Flamekebab

@Flamekebab@piefed.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why $700 could be a "death sentence" for the Steam Machine⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  but saying it’s an invalid purchase because it’s a toy is pretty silly.

  It would be pretty silly to say that, wouldn’t it? Luckily it’s not something I said.

  What is life if you aren’t spending some of it on stuff you enjoy doing?

  Framing it as depriving myself is an interesting approach, but as much of an egotist as I am, the equation is a smidge more complicated than that. Because I don’t spend money on toys it was not a source of stress when both my wife and I needed some dental work done last month. Sure, I’d like to have fun, but I’d also prefer not to stress about money when big expenses pop up. I spend a bit on myself here and there but I remember the ‘90s and compared to then I am absolutely drowning in entertainment. It’s truly magical.

  …but that means that if an entertainment experience of some kind is priced higher than a certain point then I’m just not that fussed passing on it. My Steam Deck has plenty of life left in it yet!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why $700 could be a "death sentence" for the Steam Machine⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  As I said, how they arrive at the price isn’t something I care about.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why $700 could be a "death sentence" for the Steam Machine⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  They can set the asking price to whatever they want but I have zero interest in the “why” in terms of a high price, which for me is anything over about £450. Anything more than that and it simply isn’t appealing to me. I don’t care whether that’s reasonable or not in terms of their costs. My wallet cannot in any form justify anything more on what is primarily a toy. It’s one of the reasons I don’t have a current gen console but have had at least one from each generation going back to the mid 1990s.

  If you ask more than I’m willing to spend, no sale. Sorry, guys.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft is quietly walking back its diversity efforts⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  MS being shitty? Naaaah

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Machine – Powerful Enough?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I used to be a hardcore PC gamer, twenty years ago, but as the years went by I found that the costs just got silly. Graphics cards have cost silly money for several console generations now. However if there’s a common platform that’s good enough, I’d be interested.

  I love my Steam Deck but a bit more power would be great for a few things (notably Fallout London).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US | Uncle Sam wants to scan your iris and collect your DNA, citizen or not⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nothing was mentioned and I didn’t know what to do. As I understood it we effectively hadn’t landed on US soil so I don’t know what right they had to take that information.

  Unsurprisingly I’ve avoided all travel to the US since, even before the current level of insanity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US | Uncle Sam wants to scan your iris and collect your DNA, citizen or not⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In about 2008 I was flying to New Zealand via LAX for a refuelling stop. We did not go through passport control but the US decided to take our finger prints and retinal scans. I am still furious.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should UK.gov save money by looking for open source alternatives to Microsoft? You decide⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The best time was decades ago. The second best time is now.

  I remember being incensed that rather than use OpenOffice, which had support for Welsh, instead we paid MS through the nose to add it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3+4 Is Very Playable On The Steam Deck - Preview⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, weird, to get the demo one needs to have already bought it?

  Guys, that's not how demos work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is the Steam Deck getting outdated soon? Should I wait for the next gen?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Now I'm thinking about the old e-penis hardware algorithm scripts for IRC!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  KeyWe?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck / Gaming News #7⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is what I miss the internet being. Great work!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck / Gaming News #3⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Same. I've no interest in watching videos about this stuff. I like skimmable things where I can stop and read more if a particular story takes my interest.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Using source command for virtual Python environment⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  If it's any consolation, this is why I don't use VSCode at work. I got sick of trying to figure out what it was playing at with regards to virtual environments. PyCharm is my go-to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Discussion] What games are you playing on your deck? - January 2025⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I've fired up What Remains of Edith Finch and handed it to my teenaged niece. That seems to be going well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Discussion] What games are you playing on your deck? - December 2024⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It runs beautifully.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Game Recording - Available Now⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Ooh, hardware encoding? Now we're talking!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Caption this⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  A smaller, cheaper alternative to the high end models.