Notices by Pink (can@haz.pink)

So apparently Elmo paid some dude to pretend to be him at some online game so he can look like he’s one of the best players, then proceeds to embarrass himself not knowing the game during a live stream, and then a YouTuber called him out on it and then Elmo leaked his DMs.

What is this reality?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2025/01/16/elon-musk-vs-asmongold-the-gaming-feud-explained/

@konstantin @obrhoff good summary. The switch isn’t for “gamers” or innovative new developments. It’s for casuals. If you want an innovative, folding phone, you’re not buying an iPhone.

@kaia humble brag

@kaia I want this

@obrhoff definitely. I don’t think they make money from the hardware sale anyways. And it helps them tremendously to get rid of the dependence on Windows. Two birds!

We know #Valve is working on a #SteamDeck 2. Which eventually brings up the issue of Steam Deck 3.

And we know Valve can’t count to 3.

So their strategy is now to bring #SteamOS to other handhelds, so they don’t have to produce a third version of the Steam Deck.

Smart!

With Microsoft exiting the game console market and Nintendo doing... Nintendo things I guess, there's going to be a big vacuum for PlayStation alternatives in the coming years.

I think this will be the perfect opportunity for Valve to re-launch their Steam Machines, given the state SteamOS is in. I hope Valve will actually go that route, and not only focus on handhelds.

Having multiple PlayStation competitors running SteamOS would be awesome. Otherwise Sony will squeeze the console market dry.

@yahe Phil Spencer also said in an interview that they've lost the console wars to Sony and (paraphrasing) that they won't be able to re-gain that momentum anymore, which underlines that they decided to pivot their Xbox business in a new direction.

The heat pump discussion in #Germany in a nutshell:

You know the game is shit when a big publisher is giving it away for basically nothing, not even one year after release.

@kaia it’s still its own thing

@anticomposite @simontatham tfw the IETF thought of your shitpost even before you did.

@simontatham @anticomposite definitely funny! The fact that there's an actual RFC for it makes it even funnier imo

@kaia https://openrouter.ai/

@kaia I’m a top and I love subs. See no problem there!

@lain wow, I thought it was a photograph!

@indigoparadox just keep in mind:

@kaia Maybe look into how Mullvad does it. They're a Swedish company, yet they do not require any personal data besides the payment method used (and they accept anonymous methods as well). I've also wondered how that's compliant with EU law, but apparently it is.

@kaia nope, it's a local website.

Website: Sales start at 11:00

Me at 10:45: *checks website*

Sale: Already started, already sold out

Thanks, dude.