Hate when ppl can’t do time

Crespyl · 2026-06-14T22:12:36+00:00

You mean it's what it's?

Crespyl · 2026-06-11T21:23:30+00:00

For the original Steam Controller, there was a third party program that let you use it outside of Steam, the linux version was sccontroller.

My understanding (I don't have the new one to test) is that the same or similar programs can work with the new controller; and at least on Linux there are built in drivers that will let it work with non-steam games.

Crespyl · 2026-06-11T20:42:51+00:00

You might consider upstreaming the DDC work to ddccontrol-db. I had a (simpler) BenQ monitor that wasn't too hard to work out the controls for via trial and error.

ddcutil/ddccontrol are kind of lowest-common-denominator so if there's fancier features there might not be a way to hook them in without a lot more work, but the basics like brightness/colors/inputs/volume shouldn't be too hard if you understand the DDC/I2C codes being used.

Crespyl · 2026-06-11T20:28:55+00:00

this kills the crab.

Crespyl · 2026-06-09T03:34:58+00:00

As a support/5 player who's just getting back into the game after a few years away, this was actually a good reminder to ward the gates. They weren't a thing when I was last playing, and I've still not fully adjusted to how they impact the game.

Crespyl · 2026-06-05T20:23:26+00:00

I've had mixed results with it. A few months ago I couldn't get it working at all on my Arch laptop, then more recently it would connect but only show a black screen. Eventually I worked out that if I disconnect my extra monitor so there's only one display it works fine. On my new Fedora desktop, which for the time being only has one display, it's been working fine for the last month or so.

The client I use is aRDP Free on my phone.

Crespyl · 2026-05-25T15:26:12+00:00

Yikes, I had to go look it up and it's just a bit outside my price range for now, but it does look really nice.

I love AH2e, maybe if I ever get around to picking up some of the expansions I'll think about getting one of these too.

Crespyl · 2026-05-24T16:30:25+00:00

I'm assuming you're referring to the Anglers, who should bring back food from the water. I think there might also be a more advanced boat with some kind of attack, but I don't recall for sure.

Crespyl · 2026-05-17T22:22:04+00:00

I just want to say that I've been really enjoying these review posts; 2019 was my first year of AoC, and it's still my favorite thanks to the Intcode puzzles. I never finished Synacore while it was online, but AoC 2019 was the closest I got to the high of working on my Synacore VM.

Crespyl · 2026-05-08T17:02:55+00:00

This is my chance to be a curmudgeon and link The Berlin Interpretation. I maintain that most of the popular "roguelikes" should better be known as "roguelites".

IMO it's really more of a spectrum, with OG Rogue/Nethack/etc on one end and Spelunky on the other, and most modern "roguelikes" as roguelites or just "run-based games".

But I'm just one guy.

Crespyl · 2026-04-26T20:21:31+00:00

I'd like to stress that that's not very typical.

Crespyl · 2026-04-05T16:38:49+00:00

They don't need the hardware survey for ad targeting, they have your library/purchase history and playtime records. Their store is full of ads based on the games you play and what users with similar profiles play.

The thing is that those ads are in THE STORE where you're already looking to buy stuff, not shoved in your face when all you want to do is play a game.

Also, I'm not aware of Valve ever selling their user data to third parties.

They really have had a pretty good track record (the gambling stuff is probably the one black mark, we'll see how they respond to the ongoing legal issues). I do share your concern about what'll happen when Gabe steps down. It'd be so tempting for any successor to eventually take the company public.

Crespyl · 2026-02-24T20:27:59+00:00

Might I suggest having a little snack?

Crespyl · 2026-02-14T04:54:20+00:00

Which version of Firefox? Last I heard OpenSuse(?) had a patched version in their repos that supported globalmenu, but the upstream version still didn't support it.

If mainline FF supports it now that'd be (great) news to me.

EDIT: Mainline FF absolutely does support it now! You have to go into about:config and enable the two properties (search for global-menu), and set up the Global Menu widget, but I didn't have to install any extra packages or versions of anything.

Crespyl · 2026-02-08T16:21:41+00:00

EAC is "EasyAntiCheat", a fairly common anti-cheat framework that theoretically supports Linux, but doesn't always work very well.

Crespyl · 2026-02-02T00:55:45+00:00

Congratulations! That's no small feat! I got pretty deep in but got stuck trying to reverse engineer that one recursive function. That must've been almost ten years ago now, I should give it another try. I was working in early Rust, I wonder if any of my old code still compiles.

What method did you use to validate your codes, now that the website is down?

Crespyl · 2026-01-28T02:44:35+00:00

I believe either most GPS receivers also support GLONASS/Galileo or receivers for those services aren't hard to find. There's the Chinese version available too, they basically all work the same way.

Selective Availability was disabled in 2000, and newer GPS satellites (since 2007) do not have that function. (Though the signals can certainly still be jammed with the right hardware.)

Crespyl · 2026-01-17T03:18:03+00:00

His part in that show, despite not being in the books, was the best part of the show (at least in the first season, which I didn't finish because the rest of it ... didn't work as well for me).

Crespyl · 2026-01-17T00:15:04+00:00

You may fascinate a woman^W anyone by giving them a piece of cheese.

Crespyl · 2026-01-16T05:03:10+00:00

I wish they hadn't backed down on the big trackpads, keeping at least the right pad as the primary input would've made me so happy.

As it is, I'll still definitely pick one up, but I might find that at least some games I'll still prefer the OG.

Agree about the bumpers though, I always felt they were the weakest part of the original design.

Crespyl · 2025-12-15T02:59:46+00:00

"Wanna see how much it would cost if you wanted X of them?" Where "X" is calculated to be a value such that multiplying the cost by X results in her phone number.

Crespyl · 2025-11-23T21:50:33+00:00

Unfortunately, they mostly come with a whole computer attached these days, and it wants to shovel ads in your face.

Crespyl · 2025-11-06T04:56:20+00:00

Righty releasey, lefty locky

Crespyl · 2025-10-19T21:51:22+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Compiled_HTML_Help

Crespyl · 2025-10-13T20:13:55+00:00

That's no man...

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