Probably the biggest advantage they have is that they can sell devices at cost or even at a loss and still profit from increased Steam game sales, like how other console makers operate.

3rd parties can’t compete with that. Not even close. If there’s no profit from the device itself, there’s no motivation to make it. And apart from the hardware cost, they also need to pay for the R&D and corporate maintenance. They can’t compete with the Steam Deck. If they made an exact Steam Deck clone, they’d have to make it, idk ~$40 more to make a profit, but no one would buy it because the Steam Deck is the same for less. They have to give it slightly higher specs to give it a niche. That might take hardware cost up to $500 and then charge $150 more to make up for the distributor fees and then $100 to make it actually profitable. But at that point, they’ve already lost most budget and casual gamers, they might as well aim at whales and enthusiasts and make profits $300. If a $950 device sells half as well as a $750 device, it’s still more profitable.

Edit: more realistic numbers

Typically, the reverse way you got up. Otherwise, I’d look for something tall to fall/transfer to. Then firefighter slide down the stilt if you’re still too high and there’s no other way down.

Or you can skip finding something tall and just Firefighter slide down off a stilt if you wanna look cool.

./src
./src_1998_11_05_added_people_swimming
./src_1998_11_06_added_death_mechanics
./src_1998_11_06_0_removed_swimming_lol

We have a deployed branch. It doesn’t get merged into master until it gets reviewed… the technical debt got too big so it never gets reviewed and we just keep branching off deployed

Even in the article:

According to a 2023 study, a day on Earth was approximately 19 hours for a significant part of Earth’s early history…

I have an USB hub with a Type C to HDMI output. I switch with my laptop, Steam Deck, and Switch 1.

Additionally, when I’m traveling, I prefer to take the small USB hub over the chunky switch dock.

My biggest gripe is how petty it is to disallow it. That’s like HP levels of petty… Actually, they’re really starting to adopt a lot of shitty HP policies.

My reaction to most kids’ yes/no questions.
“Do you want to play?”
“No”
“Do you have games on your phone?”
“No”
“Can I touch your face?”
“No”

AI trains using AI generated articles on repeat. Have you seen what happens to a YouTube video when you download and reupload a video over and over again?

Can NYT or someone sue for libel? That’s defamation with false information. I’m not looking for a fine, but an order requiring them to say they were wrong and published false information. Then NYT can publish that tweet in their headline.

Not gonna play the “carry all the groceries in one trip” game greater than 100 yards (1 football field (514 bananas))

Mention her special interests and she will not stop talking about it. Mention that it’s “interesting” and you’ll be getting (in this lore) magical messages while you’re trying to sleep: “And praying matises have what is called a psudopupil. It’s not actually a pupil, but an optical illusion that makes it look like a pupil that is always following you. What it actually is, is that their eyes are these tube-like structures. You only see black, or the ‘pupil’, when you can look directly down the tube. Otherwise, you’re not looking directly down the tube and instead seeing the tube’s inner wall. The overall effect is that it looks like it has a pupil that is always looking at you.”

Way too risqué for the internet.

*Hugs self*

I would stop following the tarrif news if it wasn’t the headline on everything. Is anything else going on while he’s doing this? Did he overthrow the judicial system or something?

I’m still waiting for the stable release. Mostly because I’m not prepared to lose another 200-300 hours.

I was worried about this. The game has so many hotkeys, I have no idea how a controller would handle them. Lots of contextual button mappings.

I’m between Chrono Trigger and New Vegas, but I’m leaning towards New Vegas.

Okay but 🍒 shouldn’t output 🍉. This is inconsistent and confusing. We have standards.

I can finally replay that game for the first time again. /s

I can’t officially support this fork 😝