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The only real reasons to get a Steam Machine are if:

1. You really want your computer to be a 6" cube
2. You really want HDMI CEC support
3. You really want to give your money to Valve instead of some other company

Otherwise, something else will be cheaper and/or faster, at the cost of being a more normal desktop size and shape.

I haven't had a prebuilt desktop since I was 15, so I would definitely build my own. (In other words, if the thing stopping you is being nervous about screwing it up, don't be because it isn't actually hard.)

Otherwise, I don't have any specific prebuilt brand recommendations for you, but I'll echo the advice to get something with a Radeon 9060 XT (or better). Alternatively, if you think you might want to do AI things with it too instead of just gaming, consider a small-form-factor PC with a fast APU and a lot of unified memory (e.g. like the Framework Desktop or Minisforum MS-S1 Max) or a Radeon RX 7900 XTX (with 24GB RAM), but be aware that those would be a lot more expensive right now.

That's true, dinosaurs don't have buttholes.

It can be two things!

All the while knowing that in 10 or twelve weeks it will all be covered in snow again.

Jeez, just how far north are you?!

Maybe, get that design in a sticker first, slap it on something everyone will see and see how long you enjoy being asked about it.

Upvote for good advice!

I mean, "bunker" gets the idea across, but it's kinda underselling it. Ellison and Zuckerberg own nearly the entire island of Kauai, HI between them -- the whole island is the bunker, with a 72-mile-wide moat between it and most of Hawaii's population.

Because I'm a "car guy" and each vehicle is in a different niche. I've got a Miata (RWD, for autocross), a WRX (AWD, for rallycross), a 4Runner (4x4, for off-road trails), etc.

Some of them are currently non-running project cars, and almost none of them are practical. (Perhaps ironically, my "daily driver" is actually a cargo e-bike.)

Also, I'm sentimental and bad at getting rid of them, even if I probably should.

Obligatory Computerphile

From my perspective, a 2006 is still a pretty new car. (Most of mine are from the '90s.)

They are doing something about it: they're building bunkers, killbots, and a totalitarian panopticon.

The question is, what are we doing to defend ourselves?

It’s like he knew the game would be a pile of shit and decided to lean into it.

The people in charge of the game knew it too, since they deliberately used that take!

No they don't. Lots of (D)s, and even the occasional (I) like Bernie Sanders, are less authoritarian than pretty much every single (R) is these days.