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Re: Steam Brick: No screen, no controller, just a power button and a USB port

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Post by mgaunard »

choult wrote: post #28
andrewaylett wrote: post #6

This is brilliant. When I was in sixth-form, a friend built a portable case containing a micro-ATX motherboard. No battery, but he could sit down at any of the school computers, plug into the wall, and use its peripherals with his PC. That was more than 25 years ago, I feel old now.

For the non-Brits, "sixth-form" means years 12 and 13 of school - equivalent to junior and senior years of high school in the US. The first and second yearsof sixth form are referred to as "lower sixth" and "upper sixth" respectively. It's a hold-over term from when secondary education (ages 11 and up) started in "first form" and worked up.

Interestingly enough, the French do it the other way around, and start counting from the final year (they also start at 0 so it's offset by one).

That's arguably a better system since you can keep adding earlier and earlier years (mandatory school starting age has drifted from 11 to 6 to 3 over the years) while keeping everything consistent.

Unfortunately they messed it up in 1959 by renaming 12th to 7th and giving matching names to the new 13th/14th.

Re: Steam Brick: No screen, no controller, just a power button and a USB port

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Post by TeMPOraL »

ch_123 wrote: post #19

> TL;DR Well, the Steam Deck didn’t fit in my backpack… I'm not sure if this is meant to be taken literally, but I would have just bought a bigger backpack. In some ways, I think this makes me respect the author more.

Yeah, I got confused by that too. Steam Deck is a handheld, right? It should fit in your pocket, right?

Re: Steam Brick: No screen, no controller, just a power button and a USB port

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Post by Ekaros »

TeMPOraL wrote: post #133
ch_123 wrote: post #19

> TL;DR Well, the Steam Deck didn’t fit in my backpack… I'm not sure if this is meant to be taken literally, but I would have just bought a bigger backpack. In some ways, I think this makes me respect the author more.

Yeah, I got confused by that too. Steam Deck is a handheld, right? It should fit in your pocket , right?

It is more like Switch. With grips like your average controller. So it is not a small device as such.

Re: Steam Brick: No screen, no controller, just a power button and a USB port

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Post by boomskats »

kelnos wrote: post #49
boomskats wrote: post #11

> Because I was so preoccupied with whether or not I could that I didn’t stop to think if I should. Ha. I appreciate you OP. https://x.com/boomskats/status/1860300923773296693

I think you mean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oNgyUAEv0Q

Yes, it's the same reference.

Re: Steam Brick: No screen, no controller, just a power button and a USB port

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Post by olivierduval »

mgaunard wrote: post #131
choult wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For the non-Brits, "sixth-form" means years 12 and 13 of school - equivalent to junior and senior years of high school in the US. The first and second yearsof sixth form are referred to as "lower sixth" and "upper sixth" respectively. It's a hold-over term from when secondary education (ages 11 and up) started in "first form" and worked up.

Interestingly enough, the French do it the other way around, and start counting from the final year (they also start at 0 so it's offset by one). That's arguably a better system since you can keep adding earlier and earlier years (mandatory school starting age has drifted from 11 to 6 to 3 over the years) while keeping everything consistent. Unfortunately they messed it up in 1959 by renaming 12th to 7th and giving m…

Actually, it's more complex than this in France. There is 5 systems:

- depending of the Ministry of Eduction :

   - for toddlers : maternelle (3-6 yo)

   - Primary : CP (6 yo, primary), CE1 (elementary 1), CE2, CM1 (middle 1), CM2

   - Secondary :

       - College (not the US one!) : 6th (~11 yo), 5th, 4th, 3th (with exam at the end)

       - Lycée : 2nd (~15 yo), 1st, Terminal (with 'Baccalauréat' exam at the end)
then depending of Ministry of Research : University or Post BAC schools

However, I think that in some other french-talking countries (Belgium, Swissland) they did it simpler

Re: Steam Brick: No screen, no controller, just a power button and a USB port

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Post by mgaunard »

olivierduval wrote: post #136
mgaunard wrote: post #131

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interestingly enough, the French do it the other way around, and start counting from the final year (they also start at 0 so it's offset by one). That's arguably a better system since you can keep adding earlier and earlier years (mandatory school starting age has drifted from 11 to 6 to 3 over the years) while keeping everything consistent. Unfortunately they messed it up in 1959 by renaming 12th to 7th and giving m…

Actually, it's more complex than this in France. There is 5 systems: - depending of the Ministry of Eduction : - for toddlers : maternelle (3-6 yo) - Primary : CP (6 yo, primary), CE1 (elementary 1), CE2, CM1 (middle 1), CM2 - Secondary : - College (not the US one!) : 6th (~11 yo), 5th, 4th, 3th (with exam at the end) - Lycée : 2nd (~15 yo), 1st, Terminal (with 'Baccalauréat' exam at the end) then depending of Minist…

Maternelle years also have names: PSM, MSM, GSM.

GSM, PS, CE1, CE2, CM1, CM2 used to be called 12th to 7th, as I said.

Your primary classification is incorrect -- maternelle is part of primary. Non-maternelle primary is called elementary.

Re: Steam Brick: No screen, no controller, just a power button and a USB port

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Post by swarnie »

imoreno wrote: post #71
choult wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For the non-Brits, "sixth-form" means years 12 and 13 of school - equivalent to junior and senior years of high school in the US. The first and second yearsof sixth form are referred to as "lower sixth" and "upper sixth" respectively. It's a hold-over term from when secondary education (ages 11 and up) started in "first form" and worked up.

Form of what?

Am educational form, an antiquated word for a bench.

Re: Steam Brick: No screen, no controller, just a power button and a USB port

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Post by TheSpiceIsLife »

scotty79 wrote: post #115
Aurornis wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A NUC with USB-PD input could be powered from a USB-PD power bank. I’d much rather do that than purchase a NUC with a built-in battery. Keeping the two pieces separate makes them easier to repurpose later. Regardless, the market for such a device is relatively small.

This is cool. But now I want a power bank with hot swappable batteries/modules. Or better yet a connector that you can attach multiple power banks to and it gives power if at least one non-empty powerbank is connected.

Can you already do this just by daisy chaining them?
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