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Valve raises Steam Deck prices

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Re: Valve raises Steam Deck prices

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Post by azan_ »

greggoB wrote: post #197
azan_ wrote: post #165

Earlier quoted context omitted.

AI agents that can solve frontier math problems, something that few years ago was decades away.

> something that few years ago was decades away. There's no way of knowing this - I see articles fairly often on HN of mathematicians (sometimes grad students or younger) solving problems where progress previously had stalled.

What I meant was not that these problems wouldn't get solved for decades, but that few years ago (before advent of LLMs) if you've asked average researcher how far away are we from AI solving unsolved math problems, the median answer would be that we are far, far away from that.

Re: Valve raises Steam Deck prices

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Post by retired »

pitched wrote: post #189
retired wrote: post #157

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I want to go one step further and be able to add the CPU and GPU myself. Would also make future upgrades easier. Maybe someone can invent a universal system to allow CPU and GPU upgrades on a desktop computer.

Fewer people than ever are comfortable doing that, even though the information on how is easier to get than ever. I hope a repairable and upgradable Steam Machine would help more people dip their toes into it.

I fully understand being uncomfortable with a CPU swap, but a GPU swap isn't difficult.

Valve also could have gone the Framework route of releasing a motherboard+CPU combo so you can upgrade later down the line just by swapping the board out.

I guess they can earn more money by soldering everything on the board and having you buy a completely new PC every time you want to upgrade.

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Post by llbbdd »

aaomidi wrote: post #122
trostaft wrote: post #111

I'm desperately clutching onto my original steam deck. Some of the buttons are beginning to go, but it looks like we'll be holding onto it for another 1-2 years at this rate. Waiting, in anticipation and horror, for the price of the frame.

The thing is extremely repairable! Take advantage of that :)

Seconding the other comments here. I forgot to close the carrying case on mine (original LCD) and it fell out down a flight of wooden stairs, destroying the screen. I bought an OEM replacement screen from iFixit and swapped it out in an hour or so and the rest of it was sturdy enough to begin with that it still looks brand new. And IIRC the screen replacement was ranked as one of the more challenging repairs to do compared to replacing most other pieces.

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Post by aquariusDue »

sergiotapia wrote: post #97

I can't wait for China to start shipping hardware. I will vote with my wallet and have a chinese GPU, RAM and device. Hell, I would be using a Xiaomi phone right this second if this government didn't block it.

After my last experience with a Xiaomi phone (POCO) I caution everyone against buying them. Full of bloatware, I also kept receiving notifications in Chinese from system apps even though the device language was set to English. Oh and there's ads everywhere, even in the app drawer when searching for something.

After two years and two months it randomly started boot looping, so that's that.

Also check this out too https://dontkillmyapp.com/ because it was always a hassle to keep some apps running in the background, I had to navigate some bizarre menu hierarchies thanks to HyperOS (which makes TouchWiz look incredible by comparison).

Re: Valve raises Steam Deck prices

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Post by azan_ »

overfeed wrote: post #192
bigfishrunning wrote: post #145

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We're already in a shortage (of RAM). Price increases should be a motivator to increase production. This is the system working.

> This is the system working. Something one could say about a high fever being a sign of the immune system working. There are obvious temporary and permanent risks to how the system works, and there are limits beyond which everything simply breaks down. It's best not to have a fever at all.

> It's best not to have a fever at all.

Well put. Indeed non-free market solutions typically rely on some impossible conditions, in your comparison that would be "just don't get sick". But people will get sick. You can't just "not have a fever at all".

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Post by caymanjim »

dminik wrote: post #66
caymanjim wrote: post #51

Really tempted to sell mine. I have a 1TB OLED that I think I paid $649 for last year. It's a dumpsterfire* of a device and I hate it and never use it. Could easily sell it for more than I paid for it. * Too big and heavy to hold without sitting and resting it on my lap, which is a horribly-unergonomic position with neck strain. Controls are widely-separated such that even with my giant sasquatch hands, it's hard to…

Ok, I have to ask. How do you accidentally turn it off? The power button is at the top and it's flush. It's not like you can hit it accidentally.

I hit it accidentally all the time. Any time I have to temporarily one-hand it with my right hand. The sides are rounded and smooth and there are buttons on the back and top of the side. The power button is very sensitive as well and doesn't require a hard press; it responds instantly.
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