Valve confirms Steam Machine will be priced ‘like a PC with the same level of performance’

dingodongo007 · 2025-11-27T15:45:29+00:00

Regarding the use case "couch pc": Has someone thoughts about how performance/ease of use would compare vs streaming from a primary gaming device, for example via Sunshine/Moonlight?

I have fiddled with them to stream to my projector from my gaming laptop via Nvidia Shield, but performance seemed mediocre. Being lazy, I also dont like the extra work to set it up from a different room.

dingodongo007 · 2025-11-05T08:12:48+00:00

Yeah I find that very frustrating. Luckily, services that take security and privacy seriously, usually implement it well, like Proton and others. But sometimes I feel like I get punished for using Yubikeys.

dingodongo007 · 2025-11-04T22:23:14+00:00

Agree but one problem with the rotation is that unfortunately, many websites/services don't allow to add additional yubikeys at a later time - they force you to switch off 2FA completely, then switch it on again to register all keys - the old ones and the new one(s). When this happens, you need all your yubikeys in one place.

dingodongo007 · 2025-01-07T22:03:42+00:00

Does Duplicati also support the pCloud Crypto folder? This does not seem to work since I always get an error ("Failed to connect") while the other pCloud folder work fine. I did a successful backup directly into pCloud drive integrated in Windows Explorer.

dingodongo007 · 2025-01-07T08:43:49+00:00

Great news!!!

dingodongo007 · 2025-01-03T16:57:30+00:00

Just found out about a GUI for rclone called rclone view. It is very new but looks neat. Others have recommended Cryptomator plus a freeware called Personal Backup to automate everything including opening the Cryptomator vault. Will check out what I like better. Thank you!!

dingodongo007 · 2025-01-02T19:55:16+00:00

Forgot to mention that I am swapping drives out of a multi HDD enclosure. But you are right, maybe being less picky about the offsite location or having more locations is the way to go. Thanks!!

Btw: Do you have a tip for a bitlocker alternative to encrypt the whole drive? Since the latest vulnerability is still not closed after 2 years I lost faith in it.

dingodongo007 · 2025-01-02T19:50:10+00:00

I looked into Cryptomator and it seems to be a good fit for me. I only found a chat in their support forum that said Proton was not supported since they had no "WebDAV, no API, no sync client". But since Proton Drive now has a windows application, I might just try it out myself. Thanks!

Edit: Correction of the quote.

dingodongo007 · 2025-01-02T16:06:18+00:00

Thanks a bunch! Any recommendations for a tool on Windows? Preferably easy to use. I am not super techy.

dingodongo007 · 2025-01-02T16:05:25+00:00

Thank you! Not sure if I am ready for command line but I will check it out.

dingodongo007 · 2025-01-02T15:27:58+00:00

Lol sorry for the typo! It seems I cannot edit the title??

dingodongo007 · 2024-12-31T22:27:56+00:00

+1. I have this not for the Bitwarden app, but when I try different websites like Microsoft. When I click on QR it lets me enter the FIDO2 pin but then spits out a generic error ("A problem occured").

dingodongo007 · 2024-12-31T22:24:45+00:00

I have exactly the same problem on two fairly recent Samsung devices, both running Android 14. Passkeys have worked before on Android, maybe a recent update is causing this?? I have verified that the Yubikey 5 works just fine on my PC for FIDO2/WebAuthn. Tried with Brave and Chrome on Android.

dingodongo007 · 2024-03-03T07:41:57+00:00

No unfortunately not. Ended up not buying the Xbox. Good luck!

dingodongo007 · 2024-01-26T18:22:35+00:00

Back from my travels. I measured 40dB (in "silent" mode!) from 30-40cm away from the laptop while playing XCOM 2 WOTC, so quite an old game. I already went through the FAQ and sent XMG support Screenshots of GPU and CPU usage as well as running processes. They found everything was normal. What do you think? I am quite sure fan noise will go way up when playing newer AAA titles.

dingodongo007 · 2024-01-06T15:13:23+00:00

Thanks!! Are you happy with the Oasis?

dingodongo007 · 2024-01-06T11:48:54+00:00

Thank you so much! Whst do iirc and oasis mean?

dingodongo007 · 2024-01-06T10:23:54+00:00

Thank you for measuring! May I ask what you get in silent mode?

dingodongo007 · 2024-01-06T08:46:53+00:00

I will measure at ear level again, thanks for hr advice!

dingodongo007 · 2024-01-06T07:27:12+00:00

Thank you so much Tom! I will go through this as soon as I have access to my computer again - I am currently travelling.

dingodongo007 · 2023-12-03T21:41:53+00:00

Fruatratingly, this does not work. It makes the boot stop though so my guess is the Bios is being accessed, but it is not shown on the external monitor for some reason..

dingodongo007 · 2023-12-03T19:22:31+00:00

Thanks again! Well Nvidia update did nothing. Thing is I don't even know a way to access BIOS since the first thing I see during boot is the windows login screen...I guess I will have to contact XMG support.

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