overzeetop

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[–] overzeetop 1 points 1 year ago (6 children)

What they call it is irrelevant. Removing the 1/8 jack was "brave". Faulty antenna design was "holding it wrong". An incomplete area of screen pixels is a "notification island."

Lots of headsets already have AR. Is it primary? No. Is it underdeveloped. Yes. Is apples implementation of pass through /overlay vision going to bring vr/AR into the mainstream? Well certainly not at $3500 a pop. What will matter is what useful, life changing or must have applications arrive. The simplicity of mobile app development didn't bring us full blown CAD or CFD or Desktop-level Photo, Audio, and Video production on our phones. It ushered in 100 fart sound apps and bunny ear filters. Even today the PS and other creative apps on phone and tablet suck compared to their companion desktop apps because, even with desktop level processors like the M2, complex manipulation of data is still hindered by the interface.

As I said, I HOPE this will find the next big thing. And maybe a $3500 3D viewer for 100 new fart apps is the path. But (IMHO, of Course) they're leaving a lot of users - the vat majority - on the sidelines with their target audience.

[–] overzeetop 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But Meta can already do that through user accounts or through a honeypot/passive instance, correct? All public conversations are open, as are all public user profiles.

[–] overzeetop 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The only solution is to fight it and kill it.

That's like saying the only way to get out of being hit by flying debris is to eliminate all wind on the planet. As much as we like to think of Threads as some corporate being, it's not. It's a hundred million people that are made of meat and have day jobs like you and me - the wind - and a few million bots and controlled accounts which attempt to influence [whatever their master wishes] - the debris. The debris is already here, and it's people too - just people with nefarious or profiteering intent. It (debris) happens whenever there are enough people (enough wind) to stir things up.

Cutting yourself off from people is the only way to prevent it because it's an inherent function of humanity.

[–] overzeetop 5 points 1 year ago

He is, unfortunately for his polling, a chief executive that is more involved in production than brand loyalty or celebrity. He's been in government so long he understands how things get done, what he has the power to move, and what he does not. Tilting at windmills is how you fire up a base but it achieves nothing in practical terms. He's a tortoise in a world of hares.

What surprises me is that the pollsters managed to find young voters. Anyone under 35 probably doesn't answer their phone unless they know the number, and they don't even have landlines to call from a published list. This was a web-based survey, which sounds rather self-selecting already.

[–] overzeetop 3 points 1 year ago

Laughs in BizHub color laser copier that fell off a truck

[–] overzeetop 4 points 1 year ago

My FIL owns an HP with a subscription. I've given up on the things he wastes money on; most of them he's not really technically savvy enough to implement anyway. (And, yes, buying a printer and getting it installed may exceed his technical abilities)

[–] overzeetop 4 points 1 year ago

Time to plan the storage addition. You're a woodworker...just build one. :-)

[–] overzeetop 2 points 1 year ago (8 children)

You're correct that the target audience will be media consumption; the miss - if I'm reading the GP correct (and, for the record, I tend to agree) - is that the majority of VR focused activities are game-based. There is certainly a contingent of health/fitness apps out there, but that market and content is trivially small by comparison. Could Apple come out with some really killer app? Sure - there's always the possibility of a twist. Looking at the intersection of user input and iOS-style apps, you're back to (mostly) passive consumption. I'm a huge believer that VR/AR is the future, but I'm struggling to see how these are going to function as an iPad replacement, second screen (primary screen, like Immersed, in special cases I can see), and productivity are going to find a foothold, given the limitations of the OS and lack of connectivity outside of the ecosystem.

[–] overzeetop 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)
  1. No matter how small a project is, always purchase new wood stock first. You can then save the rest for a future project.
  2. to make your trip to the lumber yard more efficient, pick up a few extra interesting pieces while you’re there. Don’t worry about taking a list of what is back at the shop - you can always use the extra on a small project
  3. When considering if it’s worth using the stock you have, realize that you might need it for something later (also see rule 1)
[–] overzeetop 13 points 1 year ago

That would require two things - a functioning public hospital system and a societal commitment to preparedness. Since 46% of the voting US population and 53% of elected national officials are diametric opposed to any preparedness expenditure that doesn’t involve the ability to blow things up, it will never happen.

[–] overzeetop 2 points 1 year ago

Por que no los dos?

[–] overzeetop 3 points 1 year ago

The humans number was probably converted from metric.

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