I’m just this guy, you know? Except on Lemmy.
RIP Kbin.social
If you think “The technology isn’t ready yet” is shitting on it then you need a thicker skin
And saying “Just go back to college, get a masters in software engineering, and build the useful app yourself” is a perfect example of why it’s not ready yet.
Maybe Department of Agriculture depending on her position on child labor
The only way to stop a bad guy with a hard on is with a good guy with a hard on.
I agree that using it as an unlimited display would be a great application. The only problem is that the device itself is too heavy for long-term usage, which goes back to the technology not being ready yet.
Maybe if all that you put on your face was a screen, and the rendering and power were offloaded to a desktop it could be made light enough to wear for hours at a time.
ETA: I haven’t had trouble with external monitors on Mac, and I’ve been running dual screens since 2002 when I grabbed an old 20" CRT from the garbage outside my dorm.
There’s the butthurt VR bro who shows up every time I point out the tech for VR isn’t ready yet. There’s always one of you.
And it’s obvious you didn’t read my whole comment because I said that it’s got games. But that just means it’s a game console. What I want is an application that does something useful and productive.
For example, these VR devices have the software and hardware to map 3D spaces. How about an app that lets me map my house and then see what it would be like to knock out a wall or add a window or something? Heck, realtors could use it to do virtual walk throughs of homes.
As long as people admit that the good isn’t perfect and that they’re gonna work to make it more perfect I don’t mind.
But Democrats passed the ACA and then decided that’s the best we could possibly do, and that anyone who wants more is somehow being more unreasonable than our current health care system.
Funny part is that for a few of those years I was actually helping Tesla and SpaceX as part of my fully remote job.
I’m a big fan of screen because it will let me run long-running processes without having to stay connected via SSH, and will log all the output.
I do a lot of work on customers’ servers and having a full record of everything that happened is incredibly valuable for CYA purposes.
It’s an ugly dud just like every VR headset because the technology for displays, processing, and batteries make them look like gigantic, heavy ski goggles.
Plus there’s no applications. Games are cool, socializing is cool (I guess), and porn is porn, but what can I do with it? It’s like releasing the first Macintosh without MacWrite or MacPaint.
“No wifi. Less space than a Nomad. Lame.” - Slashdot reacting to the first iPod
Did he shoot himself? I haven’t heard that yet.
Hell, my uncle was an attorney who was fully remote in the 80s.
As someone who was mostly remote since 2015 I’m pretty confused
The fact that Zuckerberg whipped up a shitty PHP app to steal girls’ phone numbers and is now one of the richest assholes on the planet is frustrating.
The fact that I helped it along for so many years by using Facebook even moreso.
I feel used.
Maybe if people weren’t still going bankrupt because of medical bills despite the ACA they wouldn’t be so excited to blow up the entire system.
I work from home so I don’t drive much and when I do I have a fun car to drive, so I don’t mind it. The worst part about it is that there’s clearly many people on the road who’d rather be somewhere else. Either they’re terrified or distracted, often dangerously so.
Giving those people better options and getting them out of my way is one reason, despite not liking cities or mass transit, I support urbanists and trainbros.
My dad voted for Carter twice and always said Jimmy was too good of a man to be president.
Nah, they’re worried they’ll get sent back to NK
What if I told you the idea of a passport was invented about 600 years ago and nobody needed permission to travel before that
I’m not disputing that VR is cool. I’ve tried it and it’s fun to walk with dinosaurs and visit the space station and sculpt in 3D. I’m saying it’s not useful. For a game console it’s great but it’s not a computing platform.