If an AI can effectively do your coursework, why wouldn’t AI replace you in the industry?

100% this. I’ve been on Linux longer than Steam has, and I’m not changing anytime soon. I’m probably also not going to buy Nvidia (I value FOSS drivers), but maybe I will if the performance gap is significant enough.

Awesome! Subbed.

It all depends on what you’re looking for. I’ve put hundreds of hours into games and gotten way less than $1/hr, and I’ve also had a great experience paying significantly more.

So I don’t see games in terms of $/hr, especially these days when I’m more limited by time than money. Instead, I look for unique experiences with cost being a much lower factor. Generally speaking, I spend much less than $1/hr since I buy a lot of older games, but I’ve spent far more ($5-10/hr) on particularly interesting games.

But yeah, generally speaking, I’m willing to pay more for indies than AAA titles because indie games are more likely to offer that unique experience.

I was paraphrasing a George Carlin joke:

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

Yeah, I suppose it could work when there’s just a little bit of egg and you just need binding and moisture, so something like pancakes or muffins.

American tourists escaping Prohibition

Wait, they banned salads along with the booze? That’s too far!

Then wouldn’t you search for “vegan egg tart”?

Think of the average person. Half the population is dumber than that.

Is 12AM after 12AM?

early 2000s

Nothing good happened in that time period:

• .com crash and the lost decade
• 9/11 and the TSA/Patriot Act nonsense that followed
• Bush, and the start of Iraq and Afghanistan wars
• Dreamcast discontinued, and Sega drops out of the console market (duopoly ensues)

And of course History, Discovery, etc turning to utter crap.

No, that’s an ornithologist.

An orgasm is the term used to refer to relative positions in a set.

As a manager of sorts, I already know if people are doing their job: the work gets done. I’m involved enough to know how much time their work should take and see through their BS since I do similar work.

Maybe these bosses should do the same: do similar work and you’ll know when they’re BS-ing you.

I loved that controller as a kid.

Why? Look at how many people here say they want Steam OS, and Lemmy skews heavy toward Linux users. This is that, but OOTB.

I don’t think it’ll sell anywhere near as well as the Steam Deck, but it’s also a less exciting form factor. I do think it’ll sell a fair number of units though.

The cheapest equivalent prebuilt I can find with similar specs (RX 7600 is slightly better than the Steam Machine) is $850, and a DIY build is more like $900 (lots of corners cut), so there’s probably not much margin on the prebuilt. Valve is probably saving some cash with their custom CPU, and they’re probably shipping it with a Steam Controller, hence the $800 target. If component prices rise significantly before launch, I could see $1k.

1. Yeah, I’m guessing $800-1000, and they’ll probably throw in a Steam Controller. That’s about how much a comparable PC would cost
2. I’ve been debating it, but it needs to be something my 5yo can use.
3. And that’s Valve’s target market here, those unwilling to DIY.

Get ready to riot because there’s no way it’s that cheap. My money is on $800-1000.

Yeah, I’ve been guessing $800-1000. That’s a decent deal on a prebuilt with this performance.

I used Linux for regular desktop stuff before I installed Steam on it. Steam got me back into gaming.

Nah, if there’s one thing they thoroughly test, it’s the spying.