klay

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[–] klay@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That doesn't answer the question, they asked if it's open source. I agree, I don't want to replace one sketchy data-harvesting service with another, I'd be a lot more comfortable giving shutup10 control of my system if it was on github or gitlab.

[–] klay@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

That's the beauty of buying used! Less financial investment. In this case I went for knock-offs but I usually mod used controllers.

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[–] klay@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Won't this delete the two newest files, as opposed to everything except the two newest files?

[–] klay@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I just looked up the man page, and actually head -n -2 means "everything up to but not including the last two lines", so this should always leave two files remaining.

[–] klay@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Ah! This is a shell pipe! It's composing several smaller commands together, cool stuff.

  • ls -1 is the grep-friendly version of ls, it prints one entry per line, like a shopping list.

  • head takes a set number of entries from the head of a list, in this case ~~2 items.~~ negative two, meaning "all but the last two."

  • xargs takes the incoming pipe and converts it into extra arguments, in this case applying those arguments to rm.

So, combined, this says "list all the .dump files, pick ~~the first two,~~ all but the last two, and delete them." Presumably the first are the oldest ones and the last are the newest, if the .dump files are named chronologically.

[–] klay@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Dude, no need to be a dick about it. You made your point, the dunk undermines it.

[–] klay@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago
  • under Home -> Power, select "Desktop Mode."
  • Open Steam in desktop mode, and go to your Library.
  • Select a game, and go to Properties -> Local Files.
  • a file browser should open and show the game files just like you'd see on PC.
[–] klay@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I dunno, I feel like the Steam Deck's core audience is "people who liked the Switch's form factor but also like mods and third-party launchers."

[–] klay@lemmy.world 97 points 11 months ago (15 children)

Worth noting that Steam doesn't track playtime for non-Steam games. So this doesn't include Minecraft, Retroarch, or anything purchased through Itch, GOG, or Epic.

[–] klay@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I agree with you but your tone is way too violent, we should be helping people learn from their mistakes, not infantilizing them.

[–] klay@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

True... the trouble with open source is that nobody's getting paid to add features you want, huh.

[–] klay@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ironically enough, it's led to me playing more games on the living room television! The steam deck helped me adapt to playing with a gamepad, as opposed to mouse and keyboard.

Until they come out with a Steam Controller 2, I will say the best gamepad for steam is the Dualsense (a Dualshock 4 also works). It's got one touchpad instead of two, but Steam lets you map the left and right half separately, which covers my primary use cases. I also installed the RISE4 remap kit, a hardware mod that adds paddles on the back of the controller which can mimic any face button. Not as good as having actual new buttons, but it does mean I can run and jump without taking my thumb off the right stick.

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It seems like ring finger paddle buttons are becoming a controller staple. I know of these, what are some others?

Clone an existing button only:

  • 8BitDo Pro 2 (P1, P2)
  • PS4/PS5 controller with remap kit from ExtremeRate (K1, K2, K3, K4)

Treated by Steam as an entirely new button:

  • Steam Controller (L4, R4)
  • Paired joy-cons (left SL, SR; right SL, SR)
  • Steam Deck (L4, L5, R4, R5)
  • Xbox Elite (P1, P2, P3, P4)
  • Dualsense Edge (LB, RB)

I use a modded PS5 controller on PC. I've found for most purposes, clone-binding R4 to Cross/A and L4 to Square/X is good enough, as that allows me to crouch and jump while also running and turning with the thumbsticks. But it'd be really cool if I could remap these buttons steam-side, instead of needing to clone an existing button controller-side.

 

I love the idea of the fediverse, but the killer feature of reddit is its search results, and so far there doesn't seem to be much of a public search for lemmy/mastodon. What are some search-friendly sites I could spend my time and money on?

 

Ideally I would like a spigot plugin that makes the game pretend it's "daytime" for the purpose of mob spawns, even at night. If this isn't possible, I would also settle for a fabric mod that disables hostile spawns above sea level. Does this exist?

My use case is a "semi-peaceful" server; I want to make sure it's always safe to explore the surface so that players don't get ambushed by mobs when logging in at night, but I don't want to completely remove hostile spawns because it would make some items and blocks unobtainable. I suppose a worst-case-scenario option would be to set the server to Peaceful mode and add crafting recipes for the missing mob drops?

 

I honestly don't care about VR headsets or full-body tracking right now, but I would love to have a controller that's split into two pieces like the wiimote/nunchuck duo or the joy-cons. I know Steam can connect to actual joy-cons, but the bluetooth range on official joy-cons is pretty bad, and I haven't had any luck getting third-party joy-cons to connect. Can anyone recommend me a controller? I've been looking at the HTC Vive controller, does that do what I want? My most played games are PlateUp, Stardew Valley, and Minecraft.

 

the DispenserRobots plugin has a really neat take on server-only automation. Dispensers can break blocks, but they require a timed pulse, at least as long as a player would have to click. So a wooden tool requires a longer pulse than an iron one, for instance. This "timed pulse" trick also means that you can have axes both strip logs and break logs, depending on whether they receive a short or a long pulse.

I'm currently building a Fabric + Geyser setup (so server-side mods only), and I'm wondering if there's anything remotely like this in the fabric ecosystem.

 

Updated my self-hosting tutorial based on suggestions from last time. The biggest change is the new chapter on network security. If anyone out there is a security nerd I'd love your feedback! I tried to strike a balance between playing it safe and getting something into production.

 

I'm writing my own novice guide to setting up a home server, the stuff I wish I'd been told when I started. Would love feedback from beginners on how useful this is, as well as feedback from veteran self-hosters on how accurate this is, and I welcome suggestions from anyone about what I should add next.

update: tweaked the introduction a bit, corrected title to match header, added note about podman-compose v1.0.6 incompatibility.

update: major update, v0.9.2 here

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