potustheplant
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- Comment on Why are Steam games priced unfairly in Euros indifferent to where one resides? 2 weeks ago:
Except that they didn’t? I’m not stubborn, they’re just wrong.
- Comment on Why are Steam games priced unfairly in Euros indifferent to where one resides? 2 weeks ago:
Gottem
- Comment on Why are Steam games priced unfairly in Euros indifferent to where one resides? 2 weeks ago:
That does not equate to having the same price for everything.
- Comment on Why are Steam games priced unfairly in Euros indifferent to where one resides? 2 weeks ago:
That’s completely besides the point. You said that they could have different prices due to having the same currency in the store. However, there are plenty of stores with the same currency and different prices.
Also, how much ARS is worth when compared to USD has absolutely nothing to do with why the store is in USD. It actually used to be in the local currency but, for a period of time a few years ago, there was quite a bit of inflation and prices had to be updated constantly. To avoid this, they switched it back to USD.
- Comment on Why are Steam games priced unfairly in Euros indifferent to where one resides? 2 weeks ago:
You’re comparing different states with different countries. So no, it’s not an accurate analogy.
- Comment on Why are Steam games priced unfairly in Euros indifferent to where one resides? 2 weeks ago:
Not really an analogy. OP is asking about different countries, not states. That thing about the euro being the same currency for all those countries doesn’t track either. Prices in the Argentinian store are in USD but it still has regional pricing.
- Comment on Stop Killing Games delivers 'absolutely incredible' hearing in European Parliament: 'There was no [parliament member] that wasn't responding positively' 2 weeks ago:
You can say “fuck”, it’s ok.
- Comment on America 4 weeks ago:
Same thing in Argentina. As usual, USA are the weird ones xD
- Comment on Which wired earbuds do you recommend? 4 weeks ago:
Kiwi Ears Astral
- Comment on Meirl 1 month ago:
Can’t believe no one mentioned Limmy yet.
- Comment on Sony is testing dynamic pricing: one game - different prices on the PlayStation Store 2 months ago:
They do but that’s regional pricing, meaning that basically if the median income of a country is lower, game prices are lower as well. According to the article, that you apparently did not read, Sony is showing different prices (up to 18% lower in some cases) to different users. I take that to mean that the geographical position of the users could be the same.
- Comment on The Legion Go 2 might ditch Windows for SteamOS - and cost less 4 months ago:
You’re talking as if this wasn’t a device that’s already available…
- Comment on The Legion Go 2 might ditch Windows for SteamOS - and cost less 4 months ago:
The legio go 2 was released in october. Hw comparison s with other options already exist. That’s not the point of this story.
- Comment on The show I was watching went from "Free" to "Paid" *while I was watching it* 4 months ago:
So my original point about Stremio itself was correct I guess. Most common users that have no idea what debrid is (like me until 24hs ago xd) will leech torrents and never seed them. That kinda sucks, big time.
- Comment on The show I was watching went from "Free" to "Paid" *while I was watching it* 4 months ago:
It’s still bad though and it will still lead to a dying torrent.
- Comment on The show I was watching went from "Free" to "Paid" *while I was watching it* 4 months ago:
Wait, so if I get this right, stremio has nothing to do with debrid on its own. So if you just use Stremio, as is, you are leeching a torrent you don’t seed?
- Comment on The show I was watching went from "Free" to "Paid" *while I was watching it* 4 months ago:
Caching a torrent requires downloading, no? What guarantee do you have that they’re seeding that leech?
- Comment on The show I was watching went from "Free" to "Paid" *while I was watching it* 4 months ago:
Sheesh, this place is turning into reddit faster than I’d like. Relax dude.
- Comment on The show I was watching went from "Free" to "Paid" *while I was watching it* 4 months ago:
So you’re telling me that they’re offering a paid service for free. That makes me trust and want to use it even less.
- Comment on The show I was watching went from "Free" to "Paid" *while I was watching it* 4 months ago:
Then don’t use torrents. Leeching without seeding is literally how torrents die.
- Comment on The show I was watching went from "Free" to "Paid" *while I was watching it* 4 months ago:
Stremio kind of sucks. You’re leeching a torrent you’ll never seed.
- Comment on 5 months ago:
Sure, people can use the presets, but on a lower end machine, those aren’t perfect for getting the most out of your specific hardware.
If that’s the case then you could play around with individual settings to find something you’re comfortable with. I’ve been doing that since I was 12…
Sure, he could pay someone to upgrade it for him, but at that point it loses a lot of the benefits that come with being able to upgrade in the first place.
What? No. The main benefit is that you don’t need to throw anything away. You can even sell the comonent you’re replacing. Would it be more expensive than learning how to do it yourself? Yeah but it’s still cheaper than buying a new computer. It’s also not as wasteful considering that a broken cpu would mean throwing away the entire motherboard on a Steam Machine, whereas you would simply replace the cpu on a normal computer.
The Fractal Terra is actually larger than all modern consoles. The Fractal Terra is 11.4 liters. The PS5 is 7.2 liters.
Nope. Fractal Terra is 10.4 liters and the base ps5 is also 10.4 liters. I would even argue that the form factor of the terra is better. The series X is smaller, true but it’s only 6cm smaller in one of the sides of the top and 4cm shorter. I really don’t think that’s that different.
The steam cube is a lot smaller, sure. It’s also, like I already said multiple times, completely custom and impossible to upgrade. Not worth it imo. We also haven’t discussed the hardware. It comes with 8gb of soldered memory for the gpu. You can see here that that was not enough vram (even at 1080p) for some games over a year ago.
Knowing “how to use one” is different from knowing how to build and upgrade one.
Which is precisely why I specifically referred to people knowing how to use it, not build or upgrade it.
- Comment on 5 months ago:
I don’t agree that it’s that hars to build a pc. Even if it was, saying that adjusting visual settings is complicates is waaay too much. You’d have to be straight up dumb not even be able to use the low/medium/high/extreme presets every game has.
Also saying that since he can’t build it, he can’t upgrade it, is false. Any “pc technician” can do that for him.
The size part is also kinda moot. A Fractal Terra is smaller than a console and it can fit an itx build with most gpus.
Stop normalizing incompetence. We use computers, people should at the bare minimum know how to use them.
- Comment on 5 months ago:
No, you don’t need to do an introductory year. You also don’t really need to know what’s compatible with what. Tools like pcpartpicker already do that.
Finally, you’re comparing building a pc with buying a prebuilt, which is something people have been able to do since forever. The argument then becomes, why buy a steam machine with custom parts, which will be harder to fix and impossible to upgrade instead of a mini itx prebuilt with standard parts?
- Comment on 5 months ago:
That really doesn’t make much sense. Valve creates steamos, donates time (employee time, i mean) and money to open source projects, they improve proton a lot and what you’re interested in is having steam installed? Ok…
- Comment on 5 months ago:
It’s not repairable in the sense that it doesn’t use standard parts so whether you can get replacements or not depends on where you are, geographically. If it used a standard atx psu for example, you’d be able to buy that anywhere. Same thing for the cpu, if it used a standard cpu+gpu instead of a custom apu, you’d be able to replace just that if it broke, instead of the whole motherboard. Or even upgrade it if you wanted to.
Even motherboards themselves have different features. You might need 2.5g ethernet whereas someone else is fine with gigabit but wants better wifi. In my case, I always buy boards with spdi/f to use them with a dac. You lose that flexibility with a device like this.
Regarding the OS in prebuilts, it’s very common to have the option to order them without Windows. If you don’t know how to install Bazzite, just pay a technician to do it. It will still be cheaper than Windows. That’s not an excuse or impediment.
- Comment on 5 months ago:
Not a fan of prebuilts tbh. As far as linux goes, Bazzite is free so create a bootable thumbdrive with rufus and literally just follow the installation prompts. If you can’t even do that, then maybe you ahould learn how to.
- Comment on 5 months ago:
That’s wishful thinking. Valve hasn’t even announced a price range.
- Comment on 5 months ago:
It has a custom soc that is most likely soldered and most of the components (except maybe storage and ram) are custom as well. If you need to repair it, you depend on steam still providing the parts. I doubt the parts will be available in retail stores, so that’s another inconvenience. Upgrading (the cpu/gpu, etc) will also probably be impossible.
Also, building a pc is a lot simpler than you make it out to be. Not sure what you mean about that “support” bit either. People have always been fixing their computers getting help online. Either from forums or manufacturers.
To top it off, the “benefits” you’re mentioning are literally the same as if you bought a prebuilt pc.
- Comment on 5 months ago:
In my case I just can’t see the appeal. If you want a small desktop computer, just build an itx machine that can be fixed and upgraded.