Haha, that's one approach. Be sure to pour the hot water all around the door frame itself is often frozen shut too.
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Corvettes, going back to at least the C6 generation (2005ish) have electronic handles, but they have mechanical emergency pulls on the floor next to the door sill. Yes, messing with them will set off the car alarm if the doors are locked. Ask me how I know.
I have no idea why anyone where it freezes would want electronic handles, especially ones that electronically self-present. I've had to yeet my frozen shit door open on more than occasion.
No judgement meant, but without understanding your use case it's hard to make a good recommendation.
What you asked first: I have an Asus Ally X. I'm truly just like @strayce@Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org in that my purchase choice was influenced by the ability to use it with an eGPU. From what I've read, using an AMD eGPU with an Ally X is a recipe for frustration, but Nvidia eGPUs are fine. I never actually pulled the plug as my use case for the device changed after I started using it. It can absolutely be used as a full fledged PC, since it actually is one, and I've taken advantage of that a few times.
Musings on my pursuit of a convenient single device solution follow. You're welcome to stop here. I'm not here to try to convince you of anything, only to share my own struggles. Maybe you'll even be able to help me with them.
I've been chasing the promise of a convenient all-in-one device for a while now. Tablet form factor devices (surface pro, iPad, etc) are good as tablets, but propping them up on your lap with a keyboard is awkward. I've found that this limits where you can realistically use them. Sure, you can use a tray/lap table setup, but if you need to haul it around with you it starts to lose convenience. I've always fallen back to using these devices as tablets. It seems like using a handheld as a computer replacement would face the same hurdles when you're away from your desk and add another one: the need for an an external display.
As for why I didn't buy an eGPU for the Ally X, the most frequent time and place I use the Ally X is on the couch, next to my spouse as they watch TV, after my kids are asleep. I quickly realized I was self-selecting which games I play on it. I'm actively avoiding entire genres like real time strategy, which I personally enjoy a lot, because those games greatly benefit from a mouse/keyboard setup. I want a fast/convenient setup and break down. I don't want to have to worry about gathering and stashing accessories. There's also the reality of running on battery and heat dissipation. Keeping the Ally X in 13 watt "silent" mode results in 20 watts of actual power draw, very low fan noise, and ~4 hours of battery life. Its 17 watt "performance" mode is still fairly quiet and lowers battery life to ~3 hours. My spouse finds turbo mode too loud and you're looking at 1.5 hours of battery life. Noise aside, playing while plugged in diminishes the convenience for me.
Despite a few false starts, I've still found myself stuck in the camp of portable device + laptop + desktop - although my desktop sees pretty infrequent use these days.
Like @strayce@lemmy.sdf.org my handheld supports an eGPU and can run bazzite. However it's another mainstream unit. Personally, I got my handheld to be a hand held to play around the house using its built in screen. The onboard graphics have been more than capable, although I'll admit that I play slightly older games.
If you're looking for a less mobile setup and/or are more budget conscious, a used PC is probably going to be way better bang for your buck than a hand held with an eGPU. My gaming PC still packs a (used) 1070ti and shrugs off most games at 1440. Sure, I can't max graphics in everything but with moderate settings I can still have very solid and stable FPS.
I'm not an Apple fanboy, but arm based processors seem to be working out fairly well for them.
I own an Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x, which was one of the OG snapdragon x laptops released a (two?) and a half year(s) ago. It took a while for folks to get Linux to run on them and there's enough of a barrier to entry that it's still not very common. Most of the initial hurdles were due to Qualcomm bootloader shenanigans.
No, but investors tend to treat companies as either growing or dying. If you have a boring and reliable product you're going to saturate the market at some point, which means that revenue will fall. Arguably there's still a lot of value in sticking around selling replacements as people break things, but this is nowhere near as lucrative as the growth phase.
You're 100% correct at a sane company. At my employer the hardware team is incentivised to cut costs and impacts to productivity are someon else's problem. Corporate metrics lead to some pretty hilarious situations.
Haha, that's... juicy. Thanks!
For those out of the loop, what happened?
Same, but I do have some level of worry regarding portability. My solution isn't local or self hosted, as I was looking for easy and works across Linux/Windows/Mac/Android/iOS. I do not look forward to needing to change to a new password manager in the future, but given the way everything seems to be going it seems likely that I'll have to at some point.
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