RedWeasel

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bluetooth tracker hidden in a postcard and mailed to a warship exposed its location — $5 gadget put a $585 million Dutch ship at risk for 24 hours⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That is so disturbing and amazing at the same time. Does the US Navy screen their mail for trackers? Other countries. What about the sailors as they board? There was the story about the starlink router on a ship last year I think. So …

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stop Killing Games throw weight behind California bill that would force companies to either keep games working independently after server shutdowns or issue refunds⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  +1. Often no reason to not push a open server option when they shutdown when they drop a game they sold. I am certain that publishers will just try to release them for free though and charge a subscription. May not be successful though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Steam Machine update reignited release date fears, but Valve say the new hardware is still shipping this year⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I wish they would go ahead and release the controller. I am will to “beta” release test it on linux.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Machine verification will have "fewer constraints" than Steam Deck - but text sizing worries me⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, but mostly going older games. Newer games usually have accessibility settings now, probably due to laws in various parts of the world. Anything since HiDPI became common should be fine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Machine verification will have "fewer constraints" than Steam Deck - but text sizing worries me⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You are more likely to run into text being to large in that scenario. I have Ultrawide 40" 5k2k & 32" 4k computer monitor and run linux with Steam. Text is fine, It is just going to get larger on a bigger screen. Steam has scaling for its interface and Plasma, the desktop for SteamOS, is feature rich for most people’s usages. I am certain people already are using Linux and Steam with TVs. If there is an issue, it would also be an issue on Windows. Mostly older games that weren’t updated for HiDPI screens.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Machine verification will have "fewer constraints" than Steam Deck - but text sizing worries me⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Any game that the text size looks fine on Windows should be fine on the Steam Machine and these are Windows games predominantly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨From Nvidia with love, 007: First Light’s PC requirements are here⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Apparently you need a Ryzen 3500 with a GTX 1660 to get 30fps and a 7600 with and RTX 3060Ti to get 60 which seems taxing. Specifically for the cpu side.

  When did it get acceptable to have 30fps as a target on PC?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Leaks again hint at Valve doing a proper Steam Machine Console⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Just packaging. It would come with Steam OS.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A string of driver hotfixes suggests Nvidia RTX 50 GPUs are having trouble keeping their software down⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My guess is they rushed to beat the threat of tariffs so they would be able to launch at/near msrp.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AMD reveal Ryzen 9950X3D and 9900X3D, 'Fire Range' HX3D for mobile, Ryzen Z2 for handheld PCs, RDNA 4 and FSR 4⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The naming is so awful. It is like they combined Apple’s, Intel’s and Qualcomm’s naming.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨That lawsuit against Steam’s 30% cut of game sales is now a class action, meaning many other developers could benefit⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Let be serious. If they suddenly switched to 15%, the games are going to be the same price. And the developers are not required to use them either. This is windows. Just take their ball to any of the other stores or start their own.