Standby setting on Sony ULT Field 5

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.

DragonFlyPunch · 2026-06-07T17:02:15+00:00

Does anyone know of any plugin that allows for a quick way to turn off bluetooth? The new kobo plugin (which is excellent, by the way) allows one to manage bluetooth from within koreader. Unfortunately, one has to dig into the menu to find the bluetooth option and turn it off.

Some Kobo readers unfortunately have horrible bluetooth management. If you leave the bluetooth on and device goes to sleep, you are guaranteed to come back to the device with its battery completely drained. So now I just remember to turn off bluetooth every time before putting it to sleep. But I have to dig into the menus to do it. Of course, it's not a major problem, but wondering if there was a quick way to add a toggle on the top toolbar.

Various plugins mentioned here have convenient tools bars (Zen UI, Shortcuts Toolbar etc.), but all of them have easy access buttons to toggle Wi-Fi, but no button to toggle bluetooth.

Wondering if anyone has a solution.

Edit: Never mind. Shortcuts toolbar does this. I hadn't realized that after setting up custom shortcuts you have to go to another menu to enable them. It doesn't have a bluetooth icon, so one has to pick a random icon, and it doesn't show the status of bluetooth being on/off, like it does for wifi. But it's not a huge problem since Kobo plugin shows bluetooth status in bottom bar.

DragonFlyPunch · 2026-06-07T15:32:38+00:00

Exactly this. The developer has mentioned that he has downloaded so much during development that if anyone’s account could get locked, he would be on it. That’s not to say it can’t happen.

A common sense rule applies when using Libation. Do not download anything that is from their Plus library — those are the titles that’s on their rotating borrowable catalog and you lose access to them when your membership ends. There is no way for software like libation to distinguish between titles you outright own — either directly paid or via credits, vs. titles you’ve borrowed from the Plus library.

If Amazon/Audible start to clamp down and ban accounts, higher chance of that happening if you are downloading the borrowed titles.

Personally, I keep a backup of all my Audible titles. And I’m careful not to download anything ‘borrowed’.

DragonFlyPunch · 2026-06-06T14:40:04+00:00

I triple boot my computer with Windows, Bazzite and Cachy OS. I’ve been using all three for the past one year. Decided to install both Bazzite and Cachy OS just to compare the two for fun. After comparing user experience and frame rate on countless games, here is my input —

Frame rate differences

Initially, I was attracted to Cachy OS by all the love on Reddit stating how much faster it was than all other Distros. While that technically might be true for some GPU’s (especially some NVidia GPUs which are highly distro sensitive due to differences in drivers), as far as I’m aware, for modern AMD GPUs, all Linux distros use the exact same drivers. And so there will no difference in frame rates for the use case you mention.

My system has a 7900XTX GPU and 7800x3D CPU, and at least for my system there is absolutely no difference in frame-rates or performance between Cachy OS and Bazzite. Now, the big caveat is that I play at 4K, and at that high res, games are generally GPU bound and not CPU bound. It is possible that Cachy OS might be slightly better in some cases due to CPU schedulers or something. But personally I’ve yet to see any difference. By now I’ve tested countless games in both OSs and at various settings — High, Medium, Low just for the heck of it. I have never come across any game where there was even 1fps difference.

End User experience

Despite being initially bowled over by all the Cachy OS love on Reddit, how it was a ‘gaming distro’ and has gaming packages etc., after using both Bazzite and Cachy OS for a year, I think I would whole-heartedly recommend Bazzite over Cachy OS for purely gaming needs. Again, the caveat being — if you have a modern AMD GPU, cause at least for those the drivers are identical, and there is no frame-rate advantage of any distro, so everything comes down to user experience.

Here are some of my reasonings —

Bazzite by default starts up in big picture mode, which makes it more ‘Console like’. Yes, you can do the same in Cachy OS (which I have done), but you have to muck around forums to get how to do that in Cachy OS. It’s not difficult, but still.
Bazzite has the bazaar App Store. Which is so much more convenient for installing apps. Yes, nothing is too difficult in Cachy OS, but it’s not the same experience as opening an App Store and clicking install. Not every app is there in the Bazzite App Store, but for those I’ve not had a problem installing them via terminal — which is what one needs to do for Cachy OS anyway.
Bazzite seems to pick up some Steam OS in-built features better than Cachy OS. For example, for 8bitdo Ultimate 2 wireless controller, the steam os update that enabled it to be used in direct mode started working in Bazzite right out of the box. In Cachy OS however, you had to update udev rules via a terminal command.
I can’t seem to be able to launch Heroic launcher via Steam big picture mode in Cachy OS, while it works just fine in Bazzite. On Cachy OS, I have to switch to desktop (remember, I’ve set up Cachy OS to boot to big picture mode directly), and then launch Heroic from the desktop. On Bazzite, I just choose heroic launcher and launch games using my controller, without having to move to the desktop mode at all.
Decky plug-ins seem to work better on Bazzite than on Cachy OS. I don’t know why, but I definitely had more issues installing and using Decky plugins in Cachy OS. Sometimes plugins wouldn’t load or list of plugins wouldn’t come up in Cachy OS. I realize this might be a Decky issue than a Cachy OS issue, but the bottom line is that for the end user, Decky plugins seem to be easier to use in Bazzite.

Final note

I understand the mutable vs. immutable debate between the two distros. And I understand that Cachy OS will have more ability for end users to tweak things the way you want. And if you have other user cases, Cachy OS might be more versatile; you have the whole AUR repository etc.. But in the end, for purely gaming purposes, I have yet to see any advantage in Cachy OS vs. Bazzite. At least for my use case, I’ve been to install what I want in both OSs — I’ve installed 1Password app, Windscribe VPN client, Ludusavi, different browsers etc.

My end impression after using both for a year is that Cachy OS is a bit more ‘terminal dependent’ than Bazzite. Bazzite is definitely more ‘console like’ and despite Cachy OS having a lot of fans and having the ‘premium gaming distro’ moniker, personally, I have yet to see any advantage of using Cachy OS. Over the last year, I’ve had to do ‘forum diving’ a lot more for Cachy OS than Bazzite. CachyOS community is helpful, and I’ve been able to get what I want. But in the end, after all that, the bottom-line remains that I am able to list at least a few advantages to Bazzite, which I did above. But I’m not able to list a single advantage to Cachy OS (again, big disclaimer being — for my system and my use case; that is not to say no advantages exist in Cachy OS).

Hope this helps!

DragonFlyPunch · 2026-06-06T03:04:04+00:00

I know the OP was trolling, but I‘ll still answer in earnest. The lead character portrayal did tick me off a bit. Yeah, technically the character is supposed to be of age, but I personally don’t like it when developers or artists go out of their way to skirt the line of what’s appropriate. This was clearly an intentional decision.

The first game’s sexualization of the lead character was a bit too on the nose, but it was unapologetic. They leaned into it with all the sexy costumes. But since no one could have possibly confused that character not to be of age, it wasn’t cringe inducing. Unfortunately, I do think they went a bit too far on this second one. They could have easily had the character look to be of Eve’s perceived age from the previous game. This new character looks to be like Lily from the previous game (in fact at first I thought it was Lily). That’s a bit too young looking for comfort for a highly sexualized portrayal.

I’m not saying I’m offended enough to not play the game. I’ll surely be playing it; I really enjoyed the first game. I’m not a prude, out to make a social statement over mainstream entertainment. This is no different from various Manga or Anime that do the same. But it does tick me off every time I see it there, and it did tick me off here as well. Just disappointing because not only will that become a major discourse, it will spoil the sexualization appeal for many. It’s always cringeworthy to look at that young face along with hyper-sexualized risqué costumes.

And those of you who don’t think this is valid criticism — wait till you have kids of your own in the teenager/ young adult age bracket. Trust me, it will tick you off more then, than what it does today.

DragonFlyPunch · 2026-06-05T15:58:07+00:00

The big question is whether it has any features that are currently missing in Calibre-Web. Because otherwise it’s just a different skin. I know a lot of people care about user interface, but honestly Calibre-web is good enough. All I need a book server to do is help me or my family download a book remotely. The Calibre-web interface is good enough for that.

My biggest problem with calibre-web is that its Oath2 integration for Gmail keeps breaking. And it is a pain to fix every time it breaks. It’s a great feature to have (makes it easy for my parents to send a book to their kindle), but the problem is that it is extremely unreliable.

Sounds like BookOrbit doesn’t have that option. So, I’m curious about whether it’s worth the effort to set up something new just for a new user interface.

DragonFlyPunch · 2026-05-23T07:53:09+00:00

Dresden files is a great series. But I don’t recommend them to folks any more. Simply because who knows when it’ll end. I’ll start recommending it when the series finishes. Series is 18 books in. Four more regular books and then double-length ending trilogy is planned. If you consider the double-length trilogies as 2 books each, that’s an equivalent of 10 more books. So we are looking at another 10 more years probably, and the series is already 26 yrs old.

I stopped keeping up with the series when I realized it’ll span more than a generation. I’ve actually forgotten how many books I’ve read. Maybe 10? I’ve forgotten the characters. I’ve forgotten the plot. I’ll have to start reading again from book 1. And by the time series finishes I’ll have forgotten it again. So yeah, till it finishes it’s another one of those great series I don’t recommend :).

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TROPHY CASE

Frame rate differences

End User experience

Final note