Ukraine is fielding machine-gun turrets remotely controlled by the Steam Deck video game system : technology

[+] 12022081631@hexbear.net 40 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 26 points 2 months ago

He’s a libertarian so this is just a good business opportunity ancap-good

[-] grandepequeno@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

Is he? Varoufakis said that, back when he worked at valve, Newel had an "anarcho-syndicalist soul trapped in a private company" or something like that

[-] Hexboare@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

Doesn't he own the private company though?

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

Can't speak for the rest of valve but last I checked the actual developer portion of the company is run with a flat hierarchy and nobody enforces participation in projects, people work on whatever they want to work on. He does own it though.

[-] Hexboare@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

Certainly elements of it but it stretches believability when he's a multi billionaire

[-] Des@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

maybe he just sees himself as the union boss

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Maybe. Not sure how relevant it is today but this is the old "new employee handbook" that Varoufakis would have had on his first day there: https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/apps/valve/Valve_NewEmployeeHandbook.pdf

Interesting read. Cool place to work tbh and as far as bosses go I do think he's on the better side regardless of the numerous criticisms I have of Valve.

[-] grandepequeno@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

Of course but that doesn't make him a libertarian. I'm not saying he's actually an anarcho syndicalist or whatever probably just a business guy

[-] lorty@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 months ago

Maybe? But the guy still sold lootboxes as gambling for children, so he can't be that anti-capitalist.

[-] grandepequeno@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

Of course, I meant more that he's probably more of a hippie doo doo kinda guy than an ideological right-wing libertarian.

I mean christ, look how he looks now

[-] MaxOS@hexbear.net 30 points 2 months ago

“Ya got the ninendo guns set up yet?” whywhywhywhywhy

[-] Frank@hexbear.net 27 points 2 months ago

Steam decks are reliable commercial-off-the-shelf compact battery operated linux computers.

[-] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Steam = bibeo games

Deck = console

Now read the headline and tell me if it's epic

[-] kristina@hexbear.net 22 points 2 months ago

[-] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 21 points 2 months ago

steering-device technical

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 months ago

Ukrainian soldiers are absolutely going to get mowed down by their own turrets.

[-] VILenin@hexbear.net 18 points 2 months ago

Does this serve any practical purpose, or is this whole thing engineered for the reddit upvotes? (you know the answer)

[-] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago

I wonder how much of this stuff is really useful, or is meant to portray them as scrappy underdogs in need of aid.

[-] Hexboare@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

A remote turret you can't reload ain't it

[-] hypercracker@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago

scrubs don't even use gyro aim, pathetic boomer mentality

[-] citrussy_capybara@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

been using them for over a year now:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/04/using-a-steam-deck-to-control-a-ukrainian-automatic-turret-now-ive-seen-it-all/

[-] ExotiqueMatter@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

abandoned zelensky This is the most thing I've ever seen.

[-] OhYeah@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago

This truly is the year of the linux desktop

[-] gay_king_prince_charles@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

Hey if it works it works. COTS parts are the way to go.