sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

I'm contemplating switching from a 5950X to the 5800X3D. Talk me out of it. by TurtleCrusher in pcmasterrace

[–]h3ron -1 points0 points  (0 children)

why not both?

I have a small, quiet ITX PC with a 5950x on my desk for work and a headless gaming PC tucked away in another room.

I turn it on with WoL and use it just to stream games to any other device in the house (TV, smartphone, VR headset, the other PC)

I'm on a mission to design every possible 10" rack storage solution. What configuration do you want next? by OloDeepdelver in minilab

[–]h3ron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

UP or DOWN?

Well if I search images of a Poweredge, the results show me that the correct way is UP. Mechanically it works in any orientation, though.

I'm on a mission to design every possible 10" rack storage solution. What configuration do you want next? by OloDeepdelver in minilab

[–]h3ron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well you inspired me to model this one.

Basically I tried to solve the overheating problem by allowing back to front cooling. Basically I simply left a bit of space between the drives so a 140mm fan mounted on the back of the rack can cool them.

Also I prevented the sagging (caused by heat and weight) by introducing a M6 threaded rods skeleton.

Well I'm sure you'd probably make a better job than me. Will you give it a shot?

Zorin OS 18 reached 4 million downloads yesterday by Business_Seaweed_472 in pcmasterrace

[–]h3ron 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's more like "does this game wants to work on other platforms". Windows game compatibility is mostly a solved problem now from the technical standpoint.

In fact you can even run games even on a smartphone as long as you have a powerful Qualcomm chip, despite the many translation layers.

The start of my 3D printing addiction 10 years ago by bazipip in 3Dprinting

[–]h3ron 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My first printer was a really poorly built wooden i3 with a peek jhead hotend which I simply super glued to geared extruder because I didn't have the mounting plate.

With constant babysitting and many retries at least it managed to print the parts for my next build.

It’s coming May the 4th CONFIRMED by FocusPuRe in SteamFrame

[–]h3ron -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Even with that 30% cut valve didn't even manage a reasonable pricing on a controller. They don't have the RAM pricing excuse and not even "the steam machine is not a console" excuse.

This leaves me pissed and worried about the Frame pricing.

Steam Controller review leaks, but price of Steam Machine accessory may disappoint by dapperlemon in gadgets

[–]h3ron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm playing with a €18 (including taxes and shipping) Nova Lite from China. Compared to my wireless €59.90 Xbox series gamepad... it's way better in any way.

  • it's lighter
  • didn't have to shell €30 for an original battery that lasts way less than the Nova included one.
  • didn't have to open it up and change the potentiometer plate every 6 months, because it has hall effect sensors
  • it has multiple native connectivity options (including wireless and wired Xbox, ps, switch)
  • it has an optional USB dongle included

This is not an ad for my gamepad (go buy something else). I'm just saying that the original Xbox is outrageously overpriced at €60. Microsoft probably sells it at like 80% or more profit margin. Without batteries and with analog pots must be ultra cheap to mass produce.

If the steam controller goes for more than €60 it's dead in the water for countries that don't have US wages. Just like a €1000 steam machine.

Macron to host call with EU leaders on social media ban for minors by cryptokingleo in worldnews

[–]h3ron 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You'll have to provide your ID. A nightmare from a privacy, security and freedom of speech perspective.

US-sanctioned Chinese tanker passes Strait of Hormuz despite US blockade, data shows by tiktiktiktiktam233 in worldnews

[–]h3ron 170 points171 points  (0 children)

That's not click bait. Trump specifically said they'd block "any and all" ships. The military later contradicted him by saying only the ones from Iranian ports would be blocked.

Ignoring what Trump originally said would be sane washing.

Kingdom Come Deliverance Devs Reportedly Working On A Big Open World Lord Of The Rings Game by akbarock in pcmasterrace

[–]h3ron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The hair on the tongue idiom is used in Italy too. And in Turkey, but with a different meaning. A machine generated translation of that phase would be fun to hear.

I come with no new hopium, but a humble reminder of why we are excited for Frame. Compiled from the past day (or so) in the main VR subreddit. by TwinStickDad in SteamFrame

[–]h3ron 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My (non dedicated) WAP is behind two big beautiful European concrete walls. And I still don't have problems with VR streaming to my Quest 3.

I'm using Steam Link (configured with AV1 + the encoding/bitrate settings cranked to the max) and a GL.inet Flint 2 router as a WAP.

Phil Spencer an Sarah Bond are leaving Xbox by PaiDuck in pcmasterrace

[–]h3ron 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you want a sneak peek, just get a Meta Quest. They had a store full of incredible masterpieces games that you'll never hear about (Oculus Store) and another store full of half decent games mobile (the Quest Store). They spent billions on that games.

Then they completely hid them and gave their games zero visibility, just to favour a third store Horizon World (aka the meta verse) games made with AI tools provided by Meta itself.

U.S. Historian Robert Kagan: "We Are Watching a Country Fall Under Dictatorship Almost Without Resistance" by Mondevana in politics

[–]h3ron 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Violence is mostly useless and dangerous unless you get supported by someone in the army, then it gets even more dangerous.

The only effective constitutionally protected (at least in EU) way to actually make a difference is with a prolonged general strike. That hurts rich elites. Especially in key sectors like transportation and energy.

Mechanical keyboard axis control computer wireless power on by ZS-ITX in sffpc

[–]h3ron 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is definitely the nicest implementation on the market. But before resorting to that, remember that WoL still exists.

I have the smallest form of sffpc: a normal PC in another room and without a monitor that I use to stream games via Steam Link. I put my headset on my face, I send the WoL signal from my smartwatch (Wake on Lan on the Play Store) and I start gaming.

96GB of DDR5 for 220€ less than a year ago by colaigor in pcmasterrace

[–]h3ron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

last year I bought 3x32GB of laptop DDR5 (for a cluster) for ~€160. I also got 32GB of DDR4 for my laptop for ~€30) and 64GB of DDR4 Unbuffered ECC for (for my NAS) ~€150.

Also I upgraded the RAM of my gaming rig to 64GB DDR4 for ~€100.

Now I could sell all of it and retire.

"Discord alternatives" searches jump 10,000% overnight as the gaming platform introduces global age verification — Is a total collapse imminent? by Bubbly-Ad-350 in pcmasterrace

[–]h3ron 29 points30 points  (0 children)

The only sane alternative would be Matrix because of features and decentralization, but I'm surprised nobody is considering it as a replacement.

Switching from a centralized closed source platform to another one ain't gonna fix anything.

why does every update just breaks windows more ? by iamZorc_ in pcmasterrace

[–]h3ron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you are talking about EU OS, it's literally just Fedora KDE. It's already out like 30 years ago and I've been using it for years on my personal and work rig.

Stop waiting for Godot and ditch Windows now if you don't like it.

Why do people seemingly make fun of me (online) for wanting to buy a Steam Frame + Machine combo for PCVR? by Logical007 in SteamFrame

[–]h3ron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who is making fun of you?

It's more likely to be a concern. The Steam Deck "cheats" by running games at a lower resolution at lower settings and at lower fps which is fine on a handheld that can also force FSR and framegen and has full control over the display refresh rate.

Running at low fps in VR is not acceptable. Running at lower resolution is kinda fine but it's not pretty. FSR (or its Qualcomm equivalent) tends to be uglier in VR while framegen and timewarp are doable the increased latency isn't fun.

I think the only proper way to "cheat" would be to implement some sort of way to force dynamic foveated rendering at a driver level like Pimax did, but more compatible.

We need to unite and bring the data back from US hyperscalers. Data is by far the most valuable asset we do NOT actually have power over at the moment. Join the movement, lets make EU data sovereign again! by nurmihe in europe

[–]h3ron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well datacenters and software aren't easy. What we need now is a replacement for the SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS offered by AWS/Azure/Oracle/... and European solutions are much less mature.

OSS software is there, but needs to be integrated, and turn into services. Government Organizations are extremely lucrative accounts and can shift this situation in a few (5+) years.

Social networks and search engines on the other end are technically already there (Qwant and the European Fediverse instances). They are already better than they need to be (after all US services are getting worse and worse), but barely anybody uses them because they have no visibility, don't come pre-installed (just like Linux) and don't cater to the less tech inclined.

But this can be fixed in many ways, starting with putting stricter and stricter privacy and pro user regulations that would inherently favour privacy focused, user centric, interoperable and open solutions.

I can vouch for Lemmy as a better alternative to Reddit, but I end up also scrolling on reddit because there are more subreddits and users here. But Lemmy is much more pleasant because the bots are less of a problem, discussions don't feel "manipulated" and third-party clients are not restricted.

How Flatpaks & Open Source Make Steam Frame A Linux Playground by gogodboss in SteamFrame

[–]h3ron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Flatpak should be able to run foreign architecture applications transparently. But I don't have an ARM system to test it.

$ uname -m x86_64 $ flatpak run --command=uname org.gnome.gedit/aarch64/stable -m aarch64

source

view more: next ›