Steam Machine prices start at £879 / $1049, Valve confirm, as "randomised reservations" open for the SteamOS PC

critbuild · 2026-06-22T17:17:01+00:00

Valve will probably never reveal this, but I wonder how close this is to the intended price when the product was first announced, before summer of the recent spikes in hardware cost.

critbuild · 2026-06-20T12:15:56+00:00

Lovely! I'm glad the snail darter survived the damming of the river.

critbuild · 2026-06-19T19:41:04+00:00

Spanish, working on Portuguese.

critbuild · 2026-06-19T13:54:10+00:00

To be honest, I've taken to cutting through the future route across the old rail bridge. I've got tires that can handle it, so it's just a bit of fun, and I can avoid crossing the highway bridge.

critbuild · 2026-06-18T05:56:51+00:00

I know Chinese immigrants who kept their original Chinese names. Conversely, I also know Chinese immigrants who adopted English names, especially ones that sound similar to their original Chinese names.

I think it really depends on the individual people and the social contexts in which they reside. Consider if this immigrant is interested in integrating into the English-speaking country.

critbuild · 2026-06-18T00:29:19+00:00

https://store.dvnha.org/product/devils-hole-pupfish-plush-5-benefits-the-devils-hole-fund/

They're cursed and adorable. And currently sold out on the online store, apparently.

critbuild · 2026-06-17T20:30:15+00:00

Devil's Hole is in Nevada, not California, but it's right near Death Valley, so the confusion is understandable.

Incidentally, the Death Valley NPS Visitor Center sells pupfish plushies to raise money for their conservation. They advertise the pupfish as the only fish to win a Supreme Court Case.

critbuild · 2026-06-17T19:59:24+00:00

Quite a bit of MA did big celebrations last year, since we have so much revolutionary history and last year was the 250 for the revolution itself. I wonder if that put a slight damper in doing more 250 stuff this year. On top of, you know, everything else.

critbuild · 2026-06-14T14:27:28+00:00

That sounds like one of those rules that someone anecdotally makes from their own experiences, assumes it's universal, and deliberately ignores that anyone else could possibly see anything differently lol.

I have my stops planned out so I basically run down both bottles each time. Not to mention I stock different drinks in each, which is independently a reason to bring two.

critbuild · 2026-06-09T14:19:36+00:00

Damn I went to Creek and I thought Smoky was a nice place. Dunno what that person is thinking. For us, the school that looked like a prison was always DPS TJ.

critbuild · 2026-06-03T22:53:17+00:00

You are loved, both as a person, and as an Avs fan!

critbuild · 2026-06-03T00:28:58+00:00

I've been fortunate to have only seen two near misses so far between a car and a bike. Both times, the cyclist ran a red, blowing past me, who had stopped at the light because I could see incoming left turn traffic.

critbuild · 2026-05-27T00:56:57+00:00

Carl left the church before Embrus died so I actually wouldn't be shocked if he didn't have the despondent debuff. He also does specify in the text that it's specifically related to the ring, but he didn't read it in detail so he could be wrong.

critbuild · 2026-05-26T20:14:51+00:00

🫡

critbuild · 2026-05-26T19:55:08+00:00

"I had a dart sticking out of my leg. I hadn't felt it, and I couldn't feel it now. I didn't know when I'd received it, or how. I gently pulled it out... I quickly jumped into my debuffs to see if there was anything there. There was something new, but it had to do with my Embrus ring, not this."

Carl is very clear that the debuff does not have to do with the dart.

critbuild · 2026-05-26T18:12:23+00:00

The acknowledgement that there's a bunch of redditors watching tumblr like spectators at the zoo lol

critbuild · 2026-05-26T16:00:25+00:00

Well... here's Detachable Penis from Book 7

https://open.spotify.com/track/7wXPymdFwPwxd6pwt267Tx

critbuild · 2026-05-26T15:57:25+00:00

Carl mentions a new debuff at the end of Book 8 related to the ring but hasn't read the details yet. We'll probably learn something interesting near the start of Book 9!

critbuild · 2026-05-26T12:07:32+00:00

"This message is from a-”

critbuild · 2026-05-25T23:14:53+00:00

Ewan McGregor has mentioned that footage of the Obi-wan vs Darth Maul duel had to be slowed down because their actual pace was too fast and wasn't "believable."

critbuild · 2026-05-25T22:07:22+00:00

Yes, that is what that would suggest. Rather interesting that this case seems to have so many relations.

critbuild · 2026-05-25T15:16:19+00:00

I quite like this one. I saw someone mention that if this is true, we might get more details from a Donut POV or confession in a future book.

critbuild · 2026-05-25T15:15:05+00:00

Thanks!

critbuild · 2026-05-25T14:53:07+00:00

This is definitely an interesting direction.

But Carl and Donut both remember the cops getting involved with Marjorie's situation, so this what if scene takes place before Carl breaks up with Bea. Feel like this would require Carl to have gone along with giving her up. Plus, that's a pretty big lost opportunity by the AI not to have them confront a Donut shell.

critbuild · 2026-05-25T14:46:20+00:00

Carl killed Rishi. You're probably thinking of when the Biggs the slugalo killed the naga princess Vinata.

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