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I was on the edge buying the thing and told myself that if I use it 50 hours it's a reasonable purchase. Now I'm sporting closer to 200h within one year I could not be happier.

Did you have any (self made) goals when buying Steam Deck? Did you achieve those? Or did you buy it and now it's collecting dust? I'm curious

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[โ€“] Case@unilem.org 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't have one, so I can't speak for myself.

But my coworker, who works later into the night (before I take over the night shift) seems to falll asleep playing it most days.

While I disagree with this on a professional level, I'm not about to stir the pot if his work is getting done.

[โ€“] hardcoreufo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

My night shift coworkers bring in PS5s and Xboxes and set them up every night. I felt guilty bringing in a switch or 3DS on holidays I knew would be dead when I worked on nights. A handheld seems somewhat acceptable to me as it can just be turned off and thrown in a bag when it gets busy.

Now that I'm on days I read semi related technical books of things I'm interested in or hack around on a pi or Arduino that may or may not lead to something useful for work. That way I can say I'm learning my job better even if it's stuff I'd do in my free time. Boss seems to like that.