tehmics

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[–] tehmics 13 points 1 year ago

On steam deck I just install them with Steam forcing it to run in proton. Works great

[–] tehmics -1 points 1 year ago

I don't really agree at all.

The overwhelming majority of people are going to be calling from a cell phone with data access now. It's time to consider including data access to emergency services w/ emergency roaming functionally just like we do with calls and sms. A system can and should be built out to provide emergency gps, video + information services like we described and live video calls. We have the technology we just have to cut through bureaucracy.

Providing advanced smartphone functionality in emergencies could be hugely beneficial.

[–] tehmics 2 points 1 year ago

I haven't bothered with gaming laptops in a while, but it seems like the work valve put into Proton is paying dividends. Steam deck is punching far above it's weight class. Apparently a lot of games now are running better in Linux via proton than natively in Windows, which is kind of mind boggling. I don't have to do any troubleshooting and everything runs great. I'd guess to get comparable performance on a laptop you'd have to spend 2-3x as much. Last time I used a gaming laptop it struggled on any 'current' games with lots of fuckery to get it running smooth.

But like I said, I've long been out of the gaming laptop scene because I just never found them worth the trouble. Steam deck is the opposite of that and I play it in favor of my PC more than I care to admit.

[–] tehmics 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Streaming is universally dog shit. I tried streaming elden ring and it was unplayable because of the latency. Meanwhile running locally I've put in 30+ hours.

[–] tehmics 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Ok here's a response. I pirated cyberpunk on release fully expecting it to be buggy. I enjoyed bits of it at the time but I stopped because it was too buggy and unpolished.

This is CD Project Red's track record, but somehow everyone forgot about how bad Witcher 3 was. I expected this 2.0 update eventually and I'm glad they started another marketing push, so that I can know it's time for the game to actually be 'done'. Obviously they paid streamers to show the game, that's no secret. But also it looks genuinely better, just like Witcher 3. So I'll probably actually buy it next time it goes on sale, after pirating it to see if it's worth it now.

Meanwhile Starfield looks exactly like the milktoast Skyrim reskin I expected it to be, with nothing really standing out. Bethesda has been slowly comodifying their games since Morrowind -> Oblivion then followed an obvious template since Skyrim. It really shows in their boring designs.

Cyberpunk was trying to do too much, but Starfield isn't doing enough.

[–] tehmics 6 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Steam deck runs everything that I'd want to play on it locally, way better than remote streaming. It's punching way above it's weight class. I'm almost done with elden ring on it and I'll be moving to cyberpunk 2.0 if it's as good as people are saying

[–] tehmics 2 points 1 year ago

After you get it set up pirating is basically zero time. There's some up front time costs learning how to automate everything but after that? Yar har

[–] tehmics 1 points 1 year ago

"free speech only applies to government" falls apart when private companies control all communications. It's about time we reformed free speech laws to include the private sector

[–] tehmics 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Ok Grandpa it's time for your nap

[–] tehmics 6 points 1 year ago

Dude its a green text calm down

[–] tehmics 6 points 1 year ago

Kelce’s rumored relationship with the “Blank Space” singer sent Swifties (fans of the singer — which includes me) into meltdown.

Who the fuck writes like this? This is just SEO keyword drivel. Great, now the article might appear in searches for the song title and 'swifties' but it reads like the author had a stroke mid article and couldn't remember who they were talking about

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