Quoting: GuestMost people expect a pat on the back for their efforts, but they rarely return the favor unfortunately. I'm working on some open source software that I'm hesitant to release as I don't know how I'll react to ungrateful people...

I can't say you won't regret publishing it, but what I can say is that you would regret not publishing it.

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Quoting: PhiladelphusBut since it has been around so long, presumably we could look at history to make some sort of educated guess, right?

I really don't know. I mean, I don't know the answer, and I don't even know if we can make an educated guess or if we would be miles from reality. What are you paying if you buy 100.000 instead of 1, or if you got kind of a electronic part subscription?!? Don't ask me. :) I'd guess public information would be sparse.

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Quoting: PhiladelphusNot sure why that's such an incredible claim, the concept of a loss leader [External Link] has been around—as in, documented that people and companies have done this exact thing—for at least half a century.

Ok...

Quoting: PhiladelphusBut hey, show me a list of components that produce a device with the same features and specs as the Steam Deck and which cost less than $400 and I'll believe it.

... but volume discount has been around—as in, documented that people and companies have done this exact thing—for millennia.

I don't think anybody says that selling below cost is an incredible claim. It's just that we don't know for sure, and probably never will.

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I understand they got bitter. Their business case is dying, and in my humble opinion there's not much they can do about it. (Maybe if they are quick enough with a big SteamOS device Valve is thinking about?) Of course they have to react more decent on this situation.

... and I understand Liam very good. Being blocked for no good reason feels bad, and having the possibility to react publicly on it and being seen on Google feels good. Been there, done that. :)

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Quoting: crse

Quoting: spayder26Chinese companies, regardless of their size or reach, usually have a whole different concept of copyright infringement, so zero surprises here.

This reminds me of Xiaomi theme store that is basically filled with the usage of copyrighted content without permission. :dizzy:

Well, Facebook is basically filled with the usage of copyrighted content without permission, too...

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Quoting: constAnd for a lot of us, sitting in front of a PC for 8hrs a day has seriously decreased our will to additionally game on it.

Since Covid, I'm even staring at the same monitor.

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Quoting: BogomipsMaybe trimester would have been easier to understand?

I'm confused that it needs to be explained but English is not my native language so…

Unfortunately it would have been incorrect. A year has three trimesters (hence "tri"), but four quarters.

I had to look it up (see above), and it's actually 3 months. The "mester" seems to come from "mensis", month.

My university operates on a trimester system; we have three of them in a year.

I looked it up at several places, most agree on the "three months" as well as the latin origin.

The German dictionary Duden mentions both [External Link] though, three months as well as a third of a school/university year.

I wonder if the later is a missconception maybe stemming from a pregnancy, where the term seems to be used often (at least here), and the duration of three months coincides with a third of the full duration.

And a question, how long does your trimesters take?
*edit* Another find, a trimester at university is supposed to be three months, and you have three of them in the year: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimester_(Studium) [External Link]

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I feel no game ever can live up to what we expect from "Monkey Island". Because we're not 12 anymore.

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The demo was very interesting, this is literally "thinking out of the box!"

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Quoting: fnordianslipCould do with an English translation. I was surprised to learn that the in game character is actually wearing pants when he gets out of bed and actually needs to find his trousers.

"Pants" matches alright what I get to see here - stuff you can wear outside without being frowned upon:

https://www.google.com/search?q=pants&source=lnms&tbm=isch [External Link]

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