TropicalDingdong
@TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
- Comment on Cities: Skylines creators Colossal Order are handing the series over to the Surviving The Aftermath devs 1 week ago:
Hmm. I still play but I heard the new one was a disaster so I haven’t bothered with the new one.
- Comment on Valve says it’s still waiting for better chips to power Steam Deck 2 1 week ago:
Bet then.
I’m betting that they’re working with AMD to develop something more Strix Halo/ SOC because it gets you the benefits of power-efficiency when needed, but also to go absolutely ape should you demand.
- Comment on 'The Truth Is Paywalled.' Internet Vets Lament the State of the 'Open' Web 3 weeks ago:
Communities like lemmy can make a big difference against this as an issue by building up community rules and norms to not support paywalled/ adwalled content.
There are alternatives, they just aren’t the ones which most people post. Support alternatives and we as a community can break through this issue.
- Comment on Balatro's 1.1 update won't come out this year, so developer Localthunk can keep working at a healthy pace 2 months ago:
Yeah its like…
Its more like a cartridge game. It just “is what it is”. You don’t get infinite saves. You want to remember a seed? Get a journal and write that code down and then manually enter it back in. When you spin it up, two options: continue or new.
No balance updates no nerfs. You want to get further in the game? Get good.
- Comment on Balatro's 1.1 update won't come out this year, so developer Localthunk can keep working at a healthy pace 2 months ago:
I don’t know that I need or want an update. It’s not the kind of game that really needs that.
What’s nice about Balatro as is is that it meets and surpasses your expectations. It’s effectively and infinitely scalable difficulty.
It’s more like games of the past where when you bought the game, it was considered complete and whatever the game was, that’s what it was, flaws and all. And that requires a kind of commitment most developers aren’t willing to offer.
If they wanted to do expansions, or new modes or levels that’s fine. But anything that interrupt the core game even if some of that isn’t perfected, is a miss for me.
The game is, with any flaws one might identify, perfect as is. It doesn’t need an update.
- Comment on One long sentence is all it takes to make LLMs misbehave 2 months ago:
Wild. I’ll misbehave with even a short sentence.
- Comment on Planning on buying a SteamDeck. What should I know before purchasing? 3 months ago:
I’m a big fan of using the thumb pads for games like City Skylines and Civ.
Also you can play cozy games in bed.
Or balatro at the bus stop.
Or… or… or… and… and… and…
- Comment on Age Verification Lobby Pushes For Age Verification Checks For VPN Use 3 months ago:
Who the fuck is the age verification lobby?
- Comment on My new laptop chip has an 'AI' processor in it, and it's a complete waste of space 3 months ago:
would he rip the cuda cores out of his Nvidia GPU?
- Comment on White House Orders NASA to Destroy Important Satellite that Collects Climate Data 3 months 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 3 months 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 4 months ago:
MITe not be …
- Comment on Google Plans To Combine ChromeOS and Android Into Single Platform 4 months ago:
- Comment on Study (N=16) finds AI (Cursor/Claude) slows development 4 months 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 4 months ago:
can confirm.
balatro deck is fire.
- Comment on Neuralink competitor Paradromics completes first human implant 5 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 5 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? 8 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 8 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? 9 months ago:
OLED and original. Both are fine.
- Comment on What handheld PCs should do to fight the Nintendo Switch 2 9 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) 10 months ago:
- Comment on There is no AMD Z2 Steam Deck model coming - Valve 10 months ago:
spoiledexploitedftfy
- Comment on A 3D printed keyboard case for Steam Deck 11 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 1 year ago:
Now you can smell like pennies
- Comment on The one accesory I would recommend with the Deck 1 year ago:
- Comment on The one accesory I would recommend with the Deck 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago:
If I were them I’d be waiting for ARM based processors to catch up in terms of interoperability layers.
