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I really hope new technologies such as Starlink or others can help this terrifying reality. I agree with you that government's have kill switches, why wouldn't they? Very effective way of controlling people considering all is controlled with the devices we use everyday.
Fibery 1.0 focuses on creators. This is a person that:

1. Likely have quite specific problem domain (education, consulting, agency, etc.). In most cases such domains are not supported by mainstream tools well.

2. Loves to tinker with tools, build own solutions to the problems and play “power user” role inside his team.

3. Likes helping other people to solve problems.
> I'm not going to buy a kit just to play glorified mobile games

I assume you're referring to the Quest? Is that a statement based on your experience playing games on it, or what you assume they'll be like?

I view it less like mobile games, and more like games put our for the Gameboy. Specifically tailored to achieve good and consistent gameplay based on the target platform. This is partially because Oculus is being very demanding in what they'll accept for their store, to the point that there's actually not a huge catalog, but each item seems to work very well.

Along the lines of the Gameboy comparison, there's been a few stories now of developers taking a game people thought couldn't make it to the Quest and optimizing enough for the platform that it performs well. There's something to be said for consistent hardware.
I think this effort is misguided, they are attempting to take something that has a specific purpose and does it well, and subvert it into something that other applications and formats do well.

Pdf's aren't promoted as a portable editable format, but a portable, sharable, and archival format.

Why promote PDF over ODF? Is the issues of document reflow, of an editable document such an issue that they need to develop a new set of tools, and change the structure of PDF to resolve the issue, if that is the case, it seems they could contribute to resolving the issue in ODF?
Some of Mullvad's servers are privately hosted, and they tell you which ones:

https://mullvad.net/en/servers/
Both Wasmtime and Lucet can AOT compile Wasm, for what it's worth.
>MAYBE you can feel some emotion for the investors whose money was essentially stolen, by a scam artist?

Please explain what the scam was, and how money was forcefully or fraudulent taken from the investors. Was the scam the public knowledge of a CEO using private jets to smoke weed and vacation with company money and speaking in cultish phrases? Was it the lack of cash flow? Was it the obvious lack of any moat?
I remember playing an OnLive demo of a (then recent) Mass Effect title. I was picky about both image quality and lag, and I was not in a top-tier city. I was very impressed! Unfortunately, the problems with the business model remained.
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I like the Capsule idea too. In some way, capsule network is very similar to sparse attention network. It's just the attention normalization is different. Attention is normalized on the inputs, the capsule is normalized on the output. Potentially capsule can yield much cleaner patterns, while patterns generated by attention networks can be overlapping. It's just that capsule is much harder to solve.
Adrian Shephard's still lying around tho :^)
This is pretty ironic given that allbirds are very much a derivative of Nike Roshe Runs which were popular at the same time Allbirds was founded.
More ambitiously, I think the results would be amazing if Blizz made a public version of WoWEdit available and added an “arcade mode” to WoW to showcase said maps. People did downright incredible things with just a lowly 2001 RTS engine (WCIII) — what could they do with the most polished MMORPG engine on the market?
If you're going to mention this point, then you need to mention that by rolling your own single-user VPN, you now no longer have plausible deniability.
Wow this looks like finally a reason to buy VR
It's entirely possible this is just a licensing thing. The early days of legal movie and music downloads were an expensive mess too.

I'd expect after a few years of game streaming competition someone will try to undercut the market with a Netflix model.
White nationalists operate openly on Facebook. The company won't act
> - Search (was once good, now just "marginally better than Bing")

I would phrase it as "other search engines are catching up to Google's capabilities", myself.
Try going back to school.
Local libraries in your area offer FREE GED classes.
At least you wouldn't be so EXPOSED & terribly obvious.
I assume you aspire to be smarter? Hopefully you agree, who wouldn't. I actually am VOLUNTEERING my time to Educate Teachers/Professors on Emergency Evacuations. The POINT is, I want to AIM for the BEST that I can be.
Don't turn your back for one second, charge forward & attack a better lifestyle.
I deserve it & SO DO YOU!!!
Cinnamon burns my tongue, it's like poison to my mouth, I still use it though.
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Not sure i understand the TLDR of the IEE study.. what does stereotype lift and induced stereotype threat even mean?
I wonder how good an FPS game can really be with teleportation-based movement.

(Edit for clarity: “Because, for each of the non-teleportation motion schemes...”:) Any VR game I've played where the camera moves while I'm standing still, I want to vomit almost immediately. I'm usually sick for the rest of the day. (I think it was a roller coaster simulation I tried, I didn't even make it up the first hill, I had to throw the headset off right away.)

I want to play a new half-life game but I'm really skeptical they'll set it up in a way that won't make me puke my brains out.
I wonder how far that could go. If you had people play as spiders could you get people to actually sympathize with spiders?
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Some of those things are true, but their competition isn't generally better and who else provides the same level of community features and discovery tooling? The new Steam Labs stuff is actually a pretty big improvement over traditional systems.
How is this different than a gender swap in a non-vr game?

I'll have to join vr chat as a girl tonight and see how things go.

That said I normally play star citizen w/ a female avatar, and other than thinking "the person I'm talking to might think I'm a girl" my mindset doesn't change much...
> Of course, if virtual reality is real enough to treat the disorder, could it still cause it? Rizzo doesn't think so. "I think that somebody would have to be psychologically compromised to begin with to mistake the events that go on in the virtual world for real events," he explains.

Rizzo thinks you can't because it doesn't seem real, not because there's no actual danger. Make it seem real enough, and their point doesn't stand anymore.
Congrats on the launch.

Couple questions

- Is the verification completely automated?

- Sound's really expensive at $1 per check, why?
I understand what you're saying and I can see why you'd think that, but it's helpful for me to think of Half Life like the videogame equivalent of Star Wars. Not being alive during the release of the first films doesn't preclude one from entering at any point and enjoying the continuation of the story. Even if they haven't played it, kids today know of Half Life as a first person shooter that changed how we play first person shooters, so they're a warm lead for the sequel/prequel.
Haha so apparently you can get downvoted for humor in HN #whysoserious
> What if my kids who are under 18 are with me? How does that work?

Exactly the same?
They'll gleefully monetize all personal data they accrue, which is standard practice for any data-gathering effort. It doesn't matter if the slope is slippery. The terms and conditions will promise they'll act in good faith (unless compelled otherwise). They'll share data with third parties to improve user experience. The intelligence agencies will be delighted.
The obliteration of privacy has been normalized. Most people have been trained not to care.
Seems I was wrong: https://half-life.com/en/alyx

> Play on any SteamVR system
This is a valve flagship game. It's made for the index, which is a $1000 piece of hardware
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If you're going for something like the Rift S which is 2560×1440@80Hz you'd probably want to go up some from that to not compromise on the graphics. The lower resolutions on the other headsets would be less demanding.
With Stadia, this concept probably relates more to game saves more so than games. [0] It's just your data—finding something that can use the data is another story.

That's beside the point, though—my reply, it's parent and it's grandparent were discussing Google products generally, not Stadia specifically.

[0] I realize that Takeout doesn't support Stadia. Though, for two different Stadia titles (Destiny 2's "cross-play" and NBA2K20's "MyPlayer"), I was prompted to log into a publisher account where my data could be linked/stored or something.
If this is anticompetitive then many brick and mortar stores are in trouble. Go into any large grocery store and popular items will almost always have a store brand equivalent prominently displayed and discounted next to the name brands.
It's a well-made workaround until Teams gets a first rate UI.

I still prefer an App instead of the browser, but that's just personal preference.
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That doesn’t follow.

One could argue as well we should minimize the draw of purely romanticized notions that premium things should exist.

Other than inflated pricing pushing more money around in one go than cheaper stuff pushing a lot of little money around, what does owning premium accessories get humanity?

Stop manufacturing final products & retail can be just the materials that enable people to make their own accessories if we’re worried about style differentiation.

Or we could keep drilling into ideas like yours which will result in more consolidation of economic activity in the hands of the haves.

Like markets, brands are simply propped up by feels. IMO pretty sick of being told I need to give a crap about Coach as a business so a minority can actually design/create while the majority get to deal with their HR and accounting needs.
They don’t have to replace everyone, just tip the scales enough
That is only with procedural macros.
Normal macros operate just by token substitutions.

Procedural macros are also special in that they are the only macros that can be 'unhygenic': creating new identifiers in the current scope that were not passed as an argument to the macro.

(Although knowing if something is a procedural macro or not is not obvious when using one in code)
I use Linux on 3 of the 5 computers I interact with frequently, and the Windows mess is not comparable to the Linux mess.
How many days are in a non-Microsoft yer? (sorry!)
You can play it using Virtual Desktop's Steam VR mode (sideloaded) or running it on your computer and streaming to the Quest using the new Link mode, running on your desktop PC, or suitably equipped laptop.
Would it be possible for Iranians to acquire a satellite internet signal outside the purview of the state-run Iranian ISPs? I understand many TV signals are received in the middle east this way, especially areas where last-mile cable connectivity doesn't exist.
What you're observing is people being tribal, hating their outgroup and loving their ingroup.

It's basic human nature, which we should all try to rise above.

Maybe the new thing is that political tribe is now our primary identification. Nation, race and class used to be the big ones.
------------My support request to slack------------

Alex
Oct 31, 2:26 PM PDT

As a software developer I want to be able to use slack to communicate mono-spaced text within messages that I write without having to touch the mouse.
The recent addition of dynamic text formatting in slack breaks the preexisting markdown functionality because it is not possible for the rendering engine to guess what my intent might be on the fly.

for example if I type this message:

The uuid portion is `D6B9E544-2306-41E7-9841-FF7E2AE0A5A4`_filename.txt

but then realize that I actually wanted a hyphen instead of an underscore before the word 'filename' there is no way to accomplish this without deleting and retyping "-filename.txt" (or doing a fancy trick where you add "f-filename.txt" and then delete the leading f)

This is not a failing of your system which is quite well implemented, it is simply a matter of WYSIWYG systems not being capable of rendering text with the same precision as markdown systems.

I suggest that you make the WYSIWYG text formatting a toggleable feature for people in the software development community.

---------their very nice but not helpful response--------
Hey Alex,

Thanks for writing in, though I'm sorry to hear WYSIWYG formatting is not working for you and your team as developers. It's not currently possible to turn this off, but I can certainly understand your reasoning here, and will share this feedback with the team so that we can best understand what the right solution is.

Please note, I can't promise that we'll be making this optional anytime soon, but will let the team know why it's not working in your case.

Sorry this isn't the answer you were looking for today Alex, but thanks again for taking the time to share your feedback with us.

All the best,

Susie
It's not just removing advertisements. Spotify Premium lets you listen to any song they have anytime you want. I thought the free version only let you listen to their pregenerated stations?
I'm not arguing that Neumann's actions meet the legal definition of fraud. I'm arguing that he has a moral responsibility. Investors are responsible for believing Neumann. But I think that if he had been an ethical person who did not self-deal, WeWork might not have been over valued so much. I think self-dealing and dishonestly representing your company's worth is related.
Didn't WeWork own/purchase some sort of dev contracting business?
Perhaps true for those at the margins, but for 2,400 white collar workers at a "tech" startup?
As much as a Half-Life fan I am, VR is a gimmick. It's expensive and will not be a "thing" in the foreseeable future. This is such a wasted opportunity. A normal Half-Life 3 would have brought back a lot of goodwill for Valve.
I would first see if you can find a job at a tech company and see if they will pay for it. Second, I would talk to the university and see if you can go for a Masters. You would have to take a ton of prerequisites but I think it is worth asking.

As far as if you should go for the career change, I would say yes. This is mainly due to the fact that you clearly enjoy the work because you do it in your free time.
Oh, look how smart you seem to be! Knowing the "much better known" names for stuff. Hey everybody, this guy gets it. Teach us more, oh wise master.
> Red ... docs are nonexistent

On the contrary, View and VID have moderately good reference documentation [1]. Even if that's not enough for you, the community is always there to help [2].

> Not sure if this is viable

To give you a rough understanding of what's possible, the implementation of all 7GUIs [3] tasks in Red takes roughly 270 LOC [4]. There are plenty of other examples at [5] and elsewhere.

[1]: https://doc.red-lang.org/en/gui.html

[2]: https://gitter.im/red/help

[3]: https://eugenkiss.github.io/7guis

[4]: https://github.com/9214/7guis-red

[5]: https://github.com/red/code
Most people think they are sincere while promoting their own side good other side evil. All (not both!) sides do good and bad things both sides have evil people. However most people will overlook the bad someone on their side does because it is "a small thing", while jumping on the accusation bad thing someone on the other side does (often without any evidence, or minimal evidence that is played up).
I agree, I never meant to imply that his thoughts make it probable. I just think his thoughts are interesting, someone so smart and able to deduce so much about invisible phenomena, not wanting to take credit for any of his incredible ideas being his own.. Maybe he was just overly modest?
they are probably much less likely to own a lot of possessions

My observation has been the more hard up someone is, the larger their collection of almost worthless stuff "just in case". That used to be me, too.
With regards to Linux, Google seems like a far bigger danger.

Have a look at the "locking-in manufacturers" section of https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/07/googles-iron-grip-on....

In a more general sense, cloud computing is the biggest danger to Linux, since it allows companies to allow access to forked versions without needing to distribute source - this is why the AGPL exists.

There's also potential for bad faith actors to utilise closed source build tools to distribute releases that are technically opensource - but that cannot be built by anyone but the distributor.
Why be a staunch Apple supporter? Because the company and its products have a visceral and emotional impact. The company has made products that have been influential and meaningful for nearly 40 years. The brand, the leadership, and the customer experience are more favorable than that of any other company. The products are woven into the fabric of life, worn or carried nearly every waking moment, and depended on and trusted for many of life's most important experiences and relationships.

Not to mention that time in 1997 when Steve Jobs came on stage and I stood and cheered with everyone else at Moscone.
Was definitely a step in the right direction, they like to say their map making tools are too complex to release which is almost offensive. If employees can learn them then surely dedicated community members can figure out enough to get by. Community maps are never expected to be perfect and if one was ever picked up for the official rotation they could clean it up as needed.
Apple Pay is paying by credit card. It's just super convenient not to have to make an account everywhere, and I trust Apple to keep info more secure than the IT team of a manufacturer.
> "last notable improvements were introduced in Win XP"

I am not here to advocate that Windows is great, but to write something like this is just daft.

Visual consistency is not the main challenge of an OS, Windows is not MacOS in terms of visual polish and never will be.

The list of changes since those days is enormous. Just as an example - in XP any software could outright delete Windows folder or boot file and leave your computer uncountable. Modern UWP applications live in a sandboxed container with tight permissions and uninstall leaving no trace.
Then they should research the companies in the post and if they're interested in a change apply as well. No listing in that post is catering to an ex-FB employee by any means.
They're doubling down to save face. They're betting that WeWork can survive as a much smaller company and that in 5 years people will forget what a disaster this was.
I think you could consider WeWork worse than Thernanos in many ways. Far more people understood what was going on at the highest level, and when all was said and done Elizabeth Holmes walked away with nothing but criminal prosecution. Both screwed their investors, arguably Thernanos did worse, but investors prepare for potentially big losses.

The employees on the other hand are all screwed: at Thernanos Holmes was the most screwed given the potential jail time, but at WeWork Neumann is walking away with over a billion, which is sort of like spitting on your employees.

WeWork (Neumann) preached about the 'We Generation' and 'elevating the world to a new consciousness,' but really his actions were traitorous against the people who made him. Thernanos never claimed the moral high ground, nor did the leader get off like a bandit.
Depends on the issue / election, because it's only hotly contested elections that have many candidates. (Assuming you're in the US, most elected offices only have a handful of people running, and other ballot questions are yes/no.)

In general, if you have many candidates / parties, there are some ways to handle the situation.

For example, you can limit it to the top parties in polls for that office, or only parties that get a certain percentage or higher in polls. (IE, top 5 candidates, or only candidates who, from polling, have 20% or higher.)

Or, if you have no limits, it just means that you're basically eliminating targeted political advertising. Whenever you advertise to a voter, everyone else gets to advertise, and whenever everyone advertises, so do you.

BTW, if you ever get to see a voter's guide in CA, take a look. I used to rely on them almost exclusively for voting, because they had statements (and rebuttals) from all the candidates.
Yes but it doesn't require the index, it can use any steam vr compatible headset.
counter strike is a completely different game than half life. it's been sold as a separate game for decades. just because they share a former history doesnt mean anyone who is interested in counter strike is interested in this new half life game. i'd say its almost completely opposite userbases. one more hard core competitive multiplayer fps, the other casual single player VR. VR is an incredibly small market and i totally agree this is a game targeted at a tiny audience
In a world where HTTPS was the exception, I could see a use for this sort of service. Now not-HTTPS is the exception, not so much.

Privacy from your ISP? Okay, but I've replaced that problem with privacy from my VPN provider. Is that a better problem? Is my VPN provider going to exploit me less than my ISP would have?

Geographic restrictions? That's a genuine benefit. Alas, it would end up as a bit of an arms race as websites that really don't want me to visit would start blocking VPN providers.
It's not entirely about cost. I don't want a gaming console or a gaming PC because they take up space and require maintenance. But I'd still like to play modern AAA games occasionally. If I can do that from my MacBook, I'm interested.
Especially as compared to a non VR game, which would probably have far less chance of developing
One person’s junk is another person’s treasure
Ultraviolet wasn't a service really AFAIK, it was a DRM scheme that brokered licenses to other services. those other services could continue running off of the cached licenses, but there's no way to re auth licenses for Ultraviolet works you have but haven't registered yet.
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This is what happens when the internet is essentially taken over by the walled gardens of "platforms" where the only choices you have are the ones your masters in charge of the platform you have subjugated yourself to allow you to have.
Start Ups are about the new new thing. How will your ballet company be new? Even contemporary dance is not that new.

Why this is important is that the audience for the arts is quite stable, where startups are geared towards discovering new markets.

One idea could be looking at eXtended Reality and thinking if that can transform your ballet company into a new product.
Maybe looking down and seeing big breasts (assuming that's the case with Alyx) triggers something uncomfortable in a male's brain. Maybe we can feel like what it is to be trans and feel that your body "isn't right" for you.
I always counter everybody should vote with make sure you are informed first. A republic is a terrible system of government, but we haven't found anything better.
I wouldn't put my wealth into something as weak as a "valuable quarter." WTF? Might better go buy a painting or something.
> There is a definition of stock market as a mechanism of wealth transfer from active investors to patient/intelligent investors.

That's certainly not a definition. Investing is not zero-sum.
They're getting back into map making tools with the warcraft 3 remake.