I don’t see much talk of Lemmy on Reddit, but I’m primarily only on Reddit for a small handful of niche subreddits where no one talks about these things anyway.

We’ve definitely seen in the past that availabilities vary by region.

My personal target is 105% of the performing mark, when I’m in a churn and earn job somewhere that I don’t want to promote.

That wiggle room is enough to keep me above the performing mark if there are any productivity impactors outside of my control that my company refuses to adjust for (that has happened to me in jobs before), and it also keeps me off of bottom-performer lists when layoffs roll through. And it’s barely more than the bare minimum. Win / win / win.

You’re welcome! Though I’m genuinely bummed that it’s not 100% fully working for you.

One of the great things about the Deck is that we have essentially and functionally the same hardware and OS for our systems, so I was hoping that things like this just work the same for everyone… we don’t have the challenges of the rest of the PC community, where every single person is running a different configuration of parts. 🙂

I’m sorry to hear that you were having issues setting up the docking script!

Without seeing what you were doing, it’s kind of tough to know where the issue was. I know I personally don’t have to change anything with the resolution properties on mine to make it work, it still is set to Default for me. It’s my correct resolution so I don’t have to scroll anywhere, everything is exactly where it is in native (in fact I’m using it right now to access Firefox and be on Lemmy 🤗 )

Were you able to change the height and width numbers in the script to match your monitor? The example I posted above is what I use for my 2560 x 1440 monitor, but you’ll get a weird result if your resolution is something different and you don’t change it.

Update notes were like an encyclopedia of minor bug fixes and minor feature changes for things I’d never encountered or seen.

I’m like, sure I guess ¯\(ツ)/¯ and life goes on

Not for low-vision people or older people who have issues with the smaller screen. Could be a solution if someone like that ended up with a Steam Deck and didn’t realize they’d have an issue with the smaller screen, and maybe they just have a spare travel monitor lying around.

Also there’s a contingent of people out there who just enjoy modifying stuff because they can. Don’t knock it until you’ve tried it.

I considered doing this for a bit, but with the power and link cable requirements for the travel monitor, I decided against it. It was too much cordage in too small a space.

But glad it worked out for your needs OP!

Well sure, it’s not the hardware sales alone that’s doing it for Valve.

Stream Deck sales are just icing on their cake. They’re turning back flips when any PC handheld is sold (not just their own) because they know there’s a 95% chance that the purchaser of said handheld is going to stock most of, or all of, their games directly or indirectly through Steam.

Valve’s nailing down of, and further establishment and entrenching of the handheld PC market, and their work to help it to thrive regardless of manufacturer… it is just a genius move on their part to get more people funneled into their store.

The big three in the console world are also attempting this - Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft… but unlike them, Valve is doing it the right way, providing tons of value to consumers rather than restricting it. It’s definitely paid off for them.

Most frequent uses?

1. Voice typing when using decky dictation if I’m in web browser, or text chatting in Discord or an MMO or something.

2. Alternate inputs for stick-click functions, since I very much dislike clicking the sticks.

If you like FPS’s but also like a variety of mission types and being able to scale the difficulty, my suggestion is Deep Rock Galactic. Fantastic game… one of my friends and I play it every weekend. Takes about 30 minutes for the average two-player mission, up to maybe 45 at longest, so you can easily block out playtime.

Also, in general, regardless of what you’re playing… you don’t really need a LAN to play together, you can just friend each other on Steam and easily join each other’s games that way. Even if you’re both in your own residences, the voice chat tool in Steam is great for talking while playing games.

Before I thought of the glasses, I scoured the internet to see if anyone was selling something like this for the Deck, or if at least it could be 3d printed. Nothing out there that I found.

So could be a small business / side hustle idea for someone who could design and make them. Just tossing that out there.

When I’m using it handheld, my favorite accessory is a pair of 2x magnification reading glasses. Blows up the screen, and makes it very nice… super easy to see everything.

But I’m in my 40s with bad eyes, so YMMV.

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My only rule for PTO days is never forget that you put in for them and accidentally go to work. So far I have a 100% success rate in avoiding that.

One of the games I picked up on Steam Sale was Cobalt Core. Fantastic game, it ate my entire Thanksgiving break lol

The 512 LCD Deck is a stupidly good deal at 25% off… $330 USD is crazy cheap for a new Deck, and that’s a solid amount of starting storage space before you even move to grab an SD card.

I own both in the household, and while I do enjoy some of the OLED Deck’s improved features, the original is NOT a slouch… I wouldn’t sleep on it! The display is MUCH better than it was at launch thanks to software fixes, and the screen can safely be overclocked from the base 60 Hz up to to 70 Hz with minimal effort, further reducing the gap between the models (OLED is 90 Hz) and allowing clean locking to 35 FPS, a great balance point for smoothness vs battery use.

Since I own both, I can tell you what you’d mainly be missing taking the LCD: basically you’d giving up battery length (OLED is about 25% better on battery life… but the whole issue is mute if you primarily play older games, or mostly play while plugged in), about a half inch of diagonal screen real estate, plus you’re taking a somewhat less precise touch screen, and taking a slightly older Bluetooth adapter in the unit. In exchange for this, you get a new Deck for more than $200 less than the base OLED will cost.

Otherwise, these two are very similar, so it’s a very good time to get a Deck.

Like others, I’d rather see a Steam Deck Controller than an actual Steam Controller 2 that’s heavily based on the original. But they’d probably sell a bazillion of either.

Imagine acting like everyone in England has the same accent. The only thing more ridiculous would be saying that everyone in the US does.

If you have to deal frequently with toilets with flush sensors at your office (or really any public restroom), you’ve probably been grossed out by them flushing (and spraying water at you) before you’re ready.

As an adult, I learned that handle-adjacent sensors can be dealt with by hanging TP over them, and won’t flush until you remove it as you’re leaving the stall. Wall sensors (like one infamous office toilet I deal with) can be handled with a post it note placed over the sensor; I keep some at the office just for this purpose. In an emergency, sometimes spit-dabbing a piece of TP can stick it to the wall over the sensor, but this isn’t as reliable.

Just get into these habits when you use sensor toilets, and you’ll never have to worry about disgusting flush spray from prematurely flushing public toilets ever again.