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Steam Frame Unboxing & Setup Videos Leak, Pointing to Imminent Launch

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Yeah, I've been really looking forward to this thing, but I don't like that little blurb at all. I totally get needing a sign-in to run Steam-purchased games directly on the headset, but it shouldn't be required for streaming or any of the other functionality. When a product requires sign-in to function, if that sign-in stops working for some reason (no internet, product out of support due to age, etc) then that product becomes an expensive brick. I'm hoping they just mean that it requires a sign-in to be used in standalone mode with Steam games. We'll see.

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"The Hat", a shape that tiles but never makes a repeating pattern

When these went viral in 2022 I read the research paper and found out that not only do they form a non-repeating pattern, but that non-repeating pattern relies on the occasional tile being reversed. That inspired me to 3D print a bunch of these that were a different color on each side and try assembling them. It's very interesting, because you have a lot of options for how to put them together, but occasionally you'll hit a point where the pattern itself forces you to put one in upside down, even though it's non-repeating. Also, it's possible to put it together "wrong" where at one edge you can't add any more tiles in either orientation and have to disassemble part of it to continue. Very interesting to mess with.