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Ok, those are fair points. The US is not innocent for sure, but consider the context of the times when the technology was developed, and also that a hydrogen warhead is 1000x more destructive than the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Take pause to think about that.

I'll add that I'm far more concerned with the remains of the Soviet empire than China for a number of reasons.

But it really doesn't matter which side was more decent or noble. Fact is we're in the fight now and their intent is crystal clear. They built those devices to put our people, children, homes and ideals under the ground. It's so so dangerous to give them a pass.

Amazon. Also, Amazon. If that fails try Amazon.

This is damning. They’ll never again have my business.

Isn’t this metadata from bulk surveillance?

Do we really want every household item squirreling information back to the manufacturer about our personal habits? Exactly who stands to benefit from that? Consumers will lose a fortune and shun the technology.

I always thought IoT was a stupid idea. From day 1 it sounded pointless and unprofitable.

The hell I am. 1 in 2000 UK citizens are infected with abnormal prions. CJD can be latent for 20-40 years. In addition they covered up early deaths from CJD to prevent a revolt, mislabeling cause of death. Seriously pull on that thread

But it is propaganda - thats what the BBC does. I think the HN types would be very interested in government propaganda from an organization that forced UK citizens to fund it or face jail. I mean you can’t just slip in a statement like that and expect silence and a nod of the head. It’s borderline orwellian

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bluUxKIB4pA

"but that's a different thing all together."

Only if by different you mean the same.

*when

every day is brighter than the next day, at least that's what you think

False. You get a fine and if you can’t pay, jail. And they did that at scale. Punishing the poor for not funding state propaganda television.

And how about that time in the 80s when MPs went on primetime TV and ate cheeseburgers telling the public british beef was safe - knowing it wasn’t - protecting the small farms that skirted the safety precautions and were slaughtering sick animals and feeding people poison. Then thousands dropped dead of CJD a few years later.

How about that time the british media told the public to allow themselves to get infected by covid and encouraged them to gather? Whats the body count for that I wonder?

The pinephone is totally useless.

You ^ have no clue.

I’m going to take it to the level above offensive tough love and just give up at this point. If you want a $5k headset to emulate a $100 1080p monitor, with a 3 hour battery life, and switches for every sensor so the secret service can’t see how messy your bedroom is, then this product is for you. Good luck

Be more specific. What exactly about my ‘tone’ don’t you like? Quote me even.

What do you mean you’re not a quest user? You didn’t buy your main competition’s product?

Not a thought through attitude. If it sounds like I’m on your case here it’s because I am. You aren’t even giving this product a chance at success. Expendable income for most is $400/mo. Your headset won’t sell in volume over that, especially with the current competition. But I’ll pick one off ebay when you’re done with the cultural victory?

The headset must (requirement) be stand alone. You can’t have an 8 hour runtime on a stand alone headset with an i7. They have to go ARM

I just finished a 6 hour session on the OC2 with the elite strap w/extended battery

That analogy is grossly misleading. The OC2 is state of the art and has competitive hardware specs, and is subsidized.

That i7 compute pack should be the first thing you cut to make an affordable product. If the headset is 2-5k in the current market I think you’ll be very lucky to sell 100, but would love to be proven wrong. Get the costs down, get more funding, sell the units at a loss to build a dev community.

I think you guys are making a mistake I once made, focusing on the hardware design for what is actually a software product. You’re building an Android phone, without Android.

Those prices are insane. No way. My Oculus Quest 2 is performing brilliantly for the $300 I paid. In fact had I paid $2000 for the OC2 I would’ve been well satisfied. FB/Meta have put billions into software development and are likely selling the Quest units at a loss to grab marketshare before Apple introduces its take on XR. If Simula want to compete with the FOSS angle they need to get costs down, especially considering that few have expendable income because of Covid and many have been burned by fantastical kickstarters that never deliver, and this is a highly technical project we have no idea if the authors have the experience or qualifications to pull it off.

Funny I have had very similar experiences. The negative consequences for the work not being done soon compound the procrastination. I can’t say this is a solved problem for me, and I’m not a healthcare professional. But some tricks I’ve learned; Get proper rest (6+), in a quiet (silent, pitch black) environment. Modafinil or better Provigil/Artvigil with green tea, in the morning only. 6500K LED lamps. Change your wallpaper to light/pale green, uniform color. But the most effective way to get out of this situation is to reset your mind. The simplest way is to get drunk. In California we have edibles, and that’s effective as well. At the extreme you could use shrooms if you can get your hands on them, but be careful to dose exactly based on bodyweight. If you take a serious (not micro) dose while supervised with a friend, it will result the next day in being ‘mixed up’ and when you recover, the procrastination issue will be easier to overcome. If not select a new substance and try again. Hope this is helpful, good luck

I hate advertising more than ever. I consider it a form of rape, no joke. I’ll not tolerate it at all, for any reason, ever again.

Another reason to buy AMD. Could they have timed this ‘feature’ any worse?

oculus quest 2 - product of the decade

Turning 40 this year.

So you sound a little depressed. Not dating may be a mistake. It may be that your unconscious mind is suggesting you start a family and plays down other activities.

To your last point; You don’t’feel’ that time is running out. Time is running out and you need to be highly aware of that fact.

Wishing you could go back in time and do things differently is everyone’s story

Disgusting. What you should do is call your bank and reverse the charges for fraud. Unless you bank at Mercury in which case customer service will just laugh at you because they’re a shit bank (that I’m ditching today)

"would count annoying the regime as a success"

Idiot.

This idiot. Took down a countries internet and bragged to the press. I wonder how many doctors in NK couldn't serve their patients without network access?

But why stop there? Take out the power as well. Contaminate the water. We'll all have a good laugh. No wonder they're building missiles to shoot at us.

This hacker franchise has run its course. Ok it was a fun movie in 1995. But in our modern world what this guy has done is plainly terrorism, probably with a real body count. Not a prank, not hip and not cool. And if it was done to us it would be a clear act of war.

Well I ditched windows in '01 having used it since the 3.11 days, and have never looked back. Even when I had to compile Slackware from scratch. I guess like any OS you need to stick with it. If the graphics card isn't compatible change it out.

I resent Microsoft for releasing that software when I was in college because it was adopted so quickly I was forced to use it rather than a unix based system, and that did real damage to by professional development. As an OS, Windows 98 was incredibly bad software, crashing constantly with technicians reduced to what can only be termed 'strategies of superstition' to repair the never ending stream of downed machines. It was a total nightmare for everyone involved and Microsoft proved why to never, never, never, never use their product again.