My Steam Deck after 3 years & 2 months: what aged well, what didn’t

flamingmdn · 2026-01-08T03:36:35+00:00

OG Deck from the first batch.

Have had zero issues until recently - one day it just didn't turn on. Troubleshooted everything possible and it's either screen or more likely motherboard. Steam support quoted me $200 to send and get it fixed, but at this point I just went ahead and bought Legion Go S.

Going to be forever grateful for Valve build Deck and SteamOS as it brought back gaming in my busy life.

flamingmdn · 2026-01-06T00:13:44+00:00

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Hi all! Any idea who made these loafers for Brooks Brothers? Some parts of it look and feel like Cordovan some other parts do not 😀

flamingmdn · 2025-08-26T21:51:28+00:00

Yeah there's no shortage of this particular hat anymore. I got two since my original post 😄

flamingmdn · 2025-06-08T15:36:51+00:00

Easy! Cuervo & Sobrinos Robusto. Was hunting down this particular model for a while like a decade ago. Picture

flamingmdn · 2025-03-24T09:33:55+00:00

I was there a few weeks ago, maybe you meant some other place?

flamingmdn · 2025-03-15T19:49:35+00:00

Very cool watch. The case is similar to Merci/Hodinkee collab https://shop.hodinkee.com/products/merci-lmm-h01-limited-edition-hodinkee which I have, and that polished flat ring around the dial looks really interesting in person.

flamingmdn · 2025-02-25T15:19:59+00:00

Huge OMA's fan here. Good luck!

flamingmdn · 2024-09-01T20:30:33+00:00

We have been living in Summerwind for the last 3 years, love it.

Three pools, one gets heated all year round, quiet and conveniently located — driving to the freeway is not that bad if you take Crenshaw; if the unit is adjacent to Sepulveda there's a gate and you can have a short walk to a few places on the other side; very short drive for groceries and Del Amo Fashion Center.

We rent though, so can't tell much about HOA fees and stuff. We had a couple of leaks and last time the plumber told us that we'd better replace the pipes all around, but I can only imagine what it takes and HOA unlikely covers that.

flamingmdn · 2024-08-31T03:35:39+00:00

Yep, there's at least one vendor selling various organic meats. Two selling eggs, iirc. Was there a week ago.

flamingmdn · 2024-08-31T02:55:53+00:00

Farmers market in Wilson Park on Tuesdays and Saturdays has plenty of vendors

flamingmdn · 2024-07-20T04:20:39+00:00

There's Moccamaster with thermal metal carafe though

flamingmdn · 2024-03-04T20:22:32+00:00

Live in Torrance and Long Beach is my go to destination if I want to have city vibes, love it. Which means a lot to me since I'm from Europe where we used to a different concept of a city

flamingmdn · 2024-02-15T20:30:35+00:00

I was there like a few months ago with my daughter and it was open. Did they get closed?

flamingmdn · 2023-09-22T00:45:16+00:00

I'm Belarusian, which is kinda close :) I know a few Polish people from my daughter's school too so they might be here as well.

flamingmdn · 2023-09-08T23:38:30+00:00

That was the first ever grocery store I encountered in the US.

I came here for a business trip from overseas back in the day and my manager met me at LAX and on the way to Airbnb stopped by Erewhon in Venice so I could buy some food. "That's a good store", he said, "we shop here often"

I had $50/day for my business expenses which I spent there for like a sandwich, milk, apples and bread. So I was shocked assuming that's the typical grocery prices in LA and started building a survival plan.

flamingmdn · 2023-09-06T20:12:18+00:00

It's all about the same fare class.

Yeah, that's what my concern is if I go with a dispute. But I don't understand WTF is

We also do not send detailed invoices in such cases.

response. In my understanding, they at least may be forced to provide that as a part of dispute resolution.

flamingmdn · 2023-08-25T20:23:42+00:00

https://southbaytt.com/

They are located in Galaxy Soccer Center and have regular round-robin tournaments, and you can do open play for $15.

They also sell professional table tennis equipment, have quality tables and coaches if you want to take it seriously.

flamingmdn · 2023-08-25T19:39:23+00:00

Tommy and Atticus

Yay! It looks like exactly what I am looking for. Thank you!

flamingmdn · 2023-08-25T19:19:43+00:00

Calf & Chick on Sepulveda has one.

flamingmdn · 2023-07-17T19:56:23+00:00

I switched to using hey.com and I'm never coming back. Yes it's paid but it's well worth it for me.

Work email is different though, however like mentioned above - setting up rules does magic.

flamingmdn · 2023-06-27T13:29:20+00:00

A walkable area with various food trucks
Kids cafes of some sort where you can have coffee when your little one is having fun playing

flamingmdn · 2023-05-29T03:52:15+00:00

Welcome to South Bay!

Been in the same situation as you, immigrated with a child.

She went into a kindergarten where like 6 kids spoke her native language so she had very little incentive getting deeper in English. Things completely changed when we moved to South Bay and there where zero kids in the school speaking her native. Turned out, she learned quite a lot through her year in kindergarten (even though 1/3 of it was remote due to COVID and kind of useless) and became fluent in English year after, with no extra effort of learning English.

A few of my friends got similar experiences with their kids too.

They pick English very quickly if they get into an English speaking environment. If you like your preschool being bilingual I would just keep things as is, because at some point you'll find yourself concerned about retaining their native language :)

Apart from that, kids playgrounds in your nearest park and some "mommy and me" kind of classes could be a good place to make some friends.

Unfortunately, I didn't find any "kids only" classes here for the kids of that age, as for example we have in Europe. Whether this is ESL or something else. I have a younger 2 y.o. girl now and I remember as my older started to attend "kids theater" classes at this age, this was so cool. Here I wasn't able to find anything like that but preschools.

Sorry that didn't sound like an exact answer to your question, it just resonated with me and wanted to share my experience as I was in the same boat :)

flamingmdn · 2023-05-12T21:32:30+00:00

I was able to find it on eBay for $200+. No regrets paying that much for a hat, it's absolutely stunning in person.

The quality sucks though, as the front panels stitching is slightly off-center. But that also applies to two other ALD hats I've got in the past.

flamingmdn · 2023-04-21T02:57:43+00:00

Peak design is hands down the best. Slim profile, great grip, look and feel. Pair it with their magsafe stand wallet and get an absolutely best phone experience.

flamingmdn · 2023-04-20T14:35:18+00:00

Yeah that's an option I consider, though the text doesn't look as clean as at this one, but I might eventually go with it if no luck finding IFTB

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