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Nice, I didn't even know that was happening this weekend. I'm on-call this week so I can't leave home unfortunately.

Flying to WA?

I keep remembering the shitty things I said to him years ago when we didn't get along on here. We talked frequently over the last few years and I don't think either of us held any hard feelings over any of it but it still sucks to remember.

This really sucks. Stepee and I were at each other's throats in the early D1P days but for years now we've been chatting pretty frequently and I really enjoyed it. He was a really great guy and I wish we lived closer so we could have been closer friends. It's gonna really suck the next time some awesome gadget releases and I can't message him about it.

Given that Apple is charging 3500$ for the headset with all the features everyone wants, I'm guessing Meta/Facebook is already selling this at a loss or nearly a loss.

Yep, pretty stoked about both though I don't usually play action games that much because of limited space in VR. Maybe it'll be more playable in MR.

It's one of those things where a question feels original and creative to the person asking it but it feels that way to almost everyone so they all do it and if you're on the other side of it, you have to experience it over and over and over. Sort of like when you're working retail and something doesn't scan, they always think they're super clever and funny by asking if that means it's free. Just a dumb joke at first but then after you've courtesy laughed to it like a million times you just want to tear their fucking heads off.

Let me know if you're ever up in Washington.

Yeah using the diopter adjustment on all of these glasses will blur the edges. I think that's currently a limit of the tech since your eyes are moving but the lens is static. When I want a really good visual experience I just wear contacts with them and then it's all totally clear.

I'd look up the Rokid Max first. It's the same price but better specs and better build quality imo. Both Stepee and I have used both sets. The arms of the Xreal Air snapped off for me from normal use but I've had the Rokids for a while now and they're still perfect. The Rokids are also capable of 120hz (though I almost never use it). There's a thread here where we talked about them a bunch. If you search the terms you'll find it. I'll just add that I use them every day and they might be my all-time favorite electronic gadget. I mostly use them to watch tv/movies and play games in bed. I actually haven't used my 72" 4k tv in my living room for games in several months because of them. I moved my whole PS5 into my bedroom where there is no TV so I could plug these into it and play it in bed.

Aside from echoing SFLU's advice that you continue engaging in therapy, I'd just suggest you be aware of the fact that there's a significant amount of space between conservatism and some of the near-consensus political views on this board. I'm a left-wing liberal, for instance, and I find many of the views supported by people here to be pretty absurd.

I haven't played in ages. Might jump back in soon. I kind of like their new game too but I can't seem to get motivated to play it much for whatever reason.

And/or watching her beat off.

Even if you're super interested in the prospect of aliens existing, watching these hearings will probably be a waste of time for you. If enough evidence comes out of these hearings to actually substantiate the proposition that aliens exist and have visited us and/or are in our custody, it will be completely unavoidable news. You won't be able to avoid being made fully aware of it unless you live in a completely secluded box. Testimony and eyewitness accounts, especially of the output of monitoring equipment is not sufficient evidence. The burden of such evidence for alien life visiting earth is far greater than testimony and eyewitness accounts can overcome on its own. The prior probability that they're mistaken, dishonest, etc. is MUCH higher than the prior probability that aliens exist and have visited us and/or are in our custody. A general rule: a lot of bad evidence doesn't equal even a little bit of good evidence. In fact, a lot of bad evidence is *expected* for many propositions in hypothetical worlds where those propositions are false.

I hope this means we can finally have real hoverboards.