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Valve says it isn't subsidizing the Steam Machine's $1050 price because of its "religious" refusal to "build a more closed system"

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Then I’m misunderstanding this part. The PS3 compute cluster incident commented below is what came to mind.

But in the current climate I image that if the Steam machine was heavily subsidized that there would be a subset of people abusing that by doing something like purchasing, harvesting, and immediately reselling its parts.

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Judge hands Luigi Mangione small win

Mangione's attorneys argued that allowing the defendant to use a laptop in jail is crucial for his ability to prepare for trial and participate in his own defense.

The judge determined Mangione may have access to a laptop prepared by the government seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.