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oopsies49on Formula 1 launches Virtual Grand Prix Series to replace postponed races

Nascar is doing something similar. https://www.enascar.com/news-media/2020/03/19/fox-sports-to-...

oopsies49on NordVPN confirms it was hacked

Classy

Soylent has been unavailable in Canada since October: https://faq.soylent.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005267426

oopsies49on Oculus Research to Present Focal Surface Display Discovery at SIGGRAPH

How do astronauts combat nausea in space? Practice. I personally don't expect a technical solution to this any time soon. We just have to acclimatize ourselves.

oopsies49on Google Earth VR

Steam vr recently added asynchronous reprojection.

oopsies49on On the road with the 13-inch MacBook Pro

By using a USB-C connector for power, you add a free port whenever you're not charging.

oopsies49on Google to divide its index, giving mobile users better and fresher content

I did not realize that FF had mobile addons. Time to switch.

oopsies49on Linux debugging tools you'll love

Anyone have more details on the netcat file transfer trick on page 9?

You would want to confirm the data received matches the data sent somehow right?

oopsies49on Speech Is 3x Faster Than Typing for English and Mandarin on Mobile Devices

I think it's pretty valuable. I would rather talk to my phone to send a text message while driving rather than pick it up and cause an accident.

"Ok Google, text Jim Traffic is bad, I'll be late"

oopsies49on HTC Vive Headset Nearing 100,000 Sales

For niche cockpit genres like simracing Oculus is probably the better buy. Comfort is king when you're trying to run an endurance race.

Personally haven't tried Oculus, but the Vive does get really heavy on the face after 30 minutes or so.

oopsies49on Introducing Soylent 1.6 Powder

Soylent powder isn't that clean anyway. It's much easier to wash a bowl than to clean your counter and scoop after making a Soylent meal.

oopsies49on Oculus reverses course, dumps its VR headset-checking DRM

That's not what got me. I don't care about the brand too much, and most of the games I was interested in were supporting Oculus first.

When I read about Revive adding Vive support to Oculus games, I ordered a Vive as well and would keep whichever shipped first. Oculus had my order for 2 months and hadn't done anything; The Vive shipped within a week after putting in an order. That is what killed Oculus for me.

oopsies49on Email made me miserable, so I decided to build my own email app from scratch

It's a personal project that the author didn't expect anyone would ever look at. He's also a journalist, not a software developer. It's an accomplishment that he had the determination to complete his project, even if it is rough around the edges.

oopsies49on Why Are People Still Playing Ultima Online?

That is probably one of the main reasons why privately run servers are so popular with this game. (I don't play the game, that is just my impression)

oopsies49on Why Are People Still Playing Ultima Online?

What is RunUO and what makes it so great? It looks like it is a utility that launches the game?