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- Comment on With the Legion Go S, we can now directly compare performance between official builds of SteamOS and Windows 2 days ago:
Valve did a lot of work to tune the APU in the steam deck for efficiency.
AMD just kinda took one of their existing laptop APUs and threw it into handhelds instead of laptops.
- Comment on With the Legion Go S, we can now directly compare performance between official builds of SteamOS and Windows 2 days ago:
That my friend, is entering operating system politics.
But the TLDR is: resistance to change, lack of support, bribery, a combination of all 3, features, and much much more!
- Comment on With the Legion Go S, we can now directly compare performance between official builds of SteamOS and Windows 2 days ago:
DXVK (which also runs on windows) alone gives you a huge performance benefit. Playing world of warcraft on windows I’ll see about a 30% reduction in CPU usage and higher performance.
Proton doesn’t just get you to almost matching Windows’ performance. Proton easily outperforms windows even on higher end hardware where windows bloat isn’t a concern.
- Comment on With the Legion Go S, we can now directly compare performance between official builds of SteamOS and Windows 2 days ago:
Proton is the compatibility layer that valve makes that lets you run games on Linux. Proton uses DXVK a program that converts Direct X API calls (windows only) to Vulkan API calls (runs on anything). DXVK alone gives you huge performance benefits (especially on older DirectX 11 and older games) and you can run it on windows.
Proton gives you a ton of other tools that can make huge performance differences.
- Comment on With the Legion Go S, we can now directly compare performance between official builds of SteamOS and Windows 2 days ago:
the gains come from the reduced overhead that linux has compared to windows
literally the next line
…the games here are being run through proton
I really hate the dismissal of the heavy lifting proton does. Proton is what makes gaming on Linux so great. So many native linux games perform worse on Linux vs their windows counterparts. Then again, I’d expect nothing less from Dave2D
- Comment on Steam Deck gets a Battery Charge Limit control in the latest Beta 2 weeks ago:
… do you know how batteries work? Or how they degrade?
- Comment on Steam Deck gets a Battery Charge Limit control in the latest Beta 2 weeks ago:
Plugged in 24/7? I’d set it to 60%. If I have a mix of use 80%.
- Comment on Steam Deck gets a Battery Charge Limit control in the latest Beta 2 weeks ago:
Almost no modern device does a traditional S1-3 sleep. They all do S0 standby/modern standby in windows 8+ parlance. The system is on the entire time. So “waking up” to go to hibernate is basically the same as doing it from a normal on state.
- Comment on Steam Deck gets a Battery Charge Limit control in the latest Beta 2 weeks ago:
Short term vs long term gains.
- Comment on Steam Deck gets a Battery Charge Limit control in the latest Beta 2 weeks ago:
There’s a big difference between “safe” and “ideal”
All lithium ion batteries degrade quicker at 100% vs 80 or even 60%. But it’s not going to explode and kill you.
- Comment on ‘AI is already eating its own’: Prompt engineering is quickly going extinct 3 weeks ago:
Hiring someone who’s a “prompt engineer” is like hiring someone who says they’re good at googling.
- Comment on USB 2.0 is 25 years old today — the interface standard that changed the world 4 weeks ago:
Esata was so cool for like 3 years. I needed more storage fast on my laptop and having only USB 2.0 that was a no go. But esta gave me one cable to an external SSD that did power and fast data.
Then USB 3.0 came out, then UASP, and that completely killed esata.
- Comment on Valve is looking to add an optional battery charge limit to the SD, to preserve battery life 3 months ago:
Even if it does loosen under high heat it’s still going to more or less stay in place, then when it cools down the adhesive will resolidify. When you blast a battery with a heat gun to remove it you just get the glue loose enough that you can pull it away without horribly mangling the battery. It’s still pretty well held in there unless you’re being violent trying to remove it.
- Comment on Valve is looking to add an optional battery charge limit to the SD, to preserve battery life 3 months ago:
You mean the same guy who didn’t remove the stickers from the bottom of a mouse, then said the mouse was shit. Then when he got called out for it doubled down instead of admitting he fucked up and relooking at the mouse? Or the same guy who’s had multiple accusations of having a hostile work environment? Then releasing a south park tier I’m sorry video?
- Comment on Might as well get a laptop??? 4 months ago:
Such an Acer move to put a tiny battery in such a big (relatively) power hungry device. That’s what I hate the most about cheap PC manufacturers.
My next question is is this going to be built like an Acer as well?
- Comment on Might as well get a laptop??? 4 months ago:
The iPad probably weights less than half what this thing does, and probably takes up a lot less space.
Also it’s probably faster and almost certainly gets better battery life.
- Comment on Might as well get a laptop??? 4 months ago:
Give it one of those detachable cardboard keyboards and it it would be an overgrown Surface competitor.
- Comment on License Plate Readers Are Leaking Real-Time Video Feeds and Vehicle Data 4 months ago:
End to End? Why does it matter if it’s end to end if the front door is wide open?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dUnY1641WM
At about 4 minutes in he shows opening a live stream by just entering the IP of the camera and /cam1ir for the IR camera.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
Why would they when some person on the internet will do it for free?
- Comment on Lenovo Legion Go S with SteamOS at CES 2025 video by Verge 4 months ago:
Windows doesn’t cost $100 for OEMs, it’s basically negligible in high volumes like Lenovo.
- Comment on EmuDeck Officially Adds PS4 Emulation Support With ShadPS4 4 months ago:
They’re barely even emulators. The PS4 was basically just an x64 PC with an AMD 7000 series GPU
- Comment on After a year in its company, I’ve done a complete 180 on my Steam Deck 4 months ago:
Yeah I’d expect a high end wifi 7 phone on a 6ghz connection would blow away a steam link with even a good 5ghz wifi 5 connection.
- Comment on Reddit bans posting UnitedHealthcare shooter’s manifesto 5 months ago:
- Comment on D-Link refuses to patch a security flaw on over 60,000 NAS devices — the company instead recommends replacing legacy NAS with newer models 6 months ago:
Some of these machines haven’t been sold since 2013. That’s a pretty decent lifespan.
- Comment on D-Link refuses to patch a security flaw on over 60,000 NAS devices — the company instead recommends replacing legacy NAS with newer models 6 months ago:
On what? His disgusting views on the age of consent? His disgusting views on rape?
The more I read into his views the more disgusting I find him. Then again I shouldn’t have had any standards for someone who goes up on stage and eats gunk off of his feet.
- Comment on D-Link refuses to patch a security flaw on over 60,000 NAS devices — the company instead recommends replacing legacy NAS with newer models 6 months ago:
every few years
These boxes had almost a decade of support.
- Comment on Valve is working on a version of proton for ARM devices 8 months ago:
AMD is on a much better process node than Intel, but their battery life still isn’t as good as Apple’s. Particularly under low to medium loads. My M1 MBP easily gets 12 hours of battery life under a real load. My AMD powered ThinkPad is closer to 7 hours, and my Intel machines get like 4, on a good day.
- Comment on There's a reason we aren't as harsh on the Steam Deck. Actually, a couple. 8 months ago:
I just straight up cannot do this. Either I’m spending time with family and giving them the attention they deserve. Or I’m spending time focusing on the game and the attention it needs for me to enjoy it. Multi tasking just leads to me ignoring both.
If it’s a small child and you just need to make sure they’re not killing themselves then I can do that. But besides that, to me it’s one or the other.
- Comment on There's a reason we aren't as harsh on the Steam Deck. Actually, a couple. 8 months ago:
You still have to waste 30 minutes of your time driving over there. I’m not wasting 30 minutes of my time to save $5
- Comment on There's a reason we aren't as harsh on the Steam Deck. Actually, a couple. 8 months ago:
I’m not a playstation fan but I’d buy a PS5 pro before I’d buy a steam deck TBHQ. I have a negative interest in portable gaming.