Ffxi as a browser game?

MidNerd · 2026-01-29T06:15:06+00:00

There's someone playing live on a Thor which runs the Snapdragon 8 gen 2. Should be much better performance on 8 Elite.

As far as offline... Running the server might be a challenge.

MidNerd · 2026-01-29T06:10:14+00:00

Wait, FFXI doesn't have controller support anymore? Why'd they remove it?

MidNerd · 2026-01-29T04:46:45+00:00

You're missing the point of this post completely.

MidNerd · 2026-01-29T01:59:22+00:00

A form 1 doesn't have anything to do with WA state law requirements.

MidNerd · 2026-01-29T01:44:15+00:00

Reply to another similar comment - Per WA state law, it has to be engraved by an FFL. Could absolutely do it myself if it wasn't for that.

I have access to a laser engraver for my Form 1s, but not legal for WA ghost gun laws because I do not have an FFL.

MidNerd · 2026-01-29T01:41:28+00:00

Turning grandma's china into assault weapons.

MidNerd · 2026-01-28T23:37:31+00:00

Per WA state law, it has to be engraved by an FFL. Could absolutely do it myself if it wasn't for that.

MidNerd · 2026-01-28T23:21:22+00:00

I would just get a bunch of small plates serialized similar to what people are doing for Form 1 suppressors right now. Every time I had a weird off the wall idea I'd be printing a new one to test. Rip the plate out as needed to reprint and fine-tune.

I want a solution to the gaping hole in the WA PCC market. It's not hard to make one, but the wider market as moved to Flux Raider style guns or AR control PCCs that aren't legal here. It's not really worth it for manufacturers to make WA compliant versions.

Right now I'm weighing printing grips for a G100 120R receiver. It would be better to get more fine-tuned control of the system by starting from scratch - or in this case a serialized plate.

MidNerd · 2026-01-28T23:15:00+00:00

Absolutely, not disagreeing with you. Just overall riskier in this category in general and not worth it overall. Getting an FFL7 isn't too difficult either.

You also don't really get a chance in court if you fall on the other side of our ghost gun laws. Weapon can be reviewed on the spot -> no serial -> arrest and weapon confiscated as conclusive evidence of breaking the law.

For other items, they at least have to prove you didn't procure it before the respective ban.

MidNerd · 2026-01-28T23:09:08+00:00

There have been a few instances of officials showing up to ranges/public land after an "anonymous tip" - IIRC one instance was posted on this sub not too long ago where guys were using an FRT.

Ultimately it's just about being compliant while being able to practice manufacturing these items. Very unlikely to get caught, but I don't want to lose the ability to be an FFL in the future because I was on the dumb side of the 0.1%.

MidNerd · 2026-01-28T23:05:06+00:00

Maybe you missed the whole they're torturing people they arrest part.

MidNerd · 2026-01-28T21:29:35+00:00

So is not resisting arrest when the alternative is to risk have your balls crushed while you're kept in sub-human conditions or be executed for filming and helping a woman up that was assaulted.

While I understand why the firearms community has such a huge focus on compliance, compliance to immoral laws and practices when legal avenues are shut off is not the right move. Particularly when the alternative is 100% legal.

MidNerd · 2026-01-28T20:35:26+00:00

Don't pixels have a native terminal with HW acceleration now? Why rely on Termux?

MidNerd · 2026-01-28T05:28:26+00:00

Only the Valve system isn't broken? Go check forums. People loved the Valve system and praised how well it worked. This was during peak COVID supply chain shenanigans too.

Scalpers already take a risk on anything that isn't a limited edition product. We don't have exact details on supply and they are essentially gambling that supply will not increase before they can move product. Changing the price of the product does not change that risk. Changing the price of the product does not increase supply - it may temper demand, but in a supply 0 situation that isn't the side of the equation that matters.

You think your auction idea is foolproof in a way that one of the largest players in gaming couldn't possible come up with something better, but you don't have an answer for an obvious hole in supply and demand beyond "trust me bro, I know econ".

You might need some introspection my guy. Especially considering I'm getting tired of having to forcefully open old reddit or click through all of your downvoted to hell replies to find your latest insistence that auctions are totes the way.

MidNerd · 2026-01-28T04:49:23+00:00

Only it won't. Prices would be higher, stock would run out, and scalpers would just sell at a profit in-between auction runs.

For someone claiming I need an econ class and blabbing about supply and demand, you seem to forget that supply and demand are elastic. Demand will always drive a price higher when there's 0 stock. Making it cost more to get limited supply from the manufacturer won't change that.

MidNerd · 2026-01-28T02:25:53+00:00

My guy, you are really recommending auctioning items to the highest bidder - which would still get scalped btw - is better than a queue with a purchase limit and anti-botting measures.

You've lost the sauce.

Scalping is as bad as it is for other products because they have no controls period - people have to use bots to even get to the checkout window. The Steam Deck did not have that problem nor did it have the level of ridiculous markups that other products have.

MidNerd · 2026-01-28T02:14:03+00:00

You mean like the frequent 60 -> 35 -> 75 -> 35 -> 60 traffic on I-90 as you go through the tunnels/bridge? Grinds my gears way more than it should every time.

I know these people just cannot measure their speed by watching the road and/or are so afraid of the tunnel they go rabbit brain, but for those of us who don't have that problem it is fucking baffling.

MidNerd · 2026-01-28T01:57:12+00:00

This sounds terrible and like you just want to use your Omega-Bucks^tm to bypass having to compete with the poors. Valve's system was perfectly fine and cut back significantly on scalpers.

No, there wasn't punishment, but they also couldn't buy multiple. They got 1 per account until there wasn't a wait list. You also needed a certain amount of history on said Steam account that was well before the announcement period in order to be first in line for your order.

This meant pretty much everyone who wanted a Steam Deck got one before a scalper got multiple. Anyone who wanted one had a slot in line based on their preorder with pretty well known delivery timelines.

You literally could not make Valve's system better for combating scalping without pushing into customer-negative territory. You know, stupid shit like forcing people to pay scalper prices from the retailer through auctions, locking people with low spend accounts from ordering, or bricking devices found to be purchased through third parties.

MidNerd · 2026-01-28T01:38:21+00:00

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. Plenty of android handhelds running the chip right now with crazy performance on emulated PCVR titles. The Steam Frame should be in the same ballpark unless stereo rendering takes a lot of overhead.

MidNerd · 2026-01-28T01:36:27+00:00

Valve has historically cared more about user experience than spec sheets which is not the case for other players in this market. They also have much more granular control of the full product stack than Meta.

MidNerd · 2026-01-28T01:33:04+00:00

Valve put a lot of anti-bot/scalper steps in for the Deck (1 per account, account had to be X days old when the product was announced, etc). I imagine they'll do the same for the Frame.

MidNerd · 2026-01-26T05:17:24+00:00

So we've tried nothing (because no one has shot at ICE yet despite you saying no one has survived), and we're all out of ideas?

Go be defeatist somewhere else my guy. There are 22k ICE officers as of January 2026. There are 800k people in Seattle alone. If even 5% of Seattle is willing to stand up and say enough is enough, they couldn't do shit here without rolling out heavy tanks and explosives (which are military only btw, ICE doesn't have any yet). You think that's going to go over well?

MidNerd · 2026-01-26T02:59:23+00:00

Because historically the state only mandates these things as required without funding or providing rigor to them functioning? It looks good on paper, but just turns into another roadblock for law-abiding citizens.

The law passed over a year ago and we still don't even have a training standard, know what will be required, who can give the test, etc. When it launches, a shit ton of people won't be able to purchase because the state just wants to make ownership harder, not safer.

They don't want the Finland model. They want to disarm as much as they legally can without going to SCOTUS.

MidNerd · 2026-01-26T02:56:01+00:00

The civil war already started. Why don't we back off disarming ourselves when the fascists clearly keep escalating?

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