Linus Tech Tips
No WAN Show this week. The streak has ended.
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Does anyone have any suitable "alternatives" in podcasts which are similar to the WAN Show in atmosphere? (As in: longer conversations about tech-adjecent topics) I don't feel comfortable wanting to go near LMG's content (my only consistent watching was the WAN Show to be frank) after these discoveries.
Technology
The Problem with LMG
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His comment didn't address two key issues for me:
- The "crunch"/tight scheduling of projects which led to sloppiness to begin with
- The constant need to correct, ranging from simple mistakes to very problematic methods.
I've been enjoying solely the WAN Show, but hearing about constant mistakes in benchmarks while praising "We want to show factual information on benchmarks for once.", is rubbing me in the wrong way. You can't rush benchmarking without QA and publish those results as fact. You get to choose for accuracy, or fast to churn content.
And Linus not mentioning something concrete on the first issue is worrying to me, not showing a clear intent to ease on rushing those benchmarks.
Not to mention, it's worth taking down a video if benchmarka are wrong even if the conclusion is "most likely to remain the same", which one cannot conclude with certainty without redoing it. It would be better transparency wise to either not knowingly publish wrong information, or put a more clear notice on said videos besides the description and a pinned comment.
www.twitch.tv
cross-posted from: https://compuverse.uk/post/495710 > [Schedule](https://oengus.io/marathon/bsg2023/schedule) | [Donate](https://bsgmarathon.com/donate) | [Prizes](https://bsgmarathon.com/prizes) | [Discord](https://bsgmarathon.com/discord) > > This year's charity is the Netherlands' [MIND (Dutch website)](https://www.wijzijnmind.nl/), a Dutch charity that strives to prevent mental health issues and supports those who suffer from those. > > Donations are currently broken on the site because of a PayPal issue - Prime subs are used for BSG themselves for future events.
www.twitch.tv
cross-posted from: https://compuverse.uk/post/495710 > [Schedule](https://oengus.io/marathon/bsg2023/schedule) | [Donate](https://bsgmarathon.com/donate) | [Prizes](https://bsgmarathon.com/prizes) | [Discord](https://bsgmarathon.com/discord) > > This year's charity is the Netherlands' [MIND (Dutch website)](https://www.wijzijnmind.nl/), a Dutch charity that strives to prevent mental health issues and supports those who suffer from those. > > Donations are currently broken on the site because of a PayPal issue - Prime subs are used for BSG themselves for future events.
www.twitch.tv
[Schedule](https://oengus.io/marathon/bsg2023/schedule) | [Donate](https://bsgmarathon.com/donate) | [Prizes](https://bsgmarathon.com/prizes) | [Discord](https://bsgmarathon.com/discord) This year's charity is the Netherlands' [MIND (Dutch website)](https://www.wijzijnmind.nl/), a Dutch charity that strives to prevent mental health issues and supports those who suffer from those. Donations are currently broken on the site because of a PayPal issue - Prime subs are used for BSG themselves for future events.
Infinity for Lemmy
[Discussion] The future branding of the app
TopHat 1 year ago • 100%
I'll suggest Lemmesee as a word play on Let Me See and Lemmy. Some alternate possibilities regarding styling/spelling: LemmeSee, Lemmysee, LemmySee, LemmySy
Will definitely keep an eye out on the icon contest.
Technology
I just wanted to take a minute to appreciate interchangable batteries
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Don't get me wrong - I think an included battery that's rechargeable through USB is fantastic. Less customer inconvenience. But they should either go with a standard that's easily reproducible or go with regular rechargeable batteries.
AsklemmyTopHat 1 year ago • 90%
Gotta go for ProtonMail. Have been running it for a year and I kinda like how it's doing.
An additional feature is SimpleLogin's "Hide My E-mail" Aliases, which are "burner" e-mail addresses to use with pre-determined SimpleLogin domains (you can add your own domains as well to go around Proton's custom domain limit). Those are included in the full suite and Family subscriptions. (10 a month when subscribing for a year)
There's also a cheaper variant for 3.50 a month but it lacks the SimpleLogin feature. You can get SimpleLogin seperately for 30 a year, however.
Technology
I just wanted to take a minute to appreciate interchangable batteries
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If it was so easy to replace them, with each Li-Ion battery being different for every type of device.
Technology
I just wanted to take a minute to appreciate interchangable batteries
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Since I got those from Ikea, I just want devices to go back to those types of batteries instead of internal battery packs. Still got to appreciate the Xbox controllers sticking to that principle (for now).
Announcements
We're the creators of Lemmy, Ask Us Anything. *Starts Monday, 7 Aug, 1500 CEST*
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Any thoughts on overhauling cross-posting, to allow more interaction with the source interaction?
As far as I'm aware: currently when you cross-post, only the recipient instance gets all interactions (comments, upvotes), instead of duplicating to or having the origin solely receive those.
The current implementation hampers the growth of smaller instances when reposting something to a bigger one. Discoverability is still there due to seeing from which instance the post originates from, but that's arguably not enough.
Open Source
Infinity For Lemmy update just dropped. dev is really active in the community
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I used to have this issue, but 0.0.8 is now out. Obtanium pulls in that release just fine!
Open Source
Infinity For Lemmy update just dropped. dev is really active in the community
www.alltheanime.com
Also available on Amazon, HMV etc. but only in non-4K form. DVD separately and DVD+Blu-Ray (no 4K) available. Limited time 20GBP discount on the 4K version through ATA/Anime Ltd. directly.
FairphoneTopHat 1 year ago • 80%
I'm honestly disappointed at the hardware:
- 8 GB RAM for a SKU is definitely fine by me
- Android 13 from the get-go is good, though I do wonder how fast 14 and up will come, and how many system upgrades it'll get.
- The Snapdragon 782G is simply the worst of this phone. It is a decent improvement over the 4's Snapdragon, but it's worrying to see a Fairphone being sold at mid to early-premium pricing while budget phones got the same power for much less. I am aware of the Degoogling and Fair Trade Gold and the repairability parts of Fairphone. But I don't see why they can not try and match some actual mid-performance phones nowadays.
- Haven't heard anything about the display, but I would not be surprised if it will remain stuck at 60Hz - another pain point but this is arguably less of an issue and more of a wish I would had loved to see.
As long as other phones will have removeable storage (microSD slot) and are cheaper while beating FP's performance, I'd rather stick with them. Really a shame, hoped to see a much better phone this time around. But there'll be even more fierce competition with the EU law on replaceable batteries forcing others (including Apple even) to change to a better repairability model.
Technology
[Not My Own] "RetroTV" - A self-made linear TV network for watching films and series
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The Prevue channel definitely wow'd me with using an SQL database for the data and SDL to render that.
Technology
[Not My Own] "RetroTV" - A self-made linear TV network for watching films and series
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Exactly my thoughts. I was looking to see if he had any possible contact options to ask him to consider that, but haven't been able to find any to this date.
youtu.be
cross-posted from: https://compuverse.uk/post/194017 > Spotted this on the [Hackaday blog](https://hackaday.com/2023/07/13/recreating-the-golden-era-of-cable-tv/). This project really impressed me at the effort it must've taken to get this right. > > "Irish Craic Party" made a "RetroTV" television network running on a Raspberry Pi 4 with an external 2TB hard drive filled with films, series and commercial bumpers and the like to recreate the older 80's and 90's TV networks, with each own recreations or original (derivatives) of actual TV channels from back then. > > Sadly, he does not seem to be willing to open source the project, according to the video description: > > > "*Even without: this is a one-off bespoke project with time / effort exceeding what people would likely be willing to pay, DIY media servers are niche, certain omissions would be made to avoid legal clashes and* ***I don't have time to maintain an open-source project. Most of all, I'm ready to move on to new things.***" > > Regardless, this project piqued my interest into wanting to create the same experience for films and series I've even have yet to watch (to combat the "analysis paralysis" his video mentions) while also putting rewatchable stuff on there as well, to keep it fresh and try to actually re-enjoy my favourites. > > A suitable and mostly feature-similar to "RetroTV", is the [ErsatzTV](https://ersatztv.org/) project, built by an engineer working at Disney for streaming technologies!
RedditTopHat 1 year ago • 100%
Thanks for letting us know! Here's the code repository, for those wanting to self host it: https://github.com/rystaf/mlmym
I showed this to my friend (an instance owner) and he immediately went "Let's self host this". Really looks great. If someone could make it work somehow with RES, then it would be a total replacement.
youtu.be
TopHat 1 year ago • 100%
Any specific recommendations, by any chance?
Also out of curiosity, how did you grab all the foreign pricing from Fanatical?
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Out of curiosity, what's the purpose of the authoritative DNS servers?
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Quick Note: Outer Worlds is the Space Choice's edition, aka the remastered version of this year. It used to have big performance issues, but has been seemingly fixed with recent patches? It at least does not include the original game.
No Stupid Questions
So how long until the Fediverse is monetized?
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I could see both ads and subscriptions work (although, the former might be "useless" for those using adblockers, after all, so I'd see persistent/static sponsorship ads similar to how some FOSS projects do it to be more likely).
Especially the latter, for certain services that focus on providing value. A friend of mine mentioned Misskey for example, apparently being used by some Japanese artists. Considering Twitter's on its way out by being harmful to commission artists, I could see someone spin up such instance and ask X amount for providing a marketplace for commissioned goods.
Steam Deck
What is everyone getting this Steam sale?
TopHat 1 year ago • 100%
To add to the folks owning both a Switch and a Deck:
Keep in mind that the Steam Deck might be more "unstable" than a regular console like a Switch. Not just games or controller config tweaks, but also general system stability - I'm speaking of experience with the beta software of the Deck.
Despite that, if you're tech-savvy enough or are happy to stick with only Verfiied/Playable rated games without tinkering, the Steam Deck's highly recommendable. Even for party games, as you can just use any vendor's controller on the Deck basically. Don't need to get 4 of one vendor or the like.
Steam Deck
What is everyone getting this Steam sale?
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That's definitely part of the charm that got me to wishlist it so long ago in the first place!
Steam Deck
What is everyone getting this Steam sale?
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I'm doubtful - only because I don't get sucked in that easily anymore with games. My backlog continues to grow, and I still haven't even beaten Tears of the Kingdom yet lol. But I got high expectations for Persona 5. I love me some flashy turn-based RPGs.
I got Dragon Quest 11 before as I prefer the turn-based combat in RPG, but that's no where as flashy and catchy as Persona 5. So P5R definitely would get beaten before DQ11 haha.
Steam Deck
What is everyone getting this Steam sale?
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- Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (Refunded as it got cheaper during the sale - then got it for even less than the original sale price with the soundtrack on GOG)
- Caesar 3 (Got that recommended along with my earlier purchase of Pharaoh + Cleopatra)
- Deus Ex™ GOTY Edition (Literally 1 buck + I've heard it got a great modding community)
- Lollypop (Had my eye on it since it launched on GOG - looks like a neat DOS game)
- Yakuza Complete Series (Already got Yakuza 0 on Steam, but couldn't pass this. Especially at the all-time low price point. Funnily enough, I believe these games are one of the first to use GOG's new Steam SDK wrapper to make it easier to port. Denuvo was already ripped out before by SEGA, and only having to recompile the game once to point to GOG's own .DLL probably made the release a hell lot easier than before.)
- Hypnospace Outlaw (Indie game that's been on my Steam watchlist for a while.)
- Cuphead with The Delicious Last Course and its Soundtrack (Double-dipping because I got the base game on Switch and the soundtrack through Steam. But didn't wanna rely on Switch emulation to play the DLC after buying it. So GOG release it is!)
- True Love '95 (An older Visual Novel that got recently re-released on GOG. Seemed interesting enough to give it a shot.)
Steam Deck
What is everyone getting this Steam sale?
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My bad, didn't read the part you didn't get it from Steam but some other place. Then I understand wanting to stick with the DRM-free version for sure. Have fun with it!
Steam Deck
What is everyone getting this Steam sale?
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The remastered version or the original? Might wanna refund if it's the former. Humble Choice (at July 4th) will contain at least the remastered version (the Space's Choice edition).
Steam Deck
What is everyone getting this Steam sale?
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I'm honestly really happy with the performance of P5R at Medium settings on Deck.
Steam Deck
What is everyone getting this Steam sale?
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Had a bigger haul at GOG, but for Steam I got:
- Persona 5 Royal (through Humble because of my Choice discount making it just under 30 bucks)
- Another World (double-dip on Steam because the GOG release doesn't have the original Amiga ROMs as bonus content)
- Garbage Pail Kids: Mad Mike and the Quest for Stale Gum (a new NES homebrew game published by Digital Eclipse - always been a decent emulation publisher)
- NOMAD (another classic emulated title)
- Castle Crashers (one of my "indie titles to get" games on the old list)
- Battleblock Theater (same reason as Castle Crashers!)
cross-posted from: https://compuverse.uk/post/11221 > EXCLUDED TITLES: Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 > Big recommendation on my part, these either have been good emulations for the Switch console or amazing ports/remasters (Fantasy Zone, Virtua Racing). Some of the emulated titles even got bonus features like a moving border based on gyro along with sound effects to make it seem like you're using the real fancy arcade cabinets. > > The series has been developed by M2, a popular Japanese development studio responsible for many emulation collections like that of Castlevania, but also the Virtual Console emulators of the Wii U for the DS, GBA and TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine consoles. Not to forget the SEGA Mega Drive (2) Mini and the PC Engine Mini have its emulation done by them.
EXCLUDED TITLES: Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Big recommendation on my part, these either have been good emulations for the Switch console or amazing ports/remasters (Fantasy Zone, Virtua Racing). Some of the emulated titles even got bonus features like a moving border based on gyro along with sound effects to make it seem like you're using the real fancy arcade cabinets. The series has been developed by M2, a popular Japanese development studio responsible for many emulation collections like that of Castlevania, but also the Virtual Console emulators of the Wii U for the DS, GBA and TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine consoles. Not to forget the SEGA Mega Drive (2) Mini and the PC Engine Mini have its emulation done by them.
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Agreed! Although I got the Rad Edition through Humble Choice a while back. They've been killing it this year imo, making it somewhat worth every month.
In what ways is NBA2K a great sim? I only know it because of the Ultimate Team mode.
Gaming
Razer Kitsue - Snackbox/Hitbox like All-Button Arcade Controller for Fighting Games on PS5 and PC
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I noticed someone mentioning 299, so about 40 more than a Snackbox. Couldn't find any official source for it, however.
www.razer.com
cross-posted from: https://compuverse.uk/post/9733 > - Razor Chroma, reactive to button inputs > - Optical switches + plate is swappable > - Will have default black, Cammy and Chun-Li editions available at launch
TopHat 1 year ago • 100%
Little shoutout to /c/gamedeals at CompuVerse. The instance owner got a deal bot running there, cross-posted the Humble post of mine from there.
www.humblebundle.com
cross-posted from: https://compuverse.uk/post/9434 > | Game | Lowest Tier | Highest Discount + Store (IsThereAnyDeal) | OpenCritic / MetaCritic Scores | ProtonDB Rating / Steam Deck Compatibility | Notes | > |---|---|---|---|---|---| > | [NBA 2K Playgrounds 2](https://store.steampowered.com/app/726590/NBA_2K_Playgrounds_2/) | First Tier ($US/€9,36) | [85% off (Voidu)](https://isthereanydeal.com/game/nbaiikplaygroundsii/history/#/chart:cut) | [70](https://opencritic.com/game/6766/nba-2k-playgrounds-2) - [[Xbox One / Switch / PS4] 62/69/73](https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/nba-2k-playgrounds-2) | [ProtonDB Gold](https://www.protondb.com/app/726590) / Not Compatible | [Bundled 3 times before](https://isthereanydeal.com/specials/#/filter:search/nbaiikplaygroundsii) ProtonDB: Workaround is to use Proton 5.13-6, otherwise game will crash pretty early on. | > | [WWE 2K Battlegrounds](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1142100/WWE_2K_BATTLEGROUNDS/) | First Tier ($US/€9,36) | [86% off (GameBillet)](https://isthereanydeal.com/game/wweiikbattlegrounds/history/#/chart:cut) | [58](https://opencritic.com/game/9899/wwe-2k-battlegrounds) - [[Switch / Xbox One / PS4] 56/58/60](https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/wwe-2k-battlegrounds) | [ProtonDB Platinum](https://www.protondb.com/app/1142100) / Not Compatible | [Bundled 5 times before](https://isthereanydeal.com/specials/#/filter:search/wweiikbattlegrounds) ProtonDB: Works out of the box, albeit with small looking text. | > | [Lethal League Blaze](https://store.steampowered.com/app/553310/Lethal_League_Blaze/) | Second Tier ($US15/€14,04) | [40% off (Fanatical)](https://isthereanydeal.com/game/lethalleagueblaze/history/#/chart:cut) | [81](https://opencritic.com/game/6830/lethal-league-blaze) - [[Switch] 82](https://www.metacritic.com/game/switch/lethal-league-blaze) | [ProtonDB Native Linux build / Gold](https://www.protondb.com/app/553310) / Verified | [Bundled 7 times before](https://isthereanydeal.com/specials/#/filter:search/lethalleagueblaze) ProtonDB: Native Linux build should work out of the box. | > | [Wave Break](https://store.steampowered.com/app/761010/Wave_Break) | Second Tier ($US15/€14,04) | [34% of (Steam)](https://isthereanydeal.com/game/wavebreak/history/#/chart:cut) | [63](https://opencritic.com/game/9692/wave-break) - [[Switch] 54](https://www.metacritic.com/game/switch/wave-break) | [ProtonDB Native Linux build / Pending](https://www.protondb.com/app/761010) / Verified | ProtonDB: Should work out of the box through native Linux build, or via Proton 6.3-4. | > | [OlliOlli World](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1190170/OlliOlli_World/) | Second Tier ($US15/€14,04) | [55% off (GameBillet)](https://isthereanydeal.com/game/olliolliworld/history/#/chart:cut) | [86](https://opencritic.com/game/12617/olliolli-world) - [87](https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/olliolli-world) | [ProtonDB Platinum](https://www.protondb.com/app/1190170) / Verified | Rad Edition has been bundled once before in Humble Choice (January 2023). | > | [NBA 2K23](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1919590/NBA_2K23/) | Second Tier ($US15/€14,04) | [88% off (eTail.Market)](https://isthereanydeal.com/game/nbaiikiiiii/history/#/chart:cut) | [79](https://opencritic.com/game/13375/nba-2k23) - [[PS5 / Xbox Series S\|X] 78/80](https://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-series-x/nba-2k23) | [ProtonDB Gold](https://www.protondb.com/app/1919590) / Verified | | > | [Tape to Tape](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1566200/Tape_to_Tape/) | Third Tier ($US20/€18,72) | [10% off (Steam)](https://isthereanydeal.com/game/tapetotape/history/#/chart:cut) | Steam Rating: Very Positive (91%-93%) | [ProtonDB Platinum](https://www.protondb.com/app/1566200) / Verified | Game is in Early Access. |
www.humblebundle.com
| Game | Lowest Tier | Highest Discount + Store (IsThereAnyDeal) | OpenCritic / MetaCritic Scores | ProtonDB Rating / Steam Deck Compatibility | Notes | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | [NBA 2K Playgrounds 2](https://store.steampowered.com/app/726590/NBA_2K_Playgrounds_2/) | First Tier ($US/€9,36) | [85% off (Voidu)](https://isthereanydeal.com/game/nbaiikplaygroundsii/history/#/chart:cut) | [70](https://opencritic.com/game/6766/nba-2k-playgrounds-2) - [[Xbox One / Switch / PS4] 62/69/73](https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/nba-2k-playgrounds-2) | [ProtonDB Gold](https://www.protondb.com/app/726590) / Not Compatible | [Bundled 3 times before](https://isthereanydeal.com/specials/#/filter:search/nbaiikplaygroundsii) ProtonDB: Workaround is to use Proton 5.13-6, otherwise game will crash pretty early on. | | [WWE 2K Battlegrounds](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1142100/WWE_2K_BATTLEGROUNDS/) | First Tier ($US/€9,36) | [86% off (GameBillet)](https://isthereanydeal.com/game/wweiikbattlegrounds/history/#/chart:cut) | [58](https://opencritic.com/game/9899/wwe-2k-battlegrounds) - [[Switch / Xbox One / PS4] 56/58/60](https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/wwe-2k-battlegrounds) | [ProtonDB Platinum](https://www.protondb.com/app/1142100) / Not Compatible | [Bundled 5 times before](https://isthereanydeal.com/specials/#/filter:search/wweiikbattlegrounds) ProtonDB: Works out of the box, albeit with small looking text. | | [Lethal League Blaze](https://store.steampowered.com/app/553310/Lethal_League_Blaze/) | Second Tier ($US15/€14,04) | [40% off (Fanatical)](https://isthereanydeal.com/game/lethalleagueblaze/history/#/chart:cut) | [81](https://opencritic.com/game/6830/lethal-league-blaze) - [[Switch] 82](https://www.metacritic.com/game/switch/lethal-league-blaze) | [ProtonDB Native Linux build / Gold](https://www.protondb.com/app/553310) / Verified | [Bundled 7 times before](https://isthereanydeal.com/specials/#/filter:search/lethalleagueblaze) ProtonDB: Native Linux build should work out of the box. | | [Wave Break](https://store.steampowered.com/app/761010/Wave_Break) | Second Tier ($US15/€14,04) | [34% of (Steam)](https://isthereanydeal.com/game/wavebreak/history/#/chart:cut) | [63](https://opencritic.com/game/9692/wave-break) - [[Switch] 54](https://www.metacritic.com/game/switch/wave-break) | [ProtonDB Native Linux build / Pending](https://www.protondb.com/app/761010) / Verified | ProtonDB: Should work out of the box through native Linux build, or via Proton 6.3-4. | | [OlliOlli World](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1190170/OlliOlli_World/) | Second Tier ($US15/€14,04) | [55% off (GameBillet)](https://isthereanydeal.com/game/olliolliworld/history/#/chart:cut) | [86](https://opencritic.com/game/12617/olliolli-world) - [87](https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/olliolli-world) | [ProtonDB Platinum](https://www.protondb.com/app/1190170) / Verified | Rad Edition has been bundled once before in Humble Choice (January 2023). | | [NBA 2K23](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1919590/NBA_2K23/) | Second Tier ($US15/€14,04) | [88% off (eTail.Market)](https://isthereanydeal.com/game/nbaiikiiiii/history/#/chart:cut) | [79](https://opencritic.com/game/13375/nba-2k23) - [[PS5 / Xbox Series S\|X] 78/80](https://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-series-x/nba-2k23) | [ProtonDB Gold](https://www.protondb.com/app/1919590) / Verified | | | [Tape to Tape](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1566200/Tape_to_Tape/) | Third Tier ($US20/€18,72) | [10% off (Steam)](https://isthereanydeal.com/game/tapetotape/history/#/chart:cut) | Steam Rating: Very Positive (91%-93%) | [ProtonDB Platinum](https://www.protondb.com/app/1566200) / Verified | Game is in Early Access. |
hometech.social
It posts every time a link + first few lines of text of any new Steam Deck update blog post that is published, polling from the RSS feed Valve officially provides! If there's any feedback, I'm all ears to improve the bot further.
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The only way (to my knowledge) to "hide your domain", is to use bare IP addresses which got their own issues (most services like Matrix for example will not accept servers based on IP address but domain explicitly). If you want to use a pseudo-private environment for friends and family, I'd recommend picking a generic sounding domain name to hide any personal information possibly conveyed in the domain name and lock it off to only users you allow to sign up to your services etc.
As long as you federate (one of the keypoints of services on the Fediverse), your domain will be visible when posting towards an external party's instance. You would have to disable federation entirely to prevent that, which will keep posts locked away behind your instance and only the posts within that instance would be visible.
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Now this is what I'd support. Hell, for bundles I'm willing to pitch in with manual help, as I've done that for reddit in the past. (And since Steam Deck Compatibility is harder to get through scraping/API calls, and SteamDB refuses to provide an API of their own or scrape, pointing to tools to do it yourself.)
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A game got already leaked to be revealed on the extended show! I'd expect more third party stuff this time, however.
news.xbox.com
cross-posted from: https://compuverse.uk/post/1791 > Xbox Games Showcase and the Extended Showcase will air at the following time zones: > > - 10:00 (AM) PT (West Coast United States) > - 13:00 / 1:00 PM ET (East Coast United States) > - 17:00 / 5:00 PM UTC (GMT +0) > - 18:00 / 6:00 PM BST (Most of the United Kingdom) > - 19:00 / 7:00 PM CET (Most of West Europe) > - 2:00 (AM) JST (Japan) > - 3:00 (AM) AEST (Oceania) > > You can watch the streams at: > - Twitch ([with](https://www.twitch.tv/xboxasl) and [without](https://www.twitch.tv/xbox) American, British Sign Language and English Descriptors) > - [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGtYn7DCIYo) (It is confirmed YouTube will have its broadcast available in 4K) > - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/xbox)
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Hmm, I definitely should start planning one or two main games to beat on the Deck during commute. Definitely got some time to spare for playing something, would help knock down the backlog a peg or two.
I've definitely switched away from my main machine (gaming laptop) as it just overheats and hampers performance because of that, sadly. And you could play a racing sim quite easily on the Deck to be honest. You'll only need something to mount the Deck or dock it.
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You're welcome! I was surprised at a lack of an Xbox event thread. Cool to see MajorNelson even show up here for a comment.
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Now I wanna know why he wore that. Hmmmmm. 👀
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Thanks for posting here! Welcome to the federated message boards! :)
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Starfield's considered a separate show, being right after the Xbox Games Showcase.
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I think it speaks to accepting the reality of where they are with regards to hardware sales. Agreed, but I wouldn't say the Xbox situation is as hopeless as he paints it out to be if they got XGS games to show for it. Especially with Sony's exclusivity deals (which luckily are far less than before, looking at Street Fighter 6 for example). Phil's philosophy of getting games on any platform (despite starting to Xbox/PC lock Bethesda games) definitely shows with third party developers nowadays.
Sony set the bar low this time around, so I think it'll be good. Last showcase with the Hi-Fi Rush shadow drop was a good format for them - quick, content-filled. If they stick with that type of format, I'm a happy guy.
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I'm honestly glad both Sony and Microsoft keep pushing PC ports to Steam. My Deck's taking advantage of that.
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cross-posted from: https://compuverse.uk/post/1791 > Xbox Games Showcase will air at the following time zones: > > - 10:00 (AM) PT (West Coast United States) > - 13:00 / 1:00 PM ET (East Coast United States) > - 17:00 / 5:00 PM UTC (GMT +0) > - 18:00 / 6:00 PM BST (Most of the United Kingdom) > - 19:00 / 7:00 PM CET (Most of West Europe) > - 2:00 (AM) JST (Japan) > - 3:00 (AM) AEST (Oceania) > > You can watch the streams at: > - Twitch ([with](https://www.twitch.tv/xboxasl) and [without](https://www.twitch.tv/xbox) American, British Sign Language and English Descriptors) > - [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGtYn7DCIYo) (It is confirmed YouTube will have its broadcast available in 4K) > - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/xbox)
Starting today, I noticed some of my comments and posts aren't being visible to me when I am logged in. According to the RSS feed, logging out and checking it through an incognito tab, the posts are successfully posted on the instance and others', however. Take this post for example: https://compuverse.uk/post/822 Here you can see I am able to view my post:  But when looking at my profile, said post is not visible:  Same applies to several recent comments I have made. Am I missing something, or is there something wrong with the instance at the moment? When logging off, I can see the post just fine on my own profile:  This is also the case when using the Android client (Jerboa), and when trying to hard-refresh pages etc.
cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/484144 > I recently started buying movies on Vudu. I was struggling for a long time with whether or not I wanted to collect media on physical disks or digitally. > > Right now that’s what I’m doing but there’s always the looming fear of anything I buy being taken away if the service gets shut down. > > I’m curious how others keep their media collections. Are you a Blu-ray or 4k UHD collector? Do you use a digital service like Vudu or something similar? > > Tell me your thoughts!
You're free to talk about Blu-ray entertainment releases, using the discs for making back-ups or any other discussions about Blu-ray media in general. If you got more information to add to this thread, feel free to DM me or reply to this thread to have it added. -- [Blu-ray](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray) discs are the successor to DVD discs and the competitor of the former [HD DVD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_DVD) format. The main variants of the Blu-ray discs are capable of storing 25 GB (single layered), 50-66GB (dual layered), or 100-128GB (BDXL). They are commonly used for home releases of films and shows (along with the still popular DVD format), or used for long-term archival through the use of M-DISCs. Blu-ray players are required to play these discs, although video game consoles (the PlayStation 3, the Xbox One, the PlayStation 4, the Xbox Series X|S and the PlayStation 5) nowadays have Blu-ray player functionality built-in. Discs are still capable of region-locking like DVDs but with simplified regions (A, B, C). Although most discs (especially 4K Ultra HD variants) have relaxed on region-locking the content. [M-DISCs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-DISC) are discs (both DVD and Blu-ray) capable of being written once and kept in storage for a longer period of time, making them ideal for long-term data storage for back-ups of important data. Blu-ray films are currently released in two main formats: regular Blu-ray films with usually a transparent light or deep blue case, or [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_HD_Blu-ray) discs with a usually black case. A handy resource to get to know more about technical information of films, is https://www.blu-ray.com/ 4K Ultra HD discs tend to contain video material with a resolution of 3840x2160 (either native, or upscaled to said format from a lower resolution master) and can contain a higher colour bit depth compared to regular 720p or 1080p standard Blu-ray discs. The [Ultra HD Premium](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160104006605/en/UHD-Alliance-Defines-Premium-Home-Entertainment-Experience) standard has specific requirements regarding the actual disc consumers do receive, along with the master (the original source) of the material prior to putting it onto a Blu-ray disc. Colour depth as described before, is classified in SDR (Standard Dynamic Range), and [HDR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range) (High Dynamic Range). Common standards of HDR are [HDR10](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDR10) (the most common variant), [HDR10+](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDR10%2B) (using dynamic metadata for adjusting), [Dolby Vision](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolby_Vision) (using dynamic metadata for adusting; although licensed as some Blu-ray players or TV sets can not display them such as Samsung TVs) and [HLG](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_log%E2%80%93gamma) (backward compatble with SDR).