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Roopappy ,

heh. This reminds me of electric cars. I’ve been happily driving one for 9 years.

Lots of people online and in person tell me “Electric cars aren’t there yet. They won’t work.” Well, you must be correct then. I just handed down my first EV to my kid and bought a second one.

tetris11 ,
@tetris11@lemmy.ml avatar

Battery situation could be better.

T4V0 ,
@T4V0@lemmy.pt avatar

Sodium batteries seem promising, though density is lower than Lithium.

frauddogg ,
@frauddogg@lemmygrad.ml avatar

Wish I could empathize, but I refuse to trust a car I can’t fix myself. There’s entirely too many computers and entirely too many points of failure-- it’s a good thing that I’m medically ‘advised’ not to drive. I wouldn’t be able to switch over until someone released an EV with the kinds of home-maintainability that like. A 60’s Mustang once had.

I’m not tryna have to have the shit towed to a Firestone-- or god forbid the manufacturer themselves-- just to have to pay hand-over-fist to fix the errors borne of their shoddy fuckin work.

lemmyvore ,

I refuse to trust a car I can’t fix myself

Isn’t that basically all cars nowadays? It’s not about the type of engine, cars have gone “no serviceable parts inside” for at least a decade.

frauddogg ,
@frauddogg@lemmygrad.ml avatar

Yeah, and my last car was from the 80s lmfao. After seeing the way my coworkers were practically beholden to mechanic shops just to keep their cars running like every six months, I said ‘no thank you’.

notfromhere ,

Good news, oil changes on electric cars are not a thing. Wiper blades, wiper fluid, air filters, rotate tires is about it. Maybe brakes and brake fluid at some point but haven’t needed it in over 5 years yet.

Only thing I’ve needed at the mechanic is rotate/balance tires and replace cracked windshield as I don’t want to own the equipment for that.

golden_zealot , (edited )
@golden_zealot@lemmy.ml avatar

When is the last time you drove either down an unpaved washboarded road for 30 hours one way without any charging locations, and then back, and how did it fare? Also let me know how it works at -45 C.

I’m sure it works well for suburban/city streets, doubtful it works well for the above.

apprehensively_human ,

I’d be curious to know the stats of how many driving trips are done in cities vs your washboard example.

Feathercrown ,

Well, “30 hours” disqualifies >50% of trips, because most trips are under 3 miles.

golden_zealot , (edited )
@golden_zealot@lemmy.ml avatar

I’m not saying it’s not a good option for the majority of people, I’m saying that there are definite use cases for gas vehicles which electric vehicles cannot fulfill at this time. The majority of my trips are short and are in a city, however if I had an electric vehicle, I’d be fucked the 2 times a year I have to make a drive like that because you can’t carry batteries for an electric car like you can carry gas cans, and they won’t be building charging stations in the middle of federally protected natural reserves. Furthermore, there are definite problems with electric vehicle range in low temperatures even for travel within a city. If electric vehicles met those requirements I’d be buying one immediately, but as it stands, a gas vehicle is simply more capable and is a better value when it comes to the money as a result.

ButWhatDoesItAllMean ,

Renting a gas powered vehicle could be an option for the two times a year needed.

golden_zealot ,
@golden_zealot@lemmy.ml avatar

Valid counterpoint.

apprehensively_human ,

It’s the same argument when discussing why people need a pickup truck as their daily driver for the one time a year they need to haul a trailer or move a couch. When faced with the possibility of switching from a half-ton to a sedan, suddenly everybody needs to carry their refrigerator with them everywhere.

InputZero ,

Anyone who says electric cars aren’t there are making inaccurate statements at best and at worst are telling non-factual ones. The truth isn’t that electric cars aren’t ready, is that the energy distribution isn’t ready. Only urbanized areas are prepared to offer that much energy at scale and living in an urbanized area you shouldn’t need a personal vehicle for most of your travels anyway.

Side note, this is why I think plug-in-hybrids are the baby step we need to achieve first. Even with their obvious flaws they fill the gap between an internal combustion engine and full electric.

ButWhatDoesItAllMean ,

I bought a PHEV back in June (Ford Escape), have driven 1500 miles since and have yet to add any gas. For most daily trips the battery gets me there and back without using any gas. I love it and am excited for full EV for my next vehicle.

OutsizedWalrus ,

It’s all situational.

My wife could absolutely rock an EV for her 3 mile drive.

However, for road trips we don’t have enough charger coverage where we live, so alas we have an ICE

roux ,
@roux@hexbear.net avatar

Honestly I couldn’t give less of a shit of most triple A games or esports games not running on Linux because of EAC. I’ll gladly keep throwing money at indy devs that make games that don’t suck.

tetris11 ,
@tetris11@lemmy.ml avatar

I played Fifa on my friend’s Xbox the other day. We had to wait for an active connection before we could play each other. Players were removed from the roster because of updates from the server. Once his game pass was verified, we still had to log out and log in a few times, navigate the strange menu hierarchy to actually play against one another. Same pattern when trying to play NHL, same with Madden.

I remember when you used to buy a sports game, and everything you needed just loaded from the disk. Menus were easy, and you were two clicks away from starting an offline game.

This is why FitGirl repack’s are a god-send. Declutters the bullshit, repacks the parts you actually want, and let’s you play the game like you’re not renting it on the whims of a fussy game lord.

Gaspar ,
@Gaspar@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

+1 for FitGirl the GOAT! I wish I had money to throw her way, because the work she’s doing is great and I hope she can keep it up for a long time to come.

tetris11 ,
@tetris11@lemmy.ml avatar

Ditto and ditto. She’s the best games archivist this world has

frauddogg ,
@frauddogg@lemmygrad.ml avatar

A lot of my problem there is a solid half the games I play and make mods for run through EAC, so I’d be losing outright hobbies, not just slop.

Asafum ,

Exactly. I fucking hate microsuck for putting me in this position, but I pretty much only use my PC for gaming and watching stuff and the games I really like have this EAC bs…

“Just get a console then bro” lol… Lmao even.

frauddogg ,
@frauddogg@lemmygrad.ml avatar

“Just get a console then bro”

Guhhhhhh, yeah, sure, let’s play into console wars and exclusivity bullshit and dumping nearly a grand every three years when a well-built PC will last you ten. Nahhhhhh, familia.

roux ,
@roux@hexbear.net avatar

I can understand that tbh.

One thing I do miss is the larger modding commuinity. Like R2ModManager works on Linux so a lot of Unity-based games have mod support and it all works with Proton basically out of the box. There is a Linux build for the Satisfactory Mod Manager too which I thought was kind of weird lol.

christian ,
@christian@lemmy.ml avatar

I recently started pc gaming again, I had played some switch and ds stuff but the last time I had gamed on pc was almost twenty years ago. Even given that I’m focusing on 2d games, I thought there would be a lot more hiccups trying to run windows games on a machine with intel integrated graphics. I like indie games much better in general nowadays, I’m not even going to worry about what I’m missing without buying a graphics card.

jeff ,
@jeff@programming.dev avatar

When does something become mainstream? The Steam Deck has sold millions of units.

someguy3 ,

Steam deck 2 with 1080p that can be (better) output to a TV.

yuri ,

you thinking like, mini hdmi port directly in the chassis? or just an hdmi to usb-c adapter in every box?

also have you seen the aftermarket screen upgrade? it looks great, but apparently the (already kinda slim) battery life really suffers. I’m still very tempted hahaha

foggenbooty ,

We’d need a suitably powerful APU upgrade in order to make running a 1080p screen viable. Most of the reason the Steam Deck performs as well as it does is because games are only rendering at 720p.

My wishlist for a Deck V2 would be a

  • Higher res screen (if it makes sense as I mentioned above)
  • Higher refresh with VRR (partially handled by thr OLED 90hz but no VRR)
  • Second USB-C port supporting USB4
  • Fingerprint reader
  • QoL improvements like smaller bezel, modern wireless chipset, etc.

AND a Steam Controller v2 as a companion with the exact same buttons/sticks/touchpads as the Deck.

GenderIsOpSec ,
@GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net avatar

running bannerlord with mods just fine, because some hero had already done the work for me and just gave me the terminal commands to make everything function sicko-tux

TechieDamien ,

That is the best hexbear emote I have seen to date!

GenderIsOpSec ,
@GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net avatar

trump-drenched We have the best emotes, folks. The redditors said that we couldnt have them, the lemmitors said we couldnt have them. But who has them now? tromp

fishos ,
@fishos@lemmy.world avatar

You can literally say the exact same thing with Windows. That’s how you Linux peeps feel, constantly yelling “why are you using windows! Stop having fun!”

Is windows perfect? Nah. But does it work most the time? Yeah. All the bitching about windows being shit and yet my 300+ installed games all work… Crazy…

How about just let people use what they like and shut up with the damn “my OS is better than yours” nonsense?

It’s posts like this, that even though I’ve used Linux in the past, make me immediately think “nah, fuck that, I’ll stick to windows. I don’t want to deal with those people.”

You’re more of a harm than help.

domi ,
@domi@lemmy.secnd.me avatar

I’ll stick to windows. I don’t want to deal with those people."

That’s a strange conclusion to come to, installing an OS doesn’t come with the obligation to deal with anyone.

I like to play games on Steam but that doesn’t mean I have to deal with the atrocity that is the Steam forums.

nasi_goreng ,
@nasi_goreng@lemmy.zip avatar

Oh, being annoying to casual user makes them anti to whatever we promote.

The keyword is being moderate and helpful. Not forceful or annoying.

Feathercrown ,

Until you need tech support from a forum

jbk ,

my OS is better than yours

heavy “btw i use arch” vibes

Feathercrown ,

Immutable distros are the new arch

Bluefruit ,

I’m def a windows hater but i dont fault people for using it. Most folks arent gonna know how to install a diffrent os or even want to if what they have already works.

Use what you like and what works.

AltheaHunter ,

The irony of posting this meme with a title telling other people how to have fun is just perfect.

hedders ,
@hedders@mas.to avatar

@cordlessterry This is what I’ve found recently. For years I stuck with Windows basically for gaming and no other reason. Finally threw in the towel a couple weeks ago and installed Zorin OS, expecting a massive uphill battle to get my games to work. Instead, it was just … fine. The most I’ve had to do is change the compatibility settings on a couple of games in Steam to use Proton Experimental.

EvolvedTurtle ,

Linux has been ready for a while now It’s gaming that isn’t ready

10_0 ,

Ppl complain because of a lack of 100% compability with all games. For most ppl if they know they can’t play the game they want, they’re not going to live without it just to make the switch when what their doing now is working.

ssm ,
@ssm@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

I could have sworn the last panel in this meme said “Stop having fun”. Mandela effect?

booty ,
@booty@hexbear.net avatar

reddit bros would literally rather believe they slipped through the cracks in reality than that they misremembered one word for its synonym pathetic

keepcarrot ,

Darth Vader may or may not have said “Luke, I am your father”, but he said something to that effect

Feathercrown ,

Mandela effect. It’s always been Quit. Stop just sounds more natural

AVincentInSpace ,

Not quite

Feathercrown ,

Ooh that’s an old one, nice find

AVincentInSpace ,

There are two versions of this meme drawn in almost the same artstyle. Here’s the one this meme is based on, which says “quit having fun”:

https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/838/095/2fc.png

This is in fact a redraw of an XKCD cartoon which is one panel and thus harder to make memes out of which says “stop having fun”:

https://xkcd.com/359/

It’s not just you.

brainw0rms ,
@brainw0rms@hexbear.net avatar

I’ll take “Conversations that never happened” for $500, Alex.

WeebLife ,

Just dual boot and call it good.

Evilsandwichman ,

Meanwhile in the real world, people be like “what’s a linux?”

therealjcdenton ,

Not being able to play Valorant and Siege is a good thing

BRINGit34 ,
@BRINGit34@lemmygrad.ml avatar

I pretty much am exclusively on linux just because I prefer the workflow of gnome.

Sure a few games don’t work but it’s usually a competitive game I have no interest in.

Being able to use my computer without ads or shitty updates is a godsend

AntiOutsideAktion ,
@AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net avatar

I gave it a shot and discovered it’s trash. Nothing works.

Lemongrab ,

Odd. Things continue to improve, maybe it has gotten better? The majority of issues/glitches ive experienced on Linux while gaming have been glitches present on Windows too. Out of my library, there are no games that are outright unplayable on Linux, and 1 game that I need to host lobbies to play multiplayer. I tend to get better performance on Linux as well.

I recommend for anyone considering Linux for gaming, look at ProtonDB to see if your fav games are playable or require workarounds. I find it rare that I actually need to look anything up.

AntiOutsideAktion ,
@AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net avatar

Better in the last 6 months?

Lemongrab ,

Undoubtedly.

Procapra ,
@Procapra@hexbear.net avatar

For most people it is literally:

1.Install steam 2.Change the setting so proton is used on all games 3.Download/install game 4.Play

I guess there might be difficulty setting up lutris and drivers but that’s something a search on your search engine of choice can fix, or even just asking here.

AntiOutsideAktion ,
@AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net avatar

Oh shit I didn’t think of that. (sarcasm)

imecth ,

Well maybe if you'd added some context we could narrow down the problem.
Because on my pc, it literally is that simple.

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