I logged into TF2 to test the TF2 servers and saw this interesting list on my screen:
So now you can Twitch Stream your TF2 session and have it show up in game. I wonder if you can stream TF2 through Steam while watching one of the Twitch streams. OMG Streamception!
Maybe not on April 1st, but sooooon.
TR isn’t out April 1st; there was a glitch with our news post! Sorry pals. ETA is still spring.
Gonna have to see how that performs… and see if I can get the latest AMD GPU drivers working under CentOS.
Apparently while I was minding my own business today Microsoft released an AI on twitter targeted at teens, young adults etc as an experiment. After not even a full 24 hours they had to shut the bot down after it became a racist, sexist asshat. The last thing it uttered was:
There are many more examples that you can find here, here and here.
I can’t fault Microsoft for this, after all this was an experiment. An experiment that shows how corrupt asshats can corrupt a machine. Brought upon by racists, sexists and anything else you could think of. I also find it interesting that you don’t really see much from the other side of the spectrum. The bot had plenty of love of Trump, Hitler, Gamergate etc but nothing much about teh ebil feminists, Hillary, gay pride etc. I mean, they say feminists and gay people are ruining our world, you’d think they would have control of Microsoft’s chatbot within seconds! 😛
Would I rent designer clothing for $139 a month? How about a big fuck no?
Would you treat your wardrobe like a Netflix DVD subscription? Rent the Runway, a company known for renting out special-occasion dresses and ugly holiday sweaters, has been testing a service that they call Unlimited for a few years now, finally letting it out of beta. The idea? You rent three pieces of designer clothing at a time, receiving the next one in your queue when you send one back to be dry cleaned, or just because you’re tired of it.
The service is targeted to women who like high-end clothing, dislike cleaning out their closets, and who want to have a theoretically unlimited wardrobe. It also helps if you’re willing to spend $1,668 per year on clothes that you won’t necessarily get to keep.
You don’t need designer clothing to be fabulous. Hell, I’ve seen some… interesting people try to wear designer clothing and at the end of the day they were just fancy looking douchebags.
This could get interesting! Valve is releasing the 3D CAD Geometry of the Steam Controller for all to use.
We are releasing the mechanical CAD geometry for the Steam Controller and are eager to see the accessories and variations that come from your creativity. We are making available, under Creative Commons licensing, the geometry of all externally visible parts. This allows you to create and share to your heart’s content, but you’ll need to get in touch with Valve if you want to sell your creations.
The archive contains several eDrawings viewer files: from Creo Express and native Modeling, to neutral exchange and 3D print files – for compatibility with a wide variety of your design tools.
Download link: ZIP archive
To kick off the sharing of alternate designs, we are releasing a couple variants of the Battery Door that allow you to carry your USB wireless receiver with you. You may need to revise the geometry for your particular printer, but here’s a great place to start:
It’s gonna be cool seeing all the creations people will create with this. I can imagine new buttons, different faceplates and other cosmetics. I did like this idea though.
The Logitech F710 (and most of their wireless mice) have small compartments where you can store the USB dongle. That was one thing lacking on the Steam Controller. I imagine if someone sold those types of battery doors I’d be wanting to purchase one. Maybe some other cosmetics to pretty up my Controller too. I’ll definitely have to tell my co-workers about this news! They already drool over the Steam Controller’s awesomeness.
If someone you know is having their birthday you need to share this comic. It’s so unexpected and random that it’s great. 😀
So I pretty much spent most of my day today relaxing on the couch playing some FPS games, streaming from my desktop. Well, after I decided I was done I wandered back to my desk to find that my system is ready to install Windows Updates! Which is really bizarre because I have Windows Update set like this:
Yet I was seeing this:
I was really worried that Microsoft somehow forced Windows Updates to activate in some sort of recent update that I installed a week ago. However upon checking specifics on the update itself it was for one item… KB2999226 From September 15th of last year… For the C Runtime? WTF Microsoft?
I restarted my system and everything was fine. I immediately looked in services and checked Windows Update, nothing. They were disabled, set to off as per usual. So I’m not sure what to think. Did an update not install last time? Or did a program I use detect that C Runtime was out of date, hence triggering the update? Did it really connect up to Microsoft to grab that one update for whatever reason? Either way this beyond any form of strange I’ve ever seen… I’m definitely glad it wasn’t Windows 10 being shoved on the system. I have all kinds of custom settings and software that would have been severely compromised.
I’ve discovered the Wheels of Lull. It’s additional content for Skyrim that adds more quests, custom NPC’s with excellent voice work, and kind of a tech theme to it. Not to mention custom weapons and armor. Check out what I’ve obtained:
A fancy watch AND a strange visor. A Skyrim VR Headset perhaps? 😛
