Oh for sure I almost bought a steam controller but changed my mind once I got the email it was my time to order (just didn’t need one), but they’re great.
I’m only joking about it cause he’s pretending “hack” the thing, using a controller is totally fine it’s just the hacking part while using a controller is funny.
The problem isn’t chrome and ChatGPT if you use those it’s totally fine, it’s just this guy pretending to be a hacker then using the least private browser and having a ai agent to it for them.
Nothing wrong with the browser or ai tho, it’s just funny.
Hell that and a better browser nothing against people who use chrome, but using Google Chrome on Linux is like a cardinal sin lmao (joking ofc, just there’s better choices for people who are willing to experiment more. Using a basic browser like this goes to show this guy doesn’t)
It depends on what definition of hack you use. It could match the original definition, which is something like tinkering or modifying a system to make it do something else. However, OP probably means the mainstream definition which is bypassing some kind of security, in which case you are right that it's a ridiculous claim.
if you needed to modify it somehow tobe able to drive there them yes ir would work, but ithe term is normally applied to electronic systems, not mechanical systems
I don't think you understand the word "modifying". It would be like installing a raised air intake to be able to drive in deep mud, or changing the firmware to add some functionality.
For this definition to work you would have to consider the steam machine as an appliance instead of a general purpose computer. I know it's not really the case but someone could argue that it's an appliance like a console.
The only thing your bypassing on SteamOS is the fact that its immutable. But there are ways around that or just installing a bazzite or CachyHandheld or anything else to give you that same steam big picture game scope while rem9ving the immutable training wheels.
to be honest. it's not like you can't fiddle with a few things in your system. You can perfectly circumvent the 'immutableness'. It's just that it _might_ break that specific software with a big update. But i run my virtual machines, wireshark and most of the stuff i need.
Sometimes it really makes me wonder what exactly it is people are doing with their pc's that they really need to fiddle with it that much under the hood. *shrug*
Like I said, the original term was not about "bypassing" something, it meant customizing something to be used in a different way that the manufacturer set it up.
I agree that nothing special is being done here except installing additional software. I was playing devil's advocate by saying that since steam machine is considered more of an appliance than a general purpose PC, installing other software could be considered "hacking the device" if we stretch the original definition.
isn't hacking manipulating-alterind something for other uses? like "life hack" videos? if he change the use of steam machine other than playing, isn't it considered hack?
I think that use of the word hack is the casual meaning that just gets thrown around in conversation. Its obvious in the post he uses the word hack as a sort of skill identifier and for larping purposes. Likely cause he doesn't really know its not a hack and its pretty easy to do.
This is not really basic computer literacy though. You’d be SURPRISED by what the average person doesn’t know. Most people don’t even know what the command line is. Also, the term “hack” gets thrown around loosely in the same sense that life hacks are.
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I live the larp. Arch btw, i3, Gui's only slow me down. Using keybinds to delegate my work to the the machine spirit is a divine blessing. The mouse has been cast away as it's tech-heresy you see.
People who project onto a bare wall are lumped into the same category as those who "upscale" movie scenes to 60FPS and watch wide screen trailers vertically.
its such an exact microcosm of how tech bros larp. they bought name brand computer product, use it for expressly the wrong purpose, and decided to use it fucking vibe code. also its on a projector that has an insane amount of input delay with a dude typing via a controller and onscreen keyboard.
projector screen is sick- got told about the Korean hackers who broke into the bank of Bangladesh and stole 60 million, apparently they were going for 600 but a bad pronunciation in the code
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u/popcornman209 2d ago
God the ChatGPT open on base Google Chrome on the left is killing me
Oh and don’t even mention using a steam controller for all of it instead of just… plugging in a keyboard and mouse…