is this available in text form?

woah!!! i’ve always wanted long-range joycons but i couldn’t find any; can you send me a guide on that antenna upgrade?

not yet, but thank you for the link!

edit: will this run on linux?

normally I use the Home or Plus button for that, but I do have Retroarch set up so that I can pause by clicking both sticks at once, so you could say that’s a “paws button” :3

I was really tempted to do the same, but for the price i’d rather have a Steam Deck. Way more power for that price, and it comes pre-hacked.

• I haven’t modified the behavior of the controllers at all; that much is just decorative. Same for the dock. You can use this as a “normal” switch and everything works :)

  • edit: you can also use some third-party laptop docks! but not all of them. I think the switch is using some non-standard protocol. Some docks advertise themselves as “switch compatible”. However, when you are using a homebrew os (linux or android), then it will work with any dock.

• I have a steam deck as well, and I use both. A modded switch (or any switch, tbh) has very limited system specs. x86 emulation is possible, but only for games that don’t use much cpu or ram. Steam and Proton are basically unusable. This is for emulation and low-spec indie games.

• The trailhead begins at https://switch.hacks.guide/. I recommend a 512 GB microsd, with 128 GB set aside for ubuntu and 64 GB for android. Happy hacking :)

I haven’t tried the bedrock port yet, i’ve actually been getting into Luanti/Minetest since it has much lower system requirements than either version of Minecraft.

edit: i should note that, yes, you can run Java Minecraft on this, and you can also run mods (just watch your ram usage, the switch only has 4GB)!

this is Switchroot Ubuntu! but i do also have Switchroot Android installed on my sd card. Triple-boot! Or quad, if you also count the emuMMC partition.

i used the fusee-gelee method because i have a pre-2019 switch; you need to make or buy a plastic jig to activate an invisible button at power-on. this is patched for 2020 models onwards.

however, in 2023 an open-source modchip was developed that works on all models, you can make it yourself for $5 and some precise soldering, or you can send your switch to a mail-order service on etsy for like $50 and have someone do it for you.

i did strip a triagonal case screw unfortunately but i got it out eventually and swapped it for a regular philips screw.

i went out of my way to avoid unplugging it in the first place; its just glued down. that sucks tho.

Update: the operation was a success, for both joy-cons! I’ve taken the guts from an official joy-con, the shell from a bootleg, and a brand new battery. No drift so far, too. And yeah, the right joy-con had way more crammed inside; you’d think they’d put the ir chip and the nfc chip on opposite sides, but nope.

Nicky Flowers is a treasure. Did you know they’re on episode 5 now of their zine, Very Little News? https://verylittlenews.org/

(I’m not related, my name is spelled completely differently as you can see)

Thank you, that makes some sense.

the closest thing on android right now is an app called Termux, it simulates a linux scripting environment with several languages (including C, python, and javascript), and it can be programmed to do anything an app can do (including blink the LED).

but c’mon, that should be standard. also phones should come rooted.

how about pocket computers with the power of a smartphone but the common sense usability of a goddamn graphing calculator? i’m sitting on a magic rectangle with more computing power than the apollo mission and it doesn’t even let me blink the LED without installing an app?? these things should legally have to come with a scripting environment.

hell yeah! don’t forget to wishlist Coffee Buns and Crossed Signals, a couple of other stories being worked on by the same team :)

yep!

un-flattened: https://bark.lgbt/@nycki/114124564236298145

I’m a huge fan of Mice Tea (nsfw), it’s more comic than game (it’s actually a choose-your-own-adventure) but I read it on my Deck <3

It’s an erotic romance about a nerdy girl, a bookstore, and some magic tea that turns you into a furry. Tons of literal and metaphorical aftercare.