Skip Navigation

InitialsDiceBearhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/„Initials” (https://github.com/dicebear/dicebear) by „DiceBear”, licensed under „CC0 1.0” (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)D

darcmage

@ darcmage @lemmy.dbzer0.com

Posts
4
Comments
222
Joined
2 yr. ago

  • “I genuinely feel GameNative could replace handheld PCs like the Steam Deck” — Inside Android’s Fastest-Moving Gaming Project, GameNative (my article!)

    Jump

  • We know there's a growing number of people who use their phone as their primary and only computing device. And the success of the steam deck is proof that a "good enough" experience can attract an audience. It is also likely that Valve is planning for a future where the Steam android app will be capable of installing and playing games locally without the 30% Google tax.

    None of that will change the fact that gaming will always push technology forward with the need for faster CPUs and GPUs and that will never be the domain of phones where efficiency is king. There is no reason to worry.

  • “I genuinely feel GameNative could replace handheld PCs like the Steam Deck” — Inside Android’s Fastest-Moving Gaming Project, GameNative (my article!)

    Jump

  • Good job on the headline, made me click. I found the full quote interesting:

    Do you think GameNative might in some way redefine the way people think about PC gaming on portable devices?

    Utkarsh: Yes, I do, and that’s the reason I’m choosing to work on it! I genuinely feel that in the next year or two, GameNative is going to become a complete replacement for handheld PCs like the Steam Deck, and in the medium-long term make expensive, bulky gaming PCs an anachronism.

    This seems overly optimistic and there's no mention about Valve actively working on fex as a possible precursor to the Deck2 or Deck3 being an arm powered device. Then there's the problem of heat dissipation in devices that haven't been designed with that type of sustained usage in mind. Will people buy bulkier phones without water and dust resistance in large enough quantities to be sustainable?

    I've been excited about PC emulation on my phone and it has been a surprisingly good experience for most non-AAA games (except for the hit on battery life), but it'll never be able to duplicate the immersion that only becomes possible on a large display with the necessary horsepower to bring the game to life. PC gaming isn't going anywhere and neither are dedicated handhelds.

  • Self-Host Weekly (17 April 2026)

    Jump

  • Where are people posting their NO KINGS protest images?

    Jump

  • Seeing mostly on Mastodon and Bluesky.

  • metube: Self-hosted video downloader for YouTube and other sites

    Jump

  • I've been using this for a long time. The firefox extension and relatively low resource usage is what differentiates it from similar options I've tried.

  • Turris Omnia NG Wired Launches as a Linux-Powered 10Gb Router

    Jump

  • Starting around €420. Not terrible for the specs I guess.

  • Latest Ubuntu update broke everything

    Jump

  • Can you provide a few more details about the hardware you're on, the version of Ubuntu, the type of update performed, and anything else you think could be relevant?

  • Anyone on Rogers 5G using iptv? Experience?

    Jump

  • My family and I are on the Bell network (except for ISP for one person, teksavvy ~= Rogers cable) so this may not be relevant. Those of us that use IPTV have found that we need a VPN to avoid connection issues caused by ISP interference.

    Personally, I've had a pretty good experience when I've used it on my phone behind a vpn but that's Bell.

  • YouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippable - Dexerto

    Jump

  • I guess there are some examples of that happening with places like patreon, floatplane, twitch, kick, etc. It's hard to fathom anything coming along that can even approach the reach of youtube without backing from another big tech company and eventually following the same enshittification pattern.

  • YouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippable - Dexerto

    Jump

  • That used to be a fair deal. We know better now and even have a word for what will happen to us once we're locked into the system, enshittification. Just about every subscription model eventually leads to squeezing as much as they can out of us without a corresponding increase in value.

  • Jason Schreier says Sony is backing away from putting single player games on PC

    Jump

  • The only way this makes sense is if Sony feels they've cornered enough of the market to be able to recoup the enormous costs of AAA development. I don't see how that's possible without a huge price increase of the console and games.

  • Bcachefs creator claims his custom LLM is 'fully conscious'

    Jump

  • Turns out the linux kernel dodged a massive bullet, thanks Linus.

  • systemd has been a complete, utter, unmitigated success

    Jump

  • I wrote a blog post on selfhostesd software to be more organized

    Jump

  • Anything that runs windows can probably run Linux and work well enough for self-hosting. But you're getting ahead of yourself with worrying about hardware.

    Easiest way to start is to find something that you want to try selfhosting that is relatively simple and use WSL within windows to familiarize yourself with Linux/networking/docker.

    Once you're far enough along to know what your needs are, then you can start thinking about the hardware to meet those needs.

  • Everyone is stealing TV

    Jump

  • What are your takes on the Zen browser?

    Jump

  • Also my daily. I've been a vertical tab person for many years with treestyle tabs and then sidebery. The tab management features in zen without the need of extensions is the primary selling point for me. Everything just works smoothly for my workflow and the UI is well thought out. I haven't had any issues with stability or memory usage since moving over from firefox.

  • High-end Android phones are now powerful enough to emulate the PC version of Cyberpunk 2077 — YouTuber gets 2020's hottest PC game running at playable frame rates [30fps] on Red Magic 11 Pro

    Jump

  • When you look at the numbers outside North America, the numbers show even higher % of people using their smartphone as the primary computing device.

  • High-end Android phones are now powerful enough to emulate the PC version of Cyberpunk 2077 — YouTuber gets 2020's hottest PC game running at playable frame rates [30fps] on Red Magic 11 Pro

    Jump

  • I've been looking into these types of controllers for a while now and have settled on the GameSir G8/+ as being the best bang for your buck and the one most people recommend. I'm just waiting on the next sale on Alixp to pull the trigger.

  • The X-Files Is Returning: Vince Gilligan Helps Shape a New Adaptation

    Jump

  • Weirdly enough, it was family viewing in my household. We just treated it like any other decent sci-fi show and didn't take it that seriously. That was a common experience for friends as well but it's too small a sample size to say one way or another about possible real-world consequences.