beastlykings @ beastlykings @sh.itjust.works

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Thanks!

Cheapest is $5 dozen here the lower West side of Michigan

Recommendations?

Thanks, I hope you can buy one too. Is this something you could buy and have forwarded to you?

If you need a US address, and someone to forward it to you, feel free to PM me 👍

The only cred I have on here is from a guy I met in Canada to sell some phones to. But I promise I'm trustworthy haha

It takes money to make money. The whole project is a bit of a gamble. While paying for CE certification would probably pay off if this thing got popular, if it flops as a whole, then it would flop even harder.

Basically, because it costs more to do, it's an even bigger gamble. Even though it could work out, they must've done the math and said, hmmm, let's wait and get some legs under us first.

Heck, interest stalled out already and they barely made their funding. I feel like everyone who was gonna buy one, in the US anyway, has bought one. So how much bigger would Europe be for them? And how much does it cost to get CE certification? I don't know the answers to these questions. But it's foggy enough that I can see why they might not want to do it just yet.

For the record I bought one 🤷‍♂️

While you're not wrong that people should probably shop that way, if they can. It feels tone deaf, as many people can barely afford groceries in the first place, so shopping by cost per weight/calorie is almost a requirement.

At least I think that's what's happening.

Hey just an update for you, I ended up modding my WiiU. Works great!

We'll see how long I keep using it, the resolution leaves a lot to be desired..

https://sh.itjust.works/post/31371757

Hey just wanted to update you, I ended up modding my WiiU, works great!

https://sh.itjust.works/post/31371757

That's actually a pretty slick idea not gonna lie. If I ever de-Google, that might be the way I go.

I like to travel with a Chromecast and a mini router so I can do TV stuff away from home.

Now I'm wondering, I know that USB stick computers have existed for awhile. I'm wondering... Does something similar in size to the Chromecast exist? Something just powerful enough to stream whatever I want to a TV with whatever software I can load on it? Hmm...

That's a bummer, but makes sense.

That's cool. Is there an option for "casting" type software to emulate a Chromecast? I like choosing stuff on my phone and sending it to the TV

I agree with you on this point completely. The article is pretty garbage. But that's not what your original comment seemed to imply. It seemed like you were saying everyone should know this stuff so why should any article exist on the subject.

I think that's why everyone is so worked up.

Oh that's fair, yeah especially on Linux

Well I think of the people who have 4K stuff (I don't), there's probably a lot of gamers who have 4K monitors by not TVs? Just guessing, IDK 🤷‍♂️

Do you not have a TV? I've watched stuff on my monitor, sure, but sitting on the couch watching TV is what the vast majority of people do.

Unless you mean connecting your computer to your TV? I did this for awhile, there are ways to make it work, but I much prefer using a Chromecast or similar device to simplify the whole interaction.

Everyone has to learn something for the first time. Today's 10,000 and all that.

That's what I said the second I saw it. Too big to be practically portable, for me anyway. So it's basically a bigger steam deck that you only use at home. Not a bad idea, but not worth what they are charging for it, not for me anyway.

Lately I've been using an 8 year old 13" Chromebook and an old xbone controller to stream steam games from my PC to my couch.

No it's not portable, but it's all I would use it for anyway, and it cost me nothing but the parts I had laying around. Anyone else could probably do the same thing for just $100-200. Not $1000+.

I'm not against buying new stuff, and new technology. But it's not always needed. For me anyway 🤷‍♂️

I was reading along like, that's dumb but at least I could craft something in my password man-... Oh.. oh no..

Would this include things like the contents of messages?

I know it's not end to end encrypted, but if they're just gonna search the whole database for keywords, and then decide I'm of interest because I joked about abc or admitted to xyz in a private chat, then that's a load of crap.

Thanks. I'll look into it, I've got plans to repurpose an old wiiu into a deck-like couch gaming machine.

Right now my wife is using the Deck pretty heavily, so I'm using steam to stream a game to my old Chromebook, it's working pretty well actually 🤷‍♂️