JojoWakaki

“The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism.”

From George Washington’s farewell address, 1796.

Basically, he was worried about ‘us vs them’ mentality that the two party system would bring as there was already a divide between the federalists and the democratic-republicans.

This was what I meant opposition doing the job.

I think it is very important thing engaging the electorate when they are not in power and when it’s not election season. By both the government and opposition. And more importantly to do that neutral to reach all the electorate not their own voter base. I think that is what is missing form the US and it is increasing the divide between the left and right to the point the key identity (with pride) of each political party is that they aren’t the other one.

I saw the piece about 'shadow docket" by Last week tonight this morning on youtube. It is quite timely, very infuriating, and scary.

The problem is, it’s the thing that happens with the current government doing things so their place in power is secured. And the other thing about boiling the frog slowly with very short temperature rises, so it doesn’t notice it’s being boiled until it’s too late.

At some point it will be too late to change as change prevention will be written in the system, if it already isn’t. People like to throw in the word ‘status-quo’ but I don’t understand that term at all.

I am not an expert on the political system. But my knee jerk answer is idk, Oppose? But there is probably a lot I don’t understand of “this is how it’s done and this is how it is” -ism that goes on.

As an foreigner and outsider. Does USA not have a system of designated opposition? Isn’t it their duty to keep the government in check? Am I missing something? I don’t even know who is the opposition leader no more. I assume the president nominee who didn’t win is the opposition leader? Haven’t seen or heard anything major since the election.

Given the choice between a republican and a republican, people will choose republican all the time.

• Paraphrasing Harry Truman.
• Not USian nor live there

You missed boo’h o’wa’er

I almost got two 8bitdo 2C as it was on sale for € 15, I think usually they go for €25 to have 4 player games for gaming night. In the end didn’t because they didn’t have replaceable battery which is a deal breaker for me. Also they have individual reciver.

The receiver I have for xbox-x controllers supports up to 8. Not that I have 8 friends.

That is true, there is a reason why all these controllers have a market, people have different shaped hands.

I replied to other comments. Ds3 was my preferred controller but it did give me pain in my hands. DS4 was better than ds3 mostly but i think they had crappier and hard to replace batteries. Xbox360 controllers were good for many types of games (for me) due to asymmetrical design. The left hand on non asymmetrical control feels quite strenuous if you have to use the analogue stick for long time. But in xbox controllers it feels natural for the thumb to pointing upwards while holding the analogue stick compared to pointed to the right. It’s probably because I have smallish hands. PS5 controllers (only played at my friend’s place and for games that don’t use the new trigger mechanics), was actually decent but they feel like a toy compared to xbox-x controller as they (xbox ones) feel nice and weighty, and they do have the same problem of thumb placement when using left analogue sticks.

It is also quite opposite to me, xbox-x controller fits in the palm (for me) as you said but others are awkward to hold, specially for longer sessions.

Additionally, every other controller is a wired controller as soon as the battery goes zero, compared to xbox-x (and also 360), you just swap new batteries. It’s alright as long as you have spare controller so you can swap to the other one for wireless or don’t have problems connecting. I have a projector connected to a self made steam machine and it’s a bit weird to connect controllers to the it or charger and continue playing if the battery runs out.

The steam controllers are quite expensive though.

Well not as bad as the ones that stop being wireless if the battery goes to zero. Or needs soldering if the battery gets to old to replace the battery.

Depends on which needs fixing more and which is easier to fix between a new joystick with the stick drift or old battery that holds barely any charge.

But to each their own.

Fair point.

My all time favorite controller was ds3. ds4 was pretty decent too but it seemed that ds3 had better batteries. Also the batteries would stop holding charge, most likely the battery capacity degraded.

I then got X360 controller which for some reason was not the best, started preferring the asymmetrical design felt better. I was gaming like a degenerate back then and it used to feel better in long sessions. Although I didn’t like the weight.

Haven’t tried the xbox one controller, the xbox-x controller felt great. Perfect, weighty. I do gave on the newer ds5 controller, it’s alright but feels a bit lighter and weird as I have gotten used to the weight of xbox-x controller. I however haven’t tested games with the new triggers, as i have only played at my friends and party or group games which doesn’t use those.

I still have 2 ds3, 3 ds4, 1 xbox and 2 xbox X controller

The go to is the xbox-x controllers, which probably comes as no-surprise given my original bait of a post :D

Yeah I never considered gyro. I don’t play FPS as I get motion sick. The one where vision shows movement and body isn’t moving, compared to the other one where the body is moving but vision is not which I don’t get (e.g. ships, cars, airplanes). I have never thought about this use case, gyro in shooter. Dunno if it also works in other TPS like gta or read dead2.

The last and only game using gyro I played was flower on ps3.

But yeah it’s probably a deal breaker if features you need are missing.

Apparently having a replaceable battery and hull affect joysticks are impossible. This is due to AA battery not being able to provide consistent voltage output and hull effect joystick requiring exactly that. Hence all hull-effect joysticks have embedded battery. Which might be a problem specially in EU as they require everything to have removable battery with the exception is if they are IPS something rated.

Don’t quote me on that, it’s second hand knowledge.

Change my mind: Xbox-X controller are best controllers.

They are asymmetrical, arguably better from ergonomics. They have replaceable batteries (AA rechargeable batteries have been a thing for half a century). If the battery gets too old to hold a good charge, i can get new (rechargeable) batteries without having to fiddle about to change the internal batteries.

It’s about €60 which goes on sale occasionally and can grab it as low as €40. Perhaps lower but that’s the lowest I’ve seen.

The downsides: due to replaceable AA battery, hull effect sticks are impossible due to them requiring a consistent output. Mouse movement is not a thing unless if you are on steam then it can be programmed different ways (mouse bindings or pressing xbox button and right analog stick and bumpers).

Yes this. And on a very unrelated note. I heard in places with rampant crime like in Brazil, locals carry two phones. One real phone and the other one for specific times when you’re being robbed.

Was the image generated with copilot?

Ok this sucks, but there is something that seems to be not implied. Wait one day, then confirm with biometrics, then decide if you want this only this time, or 1 week, or forever. You have to only deal with this one time if you choose forever (as long as you don’t reinstall, I assume).

This is by no means ideal, but I think I’m ok with this. In a way I believe the rhetoric they are framing, to protect the vulnerable populace (e.g. the elderly) from frauds. For your phone, you can get the hurdle over one time, if you are installing for your parent you can do “don’t ask me for a week, or ask me again everytime”, so they don’t install something malicious as part of a guided “tech support”. Not saying that will prevent all and any spams but it will add some barrier. Just my opinion though, I could be off base with this.

I do wish that 1 day waiting was a bit shorter.