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> Deck What an uninspiring name! (with unfortunate mispronunciations). Looks very interesting though, price point (starting at £349) seems very competitive.
by have_faith 5y ago
> Deck
What an uninspiring name! (with unfortunate mispronunciations). Looks very interesting though, price point (starting at £349) seems very competitive.
- justinsaccount 5y agoThe closest competitor to this is called the switch. Other competing products are called a station and a box.
- have_faith 5y agoSteam Deck just doesn't seem to roll off the tongue, maybe it will grow on me.
- queuebert 5y agoSticking with the ship metaphors, it was better than Poop Deck.
- bserge 5y agoI'd like to believe they named it that simply so kids could pull a "My Deck is bigger than yours!".
- reificator 5y ago> "My Deck is bigger than yours!" Ah, the rallying cry of EDH/Commander players everywhere.
- jazzyjackson 5y agoIt’s a term used a lot already for DIY’d portable computers in a kind of cyberpunk aesthetic, apparently from the game series Shadowrun https://hackaday.com/tag/cyberdeck/ https://hackaday.com/tag/cyberdeck/ https://www.reddit.com/r/cyberDeck/ https://www.reddit.com/r/cyberDeck/ https://shadowrun.fandom.com/wiki/Cyberdeck https://shadowrun.fandom.com/wiki/Cyberdeck
- Baeocystin 5y agoI mean, yes, but isn't Neuromancer where the term was born?
- jazzyjackson 5y agoI’m ignorant ! Had seen the diy decks and just tried googling for the etymology
- mandmandam 5y agoNot a William Gibson fan I take it - I heartily recommend you read Neuromancer if you enjoyed the Matrix / any cyberpunk at all.