not even the cheapest chinesium shit does this. actually a major design flaw that's going to cause a mass recallBRAVO VALVE!
i love consumer electronics meant for entertainment that are at high risk for starting house fires
I just tried it and it didn't do anything. Sorry but this is anti valve and thus anti consumer fear mongering
WTF I COMPLETED A CIRCUIT HOW CAN THIS HAPPEN TO ME? HELP ME JAMES CLERK MAXWELL AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Why are (((they))) so afraid of Valve?
Nice photoshop but I just tried it and nothing is ha
>>739321668it's a normal reaction to be afraid of trannies
>>739321668Not being beholden to shareholders is extremely antisemitic.
What's with the puck anyway? PS5 doesn't need one and it connects to PC without a puck. Same with Xbox controllers.
>>739321584
>>739321668Privately held company. That means instatutional investors don't get a cut of their profits and Blackrock can't order them to make things lame and gay
>>739321009>This is exactly the kind of issue UL or ETL safety testing is designed to catch. A charger with exposed, energized contacts that can short against metal would fail UL/ETL 62368‑1 immediately. I’ve checked for any UL or ETL listings for the puck and can’t find any. Valve does have FCC filings, but FCC certification only covers radio emissions and interference, not electrical safety. Unless Valve publishes a UL or ETL file number, it appears the puck wasn’t independently safety‑certified.uh oh
>>739321886The puck is a 2.4ghz receiver and charger in one.It's the equivalent of the Xbox or Dualshock 4 USB adapters. Provides way better latency than bluetooth and allows the use of a controller's full features on PC wirelessly, like the headphone jack.
>>739321009Don't care, still sticking my tongue on 9v batteries.
>>739321886>PS5 doesn't need one and it connects to PC without a puckVia bluetooth, which has terrible latency.It's also really nice to just set it on the puck to charge after you're done playing instead of plugging it in.
this thread reeks of ((()))
>>739321668you WILL pay to use our online servicesyou WILL purchase the Battlepassyou WILL sit through 2 hours of cutscenes you WILL not refund our game
>>739321668They just need to blow off some steam.
>reddit screenshotkysBut you're right that there will probably be some kind of recall and trade-in program. However, it will probably just for the puck, not the controller. This is the type of thing that could be prevented pretty easily but obviously wasn't accounted for. There's also basically no laws for this type of thing, so a recall would purely be a cover-your-ass move on Valve's part, and not something they'd be required to do. A lot of USB stuff isn't even UL listed, and the puck isn't either, and retailers still carry those things because they're seen as harmless low-voltage trinkets. But you can find actual arc lighters like that on Amazon and stuff.
>>739321009>go into a rabbit hole checking OP's other posts>they're jewish>they have criticized valve in the past
Use case for smart watches?
>>739321009I don't even like Valve but if you put metal on metal contacts that are connected to an electric source then you only got yourself to blame. This is akin to sticking a fork in the outlet on the wall
I almost never believe, "My electronics caught fire for no reason!!!" because they're always leaving out something really stupid. They were charging with that one cable everyone with an iPhone has, you know the one, the strain relief is gone, there's about 6 inches of exposed conductors, and you have to twist and hold it a certain way for it to work. Or they were cooking a pizza on the hotplate they keep all their electronics on after smoking 2 lbs of pot and fell asleep. Or the the thing looks like it got gang raped by a pack of angle grinders so of course the battery exploded, it was literally cut in half.
>>739321662exposed live contacts are not great for consumer electronics
>>739322357I've got to track my steps otherwise I get a fine from my company and my health insurance rates go up. At least they paid for it.
>got to track my steps otherwise I get a fine from my company
>>739322412It's always funny seeing mutts have to do this shit to not get fucked by big corpo.My insurance with my company here in pandereta country costed me 49€, now they made me change companies and now costs around 90€, if I have it for two years they'll pay me up to 12k€ to adopt a kid, and could get lasik on my eyes for free.
>>739322357None. they're just a surveillance gadget for techie geeks who hekkin LOVE being tracked by Apple every walking moment of their day.
Valve is so fucking incompetentIt's a good thing pc gamers are equally as incompetent otherwise they would have went out of business eons agoMy steam deck is the buggiest piece of fucking shit I've ever owned, dunno why everyone is praying for them to release SteamOS and the Steam Machine
>>739322654you would understand the benefit of step/cardio tracking if you weren't obese
>>739321668
>>739322694I'm pretty sure it was a joke, or at least I hope it was. I could be tricked into believing that's the reality in the US.
>>739322973I walk at least 5 miles a day for my job. I get asked all the time "How many steps do you get?" but I don't do any of that shit because I don't care. I'm fit, I don't need a fucking watch telling me I'm fit.
>>739321009imagine being so retarded you put metal against live contacts
>>739322357They're good for some sports if you take training seriously.
>>739321886>He uses BluetoothOh no bros oh no no no no
>>739321950>Blackrock can't order them to make things lame and gayNot a big deal when Valve is already making things lame and gay on their own
>>739322025The steam controller doesn't have a headphone jack retard
>>739323024Just for the record, yes this is THAT Rothschild.
>>739323028It's a real thing. Almost everyone in the US gets their health insurance from their employer (or their spouse/parent's employer). Really big companies often provide health insurance plans where the insurance company offers a discounted premium (the amount you pay monthly out of your paycheck for the health insurance) if you wear a smart watch that tracks your steps. The insurance companies ostensibly do it because people with higher steps are less fat and therefore carry less risk of utilizing their health insurance. But also, they partner with specific fitness apps and/or smartwatch makers to get some kind of kickback when people use the devices on their plans. The end result is lots of middle-age corpo wageslaves wearing fitbits and complaining about needing to get their "steps" every day.
>>739321009Puck doubling as a chat rger was always a retarded idea.If you need to charge the controller, you just disconnect the puck and insert the USB into the controller. Why the fuck did they need to add charging functionality into the puck? Such a stupid idea. Would've made controller cheaper, but NOOOO we need to mimic Apple!This would've never happened if they didn't have their shitty horizontal hierarchy. Someone proposed a retarded idea and there wasn't anyone in charge to say a flat out "No"
>>739321751A-anon!
>>739323689You like eating the potato chips that you pull off the wall, don't you?
>>739323814I'm not an american
>>739321009We used to make fun of consumers for needing the retarded warnings printed on products, but now we're gonna pretend it's valves fault for this essentially inserting a paperclip into his outlets.
>>739323052Whatever it say fatty
>>739321662>don't worry bro just don't touch the prongs
>>739323448I looked it up real quick and this seems to true? Wtf. Not sure what to believe about how widesprewd it is. I know about people wanting "to get their steps in" but I never knew about that side of it. The US is a fucking goyim ranch.
>>739322357Gives you +5 INT
>>739321009I just discovered a flaw that effect everyone. I was shoving forks into my outlets when I started getting ELETROCUTED. The government needs to get on this STAT before someone gets seriously hurt...
>>739322025So, you leave the puck plugged into your PC and play games with the controller wirelessly, and when you shitpost you attach the puck to the controller to charge it?
>>739322654All they have to do is install "smart clouds" that rain and make shit moody and dark and put up some neon signs>Yeah it's a cyberpunk dystopia, but its cool right goy?But no we can't even have neon lights in our dystopia, we have to suffer as much as possible so we can provide loosh to the jews gods, the demiurge
>>739321009This is the same kind of "accident" as someone shoving an amiibo up their rectum.
>>739323024They're going to destroy another jew in court with the retarded music license case too lol
Looking forward to enjoying my controller while the late comers will get a redesigned shitty puck with a fucking locking gate to stop retards accidentally short circuiting their shit.
>>739324278My company bought me a treadmill and I get chastised if I join video calls and I'm not walking on it while doing so.
>>739325063Neon is problematic, use a headache-inducing pwm led instead.
>>739321009just don't touch it with goywatch strap wow so hard
>>739321668because Valve gives their customers what they want and treats them with dignity and respect. It sets a dangerous precedent and ((we)) can't have that.
>>739324030>He needs a watch to inform him how to not be fatThe projection is pretty strong here bud
>>739322412That's pretty dystopian if true.
>>739325291Kek
>>739322005is that a requirement? I know the fcc wireless bit is, but are the other ones actually legally required or just a "suggestion"
>>739322357my watch telling me to get up because my fat ass hasn't moved in a while, no I'm not kidding.
>>739325042Yes. It's a "wireless" charger, no different than what people use for their phones or smart watches.
>>739321009>>739324139Ive touched the contacts on the Steam controller puck with my hand and it latched onto a metal cup I have and it didn't do anything.
>>739326234>wirelessit literally has contacts right there
>>739321009this was mentioned in the manual. valve aren't liable here. nothingburger.
>>739322357It's a good faggot identifier, it makes spotting and avoiding faggots a lot easier for me.
>>739325897You can turn those off.
Man I wish.
>valve is now burning synagoguesuhhh based?
>>739322357I want FAGMAN to spy on me 24/7
>>739321009>fake and gaydevices communicate how much power they want (using a teeny amount for this purpose). Full power is only sent on a completed handshake.The puck isn't just sending juice all the time that's fucking retarded.
>>739321009every single smartwatch has those charger pins and all of them have the same problems
smart watches are for normgroidsyou're not a gamer if you don't own a terrorist watch
>>739322357There's lots of practical reasons to use a smart watch.The point you were trying to make is why should you have something actively harvesting your biometrics attached to you and sending them off without your consent to manipulate and exploit you.Just like there's a perfectly reasonable reason to want to have a GPS on you and some nefarious third party using it to engage in psyops against you isn't a problem intrinsic to a GPS.
>>739325063A restaurant in my town put up a neon sign and that nigger is bright as fuck. I almost can't believe these went out of style because it's impossible to ignore that son of a bitch if you're on the same block. Would be pretty cool if it wasn't the only one in town. As-is it just paints the square orange.
Can anyone explain to me how exactly Puck is superior to 2.4 BT?I get it's a qol charging station and a dongle in one but I want to know more.It seems like other high-end pads offer the same wireless input lag
>>739327589Bluetooth as a standard sucks because it was designed for file transfer and has a lot of backwards compatibility shit so it doesn't blow up an old nokia when you send a 1mb ogg file to it.
>>739326542It's helping lol
>>739327310you made zero cases for the use of smartwatches
>>739327490
>>739327490they were in style because they were cheap. now we're pretty much out of neon, as the only source was gas trapped in oil deposits.
>>739327589bluetooth is old and was made for low power communication where latency isn't much of an issue. by default bt has a pretty low polling rate, which isn't going to be great for a controller
>>739327768I'm not obligated to play your faggot game where you pretend manufacturers being niggers is an issue intrinsic to a smartwatch as a device and would ignore any feature stated regardless of how practical and already established by wrist watches existing at all over pocket watches.
>>739322357Use case for being a chud?
>>739328051so there are zero reasons to own or wear a smartwatch besides signalling your are looking for gay anal sex?
>>739322357thisretards unironically putting jeetdroid or fagOS on their fucking hands lmao
>>739328108Maybe if you stopped baby raging you'd realize I was also saying you shouldn't buy any smart watch currently on the market right now.
power socket recall any second nownot even the cheapest chinesium shit does this. actually a major design flaw
>>739322357you can let it vibrate as an alarm in the morning.it's pretty much one of the only two real usecases I found after having one for years, but it's a good one.it's just so much more pleasant to be woken up by that than a blarring alarm.
>>739327692oh ok cool, wasn't sure if you were complaining or not.I have the same problem lol.
So is this a reproducible problem?Do we actually have more info on this outside of one reddit post?
>>739328076the appeal is not being used thoughever
>>739328778the reddit poster already admitted in discord that they were fucking around with the puck and feeding it more voltage that specified
>>739328339you spent more time and energy typing shit, I skimmed your replies to see if you actually talked about the original reply you tagged or if you were just dickriding a popular reply for attention.It was the latter. I know there's no reason to buy one, I wanted to know what your "lots of practical reasons" were. It took you more than two replies to throw your hands up and admit you have nothing. That's fine I accept delayed concession, have a great day I am closing this thread to go smoke pot and jerk off then get paid for this time.
>>739329159Any source on that?Not that I don't believe you, I think you have to be mentally impaired to do this sort of nonsense
>>739322694>>739323028My insurance will give you some amount of money for a weekly step and sleep minimum, but it grabs the numbers from the Apple Health app and you can just manually input them the data. They either don't know or don't care how the data was obtained.I usually hit the goals easily (except for sleep because I like to play video games) anyway, but I don't carry my phone on me all the time and I would never wear a smart watch.
>>739329215>Ha I'm someone who skimmed your replies and actually, you're stupid and I'm not an idiot throwing a tantrum>By the way I WON the argument >:(
What's the point of a fucking Smart Watch? Just get a regular fucking Watch.
>>739321009>not even the cheapest chinesium shitLOL. lmfao Tell me you don't know anything about chinks cutting corners.
>>739327131His watch was charging, all decent watches use induction charger.It induced charge to all metal parts around it, including steel mesh wristband.Charge from induction charger went into puck and fried it, not the other way around.>>739327201Apple, samsung, all other high tier smartwatch manufacturers switched to contactless ~10 years ago.
>>739321009>not even the cheapest chinesium shit does this
>>739322357I got a job that banned all cell phones on the floor because we dealt with credit card info from customers while most people working there were $13/hr call center wagies so the possibility of them stealing someone's CC info was high enough to warrant the "no cell phone" rule.I used a smartwatch to circumvent said rule, which only lasted for like 3 months before smart watches also got banned kek.
>>739329675>high tieryeah I'm not paying more than 50 bucks for a watch.
>>739321584>high riskhasnt happened yet. seems pretty low risk to me.
>>739330016were pens and paper also banned?..or... remembering things
>>739325114Hahaha yeah
Despite everything, China should never be underestimated. I still remember fondly the story of how a bunch of coins exploded in some kids hand over there as they were paying a bus fare.
>>739330685>a bunch of coinsHow is that even explosive
I don't care that some slow retard did a stupid around a puck with exposed contactsMy issue with the steam controller is compatibility, as it's already proven to me by my own testing that if I find a game -on steam- that requires steam input to be disabled for the controller to work properly, like KCD (sure you can tell me all about how it should be played with a keyboard and mouse, but this gamepad is supposed to be a better replacement than others, innit?) I'm basically fucked. Oversight of the century there.
>>739330853I recall it was just a chemical reaction and the coins being made of shoddy mix of metals. Caused a spark, and then it was a small blast of shrapnels.
>>739330489>remembering things>$13/hr call center wagiesJob application rejected, reason: overqualified
>>739321009if true, this is a tremendous design fuck upone doesn't just apply a voltage to Lithium batteries willy nilly, there's a lot behind safe implementations of rechargeable batteries and the charging circuitthat's because there's tons of ways these things can fail, and batteries can self destruct in several violent waysat very minimum, a charger should be exchanging information with a rechargeable battery to make sure it's safe to charge before applying any power to it. however, most battery charging circuits include ways to defeat counterfeit devices by issuing challenges to devices which have to respond with the right hash in a timely manner or deemed invalid.if the steam controllers are just putting live terminals in easy to reach places and not ensuring a battery is connected before applying power, that is indicative of the absolute lowest-tier chinkshit battery charging solution available.enjoy your house fires
>>739321751Old meme
>>739326420>EULA>EULA, Valve
>>739322357Honestly, aside from the vibration alarm and sleep tracking, none.
Well this is fun.I've got a Puck and an open yard to fuck around in. Time to test, I guess.
>>739326238Because it is only 5 volts, it will just start drawing amperage and burn the cable or char the surface like it did on the watch strap.
>>739321009why is he capitalizing puck
>>739329905Weird earth prong. Maybe Danish or something.
>>739321584atleast this is a $100 controller and not a $3000 GPU
>>739321009Used my multimeter to confirm, it does have 5v DC over two of the rails. I also checked my 8bitdo charging dock, and it has 5v DC over two of the rails as well, so I think this isn't as big of a deal as OP puts it (because he's a fag).Pic related, 5v DC on my puck
>>739328418Doesn't this create mustard gas?
>>739333000What if it gets magnetized to something for a couple hours
>>739331045>Ex felon you say?>Looks like you're the right person for the job!
>>739333000USB is 5v, this is expected.
>>739333000It's not inconceivable that this thing can output high current when shorted and melt itself.
>>739321009I was wondering about the exposed contacts the first time I saw it in a review. Like, surely they'd thought of that? Evidently not.
Puck is a usbc attachment isn't it? It should be abiding by standard power block specifications meaning the maximum output without handshake from the controller is like 0.5A or less, I forget
>>739321009>metallic strapthis guy should have touch a live wire instead.
>>739321009Disinformation. I just tried to short circuit the charger and nothing happ-
>I consider this is completely my fault, so don't worry about me blaming Valve for this, I won't even open a support ticket>I'll wait until you can order Pucks separately>It's pretty clear user error [...] I am just so so thankful I noticed it pretty fast. I was just about to leave home - it would have been a fire!This an advanced, truly fascinating level of corporate bootlicking cuckoldry.>my gaming gadget nearly started a fire because it touched my watch, but don't worry guys i won't make a fuss it was my fault>>739322357They're good if you run. I don't take the stats tracking too seriously but it's nice to have, and also lets you play music without needing to take your phone.And if you usually wear a watch anyway, then as far as I'm concerned it might as well be one with NFC payments and a compass and such.
>>739322074BASED KING
>>739324278That's called personal responsibility commie. Don't like it? Pay the premium or get different insurance. Imagine if we were under socialist regime. They might make us wear a tracking device that monitors our steps or something!
>>739334210I mean the most USB 3.0 can output is 0.9A at 5v DC, and the USB cable that comes with the controller is USB 2 that does 0.5 A. I don't think there's any serious danger. At most if something shorted it, components in the computer would probably be most affected and the power from the USB port would stop because something fried. I honestly agree >>739329675 that the wireless charging on the smartwatch probably "induced" the fault. Also, like I mentioned the 8bitdo docks has the same three prongs with 5v going across 2 rails so this is likely a nothingburger.
>>739322357tracks my goon seshits good for seeing how fucked up your sleep schedule is and its also convenient for notifications since my phone is always on silent picrel is great $30 retro smart watch with around 30 day battery lifetracks sleep, steps, shows weather and notificationsdont need more
>>739335389how does track sleep if I remove it?
>sleeping with a lithium time bomb strapped to your wristlol. lmao, perchance.
>>739323191Dualshock 4 and Xbox controllers have one, retard.
>>739335034we're quickly approaching the point where even the last sentence is still just a genuine capitalist talking point
>>739335336I'd assume these chargers usually get plugged into Chinese power bricks rather than computers.
>>739321009are the live pins not supposed to be recessed on a pogo pin, massive fuck up
>>739336612Why did you say "just" and "genuine"? Honestly m8 I don't understand what you're trying to say.
>>739337161in other words, rightoids are getting so fucking stupid that soon they'll recite your entire post verbatim and think it's some kind of anti-communist gotcha
>>739327275Had it for years. 99.9% of its usage is double checking what day it is
>>739337236If you say something really retarded as a gommunist, then sure??
>>739322357I use my watch more than my phone, and the only shame is that you can't use a smartwatch INSTEAD OF a phone. I'd actually bother with the earbud meme so I could take calls in private if I could ditch my smartphone forever.
This isn't shit, I bought a RX480 at launch
>>739337594This, well not entirely, I loved my iPod touch and I wanted those small ones when they came out but never got one thinking they would release a revision then the next one was long and ugly and then apple never went back to that form factor, I just want one that can hold music and that's it but I haven't found one(haven't bothered to even research but still)
Dumb watch enjoyed reporting in
I have another smart watch that i fucked with the puck and it seems fineBeen attached to it for like an hour a half nowYes I'm a retard for doing this
>>739338136The leddit OP said that his smart watch was in the middle of charging.
>>739338000>driving and postingYare yare
Can't wait for the inevitable lawsuit followed by this controller being pulled from the steam store. It was a cute idea, but just like the last controller it is destined to the scrap yard of other bad valve hardware.
>>739338264Bro the Deck is like almost half a decade old now
>>739338329and it has been sold out (discontinued) for over six months now and no one gives a shit. Can you imagine if the switch 2 or ps5 were just unbuyable for months on end? It would be pure chaos on this board.
Spooked me a bit but after a bit of testing it seems to be fine on my end.
>>739338264I always get a kick out of posts like these because TO THIS DAY, I still use my Steam Link and Steam Controller.And had I not accidentally bent a pin on it and it being rendered redundant due to advances in AMD CPU/GPU combos, I probably would have shoved the guts for my alienware alpha in something and made like a dedicated emulation cabinet or something.Actually, now that I'm thinking about it, I wonder if you can use the new steam controller on the Steam Link.
>>739338535>don't do this or it will explode>does it anyway Based ngl
>>739338435yeah because nintendo and playstation players are children
>>739338647I have like a shack in my backyard and a fire extinguisher lmao.Though I have a really bizarre need to recreate the fire. Maybe I can snag some second hand model of the watch the OP had just to see how it triggered.
>>739338435Its not discontinued. It's literally because RAM and storage is is way too fucking expensive. Their whole marketing was "hey isn't it cool how you can dock your Deck and use the new Steam Controller?", "hey isn't it cool how you can play on your steam cube and then sync saves to play the deck on the go?"
>>739339761The steam deck sold Vita numbers and absolutely no one cares that is effectively no longer for sale. It's okay to admit it was a bad product, if it wasn't Valve would raise the price and sell them again altho if people weren't even buying it at the current price, I can't imagine they would be jumping at the new one.
>>739340372The deck is great you retarded fucking tendoid subhumanYou scumfuckers are incapable of analysis that doesn't start and end with sales since you're all fucking drones parsing everything through a consensus filter and the size of your hivemind
>>739322357being a good little goy
>>739321668Because they have:>No trackpads
>>739321886It's just a propritary wireless receiver and charger. Supposedly better latency than Bluetooth, so not Bluetooth, but also no Wifi (since it can't connect to other network devices, obviously).
>>739340372>The steam deck sold Vita numbersAnd? This isn't Sony manufacturing with their distribution in retailers. A specific device for a specific storefront sold on a single website. You type of retards are insane expecting Valve hardware to pull Sony or Nintendo numbers. Vita sold like shit because everyone but GayStation fans thought it was a good idea. Steam Deck has been constantly selling 1.5 million a year due to demand, but manufacturing couldn't keep up and now it's too expensive to manufacture. This isn't like the Switch manufacturing like 20,000,000 units to fill retailers.
>>739321886Like others have said, it's a dedicated wireless antenna just for the controller.
>>739322183>>they have criticized valve in the pastOH MY GOD HE DARED TO CRITICIZE US EXPEL HIM IMMEDIATELYValve is a cult lol
>>739321009sounds like a user error
>>739326358thats why he used quotations
>>739322357I live in a shithole and I dont like taking my phone out all the time so having some apps on my smartwatch is useful
It's funny how mindbroken the gamesaar shill is by the steam controller.
>>739326238>>739331656yeah if its only 5 volts it would need about 9 times the voltage to get through your skin.
>>739322412So is this the freedom you lot are always going on about huh
>>739341880this thread is FULL of bootlickers
>>739341542and the steam deck is gone and probably not returning, it had a good run if you consider vita tier flops good.
>>739322357I bought a Chinese smartwatch to track the GPS data from my walks. It's cool to see the routes you've taken, how far you've walked, and so on.The first thing I did was "hack" it and install an open-source program so I could retrieve the data offline. This is essential, otherwise, you'll be sending all your data to some company, whether Chinese or American.But over time, I ended up putting that aside. It's not worth it, you have to keep charging that thing all the time, entering the data into a computer program to get more details, etc.Today I use a Casio and just time my walks, and that's it.
>>739323282>nonono, that litigious retard who is in control of half the patents of the world is not They don't even pay you for being their shabbos golem.
>>739322694>costed
>>739338435>it's sold out>no one gives a shitThe brain of some retard who made seething over a company his personalty.
>>739343930The weirder thing is that like, it's not even like there isn't demand for it, they can't just source for it and the gabecube
>>739340372The steam deck put Linux gaming on the map and caused tons of other companies to create their own versions of it. It's obviously a massive success and you are obviously too retarded to understand it, so this post isn't actually for you. Valve released the deck because they wanted to push Linux for gaming.
>not liking the deckLove that big girl
>>739324030>PLEASE YES TAKE MY BIOMETRIC DATA AAAAAAyou deserve everything that's coming.
>>739346507>oh nyooooo they know that you took 5000 steps instead of having to estimate it based on your phone tracking retard
>>739323448I never heard of this shit. I just have my union pay for my health insurance which makes my union dues basically my health insurance premium. Which is like 34 dollars lmao
>>739322654The "fine" will come regardless: their """voluntarily""" submitted activity data will be construed in whatever way is the most convenient for the insurance company to deny their claims.
>>739321009>expensive western engineering
>>739321009Hold up they really just have this kind of docking thing with the pins out there? Are homos too retarded to just plug in a USB-C that you can't even fuck up
>>739350209You can do either way.Part of the reason the puck is detatchable like it is, is so you can connect it to a host device over Type A or C connectors and the charging pins would theoretically reduce strain on the USB-C port on the controller itself.
>>739350209Why did they put the exposed part on the thing that can get in contact with something else anyway
>>739343152>goneWrong. It's just out of stock because of the RAM bullshit.>and probably not returningWrong again. It'll be back in stock when this is over and Valve has practically confirmed a Deck 2.
>>739338813>I'm going to spend hundreds of dollars to burn my cuckshed downHonestly BASED
>>739325042Well since it's not a Sony controller you don't have to plug it in every 5 hours. You can charge it once a week/every two weeks.
>>739321886Tech illiterate retardGoddamn you zoomers are dumb
>>739321009>metallic smartwatch straploltoy watches are supposed to have plastic straps
>>739343680Based schizo retard
>>739322694>CostedOh you're an illiterate esl allright
>wearing more metal than requiredEnjoy dying due to some retarded reason that you'd think would be in something like Final Destination.
>>739322357it lets everyone know you suck dicks and it also tracks exactly how many dicks you suck
For me, its 5610u
>>739350209to be fair, usb-c is ass cancer
>>739324139Why wouldn't this work? It totally would.
>>739325757It's a suggestion, but it shields companies from legal culpability if there is an issue. Like alot of safety certifications, it's mainly as a safegaurd to both protect consumers from faulty products and limit torts.
>>739338435This is because nintentoddlers are unhinged to batshit insane degree and obsessed with nintendo/v/irgins do not really care much about switch, no games
I checked the manual and this is what it said.>Magnetic parts may attract metallic items. To reduce the potential risk of sparks and resulting property damage or possible injury, make sure that the wireless adapter and charging puck and Controller are free of metallic objects before connecting.
>>739340372>passive agressive tone>reddit reaction imageYou act like you are somehow magically right, for uhh reasons.But care to explain why should someone care about what you feel or think?Like why are you entitled for someone to care about your thoughts and feelings?Why do they actually matter?And why random people somehow and for no reasons owe you a free fucks?So could you actually care to explain that?
>>739340372>but muh numberinoes!Every game on switch 2 is either multiplat or painfully mediocre slop.Ita not good product so just stop coping and admit that, toddler
>>739321009>Metallic smartwatch strapOn one hand, Valve should've have the pogo pins recessed a little bit more than that. Even 8bitdo's controller docks solved the issue because they look for a specific resistivity feedback from the controller's contacts before charging. On the other, smartwatches are nigger technology and making a metallic watch strap at all is even more niggardly.
>>739327275I also use the same casio but I'm not allowed to wear it at work. PG&E has a whole powerpoint on why employees can't wear any non-work accessories while working in the field.
>>739322357I like to control my music on it, and read texts. Kind of have to want to use it to make it worth it. Otherwise it's also just a watch, if you're actually working and don't want to be pulling your phone out all the time to check the time it can be handy.
Watches are for normalfags, including smartwatches. Ultra normalfags will wear regular watches though to look suave and sophisticated like they're a Mad Men character in the 1920's because that is a fantasy lifestyle for men apparently. To wear a suit every day, go work in a high-rise office, and eat steak and drink wine every night. Sounds boring.
I've been trying this with a bunch of different metallic shit even an old smart watch strap but nothing seems to be doing anything
I don't understand why Valve couldn't find a more "elegant" solution to this shit.But the puck is actually genius>Plugs very quickly and effortlessly>Only takes 1 USB port as opposed to 2 or 1 charger + receiver connected to PC>Doesn't wear out the USB-C port (which the gamepad also includes)Someone could say "well I can't put the receiver behind my computer tower and never see it without connecting an extra cable" but this is better practice if you want a decent signalAlso the included USB cable is pretty much kink free, which is rare to see unless you specifically shop for it (and I've been trying to find these fuckers)
>>739321662Usually there are handshakes before live current is delivered.
>>739354772>which is rare to seeBuy silicone cables.
>>739355398I bought a few silicone cables and they're still pretty kinky (heh), I'm not sure where to find really good ones. I bought a TS101 soldering iron (which isn't too bad but obviously it's not a soldering station) and you can pretty much roll the cable around your fingers with no effort.
>>739322357Unironically this is one of the more practical and genuinely useful 'smart' devices since it's a mini smartphone on your wrist that can monitor excercise and health stuff if you care about that.If you're paranoid about biometrics data being used I'm sure there's a schizo watch you can buy or whatever.
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>>739332090No, Danish prongs go into the socket not out of it.t. Dane:D
>>739356882An eink smartwatch? they still make those?
>>739340372you like to get yelled at don't you?
>>739332090German type.
>>739323024>>739325217Based Valve as always.
>>739350209I just realized that both the buttons and the joysticks on this thing are on the "rest" position for your thumbs, this may be the best controller in that regard now, XGoys BTFO.
>>739322074Only good post ITT
>>739321668They're mad that>it has such huge profit margins per member of staff>they're free from being forced to push political agendas>investors cant short the company, merge it or shut it down for not playing ball>they actually treat their staff well, give them insanely good pay and benefits while giving them complete freedom to literally just work on whatever they wantThey're buttmad that they cant buy them out, shut them down and rework the IPs into a Leftie slavecamp run by fart-huffing investors pushing political ideaology.
>>739327310>>739322357This. I kind of want one for the utility and help it could provide, but I haven't gotten one because I dont want my literal heart rate and other biometric data logged and uploaded to some faggot's database. I got a CPAP machine a year ago and had to put that shit in a Faraday cage too cuz the company who makes them put a SIM card in it to upload my sleep data to somewhere.
>>739338435>Can you imagine if the ps5 was just unbuyable for months on end?This literally happened for like ~2 years when it came out. The only ones purchasable for a long time were from scalpers charging a couple grand for them. Then some black streamer started a riot by saying he was gunna give one away free in Times Square and a few thousand people showed up.
>>739321662me as a jew on saturday
>>739333000>dub-tripswitnessedhigh quality post to boot, nice
>buy an electronic device>short circuit the contacts because you're american and have subsaharan IQ>get burned>"wtf, lawsuit incoming"fucking lmao
>>739335389Name of that watch? I'm using the Miwhatever 8 but I like the 80s Casio look of the one you posted.
>>739331291But it checks out.
>>739359168It doesn't count if it's AC through capacitive coupling thankfully
>>739356882Ebussy spotted.
>>739325217Qrd. I haven't heard of this.
>>739340372So irrelevant that Microsoft considers SteamOS as a benchmark.
>>739352254It's called a suicide lead for a reason
Cultists aren't gonna be happy about this...
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>>739359168Kek
>>739357931I mentioned that in reply to a>symmetrical is badfaggot the other dayThe type of thumb motion you're dealing with in this case is radial abduction. The ergonomic range for that is between the proximal and distal phalangae (big index finger joint and fingertip).This is why the PlayStation controller is not ergonomic for stick use, thumb drifts too far.In contrast, the Steam Controller positions both sticks, the d-pad, and face buttons along the ergonomic range of the axis.It may just be the perfect controller layout.
>>739359583>Name of that watch?Amazfit Neo>80s Casio lookthats why i got it, well that and the long battery lifebut be warned they updated/changed their smartphone app and it fucking sucks now, it used to be a great simple and functional but now its a bloated mess with a shitton of AI bsbut you can use 3rd party ones
>>739353035poster IDs would EASILY solve the tendie issue and they'd be blow the fuck out of /v/ but thanks to gookmoot thats never happening
>>739362706Neat, thank you. Sounds great, except for the app, but since the 3rd party ones sound like they solve that issue it's no biggie.
Why are steamies melting down 24/7 recently?
>>739333000Why not just plug it out and only use it when you need to recharge the controller?
>>739333000So what's the solution? I guess it's less of an issue for the 8bitdo because it's quite hard for anything to accidentally contact it given the cradle shape. Quite easy for the puck to contact something though.>>739363538That's incredibly inconvenient.
>>739364085>So what's the solution?The reddit OP electrocuted his puck with his watch charger, so the solution is to not do that.
>>739364085>So what's the solution?Not being a retarded redditor. You can't get that shit to short under normal circumstances.
>>739359168Why do you turn into a jew on saturdays?
>>739360256https://www.pcgamer.com/games/notorious-uk-rights-group-launches-legal-action-against-valve-for-distributing-music-in-games-on-steam-without-a-license/
>go find this post>the faggot who made it is now coping all over the multimeter thread about how he totally never implied the puck was at fault!Reddit was legitimately a mistake. This faggot fried his shit through a retarded setup caused by ground sharing, and he implied the issue was with the puck when in fact literally anything with a fucking ground connection over USB could've done this. And now it'll be known forever that "the puck is dangerous" because redditors read one comment and will never update the groupthink.
>>739364659>>739364930Actually I've thought of a solution. This is a design flaw, so it should be addressed.At first I thought an induction style system would be better, like phones use, but that would be very expensive.I think the cheapest way for them to fix this is to create a 'lock and key' plastic mould. Where you have the puck right now, it has the contacts on a raised area. Around that raised area, there should be a raised plastic lip of moulding. There should be an equal indentation to that raised plastic moulding on the steam controller. This should mean that when something is put flat on the puck, nothing should contact the copper pins.It's an easy solution. They'll likely need to move the charging pins a little on the controller though.
>>739358926>I got a CPAP machine a year ago and had to put that shit in a Faraday cage>the world is now so utterly gay and retarded that sleep apnea treatment has become yet another avenue of scraping metadataWhen's the next meteor finally hitting earth?
Doesn't this post already disprove it?https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamController/comments/1tkelu6/psa_puck_is_not_an_immediate_fire_hazard_but/
>>739321009Serves the homo right for having a "smart watch".
>>739365170It's literally not an issue anyone who isn't retarded will ever encounter. It's a combination of about a million errors.First, a cheap dogshit smartwatch that grounds through the case. Second, an aftermarket strap for this smartwatch that's also conductive. Third, running both USB leads from the same shitty charger, instead of plugging your puck into your PC. Fourth, keeping these things next to each other on your desk. There are probably another half a dozen issues this guy created, but these are just the most obvious ones.
Fun fat, I had a similar incident with a AAA battery and a keyring in my pocket.
>>739365135I have jew fatique, jesus fuck.
>>739365192cpap machines are often monitored by healthcare providers to determine if they are actually using them. They can also send results to caretakers via an app to show them they are wearing them the whole night. Also, this fatass should just hit the gym. Fucking lardass America.
>>739321668>reeee the customer saw the ToS and disagreed with it... and valve forced us to refund them!>WTF doesn't valve know that's exactly why we show them that shit AFTER they paid?
>>739365962i'm canadian and know 2 people (they don't know each other) who were told by doctors they could easily lose weight and sleep properly again or they can sleep next to a noisy fucking IoT-enabled machine for the rest of their life.they flat out chose the machine. without hesitation. "'charge me and the taxpayers for my fat bullshit doc"
>>739366261>>739365962I've used one but not for being a fatass, but because my nervous system is fucked and stops breathing. Ended up becoming more of a hindrance than a help, people can become resistant to it, where your body actually fights the air pressure. Then you wake up with a mask trying to hovercraft off of your face.
>>739321009>imprint isn't on the contacts>plastic isn't that melted>watch has blueing from high heatSomeone used a heat gun on the watch band. next.
>>739365228Don't go about spreading antisemitism
>>739322357Use case for your dumb ass?
>>739365162>As said, most likely user error. But it was so close to a housefire that I thought the PSA was good. Not here to bash Valve or spread FUD, I love my Steam Controller and the HW team is already on the case. This absolute fucking faggot
So it seems like its a complete nothingburger and the op was legit just a retard
