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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

I suppose it could be a random hardware failure, but I literally touched nothing not listed in the iFixit SSD guide; the Start button itself (the three lines) isn't anywhere near there!

I've already tried moving back and forth in the beta & stable software channels to no effect.

Edit: it's technically the "menu" button, but I think it gets often confused with the button labeled with the word "Steam"

[-] [email protected] 21 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Bad take.

I'll remind you that Steam needs SOME competition in order to actually get better, and I can't think of anyone else able to do it (Microsoft has kinda already tried and failed). Remember when Steam suddenly addressed long-standing issues with the client and storefront a couple years ago? That was because the EGS appeared.

I'll also remind young folks that the Internet was extremely negative regarding steam when it was new. Yes, I've been on Steam for 20+ years.

Tldr: EGS is fine. Relax.

Edit: clarity

[-] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago

Let me save you two clicks: in 2021, some dude made some unsubstantiated claim in Congress that organized retail theft account for 45 billion in losses. The retail trade group in question picked up this number and ran with it without ever validating the underlying claim. The guy and or his company that made the underlying claim isn't returning calls or requests for comment.

[-] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago

Anything in particular? I'm not great at understanding things that aren't said.

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submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Source: personal testing on two phones.

I prefer wired IEMs, and have been using a Truthear Shio USB DAC with pleasure on my P7 for much of this year. Plugging it into my P8p or my wife's p8 results in LOUD static in the left channel only, and virtually nothing else. Maybe hints of what's actually supposed to be playing, but I'm not tough enough to suffer a listen.

It doesn't appear to be a well-publicized problem. I found one meagre reddit post where someone with a similar, Tanchjim Space USB DAC had what appears to be the same thing. Also, one other on Crinacle's discord.

I have a simple dongle/adapter, with a cx31993 chipset in it. It seems to work fine with the P8p; no static. I will conduct more testing with cheap dongles, but I have only the one expensive one (the Shio). Your testing and comments are welcome.

[-] [email protected] 27 points 9 months ago

Wait till over 40. You'll think your 30s were blissful.

[-] [email protected] 34 points 9 months ago

Is this article ai generated? It sucks. Are the toxic products all PFAS products? It sure insinuates as much, but doesn't actually say that. There are lots and lots of "toxic" chemicals; there are over 10k PFAS compounds alone, and toxicity for those is being claimed at ppt levels, which is often lower than can be detected by test methods. Therefore, it's no wonder they'll take it slow, rather than eliminate large swaths of the economy without ready replacements.

Terrible article.

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submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

TLDR: I feel like I wasted a day of my life over the Hue terms and conditions change, and am not convinced that the terms & conditions change panic was worth my time (...and I still "lost", as I gave in to it). Perhaps you can commiserate with my frustration, or if you're feeling charitable, tell me what I'm doing wrong.

Long story: Like many of you, I own & operate about a dozen Hue light bulbs, and for many years. Unlike many of you, I am completely new to home assistant; I've never used it before. But, reading about the terms & conditions change for Philips Hue, I bought into the hyperbole, and decided I would do something about it.

I bought a Sonoff "P" zigbee dongle, and plugged it into my Unraid server. I set up Home Assistant (first in Docker, then in VM). I tried zigbee2mqtt and/or ZHA back-and-forth several times.

This stuff is NOT user-friendly. Home Assistant wasn't a terrible experience; it is confusing, but it found & behaved well with most of the stuff in my house... except for those damn light bulbs. Perhaps I'm merely mediocre for this community, but I am easily the most technically savvy person I know in real life, and this was an exercise in frustration just for a dozen light bulbs.

Neither z2m nor zha was ever as good as the Philips hub. Maybe it was my dongle, or the extension cable, or a myriad of other variables I never had to consider with the Philips hub. ZHA was much easier to setup, but it was SLOW, requiring 4 full seconds to change a bulb 10 feet away, and that was when it worked. z2m never found all my bulbs, though its setup was so user-unfriendly it's possible I was doing something wrong. I don't think I ever got either system fully set up how I wanted it to be, and I just gave up after hours and hours of frustration. Because my wife expects this stuff to "just work," I reluctantly went back to the Hue hub and... I had everything reconnected and restored in under an hour. And then, I laughed till I cried--setting up the Philips Hub in home assistant took 10 seconds.

There's probably a better community than this for my frustration--as it's not with HA but rather the light bulbs--but perhaps this community can tell me what I'm doing wrong. The idea of a fancy dongle to control my light bulbs without giving in to "the man" is still tempting, but it really needs to just work.

[-] [email protected] 38 points 9 months ago

Necessary tool for the sponge making process. Without it: no sponge holes.

[-] [email protected] 22 points 9 months ago

FYI: this is a speculative article; they are guessing and don't know how it will work, so there are no real details.

[-] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago

I'm in the industry, at least in the US, and this is not technically accurate... especially not using the language and common understanding of the layperson.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago

Why not put down mulch and native perennials? Skip fussy turf grass altogether.

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submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

It seems like microfiber materials should be a major contributor to micro plastics, especially with all the laundering of the microfiber cloths and clothes.

[-] [email protected] 33 points 10 months ago

Hard truth? Reddit conditioned me to NOT participate.

Nearly time I wanted to discuss something or ask something important to me, my posts were deleted by mods. The few times posts would stay was because they were meme shitposts of easily digestible image content: scroll and move along. Any actual discussion was verboten.

/r/mk mods were particularly awful. Fuck those guys.

[-] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago

I know this is more sarcasm rather than serious justification, but sadly I agree that it's all true.

[-] [email protected] 75 points 10 months ago

Conversely, IT is arguing about a $90 license on an employee that costs 80k. If it saves them 2 hours of productivity over the course of the year, it's an even trade, wouldn't you say?

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submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

P.s. Reddit mods deleted this because it "wasn't related to the Steam Deck.". This is my first post on Lemmy. Please be nice and at least let this languish in obscurity rather than remove it outright and cut off any hope of discussion. :(

I'm sharing this because I couldn't neatly carry everything I wanted or needed to carry in the stock case, with the stock power adapter, and I think I got lucky with some accessory tetris from which others might benefit. I am pretty happy with my Steam Deck carrying case setup, but it's not 100% perfect: the battery is just a bit too big, and the deckmate clip or adhesive square don't help, but (almost) everything I want fits safely, if a bit snugly. I'm notably missing some earbuds.

I'm also sharing this because I'd like to know what your Steam Deck gear bag or carrying case setup looks like. Perhaps you also got lucky with your accessory purchases such that everything fits perfectly? If so, please share!

Pics:

https://imgur.com/a/o76XGRP

Gear List, FYI:

Case: Annapro (Toennesen?) case https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BKPNFPC8/

Battery: Baseus 65W https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08JV4W4NY/ Note: this one looks wider & slimmer than mine, but the dimensions listed on the page match mine.

Charger: Anker 65W Nano II https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09C5RG6KV/

Cable: Whatever came with the baseus charger

Deckmate kickstand bundle: https://deckmate.me/products/

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