I could see that changing. I think a lot of the other competitors went with Windows mostly because they either come from a legacy manufacturer (Lenovo, ASUS) or have been making handhelds longer than Valve (GPD).

But now that SteamOS is practical and able to actually run games i bet well see some shifts. Lenovo is already selling a SteamOS version of their Legion Go S handheld.

Funny enough i switched from being an electrician to doing IT a few years ago.

I’m making a ton more money and I’m inside all day. Which is nice today because it’s 25°F and windy as shit here today. Its less nice when it’s 70°F and sunny though.

Yeah I assumed so. It was a few years ago so we probably talked for a bit at the bar (I am not allowed to go get drinks by myself cause I’ll end up talking to strangers for 45 mins haha) but I don’t remember her from any other point in the night.

Idk it was just really strange haha

One time a buddy and I were out drinking and on our way out he ran into a childhood friend. So while they were catching up I was just leaning against a table and listening to their conversation and people watching.

A pretty attractive woman came up to me, looked me dead in the eyes, and said “you’d be more attractive if you had some self-confidence”, and then walked out of the bar.

I think about that every day. Because I have never in my life been told I need “more confidence” (actually, it’s usually the opposite haha).

Hmm you’re right. I thought it was closer to 0 ad, but it looks like it was closer to 600-300 bc.

Doesn’t change my point though.

Sure, but comparing what people thought 2000 years ago to what they think now is a fruitless endeavor.

The concept of democracy came about around that time too (at least the Greek one, which arguably wasn’t the first but I digress) but should we exclude women and foreigners from it? That’s what the early proponents of democracy wanted.

the dismantling of any kind of reciprocal relationship

This! I’ve been saying this for years now. “The village” that it takes to get through life in a healthy way has been completely dismantled and commodified.

You hear people who don’t know their neighbors names, or just call the cops on kids in their neighborhood cause the parents aren’t around instead of just watching out for them, or people saying they wouldn’t take their friends to the airport cause “there’s nothing in it for them”, and a million other little things.

We are social creatures, we need other people to help us out. But people seem to be uninterested in anything further than their own nose.

First, you should probably lessen with the therapy speak. This is a personal thing but the commodification of therapy is actually a huge problem that we should talk about. But I digress.

Second, maybe clarify this up a little bit? Are these people your roommates? Your upstairs neighbor? Downstairs? Next door? I genuinely don’t know who you’re talking about.

But (I’m assuming these are your up or downstairs neighbors?) I had a buddy who was in a similar situation where even the microwave beeping would cause the upstairs neighbor to thump on the floor. He just had to complain to the apartment complex a bunch (basically every time it happened, as it happened) and eventually they got it sorted. The upstairs neighbor stopped being annoying and moved out shortly after.

In an apartment you will hear your neighbors and it’s unrealistic to expect them to be perfectly silent all the time.

I went to one in Chicago and had some of the best wings I’ve ever had in my life, still to this day.

Went to another one in my home town a few years later, and had terrible, obviously frozen wings.

Never went back again. Not sure if that answers your question.

I actually just switched my tablet from a galaxy tablet to an iPad pro. I use it for work a ton too so it needed to be able to keep up with me, and the iPad is enormously better in basically every way (except side loading which I don’t do anyways) than the Galaxy tab.

Plus its not even like the Galaxy tab was cheaper. It was like $200 less than my iPad and my iPad has cellular which is incredibly nice.

So 1 inch of your wire would weigh ~0.0987 grams, so to measure down to 8.6350242338508 inches of wire your scale would need to weigh down to ~0.00000000000007 grams. Which is the weight of about a dozen atoms or so.

why would they buy a car when they can pay the same price for public transport

They answered that

In some parts of the US not having a car would be a real problem

And truthfully, for a not insignificant part of the country, it won’t be. Population densities just wouldn’t support it.

I disagree. I think disability access should be one of the most important things considered when designing public spaces.

Its something that I (an American) honestly took for granted until I spent some time in Europe. I’m fortunate to be completely physically and mentally (for this conversation lol) capable, but I have friends who are not. But going around Europe, especially outside of big cities, it was shocking to see how many buildings aren’t wheelchair accessible, how roads crossings aren’t designed for people with vision impairments, how little braille there was, bathrooms without mobility bars, and countless other little things.

And the argument I heard a lot was either “but they’re old buildings” or “it’ll cost too much money” and honestly those are some BS answers.

Idk the US does a lot wrong, but the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) really does seem to be the global standard. And it’s an incredibly good thing.

Actually he’s the right way up in the driver’s seat, he just rolled the car again

Detroit style pizza is legit pizza. Don’t be mad we can do your thing better than you haha

Oh yeah my bad, I read “lockdown” and “shutdown” lol

Your biometrics work the first time you log in after a restart? That seems insecure to me.

PSVR2 works on PC now :)

I’ve used pretty much all of the headsets on the market. I still haven’t tried a Big screen VR headset though :(

For popular headsets I’d rank them kinda like this

1. Valve Index - it’s just really old and really expensive now, don’t buy one unless you get a hell of a deal on it used
2. Quest 2 - Still very very good, screens are getting a little dated now
3. PSVR2 - its a little janky on PC but it works fine and the OLEDs are sublime
4. Pixmax Crystal - Money not a problem this is the best headset I’ve tried. The FOV is crazy, displays are beautiful, and tracking is damn near perfect. Its just like $2300 for the whole lot
5. Quest 3 - Overall the best headset on the market. Its $570 (just get the pro strap, trust me) and gets you so close to the big boys in screen quality, plus it’s wireless, plus it has crazy good passthrough (I use it a lot, most people don’t), and streams PC games perfectly.

PSVR2 has really really really good looking displays, but it has some other downsides which really bring it down in the rankings. I’d stay away from it unless you get a deal on a used one, then it would absolutely be worth it.

• the walking dead games
• Walkabout VR (putt-putt game)
• Dungeons of Eternity (quest exclusive)
• Any flight/racing sim (this is actually the biggest selling point I can make. Seriously if you like flight/racing sims, please get one. It’ll change your life)
• No Man’s Sky (one of my demo games)