Dr. Guillermo Power 
@gpowerf@social.cleverlibre.org
This is my fun social media account, I will post a lot of video game stuff (mostly old or cloud gaming) and some work stuff.
If I post an image with no Alt text it is because the image is just there for decoration and doesn't provide any extra meaning to the toot.
Mi aventura: http://gpowerf.itch.io/8-bit-island
Joined Nov 2022
@megabreadvanchannel@mastodon.world I have this already, but I do like that lil truck 😄 I have no extra money to run a second car… in fact the poor old Camaro hasn’t run since 2020.
I want a modern PC with a classic looking early IBM clone case like this. Does anyone make cases like this nowadays?
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TIL: lace cards
It’s a computer punch card with every possible spot punched out, so what remains is a flimsy filamentous net of paper that instantly tears and jams up the card reader.
Old-school denial of service attack.
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@ben I don’t mind it in the Xbox because it is an Xbox specific version of Windows. Although, I’m not going to pretend the Xbox is problem free… it does so weird stuff sometimes that’s only fixable by a reboot… mind you, the Steam Deck isn’t bug free either.
@peteriskrisjanis @the_white_wolf yeah it looks sweet! It’s just the pre-installed OS that’s 😖
@dbread I LOVE my TheC64s and TheC64 Mini. :D I have two maxis and one mini. Awesomely cool things.
@megabreadvanchannel@mastodon.world I like this one.
@aallan are you liking it?
@peteriskrisjanis I want handheld PCs to succeed as I love the form factor. I don't want the Steam Deck to be the sole tiny gaming PC.
But yeah, I struggle to see how easy it is for something like this to succeed if it hasn't got Valve's money behind it. Valve's subsidised model is hard to fight against unless you are perhaps GOG... or Microsoft itself.
@FartsMusically OK yes, I understand and agree.
@FartsMusically I wouldn't even trust SteamOS with security to be honest. I treat the SteamDeck as 100% a gaming device.
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@gpowerf it sells. Their customer base will expect Windows. Some want it or nothing.
Doesn't make it suck any less, but money decides everything.
@FartsMusically I guess that's probably it. Maybe we will start to see a divide, some devices going the tailor-made Linux gaming distro route and others opting to be sub-optimal with Windows 11.
On the Asus ROG Ally I don’t see how Windows on a dedicated handheld gaming device is an advantage. A built-for-purpose OS like SteamOS or any other Linux distro that’s specifically built for the device is a much better idea.
I can't wait to see this handheld running #linux :) #AsusROGAlly #handheld #gamingonlinux #gaming
PS: This thing is pretty though! I like the looks a lot and I hope we get many many more PCs in this form factor.
@ZXVintage @OldUKPrintAds I want the mixer too!
Ask Ai to create images of lifted trucks and it is clear that it has no idea at all about what a functional suspension system looks like! Look at this. #WeirdCarMastodon
[Insert complex graphical joke that I cannot easily write Alt text for]
Good God! Switching from a mechanical keyboard to a laptop keyboard is like switching from eating filet mignon to eating boiled sandals.
Dr. Guillermo Power has moved to @gpowerf@mastodon.social:
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This is my fun social media account, I will post a lot of video game stuff (mostly old or cloud gaming) and some work stuff.
If I post an image with no Alt text it is because the image is just there for decoration and doesn't provide any extra meaning to the toot.
Mi aventura: http://gpowerf.itch.io/8-bit-island
Joined Nov 2022
