Nostr notes by Phorm The Vixdjinn

I know a lot of folks have been going on about it, but ...

2025-11-14T17:35:36+01:00

I know a lot of folks have been going on about it, but Steam's latest hardware announcement has been utterly insane for the day and age in which we live.

Consider that they didn't hype it up with a launch event. They didn't sell a bunch of hype and buzzwords. All they did was release a ~6 minute video that effectively described the hardware and what it would provide, and had a webpage with *actual specs on it*.

They invited a bunch of tech reporters/YouTubers to their HQ, but they let them talk to *engineers*, not marketing people. The discussions focused on real capabilities of the hardware, and actual demonstrations. No vapor and promises. Not glitz and glam.

They made it clear this is all SteamOS driven, and that they have a focus of getting *existing x86 Windows software* running not only on Linux, but on ARM and in VR!!

They aren't pitching a closed ecosystem. They said, outright, "This is your hardware, you can do whatever you want with it".

THEY DIDN'T MENTION AI ONCE.

And they're _already_ making a bigger splash than any competitor ever did, even though those competitors have gobs more money they've thrown at this stuff, and tremendously more staff.

It's flabbergasting. I hope they make enough of an impact with all this that people sit up and take notice.

Folks, in these trying times, I beseech you quite earnestly: ...

2025-10-09T04:10:32+02:00

Folks, in these trying times, I beseech you quite earnestly:

PLEASE keep being as queer as you possibly can.

Seriously, please. I know I'm not handling things well right now, but when I see people being queer and happy about it, it makes my heart sing.

Please keep it up.

One day I want to be unabashedly queer and joyful about it, too. It helps me think it's possible.

Right now, the world needs your weirdness. Whatever strange, ...

2025-02-17T18:06:01+01:00

Right now, the world needs your weirdness.

Whatever strange, wonderful, unique light shines within you is the most precious and valuable resource that our world could possibly produce.

Please, nurture that light. Nurture that special, strange quality within you, whatever it may be. Whatever it is that makes you the you that you want to be - That's what's important.

Don't let that light get snuffed out. It's scary, it's hard, it's tremendously terrifying.

But we need you.

Know that we love you for being you.

I almost did a literal spit take when I read that this was an ...

2024-12-17T03:12:14+01:00

I almost did a literal spit take when I read that this was an ACTUAL advertisement in Nintendo power.

I have independently verified it is so. And so can you.

Issue 113, page 123

https://archive.org/details/NintendoPower1988-2004/Nintendo%20Power%20Issue%20113%20%28October%201998%29/page/n131/mode/2up

"Wow!! There's no advertising on BlueSky!" There was ...

2024-10-18T21:02:42+02:00

"Wow!! There's no advertising on BlueSky!"

There was never advertising on Mastodon.

"And you see the posts from the people you follow!"

That is how it has worked on Mastodon from the beginning.

"If you go in and fiddle with some esoteric settings, you can see posts in chronological order. And you can see NSFW posts!"

Mastodon was chronological from the start, and has always allowed NSFW posts.

"I can't believe it took so long for someone to make these features happen!"

*Repeatedly slamming my head into the nearest concrete wall*