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Latest Comments by Eike
They really did it - Valve added Dwarf as an official Steam tag
2 Feb 2024 at 1:42 pm UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: pbOff-topic but it would be really cool if all f2p games had the "free to play" tag automatically applied. I have a dynamic F2P category wherein I have all the games with "free to play" tag, but half of the f2p games are outside of it... Alternatively maybe Valve could add it directly to the filters...
In my humble opinion, there's two totally different kinds of games costing 0 bucks: "Free to play" (we'll charge you in-game) and "Gratis" games. How would they automatically tell one from the other?

Linux remains above macOS on the Steam Survey for January 2024
2 Feb 2024 at 1:38 pm UTC

Quoting: Liam Dawe
Quoting: Eike
Quoting: Liam Dawe
Quoting: EikeThe linear approximation to the curve really needs to be split into two parts! (somewhere in 2021?)

... or the software could come up with something non-linear?
Why?
Because the linear approximation systematically overestimates all of the oldest points and underestimates all of the youngest points (except a single one we would attribute to some measurement error, probably located in the far east). The line doesn't fit, and this not in a "jumpy" way (as to be to be expected), but in a systematical way. The curve to be approximated isn't linear, at least not over the whole time.

So we could either try two linear curves, or some curve with a slope (slightly) increasing over time.
Sadly, even the current trend-line is a Chart JS plugin, as it doesn't support trend lines at all.

Maybe I should look for one that does it better...
I try to avoid JS wherever I can :D , but which plugin is it you're using?
(But I guess there's people here with more knowledge in this field than me.)

Linux remains above macOS on the Steam Survey for January 2024
2 Feb 2024 at 1:16 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: Liam Dawe
Quoting: EikeThe linear approximation to the curve really needs to be split into two parts! (somewhere in 2021?)

... or the software could come up with something non-linear?
Why?
Because the linear approximation systematically overestimates all of the oldest points and underestimates all of the youngest points (except a single one we would attribute to some measurement error, probably located in the far east). The line doesn't fit, and this not in a "jumpy" way (as to be to be expected), but in a systematical way. The curve to be approximated isn't linear, at least not over the whole time.

So we could either try two linear curves, or some curve with a slope (slightly) increasing over time.

Linux remains above macOS on the Steam Survey for January 2024
2 Feb 2024 at 12:25 pm UTC

The linear approximation to the curve really needs to be split into two parts! (somewhere in 2021?)

... or the software could come up with something non-linear?

The original SteamOS-like Linux distro HoloISO now dead, replaced with immutable version
1 Feb 2024 at 5:39 pm UTC

Quoting: GuestThe first quote was a meta question, trying to silence others
And that's the problem.

The original SteamOS-like Linux distro HoloISO now dead, replaced with immutable version
1 Feb 2024 at 5:17 pm UTC

Quoting: Guest
Quoting: Eike
Quoting: GuestYou have no right to talk about what belongs in the linux community
Quoting: GuestI dont know why you are so mad that people have their own opinions.
>shut up, people with opinions like yours dont belong in the linux community
>under what authority do you tell people where they belong or not?
I rephrased it for you if you didn't get it the first time
I totally understood what you said: You're entitled to an opinion, others (at your choice) are not. The following is enough answer to what you said:

Quoting: GuestI dont know why you are so mad that people have their own opinions.

Time to blow the dust off your VR headset - Metro Awakening is coming
1 Feb 2024 at 1:13 pm UTC

Quoting: elgatilDamm I want to play Alyx again but I'm afraid it won't be as good as I remember :dizzy:
I can't judge for Alyx, but it's seldom like The First Time again. I'd rather leave it in good great memories.

Time to blow the dust off your VR headset - Metro Awakening is coming
1 Feb 2024 at 11:35 am UTC

I joke – a little, there hasn't been all that many truly great PC VR releases that I've seen recently. I still feel completely spoiled by how exceptionally good Half-Life: Alyx was to play through. Still probably my top 5 gaming experiences ever.
I read similar things in a gaming magazine: Alyx might have been so good that it actually was hurting VR.

The original SteamOS-like Linux distro HoloISO now dead, replaced with immutable version
1 Feb 2024 at 11:32 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: GuestYou have no right to talk about what belongs in the linux community
Quoting: GuestI dont know why you are so mad that people have their own opinions.

SteamOS alternative Bazzite v2.2 out now with lots of enhancements
31 Jan 2024 at 12:07 pm UTC

Quoting: RonDamon
Quoting: Eike
Quoting: RonDamon
Quoting: Purple Library GuyWhat?! Why would they want that? SteamOS isn't designed to be a general-use PC operating system. Using it that way would require quite a bit of tinkering. If you want an "out of the box" experience on PC, use Mint.
Of course it is. It has everything that 90% of people needs and want on a gaming focused scenario. It is a out of the box experience...
... on Steam Deck.
Yes. And people that are asking for the SteamOS for PC want the same experience on... PC. Valve themselves said that.
This is way, way harder to do for a lot of different PCs. Well, I guess this expectation is the reason for them not to release.