I do highly recommend it, though I might recommend checking out someone’s streams of it if you’re unsure. I had watched this dude on YouTube, Quill18, play it for a bit before deciding to get it. It seems like it’s a substantially longer game than I expected which is a nice surprise.
Death Stranding 2 has been a delight to play on the Deck, especially after the performance upgrade patches, though I miss the sounds the PlayStation controllers make when playing it on the PC.
Slay the Spire 2, especially the multi-player, has become a nigh daily ritual for me and my partner to play in bed a bit before sleeping and it runs just perfectly on the Steam Deck.
Ale Abbey is an old tycoon style game about running a monastery that makes all different sorts of beer, with a fairly robust and fascinatingly complex mixture of brewing and economic minigames. And while it’s obviously meant to be played on the desktop, it works very well on the Steam Deck.
Roommate has one and I didn’t like the feel as much as the DS4 and the DS4 is cheaper than the DS5. But I had been considering the DS4 over the 8-bitdo, and this is so minor, but I liked that the DS controllers had the speaker compatibility with Death Stranding 1 and 2 to add some little sound effects to the game. Tho those are the only two games I’ve seen it work with on the PC so it’s so so minor.
I keep rebuilding the same DS4 controller as it’s ideal as a PC controller, both wired and Bluetooth protocol. But it keeps breaking or wearing down on me and parts keep going up in price and the dang thing is getting beat up. I looked into the 8-bitdo controllers but I didn’t care for the only one they had with the DS layout, their retro one.
I’ll heavily consider the Steam Controller 2 if the price and quality is right.
Oh snap it’s got the Playstation joystick config… I kinda want this to replace my dying DS4 I’ve repaired a few times now. I wonder how easy it’ll be to reach over those pads and touch the sticks
It’s good to keep in mind that the cost of space exploration vastly pales in comparison to most social programs which also vastly pale in comparison to the military budget.
We should absolutely focus on helping people on Earth, but we don’t need to cut space exploration to do that, just war.
There’s a $12 bottle of Monastrell that my roommate and I adore. It’s rich and complex with wonderful plum and fruit notes, it’s not too expensive, it’s vegan, and it always seems to be flying off the shelves.
Whenever I see it, I try to buy a case of it and we save the bottles, never opening more than one a night, debating if we should open another cheap red or “one of the good ones”.
It’s not much, but it is a luxury I love to enjoy and share with friends.
Whoever correctly observes that I am the sole member of the human species that can correctly prepare this damned beast into something decadent and delicious gets their first choice of cuts after my wonderful partner gets a leggie (it’s his favorite).
I’m even so generous and benevolent that I’ll save you the keystrokes of asking how such a feat is possibly accomplished.
Homemade yolk-only herbed mayonnaise under the skin, spatchcocked and roasted high (like 425°-450°) on a raised rack until the thickest part of the thigh reads 150°, tenting the skin with foil if it looks like it’s browning too much. It’ll come to 165° as it rests, don’t you worry.
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The odd circumstances aren’t really relevant, though I admit they’re a bit odd.
If you break up on good terms, I think it’s healthy to stay friends. This person has valuable insight to who you were at a certain part of your life and unique perspectives.
You gotta be able to be respectful, though, both you and your ex. Don’t weaponize the intimate knowledge you have with each other to score points with their friends.
It’s only awkward if you let it be. I have a very good friend who is an ex because they wanted to move to another continent and I didn’t. Foolish in hindsight but whatever. By total circumstance, I’m now dating one of their ex’s. That pairing split because of different emotional desires. We all hang out when we’re in the same country, hell, the four of us (our shared ex married after moving) are going to the sauna together in a month or so.
It’s all very normal as long as you let it be.
Ahhh I think I misunderstood how they thought the Paradox of Tolerance was being applied.
Hold up, isn’t that exactly the Paradox of tolerance, though? We cannot tolerate the intolerant conservatives in order to maintain a tolerant fediverse.
Legit ask her if she’s trying to flirt with you. Act incredulous at the concept, to give her an out and let her save face. If yes, you can politely say you’re flattered but you have a personal policy to never get involved with anyone you work with. If she says no, apologize profusely for the assumption and explain the same policy, hence you’re asking.
If you think she might be the type to chase you anyway, flat out tell her the flirtation is, quote, inappropriate and unprofessional. That should deter any issues and if not it’s an HR issue.
Polymarket disaster?? Is this related to the top shortage I’ve heard about?
Department of Redirecting Tax Dollars into Trump-Ally-Owned Charter Schools
My sister is so into this mindset but doesn’t do anything about it, it’s so annoying.
Every conversation with her ends up being about how to monetize something. Fucking A, I’m not gonna start a food blog and sell ads, I just wanna make dumplings!! I’m not gonna stream my boyfriend and I playing games, we’re just trying to relax! I’m not a brand or a product I’m just a person, get off it.
I’m thirty to forty years old, I don’t need this shit.
We did just fine in IRC with no accounts just handles. Recognize me or don’t!
I was just looking into this. I’ll parrot the other commenter and say the Samsung Galaxy line of a few years ago are solid gets and you can reliably get one for around that price point. I’ll add on Nothing phone’s previous models, too. Get em both from a reseller, not the brand store. Pixel devices have privacy focused 3rd party OS’s that are supposedly easy to use, but I haven’t looked into it.
Fully Linux phones are not quite there yet for the general marker or the price point you want.
If you’re outside the US or in the US and on Tmobile, you can look into Xiaomi or other Chinese devices, just double check that the radio bands actually work with your carrier. Service is better around cities, from what I saw when looking into an Oppo folding device then deciding to keep my Galaxy Note 20 Ultra. I’m not sure how they work with hotspotting.
Double check the models as some have SD card slots, some do not, if that matters to you.