TheOctonaut

joined 2 years ago
[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago (12 children)

> Switch 2 killer

> can run game from 26 years ago

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 4 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Nope. None of that works. And I end up with a new Pro Controller entry in the Bluetooth settings each time it pairs to the Steam Deck. And if I mess around with Bluetooth too much, all controller input stops working, including the joysticks on the Deck itself, requiring a hard reboot.

As a handheld device to play PC games it is amazing. As a day to day half hour on the couch after work relaxation, or let the kids play it to keep them quiet on a Saturday morning, it is not at all comparable.

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 27 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (4 children)

Did you know that kids sometimes play video games?

The Steam Deck is great. Im playing more PC games than I have in a decade. But every couch session starts with me walking over to turn it on, manually setting the HDMI input despite being in the Input+ slot, starting my Steam Controller, hoping it connects, hoping the bug where it loses my controller configuration doesnt happen, rebooting if if does. Then I can start any of my thousands of Steam games, and a lot of them will work.

The Nintendo that sits next to it, my 4 year old picks up her unicorn covered pro controller from the coffee table, presses the little house button, and she can play Animal Crossing in her own profile in 2 button presses. It always works. Every game always works.

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Where else would you succinctly say the Weddell sea is?

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 5 points 1 month ago (10 children)

Are kids today so Vine-brained they don't understand headline syntax? The Weddell Sea just north of Antarctica.

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What made Reddit worth using was Digg, a better link aggregator, turning to shit.

When the focus of Reddit also shifted to its users not the content, that was the start of its decline.

"Keeping people active on the platform" isn't the great thing you think it is when 1% of it was the good discussion you're remembering, and 99% of it was quoting canned response memes like a college kid in 2007 quoting Anchorman.

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

This is a game from the 90s my dude. Java was "The portable language".

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Because in theory you know what the server is running on, and can optimise for that with C++, while supporting the front end on multiple architectures using one codename with Java.

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 14 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Twitter definitely was not any attempt to emulate the function of SMS.

I can't tell if you don't know what SMS is for, or what Twitter was for.

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 29 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Angela Collier completes a nice Venn diagram of (making me feel like I'm) learning stuff, righteous anger, and being a person with a face who isn't some new media production studio

https://youtube.com/@acollierastro

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

(User was born after the last BB forum was shut down)

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 10 points 1 month ago (9 children)

"I know, but I wanted people to see it"

This type of behaviour is bannable on platforms with functioning moderation

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