What? Elections in Japan?

It’s not a waste of resources if you learn something. Think of this as research rather than product development. You can try many things (from VR, to miniaturised computers, to cloud gaming, controllers with wonky form factors…) to see what results in a good experience. You don’t need to get anywhere near a full fledged product to understand those things, so the waste of resources isn’t massive anyway.

I’d bet at the moment people decided “this is useful, I even want this for me, so let’s turn it into a product” the steam deck looked more like a screen, a gamepad and a raspberry pi all taped together or jammed into a 3d printed prototype chassis.

If people have spare capacity to work on these projects, the material cost at such a point can be under <5k which is peanuts for a company like Valve.

It’s an interesting one for me, because I’m 34 and I still don’t know how to define my sexuality well.

The first time I accidentally stumbled upon porn it was lesbian porn, and it made me as horny as an 11-year old can get. I was, I think, genuinely attracted to women.

But over time I started also thinking about men, and coming to terms with the idea that I am bisexual at about 14 or 15.

Up to my early 20s, I had casual hookups with girls and guys, but making more progress (sexually speaking) with the guys because we’re a horny bunch.

What ended up happening is that a combination of fear of rejection, and inexperience, put me off women for good. I knew that most women in the 2010s Spain wouldn’t want to be with a bisexual guy, so being in a relationship with one would mean I’d have to hide a big part of myself.

So instead I shut that door down and just dated men from that point onwards and I’ve lived as gay since my 20s. I think that label is not a strictly accurate representation of my sexuality but nowadays, I don’t even get attracted to women. I think I’m not “used to” thinking of them that way and they don’t trigger that response in me anymore. I’m not sure if that could happen again though, but it doesn’t seem possible.

And anyway, I’m very happily partnered now so I don’t care about the details. Attraction-wise my boyfriend is all that matters now :)

I don’t think so, SpaceX claimed (and NASA apparently verified) that the development costs for the Falcon 9 were $300 million. It’s in the Wikipedia article, also here: https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2022/10/23/how-much-would-falcon-9-have-cost-if-it-was-developed-by-nasa/?amp=1

I was under the impression that the Falcon Heavy was a ground-up development. But in any case the Falcon 9 was cheaper, so go figure…

$700 million is the estimated development cost of the Falcon Heavy.

Not a game, not a space simulation, but the actual Falcon Heavy rocket. A rocket that can actually go into space.

I know they’re different things but I thought I’d leave this here to put things in perspective.

This is the Pro, the mid-cycle refresh with more power and whatnot.

Cool, but it’s missing trackpads and Linux…

I never knew how much I needed the trackpads until I played on the deck - unlike with the joysticks, I can actually play FPSs!!

1. Turn on
2. Open desktop mode (in power menu I think)
3. Open terminal
4. Type rsync <source> <destination>
5. Press enter

the shutdown command was a warning not a request.

Such wise words.