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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I actually didn't get that sense this time. Certainly the trailer left a lot to the imagination, and that's letting me imagine impossible features that weren't shown. But I thought Murray was very tame in his explanation. He didn't really promise anything beyond a giant procedural world with multiplayer, and we know they can deliver on that. Everything else might suck. I get why people are skeptical about this, but I'm feeling confident that the final product will match what was shown here.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Oh my goodness Light No Fire looks so good. I really hope they've learned the right lessons from No Man's Sky, because that trailer looked like everything I want from a game.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Some libraries have headsets you can loan, which can be a great option.

Like another commenter said, VR arcades are pretty widespread and affordable. In my area, though, most of them use HTC Vive or Valve Index. I don't think I've ever seen Meta headsets anywhere.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Okay, that's a fair point. They left too many blanks for the reader to fill in, and some will assume the problem is more widespread than it is.

When I put my Social Scientist hat on, I don't think the methodology was totally unreasonable or obviously malicious, so X would have to strengthen their claims to convince me to wait for court. But you're right, MM should have done better.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

I agree with your point in general, but I have a hard time applying it here. Unless the lawsuit alleges that MM hacked into Twitter or doctored the screenshots, then the core claim of the MM report "Twitter served ad Y next to post Z" is not under dispute. If the claim is that refreshing a page is malicious, then I don't think we need to wait to call the lawsuit malicious.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is a beautiful blog post and I recommend reading it. I never used Omegle, but I now understand what we've lost.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

PineTime checks these boxes for under $30. The caveat being that it's an open source project without fancy features. Also, the heart rate monitor doesn't work well on my skin, but it works for some people.

I love my PineTime, but I stopped using it because I wanted sleep tracking.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The concept of pornographic memory is hilarious without bounds. Like, you experience moments normally, but the second you try to recall them everything is sexy and two-dimensional.

You go for an appointment and are upset that everyone isn't naked like you remember from last time.

You try to remember the steps for baking bread, and you can't figure out how you ever managed to do it without getting flour EVERYWHERE.

You're constantly perplexed by movie age ratings. Kids are allowed to see THAT?!