MajorHavoc
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- Comment on Main Assembly is a must buy for the deck at $4! 4 days ago:
Neat! I’ll check it out. Thanks!
- Comment on Deck to LG TV 1 week ago:
Annecdotaly, a recent patch had notes that implied it fixes this issue. I got so tired of the dock being unreliable that I haven’t confirmed it, though.
- Comment on NLRB: Grindr used RTO mandate to reduce headcount 1 week ago:
Oh my. It was never about productivity at all?
I am shocked! Shocked, I say!
- Comment on Elon Musk May Have Made a Huge Mistake on Full Self-Driving That It's Too Late to Correct. 2 weeks ago:
Lol. Yep.
Anyone want to jump in and confidently vouch that Musk’s moral code won’t allow him to harvest human brains from living humans, shove them in a bottle, and use them as a fake AI in his fleet?
- Comment on the official dock is never quite plug & play when it comes to an external display (DVI) 2 weeks ago:
I have both the official dock and some random USB C multi-connector. The random one is far more reliable, in my experience.
- Comment on DayZ creator reveals a "Kerbal Space Program killer" with kittens and challenges license owners to sue him 2 weeks ago:
There isn’t a general, easy solution to the N-body problem.
Lol. Yet.
No doubt it will be discovered by a tool assisted speed runner.
- Comment on Google is working on an AI agent that takes over your browser 3 weeks ago:
It was browser hijacking malware.
I don’t like when people talk about my friend, Bonzi Buddy, that way! Lol. It’s completely fair and accurate, but I still don’t like to hear it. He was so cute!
- Comment on Valve still waiting on a 'generational leap' for Steam Deck 2 - but it's coming 4 weeks ago:
Yeah. I could figure out how to make a PC do all that, but I would rather pay for a Steam console that does all of that for me out of the box.
- Comment on 180° usb c Adapter That Fits Steam Deck with Case On 4 weeks ago:
Ooh. Nice.
- Comment on Valve Helping Arch Linux With Build Service Infrastructure & Secure Signing Enclave 1 month ago:
Sweet.
- Comment on Valve Helping Arch Linux With Build Service Infrastructure & Secure Signing Enclave 1 month ago:
As a SteamDeck player, does this mean I can start saying I use Arch, by the way?
- Comment on Software fixes now account for over 20% of car recalls 1 month ago:
Who could have possibly predicted this?! (Sarcasm)
We’re not nearly as far into “find out” as we will be.
- Comment on Here’s how much Disney Plus will charge to share your password 1 month ago:
cannot have an active Hulu subscription, or an active or canceled Disney+ or ESPN+ subscription.”
It’s just a concession that they have no idea how single sign on works, and haven’t been able to hire anyone who has any idea, either.
- Comment on Cox asks court to block Rhode Island plan for broadband expansions 1 month ago:
Anything Cox claims about their speeds or service should be treated as absolutely bullshit until proven otherwise, and even then taken with a grain of salt until the proof has been closely examined in court.
- Comment on DoNotPay has to pay $193K for falsely touting untested AI lawyer, FTC says 1 month ago:
I’m sure they already have, and I see no way leaving their defense to a hallucination-prone AI could be a problem for them…
- Comment on OpenAI to remove non-profit control and give Sam Altman equity 1 month ago:
I’m about to have a heart attack and die of non-surprise.
- Comment on London Newspaper Plans to Revive Dead Art Critic With AI, Lays Off Real Writers 1 month ago:
Somebody had to try it first.
I would gladly point to the corpse of this newspaper in a couple of years as a lesson for the rest of us, except how the hell is a newspaper still in business in 2024 in the first place?
We will learn nothing from this one.
- Comment on [Discussion] SteamOS 3.6 is nearly here, with Valve focusing on bug fixes before release. What are some bugs you've encountered (on either Stable or Beta) that you're hoping to see fixed? 2 months ago:
On the stable channel, it seems like (from comparing notes with friends) a recent update introduced crashes into older games that did not crash previously.
- Comment on Amazon is making its employees come back to the office five days a week 2 months ago:
Return to Office Mandates are to ask poor company performance.
I used to buy a lot of stuff off of Amazon, and subscribe to Prime, and Kindle Unlimited, all while their service got a little shittier each year.
But they couldn’t stop there, and decided to go union-busting, which changed it from a personal choice to a moral one, for me.
I didn’t think my behavior was enough to cause them all this trouble, but I guess I was buying waaaaay too much shit at Amazon.
- Comment on There's a reason we aren't as harsh on the Steam Deck. Actually, a couple. 2 months ago:
Yeah. If Valve releases a remotely viable desktop console OS, I’ll immediately build one for my living room. If for no other reason, to keep the rest of the family away from my StaamDeck.
- Comment on There's a reason we aren't as harsh on the Steam Deck. Actually, a couple. 2 months ago:
As in if you live in a state with sales tax but down the road is a state without sales tax- why ever shop in your state?
Mostly the states are quite big, so it’s not worth the trouble. But along various state borders, it distorts the shopping experience in ofd ways.
Like I’ve been towns that are missing common retailers entirely, because everyone drives to the next town over (in another state), to avoid the tax.
We also have a rich history of driving across state lines to purchase stuff that’s illegal in our own state. It’s also illegal to bring it back, but the borders aren’t patrolled, so the only way to get caught is to have a traffic violation while doing it.
Or so I’ve heard. I never break any laws, myself.
- Comment on There's a reason we aren't as harsh on the Steam Deck. Actually, a couple. 2 months ago:
Cool chart.
It really makes the point to me that the PS1 and PS2, when adjusted for inflation, and for relative compute power, were just such a fantastic deal.
I was recovering from some serious console-purchase fatigue, when I bought my PS1 to replace my garage sale purchased Super NES. It was a big deal to me.
I’ve paid PS5 prices (inflation adjusted) for a game system a few times (my first Switch and SteamDeck), but they’ve been a lot more mind blowing than what appears to be on offer today.
Disclaimer: My favorite game is 8-bit, anyway.
- Comment on Emudeck announces Bazzite-powered emulation machines 2 months ago:
They’re basically Steam Machines tailored more towards retro enthusiasts.
Styles to look like a Sega DreamCast
Priced from around £300.00 to £500.00
- Comment on How good is the Steam Deck really? (Not a gamer) 2 months ago:
It’s fantastic, especially for non-gamers.
There’s a huge library of cozy games, and arcade games, and retro games, and adventure RPGs, exploration games, puzzle games that all run terrific on a SteamDeck.
The average randomly selected game from my Steam Library has run fine for me, on my SteamDeck.
If they ever make a smaller model with a clam shell to protect the screen, it’ll be the perfect game system.
- Comment on Windows is Now Officially Supported on OLED Steam Deck 2 months ago:
Uhhh…well. that’s…um. sure. Someone could do that.
- Comment on Steam Deck SteamOS 3.6.10 Beta 'Tenth time's the charm' fixes some real nuisances 2 months ago:
Yeah!
Wow. That’s going to make my SteamDeck way more fun.
Ironically, I had this issue a lot more often with my SteamDock than with a random USB C to HDMI adapter I dug out of storage.
- Comment on Google’s plan to turn off third-party cookies in Chrome is dying 3 months ago:
“Results showing returns on investment with Google Display Ads showed a 97 percent recovery, which Ad Age called strong, but effectiveness dropped in attempts to engage the same customers with follow-up ads, showing only a 55 percent recovery in spending for re-marketing audiences.”
There are no winners here, in any of this.
After all the posturing about Privacy, all that really happened is data-driven fuckery to get people to buy stuff they don’t need.
If I hadn’t already kicked Google the hell out of my personal life, this could have been another last straw, for me.
- Comment on Steam Deck Users Account for 10% Of All Players Using Steam Input 4 months ago:
will tell you if a game supports the controller you currently have plugged in
Today I learned that. It never came up for me since I do most of my game shopping on my phone. That could be really helpful later. Thanks!
- Comment on Steam Deck Users Account for 10% Of All Players Using Steam Input 4 months ago:
Oh. That makes sense, I play mainly on SteamDeck, but I’ve been thinking of getting a Steam Controller for my PC, since the majority of what I’ve bought in the last year has been “SteamDeck Verified”.
- Comment on Linux user share on Steam breaks 2% thanks to Steam Deck 5 months ago:
I got tired of the Ubuntu crap, and was delighted to find that plain Debian stable is fantastic now.
