entering the enshittification phase of milking the reddit userbase and their content for profit, pushing a first-party app full of ads, and fattening up the balance sheet for investors.

  I left at that time because I didn’t want to subject myself to that, and no number of “still working” apps would change my opinion.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Games with Text-based Interaction?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you for all the suggestions! :)

  Buddy Simulator 1984 looks great, and the most interesting, because it (seems to?) combine text chat with other gameplay.

  I honestly did a bad job with the title of my post (entirely my fault!) because most people have been going straight to the text adventure genre for recommendations, and that wasn’t quite what I had hoped for.

  Text adventure games are easy to find. So are games that simply involve a lot of typing of any kind. There’s a typing tag on steam, after all!

  What’s not easy to find are games which aren’t necessarily entirely text-based or text parsing, but have natural language chat as part of their gameplay.

  So they could be any genre - walking sim, puzzle, horror, anything, even an FPS or an RTS! Though I struggle to imagine how a game could fit natural language chat as part of a single player FPS, but if they did it, I’d be interested!

  In all, what im interested in is a pretty specific and weird non-genre that doesn’t fit established categorisation, and that’s why I needed Fellow Humans to help, because tags on steam simply cannot.

  So, thank you for the Buddy Simulator recommendation. I’ll certainly be playing that one! :)