If your tight on money, building a system will always come out on top in the long term, specifically in terms of upgrade paths to keep up with the times.
If you're actually strapped for cash, buying a used system will always come on top. If you're patient, watch goodwill and other spots for home-built systems that have new enough components to have an upgrade path in the future.
I'll run a backup and restore when moving to a new device, because why not. But regular backups? Meh, the ether can have my messages if my phone dies.
That said, depending on how this new system is rolled out, I may subscribe just to support the Signal foundation.
Frankly I love this, because now we get to watch the conservatives squirm.
Is Bill Clinton a pedo for associating with Epstein? Or are they going to walk back all of their statements and say Clinton did nothing wrong writing a sex trafficker a birthday card?
All the Democrats I know are fine with locking him up if evidence against him surfaces, but boy howdy is it gonna do a number on the conservatives in my life.
You do you - anything is technically possible, and from a purely engineering perspective a Steam Deck is an impressive little piece of hardware.
That said. I would advise against getting it for any sort of productivity. Having to haul out it, a separate keyboard, and mouse, just to take a quick note in class is cumbersome and distracting, even if we assume everything works on the first go every time (it won't.).
As others have pointed out, Linux is nice until it isn't - maybe you can partner up with a friend when your chemistry lab needs you to reference their archaic software to find some material property, but its a risk you're choosing to take on. Will it pair with the campus printers? What if you need to run Solid Works? Ansys? The drivers for a digital microscope? Collaborating on group projects in Microsoft Office (the web apps aren't the same.)? The list goes on.
Additionally, something like the Steam Deck is built for gaming. Meaning every time you pick it up, it reminds you it's time to game. As someone with ADHD who struggled to stay on task in college, having a constant reminder of distractions at my fingertips would have been overwhelming.
That's before we factor in the 'cool' factor of being that person in the class.
Get a laptop.
Except the video took 10 whole minutes to get there and probably wasted more than 2 sentences describing the problem.
I hate videos that could just be a 2-minute read.
If i did mean to rape children, it's ~~all of your faults~~ their fault for "dressing that way" or whatever
FTFY. 100% think he'll go the "asking for it" route like most rapists.
What I'm shocked about is there's a $14M black market for rhino horns and they're principled enough to not just sell dried glue shavings and call it rhino horn.
The news is he was responding to a question about his favorite flavor of ice cream.
How does adopting more progressive candidates in California solve gerrymandering in Texas?
What's the alternative, let the red states gerrymander and then just hope and pray that our new Republican-run house does the right thing and outlaws their one advantage in governing?
Newsom isn't doing this in a vacuum, California has had a really well liked nonpartisan districting committee. Texas and other red States have gone with the nuclear option and CA is responding in kind - even more importantly, this is something that has to be voted on by the residents of CA in a special election, rather than by a set of politicians already benefitting from gerrymandering.
I absolutely hate that it has to be done, but as a CA resident I will be voting for it, and I will be pressuring my elected representatives to work towards passing federal legislation outlawing the practice and bringing things to a more even playing field.
The do-nothing alternative is not an option.
Why "back" of course!! I hear babies got it, so start with them.