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Re: The Steam Deck OLED spot ad was made with Steam Deck OLEDs

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Post by charcircuit »

Krssst wrote: post #42
redundantly wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Saying Android is Linux is like saying macOS is BSD.

Android uses the Linux kernel and keeps up with upstream to some extent. macOS uses the XNU kernel. Though as a user that likes having control over the software, I recognize that not having GNU/Linux being number one is a bit of a waste. (though one weekend of fighting NVIDIA and wayland tamed that quite a bit. Somehow my DE does not load with the proprietary driver unless I also load nouveau for some strange reason)…

Android uses the latest LTS kernel and works using a mainline kernel provided mainline supports the hardware you are on.

>though one weekend of fighting NVIDIA and wayland

Wayland is freedesktop software which is different than GNU.

Re: The Steam Deck OLED spot ad was made with Steam Deck OLEDs

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Post by charcircuit »

eptcyka wrote: post #43
rstat1 wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No it isn't. Android is as much a Linux distro as any other.

Android is a Linux distribution unlike any other. They use a completely different framework for drivers for hardware, they have their own patches for binder and other things that see no use outside of Android and will never get upstreamed. They have their own libc which is not used in any other distro. Very little of the work that has been done to make Linux work better on Androids has benefited the rest of the Linux…

>They use a completely different framework for drivers for hardware

No, both use kernel modules or statically compiled code for the part of the driver that actually talk to the hardware.

>they have their own patches for binder

Binder is part of mainline Linux, but yes I guess technically there are some patches that are related to binder, but remember that Android works on a mainline kernel.

Re: The Steam Deck OLED spot ad was made with Steam Deck OLEDs

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Post by FappleEater »

bigyikes wrote: post #8

Gorgeous! It's a shame that CGI is so prevalent, because without context I would totally assume this was CGI. Some of the shots would fit right in with a Portal cutscene. Imagine playing on the one in the center of the orb. It's the ultimate Steam Deck gaming throne.

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Re: The Steam Deck OLED spot ad was made with Steam Deck OLEDs

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Post by ip26 »

tomcam wrote: post #34

When I see things like that I always think about their lifecycle. The frame will be stripped of the devices for another display. It'll still hang around in some honored spot, then they'll get new staff and it will be shunted into storage. In 3 years it will be disassembled and tossed into the dumpster because no one will have room for it at home.

Props, acts and jigs are always like this. In reality, a small metal structure like this is not really so precious that it need be cherished or repurposed. Metal is very recyclable. It’s function was brief in time, but relatively high in impact.

Re: The Steam Deck OLED spot ad was made with Steam Deck OLEDs

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Post by Satam »

JCharante wrote: post #13

This is awesome. Video production just takes so many hours for each second and I don't think people know how much work it takes until you help out on a shoot.

It's why AI-generated movie shots would make a lot of sense. Hollywood spends billions of dollars, builds and blows up elaborate sets, and hires 100,000s of thousands of people... just to be able to have pixels move in a pleasing way. How much of that will be cut out when we just go straight to generating pixels? CGI goes in that general direction but it's still very labor intensive.

Re: The Steam Deck OLED spot ad was made with Steam Deck OLEDs

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Post by Kerbonut »

mdhen wrote: post #14
eloisant wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I hope replacement is easier than with the OG Steam Deck because to replace the screen you have to completely disassemble the device, heat to unglue the screen... https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Steam+Deck+Screen+Replacement/1...

They have made a number of changes to makebit easier to fix, not sure about the screen though.

> makebit

I make this same mistake on iPhone all the time. Is it just me or does Apple need to step up their keyboard and autocorrect game?

Re: The Steam Deck OLED spot ad was made with Steam Deck OLEDs

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Post by Fatnino »

throwaway-432 wrote: post #46
tomcam wrote: post #34

When I see things like that I always think about their lifecycle. The frame will be stripped of the devices for another display. It'll still hang around in some honored spot, then they'll get new staff and it will be shunted into storage. In 3 years it will be disassembled and tossed into the dumpster because no one will have room for it at home.

I work for a company which has made a huge satellite constellation and after a revision of a hardware component has run its course thousands have made their way to space, incomplete/failing units are shredded, and only a handful are kept. When the satellites eventually burn up in the atmosphere those ~3 builds are all that remain of the entire project, thousands of man-hours to engineer and build hardware that the wo…

We know you're talking about spacex

Re: The Steam Deck OLED spot ad was made with Steam Deck OLEDs

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Post by mey »

randyrand wrote: post #30
gumballindie wrote: post #19

I am continuously amazed at how awesome valve is and what awesome products it makes. Also steam supporting linux single handedly advanced adoption of that os. Apparently the best types of companies are those founded by deeply technical people, still owned and run by them, no venture capital. In an ideal world we would favour such companies over toxic ones.

And they only take a 30% cut! Practically altruism.

What is an acceptable fee structure for the service they provide?
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