Eggyhead

joined 1 year ago
[–] Eggyhead@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago

I started Trails in the Sky on PSP and haven’t been able to stop playing trails games since. Not the best in the series, but definitely where you want to start.

[–] Eggyhead@kbin.social 10 points 8 months ago (5 children)

I stay largely uninvolved with social media apps outside of this fediverse project, but why is it that bytedance must divest TikTok while meta is free to keep Facebook and Instagram? Aren’t the risks to mental health and security the same?

[–] Eggyhead@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago

I can’t even entrust my video games to a touch screen.

[–] Eggyhead@kbin.social 2 points 8 months ago

Sony pretty much nailed it on their first try with PSVR.

[–] Eggyhead@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago

It’s too late for Apple to close off macOS (and they’ve tried), so I think the goggles are meant to replace it altogether with an inherently closed platform. I hope Apple ends up having to open that platform up as well before it’s too late.

[–] Eggyhead@kbin.social 9 points 8 months ago

“My cat stepped on the controller, your honor. I never actually saw or agreed to those terms.”

[–] Eggyhead@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago

CNET: this parrot says a lot of things that seem accurate! Let’s have this parrot make articles for us!

[–] Eggyhead@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Eh, I still think iPhones are pretty great and serve a purpose, but I do think apple has built their ivory tower way too high. I’m all for reining them in a bit.

[–] Eggyhead@kbin.social 8 points 8 months ago

Cue American conservative mouth-pieces growing hate-boners over VPNs in 3… 2…

[–] Eggyhead@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago

I’ve never heard of this game, but I’ve enjoyed every telltale game I’ve played. I wishlisted it and will be looking for steam deck performance reviews.

[–] Eggyhead@kbin.social 15 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Even as an avid Apple user, it just comes off as either sheer incompetence or disingenuousness to hear Apple wax such poetic over compromised security from alternative store fronts when macOS is just sitting there, having been doing it fine for generations.

I’m almost expecting Apple to deliberately self-sabotage iOS in the EU somehow just to make a point.

[–] Eggyhead@kbin.social 45 points 8 months ago

I can see why your friend would assume you could hack their phone based on how specific these steps are.

 

I've got an RMA on my Deck over a sticky button issue, so I ordered a 1TB external drive online to back it up before wiping and sending it off.

What's the bare minimum you would recommend I back up if I just want to preserve my desktop settings, apps, and some non-steam game content (since much of that is already tied to my account)?

  1. Is it just a matter of copying folders over in desktop mode or is there an official (or recommended) backup tool I should use?
  2. Would Syncthing, which I use to transfer files normally, be a reliable method to use my Mac as a potential backup location?

Thank you for any advice.

 

Excited to see what kind of mods come out for this!

 

They feel really loose, rattly, and mushy. The X button gets stuck very frequently and I can't tell why. I suspect it's either that the button is hooking on the frame when fully pressed, or the membrane itself is sticky for some reason and reluctant to pop back out. The B button also makes me worry, but it hasn't gotten stuck yet.

I'm considering taking the deck apart to look at the buttons from the inside.

With that in mind:

  1. Do other people feel this way about their OLEDs? Is this an issue ore just how the deck is?
  2. If you've had this issue as well, how have you dealt with it?
  3. Are the LCD-model teardown tutorials still valid for OLED models?
  4. Do hardware mods exist on the market that might allow me to replace the current buttons with better ones, or possibly to convert to from membrane to dome switches?

Thanks to anyone willing to help.

 

PC/Linux/Steam Noob here. I just got a game from GOG and I’m seeing tutorials mention Heroic, Lutris, and Wine via ProtonUp-QT as methods to get non-Steam games installed and running on Deck. Which method would you consider the easiest and most reliable for content from GOG, Ubisoft, Epic, etc…


Follow up, here's what I did:

  1. Desktop Mode: I installed Heroic Launcher (it handily chose a location in my games folder), and added it to my steam library.
  2. Game Mode: I did the change artwork stuff for Heroic, booted it, signed in and all that jazz, then installed and launched the game (Lost Ruins).
  3. Desktop Mode: I navigated to the (Lost Ruins) game folder and found the "start.sh" file that boots the game, then added that one to steam.
  4. Game Mode: Did the change artwork stuff for the game itself, and now I can add game-specific settings for it.
  5. (Extra) I added a "Heroic Launcher" collection to store GOG & Epic content.
 

I apologize if this comes out weird, I've never crossposted from Kbin before. I hope it works.

~~Edit: It didn't. Link to the tutorial is in the title, sorry!~~
Edit 2: Maybe it did!

 

I jump between kbin and Lemmy fairly often, and it just seems like most content/communities end up settling on Lemmy. Which kbin communities do you actually think are better than the alternatives?

Hope you're all having a good weekend.

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