noxypaws
@noxypaws@pawb.social
Furry (feral dhole), he/him, feet/(hind)paw worshipper, car appreciator, mechanical watch wearer, cloud engineer, thinkpad/pop!os!!/i3wm user, occasional synth/guitar/handpan player, car/track enthusiast
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- Comment on PSA: The Deck works well as an HTPC while docked 2 days ago:
Even better with KDE Connect to remotely control it via a smartphone!
- Comment on [Discussion] What are you playing on your Deck or Machine? - July 2026 3 days ago:
briefly played some Caves of Qud on mine while HVAC tech was here doing regular maintenance.
I almost exclusively play Qud with a keyboard (vim style key bindings) but they did a decent job at adapting controls to the Deck, albeit with some memorization required
- Comment on dBrand Companion Cube cancelled: 1 week ago:
Well that was dumb. But their handling of the fallout means I can point and laugh but also not feel any hesitation to buy other stuff from them if they release stuff I want.
Their whole Ghost case debacle, which I did buy into, was similarly handled well, I’ve been happy with the free replacement I got from them for that and it’s been working great for a few years now.
Dumbasses. But refunding and owning up is commendable, at least it seems to be from how they’ve framed it all.
- Comment on Big Tech slapped with $3.5bn in fines for using your personal data to train AI — and 'it could be only the beginning,' warns Surfshark 2 weeks ago:
The figures come from Surfshark, one of the best VPNs on the market
bias
- Comment on Valve Gives The Green Light to Install SteamOS On Desktops To Create Our Own Steam Machines 2 weeks ago:
Ah, yeah, good points. I imagine even just getting their wireless controller receiver working would be quite a lot of reverse engineering
- Comment on Valve Gives The Green Light to Install SteamOS On Desktops To Create Our Own Steam Machines 2 weeks ago:
PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series are all x86_64, though, unless I’m misunderstanding?
- Comment on Valve Steam Machine Review - Gamers Nexus 2 weeks ago:
they put all the juicy details at the beginning of the video. watch the first 30 seconds at least.
- Comment on Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not good 3 weeks ago:
not mine, I got fired so I’m atrophying my skills the good old fashioned way, pure neglect!
anyone who’s not ruining their skills the natural organic way is getting left behind
- Comment on Sony say goodbye to PC and hello to AI in their annual business report, which must be a good thing, right? 3 weeks ago:
meanwhile Final Fantasy VII Revelation is gonna release cross platform on day one when they HAD been timed PS5 exclusives. Clearly the right call for Square, and for consumers.
- Comment on Google will now verify if you're a human by turning on your webcam and asking you to wave your hand 3 weeks ago:
you haven’t been paying attention
- Comment on Google will now verify if you're a human by turning on your webcam and asking you to wave your hand 3 weeks ago:
I still wouldn’t want google capturing my body and my home even through the filter of sticky tape. even if it’s pitch black, I can’t rule out that they’re not fingerprinting whatever they can find that’s unique about my camera’s sensor.
- Comment on Lasagna dreams, spaghetti reality 1 month ago:
Space Station 13/14 is surely worse
- Comment on [Discussion] Have you experienced drift or other issues with your original Steam Deck thumb sticks? Also, people who have replaced their thumb sticks, how has your experience been? 6 months ago:
Awesome! Not that I’m opposed to learning how to solder, but not needing to when my Deck’s sticks start to drift is a relief
- Comment on [Discussion] Have you experienced drift or other issues with your original Steam Deck thumb sticks? Also, people who have replaced their thumb sticks, how has your experience been? 6 months ago:
does it require soldering for the thumb presence sensors?
- Comment on Planning on buying a SteamDeck. What should I know before purchasing? 10 months ago:
I do a lot of couch gaming. I do have a wired lapboard for keyboard and mouse but it’s nice relaxing with a gamepad too
- Comment on Planning on buying a SteamDeck. What should I know before purchasing? 10 months ago:
From what I’m reading they are not independent buttons though. They can only be copies of other buttons. Utterly useless.
- Comment on Planning on buying a SteamDeck. What should I know before purchasing? 10 months ago:
L4/R4: slow down or speedup time R5: move screen faster, also hold down to select multiple L5: something to do with the touchscreen but I don’t use it
- Comment on 10 months ago:
and I say yes, without caveats.
- Comment on Planning on buying a SteamDeck. What should I know before purchasing? 10 months ago:
Yeah! I use mine as a media device sometimes. With the first party dock. And with KDE Connect on my phone already since I use KDE on both my work and personal machines, adding the Steam Deck to that works so incredibly well for remote input
- Comment on Planning on buying a SteamDeck. What should I know before purchasing? 10 months ago:
Totally stock controls, dozens of hours. Works really really well!
- Comment on Planning on buying a SteamDeck. What should I know before purchasing? 10 months ago:
Seconded, never had any issue with the elastic strap holding in the power supply.
- Comment on Planning on buying a SteamDeck. What should I know before purchasing? 10 months ago:
I have an original Steam Controller as well. The Steam Deck is a lot better in my opinion because I can choose between thumbstick or thumbpad on each side, whereas with the old controller you have to live with the touchpads and the single stick on the right.
The build quality feels a bit better too, and the haptics a bit more refined.
Really, the Deck offers everything the Controller did aside from form factor. And maybe if some folks vastly prefer the bigger touchpads, that might possibly be a downside, but I doubt that’d be the case for most
- Comment on Planning on buying a SteamDeck. What should I know before purchasing? 10 months ago:
Nope! Both the Xbox Elite and Dualsense Edge controllers don’t add new buttons, they just add buttons that can only be copies of the regular Xbox/Playstation buttons.
Steam Deck does it better since the four back buttons can be used as completely independent buttons.
I’ve heard that the 8BitDo Ultimate 2 controller also can use its extra buttons as net new buttons, and I’ve been tempted to get one for that reason (and because I really liked the Ultimate “1” I had before my dog chewed it up!)
- Comment on Planning on buying a SteamDeck. What should I know before purchasing? 10 months ago:
Your touchpad issue may be a fluke, both the steam decks in my house (one original, one OLED) still work great with both trackpada
I use the touchpads constantly, mostly for Rimworld, but also desktop usage and other games, and I find them to be outstanding
- Comment on Planning on buying a SteamDeck. What should I know before purchasing? 10 months ago:
Only two and they don’t function as additional buttons sadly
- Comment on Planning on buying a SteamDeck. What should I know before purchasing? 10 months ago:
You may become spoiled by the Steam Deck’s excellent controls, such that no gamepad currently for sale will ever come close.
For me and Rimworld, I became dependent on the four back buttons, and now I can’t stand playing it on desktop with a controller because no controller on the market offers four additional buttons that work like that (as far as I know)
- Comment on Is the Steam Deck getting outdated soon? Should I wait for the next gen? 1 year ago:
Get a Steam Deck OLED. Just do it. It is currently and will remain for a very long time a very capable device.
I actually kinda HOPE they don’t release a new generation for a good long while, so devs have some pressure to target it for new games, which also means that those new games will remain playable on other older hardware as well.
- Comment on Tech Companies Apparently Do Not Understand Why We Dislike AI 1 year ago:
- Comment on Tech Companies Apparently Do Not Understand Why We Dislike AI 1 year ago:
- Comment on Steam deck OLED 1TB or Asus ROG Ally X with Bazzite? 1 year ago:
Steam Deck. I have the OLED, and also an older LCD one. They’re both great. OLED definitely a small improvement to an already great device.
Asus sucks. Good luck if you ever need warranty service. Even more so if you need out of warranty service…
