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Modder Turns Framework Laptop PCB into a Handheld Gaming PC

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Re: Modder Turns Framework Laptop PCB into a Handheld Gaming PC

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I really liked the video series of: https://m.youtube.com/shorts/aWV3xr6xSXk (more full length videos on his channel) He used an old Intel NUC to make a handheld gaming device, but the quality of his work is quite good. It's all open source too. Really makes you wonder how far we've come. Tinkerers making and sharing technology that used to take companies so much time and resources to design.

I think that's why @Pitstoptech feels so manufactured to me. There are so many communities for things like this, and it's like they're either not aware or that they're intentionally not engaging with any part of it.

They popped into existence last month with a single video and no links to prior projects or community involvement, they haven't shared any open process or build resources, and now, in a 24 hour period, every tech blog is writing about them... despite cncdan's project having come first by a few months, having more than two videos, more views, engagement, and development, and he's not even the only one!

It just smells too much like shadow marketing campaign.

Re: Modder Turns Framework Laptop PCB into a Handheld Gaming PC

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I really liked the video series of: https://m.youtube.com/shorts/aWV3xr6xSXk (more full length videos on his channel) He used an old Intel NUC to make a handheld gaming device, but the quality of his work is quite good. It's all open source too. Really makes you wonder how far we've come. Tinkerers making and sharing technology that used to take companies so much time and resources to design.

I think that's why @Pitstoptech feels so manufactured to me. There are so many communities for things like this, and it's like they're either not aware or that they're intentionally not engaging with any part of it. They popped into existence last month with a single video and no links to prior projects or community involvement, they haven't shared any open process or build resources, and now, in a 24 hour period, ev…

> It just smells too much like shadow marketing campaign.

That's an interesting observation. I thought it was just the "tech journalists" recognizing the Framework name and publishing this everywhere but who knows ...

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