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Future proofing. Websites nowadays load tens of megabytes for a simple news page. I wouldn’t be surprised if in the future a website consumes 500+ megabytes on the initial page load. That will take 40 seconds on a 100 megabit link and 400 m
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by retired 4mo ago
What about overhead? Can you truly do 10Gb/s networking on a 10Gb/s USB port? Would having such NIC on a 20Gb/s USB port not result in higher speeds?
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by retired 4mo ago
It helps that 90% of the population can cycle to work if they have to. Remote work is also very big.
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by retired 4mo ago
Don’t forget trains not running due to leaves on the track.
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by retired 4mo ago
Germany also was very punctual with their trains during the war.
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by retired 4mo ago
A Tesla Model 3 is under 2000kg. Anything above that is either an SUV or a poorly designed car. 2000kg+ is a lot of weight if it plows into a group of people or the back of a car. There should absolutely be an incentive for manufacturers to
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by retired 4mo ago
> Have you ever tried to build and maintain a shuttle PC yourself? It's obnoxious. The benefit of a SFF PC you made yourself it that it doesn’t use proprietary hardware like the Steam Machine, is easily repaired and easily upgraded.
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by retired 4mo ago
In most of Europe you can drive a 4250kg EV with a simple drivers license you got after taking six lessons in 1972. Madness. Anything over 2000kg should require a truck license including retesting every five years imho.
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by retired 4mo ago
I’m European and protection laws are nice to have but if a shop doesn’t refund you those laws don’t automatically give you your money back. That is where a credit-card comes in handy. I don’t know any bank that offers this protection on a d
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by retired 4mo ago
And most Europeans that have a credit-card need to pay them off at the end of the month. Technically they are charge cards. Unlike a traditional credit card, a charge card does not allow you to carry a revolving balance.
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by retired 4mo ago
Would have been nice from Valve to be transparent about that. Maybe a little warning that your particular batch performs a little less than others.
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by retired 4mo ago
A GPU defect on the Steam Machine requires a full replacement of the proprietary motherboard. You can’t put a new GPU in or have someone do it for you. And when GTA VI comes out there is no upgrade path possible to make the Steam Machine pe
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by retired 4mo ago
The global stock market has been outperforming Bitcoin for a while now.
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by retired 4mo ago
Serial and PS2 is even cheaper to implement than USB yet I’m happy that we removed those ports in favor of something modern.
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by retired 4mo ago
One of the many reasons not to buy Logitech.
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by retired 4mo ago
It will be difficult to build it that small, however you will end up with a PC that doesn’t use proprietary hardware and is easier to repair. There is something to say about that.
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by retired 4mo ago
A DIY machine can be repaired or upgraded down the line with off the shelf components. The Steam Machine uses proprietary hardware with most components soldered on.
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by retired 4mo ago
Isn’t this industry standard? How many PCs have locked boot loaders? Edit, reply to Rohansi as I am rate limited, I’m talking about gaming PCs not consoles.
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by retired 4mo ago
I do hope they will release drivers for the Steam Machine, otherwise the openness isn’t very useful. Or at least make it possible for others to make drivers by publishing specifications. Edit, reply to bjord as I am rate limited: HDMI CEC,
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by retired 4mo ago
For €1039 you can even get a mini-ITX PC that fits nicely in your living room. Install SteamOS to get a similar experience. Only thing you will not get is the HDMI CEC functionality.
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by retired 4mo ago
If you stay in the Steam ecosystem. Similar to the Steam Controller. Works great with Steam, not so great outside the ecosystem.
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by retired 4mo ago
I hope they will release a version with a replaceable CPU and GPU. For a company that does so well on repair ability I don’t understand why they solder everything on the board. I prefer a mini-ITX system where I can easily change the compon
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by retired 4mo ago
I keep getting rate limited or shadow banned so I just get a new account every few months. Works for me. I guess this comment triggered the rate limit: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48162842 > Some wealthy techbro
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by retired 4mo ago
Indeed, I’ll make a new account. Typically burn through them in a couple of months.
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by retired 4mo ago
No. Only short trips to the supermarket and such. Most of the trips are done by car. Most cities in The Netherlands aren’t high density and the Dutch are king of urban sprawl hence the high amount of bicycles. In other European cities with
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by retired 4mo ago
Schiphol has 24 hours train service that reaches maybe 10-15 percent of the Dutch population. If your flight lands past 23:00 chances are slim you are going home by train. Same goes for concerts that end after 22:00. You need private transp
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by retired 4mo ago
Unfortunately not. Average distance to work is 19,9 kilometers. That is well outside the city they live in. Most people can’t afford to live in the city they work in. In Amsterdam my entire team lived outside the city.
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by retired 4mo ago
The lifestyle I refer to is living in a bike friendly city, being able to afford a multi-thousand euro cargo bike and having secure storage for it. OP also appears to live in a house with a yard on top of that. That lifestyle is reserved fo
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by retired 4mo ago
For The Netherlands you are really constricted to the city you live in if you don’t own a car. You can forget about going to a concert, a birthday party or catching an early flight without one. Or if you want to do anything fun on a Sunday

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