ByteOnBikes

@ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Signal gets new video call features, making it a viable alternative to Zoom, Meet and Teams⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Jitsi is a open-source video platform you can self-host.

  I don’t trust anything going through another company’s servers. Zoom had to backpedal when it was found feeding content to AI… Imagine talking about your company business secrets and now some dickwad are Zoom reads the transcripts and steals it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Terrified friends burn to death trapped in Tesla as doors won't open after crash⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Anything owned by Muskrat

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Terrified friends burn to death trapped in Tesla as doors won't open after crash⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Some GenZ kids were talking about how cool rolling up a window with a handle was and wished it was in cars again. It was refreshing to hear.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Some guy complained this fishing game only caters to queer players, so the dev added a "straight" title - it costs $9999⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Seriously. Reminds me of those “I’m Rich” apps which just displays that text, and actual idiots wanted to flex so they bought them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When the Steam Deck was still just an idea, Valve says some staff were like, "I just want that for me" and "the point wasn't even to make a product out of it"⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a shared experience.

  Every single person in my circle gave the biggest wtf to it and when they finally got it, talk about how they rarely use their gaming PC.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DoNotPay has to pay $193K for falsely touting untested AI lawyer, FTC says⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Good!

  All these “move fast and break things” with AI as the backbone should pay heavily for even a minor fuck up. They shouldn’t even be in the market.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Due to AI fakes, the “deep doubt” era is here⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “Pics or it didn’t happen.”

  (AI generates a picture of Biden wearing a mech suit fighting a Kaiju)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Frame of Mind developer ended up coding the game on Steam Deck for a year⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I always have both an appreciation and judge people who do things like this.

  I appreciate it because it’s neat that people are willing to go the distance for the fun of it. People who limit themselves to specific tech or libraries. People who code for old tech like those who make brand new “retro” games, or code for Pico-8.

  Then the judgement comes in. Just… Jackie chan why.

  I still appreciate the dedication!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your thoughts on Warframe?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I kinda agree and disagree.

  I agree that some games do deserve time. Rockstar games have extremely long tutorials.

  But for a free to play game? An hour is plenty of time to know if you like the shooting and movement.

  There’s too many good games out there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your thoughts on Warframe?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I probably didnt play it right because for some reason, people LOVE Warframe.

  I tried it for an hour and found it really boring.

  Spent most the hour learning how to run in the game. Then it threw me in a mission with two other actual players, and I couldn’t remember how to do half the actions. So as I was quitting, the other players were yelling at me not to.

  I was recommended it after being bored with Destiny 2, and felt I came in with the wrong misconceptions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam now identifies reviews that come from Steam Deck players⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  How the heck are people writing reviews on the Steamdeck? Are they plugging in a keyboard?

  I can barely form sentences on the virtual kb and tagged keyboard only games so I can play them at my gaming PC.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CrowdStrike’s faulty update crashed 8.5 million Windows devices, says Microsoft⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I wonder if a large percentage of impact is internal facing systems.

  And we won’t know until Monday.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨iFixit now offers a Steam Deck toolkit⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Absolutely! The major concern is if it’ll be like cell phones. Where the cost of replacement may cost almost as much as a brand new steam deck.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨iFixit now offers a Steam Deck toolkit⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Pretty cool! I’m going to be sad if/when my Steamdeck stops working. And hopefully it’s a easy fix because I love this machine.