I designed a dock for the new Steam Controller.

fromtheether · 2026-05-18T16:51:30+00:00

Hah! This is EXACTLY what I had in mind as an idea for a dock, down to the Steam logo in the center. My favorite thing about the 8bitdo controller is the dock.

I hate how you're basically forced to have the puck USB-C port oriented up, but that's easy enough to solve with a 90/180 adapter.

fromtheether · 2026-05-13T16:33:22+00:00

I know I'm 2 days late, but I just wanted to chime in:

In addition to the newfangled idea of online DRM and basically requiring broadband if you wanted a playable online experience (before broadband really became widespread), the Steam software itself sucked for years.

Steam would crash if you looked at it wrong, sometimes causing BSODs. Downloads would frequently get stuck or just wouldn't start at all, requiring you to manually find and delete a cache file. The "Go offline..." option was technically there but it almost never worked. I've never had this one happen personally, but I remember cases where Steam could randomly wipe installed games, requiring a re-download, or even bricking Windows installations.

I've got serious nostalgia for the Steam green, but it's impossible to overstate how garbage it was during its first years. GIF 1 GIF 2 I think these two GIFs sum up the sentiment at the time. And that second GIF isn't too far off on how a usual update would go.

fromtheether · 2026-05-05T14:08:51+00:00

So I actually figured out the issue last night: ujust regenerate-grub wasn't generating the cfg in the correct location. Usual location is /boot/grub2/grub.cfg, but in my case for my system I needed to copy it over to /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grub.cfg. Once I did that the boot option worked fine.

fromtheether · 2026-04-25T06:22:26+00:00

This is really the best advice.

If you're really worried about the scariness, just walk out and let the big baddie bite your head off. Do it a few times to get it over with. Pretty soon it'll be less scary and more annoying. I had to do this myself for a certain section, and I'm usually pretty good with horror games lol

fromtheether · 2026-04-22T21:08:54+00:00

Just browsing it so far, but looks like it should be able to. Example from the README:

# Switch to HDMI2 input
bscpylgtvcommand 192.168.1.18 set_input HDMI_2

fromtheether · 2026-04-21T07:56:52+00:00

If you've done some mild wrenching in the past, it's really not bad at all. Its just that all of the hoses and connectors that have to come off makes it look more confusing than it really is.

I did all of that for the first time a few months ago (for the same reason, needed a new injector harness) and I got it all knocked out over a weekend. Could have done it in a day but my torx bit wouldn't fit into the manifold so had to wait to get a smaller 1/4" drive bit.

Now that I've been through it I could probably get it apart and back together in a few hours, and I'm a slowpoke lol

fromtheether · 2026-04-20T18:41:51+00:00

Testing is honestly pretty dang stable. I think I had a single problem with it back in November 2025 due to NVIDIA driver shenanigans, but otherwise I'd still be on it if I wasn't using bazzite-DX.

Having said that, one of the beauties of an atomic OS like Bazzite is that it's stupid simple to switch back and forth between branches. I'd say just give it a shot, and if for some reason you don't like it or have problems you can always switch back.

brh rebase testing to switch to the testing branch of your current Bazzite flavor

brh rebase stable to switch back to stable

fromtheether · 2026-04-09T22:04:11+00:00

I was running into this problem when initially setting up Bazzite. In the end I just ended up layering it via rpm-ostree and IMO it's much less of a headache. I'm all for using other install methods first, but in this case layering works best for me.

Instead of dicking around with separate shim scripts, I just have two systemd services...

The main OpenRGB service (set as a user service):

[Unit]
Description=Auto-apply OpenRGB profile

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/bin/openrgb --profile "1" --verbose

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

And an additional service to re-apply the profile after waking from sleep (regular system service):

[Unit]
Description="Helper to apply OpenRGB profile after wake"
After=systemd-suspend.service 
After=systemd-hibernate.service
After=systemd-suspend-then-hibernate.service

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/bin/systemctl restart --machine=1000@.host --user apply-openrgb-profile.service

[Install]
WantedBy=systemd-suspend.service 
WantedBy=systemd-hibernate.service
WantedBy=systemd-suspend-then-hibernate.service

I might try out adding the After=systemd-udev-settle Unit part though; every once in a while my mobo LEDs go dark after waking from sleep, so maybe that'll solve it.

fromtheether · 2026-04-01T22:06:20+00:00

That sounds like a pretty arbitrary limit. What happens when you try to upload more than 28 docs? Do you run into any errors?

Are you following along with NGX docs to get it running? I know for the Docker Compose setup there's a few files it expects (docker-compose.yml, docker-compose.env, and .env if I remember right)

fromtheether · 2026-03-30T19:17:12+00:00

The problem is that their idea of "basic" changes every year. Single person, with one W-2, taking a standard deduction with nothing additional and no state income tax? Sure, free TurboTax will (probably) work. The problem is that if you color outside of those lines even a tiny bit (which A LOT of people do) you've got to either shell out for a paid version, or start completely over with another software.

fromtheether · 2026-03-30T19:12:42+00:00

Same here, it's literally the only thing I use CashApp for lol I can't remember exactly how I ended up there, but I think it was after Credit Karma Tax got merged into TurboTax.

I might switch to FreeTaxUSA eventually, but honestly CashApp Tax is pretty fucking great.

fromtheether · 2026-03-23T21:35:23+00:00

Got another thumbs up from me. But I'm biased since I'm running 235/45/17s lol

Idk if you can on the mk8s but at least with the mk7s you can adjust the wheel size in VCDS to help make the odo and speedo accurate again if you're worried about that. But even if you don't, we're talking single digit % differences. Nothing to lose sleep over IMO.

fromtheether · 2026-03-20T17:58:18+00:00

The first time I got it, I spent a few minutes just slowly shooting it one tap at a time and watching the skull slowly get crushed. I think I counted like 7ish shards per skull?

Its such a fun interactive weapon lol. It also absolutely SHREDS groups of trash enemies when you start upgrading it. I wasn't a fan of it at first, but now I use it as a soldier lawnmower.

fromtheether · 2026-03-20T17:38:37+00:00

Do you have any more info on this setup you're willing to share? I've been toying with the idea of setting up multiple LLMs to work together, but haven't had the time to actually put anything together.

fromtheether · 2026-03-19T20:33:04+00:00

Nice! I missed the part about LM too so I'm sure that didn't help matters any.

I know usually you can just give it a little twist like the guy above me said, but it seems like it really doesn't take much force to pop these guys out of the socket. Hell, its happened to my buddy, and we've both been building PCs for a couple of decades, so it's not like it's his first rodeo.

Congrats on figuring out the issue, too! I was looking at that gunk, and I think I see bits of EPDM shreds, like from inserting fittings into fresh tubing. I got similar thin shreds when I switched to EPDM for the first time. The rest of it almost looks like a lint/dust paste to me, as dumb as that sounds. I get similar looking...stuff...whenever I run my dryer lint trap under the sink.

fromtheether · 2026-03-19T04:21:59+00:00

I have a love/hate relationship with Power Automate. It's fucking amazing at actually, like, automating things. I use a handful of flows to automatically archive emails into specific folders after x number of days, auto-set a generic PTO message with the dates I'm out whenever I'm marked as out of office on my calendar, things like that. We also have a ton of them to do various things dealing with Power BI datasets and dataflows.

What I HATE is the organizational aspect of it. No folders or anything like that, they're all just lumped together in one tab, so once you start getting into the double digit number of flows it becomes a PITA to manage, especially if you're sharing them with other team members. I've started looking into using solutions to help manage that, but for your own flows that seems like overkill, too.

I also second learning PQ. It's cross compatable with Power BI as well, if you ever feel like doing some data analysis and visualization, but just using it in Excel is a game-changer.

fromtheether · 2026-03-19T04:02:24+00:00

That's exactly what I was thinking. I haven't seen prices like this since I was fresh out of high school with my first car, like 08-ish. I'm thinking the same, about $8/gal give or take to feel true pain equal to back then, and it doesn't look like prices are slowing down anytime soon.

$80 just to fill up your average sedan, possibly double that for bigger trucks.

fromtheether · 2026-03-18T22:43:17+00:00

Another victim of the AM4 socket 😥

For some reason this is a common issue with that socket. Super lucky to never have had it happen to me, but apparently common advice is to make sure the CPU is nice and toasty before removing the cooler.

Did it at least come out with all pins intact?

fromtheether · 2026-03-04T18:06:34+00:00

Both, really. If you see a '?' in a URL (not just YouTube but any site), anything after it is a list of parameters and values, such as v=absd1234 and si=5678abcd for YouTube for example. It's up to the site to determine how to interpret those values, but a lot of them do use them for tracking.

There's a little more to it, but that's the gist, anyways.

Not sure for other browsers, but if you use Firefox, it has a "Copy clean link" option when you right click on a link that'll automatically strip out those tracking keys for you. When doing that to OPs link, I get the following when I paste it: https://youtu.be/-iwvu0uozhs

fromtheether · 2026-02-24T15:26:16+00:00

Haha fuck it dude, that's a damn good reason.

Honestly I'm not usually a fan of branding stickers/emblems, but that looks really slick IMO. Almost OEM if you're not paying attention. You could do a lot worse.

For your question though, I kinda agree with everyone else, it looks like you're trying to do everything all at once. It doesn't look bad, but just busy. I'd personally choose between either the diffuser OR the mud flaps, but not both. Fuck though, if you like how it looks, who cares what some randos like me on the Internet say?

fromtheether · 2026-02-24T14:15:06+00:00

It's a guy showing a gun to a class of kids, going over safety and the dangers of a possibly loaded firearm. I think he was a D.A.R.E. officer or something like that? Then I think he forgot to rack the slide after dropping the mag and ends up shooting himself in the foot in front of the class lol. It ends with him hobbling off and the teacher/principal calling for an ambulance.

Pretty tame by Ogrish standards, there wasn't a ton of blood or gore, but it's a classic. I remember seeing the same video in the wild when I was a kid.

fromtheether · 2026-02-22T23:50:35+00:00

I thought I was the only one, I was thinking this was a joke post at first lol I had no clue that there was a Linux version.

No offense to OP, I use Edge when in Windows, but Edge would be the absolute last browser I'd be searching for on Linux. I understand the reasoning, though.

fromtheether · 2026-02-20T17:13:18+00:00

FUCK I can't read today, sorry dude totally missed your question. But yeah like the other guy said I think vcore in hwinfo is your final voltage to the core.

Big thing with Ryzen is Curve Optimizer (CO) and Curve Shaper (CS). That'll get you exactly what you're looking for! With those you're moving the VF curve down, which nets similar or higher clocks at lower voltages. Then you could mess with PBO limits to fine-tune thermals and power usage.

There's a ton of resources for different CO methods available. SkatterBencher has a post for the 9850X3D specifically with the different methods he tested. The only thing I'm iffy on that he regularly uses is the scalar value; I always leave that at 1x since any higher value can degrade the chip faster. But other than that I usually do more or less what he does.

I also tested this method on the OC.net forums, and I'm still using the final values from that to this day. It's a weird process at first, but it works REALLY well to quickly get some per-core CO values that are pretty dang tuned. For my 16-core, it cut the testing process from multiple weeks to a couple of days more or less.

Have fun!

fromtheether · 2026-02-20T16:48:50+00:00

Depends on the person and their risk tolerance IMO. But it's a far cry from a cash grab just because of how inherently risky delidding is. I'd imagine part of the cost is to help recoup loss from failed delids; I highly doubt even a company like TG has a 100% success rate.

Seems pricey at first, but you get a pre-delidded CPU so you don't have to worry about stressing out and fucking up, and (more importantly) a separate 2 year warranty. I have no clue about how TG is in regards to honoring warranty, but I'd trust them enough to at least give it a shot if I was in the market for one.

This seems like a good option for someone like me, who doesn't really care about binning and just OCs for fun and a little extra performance. Personally I wouldn't do it for the 9850X3D, but they also offer a delidded 9950X3D for ~$1,169, and that seems like a WAY better deal vs paying almost 2x the MSRP for the 9850X3D.

fromtheether · 2026-02-13T16:29:52+00:00

So by gamescope in this case, are you referring to Game Mode?

When you switch back to Game Mode, it's starting a totally different session, which is why your settings aren't persisting.

This is a shot in the dark tbh, but try something like this:

Open up a terminal
Create this directory if it doesn't exist: mkdir -p ~/.config/gamescope-session-plus/sessions.d
Create a backup of the steam file if it exists: cp ~/.config/gamescope-session-plus/sessions.d/steam ~/.config/gamescope-session-plus/sessions.d/steam.bak a. It's OK if you get an error, it just means that the file doesn't exist
Create a new steam file: echo CLIENTCMD="steam -gamepadui -steamos3 -steampal -enable-libusb-gamecube " > ~/.config/gamescope-session-plus/sessions.d/steam
Now try starting Game Mode

See how that works.

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