TwinIon

I'm glad that Meta continues to put money into hardware. I like VR and fully admit that I bought into the hype during the early Oculus days. VR was progressing so quickly and it seemed like if it just followed a smartphone like curve it would be amazing in a very short time. Then smartphone screens plateaued and it turned out that VR has a bunch of unique challenges and hardware requirements that were not nearly as easy to solve as people hoped, plus it just wasn't making that much money. There seemed to be only two real ways for VR hardware to evolve: either repeat the 90s by killing it off and waiting for better tech to come along, or find someone willing to burn money on custom hardware. So I'm glad that they're continuing to finance this stuff. Hopefully Apple's efforts with the Vision will push Meta to be better and eventually we can get some really superb VR hardware one of these days.

Took them long enough. This seems like such an easy and obvious thing to do, but it took until last september to even get Biden's commissioner approved, and then it took them this long to decide that maybe the FCC shouldn't be in charge of ISP pricing? (but they could be if they wanted to...)

Newey leaving would sure be a blow to Red Bull 2026. Usually if BBC is reporting on it, it's pretty solid. So who wins the bidding war between papa Stroll, Toto, Bahrain, and Ferrari?

I use a 48" CX as a monitor and I love it. Pretty sure I paid over $1K. I have zero need for any new screens otherwise I'd be very interested in this.

Easy win for the Biden admin.

I'm not sure what the point of a list of cars that are nearly all out priced by the current $30k Model 3 is. The only exceptions are the Leaf and Bolt, neither of which are customers favorites. If a Model 2 could be made meaningfully cheaper than a Model 3 and be similarly outfitted, it would be competing with bestselling mainstays like the Accord, Civic, Corolla, and Camry. That's a lot of market potential. For all Tesla's troubles, the 3/Y still outsell all other EVs combined. I don't think it's crazy to think that a cheaper Model 2 could be extremely successful. I do think it's crazy to take Elon at his word that he could be shipping them this year (!?!) when we haven't seen any indication of the project and when Elon is asking shareholders for $56B while Telsa's profits nose-dive.

An excellent ending to a most excellent series. Shogun easily takes it's place among my favorite TV. Really a spectacular show.

I guess we'll see for sure, but I'm dubious on the effect this will actually have. Assuming Bytedance loses their lawsuit and for whatever reason they refuse to divest, that wouldn't even happen before the election. So no one's TikTok will go away before they actually vote. I suppose if TikTok is actually any good at influencing voters, that capability could be put to the test in the following months.

How can anyone seriously accept this kind of statement with any kind of confidence? The Cybertruck was years delayed. The Roadster is still MIA. They haven't even shown a willingness or capability to significantly overhaul any of the vehicles they've launched beyond ripping out the only functional interior they had ever designed. While I do think Tesla has squandered much of their lead, I don't think they're doomed. A successful Model 2 could be a big deal, but how can anyone read Elon saying "end of next year, or maybe end of this year!" and think that is an honest assessment of the project's status?

The House and the Senate have now passed the bill, leaving only Biden's signature (which he pledged to give). Obviously ByteDance will sue, but my guess is that this time they lose. After which they'll probably just need to sell.

This interview in the NYT is short and well worth a read. I hadn’t realized that the quote at the beginning of the first film was spoken by a Sardaukar priest.

Some of my buddies got really into this and recommended it, but I find myself bouncing off it pretty hard. I’m generally an easy sell for animation, especially adult animation, musicals, and high concept shows of all kinds, but something about this one just isn’t working for me. I even grew up in the church, so I’m a sucker for biblical references (like you find in Good Omens) but from what I’ve seen this doesn’t do anything fun with that material.The design work I find inconsistent and off putting, and I really can’t get into the songs. The animation is pretty poor, reminding me more of old flash animations more than anything. I’m having a hard time figuring it out exactly, but something about this show makes me feel like I’m just a bit older than the target audience. It certainly seems that this show has found a following, but I will not count myself among them. How about you all? Are you enjoying this more than I am?

Rebel Moon: Part Two - The Scargiver is remarkably bad in basically every way that a sci-fi movie can be bad. The nicest thing I can say about it is that individual shots are occasionally pretty, but only in the way that an AI generated generic sci-fi image might be. Every single other thing here is just bad. The writing, the acting the directing, the music. It's all just so lazy and boring. This is the worst thing Snyder has made.

Sony makes a lot of sense as a buyer. They have a movie studio, but not a streaming service. They lack franchise IP (though Paramount isn't exactly overflowing with them either). There probably wouldn't be an anti-trust battle.

I think the new prism class mixing thing looks pretty awesome. If I was still playing, I'd be really excited about it, but it's not the kind of thing to bring me back to the game. If I'm honest, I'm not sure what would bring me back, so maybe that's not a fair test.