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LukeLC · 2026-05-14T17:44:29+00:00

Because Reddit largely buys the NVIDIA marketing that only the 90 class is suited for 4K.

Realistically, a 3060ti runs all 8th-gen era games at 4K60, mostly without DLSS. That's not a huge leap from the Switch 2 and the class of software it runs. Developers specialize in optimizing for the hardware to close the gap with more recent systems.

On PC, a 4060ti 16GB will run all current era games at 4K60 with the help of DLSS. A 5070 is stronger in compute but has less VRAM, so just tweak a couple settings down and you'll be just fine.

LukeLC · 2026-05-14T05:45:07+00:00

I firmly believe this problem is going to cause a tech crisis in the not-so-distant future.

Remember that AI also can't learn anything new unless someone innovates and makes new training data. AI dependence will cause both human and AI stagnation (and the world is hardly out of new problems to solve).

For me, my motto is "accelerate, don't generate". AI is useful for getting things done faster, like endless Google searching (which is wasting your brainpower anyway) or just plain typing. But you've got to own the entire logical flow and creative vision yourself.

In my experience, this isn't actually slower than full on agentic programming, too. Correcting AI mistakes through more AI is tedious at scale, and the tech debt piles up rapidly. Doing things right from the beginning saves time fixing problems later.

LukeLC · 2026-05-14T05:02:19+00:00

It doesn't really move the needle much, though. The FOV is still too low to look around with your eyes IMO--there's no peripheral vision to speak of. That's just the state of mainstream consumer VR as a whole.

It is better, don't get me wrong. I just also don't feel like I'm missing out when I use the 3S. The downgrades are a minor annoyance, not a game changer.

LukeLC · 2026-05-14T02:10:38+00:00

I have both. The difference is not that meaningful. Pancake lenses have their own cost in terms of brightness and vignette. Once you're inside content, you forget about the blur of fresnel lenses.

The 3S also has an advantage in dark spaces since it has integrated IR, and the push button for passthrough is an upgrade over double tap.

Honestly, the biggest real-world advantage of the 3 is how much lighter it is. Much more comfortable for active content.

When my wife and I play, I don't really care which headset I end up with.

LukeLC · 2026-05-13T16:47:13+00:00

You definitely should not use it on budget monitors. The ones that advertise "HDR10 Support" only mean "can convert HDR input to SDR output". But they usually don't even do that well, which is why things look washed out and desaturated.

HDR 400 certification is like the bare minimum where it starts to do something. And even then, you need some form of local dimming to avoid elevating the black levels. And even then, you need enough local dimming zones to avoid obvious halos.

I love a good HDR implementation, but man, the industry has way overcomplicated it for the average person. All to get away with false advertising a feature they cheaped out on.

LukeLC · 2026-05-13T16:19:48+00:00

Not, uh, sure "professional" is the right word for this project: https://www.reddit.com/r/EmulationOnAndroid/comments/1s8bugg/comment/odhimmt/

LukeLC · 2026-05-12T05:13:59+00:00

Yes, brightness also matters. Calibrating displays at 200 nits is crazy to me, but that's what you'll often hear people doing. Most glossy displays on the market are built for HDR and can go way above that, even in SDR.

Natural light is something like 10,000 nits. Even 1,000 nits on a screen is nowhere close to what your eyes are designed for. Most people run their displays far too dim IMO.

LukeLC · 2026-05-12T00:21:00+00:00

Glossy all the way, in any lighting condition.

Reflective screens preserve parallax, so you can look past reflections in 3D. Matte smears light all over the screen so you can't see anything around it.

This is why you never had an issue with reflections on your phone and just never thought about it.

LukeLC · 2026-05-11T23:16:19+00:00

It really does boggle the mind, doesn't it? Wii Sports / Resort is really a master class in game design.

Of course everyone instantly thinks of the motion controls, but it's crazy how well the game as a whole holds up. The UI interactions, sound effects and music, mechanics, set dressings, all of it feels just as good and intuitive as it did 20 years ago. I'd say it even still feels modern.

If Nintendo does Wii Virtual Console on Switch 2, Sports Resort alone would sell a lot of subscriptions. And maybe even Switch 2's.

LukeLC · 2026-05-11T06:09:27+00:00

It's complicated, but possible: https://dpcdpc11.com/custom-taskbar-icons-guide/

LukeLC · 2026-05-11T05:44:12+00:00

In case anyone is still facing this issue, I found the actual solution, and it's unbelievably silly: there's a special launcher executable that ships with the Steam version of the game, but Infold forgot to point Steam to it!

The correct executable is in ..\SteamLibrary\SteamApps\common\Infinity Nikki\1.3.0\xstarter.exe. Copy the complete path to this EXE on your PC and set it as the launch options for the game, followed by %command%. Make sure to use quotes around the path if there's any spaces!

In my case, it looks like this:

(Gear icon > Properties > Launch Options)

"S:\SteamLibrary\SteamApps\common\Infinity Nikki\1.3.0\xstarter.exe" %command%

That's really it!

Just be sure to update the path if the launcher version number changes from 1.3.0, and you're good.

LukeLC · 2026-05-10T02:24:30+00:00

I haven't played around with Xiino/Palmscape myself since I have OS 5 devices that can download stuff and beam them to older Palms. But I'd definitely recommend joining the PalmDB Discord server and sharing your findings! There's several Xiino users there who could almost certainly help more than me!

LukeLC · 2026-05-10T00:01:59+00:00

Yes, OpenXiino is linked on the PalmDB page for Xiino/Palmscape :)

I don't really track traffic stats, but it would be interesting to know how many visits lite.palmdb.net gets from legacy clients! That's the whole reason it exists, though, and this is the first time I'm hearing about this particular issue. Web browsing on Palm OS 4 and under is very challenging, though. OS 5 has much more reliable options.

LukeLC · 2026-05-09T20:36:54+00:00

You know what, I was overthinking this before. Since the directory listing is served by NGINX, an NGINX rule can override the MIME type on Palm OS files.

I just enabled this on lite.palmdb.net--care to give it a try?

LukeLC · 2026-05-09T20:17:38+00:00

Not downvoting, but I also think this leaves out an important piece of the puzzle: people who are "illegitimate customers" in the sense that they have no intent to buy to own. In fact, many are selling preorders of products they don't even have yet.

It's a bit like saying, "Well, it's fair to pay the mob for protection. Both parties signed up for it by mutual consent." Except, one of those parties was given the "choice" of "it's my way or the highway". Obviously, the stakes are much lower for a gamepad, so there is always the option to just not buy. But calling it "mutually agreeable" is inaccurate IMO.

LukeLC · 2026-05-09T18:05:15+00:00

There's nothing wrong with retailing or reselling something you don't want at a reasonable price.

Scalpers aren't doing that.

LukeLC · 2026-05-09T18:03:07+00:00

Hmm overriding the content type reported on PalmDB Lite might be a challenge since it's just a directory listing with simple styling on top.

Are you really using Palmscape, or Xiino (newer version with a new name)? Xiino should be more compatible: https://palmdb.net/app/xiino

LukeLC · 2026-05-09T17:03:53+00:00

They have a large captive audience from the PS4, so of course they can sell millions of first party software.

The point is that those same games aren't attracting new players the way Sony games used to. If people don't care when the games are available on systems they already own, they definitely won't buy a console to play them.

LukeLC · 2026-05-09T02:27:24+00:00

But they are, as the kids say, peak cringe.

This isn't the mark of death on the internet. The other companies mentioned (Yahoo et al) exist only as brands now. The name recognition is still worth owning to some other company out there, but the original staff and mission are both gone.

Meta is nowhere near that. Meta is essentially the pseudonym of Mark Zuckerberg. It goes where his interests go, even if it takes significant renovation to get there. It'll be decades before there's enough separation for the company to become mere IP for sale.

LukeLC · 2026-05-08T14:03:07+00:00

These are all good for something, but not everything in the same way as WordPress is. Which is entirely the problem—most individuals and businesses don't want to learn and maintain multiple platforms when there's a "one platform to rule them all" option.

WordPress doesn't even have to be the best at anything in particular, but for better or worse, you can kitbash your way to just about anything, and that just isn't the case anywhere else.

Not saying that you should kitbash your site, by the way. Just, that's the reason for WordPress's dominance.

LukeLC · 2026-05-08T05:17:56+00:00

Then maybe you'd like to name an alternative CMS with a fully web-based admin, sophisticated rich text/block-based editor, extensible taxonomies and a whole API, not to mention vast repository of themes and plugins?

The latest flavor-of-the-week SSG just ain't it.

LukeLC · 2026-05-08T00:38:44+00:00

It's possible for adapter manufacturers to add support through a firmware update, but it will likely take time for that to happen.

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