azdle

azdle , 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to nostupidquestions in Doesn't each community being local to each instance split the audience?

That’s a problem anywhere with user generated content & user defined communities. The usual example is that when BOTW came out there were at least half a dozen subreddits created and more than one survived, so there were two that were both really popular at the same time and that’s in addition to multiple Zelda and multiple Nintendo subs that might all get the same links/posts.

azdle , 6 months ago to nostupidquestions in What is the thing that resembles a camera shoe under the handset holder found on telephones with a handset used for?

Its a non-powered version of a hot shoe, both of which are the thing you use to mount an external flash that’s on the top of a lot of (all?) full sized cameras.

azdle , 6 months ago to nostupidquestions in What is the thing that resembles a camera shoe under the handset holder found on telephones with a handset used for?

It’s for a hook to keep the handset on when the phone is mounted flat on a wall. It can usually be slid/folded down or removed when its not need.

azdle , 7 months ago to gaming in Valve detail their plans to combat Steam Deck OLED scalpers

Yep, the extra sad thing is that there are actually sold listings too: www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=steam+deck+OLED&rt=n…

Some people just can’t be helped, I guess.

azdle , 7 months ago to gaming in Valve detail their plans to combat Steam Deck OLED scalpers

Bad Bot! You stripped out the only important part of the article:

For the special Limited Edition version Valve has said:

<span style="color:#323232;">You need to be in the United States or Canada.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Your account needs to be in good standing.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Your account needs to have made a purchase on Steam before November 2023.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Only one unit may be purchased per account.
</span>

If their experiment with this extra Limited Edition model goes well, we may see others come in future.

Additionally, their FAQ also notes for the normal 512GB and 1TB Steam Deck OLED models you will only be able to purchase “1 model of Steam Deck OLED per customer per week” but they plan to relax that when they’re confident they can meet demand.

azdle , 7 months ago to gaming in Did anyone get the Limited Edition OLED Steam Deck

Also, the LE is still showing as in-stock for me: store.steampowered.com/sale/steamdeck_2023LE

I think the OOS labels it showed a couple times might have just been from the servers getting overloaded.

azdle , 7 months ago to gaming in Did anyone get the Limited Edition OLED Steam Deck

Yep! I got one.

Got it into my cart within seconds, didn’t even get through more than the cart screen before I started getting 502 errors. Eventually went out of stock. But, showed back in stock a few minutes later and I was able to get my order in. My order email shows 12:29 (10:29 PST).

Already had a 512 Deck that I got in Feb 2022, but when you combine mainstream Linux gaming, OLED, and a translucent shell, apparently I have no self-control.

azdle , 7 months ago to gaming in Steam Deck Owners: What’s been your favorite game that you first discovered on Steam Deck and now you can’t seem to put down?

Fall Guys, have had it on steam since before it got bought by epic, having the SD and looking for good controller-based games right after I first got the deck convinced me to play it. I’ve played it almost every day since getting my deck in February of last year. Had been getting a bit bored of it just before the constructor update (user built levels), and the fact that it was broken for ~a week after an epic games services update didn’t help, but the new constructor levels sucked me back in. I usually play it in the morning to help me wake up, the whole bright colors & tight races thing really help my brain to start turning on.

azdle , 7 months ago to selfhosted in Docker vs Podman, which one to choose for a beginner and why ?

Defense in depth. If something escapes the container it’s limited to only what’s under that user and not the whole system. Having access to the whole system makes it easier for malware to hide/persist itself.

azdle , 7 months ago to selfhosted in Docker vs Podman, which one to choose for a beginner and why ?

If your distro offers it, rootless podman + podman system service is the best setup, IMO. That will give you a docker command that is 1-to-1 compatible with docker and lets you use tools like docker-compose that expect a docker service socket. Then you can just follow tutorials that only explain things for docker.

azdle , 8 months ago to pcgaming in God of War (2018) is coming to GOG

When this happens, do these companies ever remove the DRM on steam too?

azdle , 8 months ago to selfhosted in The Verge Takes on Self-Hosting for the Masses

That’s not really possible with docker TBH, and I say that as a diehard Podman advocate. Docker, the tooling that you install with your package manager, is open source. Sure they have windows and mac desktop stuff that isn’t open, but it’s not like you’re self-hosting with that, right?

Plus there’s always Podman to switch to, which can be a (mostly) drop-in replacement, if you want something with a more trustworthy provenience.

azdle , 9 months ago to nostupidquestions in Have you ever had to retake a major course you already passed in order to understand the subject better?

Yep, I did exactly that. I passed a class because the prof graded on a curve, but if he hadn’t no one would have passed, so I learned nothing. I went and talked to the prof that was teaching it the next semester, just before classes started, and he said it was fine fine to sit in as long as I didn’t come on any of the test days.

I suggest you go in person to ask, it might be something they’re not supposed to do, so if you ask in some way that leaves a paper trail, they might have to say no just to cover their ass.

azdle , 9 months ago to selfhost in Friendship ended with Debian and Docker. Now Fedora and Podman are my best friends.

Compose works with podman too, you just need podman system service & to set the DOCKER_HOST env var to it’s socket.

azdle , 9 months ago to nostupidquestions in Is there a labour-friendly car company?

Seems that way: en.wikipedia.org/…/Vehicle_identification_number#…

• SN-ST Germany (formerly East Germany)
• W Germany (formerly West Germany)