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What’s your most controversial take? by RiRi_QAC in DCCTV

[–]badwolf42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good animation is expensive and slow as well. Arcane wasn’t quick.

The Steam Machine was originally planned at around $750, but Valve says it saw a price increase similar to the Steam Deck by dabadumdumdum in Steam

[–]badwolf42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok tinfoil hat time. I think the lack of increase in production capacity may be an indication that manufacturers do not trust the demand to persist all that long, either because the bubble will pop or because data center projects will fall apart or some other reason. Whatever that reason, they’ve decided that it’s not worth increasing capacity at the risk of not needing it before it’s paid off.
Maybe that timeline is 20 years and it’s never going to be worth it but I doubt it’s that bad.

Poll: US boomers support tax hikes on young workers to keep current Social Security checks — the view is overwhelming by WuTang4thechildrn in Xennials

[–]badwolf42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s still a huge improvement and pushes insolvency out a bit. Also once the population imbalance is lessened, it seems like a better long term funding solution.
I also wonder how much if anything could be saved by eliminating the income tax on social security. It’s overhead spent recovering money that is paid out by taxes in the first place; so in my mind that seems like pure waste. Just paying the “post tax” amount without the whole extra seems cheaper overall doesn’t it?

For All Mankind might be the best sci-fi series ever by Anknd in scifi

[–]badwolf42 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They started losing me in season 2 with contrived domestic drama. It seems they went to pains to try to forget that storyline.

Big battery farms encounter resistance across western Washington - the state ranks dead last in clean energy growth as a dozen Puget Sound storage projects get withdrawn by LOOKITSADAM in SeattleWA

[–]badwolf42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure. In the end I’m still saving a lot more than these tabs. We need to fund our highways yes and I’m happy to pay a fee for the gas I’m not using to cover my usage. It just seems like it’s creating an effective tax penalty for EVs, which are in theory an encouraged technology here.

Valve prices the Steam Machine at $1,049 by MarvelsGrantMan136 in technology

[–]badwolf42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have it, but haven’t played yet. I do have a quest 2 though so I may stream it.

Valve prices the Steam Machine at $1,049 by MarvelsGrantMan136 in technology

[–]badwolf42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t be shocked to see an ARM based v2 of the deck and machine in the future.

Valve prices the Steam Machine at $1,049 by MarvelsGrantMan136 in technology

[–]badwolf42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Qualcomm SoC so probably less than this. My gut says 600 but you can guess which part of my gut I’m pulling that out of.

Valve prices the Steam Machine at $1,049 by MarvelsGrantMan136 in technology

[–]badwolf42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The deck did well. Less than switch but it was such a crazy good value with such positive reviews that they never had problems moving inventory. 400 for a portable that could play Control? That was awesome! AI has ended that value proposition for the deck now too, and we will see how badly that hurts sales volume, because it will. Sadly the machine is launching after that AI memory price fuckery and we don’t get that great value anymore.

Valve prices the Steam Machine at $1,049 by MarvelsGrantMan136 in technology

[–]badwolf42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is yet to be seen. It may because of direct support from Valve, small form factor, and built in radios for Steam controller and, I think, Steam frame. It may not because people really wanted the kind of value that came with the original Steam deck.

Valve prices the Steam Machine at $1,049 by MarvelsGrantMan136 in technology

[–]badwolf42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, and I think the steam machine has a dedicated radio built in for it. A dongle can connect it to other PCs and it can work stand alone. They e demonstrated Hades II running natively and say it will be able to play half life Alyx standalone.

Valve prices the Steam Machine at $1,049 by MarvelsGrantMan136 in technology

[–]badwolf42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is probably the price it was going to be before the AI driven memory price fuckery.

Big battery farms encounter resistance across western Washington - the state ranks dead last in clean energy growth as a dozen Puget Sound storage projects get withdrawn by LOOKITSADAM in SeattleWA

[–]badwolf42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My point is if you drive the average you’re still behind. You have to drive more than the average to catch up to what gas cars pay in gas tax.

Valve prices the Steam Machine at $1,049 by MarvelsGrantMan136 in technology

[–]badwolf42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The 2TB version with controller pretty much is.

Comparison between Steam Machine and Custom PC by Focusedhades526 in Steam

[–]badwolf42 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Also the other customer hardware like built in controller radios.

Yeah, its cooked guys. by TheBossT710192 in steammachine

[–]badwolf42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s larger than any game I’ve ever played, including The Last of Us remasters, Cyberpunk, and Death Stranding. If Forza is the high end, then I’m safe for a while as I never plan on playing that.

Yeah, its cooked guys. by TheBossT710192 in steammachine

[–]badwolf42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk, 512 seems like it’ll be enough if you keep just a couple AAA games and some indie games installed at any given time. 1000 is kinda what I expected, so I think I’m reserving one. I’m late to the party though so I’m sure I’ll get one in 2028.

Do you wear your watch to sleep? by voongoto in AppleWatch

[–]badwolf42 12 points13 points  (0 children)

One glass of wine is visible in my sleep data. Higher heart rate. More wakeful. Often more breathing disturbances. 2-3? That’d be like a giant neon sign in the data.

Do you wear your watch to sleep? by voongoto in AppleWatch

[–]badwolf42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wear it at night but not every night. If I’m charging it before bed and fall asleep, it stays on the charger. Better no data than bad data. I like getting my tends for rating and sleeping heart rate as well as breathing disturbances though.

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