LiveLM

@LiveLM@lemmy.zip

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve now require UK Steam users to verify their ages with a credit card, thanks to the Online Safety Act⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  If you keep them after redeeming them, they can also be used as proof of account ownership in case your account gets hacked and stolen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta created flirty chatbots of Taylor Swift, other celebrities without permission⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, if anyone has the money to sue the fuck out of them, it’s Taylor Swift

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Word will save your files to the cloud by default⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Eh? This ain’t new, they have been heavily pushing saving to Onecloud as the default since 2022.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New rumor suggests Valve's Steam Deck 2 is much further away than we thought⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The ROG Xbox Ally X is rumored to target 1080p at $899.99, ONEXPLAYER has models using the latest and greatest AMD AI 9 HX and 144hz at $900 ~$1K-ish and Aya Neo has some too.
  There’s many options for “Powerhouse portables”, you just gotta be willing to pay for 'em.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New rumor suggests Valve's Steam Deck 2 is much further away than we thought⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Ultra Graphics at 1440p
  Good Battery Life
  Good Price

  Pick 2.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google will throttle your Pixel 10's battery, and there's nothing you can do about it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  People keep raving about Pixels. All I see are overheating processors and now this bullshit

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Less taking, more bursting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ohhhh… yeah, fair enough.
  I’ve faced both of these, specially the playing cards by accident bit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure, but since Valve makes their money back via game sales instead of hardware like other OEMs, I find that they have a much bigger incentive in keeping the firmware update to date than let’s say AYANEO or even ASUS.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  eh? the controls for slay the spire are very simple, you could easily get away with mapping keyboard keys to the controls or just using the touchpad…

  If you wanted to get fancy you could even map the touchpad to the card selection area (for easy peek and choose) and use the buttons for everything else.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Planning on buying a SteamDeck. What should I know before purchasing? ⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The 8BitDo Ultimate 2 Wireless has 2 back buttons and two extra shoulders, and it has full Steam Input support (must update the Controller and Dongle firmware and hold the B button when turning on)

  No trackpads though…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The New Yorker Asks: Is the A.I. Boom Turning Into an A.I. Bubble?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Was there a lot of hype surrounding the new launch? I didn’t really keep up with it.

  Regardless, I think it’ll take a bigger disappointment to burst it. Maybe something on the corporate side, like big players investing a lot of money on it and not seeing a return.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GPT-5: Overdue, overhyped and underwhelming. And that’s not the worst of it.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Like Sam Altman acting ‘scared’ of what GPT-5 is going to be, “what have we done?”

  They do this shit every release lmao.
  I remember then GPT 4(? 3?) was close to release there were some very “organic” totally not paid for articles about GPT employees being afraid of the new model loooool.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GPT-5: Overdue, overhyped and underwhelming. And that’s not the worst of it.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Every single time they release a new model they do this “omg we’re so close to AGI bro” rigmarole ffs

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck OLED 32GB RAM Upgrade⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Words from a man who has never played modded Minecraft ⤴️

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Truth Social’s new AI search engine basically just pushes Fox News⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess they mean they won’t be using Perplexity because of their williness to partner with this BS.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Vibe coding service Replit deleted production database⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Vibe devops

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk’s AI bot adds a ridiculous anime companion with ‘NSFW’ mode⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Crappy AI glued to FaceRig. Shit is so lame I don’t even know what to say.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jack Dorsey working on Bluetooth messaging app, Bitchat⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  So something that was already made multiple times over but now with Techbro bullshit in the mix. Amazing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Game Pass will "either kill everyone else, or give up", says Dishonored and Prey dev Arkane founder⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Come back Arkane Austin, I need a sequel to Prey 😢

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta’s “AI superintelligence” effort sounds just like its failed “metaverse”⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And what’s even funnier is that if Facebook spent that money funding AAA VR games for their headset instead of their shitty VRChat clone they’d have an easier time growing their userbase the way they do desperately want.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Racist AI-generated videos are the newest slop garnering millions of views on TikTok⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought we’d have flying cars in the future, we got automated racism instead

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Nintendo locked down the Switch 2’s USB-C port and broke third-party docking⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Can’t believe they did it again.
  While on the Switch 1 it might have been because the USB PD spec wasn’t fully finalized when it was made, on the 2 they’re being actively malicious.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon vows to crack down on piracy on its Fire TV Stick range⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re already locked down to shit anyway, last I heard even changing the default launcher is a big ordeal now.
  Wouldn’t surprise me if they rebranded FireOS to something else and disallowed app sideloading entirely.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨X's new 'encrypted' XChat feature seems no more secure than the failure that came before it⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Add a feature that rings an alarm whenever a journalist is added to your group chat and you’ll bring all the president’s loonies to the yard

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube tops Disney and Netflix in TV viewing, Nielsen finds⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Image

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Popular stress-testing app OCCT is coming to Steam and includes a special build for Steam Deck⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t understand what you mean?
  The OCCT team can add a “Support the Dev” DLC that costs money but doesn’t add anything to the software, that’s not a problem.

  So if you really want to split hairs it wouldn’t truly be “Downloadable Content”, since the DLC would be empty, but that’s not against the rules as far as I know.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Popular stress-testing app OCCT is coming to Steam and includes a special build for Steam Deck⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  See this software on Steam.
  It’s free, but if you scroll down the Store page you’ll see the “Downloadable Content For This Software”, and you’ll see there’s paid DLC you can buy for it.

  That’s how it works, Steam supports this for games and software for a while now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft starts testing  ‘Hey, Copilot!’ in Windows⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “You don’t need a distro, just use WSL!”

  ~Copilot, probably

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hideo Kojima proposes a game where the protagonist forgets abilities if players take too long a break⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I need a game that gives me a summary of past notable story events and a quick “get back to speed” mini tutorial when I don’t play it for a long time, not this.