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entropea

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    Comment #35428131

    I disagree. I started playing VRChat during the pandemic and it made me find a VR 'underground' EDM rave type group that I've spent thousands of hours with. Events in a AAA game st…

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    Comment #35428049

    I agree about work, but they are definitely for communication. VRChat is very successful. I play thousands of hours of VR social apps every year and you couldn't get me to do remot…

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    Comment #35427773

    I own a valve index and spend probably 2000hr/year in it playing social 'games' like VRChat. There is no way you could get me to do remote work in it. VR to me is for escaping real…

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    Comment #33022805

    Those are the most popular outspoken right wing identity politic beliefs that the government absolutely does not care about. They're plastered on 'news' networks and 'news' radio e…

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    Comment #30764782

    Probably a lot cheaper than the fire pit they just walked into.

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    Comment #30368916

    >They're investing massive amounts of money, and they seem to be miles ahead of everyone else (well, it doesn't seem like there is anyone else). Who are they ahead of? They have a …

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    Comment #30262420

    Meetings are smooth for me on Teams now after months of struggling but I still get near 100% CPU usage and my Macboook can't stay in a call for more than around an hour on battery.…

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    Comment #29690595

    What's the difference between that and say, changing your brake rotors and brake pads? There's a level of danger there if it's not a professional doing it.

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    Comment #29214310

    I play a concerning amount of VR Chat because it helped me greatly during COVID while I was single. It is an amazing experience, but I find it very dangerous for society in some wa…

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    Comment #29214246

    The hacker news base and similar forum & social media 'nerd' spaces are no longer their largest customers. They've moved away from power users. Most people now using Windows, Andro…

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    Comment #28984727

    Except for the part where the CIA had plans to extrajudically assassinate him. >“That the CIA also conspired to seek the rendition and extrajudicial assassination of Julian Assange…

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    Comment #28984622

    >use a sim card bought with cash and never give out that number This is near impossible now. I tried a few years ago to get an anonymous phone to activate an anonymous twitter acco…

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    Comment #28621858

    I have never had a security issue on my Pixel and receive monthly security updates.

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    Comment #28621709

    Manjaro is one of the only distro's I've used that has nuked itself during updates. I moved to Endeavor because I was sick of the Manjaro maintained repos.

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    Comment #28621686

    >Arch is not something for people that want to just use their devices. It's something for people who love to tinker. I've been running Arch (Endeavor w/KDE now) as a desktop for pr…

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    Comment #28252159

    Almost everything that isn't a necessity.

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    Comment #27418642

    Medicaid also works great. https://www.cbpp.org/research/health/medicaid-works-millions...

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    Comment #27378212

    My landlord noticed electric bill going up (combined with rent) and a lightbulb moment happened when we realized we've all been at home over the winter and its 220+ hours more of h…

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    Comment #27378168

    I really like my current company and will be of the first in the office at least 3-4 times per week. I agree with your points, but also understand that it doesn't fit everyone's li…

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    Comment #27045530

    It's based off of amateur radio yes. As a ham this is actually really really cool. A Raspberry Pi is able to transmit detectable WSPR off of it's 10dBm output from the GPIO and an …

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    Comment #27010005

    >Cryptocurrency, as wasteful as it might appear, is like a drop in the ocean compared to the data centers of Google, Facebook, Microsoft, etc. https://www.eenewseurope.com/news/fir…

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    Comment #26735095

    I lived about 4 blocks north and I can give you videos of cal anderson and the general capitol hill area being dangerous after sun down throughout the past 4-5 years if you'd like.…

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    Comment #26735045

    I remember peacefully eating Subway about 2 blocks away from CHAZ watching bunnies hop around in the grass. I was there for photojournalistic purposes. I had to walk past a Starbuc…

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    Comment #26619426

    Please use good faith arguments.