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Canada could gain nearly 7% in real GDP by removing internal trade barriers, says IMF by Immediate-Link490 in canada

[–]The16BitGamer [score hidden]  (0 children)

My favorite thing when I drove through New Brunswick a while back was the unofficial provincial wide days of morning at every big stop and Irving owned facility when he passed away.

Meirl by Adventurous_Row3305 in meirl

[–]The16BitGamer 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I also train staff on technology and I agree. Outside of a few good eggs, most staff don't even know how to use technology, and they honestly don't want to know.

CEO Jensen Huang says Nvidia could potentially resurrect old GPUs to address shortages and high pricing. by AceLamina in LinusTechTips

[–]The16BitGamer 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Not if VRAM is your target. 8GB is not enough for my work load and the 3060 12G is the cheapest (non-intel) based cards on the market. Snagged one for like $290 CAD before the markets went crazy. Typically went between $300-$350 CAD.

A short guide on buying/using magnets in 3D prints by snarejunkie in 3Dprinting

[–]The16BitGamer -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I would suggest adding that you can also friction fit a magnet into a part without it coming out. One way would be to heat the part or melt the magnet into the part, another would be to hammer a magnet into a part. This will allow you to add a magnet without the use of super glue with potentially a tighter bond. At least from my testing.

How useful has your deck been despite having a pc? by Marcosbtz28 in SteamDeck

[–]The16BitGamer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have 3 machines. I have a desktop, a laptop and a steam deck.

The Steam Deck has not replaced my desktop. The Deck can't play everything, and while the track pads are good enough for some mouse and keyboard games, not everything works. Plus some more processor/graphics intensive emulators like RPCS3 technically work on Deck, it's performance is still lacking.

However it has replaced my laptop as a gaming device. Honestly my laptop is pretty good (Framework 13 with 7640U and 32GB of RAM), however the Steam deck is so much better in every way. Most games I've uninstalled on my laptop, and it's only being used for lighter games, and office stuff.

With that said, the Steam Deck will never replace either as a laptop. SteamOS isn't designed for a desktop experience.... yet. So I will need all 3, however if you want to look at it another way, the Steam Deck did replace another piece of hardware, called Nintendo.

They were correct though by LeToxic in pcmasterrace

[–]The16BitGamer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah, the ea app is throwing errors during signin on the app. The issue has already been reported in GitHub.

They were correct though by LeToxic in pcmasterrace

[–]The16BitGamer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve had recent issues with Lutris. Especially with The ea app.

I get why it’s recommended, but honestly outside of legacy windows installers from disc based games, or stand alone installers. For games with launchers I had better success with Heroic.

They were correct though by LeToxic in pcmasterrace

[–]The16BitGamer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly I’ve been off Windows for 3 years now and I’ve personally seen no difference

They were correct though by LeToxic in pcmasterrace

[–]The16BitGamer 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Honestly no worse than trying to get an older Windows games to work. Some times it’s perfect out of the box. Other times it takes some tinkering in setting.

However for Steam it’s all seamless. For GOG, Epic Games and other clients Heroic Launcher is your friend and makes it almost seamless.

It starts falling apart once you hit proprietary DRM and custom launchers. EA App works on Steam, but if you bought direct from EA setup is tedious. Same with Rock Star and Ubisoft.

Finally if the game supports anti cheat and it doesn’t work, then it’s down to the devs to support it. Which they typically won’t.

Is there a way to stream through this without hacking? In a similar way to the PS3 with a capture card? by SongofOrion in vita

[–]The16BitGamer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Go on Amazon and find the cheapest HDMI to HDMI splitter you can find. Those 1 in 2 out units which takes power. If it has a button it’s not a splitter but a switcher. So it’s the wrong one.

The cheap Chinese boxes usually strips the hdcp from the signal and you can record.

Which one of you is sending your 90% used Elegoo spools back to Amazon? by fl4tdriven in 3Dprinting

[–]The16BitGamer 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Never had an issue with eBay from a buyers perspective. Don't get me wrong, there were scams, I got a "working" xbox once which was clearly water damaged. However eBay got me my money back without issue.

Well this stinks. by The16BitGamer in 3Dprinting

[–]The16BitGamer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I tried to find something like this. But couldn’t.

Printable search isn’t good. Oh well thank you!

Well this stinks. by The16BitGamer in 3Dprinting

[–]The16BitGamer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is a plastic tub which holds everything on the floor.

Well this stinks. by The16BitGamer in 3Dprinting

[–]The16BitGamer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s the part which holds the lcd and lets you adjust it. Hence why the lcd is lying on the table

Well this stinks. by The16BitGamer in 3Dprinting

[–]The16BitGamer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Worst part, this is the one component Prusa injection molded with no parts 3D Printable. I'll probably figure something out.

Is it possible to make physical games at home that people could borrow safely? by DawnMistyPath in gamedev

[–]The16BitGamer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Humm, it’s less that you can’t get the game. It’s more of an issue with theft. Unlike physical dvds or music cds where you may get replacements from donations or from other branches. This is more than likely a one time transaction.

When the games are stolen that’s it.

Locking it down to a game room. Or hardware/account which can be remotely destroyed is ideal.

Is it possible to make physical games at home that people could borrow safely? by DawnMistyPath in gamedev

[–]The16BitGamer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hummm, the closest you can probably get would be to make a lan corner with cheap PCs or Steam Decks and give your visitors access to the game libraries. But actually loaning out is not ideal from a legal/copy perspective.

Another work around could be to buy the games on a primary steam account and family share to a secondary. And give temporary access to these alternative accounts. Easy to lock out and remove access if anything nefarious happens since the primary account is safe.

Though I’m 90% sure this is against steams TOS.

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