ANBERNIC Are Now Making Wireless Controllers Because… Why Not Right? | Retro Dodo
  • ubergeek77 ubergeek77 3d ago 85%

    However, I do believe they’re entering a very oversaturated market, with the likes of 8BITDO and GuliKit creating high-quality, affordable controllers in the same niche. ANBERNIC would have to aggressively outprice them to get any kind of attention, but only time will tell.

    Not really. 8BitDo really blew it with the Ultimate. They confusingly have two different "versions" of it, and neither have the full range of device compatibility that previous 8BitDo controllers had. The most egregious exclusion from the Ultimate was Xinput over Bluetooth. I still have no idea why they decided to drop that.

    Its design takes inspiration from a modern-day Xbox controller and is fully compatible with PC, Steam, Nintendo Switch, Android, and iOS using Bluetooth 5.3 and 2.4g connection. It can also be connected using a USB-C wire too.

    If this new controller has Xinput over Bluetooth, all of the compatibility from above, and a strong battery life, it might be a day 1 buy. It will have hall effect sticks, so this sounds like everything I wanted the 8BD Ultimate to be. I hope there aren't any showstoppers once reviews start coming out.

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  • Nintendo Targets YouTube Accounts Showing Emulated Games
  • ubergeek77 ubergeek77 3w ago 100%

    They've been on some kind of emulation crusade then, because it looks like they just killed Ryujinx:

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  • How do you say "[you have the] wrong number" in your language?
  • ubergeek77 ubergeek77 1mo ago 100%

    I'm really curious to learn how you get calls in so many different languages. I could definitely see Spanish, English, and maybe Vietnamese all being spoken in a general geographic area, but you listed a lot of diverse languages. Pretty cool if that's really all within one area!

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  • Proton is transitioning towards a non-profit structure | Proton
  • ubergeek77 ubergeek77 2mo ago 100%

    They just sent out a mass email to users yesterday informing us of this, I got it too. I wonder if it wasn't getting enough attention, or if they wrote this back in June but only just made the article visible.

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  • CrossCode developer Radical Fish Games dropped the announcement trailer for their upcoming game, Alabaster Dawn
  • ubergeek77 ubergeek77 2mo ago 100%

    Fun fact: they spent quite a while working on a segmented 3D animation system for all the sprites. Every sprite is split up into segments, and then those segments are positioned in 3D space depending on the camera angle. They can even independently move each part of a character, like a leg, without having to create an entirely new sprite just for one frame.

    This is 3 years old at this point, but this should give a good idea of how the new animation system works!

    https://youtu.be/ybvaehpoYOs?t=52m26s

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  • #StopKillingGames update: Finland just passed the threshold.
  • ubergeek77 ubergeek77 2mo ago 81%

    People need to understand what this will mean from a developer perspective before getting all up in arms. This initiative is more kneejerk emotional than it is realistic.

    If you're going to watch only one of these videos, watch the second one:

    https://youtu.be/ioqSvLqB46Y

    https://youtu.be/x3jMKeg9S-s

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  • Immutable backup for important data
  • ubergeek77 ubergeek77 3mo ago 100%

    I use Backblaze B2, but stored in an encrypted Restic container, set up using this guide:

    https://helgeklein.com/blog/restic-encrypted-offsite-backup-with-ransomware-protection-for-your-homeserver/

    Restic has been great for automating backups, and even letting me mount the encrypted storage to grab individual files. I like doing it this way since I don't have to trust Backblaze isn't reading my data - I know for sure that they can't.

    Performance of storage that is both remote and encrypted is about what you would expect, but I don't need access to the data unless something bad happens.

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  • ubergeek77 ubergeek77 3mo ago 100%

    Had to quadruple take this wasn't a Battle Network community, what a crazy thing to see on Lemmy.

    We should bring back r/OkBuddyNetwork on Lemmy.

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  • Pfsense, Opensense and OpenWRT - what's the deal?
  • ubergeek77 ubergeek77 3mo ago 100%

    Ok.... sure. But what physical devices would I use, and what software would they run?

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  • Pfsense, Opensense and OpenWRT - what's the deal?
  • ubergeek77 ubergeek77 3mo ago 100%

    Are there any "open" solutions to mesh networking that can compare to TP-Link Omada? I don't think any open source hardware or software can come close, especially not for the newer Wi-Fi standards.

    I haven't bought them yet, but I'm seriously thinking about some Omadas. I imagine I can prevent them from phoning home, and the management software can run locally in a Docker container. Running it like that would be good enough for me even though they're not "open."

    I'm planning a rework of my home Wi-Fi, and my current plan is an OPNsense box from Protectli, and a few EAP772's:

    https://www.tp-link.com/us/business-networking/omada-wifi-ceiling-mount/eap772/

    If there's something comparable/better that's more of an open ecosystem, you definitely have my attention while I'm shopping around for different options.

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  • Why is Google takeout so bitchy?
  • ubergeek77 ubergeek77 3mo ago 100%

    Definitely recommend Motrix:

    https://motrix.app/

    If the Google download link supports it, it should be fairly resistant to interruptions. If it doesn't, this might not help much, but you should still use this instead of just a browser.

    I haven't tried to download a Google takeout, so you might need to get clever with how you add the download link to it.

    If you just can't get it to work, you can try getting the browser extension to automatically send all downloads to Motrix. There is some setup required, though:

    https://github.com/gautamkrishnar/motrix-webextension

    Good luck!

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  • What's your plan if Trump wins in November?
  • ubergeek77 ubergeek77 4mo ago 61%

    Damn, I guess you're right. It's a shame I don't have the money to move.

    I'll have to abandon my elderly family, put my pets up for adoption, and stow away on a local fishing boat for a few months. I guess it's the only way.

    ...but seriously, this is my point. Yes, this is all bad, but what do you want me to do? Being able to just jump ship is a privilege I do not have. If the building is burning, then I'm not getting out in time.

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  • What's your plan if Trump wins in November?
  • ubergeek77 ubergeek77 4mo ago 72%

    You guys make this sound like some kind of doomsday movie.

    I'm not downplaying how bad things are, but if you really have the several thousand dollars you'd need to actually uproot your entire life just sitting around, good for you. Most people don't have that kind of free money.

    And good luck moving if you have pets, or have family members you care for. Have you guys even been to your "target" countries? Do you have plans for how you'll make income? How does healthcare work in your target country?

    If you have all that figured out, and have nothing to leave behind, then good for you, I really do hope you end up better off. But this panicked response of "What are you waiting for, run!!!!!" is way more entitled than people seem to think.

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  • mull = problematic Firefox installation?
  • ubergeek77 ubergeek77 4mo ago 100%

    Everyone sees this notice, I saw it on the official desktop Firefox client. They're just trying to reach as many people as possible.

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    Old School RuneScape player says 'see ya at a million!' after pickpocketing 500,000 NPCs in a doomed quest for treasure under multiple self-imposed restrictions
  • ubergeek77 ubergeek77 4mo ago 100%

    They have to restrict themselves to pickpocketing roaming NPC fascists.

    What? Fascists? RuneScape doesn't have...

    Oh. HAM, I almost forgot about those guys.

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  • do you know anyone who uses Only Fans for G-rated work?
  • ubergeek77 ubergeek77 4mo ago 94%

    OF requires strict government issued ID verification in some jurisdictions. Patreon does not, at least in the US.

    That should be your deciding factor already. No one should have their privacy invaded just to send you a few bucks a month.

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  • Let’s make games open source, so future generations can enjoy them
  • ubergeek77 ubergeek77 4mo ago 100%

    What do you mean? RPCS3 is an excellent emulator. It's not completely hardware accurate, almost no 3D emulator is, but it's still pretty good.

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    Shadows: Awakening free to keep on GOG
  • ubergeek77 ubergeek77 4mo ago 75%

    Be aware, it's not free as in costs $0, it's free as a "Giveaway," where you must accept these terms:

    By clicking the ‘Add to library’ button, I agree to receive marketing communications from GOG and CD PROJEKT on my email address and through GOG services and GOG’s Trusted Partners’ services, to get Shadows: Awakening. See our Privacy policy.

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  • ubergeek77 ubergeek77 5mo ago 100%

    The guy you were replying to is saying "People hate GrapheneOS because it requires a Pixel," they were not saying "everyone in the world should be using a Pixel" as you seem to have mistaken.

    You're getting very fired up and heated in the comments here... maybe take a break?

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  • ubergeek77 ubergeek77 5mo ago 95%

    He did not really step down, it was just a symbolic public gesture. He's still actively contributing to the project, check the GitHub commits and comments. He just stopped having so many Twitter meltdowns.

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  • github.com

    In the past few days, I've seen a number of people having trouble getting Lemmy set up on their own servers. That motivated me to create `Lemmy-Easy-Deploy`, a dead-simple solution to deploying Lemmy using Docker Compose under the hood. To accommodate people new to Docker or self hosting, I've made it as simple as I possibly could. Edit the config file to specify your domain, then run the script. *That's it!* No manual configuration is needed. Your self hosted Lemmy instance will be up and running in **about a minute or less.** Everything is taken care of for you. Random passwords are created for Lemmy's microservices, and HTTPS is handled automatically by Caddy. Updates are automatic too! Run the script again to detect and deploy updates to Lemmy automatically. If you are an advanced user, plenty of config options are available. You can set this to compile Lemmy from source if you want, which is useful for trying out Release Candidate versions. You can also specify a Cloudflare API token, and if you do, HTTPS certificates will use the DNS challenge instead. This is helpful for Cloudflare proxy users, who can have issues with HTTPS certificates sometimes. Try it out and let me know what you think! https://github.com/ubergeek77/Lemmy-Easy-Deploy

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    github.com

    In the past few days, I've seen a number of people having trouble getting Lemmy set up on their own servers. That motivated me to create `Lemmy-Easy-Deploy`, a dead-simple solution to deploying Lemmy using Docker Compose under the hood. To accommodate people new to Docker or self hosting, I've made it as simple as I possibly could. Edit the config file to specify your domain, then run the script. *That's it!* No manual configuration is needed. Your self hosted Lemmy instance will be up and running in **about a minute or less.** Everything is taken care of for you. Random passwords are created for Lemmy's microservices, and HTTPS is handled automatically by Caddy. Updates are automatic too! Run the script again to detect and deploy updates to Lemmy automatically. If you are an advanced user, plenty of config options are available. You can set this to compile Lemmy from source if you want, which is useful for trying out Release Candidate versions. You can also specify a Cloudflare API token, and if you do, HTTPS certificates will use the DNS challenge instead. This is helpful for Cloudflare proxy users, who can have issues with HTTPS certificates sometimes. Try it out and let me know what you think! https://github.com/ubergeek77/Lemmy-Easy-Deploy

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    I noticed my feed on Lemmy was pretty dry today, even for Lemmy. Took me a while to realize lemmy.ml has been going up and down all morning, and isn't federating new posts. But, since this is all still federated, I can still create and read posts on other instances while I wait. Even this one! Any other service would just be unavailable completely right now. I do miss the larger communities on lemmy.ml - asklemmy, memes, and I really wanted to watch the reddit fallout on /c/reddit. Maybe I'll look around for some good replacements for those. Open to suggestions!

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