fmstrat
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- Comment on Decksight, an OLED screen replacement for LCD decks, is now in crowdfunding 1 week ago:
Agreed, for me. But if I played all retro, might be a different story.
- Comment on [Leak] Steam Controller 2 render thumbnail leaked in SteamVR drivers 4 weeks ago:
I hope not. To get to the sticks you’d need giant hands.
- Comment on How's the battery life after you've had one for a while? 4 weeks ago:
Mines been fine, but It’s fairly easy to replace of ot ever isn’t.
- Comment on Do you use your Deck for non-gaming purposes? If so, what do you use it for? 5 weeks ago:
Thats my main working setup, but I use it with the Deck, too. The deco slides into the bag alongside that 😉
- Comment on Do you use your Deck for non-gaming purposes? If so, what do you use it for? 5 weeks ago:
And yes, it’s a mobile workstation for me. I typically use code-server, so I’ll have VSCode open in the top, and everything else on the bottom. Works well since it’s width-saving in a coffee shop. I tried one of those “triple monitor” setups that connect to the laptop screen, and the angle was awful, no idea how people use those. Love me some triple-curved at home, though ;)
- Comment on Do you use your Deck for non-gaming purposes? If so, what do you use it for? 5 weeks ago:
See response to the other commenter in this chain. Posted a picture, and a Dropbox picture link to “everything”.
- Comment on Do you use your Deck for non-gaming purposes? If so, what do you use it for? 5 weeks ago:
All the pieces, and other views: www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/…/AGpFdSfbjvaVRp7VzVifx8U?…
This fits in my Osprey Daylight 13L pack.
- Comment on Do you use your Deck for non-gaming purposes? If so, what do you use it for? 5 weeks ago:
Happily, but… Of what exactly? Not sure if you just want to see layout, or the details of the 3d model, etc.
- Comment on Had to reimage my deck; impressed by how well a backup of my home folder carried over system and app settings 5 weeks ago:
Nope. You use it like a normal system. It handles that.
- Comment on Do you use your Deck for non-gaming purposes? If so, what do you use it for? 5 weeks ago:
Ahhh makes sense, thanks.
- Comment on Had to reimage my deck; impressed by how well a backup of my home folder carried over system and app settings 5 weeks ago:
If you like this, you may be interested in fedoraproject.org/atomic-desktops/
I’m not a Fedora fan, but this is what Bazzite (desktop Steam Deck like OS) is based on. It’s almost like source control, where any updates you make are on top of the base image, and when you update, it just rebases your changes over to of the new base image (simplified).
Beyond that, take a look at what many people do called dotfiles. This is where you symlink common home directory files ans folders like
.config/etc to agitrepo, so not only is it easy to restore any Linux OS settings for apps, you also get version history. - Comment on Do you use your Deck for non-gaming purposes? If so, what do you use it for? 5 weeks ago:
I run Bazzite on my PC, and have a Deck. I have found zero reason to put it on my Deck.
- Comment on Do you use your Deck for non-gaming purposes? If so, what do you use it for? 5 weeks ago:
How does the drawing tablet work for FreeCAD? And is it one with or without a screen?
Curious on the use case.
- Comment on Do you use your Deck for non-gaming purposes? If so, what do you use it for? 5 weeks ago:
I just picked up a 144hz USB-C 16" monitor with a magnetic cover like a tablet. Paired it with a mini tripod and designed/printed a magnetic bracket so the monitor just snaps on. Slides right into my tiny 13L pack (barely).
- Comment on Signal gets new video call features, making it a viable alternative to Zoom, Meet and Teams 1 month ago:
I worked in similar for many years as well, including with companies that provided services to tons of hospitals. What you experienced seems pretty advanced for what I ran into, so good to know.
- Comment on Signal gets new video call features, making it a viable alternative to Zoom, Meet and Teams 1 month ago:
Yea I’ve done work in Privacy focused companies, and they love this stuff, but everyone else who isn’t a journalist… Probably not.
You mention HIPPA, and the interesting one with that (to me) is offices don’t track conversation already, so it probably wouldnt impact situations like that, but Signal chat most certainly would. Can’t report a violation if you can’t see it.
- Comment on [HELP] Recommendations for portable setup with keyboard and mouse? 1 month ago:
Unfortunately no, at least not that I can still find. It was really just a lap tray and I used industrial Velcro with adhesive on the back, along with an adhesive mousepad. The mouse holder is just from the box it came in.
The challenge was the lack of wireless for the single-handed hardware keyboard at the time, so a USB2BT module was needed, and those knobs I added at the top were for wrapping a wire from a tiny USB2.0 Hub for if I wanted to be wired.
Doing it again it would be 100% wireless with magnetic quick charge connectors on all the elements. (I got a million of them of different angles off Aliexpress and have them on all my travel items).
- Comment on [HELP] Recommendations for portable setup with keyboard and mouse? 1 month ago:
Admittedly I did this years ago, and had to use USB to BT adapters which was janky. Wireless keyboards are much better now 😉
- Comment on [HELP] Recommendations for portable setup with keyboard and mouse? 1 month ago:
Ahhh yea. If I were to do this with a backpack I’d probably make something folding. Having the tray is super nice for couch visits.
- Comment on [HELP] Recommendations for portable setup with keyboard and mouse? 1 month ago:
Hear me out, you don’t want portable, you want transportable. I made this. It’s a lap tray with cushion underneath and a handle, and everything attaches to it.
- Comment on Signal gets new video call features, making it a viable alternative to Zoom, Meet and Teams 1 month ago:
Until you can manage a “group of people” (your company), and give them permissions to “rooms” (chats/channels) by group, Signal can’t compete.
Administrators aren’t going to one-off everything, or rely on users to do it when there is no admin visibility.
Getting admin tools right with an encrypted service is key here.
- Comment on Ecosia and Qwant, two European search engines, join forces on an index to shrink reliance on Big Tech 1 month ago:
Thats why you use it via SearXNG, just like the rest.
- Comment on Twystlock - Free, 100% 3D printable gaming accessories 4 months ago:
I might look at this, but part of this for me was the engineering experience of building the connector along with supportless parts. So I’m not sure how much time I’d put into adapting away from that. Thanks for the suggestion!
- Comment on Twystlock - Free, 100% 3D printable gaming accessories 4 months ago:
This is correct. There are alignment holes and tabs for everything, so it’s pretty painless. It was a requirement to have zero supports, which is more work than a dot of glue IMO, so I went that route.
- Comment on Twystlock - Free, 100% 3D printable gaming accessories 4 months ago:
Yea, it can be used with lots of things, just starting here 😉
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- Comment on Google is discontinuing the Chromecast line 4 months ago:
I was thinking the same. Matter integration and a faster processor. I think the hard part for users is the price point. They’re “upgrading” the Chromecast, which is good, but they are using a higher tier product to do it, so it will be treated as a graveyard project.
- Comment on What remote do you use? 5 months ago:
XBox elite controller.
I actually use the paddles on the deck, so it’s nice to have them on desktop and when docked. It’s not cheap, so it tooke a long time to pull the trigger on, but glad I did.
- Comment on Dock's for Oled 1 TB version? 9 months ago:
youtu.be/e2d57mPVV6w?si=3YNGrZgLo5FbdVGH
I chose this one and have been happy. a.co/d/7MdELCU
- Comment on Dock's for Oled 1 TB version? 9 months ago:
The biggest issue is video delay. Most docks are terrible. There’s a good YouTube video out there where a guy compares a bunch for steam deck and gives good options.
