Preach! I hate knowing that GV is basically on autopilot as a project at Google. They don't seem to ever treat it like it matters to them.

I've got a Palma. Love it.

Like others here, I keep wifi off while I'm reading and only turn it on to update my Omnivore articles or update my saved position in a book (using Kindle or Kobo apps).

I have no idea how the battery holds up for the people who are trying to use it as a phone (ie using it a lot for browsing or chatting and other battery-heavy apps).

I just wanted a phone sized eReader that could let me install apps other than just a bookstorr. The Palma fits that bill wonderfully.

I can't play anything that requires precision aiming with a controller.

A Steam Controller though? I'm way better. Especially with the gyro aiming or micro adjustments on the touchpads.

I know they are discontinued but as someone like you who had a rough time with those types of games without a mouse, I'd see if you can find a steam controller on ebay or something.

But I don't play FPSes at all any more really. And with games like cyberpunk, I'm always more stealth than action oriented so it hasn't been a problem. And when I have to use a normal controller and am forced to aim, I heavily rely on aim assist settings. I don't care 😂

the regular P9 is 128GB only

I've got the regular pixel 9 with 256. It's not limited to 128, it just is the base model size.

Personally I stopped custom roms a while back. I'm not hardcore in the anti-google camp though.

If you are, obviously custom roms will be all you should be looking at. Tons of good recommendations in this thread already.

If you're not in this camp though, the default pixel experience has been great for me and might be for you. I find it the least annoying of the oem experiences (not cluttered in features I'll never use, simplified settings menu where I've never had to use the search on since it all made sense etc).

I'd say use the stock rom for a few weeks. If you hate it, custom roms are always there for you.

If you have a file manager app installed you should get that as an option for most content (I use Amaze).

Thanks for this! I was definitely curious about how it would run.

Welcome!

This was pretty much my reaction as well.

🥳

The Minisforum HX80G. That's the older model. They have the HX99G, HX100G and others now. They all range in price but Amazon has sales.

I picked mine up for $650.

I'm the same way but I bought one of those mini pcs that has a laptop cpu/gpu in it, installed ChimeraOS on it which essentially turned it into a steamdeck.

I have that hooked up to my living room tv and it's my main gaming device. It's essentially a console. I never upgrade anything. It runs what I play at 1080p with med or high settings.

Suits me just fine. I mainly just want to sit on my couch and game on the TV instead of being at a desk like I did years ago.

Ah OK. Every time someone asks how to find other communities, I see that Lemmy Explorer site linked, which is why I searched there and was confused why this community wasn't on there.

Nice to know it's showing up in other indexers though.

Like others have mentioned, I am in the same boat of having multiple communities to follow with the same name but on different instances and I forget about others or (more likely) don't even know that others exist.

It does bug me that I can't group communities that exist on different instances together. It would be nice to be able to subscribe to a collection of communities that I can give a label to.

A way to group all patientgamers communities together would be a huge help.

It's just the way the whole federation stuff works I guess. And I like it...Except for when I don't 😂

That would be really awesome of you!

After I've picked two winners, we can have you pick two more and you can send them the codes directly as well.

We can make it the giveaway part 2.

When we get to announcing winners I'll message you!

Thanks!

It's more like thanks to everyone who has been posting and commenting in the last year and keeping the tone/mood of this place chill, inviting and friendly, which is all I wanted.

Apparently I hadn't checked in a while, because Steam used to not have digital gifts, I swear! But Yay, I do see they offer gifting digital codes now.

Thanks for the info!

I just checked and I already had that in my wishlist! Definitely looks cool

This has definitely been the case with me as well. Especially as I got older and had less time to play anything.

I've always been partial to story over mechanics though. I just think the preference has tilted much further in favor of story games now.

I use feedme on my phone and page turning works with swipes as well as physical buttons. Is an on-screen swipe not as good as on screen buttons for what you prefer?

Found some info on this place:

https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/sites/pointdouglasschool.shtml

I'm a heathen who prefers electronic watches to mechanicals

😂

What size is that dial?

Trying to figure out why this post is so down voted.

I looked up the game and it was released 3 yrs ago.

It's recent but it's not new so it's not really incorrectly posted here vs a normal games community, right?

Is there some other info about this I don't know about?

Trying not to moderate too much here. And I haven't needed to really. Everyone's been great with posting great stuff here overall.

Just was curious.

No worries.

I'll be removing this post now though.

This is not a post that fits what this sub is about. Going to remove it now, sorry.

Thanks!

It would be nice if you could include a description of what the video is when you post link to a video.

Agreed. I've been trying not to be too micromanaging here but this seems like something I should just delete as it doesn't fit the community topic.

What do you guys think?

This seems to be a bit more general gaming news and less a good fit for patient gamers.

Thanks for the tip! $6 is too good to pass up. Just purchased it!

If it's competition that's just an eReader that has a good store and hardware, Kobo is the main competitor.

They're good and have a nice range of products to match all of the types of readers a Kindle user would expect.

This looks like a nice update.

My nas is too old to run a current jellyfin server but I plan on setting one up temporarily on a macbook so I can test it out.

Been meaning to keep up with this as an alternative to plex (which has served me well for over a decade)

This was a really cool thing to do. Thanks for sharing with the community!

Wow that's an amazing run you've given that kindle! I used to have that one as well, years ago.

If you are sticking in the Amazon/Kindle world, then a new Kindle (whether you go with the base Kindle or the Paperwhite) you'll have a much faster experience for sure. The newer eink readers now can do several page turns without any real visual flash of the refresh. It's a small thing but very nice.

The Paperwhite has a backlight which is helpful for night reading. You'll also get dark mode in the new software (not sure if your keyboard kindle has stayed up to date with software updates or not). Also there's waterproofing.

The base kindle just loses the light and the waterproofing.

If you're not going to stick with Amazon, take a look at the Kobo readers. They're a great alternative to people not stuck in the Amazon world.

Supernote A6X right now.

That's the size I prefer for paper notebooks so I definitely gravitated to the 7" devices and don't really want to schlep around the larger devices like the RM and Scribe.

I love the write feel of the SN screen. Hard to describe but it's soft. Coupled with the Lamy stylus it's wonderful to write on.

None that I know of.

Seems cellular capabilities are low on the list for eink device makers.

Even the Boox Palma doesn't have a sim card. Crazy

I looked at the Remarkable and Scribe almost went that way but ended up with a Supernote A6X. The only outside app it has is Kindle, go figure.

I bought the device to replace my notebooks though. I have a dedicated Kindle Paperwhite for ebooks. But it is nice to know the kindle app is on my supernote in a pinch, so I can see why you'd be questioning the Scribe over your Remarkable.

I think the RM probably does the notebook thing better than the Scribe currently, but maybe that will change in the future.

Do you currently not have a dedicated ebook device for reading? Or do you just like the idea of a single device to do it all?

Personal I like the separation but I can definitely see why people want one less device to schlep around.

Personally I like my eink tablet being separate from my reading device. And I do like how Supernote has mad their device really tailored to people who write mainly vs trying to be an all around tablet device.

However, if Amazon offers an A6 Scribe in the future I may be tempted to pick one up...

Can't say I've felt much diffence in the legacy app I upgraded a few months ago either.

But honestly, the upgrade was more to ensure stability and being able to maintain the app over time vs expecting any gains.

This is great! Haven't seen this photo before.