With current pricing, it’s going to be tough and that’s no joke.
Even the new Steam Machine is being predicted to be around $1,000.
https://www.indy100.com/gaming/steam-machine-price-cost-release-date-2674829977
The era of $600 gaming PCs is 1-3 years ago now.
(NGL - I still want a Steam Machine. :)
I’ve consistently refused to buy in to Game Pass. I still buy physical games where available. If it’s only digital, I’ll get the Steam version for my Steam Deck.
Yeah, weird how he skipped the universally acclaimed game of the year.
It’s not #1, it’s alphabetical. 😉
I mean, if I had, essentially, unlimited money, and there were places in the world I liked to visit repeatedly, and I don’t mean “for a weekend” but months or seasons at a time? Hell yeah I’d buy a house there.
At a minimum, one Southern Hemisphere, one Northern Hemisphere. Never see Summer again.
Yeah, 181 is extraneous to the point, the “psst” at the bottom of 180 is the neighbors pulling him into a conversation, which is 181, same with the top part of 182.
I wanted folks to focus on the matches story which is relevant here.
But really, all of Maus is excellent.
So manufacturers can bill you monthly for the same features…
There’s a similar bit to that in the classic graphic novel Maus:
(edited for clarity)
Always use the indefinite article… “a”, never “your”. 😉
“But on the flip side, my family and friends will see a scary looking command and immediately be put off.”
More to that… these are exactly the people we have all been telling “If you see someone on the internet telling you ‘type this!’ DON’T DO IT!”
ALT-F4 being the benign one.
rm -rf / --no-preserve-root - not so benign.
I remember a story of someone getting the recursive tag wrong on the chmod command and managed to chmod 000 themselves out of everything on the system… including chmod.
For years and years the barrier to entry was mom or gramma buying a clipart CD for $4.99 at the grocery store, bringing it home, and expecting it to work.
Now that’s not a thing anymore, but they still aren’t using it. So I guess the barrier to entry now is they see that ad for the casino app that “pays you real money” and they expect to download it and expect it to work.
Until mom and grandmom can load up the computer with all sorts of malware that breaks everything, they really aren’t interested.
Freestyle Libre was my first CGM and as soon as I had the opportunity to switch to Dexcom, I did.
Each new sensor was wildly low or wildly high, with no option to calibrate. It was really only good for measuring changes, not the actual glucose reading itself.
So "Oh, it’s going up, +5, +10, +20… probably accurate, but is it 80, 180, or 240? Use a finger stick to know for sure.
What about the voltages and the hz?
“I have another device running Windows 11. It’s festered with ads”
I have 3 Windows 11 installations, one work machine, one home machine, and an SSD boot drive for the Steam Deck (some games require Windows 11).
I agree, the ads enabled by default on Win 11 are annoying. But it’s not rocket science to turn them off. In fact, it’s easier to remove the ads from Windows 11 than it is to spin up and learn how to use a Linux distro (and I have three of those myself, file server, media server, standard Steam Deck).
https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/how-to-remove-most-annoying-ads-from-windows
"Settings > Personalization > Start and disable Show suggestions occasionally in Start (Windows 10) or Show recommendations for tips, shortcuts, new apps, and more (Windows 11).
If you have a problem with any of the live tiles that Windows 10 has stuck on your Start screen—some of which are pre-installed junk or trials—right-click on the one that’s bugging you and choose Uninstall to remove the app. Alternatively, right-click and choose More > Turn Live Tile Off to turn it into a simple shortcut to the app.
Settings > Personalization > Lock screen and switch your background from Windows spotlight to Picture or Slideshow.
Settings > System > Notifications & actions and unchecking Get tips, tricks, and suggestions as you use Windows. You can also untick Show me the Windows welcome experience, which shows those annoying tours after Windows updates, as well as Suggest ways I can finish setting up my device.
In Windows 11, open Settings > System > Notifications and disable Suggested from the Notifications from apps and other senders section. You’ll also need to scroll down and unfurl Additional settings to disable options like Show the Windows welcome experience and Get tips and suggestions.
Disable Ads From Bloatware
Some of the “ads” you see pop up as notifications may not be from Microsoft at all. Instead, it could be bloatware installed by your PC maker. For instance, working on a Dell laptop, I found that SupportAssist, My Dell, and Partner Promo are added by the manufacturer. A Lenovo ThinkPad, meanwhile, has Lenovo Commercial Vantage. But I noticed that Microsoft no longer includes these apps in my Notifications settings. Instead, I had to track down Lenovo’s app, open to its Preference settings, and disable certain messages myself. These programs can also be uninstalled completely, if you prefer.
Settings > Privacy & security > General and disable the Show me suggested content in the Settings app option.
Get Ads Out of File Explorer
Open File Explorer in Windows 11, click the ellipsis icon, then select Options from the menu. If you’re still on Windows 10, click View > Options > Change folder and search options.
Click the View tab in the window that appears, scroll down to Show sync provider notifications and uncheck that box. This should prevent ads from showing up in File Explorer again.
Settings > Privacy > General and turn off Let apps use advertising ID, if you’d rather have non-targeted ads. In Windows 11, it’s called Let apps show me personalized ads by using my advertising ID."
And more significantly, the Switch 2 is for kids. There’s no sizable youth market for the Steam Deck.
But out of all the handheld PCs, the Steam Deck is #1, so that should give you some idea about the sales on the others. 😉
I was looking at getting a Switch 2 MicroSD card for a gift and shit’s bonkers, yo.
I get they changed the standard for the Switch 2, but $300 for 1TB?
I say this as someone who loves their Steam Deck… Steam Deck sales are insignificant compared to consoles.
6 million in 3 years:
The Switch 2 has sold over 10 million, June to September. 3 months. There has been another 3 months since then.
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/nintendo-switch-2-sales-10-million-1236569355/
If the disc exists, yes, but I’m talking about going to a store on launch day and not being able to find the big new release.
The mere presence of griefers eliminates this from PVE:
https://www.ign.com/articles/we-just-started-i-have-nothing-retired-pro-gamer-goes-viral-for-relentlessly-killing-casual-arc-raiders-players-but-is-it-griefing-or-just-fair-pvp
Until they come up with servers where PvP is prohibited, PvE isn’t worth discussing.