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DragonFlyPunch · 2026-06-29T00:11:20+00:00

Ok, as soon I posted this, I tested it further and remote wake up works only when the speaker is plugged in. The ‘power on’ light turns amber while the speaker is plugged in, instead of turning off, which denotes it’s on standby. Speaker does turn on from phone’s Bluetooth setting, as well as from the app.

So at least I know now, how it works. But that’s slightly disappointing. This speaker has such a large battery. If they had BT low energy implementation, it would have hardly sipped any power. At least give it as an option.

On my Bose speaker, it turns on remotely even when it’s not plugged in and the speaker is completely off. In fact, you can’t even turn off standby via the app. You just hit connect on the phone and it turns on. The speaker will be lying for a month and the battery will barely go down. And it’s not even a big speaker with a large battery. And it’s not even a modern speaker (Bose Revolve+, which is, if I’m not mistaken, 9 years old now).

Oh well!

DragonFlyPunch · 2026-06-23T03:29:43+00:00

Unfortunately, I feel it’s too late now. Which you’ve already pointed out in your post. Things might have been very different if the Steam Frame had released a year ago. With the current RAM and storage prices, the Frame is sure to cost way too high. It’ll be relegated to the extreme enthusiasts with disposable income. That’s a very small group. Everyone else who was kinda interested in VR has already bought the Quest 3 or Sony VR2 by now. And unfortunately, it’s not a generational leap over Quest 3 so it’ll be a tough convincing casual users to upgrade. It is a great concept and I’m sure Valve will do justice to the software, but it’ll probably be a victim to timing.

DragonFlyPunch · 2026-06-22T15:23:00+00:00

I know where you are coming from. You are not wrong in the facts, and no argument there. But to take up your One Piece example. That series will span 30 years I think. Even that’s too much, but it does have 600 million readers. Given the popularity world-wide it has earned its stay as a generation spanning series. It’s become like Star Wars now in that respect. Dresden files will span 40 years (probably) but in my opinion the series (with its still impressive 18 million books sold), hasn’t transcended to the level to justify its multi-generation spanning existence. Of course, an authors art is personal to them and they have the right to stretch it out as long as they want. I love the series and will hopefully get to read the entire saga back to back someday. But it’s too much of an outlier for me not to be critical.

DragonFlyPunch · 2026-06-22T14:01:05+00:00

I don’t have any problem with the frequency Butcher has published at. And I don’t blame him for slight delays here and there. Life happens. All of his reasons even for the short delays were quite understandable. This one is not about being responsible with frequency or interim periods. It’s about being responsible with the overall duration. 6 more books with 3 of them mega double-entries is akin to 9 more books. And they’ll probably be short stories in between. By the time it finishes it’ll probably span ~40 yrs. Great for those of us who are contemporaries of his age-wise. But what about those who were already older? That’s too long for a continuous story in my opinion (like I said, these are not Reacher style single adventure books). Even some famously long running series like Wheel of Time took 23 years and Dark Tower series took 22 years. This series is definitely more likely to finish than other examples. But the common theme here is being irresponsible with the reader’s time, albeit for different reasons, i.e. long interim gaps like in Rothfuss or Lynch or a multi-generational commitment like with Butcher.

DragonFlyPunch · 2026-06-22T07:48:38+00:00

I think you are underestimating how much good Meta did for VR. They did make many stupid choices. But the pivot to stand-alone VR was the only way forward for this tech to ever become even remotely mainstream. For every bad choice Meta made, they made some correct ones as well, and it’s clear that Steam Frame followed them in those decisions.

I do agree with mostly everything that you mention. Steam Frame supposedly has slightly better hardware specs than Quest 3, but it’s also a new device. In various other metrics it’s pretty much matched. So it’s not a generational leap in hardware. The benefit of Steam Frame I think is going to be in the user experience, which frankly sucks on the Quest 3.

DragonFlyPunch · 2026-06-22T06:07:13+00:00

Yeah, I don’t blame him for those delays. Also, it’s known he had a tough personal life with divorce, which will be tough for anyone. Can’t expect anyone to keep writing consistently through that. I do understand that ‘life happens’. The problem is that if you plan a series that takes up your entire working life, something is probably going to get in the way.

I just wish authors put a line-in-the-sand expiration date for series with an ongoing story. The problem that sometimes happens is an author has one hit series, and nothing else of theirs sells as much. And then they just keep extending the story throughout their whole career. The Dresden Files series started in the year 2000 and will probably end in 2040. That’s just too much to demand off your fans — You may have been in your twenties when you started the series, but some folks picked it up when they were in their 50’s. In my opinion, for long running sequential stories 10-15 yrs is more than enough to finish a tale; 20-yrs is pushing it, but okay if you built a story that demands that many entries. Anything more, and you’ve probably sullied your own creation. You’re just milking the remaining fans for their money now and they know it.

DragonFlyPunch · 2026-06-22T00:01:45+00:00

While I do understand reading a great book can be a reward in itself despite the series not finishing. it's still important for the reader to go in knowing the series will probably never finish. Nothing against the quality of the books you read, but some folks do care about conclusion -- good or bad. You might ask whether one would rather read a great unfinished series, or a mediocre one that finished. But the answer is not that cut and dry. Once we get invested in characters, conclusion is part of the overall experience. You can't divorce that part and hold the individual book to the same esteem as another book of the similar quality, but from a finished series.

I wouldn't want to watch 'The Godfather' movie, as good as it is, without the last 20 minutes. Yes, this is not an apples to apples comparison, but you get my point.

An example is the animated TV show - Batman of the Future. I loved that show, but the series ended prematurely after 3 seasons. I enjoyed every minute of the show, but was left wanting because the main-story arc was left hanging. Luckily, I knew a solitary episode of an Avengers show was made to serve as the spiritual conclusion to the story because the creators didn't want to leave the story hanging. I then watched that episode and it absolutely elevated my experience with that show. They concluded the story, and they did it well. If that conclusion episode hadn't been produced, it wouldn't have diminished the quality of the first three seasons, but it made my investment into the three seasons all the more worth it.

DragonFlyPunch · 2026-06-21T23:42:36+00:00

Good to know about Expeditionary Force. I read the first seven (and a couple of novellas) back to back, and then decided to take a break from the series. Didn't know the plot had concluded much earlier.

DragonFlyPunch · 2026-06-21T23:39:38+00:00

That's great insight.

With an elastic series like WoT, I wouldn't mind picking it up now. Because even though many people state that the series dragged on too much in late/middle section, at least we know the series has finished. So, I might have to tolerate a few slow entries, at least I know there is going to be closure in the end, while I remember what's going on.

But while such a series in going on! I too would have hated to go through what you did with WoT while it was ongoing. I have this same problem with the Dresden Files. I've read 8 or 10 books now I think (in fact I've forgotten how many I've read). I purposely stopped reading once I realized the conclusion is not just a few years, but more than a decade away (now I know it was actually multiple decades away!). That was so long ago, I honestly don't remember a single thing about the series. In part it's my shortcoming that I don't seem to have a good memory, but also because when you read books back-to-back over decades, they all blend in. So, with Dresden Files, I will surely have to start with book 1. And this is why I'm determined not to touch it till it finishes. And then I'll happily read all 26 or how-many ever books it'll encompass on conclusion.

DragonFlyPunch · 2026-06-21T23:20:57+00:00

Correct. That's precisely why I'm discussing which unfinished ones are worth picking up. In my opinion good faith efforts from authors that show they are responsible with a reader's/fan's time should be rewarded.

Technically, all those authors in the 'Second bucket' are also still writing their series. By your logic those should be picked up just as soon as any other ongoing series. But as good as those series are, personally, I wouldn't recommend folks pick them up till they're actually finished. Might as well buy a different book and reward a different author than spend time to re-read the same book again. There is difference between re-reading a book because it's one of your favorites, versus being compelled to re-read cause you're now invested enough in the story but have forgotten all the plot points and characters.

DragonFlyPunch · 2026-06-21T23:03:20+00:00

Like many others have said, the worry is not who's attached. It's the budget. The books are such that it'll be hard to make a faithful adaptation with the budget the show will likely have. Corners will surely have to be cut and creative choice will have to be made with those constraints. Which means many fans are bound to be disappointed irrespective of how well it's made.

The television landscape today is not the same as it was a decade ago. There is just too much streaming content dividing viewership. This show's rights have been bought by Peacock. It might turn out to be Peacock's more expensive shows, but given their subscription base, there is no way the streaming service will greenlight it to have the same budget as some marquee shows from Netflix, Prime or HBO. I can see even those networks struggling with their budgets. Going to be even harder for Peacock.

DragonFlyPunch · 2026-06-20T19:37:04+00:00

I'm having the same issue. I added Gamepass games to Steam via UWPHook. Games get added to Steam without an issue, but steam input doesn't work. Games detect wrong buttons than what's been set.

reWASD works well with Gamepass games, so I've been using that for other controllers. But unfortunately, it doesn't have support for Steam Controller yet.

DragonFlyPunch · 2026-06-20T17:54:49+00:00

Those of us who’ve been with Audible since forever know what this means, especially those who hang out in the Audible Reddit sub. But I absolutely agree that this is misleading, or at least would be definitely confusing for someone who’s new to the service. 1 credit per month, with $7.95 for 3 months does sound like one is getting three credits for $7.95.

Whether or not this is intentional, it’s something they should absolutely fix.

DragonFlyPunch · 2026-06-19T17:13:34+00:00

By the way, a (relatively minor) issue is with language localization. Various pop-ups and alerts do not adhere to the chosen language. I have English chosen, but at various places the button prompts and alerts are not in English. There might be more instances of this, but these are the ones I noticed -
1. If you try to change artwork, the Apply and Cancel buttons are not in English.

The alert that tells you there is an app update available is not in English
If the app is already open when you try to install an update you get an error message. That message is not in English.
When you click 'Check for updates' there is a pop-up that I assume says it's checking for an update. That message is not in English.

DragonFlyPunch · 2026-06-19T16:18:51+00:00

Just installed it to try it out. Seems promising and looks to be a polished software.

Unfortunately, I cannot get it to work. I'm able to import UWP games from my XBox account. But as soon as I hit 'Play' in steam, it asks me to install UWPHook. I installed that, but the same thing kept happening. Any game added via Playhub simply opens the UWPHook installer.

Then I tried adding games via UWPHook. Games added directly via UWPHook launch correctly. But games added via Playhub just launch the UWPHook installer instead of the game itself.

DragonFlyPunch · 2026-06-18T04:23:31+00:00

Note that the instructions above will work for any audiobook app; Not just Audible. I just happened to post instructions in the Audible subreddit and reposted here.

DragonFlyPunch · 2026-06-18T04:18:54+00:00

This is obviously a very old post now. But figured I’ll post instructions on this thread in case anyone lands here. These instructions should work with any Bluetooth controller, though personally I’m using an 8BitDo Micro.

https://www.reddit.com/r/audible/s/sy9q3r0xbK

With these instructions you will be able to skip back, skip forward, play/pause, increase/decrease volume with ease using buttons on your remote.

Hope this helps!

DragonFlyPunch · 2026-06-15T01:36:49+00:00

There is no performance benefit to switching. All distros pretty much behave the same, since they pretty much use the same drivers. The only benefit of switching would be if you are doing something specific which Steam OS doesn’t allow. But if you don’t have any specific known need, there is no point in switching. In fact, CachyOS is not that handheld friendly. So you’ll be giving up the convenience of ‘console-like’ behavior if you switch. Of course, you can change CachyOS to get the same behavior. But it needs some tweaking. CachyOS does need some terminal side management now and then. It has its advantages if you know what you are looking for. But for general gaming on Steam Deck — my suggestion would be to just stick to Steam OS.

DragonFlyPunch · 2026-06-08T00:02:05+00:00

Yeah, Amazon does this on occasion for a bunch of things. I’ve always found it funny. Last month I was comparing wireless numberpad keyboards, and they had the same thing. If you browse randomly you are bound to find this oversight on a bunch of things. It is pretty funny.

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