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sgtmas2006··on Nobody's just reading your code
Sometimes yes, sometimes no. I've abandoned writing something to use a dependency in place that got the job done, but could have a number of improvements.
sgtmas2006··on What I Learned Burning $14k on YouTube Ads for Candy Japan
The ad isn't good, and this component doesn't help. It feels far closer to a scam than it does a product. It's not personal.
sgtmas2006··on Who's Missing from America's Colleges? Rural High School Graduates
The closest hospital from me is an hour away. 45 if you drive semi-fast. That time + whatever response time is. We had to call an ambulance for my father once and it was 20-30 minutes for them to arrive. It's not really that uncommon.
sgtmas2006··on Anatomy of a Ceph meltdown
Like what?
sgtmas2006··on Plotter Drawings: Five seconds of Donkey Kong
I'm strapped for cash, but would love to buy one in the future! I quite like the idea! Glad to see it!
sgtmas2006··on Microsoft’s PowerShell Core Offers Cross-Platform Automation
I love it for both programming and scripting. It's probably not the best option a lot of the time, but I still find myself going back to write things in PowerShell. I don't find myself running into any of the issues you bring up in my experiences. Everyone has something specific they prefer, though. I find coming back to and reading foreign PowerShell to be quite natural, and rarely taxing if formatted well.

I can't pinpoint what I like so much about it either... It just draws me in well. It does devolve in readability when trying to squeeze out every drop of speed, though.

IPC is what I find to be the most challenging for me in PoSH, but I'm not sure if that's due to incompetence.

sgtmas2006··on Relativ – A VR headset that you can build yourself for $100
I've done this in the past. I had 3 false displays set up using virtual desktop and HDMI dummies. When I got used to it, it was very pleasant. One day I sat down, did some working, and then watched some shows. I actually fell asleep with the headset on once. It was, to say the least, confusing when I first woke up in outer space.

It was very pleasant. I wish I had a Rift to try it with, the lenses on the Vive are rough, with my only experience before the Vive being the DK2. http://www.roadtovr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/wearality... This effect was highly noticeable for me.

Never had an issue with my mouse or KB. I went onto the app where you were in a living room, with other people in the online room around you, and you each had your desktop in your lap. It was pretty cool to play Overwatch and this guy comment when something sick happened.

I don't believe VR belongs in the gaming scene. Business / EDU all the way. I'd be curious if there's any plans to research trying to get kids to develop synesthesia using VR.

I do also sit at a desk chair. I ended up stopping using it a lot unless I'm trying to drown out everything around me because I am very paranoid if I can't see all exits/entrances to a room with my back to the wall. Still probably the most eye-opening experience for VR for me. Being able to come into my office, with only my desk in a part of the room, sit there with my KB&M and virtual displays, and then move around my room separately for things like Tilt Brush would be amazing.

sgtmas2006··on Why you can’t buy a high-end graphics card at Best Buy
1080TI can take heavy hits at 2560x1080 even, Battlefield 1 max settings can see 90 FPS at times. 2560x1080 @ 200hz it can't even come close to consistently with high-end games and settings. PUBG? frames are meh. Even with an overclocked card it can be rough sometimes in my experience.

Personally i'll be upgrading to the next card that trumps the 1080 ti and moving from 2560x1080 200hz (for all but CS, cs is 1280x960 @ 144 on another monitor) and going back to 1080p @ 250hz.

ultrawide is god-tier for movies and productivity work, though.

sgtmas2006··on Uber remotely locked down offices during police raids, shutting off computers
Why? Locking computers that aren't in company possession is common practice. You have to prove it's obstruction of justice.
sgtmas2006··on Signal partners with Microsoft to bring end-to-end encryption to Skype
It does give access to past messages.
sgtmas2006··on Signal partners with Microsoft to bring end-to-end encryption to Skype
A lot of people are listing plenty of alternatives for email, but the majority of people aren't going to be this broad in email usage.
sgtmas2006··on Accessing Publicly Available Information on the Internet Is Not a Crime
if my bot is actually my cat actuating a switch for it to load a page, does it have to follow robots.txt?
sgtmas2006··on Schizophrenia study: Digital avatars to represent hallucinatory voices
Absolutely helps. Separation from a screen for 20~ hours can cause an episode for me. Left my PC at home to read a book and ended up having a panic attack and hallucinating a skull out of a blanket. Panicked and left my grandmothers house at the time. Only about a month and a half ago.

Mostly under control otherwise.

sgtmas2006··on Amazon is in exploratory talks with generic-drug makers
I've only bought AmazonBasics lightning cables for a while now, they work great IMO. I've had maybe one or two fail out of a dozen or two that I own, and its failure was caused by pinching from my car console.
sgtmas2006··on Returning to Second Life
People still do such a thing in SL, but it's actually mostly called copybotting, and is used to steal items sold on the market. Really common as well. I don't really deal with SL anymore, but a friend of mine was sucked back into it. There's a large amount of people that are very unique, and exploitable. People exploit them for humor and profit as well.
sgtmas2006··on Keyboard latency
Most competitive players will have their own configs for competitive play etc. I have tournament/LAN configs, online play configs, and my video settings mostly stay the same. All tuned for lowest latency and highest visibility.
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