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Adding a hinge to a Game Boy that God never intended

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Re: Adding a hinge to a Game Boy that God never intended

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Post by vlunkr »

autoexec wrote: post #74
vlunkr wrote: post #38

This is awesome. I miss hinges. The Switch is great, but I loved being able to throw my sp or ds into a bag or pocket without worrying about scratching it.

You can't even put the switch in its own dock without worrying about scratches. Considering that Nintendo has always been a company that makes good hardware the switch has been a huge disappointment. All the scratched screens, dead pixels, and joycon problems shouldn't have made it past the first batches sold.

I thought the dock scratching the screen was a hoax that was dispelled roughly at the same time it launched. My kids have been docking it very ungracefully for years and it’s not scratched.

Re: Adding a hinge to a Game Boy that God never intended

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Post by autoexec »

vlunkr wrote: post #81
autoexec wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can't even put the switch in its own dock without worrying about scratches. Considering that Nintendo has always been a company that makes good hardware the switch has been a huge disappointment. All the scratched screens, dead pixels, and joycon problems shouldn't have made it past the first batches sold.

I thought the dock scratching the screen was a hoax that was dispelled roughly at the same time it launched. My kids have been docking it very ungracefully for years and it’s not scratched.

Still seeing problems reported online:

https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/303578/how-preval...

https://old.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch/comments/krl6b1/dock...

screen protectors and other weird tricks like wrapping your switch in cloth or modifying the dock seem pretty common which probably helps make it less likely.

Re: Adding a hinge to a Game Boy that God never intended

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Post by city41 »

lapetitejort wrote: post #22
deergomoo wrote: post #3

I absolutely adore the Game Boy modding scene that’s exploded in the last few years. Case overhauls like this or the Boxypixel slab pictured in the article, numerous backlit high-res IPS screen replacements, mods to improve sound, Li-ion battery packs with USB charging. And that’s to say nothing of Analogue or the MiSTer project, creating full FPGA reimplementations of the hardware. It’s a really cool example of what…

Retro Future on YouTube has made some similarly cursed builds, such as the original GBA but with a hinged screen for some reason, and double screen GBA SP (it shows the same image on two screens).

And can't forget his best one: the Long Boy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zPehVx_J0M

Re: Adding a hinge to a Game Boy that God never intended

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Post by 999900000999 »

BoorishBears wrote: post #79
999900000999 wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If people want to pay for prestige let them. For the most part you either should logically come from money or get a scholarship. At 18 your free to ruin your life in a variety of ways ,college isn't the worst.

The problem is they (usually) can't pay for it. They take out loans for it, and as the now-in-jeopardy relief program shows they often can't pay those loans back. A lot of schools don't even have the prestige but have this pricing problem: if we keep letting colleges access "free money" on the backs of 18 year olds, they will keep taking that money and spending it regardless of if it benefits the students. - If you w…

Most people aren't literally taking out a 100k loan.

It's a very complex problem. Not everyone wants to code, for many professions you really need to get into a top school. That top school might cost a bit of money.

Recently I've found it's best to worry about oneself to be frank.

Know you don't want to take out 100k for a top school, but don't judge those who do.

Assuming that results in an additional 5 to 10k in income per year after graduation, it easily pays for itself.

For you, since you already have an established career it makes little sense to spend that much

Re: Adding a hinge to a Game Boy that God never intended

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Post by heywoodlh »

city41 wrote: post #83
lapetitejort wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Retro Future on YouTube has made some similarly cursed builds, such as the original GBA but with a hinged screen for some reason, and double screen GBA SP (it shows the same image on two screens).

And can't forget his best one: the Long Boy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zPehVx_J0M

This was so fun to watch, thanks for the share

Re: Adding a hinge to a Game Boy that God never intended

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Post by RototRobot »

nsxwolf wrote: post #53

I never liked the SP form factor. It’s too cramped. The original GBA is absolutely perfect. It’s like a DS without the weight of the top screen. It’s too bad it couldn’t have had the SP 101 model backlit screen. One of these days I’ll do that mod.

I always felt that way too however after coming back to the GBA with now with larger adult hands it's also too cramped for me. its way too unwieldy and heavy but I feel like I would need something like a GameGear these days.

Re: Adding a hinge to a Game Boy that God never intended

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Post by agentwiggles »

throwaway6734 wrote: post #78
nsxwolf wrote: post #53

I never liked the SP form factor. It’s too cramped. The original GBA is absolutely perfect. It’s like a DS without the weight of the top screen. It’s too bad it couldn’t have had the SP 101 model backlit screen. One of these days I’ll do that mod.

Agree, the gba is the perfect handheld system. I was feeling nostalgic and wanted to play one recently but they were selling for ~$150 so I went with an ANBERNIC RG351P instead. Same form factor

But the thing is, they're _not_ the same form factor. I've been somewhat interested in getting one of these new emulator snc devices like Anbernic makes, and the 351 is the most interesting - but man, if they sold one that looked just like an original GBA, I'd have already pulled the trigger.

While looking into it recently, I kinda came to the conclusion that the best bang for buck was probably to just get one of the PSP Vita models.

To be fair, this has a kind of synchronicity, since the original PSP was my first exposure to homebrew hardware modding.

IDK, either way, I'll probably eventually end up with an Anbernic device or something similar. They're just so neat and the idea of a tiny little Linux box with a built in gamepad appeals. But I can't help but think they could do better.

Re: Adding a hinge to a Game Boy that God never intended

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Post by BoorishBears »

999900000999 wrote: post #84
BoorishBears wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The problem is they (usually) can't pay for it. They take out loans for it, and as the now-in-jeopardy relief program shows they often can't pay those loans back. A lot of schools don't even have the prestige but have this pricing problem: if we keep letting colleges access "free money" on the backs of 18 year olds, they will keep taking that money and spending it regardless of if it benefits the students. - If you w…

Most people aren't literally taking out a 100k loan. It's a very complex problem. Not everyone wants to code, for many professions you really need to get into a top school. That top school might cost a bit of money. Recently I've found it's best to worry about oneself to be frank. Know you don't want to take out 100k for a top school, but don't judge those who do. Assuming that results in an additional 5 to 10k in in…

You're creating a martyr that doesn't exist.

I didn't judge the students who go there, or imply such a thing.

My parents both came to this country from a third world country and spent the better parts of their lives working towards their doctorates, so I'm not looking down on people for seeking education.

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My entire point is that the act of paying tuition isn't what makes you 5-10k, going to the school as a whole is.

NYU is a school where according to their own numbers the average student does in fact pay out more than 100k for a 4 year degree after the >30k in aid the average student gets

And so I'm questioning if that extreme level of cost is actually a requisite of NYU creating a student worth more than average.

Do they really need to spend 1 billion dollars more a year than UC Berkley, on a slightly smaller student body, to make students who make near identical salaries?

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At the end of the day no one person can answer that, but I'm highly skeptical and would rather see downward pressure on tuition in the form for cutting off the money faucet that is 18 year olds taking out loans.

If the schools really generate equivalent value to what they're asking, that shouldn't be an issue: richer graduates will still benefit their endowments, better outcomes will still differentiate them, etc.

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