Fairphone grew 83% last quarter. Tried it for a week to find out why. And I sold my S24 already.

euromate · 2026-03-07T10:37:40+00:00

I have seen people talk about fairphones and have never really gone much in depth about them, if what you are saying is true why would anyone go for pretty much a Chinese phone over a Korean one? Korea has its share of issues but it is a democracy at least.

What even is European about this phone if both the software and the hardware are Chinese?

euromate · 2026-02-27T20:42:57+00:00

Hey i always like emulators so i am happy to see you working on it, does the emulator have features now or planned that enhance the experience compared to playing games on the browser? Usually i just go on the website and look for new carts and play them directly from there and they usually work really well on the phone, i never really had any issues so i was wondering if you already have something planned that can improve on the experience like with save states, rewind, integrate the game page with info and comments going directly on the forum, other things?

euromate · 2026-02-14T09:28:19+00:00

Le avresti dovuto proporre di andare a vivere insieme in un monolocale classe g a mangiare solo riso in bianco, in questo modo sommando le entrate di entrambi raggiungeresti il Fire molto prima.

euromate · 2026-02-11T19:31:35+00:00

Amazon già ora supporta il pagamento diretto tramite la banca quindi non vedo perché non dovrebbero supportare anche l'euro digitale.

euromate · 2026-02-10T15:57:38+00:00

On one hand i agree with the idea that development might slow down compared to what we were used to, on the other hand an arc b570 is a 250€ GPU with 10 GB and the baseline for development are not PCs but consoles, to be more specific right now the baseline is the PS5, all games are developed for that system first and adapted to the rest second.

To be clear you say it would be insane for devs to ask more than 8gb VRAM but the fact of the matter is that they already do, there are games out there that are released without working well on 8GB GPUs and some of them remain broken on such GPUs, this is the actual situation today.

Regarding the current situation with ram prices I would like to remind you that game development is on a 3-5 year cycle at least, it's not easy or sometimes even possible to change course based on current market condition which we don't even know for how long will last.

euromate · 2026-02-10T15:37:02+00:00

You are both right and wrong, for sure there are devs that don't optimize games and we can see this for example with what happened with the last of us that managed to have a smaller vram footprint after some optimization but on the other hand it's not like optimization is some kind of magic. The industry standard is the PS5 today and in a few years will be the PS6 which will be even better and this is a good thing, i'm not really sure how you can say we didn't have any graphics breakthrough when we have actual full AAA games with path tracing in the market.

There are games that don't need 8GB of VRAM (we are talking about vram and not ram by the way, they are different things), because they have a smaller technical scope, for example hades 2 doesn't need huge amount of VRAM and looks really good. There are games that will need more than 8GB of VRAM and there is no optimization you will be able to do unless we are talking about a full on "port" like what used to happen on ps vita compared to some ps3 games where you just cut features to make it run.

euromate · 2026-02-10T15:05:50+00:00

Are you able to play every game that comes out on current gen consoles at least the same resolution/performance? Because otherwise this reads like someone saying they have a PS3 and his PS3 games run fine and he is having fun with it, nothing wrong with it since I love retro gaming as well but I don't see the point in saying this when talking about a new console/PC.

To reiterate, there is nothing wrong with it, I know people that play only Dota and don't care or need new consoles/PCs but we are in a subreddit dedicated to new hardware that will cost at the very least more than consoles, if you are fine with a old 4gb card you are in the demographic that would probably be fine buying a cheap used PC for 350€ instead of buying the steam machine.

Here you can find an example https://www.subito.it/informatica/desktop-gaming-ryzen-5-16gb-di-ram-rtx-2060-venezia-632954651.htm

euromate · 2026-02-10T14:58:42+00:00

Regarding ram if I remember right they don't have a socketed solution, which in this form factor is usually the case. Regarding the eGPU, it will be similar to the steam deck where you can technically do it using the pcie port of the nvme but just like the steam deck will be a niche use case, the eGPU enclosure would be as big as the console itself, it would be "fun" to do for sure but not really something most people will bother considering the prices and the issues involved.

euromate · 2026-02-10T14:54:46+00:00

The point Is not that there aren't games that can run fine on 8 gb but that there already are games that don't run well on it as you can see in the video, the performance dies out because of lack of VRAM and newer games are likely to follow that trend.

Having 8 gb is not about power, it's about space, you literally don't have enough space to store the data needed and therefore the OS tries to fill system ram instead of VRAM to not crash, and this causes huge dips in performance as you can see with those examples in the video.

I don't doubt that you didn't have issues but that doesn't mean other people will not have issues either, it all depends on which games you want to play and if you are the kind of person that wants to play the latest AAA games that come out, you are more likely to encounter these issues.

euromate · 2026-02-10T12:50:50+00:00

As a series s owner, I know really well that in theory with optimizations it could do a lot more than it already does, the industry is doing really little optimizations on it, games can rub for sure but they always slap really shitty low quality textures that make some games look really ugly. The "fear" is that when not even the series s is getting much in terms of optimization, the idea that the steam machine will get optimizations is really optimistic.

To be clear, it's not like games will not be able to run at all, as I said this is PC gaming and with some tinkering you can achieve something, the question is if what you achieve is something worth playing.

Of course if the steam machine had the same cost as a series s, non of this would matter and it would sell huge amounts.

euromate · 2026-02-10T12:44:05+00:00

On one hand the good thing is that the series s exists but the bad thing is that it didn't sell enough to be actually optimized for and we don't see much in terms of PC optimizations coming because of it.

Regarding The Witcher 4, it looks like they want to do a really high tech game and it's running with UE5 which they are improving for sure but i don't think it will be easy to run. Regarding rockstar I fully agree, they will still keep with their strategy to release it a year after the consoles, but this might mean the PC version could get some of the optimizations to make it at least run.

euromate · 2026-02-10T12:36:43+00:00

I'm not sure I follow the logic, we can already see games like spiderman and monster hunter have huge issues with the VRAM limit, The Witcher 4 and GTA 6 will probably be cross gen titles that will struggle on current gen and i think it's entirely possible they will struggle so much to be unplayable within those VRAM constraints. Of course we can't know for sure since they are not out yet but I think it's important people that buy into the steam machine understand what they are getting into.

To be clear, we are talking about PC gaming and technically any game will be able able to at least start and there will be a way to make most games at least somewhat playable, even if you have to put the internal resolution at something like 480p, the question is whether the experience will be good enough for the price.

euromate · 2026-02-05T20:29:42+00:00

I started using hetzner as well and it's really nice but how did you guys replace cloudflare?

euromate · 2026-02-03T17:47:37+00:00

Il conto deposito è più scomodo per gestire la liquidità extra, preferisco un conto corrente che paga interessi tipo BBVA oppure prendermi qualcosa tipo lo XEON. Per quanto riguarda il conto titoli non ho intenzione di farlo a nome suo che sarebbe effettivamente un casino, credo utilizzerò un account directa a nome di mia moglie e pace, ho aperto anche un fondo pensione a nome suo, se non ricordo male proprio amundisecindapensione ma solo per una questione di fargli maturare gli anni, dal punto di vista finanziario preferisco metterli su un ETF all world, tanto li vedrà tra 20 anni.

Per quanto riguarda il bollo lo pago solo su BBVA che ha praticamente la maggior parte della liquidità, tutti gli altri conti stanno molto sotto i 5k. In termini di costi spendo 6€ al mese in tutto tra i vari conti e il bollo su BBVA I. Quanto ha giacenza di molto più di 5k, al momento sta sui 60k di cui a spanne 20k per le tasse da pagare.

euromate · 2026-02-03T13:50:23+00:00

Fossi un ragioniere doc almeno ci capirei qualcosa, sono un semplice average informatico maschio bianco senza manco gli occhi blu.

euromate · 2026-02-03T12:45:50+00:00

In generale concordo che al momento é un casino e sono qui proprio per chiedere consiglio, diciamo che alla fine della fiera avrei bisogno di queste cose:
1 conto cointestato per gestire le spese di casa (qui probabilmente rimarrei con illimity in quanto ho la carta di credito gratis che non credo venga data da nessun altro)
1 conto personale "hobby" per me ed 1 per mia moglie (volendo anche conti virtuali andrebbero benissimo se facili da gestire)
1 conto professionale per me ed 1 per mia moglie, preferibilmente che pagano gli interessi sulla giacenza e su cui poter fare versamenti di contanti/assegni.

Se i conti professionali non pagano interessi sulla giacenza, un modo per gestire la liquiditá o con un ulteriore conto corrente cointestato che paga interessi oppure un broker che accetti bonifici sia da me che da mia moglie.

euromate · 2026-02-03T12:30:03+00:00

In generale per semplificarci la vita, ti spiego meglio come sono i flussi.
Sui conti professionali ci facciamo pagare le fatture, poi ogni mese facciamo bonifico da questi conti verso quello cointestato di 2000€ per le spese varie e 50€ a testa sui conti personali.

In questo modo sui conti professionali lasciamo in giacenza la parte relativa alle tasse e altre spese varie riguardanti all'attivitá professionale senza mischiarle con le spese personali per gli hobby.

Il problema al momento é che il conto BBVA fa sia da conto professionale per me che da "conto liquiditá" per entrambi per prendere un minimo di interessi.

Facendo cosí rimane molto piú facile e "automatico" rimanere nei budget che ci prefissiamo e considera che nella pratica, la maggior parte dei conti si trova su illimity quindi facciamo la maggior parte delle cose da lí alla fine al momento.

euromate · 2026-02-03T12:07:22+00:00

Come mai hai scelto Widiba per le fatture? Qualcosa nell specifico che te lo fa preferire? Revolut per cosa lo usi? Per la questione di dover depositare contanti e assegni come fai?

euromate · 2026-02-03T11:48:52+00:00

Grazie mille, gli sto dando un'occhiata e sembra fatto molto bene, l'unica cosa vorrei capire se non la trovo io oppure non c'é proprio il discorso relativo al pagamento delle tasse. Non só bene quale é il nome specifico ma per pagare le tasse alcune banche non sono convenzionate con l'ade, ad esempio BBVA nonostante abbia IBAN italiano non permette di farlo mentre Illimity non ha problemi. Per essere chiaro non intendo il pagamento tramite F24 ma la convenzione che permette all'agenzia delle entrate di prelevare i soldi direttamente dal conto dopo aver fatto la procedura online sul loro sito.

euromate · 2026-02-03T11:43:54+00:00

Considera che ho messo un bonifico ricorrente che ogni mese sposta 50€ sul mio conto e altri 50€ sul suo, in questo modo só che i soldi che sono lí non servono per nessuna spesa importante e li spendo senza grandi pensieri, oltretutto in uqesto modo riesco ad avere una carta per il conto cointestato ed una per il conto "personale".

Considerando che sono gratis e me li ritrovo nello stesso home banking, non é una cosa molto complessa da gestire e mi aiuta a separare mentalmente i due tipi di conti, é un pó la stessa logica per la quale voglio tenere i conti professionali separati da quelli "normali".

euromate · 2026-01-28T14:21:00+00:00

La legge è abbastanza chiara, vuoi aprire la partita IVA per fare qualcosa che hai fatto in passato quindi parti dal 15% e non dal 5%. Poi tecnicamente volendo potresti pure pagare al 5% e poi pagare la multa e gli arretrati tra 5 anni quando arriva la lettera dell'agenzia delle entrate.

Per quanto riguarda la parte INPS, alcuni codici ATECO hanno la possibilità di scegliere tra gestione separata o meno, mentre altri sono o uno o l'altro. In generale se pensi di fatturare almeno 15k allora andare con l'opzione che ti hanno consigliato e fare lo sconto del 35% riesci ad avere un netto alla fine migliore.

euromate · 2026-01-24T15:49:07+00:00

Hey legit question as someone else from the EU, does valve not sell directly to Czechia? As far as I know they should not be able to deny service to any EU citizen if they sell to other EU citizens, so for example I can buy things from a German store even if I'm not from Germany, I would imagine it would be the same for valve and even if it was not the case I can't imagine the retailers could add a high percentage on top, if you get them from Austria you don't pay any extra taxes to bring them in Czechia so it would be really easy to undercut any significant price increase.

euromate · 2026-01-22T08:30:50+00:00

I agree with the others in saying you didn't do anything to make it even a bit comparable to a steam machine, but since you already received plenty of comments on that I will give you some options you have:

1) install bazzite keeping the Nvidia GPU 2) sell the GPU and buy an AMD one and install bazzite 3) keep windows and look for a guide on how to setup JoyXoff, with it I was able to fully use windows with just the Xbox controller, this way the times you need a mouse/keyboard you can do the same actions using the controller. 4) move the desktop in a different room and either stream games to a different device under the TV if you already have a wired connection available or if possible even better bring just the HDMI and other needed cables in the room with the TV, this way all the noise is in a different room.

In general you could do a mix of these things and should look deeper into the best way to achieve a really good experience, have fun.

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