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Comment · 3 years ago
I disagree. I started playing VRChat during the pandemic and it made me find a VR 'underground' EDM rave type group that I've spent thousands of hours with. Events in a AAA game studio level map are held every other weekend. Now I do side work with that same group that runs a 350+ person in real life VRChat rave in multiple cities every few months where tens of dozens of my VRChat friends show up and we spend a weekend together. VR has done the opposite of make me antisocial.

As a natural introvert, it is one of the best things to happen to me, and the most social I have ever been in my life.

Comment · 3 years ago
I agree about work, but they are definitely for communication. VRChat is very successful. I play thousands of hours of VR social apps every year and you couldn't get me to do remote work in one. It's my escape and out from the negatives and stresses of reality.
Comment · 3 years ago
I own a valve index and spend probably 2000hr/year in it playing social 'games' like VRChat. There is no way you could get me to do remote work in it. VR to me is for escaping reality and the negatives that come with real life.

I also am not optimistic hearing the $3,000+ price tag when most consumer headsets are below $1500 and an environment with games, activities, social apps etc. has already been created for them.

Comment · 4 years ago
Those are the most popular outspoken right wing identity politic beliefs that the government absolutely does not care about. They're plastered on 'news' networks and 'news' radio every single day and the FCC does not care.
Comment · 4 years ago
Probably a lot cheaper than the fire pit they just walked into.
Comment · 4 years ago
>They're investing massive amounts of money, and they seem to be miles ahead of everyone else (well, it doesn't seem like there is anyone else).

Who are they ahead of? They have a standalone headset which has fairly limited performance, and FB Horizons which looks like something you could make in Unity in a few days. With things like VRChat, Neos, Cluster, and others available, they definitely aren't ahead and are lagging very far behind in my opinion. Their increasingly poor reputation will even limit what they can do in a VR/AR space.

Comment · 4 years ago
Meetings are smooth for me on Teams now after months of struggling but I still get near 100% CPU usage and my Macboook can't stay in a call for more than around an hour on battery. The UI is a confusing mess with too many things integrated into it. "Keep It Simple Stupid" needs to be more ingrained into Microsoft software. I do like the ability to raise hands and also the "meeting is ending in x minutes" notification however.

I would also consider joining a company in the future that doesn't use teams as a form of communication.

Comment · 4 years ago
What's the difference between that and say, changing your brake rotors and brake pads? There's a level of danger there if it's not a professional doing it.
Comment · 5 years ago
Comment · 5 years ago
The hacker news base and similar forum & social media 'nerd' spaces are no longer their largest customers. They've moved away from power users. Most people now using Windows, Android 12, iOS, don't care and only want a working machine that goes to the internet, plays netflix/disney+, and works with their social media websites/apps. It's about convenience instead of possibilities and tinkering.
Comment · 5 years ago
Comment · 5 years ago
>use a sim card bought with cash and never give out that number

This is near impossible now. I tried a few years ago to get an anonymous phone to activate an anonymous twitter account and you have to provide too much information to activate the sim card across the major providers and other companies that use their infrastructure.

Comment · 5 years ago
I have never had a security issue on my Pixel and receive monthly security updates.
Comment · 5 years ago
Manjaro is one of the only distro's I've used that has nuked itself during updates. I moved to Endeavor because I was sick of the Manjaro maintained repos.
Comment · 5 years ago
>Arch is not something for people that want to just use their devices. It's something for people who love to tinker.

I've been running Arch (Endeavor w/KDE now) as a desktop for probably 7 years and I just use my device. I get updates that break small things in KDE, or give me major screen tearing in Firefox once in awhile, but nothing that "breaks so often". It's pretty good and solid in 2021...

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