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[shockdude]

drops watch

Watches suck.

As opposed to "drops phone?"

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I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not lol.

Is it common for people to still ask the time? Seems like every device nowadays has it displayed somewhere.

From my experience, people who don't have watches ask people with watches what time it is. It is uncommon though.

What if there was a Steam Watch?

 

[rtcn63]

What if there was a Steam Watch?

At least we'll be able to keep up with Valve Time.

 

[Chariot]

What if there was a Steam Watch?

At least we'll be able to keep up with Valve Time.

 

[freshVeggie]

The latest member of the family is arrived today

It may be a bit cute now.

But it ain't no cat.

It ain't no cat.

 

[ashecitism]

Aaaand another one XD

What is Valve’s focus? Has it actually changed?

Just wait till Valve properly unveils Source 2/announces a new game!

 

[NingenJanai]

It may be a bit cute now.

But it ain't no cat.

It ain't no cat.

And it's no bunny.

Bunnies > cats > dogs

 

[freshVeggie]

And it's no bunny.

Bunnies > cats > dogs

Can't really judge. I never ate bunnies.

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I kid, I kid.

 

[Chariot]

And it's no bunny.

Bunnies > cats > dogs

Please, don't embarrass yourself. Corgis are above any other animal.

Can't really judge. I never ate bunnies.

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I kid, I kid.

When I was little, my grandparents had bunnies. I loved them. But they were raising them for a local restaurant. They vanished one day and I took the faux explanation. I only much later that I learned I actually ate one of them.

 

[NingenJanai]

Please, don't embarrass yourself. Corgis are above any other animal.When I was little, my grandparents had bunnies. I loved them. But they were raising them for a local restaurant. They vanished one day and I took the faux explanation. I only later learned that I actually ate one of them.

...

 

[BinaryPork2737]

What if there was a Steam Watch?

I'd buy it at 80% off if it came with Steam trading cards.

 

[Baron_Calamity]

Please, don't embarrass yourself. Corgis are above any other animal.

I hate Corgis. My mom has them. Corgis' are the bossy assholes of the dog world.

 

[Casimir]

nvm.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

HOLY MOTHER OF GOD AT THOSE APPLE WATCH PRICES!! D:

 

[derExperte]

Aaaand another one XD

What is Valve’s focus? Has it actually changed?

I wish I had Opiate's patience. He's in all these threads, trying to reign in the madness with reason.

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

HOLY MOTHER OF GOD AT THOSE APPLE WATCH PRICES!! D:

unix has gone too far

 

[Dr Dogg]

Connect to an AU/NZ/JP server here. The SoftEther client makes thing easy-peasy.

Top stuff, cheers. Rogue Day came a day early it seems!

I'd buy it at 80% off if it came with Steam trading cards.

*tee hee*

 

[Baron_Calamity]

What if there was a Steam Watch?

Best I can do. :\

/edit: quoted to right size

 

[Casimir]

HOLY MOTHER OF GOD AT THOSE APPLE WATCH PRICES!! D:

These are appropriately priced. I don't understand what is so shocking.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

These are appropriately priced. I don't understand what is so shocking.

A $17000 watch is appropriately priced?

 

[MMBosstones86]

"What time is it?" "Oh it's 7:00."
vs.
"What time is it?" "Hold on" ~ fumbles with phone in pocket/purse ~ turn screen on ~ "Oh it's 7:01."

Watches are pretty cool imo.

takes you 1 minute to take your phone out of your pocket? git gud

At least we'll be able to keep up with Valve Time.

dead

 

[L.O.R.D]

Best I can do. :\

/edit: quoted to right size

waiting to buy it at sales or some humble bundle offers

 

[Baron_Calamity]

takes you 1 minute to take your phone out of your pocket? git gud

My phone is never in my pocket. Beat THAT!


(actually it is but assuming this is a social situation, I'm probably in a corner reading gaf on my phone anyways)

 

[MMBosstones86]

A $17000 watch is appropriately priced?

They're just making it easier to spot assholes in public.

 

[morningbus]

My phone is never in my pocket. Beat THAT!


(actually it is but assuming this is a social situation, I'm probably in a corner reading gaf on my phone anyways)

You should consider taping it to your wrist at all times for the convenience of seconds-sooner time acquisition.

 

[FiveElementNinja]

I wonder what the timepiece thread will think of the Apple Watch. I'm guessing it won't be good.

 

[Vazra]

Me wearing a 17K watch is an invitation to get stabbed and dropped in the darkest corner to die. No thanks.

 

[MUnited83]

A $17000 watch is appropriately priced?

Luxury watches are not a new thing. There's plenty of watches that are 50k or more.

300$ is also the minimum you'd pay for a decent watch. So the prices are not really surprising at all.

 

[Turfster]

These are appropriately priced. I don't understand what is so shocking.

A $17000 watch is appropriately priced?

A 17000$ real watch is also something you, your kids, your grandkids and many further generations can enjoy, usually.
This smartwatch shit will last a year, if you're lucky, so yeah, they're ridiculously overpriced... since they're not actually watches =p

 

[Darth Kupi]

This game is pretty cool. Does it save your progress? I'm a few missions in and don't want to lose it all by quitting the game. Seems a pretty barebones demo at the moment.

 

[Dr Dogg]

Well with Apple's history of fucking over older gen devices with either OS updates that cripple them or exclude them from security fixes much sooner than other tech companies I'd be pretty pissed with what might amount to a 17 grand paper weight after a couple of years.

Anyway back to Steamy things, Rogue could really, really could do with some proper AA. Even at 2560x1440 it's a bit rough let alone when encountering fine line like ropes on ships. Might have a mess about getting SMAA on the go with something like SweetFX.

 

[morningbus]

A 17000$ real watch is also something you, your kids, your grandkids and many further generations can enjoy, usually.
This smartwatch shit will last a year, if you're lucky, so yeah, they're ridiculously overpriced... since they're not actually watches =p

I'm looking forward to the day I can pass down the Apple watch I bought and hid up my butt for 5 years.

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

i know this is off topic but watches, man, if ever anything was completely obsolete it's a watch.

 

[MMBosstones86]

Luxury watches are not a new thing. There's plenty of watches that are 50k or more.

300$ is also the minimum you'd pay for a decent watch. So the prices are not really surprising at all.

Yes, but these aren't 'watches'. Will be outdated in less than a year.

 

[crazyrabbits]

Everyone knows that Omega watches are where it's at. I give the Apple Watch three years, tops.

 

[jshackles]

i know this is off topic but watches, man, if ever anything was completely obsolete it's a watch.

I see your "watch" and raise you a "fax machine".

 

[Mr. Doop]

I just finished up Hotline Miami! What a fantastic game.

 

[Ruruja]

I see your "watch" and raise you a "fax machine".

Haha, my work has a fax machine. It gets about 1 fax a week and it's some company advertisement - I wonder why they still send the fax out, actually I wonder why we still have the fax machine.

 

[Turfster]

I see your "watch" and raise you a "fax machine".

I remember when everybody had pagers.
Also, we still get spam faxes, at least.

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

I see your "watch" and raise you a "fax machine".

Hmm, but then we'd have to shut down half of the federal government given that they pretty much run exclusively on fax machines.

 

[NingenJanai]

I just finished up Hotline Miami! What a fantastic game.

I'm on mission 11, only feeling frustration and anger most of the time, the music is good tho.

 

[Knurek]

I see your "watch" and raise you a "fax machine".

Coming soon to an Apple Store near you - iFloppyDrive, iAbacus and iSlipstick

 

[JaseC]

So, here's an amusing bug with the current Steam client beta: typing out an e-mail address results in a link to the domain instead. E.g. youallsuckbutnotreally@hotmail.com will just appear to the other person as http://hotmail.com. At first I thought Dunder was joking when I asked for his PayPal address and he just gave me a link to Hotmail, haha.

 

[FloatOn]

I'm on mission 11, only feeling frustration and anger most of the time, the music is good tho.

that feeling when you beat it is so good

 

[jshackles]

Hmm, but then we'd have to shut down half of the federal government given that they pretty much run exclusively on fax machines.

True enough, and not just the federal government either.

Also, doctor's offices.

I wish people could get with the times already. A pretty large portion of my day job is spent diagnosing issues with fax machines and I have about a billion other things that I could be doing if not for that. A common phrase I tell people: "You know you could just email this information, right?" to which I get the response "Yeah, but that's not as secure." *facepalm*

 

[MUnited83]

Yes, but these aren't 'watches'. Will be outdated in less than a year.

The kind of people willing to spend 17 000$ on a watch will easily do it again on next year. Hell, that happens with real watches as well. Gotta have the newest shiny model.

 

[Turfster]

GMG is doing a Women in Games Tomb Raider sale

 

[Dr Dogg]

True enough, and not just the federal government either.

Also, doctor's offices.

I wish people could get with the times already. A pretty large portion of my day job is spent diagnosing issues with fax machines and I have about a billion other things that I could be doing if not for that. A common phrase I tell people: "You know you could just email this information, right?" to which I get the response "Yeah, but that's not as secure." *facepalm*

Same thing with some folks with their desperation to cling on to their cheque book. You try explaining to them that you're not only giving up your account detail but also your your signature to anyone who lays eyes upon it but the fear of technology drives them away from paying by card or direct debit (a form of automated bank transfer in the UK) despite neither of those giving up your credentials that readily.

And to keep this post on topic, Rogue looks alright

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with a bit of fiddling and in 5120x2880 bullshot-o-vision

 

[Casimir]

So, here's an amusing bug with the current Steam client beta: typing out an e-mail address results in a link to the domain instead. E.g. youallsuckbutnotreally@hotmail.com will just appear to the other person as http://hotmail.com. At first I thought Dunder was joking when I asked for his PayPal address and he just gave me a link to Hotmail, haha.

Dunder is selling again? I thought he closed his services down to focus on his life.

True enough, and not just the federal government either.

Also, doctor's offices.

I wish people could get with the times already. A pretty large portion of my day job is spent diagnosing issues with fax machines and I have about a billion other things that I could be doing if not for that. A common phrase I tell people: "You know you could just email this information, right?" to which I get the response "Yeah, but that's not as secure." *facepalm*

You moved into IT?

 

[JaseC]

True enough, and not just the federal government either.

Also, doctor's offices.

I wish people could get with the times already. A pretty large portion of my day job is spent diagnosing issues with fax machines and I have about a billion other things that I could be doing if not for that. A common phrase I tell people: "You know you could just email this information, right?" to which I get the response "Yeah, but that's not as secure." *facepalm*

All my correspondence is physical and encrypted with a cypher. Take that, NSA!

Dunder is selling again? I thought he closed his services down to focus on his life.

Nah, I just needed some TF2 keys.

 

[Annubis]

I wish people could get with the times already. A pretty large portion of my day job is spent diagnosing issues with fax machines and I have about a billion other things that I could be doing if not for that. A common phrase I tell people: "You know you could just email this information, right?" to which I get the response "Yeah, but that's not as secure." *facepalm*

I'd expect laziness to change to system as a reason.
Security? Now that's a laughable reason indeed.