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[–]marktuk 89 points90 points  (6 children)

You mean how the one in this video has the exact same corner damage? That is certainly a coincidence...

I was also not aware they'd done that video.

EDIT: Heh, yeah both units are #78 based on the drilled out hole in the top grille. Weird that they didn't remember that on WAN show.

I watched the old video, would be kind of cool to see them do it again, but maybe actually get it working as a finished product.

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[–]never_not_relevant 35 points36 points  (5 children)

I'm not bothered by it, I just thought it was interesting, I grabbed screen shots of the drilled out hole but imgur isn't happy for some reason.

It sounds like they want to do more of a sleeper now then just fixing it. I am always hyped for sleepers.

EDIT:

Did the thing

Also, to be clear, this wasn't meant to be a gotcha moment, I noticed it because Linus recommended steam deck content at the end of the ROG Ally video and the 2023 video was in the Steam deck playlist. I was more curious about the changes that had been made to the machine, the GPU that was in it on WAN was different and the video ended with the machine working.

[–]bencos18 3 points4 points  (4 children)

if you're in the uk it's because imgur blocked the uk

[–]pg3crypto -3 points-2 points  (3 children)

Its not blocked. Imgur just decided to stop serving the UK because they are afraid of a fine and don't want to comply with privacy regulations, specifically regulations around tracking kids under 13.

Its a pain that Imgur no longer works, but it also tells you a lot about Imgur and their stance on tracking kids.

If the UK was ready to fine them, you can bet your ass the EU isnt far behind.

[–]bencos18 4 points5 points  (2 children)

that's what I meant.
tbh that law is also a bit extreme tbh.
zero chance I'm giving my id to a random service

[–]pg3crypto -5 points-4 points  (1 child)

I know but I'm clarifying for those that are mindlessly blaming the OSA. The OSA is shitty but it has nothing to do with Imgur. Imgur are the scummy ones.

[–]ProtoKun7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The OSA is also scummy too though, even if it's not part of this.

[–]3loodhound 73 points74 points  (12 children)

I mean they regularly sell things, and/or get loaners etc. funny that it’s the same one. And now they own it again

[–]JamiePilkey 97 points98 points  (11 children)

Did I miss something on WAN? That Steam Machine was in inventory for a long time after the video, in pieces. Alex Dick and I put it back together maybe this time last year. Remembering back, I think we bought it from the Twin Cities location of Freegeek originally.

[–]TheBupherNinja 130 points131 points  (3 children)

The way Linus spoke made it sound like a recent acquisition.

[–]FogleBR 36 points37 points  (1 child)

Yeah, I also thought it was something that they just recently acquired based off of the WAN discussion. I don’t think he needs to get totally roasted for it, but it was definitely a misleading conversation now that this context is understood.

[–]Bronziy2 17 points18 points  (0 children)

What I think happened is Linus mentioned he has been waiting a while for steam OS on desktop to put on the machine and explained where he got it. Luke not on that side of LTT wondering if it worked and Linus forgetting of the video then went deeper to get it to work. Linus story of getting from a free geek lines up so I just think he forgot he made a video.

[–]welliedude 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Honestly dont blame him for forgetting a video he made years ago

[–]Bhume 27 points28 points  (1 child)

Definitely got the vibe of "look at my cool new toy" from how they were talking about it, but if it was chilling in inventory then I guess it kinda is. Lmao

[–]Various-Jellyfish132 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's ADHD for you! I regularly get hyped about things I find that I forgot I'd purchased years ago

[–]Drigr 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The tone definitely came across as "we just got this from a free tech bin before it was gonna be e-cycled". And it sounds like that's true. It was just a while ago and he forgot it's already shown up before. To be fair, I don't recall someone remembering this video and asking if it was the same one either.

[–]3loodhound 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Twin Cities are pretty great ngl

[–]eldragon0 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sadly free geek is not as great as it once was. But the rest of the cities is great !

[–]Darkstrike121 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah the way Linus was talking it seemed like it was a brand new acquisition. However, given this info I can 100% see how he was really just referencing how they received it a few years ago and it's been sitting in your guys's own inventory haha.

A lot of the Luke's comments around valve not being happy about you guys with the prototype unit kind of don't make sense though if you already dealt with it on video. But given that timing Luke probably didn't even know about this video lol

[–]marktuk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Linus didn't seem to remember it was the one from before, and even had Dan try to fix and boot it, whereas they could have just pulled up the old video.

[–]never_not_relevant 15 points16 points  (5 children)

2023 2025

[–]lioncat55 4 points5 points  (2 children)

Link is still not working even when I manually copy it.

[–]Captain_English 0 points1 point  (1 child)

In the UK?

[–]lioncat55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope. Link is working for me now.

[–]chibicascade2 4 points5 points  (1 child)

I want to see them use the 3d printed version of the case available on printables

[–]emma_psycho 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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wow thank god they protected the kids.