[-] ekky@sopuli.xyz 32 points 1 week ago

What really sets the Steam Controller (and the Steam Deck's control layout) apart from the market are the dual touchpads and dynamically/easily programmable buttons. The above just looks like a reskinned XBox controller, and, if I read the article right, it needs a "companion app" to get full functionality out of the controller.

I hope that they at least made sure that the companion app works on the Steam Deck.

[-] ekky@sopuli.xyz 31 points 1 month ago

Ideally, a .mp4, or any other non-executable file format, would not be able to execute rogue code on your computer, but the programs you use to open the files with might have security flaws which allow rogue code execution if done right.

You might have a hypothetical file, which might not be dangerous if opened with VLC, but which exploits a flaw in, say, Windows Media Player version x.y.z to execute a payload.

Sorry, for not including any examples, I'm currently not at the PC.

[-] ekky@sopuli.xyz 51 points 2 months ago

So now LLM makers actually have to sanitize their datasets? The horror....

[-] ekky@sopuli.xyz 35 points 3 months ago

Nuh-uh, I saw a Steam survey that said that less than two percent of computers use Linux!

What do you mean by "the headless internet backbone servers, Android phones, and smart appliances don't have Steam"?

[-] ekky@sopuli.xyz 46 points 5 months ago

I wish you a good afternoon.

By your fellow omnivore from sort all/new.

[-] ekky@sopuli.xyz 36 points 6 months ago

Haha, Swedes with their weird and funny language, not like glorious Denmark!

[-] ekky@sopuli.xyz 54 points 6 months ago

And then links to a similar sounding but ultimately totally unrelated site.

[-] ekky@sopuli.xyz 35 points 7 months ago

I'm pretty sure it's more like

Junior dev: Got all the nice addons, RGB lighting, only uses dark theme, got all the stickers, works from either a café or moms basement.

VS Senior dev: Works on company standard issue hardware, barely customizes visuals (but got a script which makes a cup of coffee on the shared machine in exactly 2 minutes and 30 seconds), works in shared office, has old rolling cabinet with unknown artifacts last touched 10+ years ago.

Obviously this is an overgeneralization and not a catch-all, you might even say that it's "programmer humor".

[-] ekky@sopuli.xyz 43 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Since it's singling out women, I'd have expected some kind of comparison to, say, men, but the article appears to discuss only women's exposition to general situations one might encounter as a bicycler.

While being threatened on your life or having to leave the road until a especially aggressive trafficant gets bored and leaves is very annoying and can leave you shaking, it's not actually rare for either gender to experience such situations (going by own experiences).

While I do imagine women suffer more abuse than men when biking, and while the article does not actually make any attempt to tell whether women experience more abuse on the roads than men, I'd say that the article definitely paints a need for better conditions for all bicyclers.

Sorry for the rant, I just dislike when someone singles out a demographic for cheap points, and then never follows up with relevant data.

[-] ekky@sopuli.xyz 47 points 8 months ago

Everything nowadays that attempts to give back a little autonomy or freedom to the user is called piracy.

As long as an app could theoretically be used for piracy, even if it was made to circumvent toxic behavior of users' bought and paid for products, then it must be properly labelled as piracy and taken down.

I'll better stop before this becomes a rant.

[-] ekky@sopuli.xyz 50 points 10 months ago

Where do you live, OP?

In Denmark it goes in the same category as not driving when the light is green or keeping to the left on the highway.

While you seldomly see someone get fined for it, taking more than two turns in the roundabout is considered an obstruction of traffic, and therefore illegal.

[-] ekky@sopuli.xyz 39 points 11 months ago

*than

Unless you meant that all conservatists gladly convert to socialist views once confronted with true information.

That one word changes the meaning of the meme drastically. ;)

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