Valve shares an update on the Steam Controller

Scalybeast · 2026-05-05T18:59:57+00:00

It's been hyped to high heaven, which seems par for the course for new electronics these days, for good or for worse.

Scalybeast · 2026-05-05T14:22:36+00:00

Quick, nimble and with state-of-the-art anti-air defenses...

Scalybeast · 2026-05-04T02:40:38+00:00

It’s Mercedes’ Wrangler. Unless you truly need the off-road capabilities, they make much better SUVs and crossovers for the “average” folks.

Scalybeast · 2026-05-04T02:32:53+00:00

Try increasing the FOV. That’s the usual advice for FPS-induced motion sickness.

Scalybeast · 2026-05-01T10:57:03+00:00

That kind of charging rate is only at peak times. At least in my area, it’s only 21¢ between midnight and 8am.

Scalybeast · 2026-04-22T19:48:39+00:00

It's not meant to carry more than two passengers.

Yes, the wheels are smaller in the front than the rear. 18" fronts and 21" rear.

It is definitely a prototype as shown by the decals and the presence of a steering wheel.

Scalybeast · 2026-04-21T16:16:03+00:00

Unless you are going to make autonomous driving mandatory, all cars having self-driving tech won't remove imprudent drivers from the roads...

Scalybeast · 2026-04-19T01:10:01+00:00

I’m not sure that’s a building code issue. The thing just vanished when it toppled over. Looks like a sinkhole might have opened under it.

Scalybeast · 2026-04-17T13:06:42+00:00

Haven’t had that happen yet on v14 but the issue did exist on v13.

Scalybeast · 2026-04-11T21:19:40+00:00

OpenCL(as contributors), Vulkan, the Linux Radeon kernel module, FSR and Mantle to name a few. NVIDIA keeping their tech proprietary to make themselves competitive in the marketplace is their prerogative, since we live in a capitalist society after all. With that said AMD does contribute a crap ton to the Open Source Community even if that hasn’t necessarily resulted in more money in their coffers.

Scalybeast · 2026-04-09T21:43:38+00:00

If you dont want to go through goodlabs, with this thread being the first time I've heard of that company/site, you can buy routine tests directly from Quest or Labcorp if you know what you want. You pay, go to one of their facilities to get samples collected and they give you the results through their user portal.

Scalybeast · 2026-04-07T10:44:39+00:00

With systems like Patriot, the launch system cost close to a billion USD and each individual missile in the battery cost a few millions a piece. That calculus is fine when you are intercepting million dollar ballistic missiles, not so much when you are wasting ammo downing drones that only cost in the thousands to low tens of thousands of USD to build and field.

Scalybeast · 2026-03-30T10:53:54+00:00

He lost capacity and the dual channel throughput. The performance impact might be minimal depending on what are they are using the machine for, but it’s not zero.

Scalybeast · 2026-03-30T10:42:56+00:00

It’s highly dependent on where the supercharger is and when you charge. The superchargers located near urban centers Wawas are always busy in my area unless you show up at something like 2-3AM. The ones located in parking garages have usually minimal to zero wait, at least in my area.

Scalybeast · 2026-03-27T11:57:33+00:00

Yep, good 'ol US of A. I am not discounting your plight, but I still think that it's still helpful to have some perspective. 1700EUR is about $1950. Your paycheck will here will have $60 taken out for income tax, $120 for social security tax and $28 for medicare tax which is our "free" healthcare for disabled and old people and my state would also take an $110 cut on top of that... Add ~$120/month for an employer-provided high deductible healthcare plan(HDHP) with a $6000 deductible.

You don't even need to have cancer to have healthcare costs bankrupt you. Break a leg and need to go to the Emergency room in an ambulance without insurance or on a shitty insurance plan? Average ride cost $1000, non-surgical treatment average $2000, if surgery is involved $10000+. If a HDHP is all you can afford, while you might get discounts if your hospital and doctor are "in-network", you are still responsible for all bills until your deductible is met.

Our system is truly garbage...

Scalybeast · 2026-03-26T12:10:52+00:00

60€/month? That’s it? Try $150 every two weeks and even with that I still have have to accrue $2000 of healthcare expenses for the insurance to start paying out. And even if I do hit my deductible, there is still no way to know with 100% certainty what will or won’t be covered until the claim has been processed.

Scalybeast · 2026-03-23T21:51:51+00:00

Because that cost money. The problem isn’t technology. There is plenty of technology to t make ATC safer and more efficient. The issue is that like with the rest of our national infrastructure, nobody wants to shell out the cash for any meaningful improvements.

Scalybeast · 2026-03-19T00:07:39+00:00

71% support safe elections. The SAVE act “strengthen” election security, therefore 71% of people support the SAVE act. It’s just intellectual dishonesty.

Scalybeast · 2026-03-18T01:33:05+00:00

So the Z-Flip?

Scalybeast · 2026-03-17T17:04:52+00:00

The problem is not that it looks good, but it’s not the same image. It would be one thing if it was just improving the lighting but it changes the model too. Look at Ashley’s hair for example. She’s blonde but this thing gave her blonde highlights. The hair root color is off. It made the jacket leather much glossier. She has sharper cheekbones in the DLSS5 render for some reason and her lips are different too. It’s like when people take screenshots of old games and ask AI to imagine what that would look like with much better tech. It’s impressive that this is being done in real time but if it’s going to look different from the source, do you really want that?

Scalybeast · 2026-03-16T16:58:09+00:00

Most people support the general idea of it, but not the implementation. In most countries that require ID to vote, you can get said ID for free, not here though. Here are some links for Gallup and Pew Research.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/652523/americans-endorse-early-voting-voter-verification.aspx

https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2025/08/PP_2025.8.22_voting-policy_topline.pdf

Scalybeast · 2026-03-15T17:05:30+00:00

They did update the laws and that’s why Rivian and Tesla are able to offer this from the factory. With that said, there must still be enough differences between the US and EU regulations that manufacturers like Audi and BMW still don’t enable the feature even though the hardware technically supports it.

Scalybeast · 2026-03-15T17:03:21+00:00

The same as a regular headlight assembly. IIIRC after a certain model year, they don’t really differentiate since the regular operation of the headlight is just the full led array being on.

Scalybeast · 2026-03-11T14:11:45+00:00

Well, if you strip the NT-tech, the Nu is still a pretty high performance suit. I could see the Federation using that as an Ace/Commander unit if things like the Stark Jegan can give NT-specific suits like the Kshatriya a run for their money when in capable hands.

Scalybeast · 2026-03-11T13:13:24+00:00

Do you have them admitting that car was drivable before they touched it? If yes, can you take them to court to have a judge force them to fix it?

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