They were targeting sub-$1000 before things got crazy. If it was going to be exactly $1000 and it sees the 40% jump the Steam Machine did, that would be $1400. I think storage and RAM are a lower percentage of the Frame’s cost which would theoretically push it down further, but then again, that may be countered by the market continuing to get worse. Still, I’ll be very surprised if they price it a ton higher than $1500.

Obviously, my experience is anecdotal, but I got both Valve-developed headsets at launch, the HTC Vive and the Valve Index, the latter of which I think is still very close to the sweet spot for VR tech 7 years on. I’ve purposely avoided all the Meta headsets.

The stock Vive only using straps for support was indeed a little uncomfortable to wear, but the experience was still compelling enough to use it for hours. I did eventually do the welding mask mod for it that greatly improved the comfort and added over-ear speakers like the Index later got.

Fast forward to the Index, and I still use it off and on. It was comfortable enough out of the box to never modify, and I’ve even fallen asleep a few times in the thing. The Frame further shrinking the front and moving weight to the back for balance can only be better.

I think VR overall is only a failure for those who bought into the hype that it’s an evolution that would eventually replace flat gaming (see the Ready Player One vision). That’s never going to happen because the abstraction that allows you to press a button, move a mouse, tilt a stick, etc. to simulate an action taking much more energy to perform in the real world is a huge convenience we’re never going to give up en masse. It’s perfectly fine for VR to remain a niche, adjacent medium.

…at night, both asking for food… Once fed…

Hmmm… If I’m reading this right, you’ve been yielding to their demands, and they have no doubt absorbed this knowledge. Prepare to never have a full night’s sleep again.

I peeked. It didn’t seem that bad, just memes and shitposts.

I also don’t mind releases taking the “when it’s ready” approach. It’s kind of refreshing actually.

I meant relative to MSRP. This model was $1,799 at launch just a year or two ago. Keep in mind the Jolla Phone 2 is also about $700 USD.

I need lots of screen real estate for work and projects, so I basically can’t use phones less than 7" anymore, which knocks out a lot of reasonable budget options, and this was a good chance to try a foldable for not much more money than what I would be spending at minimum anyway.

I’m also expecting Android-based OSs to maybe not be a viable option for my upgrade after this one, so I wanted performance I’d be happy with for a while while I wait for Linux phones to mature some more. I tend to stick with any one phone for 5 or more years, and I’m hoping to do the same here.

I use an adjusted version of this format, and yes, one of my adjustments was putting all steps including initial setup together on the right.

Also, for many ingredients introduced together in one step, I simply order those ingredients top-to-bottom in whatever order it’s ideal to add them in. I can’t think of any recipes where that alone wasn’t enough, but if I did need to provide more info, that would either be done in the text or justify splitting that step into multiple steps.

My (probably) autistic brain loves it.

I think it depends on how much of a verbal versus visual thinker you are. I’m very much the latter, and I’ve been using the Cooking for Engineers template for years. One nice thing about it is still having an ingredient list for shopping or mise en place and steps together without repeating a bunch of text.

Also, bigger recipes will usually have parts that are done concurrently, and the boxes with those steps will stack vertically. The example is one sequence all involving the butter, so that’s already really the worst case scenario for this format.

I have a Pixel 9 Pro Fold with GrapheneOS on it. Supposedly, the hinge has been tested to 200k folds with no issue, and it does indeed feel solid. I only use the inside screen a few times a day max though, so there’s no way I’m going to verify anywhere close to 200k folds before something else fails or just gets too outdated. It might not hold up for someone who abuses their tech a lot, but I haven’t broken a single phone screen in 20 years often just running with a case and no screen protection, and I expect I’m not the only one in that market.

It’s worth mentioning that I bought the phone new and unlocked but at a massive bargain ($720 USD). I definitely would not have grabbed it near full price.

Wouldn’t this just be an NDA violation? As far as I know, ITAR mainly just covers technical details of propulsion, guidance, and their supporting systems, and I think you’re right about those being life support systems, likely embiggened descendants of what’s already on Dragon.

Also, judging by the press/visitor badges and the obviously not final positions or complete lack of some things, I don’t think this is intended to be that faithful a mock-up of any real design.

Ah, judging by the upvotes, that’s the more common interpretation too. I guess I’ve just not been subject to enough obscure bugs to have ever made the association.

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That’s a very… unique interpretation honestly. I’ve never seen anyone associate this meme (including all the “we trapped lightning in a rock and taught it to do taxes” variants) with the fragility of complex tech, only the idea that microprocessors are such a ridiculous technology that anyone reaching expert level is back in the state of wonderment.

Nice! 9 Pro Fold for GrapheneOS here, new in box.

My 7900 XTX agrees.

Got my current phone via Swappa just this March. Hadn’t heard of them before that. Great site.

If you’ve got the disposable income for it, yes, it’s a great device. The value isn’t as great since the price increases, but the slowing market also means hardware at that level will stay relevant much longer.

More powerful handhelds have come out since, but I agree on not putting too much focus on the numbers. Most comparisons seem to miss how important ergonomics and UX are for actually using devices like this, and nobody else seems to have figured those out quite to the degree Valve has.

That said, the power is still enough for a lot of people to play AAA games with it. I’m a bit too spoiled by easy, frequent access to better hardware to quite enjoy that myself, but I can see myself still using it as a AA/indie/backlog machine for many years.

I won’t claim that democracy worked very well in USSR or China but it sure as hell is/was better for people living there than the capitalist “democracies” of the west.

Are you saying just the application of democracy was/is better or the overall living under those systems?

Just to check, are you arguing for pure socialism or a blended system?

gets somewhat fairly distributed to everyone… through the state.

Not that capitalism doesn’t have its share of this problem, but this is a massive centralization of authority and management. How can that be safeguarded against inevitable corruption?

Also, thoughts on how the ideal system would treat non-essential goods and best motivate innovation in “frivolities?” It’s one thing to want people to stop valuing excess wealth, but people are still going to want movies, video games, food ingredients from across the planet, etc.

After all, humans do selfless acts for the benefit of their social group all the time, we just need to cultivate that part of our psyche instead of the greedy one.

A tall order, but I give away a portion of my wealth regularly and like Star Trek, so I get it. Lol.

I’m also personally quite attracted to anarchist ideologies, which don’t have as cohesive of an answer for dealing with greed but do promise an even more awesome society, with no central authority to be greedy whatsoever.

Not just greed, but every negative human trait that can turn someone into a bad actor. Needing a system for dealing with bad actors and outside threats is how we got all these systems to begin with.