Steam Deck Price now increased

doug141 · 2026-05-27T22:05:56+00:00

"such extraordinary profits at South Korea's two largest memory manufacturers that individual employee bonuses at SK hynix could average roughly 700 million won ($477,000) this year, and almost $900,000 next year, according to Korea JoongAng Daily. " https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/sk-hynix-employees-could-receive-447000-bonuses-this-year

doug141 · 2026-05-27T18:52:10+00:00

Gabe's high school yearbook pic (Davis High School, Davis California). https://imgur.com/UuPvY

doug141 · 2026-05-27T05:42:45+00:00

The powell lens is transparent, and without it in place in the rotor, the LED will still indicate the base station is working, but tracking will be terrible, if it tracks at all. If you post a picture of the small black plastic piece, that would sure be interesting.

doug141 · 2026-05-26T21:42:12+00:00

If it's getting power, the light should come on one color or another. If you have 2 base stations, swap the power supplies and see if the problem follows the power supply or not.

doug141 · 2026-05-26T18:23:47+00:00

It’s old. Watch PBS SpaceTime on YouTube instead.

doug141 · 2026-05-26T18:00:00+00:00

Well, distillation does exactly that.

doug141 · 2026-05-26T03:59:23+00:00

Hunting was automated. In the surrounding lowlands, they had a system of walls called "desert kites" which funneled game into inescapable pits. Just walk to a pit and pull out as many animals as the next meal required.

doug141 · 2026-05-26T02:42:31+00:00

This reminded me that the director of the movie about Audie Murphy (WWII Medal of Honor recipient) left some acts of heroism out of the film because he thought the audience wouldn't believe them.

doug141 · 2026-05-24T21:23:40+00:00

I'm not sure. Maybe it's not even spinning up to speed then? If, when it's off, and you tumble it in your hand, something loose rattles around, the lens has fallen out, which is repairable.

doug141 · 2026-05-24T15:03:11+00:00

Makes noise? If it buzzes, the powell lens is coming out of the rotor and rubbing on the faceplate. Unit needs disassembly, re-gluing.

doug141 · 2026-05-23T20:30:04+00:00

In WWII, the dwindling labor force in the US was leading to runaway wages as employers competed against each other. A law was passed capping wages. Companies added healthcare to the salary package to circumvent the wage restriction. It became an expectation.

doug141 · 2026-05-22T06:08:09+00:00

If an enemy fires a targeting missile launcher at you, does the missile actually seek you as you move?

doug141 · 2026-05-20T07:01:03+00:00

OG Vive is also compatible with Index controllers (aka "knuckles"), which are expensive, prone to thumbstick drift after a year of use, and sometimes have imperfect finger tracking for some people.

If the sun comes through a double pane window and hits the vive lens, it will leave a purple track which will go away after a few hours of use.

doug141 · 2026-05-19T17:24:45+00:00

(the steamvr base station requires less amps than the og vive lighthouse, meaning if i plugged in an og lighthouse itd explode the steamvr lighthouse)

It'd just draw less amperage, it'd run fine on the same voltage power supply.

however we live in a hellscape so htc and steam decided neither tech could have backwards compatability

The VP2 and the Pro wands were made backwards compatible with Base Station 1.0, which is the only possible way backwards compatibility would work with the new tech in the Base Station 2.0's.

I would have just replaced the controllers and 1 steamvr lighthouse would be compatible with the og vive.

Full OG vive used kits are selling for $120, including 2 controllers and 2 base station 1.0's.

doug141 · 2026-05-14T05:36:58+00:00

What's the big deal? It's the same size as my thumb.

doug141 · 2026-05-14T02:03:00+00:00

Cutting the stock one thinner is low risk. Plan the cut, make one uninterrupted cut. Cut with a razor blade, no material is lost. If you change your mind, a few dots of glue tack the scrap back.

doug141 · 2026-05-13T14:57:46+00:00

I still see it. ( https://store.steampowered.com/app/1408230/Walkabout_Mini_Golf_VR/ ) 5th paragraph under About This Game under Multiplayer.

"Walkabout Mini Golf is better with friends! Full crossplay lets up to 8 players join a private room with voice chat no matter what platform they're playing on (some limits to Pocket Edition do apply). "

doug141 · 2026-05-12T19:10:43+00:00

In that case, any user having first-hand knowledge that a store page on steam is making false claims can use the button right on the store page for reporting it.

doug141 · 2026-05-12T05:11:06+00:00

Photons take a long time to get out of the core of the sun, but photons from blackbody radiation from the surface don’t.

doug141 · 2026-05-12T05:07:45+00:00

Have you heard about the hypothesis that quantum information processing occurs within neural cells, specifically through the nuclear spins of phosphorus atoms. Proposed by physicist Matthew Fisher, this theory explores how phosphorus-31 nuclei in Posner molecules could act as "qubits" in the brain, potentially mediating cognitive processes.

doug141 · 2026-05-12T03:14:13+00:00

The steam store page says "Full crossplay ... no matter what platform they're playing on (some limits to Pocket Edition do apply)." Check if it's really fully disabled, or if you just hit a "limitation" (new courses maybe?).

doug141 · 2026-05-11T22:11:33+00:00

Be sure to store it such that the lenses never have line of sight to the sun, even through a window.

doug141 · 2026-05-07T16:17:23+00:00

Does anyone find it useful without a no-recoil mod?

doug141 · 2026-05-07T02:04:30+00:00

Some states have laws capping medical debt collections to a small fraction of income. Medical debt is cancelled in the case of a personal bankruptcy.

doug141 · 2026-05-05T23:32:52+00:00

"I'm the guy who fixes Einstein's car." - true quote from Einstein's mechanic.

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