Oh, the adaptive power lines is a big win! Now they should work like you’re creating paths and just snap to each other instead of having to place straight pieces, corners, T-junctions etc separately

If the Deck stops being sold tomorrow, that has zero impact on the one I already have, save for the possible decline in spare parts available.

Yes, exactly. Getting it repaired (both within and outside of warranty) and spare parts availability.

Software eventually too, but usually that takes a while longer.

There are lots of reasons to wait to buy something, but “they might stop selling them” seems more like a reason to get something you want to have sooner, rather than later.

Would you have bought a Steam Deck if Valve would stop producing them after 3 years? I wouldn’t.

Not saying you shouldn’t though, each to their own and all that.

Before it was via search engines.

I was working support for a multinational tech company, customer: “I searched for your support number and I rang them and they scammed me, you guys are shit”.

Turns out they clicked on the top result that was SEO’d to shit to catch these types of people that can’t think for themselves.

So not just assholes, but also tech illiterate folks that trust the first thing they read.

Yep, first movie, where Beni meets Imhotep: https://youtu.be/X-7cNmx17bk

Time to watch it again!

Lemmy is definitely where it’s at. Welcome fellow pastry!

Surely it’s enough for a given product to either be worth the price one pays at the time of purchase, or not be. Judge a product for what it is, not what it will be.

Yeah, that makes sense. I guess it’s more of a principle thing. I don’t need a Steam Deck so it’s easier to distance myself making a purchase and wait it out. Didn’t feel like only seeing a piece of hardware be continued for a few years (3 years for the Steam Machine and Steam Link, 4 for the Steam Controller) based on track record.

Glad to hear that! I don’t really need one so it would be more of a spur of the moment kinda thing. Maybe when it’s on offer 😏

I said or, not and.(“has been quick to get discontinued or support has stopped”)

Steam Link is kinda obsolete now, but I would have loved another iteration of the controller.

Yeah I don’t mind waiting for that. Not very susceptible to FOMO. I do think it’s been going better for the SD than the other hardware though, so I’m happy for the userbase.

I haven’t bought it because previous hardware has been quick to get discontinued or support has stopped (steam machine, steam controller, steam link) and I didn’t like that.

Told myself I’d buy a Steam Deck 2 because that would show long term support, though.

Lawful good would have taken inflation into account and paid $8.91

The beauty about an RPG is the RP part: you craft your own story and do whatever you like. With every Elder Scrolls iteration, that freedom became less and less.

Context for the picture: then Prime Minister Mark Rutte was sharing some funny video with our king Willem Alexander. This was during the opening of a UN meeting, while Trump was giving a speech (2019)

It’s funny, in my language we call them European Oohoo’s, for the sound they make 😆

They weren’t tied, they had rings for identification (mandatory by law) and leather straps so their keeper can hold them in place at appropriate times, like when they are at risk of getting spooked

There should be no issue running the two screens, especially for home office use.

The size difference might be annoying though, depending if you mind such kind of things. There’s also a difference in scaling so if you’d move a window between the two screens they might look a bit different and that could also be annoying, if you get annoyed by that kind of thing.

So yeah, it might not be the prettiest or most consistent as opposed to the same size screen and/or same resolution, but practically it should work just fine.

Edit: for more than one screen (not counting the laptop screen) you’re probably going to need a dock that allows multiple screens via HDMI

Except you’re not using a tool, you’re replacing your comment with the tool.

Jealous! What a great experience that must have been and nice write up

I kind of think this is my fault

Please don’t. They sound absolutely unhinged, and I am not just saying that lightly.

Obviously I don’t know whatever happened between you, but this level of abuse is insane. Report them, block them and don’t acknowledge them any further. And please stay safe.