Zikeji

@Zikeji@programming.dev

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨3D Printable Steam Machine Companion Cube Case by Jaron⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  My first thought was to take it apart and fix whatever the problem is, I’ve fixed issues like this before.

  But I also bought it to be plug and play - disassembling to fix what is either a shipping issue or manufacturing defect is not plug and play. So I decided I would use this opportunity to see how the support experience is. So far my consensus is I’m glad I haven’t had any issues with my Steam Deck…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨3D Printable Steam Machine Companion Cube Case by Jaron⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It makes a loud and very obnoxious mechanical clicking noise that gets worse under load. I’m guessing one of the internal fans got damaged in shipping.

  I opened my ticket with a video and explanation - a quick “hey, this is the first boot I’ve not even hooked up a monitor and listen to this noise”.

  So far Steam support has asked me if I’ve modified or disassembled it, then told me to try factory resetting it, uninstall any third party plugins, and turn off “updated fan controller”. Last I heard from them was early Wednesday that they’re looking into it. No followup just complete radio silence.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨3D Printable Steam Machine Companion Cube Case by Jaron⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  And here I’m in the process of trying to get them to initiate a return because they sent me a defective Steam Machine and so far the support experience has been abysmal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Black Friday sale for the most popular gaming system on the planet doesn't actually have any games on sale...?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It is, which is why I check on darkpattern.games when finding a new one.

  In a similar vein, Slice and Dice is on mobile and well worth it in my opinion.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Using GPT-4 to generate 100 words consumes up to 3 bottles of water — AI data centers also raise power and water bills for nearby residents⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I specifically avoided saying they did because I wasn’t knowledgeable on the topic. But I agree, I could equally be accused of being disingenuous by phrasing it in a way that could lead people to assume they use closed loops.

  I did look those up, and while evaporation cooling isn’t the only method used, it also doesn’t evaporate all the water each pass, only a portion of it (granted “a portion” is all I found at a quick look, which isn’t actually useful).

  I do agree though, the water usage is excessive, and when though that water only “changes forms”, it’s still removes it from a water source and only some of it may make its way back in.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Using GPT-4 to generate 100 words consumes up to 3 bottles of water — AI data centers also raise power and water bills for nearby residents⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah the article is disingenuous at best. There are many things wrong with generative AI, but this is just a lousy approach.

  If I make a PC, put in a water cooling loop, and use it to run an LLM - sure, water is circulating, but that water isn’t just vanishing lol.