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Comment Re:What exactly is "Steam" anyway? (Score 2) 158

Steam does a great job of managing installation and syncing across devices.

As a user it makes the game experience so much nicer than selling me a download of a game.

I've never had issues getting games from steam to run (assuming my computer was capable), even old ones. For most games my saves exist across all my devices, and I can easily uninstall a game for space and install it again later.

Steam also provides a forum for discussion with other users, guides, and game news.

It's significantly more than a store front and your new store of curated games would be a hard sell for me vs just following a few reviewers.

Steam also has the advantage of big data to give me recommendations.

I'm all for curated stores in general (and use them even), but Steam offers more than just a store front, it'd be hard to break into.

I'm lazy too, steam already has all my games, I don't want a second launcher to browse and run my games from.

Comment Re:I would love this, if... (Score 2) 151

I have to imagine it eventually kills productivity though.

Sometimes it's the relaxed brain that comes up with moments of insight when least expected (like in the shower for example).

Like definitely bursts like that for a project that's gripping, but, for myself at least, I'm going to hit a brick wall eventually and step back for a few days, see the problem fresh.

Even if the young folks, it can't be sustainable.

Comment Re:Is this a special needs thing? (Score 1) 165

I was just guessing, not accusing...

I went to a pretty big school that segregated kids into 3 or 4 tiers depend on the subject. I took one of the bottom tier courses and it was absolutely wild to me compared to what I thought was a disrupted class in the I upper two.

It was a mixed income school, but large enough to segregate to an honestly pretty disturbing level.

I'm class of '99 for timeline.

Comment Re:Is this a special needs thing? (Score 1) 165

You were most likely in an average or above average class though (just guessing based on /. demographics).

The bad classes are so much worse.

Like find a school where a large percentage of the students have little supervision at home due to parents work schedules and then go to the lower level class room. It's dramatically different than an average class, or even a typical bad one.

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