u/oxysis — Oxysis/Oxy

I mean that’s just how consoles are, except Valve does let you just use it as a normal pc so you can use other stores if you want to. Still an advantage to them

Once again Valve proves they actually understand what people want; a relatively cheap and effective system that lets people play the games they want to play

No please fuck no

Exactly why I call conservatism a blight on humanity, it provides nothing useful and only seeks to harm others

The fascists keep trying to pin the blame for the Ukraine-Russia war on Ukraine. Because fascists don’t want their targets to defend themselves.

I’d prefer nothing over Vault-Tec to be fair

Fuck you Bezos

1930’s and 1940’s Germany called, they said keep up the good work

While I am not a linguist, I am a herstorian, I don’t get this line of logic fully. I understand wanting to keep languages around and wanting things to be as they were. But when it comes to languages they evolve, merge and die off.

We should do what we can now to persevere these languages for future generations to look back on. We also shouldn’t force communities to be stuck with a language that cannot change or adapt to the world that is changing around it.

Modern day English doesn’t just come out of thin air, it comes from other languages and from its own evolution. Modern day England experienced multiple invasions and those invaders brought their own languages with them. Words from those languages were then added to English and we still use those day! And yes obviously the English’s own conquests and empire helped propel the language outwards. It also allowed new dialects of the language to sprout up all overworld and it has mixed with local languages.

We should not try to imitate what the French do with sectioning off the evolution of language as much as possible. Instead we need to let it evolve as naturally as we can. There will always be varying languages, no two groups will always agree on what’s best afterall.

Right now we are experiencing how the modern world (which has its own problems) and languages clash and change each other. The languages that are dying off now are in the exact same place past languages were in.

No no no, what he wants is appeasement like his idol got

If you have any money left in the markets for any reason get it out now

I really hate my country and wish it nothing but the worst, but I do feel bad for some people here. A lot are irredeemable assholes but there are some genuinely good people here who don’t deserve what’s happening.

Good on you though for standing up for yourself and not risking being sent to a concentration camp here.

Throw away the key too

I could never imagine wanting to bring a child into this world right now. Poor babies will grow up in a hollow husk of a once beautiful world. They will never get to experience so many beautiful things and will be forced to live in a world that will be fighting over water resources.

How many cease fires have been put in place?

Good on them for calling out Israel’s bullshit, genocide is genocide no matter who is doing it

So let me get this straight you are upset that Valve is charging you for a repair 4 months after your warranty ended? Your warranty that lasted 12 months, so been out of warranty about a 1/3rd of the time it was in warranty. Yeah that is not _just_ out of warranty, if it was a few days or even a week or two out of warranty you would have a point.

The cost doesn’t even seem all that unreasonable given a 3 hour repair time. Since Valve makes sure its employees are well taken care of and you have to cover the cost of the broken part(s).

This is just an unlucky issue that cropped up after your warranty ended. Not really on Valve to solve it for free and they gave you a quote on what it costs to have them fix it. You are free to ask 3rd party repair companies what they think the cost of the repair is. But I’d wager it’d be pretty similar given Valve has the parts easily available for purchase at fair prices.

Edit: Since OP edited their post to remove details here are some I remember:

• Device was bought in November 2023, roughly 16 months old according to OP

• 12 month warranty that ended

• Valve quoted them at $197 for the cost of the repair

• 3 month new warranty was offered after the repair was completed

• OP said they are not capable of doing the repair themself

• Said the repair would take 3 hours to complete

• Also said the battery needed to be drained for the repair and that isn’t easily doable given the device’s current condition

Edit 2: Electric Boogaloo

Searched through OP’s post history to see if I could find any more details and here’s what I found

• In another comment they actually state the system is 18 months old and 6 months from warranty

• They also previously stated Valve quoted the repair at $185 and the parts at $80 before upping the total in this post

• And that they are an American, so sadly they don’t benefit from EU regulations

Who still has any trust in us outside of other fascists and autocrats?