lotanis 11mo ago • 95%
There's a massive cultural thing in the US about the iPhone being the preferred phone and if you don't have one it must be because you're too poor to afford one. Obviously this is a result of marketing and isn't universal but it is a surprisingly widely held view.
Given that, showing up in a group chat as a lone blue bubble marks you out as the inferior group member (in some people's eyes). It doesn't matter so much 1:1 but if there are 10 people the odd one out stands out.
lotanis 11mo ago • 100%
I think the stuff about "experimenting" with limited editions is because they're trying to find ways to make it hard for scalpers to buy them. That's why they've got stuff about having a Steam Account in good standing etc.. Maybe it's actually working!
lotanis 12mo ago • 91%
It absolutely discusses phone size - in some detail both in the intro and as part of the reviews.
lotanis 1y ago • 80%
I'd get this instead: JSAUX Docking Station Compatible with Steam Deck/ROG Ally, 5-in-1 Steam Deck Dock with HDMI 2.0 4K@60Hz, 100Mbps Ethernet, Dual USB-A 2.0 and 100W USB-C Charging Port for Valve Steam Deck-HB0602 https://amzn.eu/d/c71hbV8
It's a fairly well known dock for the Deck, and seems (based on feedback on Reddit) that it's more reliable than the official one if anything.
That was my conclusion from research, so I've got it and it's worked flawlessly for several months.
lotanis 1y ago • 100%
Yeah, but then they get flexed and you are on at the wrong time. It really is worth the effort to get something set up.
lotanis 1y ago • 100%
I've never had to do this sort of thing in a lab, but I now feel I know exactly what that feels like! You have my sympathy!
lotanis 1y ago • 92%
Isn't dust what you get when things disintegrate?
lotanis 1y ago • 100%
GeForce Now is Nvidia's game streaming service.
lotanis 1y ago • 100%
It's just psychologically nicer. It's a bit like it being nicer to get on with work when my desk is tidy (not that I tidy it that often)
lotanis 1y ago • 100%
I do it, because it makes a massive difference to me how tidy my bedroom feels and how welcoming the bed looks at the end of the day. I just have a duvet though, so it's 10 seconds of pulling on each corner until it's reasonably even - not going for perfection!
lotanis 1y ago • 100%
I've been using the absolute simplest option - just use normal desktop mode and then KDE Connect for control. KDE Connect connects your phone to anything, and then can use phone touchscreen as mouse for the deck.
lotanis 1y ago • 100%
Do not declare your undying love for someone. It puts way too much pressure on, and unless they're in exactly the same mental place it's unlikely to go anywhere.
Instead, just ask them if they'd like to go on a date. That obviously communicates that you're interested in them, and gives a good starting point to build a connection.
lotanis 1y ago • 100%
I agree, it's a bit annoying. Maybe you could put it in desktop mode, and configure it to turn screen off but not go to sleep? It'll still do updates then.
lotanis 1y ago • 100%
I learned to knit using this video: https://youtu.be/24lR2IRS57A?si=1oKzp88Kqgt2ZfgT
It's a classic garter stitch scarf, so very basic. But it's good for getting you in the groove and learning to do things like cast on and bind off.
As other people have said, continental knitting is probably the way to go if you're coming from crochet.
lotanis 1y ago • 100%
I've been playing more single player games. My PC has mostly been for multiplayer stuff with friends - Siege, Deep Rock etc. My Deck has opened up time to a load of Single Player things - AAA things like Spiderman, Control, Mad Max and indie stuff like Black Skylands.
Plus I had a load of work travel in the first part of this year. The Deck made hotel rooms much more pleasant!
lotanis 1y ago • 100%
The NFL doesn't adjust, to anything. It's run by a group of old people, and makes so much money that they can get away with doing what they want.
To me the officiating really harms the product, but they refuse to make any structural changes, like technology or how the refs are paid. But of course, I keep watching - so maybe they're right?
lotanis 1y ago • 100%
lotanis 1y ago • 100%
I'm glad to see some variation in this space (I almost said innovation except that it's a combo of the Deck and Switch). But it's still running Windows (see above) and it's going to be around twice the price of a Deck.
lotanis 1y ago • 100%
Yeah, the ROG Ally particularly makes zero sense to me and misses the point. It runs Windows and it doesn't have the touchpads.
The touchpads really broaden the utility of the console, from being able to select small UI elements in normal programs to being able to play more mouse enabled games (FTL being the most recent for me).
And Linux is the real special sauce - nobody seems to get why Valve did all that work rather than "just" putting Windows on it. Windows isn't a selling point (you can put it on the Deck if you want), it's slow, the UI doesn't work well on that screen and you lose out on being able to suspend games etc.
lotanis 1y ago • 100%
Interesting - I'd always thought that G-Sync etc meant the other way around. Thanks for the explanation!
I'm transitioning to Bitwarden having been using a hodgepodge of Firefox and Google password management. I'm gradually trying to de-google anyway and I've got a bit frustrated with the Firefox Android password manager (fine on desktop, often doesn't offer to generate passwords on mobile). Do people have any tips for how to get the most out of Bitwarden on Android? I've done these things: * Switched the main Auto-fill setting over (and enabled auto-fill in Bitwarden) * Disabled Firefox's password management * Turned off "Offer to save passwords" and "auto sign-in" in Google Password Manager * Turned off Privacy->Use auto-fill with Google Is there anything else I should do? Is there a Bitwarden equivalent to everything you could do with the Google services? E.g. some apps said "Google Smart Lock" and they don't appear to do anything now.
kbin.social shows up in the instances list (https://discuss.tchncs.de/instances), but I'm having trouble with !nfl@kbin.social. I couldn't get it to show up in search until I searched for the full URL (https://kbin.social/m/nfl). Once it did, I can join, but there's no content. See here: https://discuss.tchncs.de/c/NFL@kbin.social Edit: actually, one post has now shown up, but not the rest.