TropicalDingdong
@TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
- Comment on White House Orders NASA to Destroy Important Satellite that Collects Climate Data 2 days ago:
This is our collective inheritance they are destroying. These data are irreplaceable, and its something they themselves could never do.
- Comment on Citing “market conditions,” Nintendo hikes prices of original Switch consoles 4 days ago:
- Comment on MIT's new AI can teach itself to control robots by watching the world through their eyes — it only needs a single camera 2 weeks ago:
MITe not be …
- Comment on Google Plans To Combine ChromeOS and Android Into Single Platform 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on Study (N=16) finds AI (Cursor/Claude) slows development 3 weeks ago:
The bigger issue I see is that it also results in less experienced ciders creating code that might work, but that they don’t understand.
- Comment on The most played games on Steam Deck for June 2025 5 weeks ago:
can confirm.
balatro deck is fire.
- Comment on Neuralink competitor Paradromics completes first human implant 2 months ago:
I’m all for bodily autonomy, and the 100% freedom to choose to do with your body whatever thou whilst.
That being said, I really am not interested in the future like I once was.
- Comment on Valve's huge Steam Deck update is now ready for everyone, including rival AMD handhelds 2 months ago:
I think we’re going to need to see a generational shift in compute before we see steam deck two. I have the original deck, and the OLED. Kicked down the original to a friend. Both are great pieces of kit. I’ve basically survived without a gaming machine for almost 4 years because of these devices. I’ve experienced almost 0 desegregation on either. Just phenomenal devices.
I’ve finally bit the bullet on a more serious machine (for both work and pleasure). I’ve got a Asus ROG Flow Z13 on back order, the 128gb variant. I think this is the direction things are going to go. We just can’t make CPU’s/ Video cards faster/ more efficient if we keep them separated.
My speculation: the next steam deck is going to take on this design, so long as the stryx halo generation proves itself. It might not be a “full force” variant like I’ve bought into, but the rub is the temperatures and power to performance relationship. The stryx halo design is the only thing I’ve seen that would warrant a generation refresh.
- Comment on You know that generative AI browser assistant extension is probably beaming everything to the cloud, right? 4 months ago:
Kinda has to be unless you’ve got 3k+ in GPU sitting next to you.
- Comment on This is the world's first sodium-ion mobile battery, a game changer in environmental sustainability, but it's not cheap 4 months ago:
Its a gen 0 product. Practically a prototype.
It doesn’t use cobalt or lithium. It lasts 10x as long. It has a wider operating range in temperature.
It will definitely get cheaper. Seems like an excellent option for home energy storage. Who cares how heavy it is. Its just going to set there.
- Comment on [Discussion] How is your Steam Deck's battery holding up? 6 months ago:
OLED and original. Both are fine.
- Comment on What handheld PCs should do to fight the Nintendo Switch 2 6 months ago:
Fight? There is no fight. The switch two will be another underwhelming cash grab only interesting to children and tasteless fanboys.
- Comment on SteamOS expands beyond Steam Deck (upcoming SteamOS beta for other devices) 6 months ago:
- Comment on There is no AMD Z2 Steam Deck model coming - Valve 6 months ago:
spoiledexploitedftfy
- Comment on A 3D printed keyboard case for Steam Deck 7 months ago:
I dont like that they designed around the pebble, which doesn’t have onboard rechargable batteries.
The mxmini would have been a better design choice and is about the same size. Dead ass if they had something like this built with the USB C hub as part of the design, I’d be buying it right now. The biggest criticism I have of the steam deck is the case. It seems like they could have designed it to be a stand fairly easily.
- Comment on Deck Buttons Releases Real Metal Steam Deck Buttons In Our Devices - Steam Deck HQ 10 months ago:
Now you can smell like pennies
- Comment on The one accesory I would recommend with the Deck 10 months ago:
- Comment on The one accesory I would recommend with the Deck 10 months ago:
Jesus fucking Christ right?
Like what the fuck were they thinking with that c cable?
They got it right in the dick why did they fuck it up on the main cable.
- Comment on Asus’ new mini PC has a Copilot AI button on the front for some reason 11 months ago:
It really strikes me that we should be installing AI kill-switches, not empowerment switches.
- Comment on Clearly inspired by Advance Wars the turn-based infantry battler 'Warside' gets a new trailer 11 months ago:
Oh man. Had advance wars on my game boy advance when I was in the Navy. It was perfect for 4 player games because one player could do their moves on their own time, then hand the game off to the next player whenever they saw them next. Also played a ton on leave, wandering cities and passing it back and forth.
- Comment on Black Myth: Wukong shows very clearly Valve are selling a lot of Steam Decks 11 months ago:
If I were them I’d be waiting for ARM based processors to catch up in terms of interoperability layers.
- Comment on How good is the Steam Deck really? (Not a gamer) 11 months ago:
Before getting one I couldnt imagine what I would do with it.
Now that I have it I couldnt imagine what I would do without it. I am playing far more games and having more fun doing so. It acted as a drop in replacement for a work computer one week while I had to replace a laptop. Its just a pleasure to use. Games look incredible on it. Once you are comfortable with it, in some ways, its better than a mouse and keyboard (specifically if you have a good key mapping and have developed competence with the touch pads). And I play games like City Skylines, Factorio, BG3, Valheim.
If you want to fall in love and never go back, I would say to play Witcher 3. I think that game was a pure pleasure to play. And getting in 15 minutes of valheim while I’m laying in bed before sleep is something I could never do with a PC.
- Comment on Valve confirms it'll support the ROG Ally with its Steam Deck operating system 11 months ago:
Right on. I’m just excited that this form factor is going to “be a thing” for a while, because god damn, I love my deck.
But realistically, it could be a drop in replacement for my mobile computing solutions if it was just a bit beefier.
- Comment on Valve confirms it'll support the ROG Ally with its Steam Deck operating system 11 months ago:
Shiitttttt…
I mean. The ROG Ally has much better hardware…
- Comment on Took the plunge after 2 years, and replaced the Delta fan with a Huaying one 1 year ago:
How did the daily driver experience go?
I did it for a week with an external monitor and I thought it was… fine? Wondering about your experience.
- Comment on Cataclysm DDA, Vim & WASD - Implications For Generalist Translations Of Qwerty Layouts To The Steam Deck 1 year ago:
Honestly? I think you are getting hung up on approaching this from the T9 perspective.
Yeah well I think you are hung up on the mechanical keyboard community.
The T9 approach worked excellently, was extremely intuitive, and once learned, it is easily as effective as an on screen keyboard.
There just aren’t enough buttons on a deck to have dedicated key mapping and as well would never be intuitive.
This can be overcome by incorporating the philosophy of the T9 keyboard, taking it down to maybe 8-12 total keys you interact with.
Two hands, two flippers (index fingers), 4 keys either side (two thumbs), and you’ve got all the degrees of freedom you need.
- Comment on Cataclysm DDA, Vim & WASD - Implications For Generalist Translations Of Qwerty Layouts To The Steam Deck 1 year ago:
But the people who actually used it for SMS/ beepers were few and far between.
I mean, maybe this is true, but not my experience whatsoever. Most people (my circles) once they got the hang of it were typing SMS at 20-30 wpm using T9. My only argument is that alternative keyboards can be effective. I look at the deck (got mine right here) and I see plenty of opportunity (degrees of freedom) to support something along the lines of a T9 keyboard. Like if someone can come up with it, something that’s actually intuitive like T9 was, I really think it would gain generalized acceptance.
This is mapping an RPG/roguelite from old school curses input to a gamepad/touch screen combo. Which, as I said, is a fundamentally “wrong” idea.
I still completely agree with this sentiment, but I don’t think I agree with analog sticks or clusters and wheels. I’m on the same page as the “cool but I am sure as hell not going to learn that” category for any solution like this.
Lets say we just either the back l/r paddles and l/r top switches, along with 4 buttons left and 4 buttons right. Like, I’m playing with the positions with my fingers now. Maybe press paddle or switch, press either a left or right one of 4 options and complete it by pressing one of the opposing left or right one 4 options.
So (4^3)/2 (lets make it direction so that the target key is always found in a ‘caret’ formation (starts left, goes right, ends left; or starts right, goes left, ends right). That means for each of the 8 keys (4 left, 4 right), there would be 8 potential positions, which gives us a final 128 potential keybindings. We could probably sacrifice some fractional degrees of freedom here to make it more intuitive (like maybe its only 6 potential positions for a given initial key/ paddle combo).
Like I think its super doable.
- Comment on Cataclysm DDA, Vim & WASD - Implications For Generalist Translations Of Qwerty Layouts To The Steam Deck 1 year ago:
This is ABSOLUTELY what I’ve wanted from the steam deck from the first minutes I got my first deck. Being able to work in the desktop mode without having to use the onscreen keyboard has been a fundamental limiting factor for me.
So I do have to push back against this statement:
The only intuitive way to map the qwerty keyboard to the steam deck is through the context of a specific game’s controls and what they usually map to on a keyboard.
Case in point, I want to use the steam deck as a productivity device. I need a ‘generalized’ mapping of keys.
I’m interested in knowing what you think of the oldschool T9 keyboard mapping. I’ve been thinking for a long time that something similar to this would work for the deck.
- Comment on Cataclysm DDA, Vim & WASD - Implications For Generalist Translations Of Qwerty Layouts To The Steam Deck 1 year ago:
I whole kindheartedly disagree. I don’t know that “this” is it, but a touch screen is a POOR supplement for a keyboard.
Maybe you are a bit younger, maybe you don’t didn’t have them, but T9 was one of the best typing experiences out there; I still consider it an improvement to onscreen keyboards on modern smartphones.
I think that this effort is precisely what I’ve been looking for as a daily steam deck driver; I want this specifically for the KDE environment. In combination with the trackpads, I think a key-bound button/ switch based keyboard is all I need for the steam deck to be a 100% drop in replacement for a laptop.
I want that cyber punk lifestyle of being able to program on my deck and do a whole lot more with it. For that to work, I can’t be switching over to some goofy touch screen key board.
- Comment on 1 year ago:
Yeah it was a blast, like, incredibly pleasurable to play.
The controller layout and the steam deck layout just mapped excellently. Everything felt incredibly organic, almost as if the game was designed for the deck.
I’m on BG3 now and its not nearly as good of an experience. The graphics feel lacking compared to W3. I’m not sure I’ve got it tuned correctly. The key mapping is ‘so so’; I play city skylines and its way better mapping for a mouse based click and do stuff game.
The key mapping / controller layout and zoom / perspective questions are the make it or break it for any game on deck. I really like the steam deck controller set up (in-spite of the fact that before the deck, I’m almost exclusively a keyboard and mouse gamer). I like how flexible the set up is, but I feel like not enough games are taking advantage of the options and the community layouts are hit and miss.
