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Transport Fever 2 and its deluxe edition at historical lowest price (75% off for both) in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

This is a very, very good game.

Which headphone should I get? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

That sucks, did not know, happy I am that both my Beyerdynamics and audio technica headphones are still repairable though. At least majority of parts.

Which headphone should I get? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

If you already have another pair or buds, I would just use them instead for scenarios outside of your working/gaming place, because there will be compromises.

I can't recommend much, but I also have Anker Space Q45, they are closed, have optional jack cable connection, Bluetooth with LDAC (high Bitrate Bluetooth codec), quality is OK and sound is not bad, they do have very good active noise canceling. If I had to choose only one pair, I would check them out. It's just that if you mostly game an Kosten music by computer, Beyerdynamics DT 990 a lre on another level of l quality, longevity and), comfort and sound.

Which headphone should I get? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

Beyerdynamic DT 990 are about 150, nice open headphones. Both people with requests to sound and casual listeners enjoy (me and my wife as example). They are built very well. My pair is 12 years old and as new when I replace ear pads. They do have very high level of sound quality and detail, hard to beat in leven double price range. I play games, listen and create music in them, due to mindful construction and open back they can be worn for a long time. Sound is open, crisp, with a lot of highs and pretty detailed. If you don't have anything to drive them, take 80ohm. If you need more volume or better sound, consider cheap, good sounding digital audio converter (DAC) and amplifier - check FIIO brand for example, ka11 (40$) is good and very portable, I also use it with my steam deck. But there are other models cheaper.

Sennheisers have a lot of good pairs, but I cannot recommend anything from expirience, Audio Technica is Japanese company and their headphones are good sounding, but a lot of their headphones are fragile.

Overall aim for open headphones as they are better when you wear them for long periods like during gaming. And use return policy to your advantage.

Retro games worth picking up on Android? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I still question myself why did not I try it before as it changed my quality of waiting on different places like public transport by large margin:

Try turn based games with Lemuroid (frontend for emulators on android). No gamepad required, always in your pocket, everything works out of the box.

I'm playing psp Valkyria Chronicles and it is great. Such games are perfect format for phone, as anything where reaction and precision is necessary needs gamepad. And you either need to own a retro dedicated handheld and take it with you, or (if you have one) take cumbersome Steamdeck like handheld, which is not feasible for 30 minutes ride.

Nested Desktop: What it is, and how to set it up in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Did not know about such possibility, very useful. Thank you!

Ranking the best vintage video games (25 years or older) in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (1995), was on Sega Genesis for me.

What is the best post sort for Lemmy? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

As some other people suggested, I can also add vote to scaled, especially on subscribed communities.

I don't spend that much time on lemmy and smaller communities don't get attention in my feed otherwise. With scaled they pop up pretty often.

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Power bank to Steam Deck full chrages. (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For others trying to find how many charges you actually get from power banks, because it turned out to be not that easy to find, especially with all these variables (see below) and a lot of misleading comments/posts/review from people who are mistaken. Sharing is caring, so please add your devices in comments.

Some thoughts for other lurkers:

Amper-hours depend on voltage, so 20000mAh (why not 20Ah, god damn marketing and our monkey brains) might differ from power bank to another.
Watt-hours (Wh) might also be a lie, according to some reviewer even known brands might sin.
On top you have conversion loss 80-90% roughly speaking.

I bought INIU 20000mah 65w mini P62-E1 for ~50$. It says it is 73Wh. I got exactly one charge 0-100% for my Steam Deck OLED (50Wh) while it being off.

It was as fast as wall charger and thing is small and weights 320g, which is perfect for me. Also design/surface is above what I expected. Included cable is crap and does not support 65w charging, don't ask me why. Steam deck will on repeat go full charging and then stop with that cable. I can recommend it I guess, but for sure there is something better, depends on discounts, too.

RetroArch on Fedora has blank screen through Steam Link only in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I tried steam link for several games in last weeks and it seems that black screen issue exists in quite some of them. My case is Nvidia on Wayland and it seems to me that could be a culprit in my case. If it's the case for you, too - try xorg first.

Sorry, can't help you, but interested in solution, too.

Do you overthink your Steam categories or are you normal? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I was playing this game too much, with complex system which never actually encouraged me to play any of the games I have categorized (and I had similar system as OP). Please dear fellow gamers - don't fall into same trap =)

Now I have only 4:

WTP - want to play games, be them new or on repeat.
VR - same as WTP, but for VR.
Done - for games which are finished, but I have a feeling that I would like to recall them several years later.
Done-done - for games which I'm not going to ever play again. Either bad games, or which have fully fulfilled their purpose and there is nothing to do anymore.

I use recent sorting, which help a lot to mitigate any kind of lock on what to play today. It's more like recommendation

I am trying to free myself from finishing games 100% and avoid all side/boring activities, also now I'm free to pick whichever game I want, instead of planned (like work) consumption with previous system.

It has really brighten my playtime, now it feels more like joy than before.

AI Generated X in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago

If society tries to suppress something that will find it's way, you will get it back, but hidden, harder to detect and maybe even changed in a harmful way.

We had it as humanity with alcohol bans, war on drugs, hateful speech bans and etc. We need systematic regulations for unavoidable, not prohibitions which will leak from all places.

Leaving it be while being explicit is reasonable.

Good all around tablet? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Can't help here, not even tried. But I don't know if it should matter for tablet, installed stuff does not disturb you in any way and regarding your data leaking to manufacturer - same goes to other brands, too. Xiaomi launcher is fine, simple like an iPad, I would prefer it differently, but comparing tablet usage to phone - in tablet I only need to start my app (tachiyomi, draw app or jellyfin) and launcher does not matter anymore. Phone is used heavier and in more diversed way.

If you are looking for something to tinker with, it's better to look at list of supported devices of OS you are going to install. I have stopped looking into such things, can't help here either, sorry.

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Song I Love And Want To Share - a place to share love for your favorite songs and discover new music. (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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As a big music lover I always enjoy an opportunity to share music I love and discover something new to listen.

Song I Love (other link [email protected]) has a set of simple rules of how to create new posts to avoid deviation from the general idea:

Title must be Artist - Title (year)
Post must contain link to some legal source, which should be easily accessible like Youtube or Soundcloud. Original sources and clips are better.
Post must contain explanation why you love it. Additional information about artist or song history is always appreciated and a plus.

Join! Discover new music! Share your love!

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Steam deck keyboard and mouse input from PC via KDE Connect (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For anyone who did not think about it beforehand and struggled as me. You can run KDE Connect on your machine and send keyboard and mouse inputs using kde connect. Almost 0 input lag. So you can do all you need.

For me it was terminal and some work with files on dolphin (for emudeck). I'm not used to steam deck touch pads yet and using shortcuts on keyboard made everything a breeze.

You can transfer files, too, of course.

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Migrated from Windows to Linux. Decided to share list of answers/statements I was looking for before did it (and could not find). (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Finally migrated from Windows to Linux. For anyone wondering, what is the state of Linux as your primary OS for home PC\laptop in 2023.

I've finalised my Archlinux installation yesterday, I dropped of Linux more than 10 years ago and experience in 2023 in comparison is awesome and beyond even wildest dreams back then:

For average user looking for more out of the box experience I would suggest something Arch based (people in comments suggest EndeavourOS, please do your research). Archlinux installation took me quite some time
Almost everything works out of the box, by just installing corresponding package
KDE Plasma environment is fast and beautiful
Pipewire audio server (Jack\Pulseaudio replacement) works great
Wayland window server is not there yet, especially if you have Nvidia with proprietary drivers and want to use VR. Waking up, session restoration and other scenarios have issues. Use X11.
Wine is great!
Music making - Bitwig Studio DAW has linux native version, yabridge allow you to use windows VSTs, which are easily installed via wine
Gaming works out of the box with Steam for majority of titles, some games have native linux version. Performance is great. In worst case windows game might loose 5-15% in performance. Was not case for my titles
Gaming outside steam is fine too. Use Wine, Lutris, Proton
VR is a mixed bag. Not everything is there (Desktop view, sound control and mirroring, camera, motions smooth, lighthouses do not wake up os go to sleep. I use my phone to turn them on/off). But if its not the problem for you, quite some titles work. Tried: native HF Alyx, Lab, windows: Beat Saber and Boneworks. For me it's a surprise, I did not count on it. Performance is great.

So overall my experience is great. Eventually I'm going to get rid of WIndows on other computers and laptops at howe. I can finally wave goodbye to Windows, with lots of ads and bloatware. Alway glad to help with answers regarding installation while my memory and history logs are fresh. ^^

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Migrated from Windows to Linux. Decided to share list of answers/statements I was looking for before did it (and could not find). (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Finally migrated from Windows to Linux. For anyone wondering, what is the state of Linux as your primary OS for home PC\laptop in 2023.

I've finalised my Archlinux installation yesterday, I dropped of Linux more than 10 years ago and experience in 2023 in comparison is awesome and beyond even wildest dreams back then:

For average user looking for more out of the box experience I would suggest something Arch based (people in comments suggest EndeavourOS, please do your research). Archlinux installation took me quite some time
Almost everything works out of the box, by just installing corresponding package
KDE Plasma environment is fast and beautiful
Pipewire audio server (Jack\Pulseaudio replacement) works great
Wayland window server is not there yet, especially if you have Nvidia with proprietary drivers and want to use VR. Waking up, session restoration and other scenarios have issues. Use X11.
Wine is great!
Music making - Bitwig Studio DAW has linux native version, yabridge allow you to use windows VSTs, which are easily installed via wine
Gaming works out of the box with Steam for majority of titles, some games have native linux version. Performance is great. In worst case windows game might loose 5-15% in performance. Was not case for my titles
Gaming outside steam is fine too. Use Wine, Lutris, Proton
VR is a mixed bag. Not everything is there (Desktop view, sound control and mirroring, camera, motions smooth, lighthouses do not wake up os go to sleep. I use my phone to turn them on/off). But if its not the problem for you, quite some titles work. Tried: native HF Alyx, Lab, windows: Beat Saber and Boneworks. For me it's a surprise, I did not count on it. Performance is great.

So overall my experience is great. Eventually I'm going to get rid of WIndows on other computers and laptops at howe. I can finally wave goodbye to Windows, with lots of ads and bloatware. Alway glad to help with answers regarding installation while my memory and history logs are fresh. ^^