What sort of configurations are you looking to do with the controller that Steam Input wouldn’t cover? Cause if you don’t actually need specific features from the 8bitdo config software, it works just fine with Linux. In fact, I’m using one right now, and have been using it for years.
The Urban Dictionary is useful for lots of modern abbreviations or Internet lingo
Oh! That’s somewhat interesting to know.
But it’s worth noting that while word of mouth is one way, we can always just try launching the game without Steam to find out.
Sorry, I’m not sure I understand what you’re getting at
If that’s the case, then I actually don’t disagree with what you’re getting at.
And I was thinking that you started the mention of federal politics by quoting “Build Baby Build”, and that’s why I mentioned it.
And I don’t disagree with your take, and wouldn’t even dissuade your doubts that the LPC wouldn’t be effective at addressing the problem either, and exactly due to their policies of the past, and how it’s abundantly clear that there’s no political appetite from all the major parties to even point to the elephant in the room. I also agree that we are absolutely at risk of a hard rightward shift should this government fail to address our poly-crisis to a point where enough people would feel like they’ve gotten to a more decent place in life.
What I don’t think, however, is that people actually think that we should just build whatever. If anything, right now, I think most people don’t even have a good idea of what sort of houses are even needed, given Canada’s long history of just building SFH and condos, with nothing in between.
I do hope that whatever Carney’s planning with the Build Canada Homes initiative, that it would be based on informed plannings based on learnings we can bring in from around the world and not just Canada. Not holding my breath for it, but that would definitely put my mind at ease. There is, ofc, a lot more to expect out of this: how do you prevent opportunistic investors, individual and corporate, from buying out these units and essentially scalp the housing market; can we make sure that the most vulnerable amongst us can put a roof over their heads through this initiative, and not just helping those who are close to home ownership get over that barrier and we just end up with the same situation with a larger crowd of homeowners; how much resources are we actually talking about that would be required for this initiative, where are we sourcing them, and how will this affect our environment; zoning law changes; missing middle? Again, not holding my breath, cause there’s, so far, quite little proof to who have they talked to, and there’s very little message at the moment about all this. So I guess we will find out.
Honestly, I’m not sure why you quoted Carney now, for 2 reasons:
Sorry, but I think I read your original comment and thought it was unnecessarily snarky, and thought I’d make a comment about it.
“Build baby build” with sensibility ofc. A good chunk of unsold condos in Toronto prices out a lot of people, for incredibly small shoeboxes of units.
Again, you’d be forgiven for that. The design language around these sorts of license purchase has been frequently framed as a straight purchase by many companies on the Internet that it’s become essentially the norm that many don’t question. DRM is also proposed without ever stating that it essentially makes the end user purchase a license, as it frames itself as a way for the publisher to retain some control over the product that’s in their interest, and that the end user don’t even need to really know until the rights are exercised. It’s an infuriating piece of technology that is straight up designed to be a rug pull from the get-go.
But, again, to be fair, not all games on Steam have DRM from some info I’ve gathered before. It was impossible to tell, but I think Steam actually shows a little info box now to clarify that DRM is in place or not.
Perfect! Thank you!
Welcome to the painful world of DRM that we live in :’)
And to be fair to Steam, they did recently issue a statement and tried reflecting it in their stores to say that you don’t actually outright own all the games you “bought”, as, for some, you are merely purchasing the license to play games that the publishers have decided to put behind a DRM. This has always been the case since the dawn of DRMs, and it was implied that people should understand it, but recent events have made it clear that a lot of people aren’t even aware of it. So you’d be forgiven for not knowing.
Looking at the mention of “leader” from Carney to Trump in transcripts, Carney’s never actually said anything to the effect of “you’re a great leader”. He only said “thank you for your hospitality and above all for your leadership”. That isn’t a praise at all, it’s just a cordial thank you.
So how did you get the impression that Carney was praising Trump as a “great leader”?
As many others have said, this is because you’re using the same account on both devices, and Steam’s DRM policies will stop you from being able to do what you described. So I won’t go into re-mentioning the many suggestions others have talked about.
What I do want to mention, however, is that this isn’t a problem that comes from having the Deck itself. Set up a separate computer in your living room and use your Steam account there, and you would have the same problem. Does that mean you should be turned off from buying a new computer that’ll run parallel to your main gaming rig?
Ehh… It seems like Carney’s comment is just lip service, and imo it just skirts around things that you just can’t say anything good about. “Transformational” isn’t necessarily a praise, and a “relentless focus on the American worker” doesn’t focus on the policies (which we know have been really bad for American workers) and basically just reiterates Trump’s claimed motivation in some way, so a nothing burger. “Securing your borders” is also a nothing burger cause while it’s what they’re trying to do, is hasn’t necessarily been done successfully or in a good way. “Ending the scourge of fentanyl and other opioids” is just another self-proclaimed point, and in the case of fentanyl, 21g in a whole year from Canada, and of unknown effectiveness from Mexico. And “securing the world” is also a nothing burger cause he hasn’t, but he’s doing things that he thinks is securing the world.
I don’t think it shows what Carney’s true plans and motivations are going into the meeting, so I’d recommend not reading too much into it at the moment. We’ll see what comes out of this whole discussion, and we’ll find out what have Canadians voted into.
You’ve proposed a theory but what’s your argument for it? Essentially, what makes you think so? Without that, we’d just be left guessing what your reasons are and wouldn’t be able to hold a meaningful conversation.
That said,
I’m increasingly put off by broadcasters that use body language like sighs and eye rolls, satire, and impersonations in their presentations.
I’m not sure why this comment is here. Is this what you think is bad quality content? What makes them bad? Body language is part of human communication, so unless you state why you think it’s a problem that it puts you off, we can’t guess what you’re trying to get at aside from hearing you voice an opinion.
Given the current situation in Canada: a poly-crisis where many feel like they’re just not making it out well in life, it’s the perfect conditions for fascists and populists to come in and peddle hate and false solutions to a confused and angry public, and Smith plays very well in these sorts of situations, as a serial liar who will lie for anything that would benefit herself and her benefactors. And it’s especially easy these days, with the States and various far-right parties around the world as samples of what she can do.
Unfortunately, the Western world is becoming more and more polarized due to how effective right-winged leaders have been able to sell to a lot of people a convenient false reality, and capture and direct their hatred towards incumbents, and sell themselves as the solution to all their problems, a common fascist tactic we’ve seen many times in modern history by now. Trump’s supporters down in the States are very much captured by this and would believe almost any reality Trump would propose, and we all know Trump is a successful conman that will bend his interpretation of reality to whatever fits his narrative. Smith is playing exactly that same game here. Frame every problem as an existential crisis and label dissuaders as enemies for the force that’s threatening your wellbeing, and you have a group of supporters whose minds will be difficult to change by others.
And the unfortunate reality is that for many many years, internal politics in the Western world has been relatively calm and stable enough that many have become complacent and think that world events and politics aren’t important to their lives, and have ended up taking politics for granted. When they can’t find a job, can’t earn enough to live, or can’t get to live the life that they’ve come to expect to live in, blaming the incumbent is an easy answer, even if they don’t necessarily understand what or why their situation has anything to do with government policies, especially when they don’t even know which level of government is responsible for their plight.
And some recent publications have revealed that people will gladly support whoever that speaks their plight, and rationalize whatever problems there are with the speaker. In the case of Trump, people support him in spite of his crimes, and you could even say it’s because of his crimes, as they see him as a rule breaker that will do whatever it takes to do what he says he’ll do for them. Christian evangelicals rationalize their support for Trump by using their history about a king who wasn’t a Christian in the past who purged their enemies. There are also many amongst the Republicans who believed they could keep Trump reigned in once he helped get them into power, and we all know how that turned out in Trump’s first term. And we see similar episodes playing out, not just in the States and Canada, but also in the EU.
This whole situation around the world is just nasty and sad. In some ways, it’s not too different from the many past empires where a significant group of people are essentially brainwashed into supporting the very people who are making their lives worse, and be used to further the agenda and pockets of a few.
I’m part ranting, but all I want to say that it’s just really difficult to have other Canadians convince Albertans that nobody else is out to get them and take advantage of them like Smith is claiming, aside from Smith and her cronies and those behind her, precisely because of how the propaganda machine is ran. And I want to say thank you for actually coming in and voicing your thoughts as a non-Canadian (though, I’m actually not one myself either, though I am a PR living in Ontario). Unfortunately, lemmy.ca is mostly left, and are frequently technologically inclined, whereas people who’ve bought into the right wing narrative are generally on Meta’s services, X, and Reddit, so your voice might not reach them from here.
Ahh that’s gonna be a real hard find.
I thought OpenRGB would be able to give some starting point so I looked it up, but there’s a grand total of 11 supported gamepads, half of which are the PS controllers. So we’re out of luck there.