Norah (pup/it/she)

You’re right, I misspoke with the term anonymous, it’s actually pseudononymous the same as Lemmy or Reddit are. It’s not like there is a published index of names to wallet addresses.

That’s the point I was making. In Australia, wire transfers through your bank are free, attached to a phone number or email address (rather than account numbers), almost always instantaneous and 24/7.

Well, technically speaking, neither would be emulation because both systems are running on x86.

Not really. Zelle seems to just be US banks implementing the payment and bank-to-bank transfer systems that other countries already have. Except, at least for Australia with our ‘Osko’ system it has the involvement of our Reserve Bank and is mandated to be supported universally, whereas Zelle is completely private. The traditional lack of that bank-to-bank transfer ability is why apps like Venmo and Cash App have been popular in the US, which I think explains why Zelle has had an app until last month, as consumers expect that, even though it’s owned by the major US banks.

Taler on the other hand seems to be “What if crypto but with fiat currency and also the recipients aren’t anonymous”.

See this is absolutely the key point here I think. Because here in Australia where it’s similarly rare, the only time I generally see people reverse in, is when there is a walkway of some sort to reverse up too, not another car.

On your last point, there are absolutely ways around that with technology. Reversing and side cameras existed long before they were factory features as aids for disabled drivers.

Yeah, and I think they will support non-handheld devices for using the SteamOS branding. I think we’ll end up seeing a MiniPC using one of AMDs APUs at some point soon that has official support.

I find the scroll wheel handy when I’m using the controllers attached, both for desktop mode and there are some games I use it in, like Stardew Valley. I genuinely think it’s better placed for that then mouse mode.

That was fast!

Is the SteamOS version out yet? I wouldn’t wanna pay the $200 Windows tax just to put Linux on it. I would wanna go with Bazzite though, it’s just SteamOS++ honestly.