Earlier quoted context omitted.
In the US, unemployment is at 4.3%.
This doesn't count those who've given up on looking.
nor those who are driving Uber or doordashing
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#42> So what now? The short answer is that I have (a) a nice couch; (b) a big TV; (c) a Steam Deck that I never use. I even have a dock for the Deck. So I should hook them all together and try out some games.
This is the real answer. Why lust over new hardware and fret about finances when you have everything you need to play some games right now? There's not even any mention of what games they want to play on the Steam Machine that they can't play on their Steam Deck. They already bought a new TV to use with the Steam Deck and then didn't use it, so why even consider spending more money on more gaming hardware?
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#43I hope it is a while before I have to buy a new computer!
I wish I could look forward and say, "prices will go down again"
I don't see when or how. I hope I'm wrong.
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#45I've long wished for rich western societies to run extensive student exchange programs with low income countries. Living even one year in most of the world will change your outlook for the rest of your life.
My university offers locations such as India for the semester abroad, but most people rather go somewhere else.
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#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
In the US, unemployment is at 4.3%.
You’ll want the U-6 rate as well for comparison: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t15.htm
And U-6 is lower than e.g it has been in ALL of 2008-2018? Generally pretty close to historic lows. Not sure what extra information it provides
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#47I hope it is a while before I have to buy a new computer!
I wish I could look forward and say, "prices will go down again" I don't see when or how. I hope I'm wrong.
Well the bubble could pop, but...
as much as we are blaming the pandemic, and the crypto and AI bubbles I think Moore's law was really about transistors getting exponentially cheaper not just exponentially smaller. If you can't afford them it doesn't matter how big or small they are!
I think the EUV transition broke the long-term cost decreases and we might be seeing the end of progress in electronics and computing unless there is some fundamental change.
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#49The Steam Machine was $250 less before all of the price increases from hardware buyouts. Go complain to Big Tech. You can install Steam on almost any Linux device. The Steam Machine is great for those who want a portable console-like device. Have you ever tried to build and maintain a shuttle PC yourself? It's obnoxious. This makes the goal of high quality portable gaming much easier.
> Have you ever tried to build and maintain a shuttle PC yourself? It's obnoxious.
The benefit of a SFF PC you made yourself it that it doesn’t use proprietary hardware like the Steam Machine, is easily repaired and easily upgraded.
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#50I hope it is a while before I have to buy a new computer!
Don't buy new. Get a 10 year old dual processor server tower on eBay with 128GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD.
It's cheaper than new and it'll do everything you need it to without even breaking a sweat.