We have to train ourselves to not be pissed off at headlines. They are most of the time bait.

That's a tip I recommend people to try when they are using LLMs to solve stuff. Instead of asking "how to..", ask "what alternatives are there to...". A top-k answer is way better, and you get to engage more with whatever you are trying to learn/solve.

Same if you are coding, ask "Is it possible" not "How do I" as the second one will more quickly result in hallucinations when you are asking it for something that isn't possible.

"Is it possible" is the conservative choice if you don't want to get an explanation of something that in fact, cannot be done.

But it seems "is it possible" also leads it into answering "no, it can't" probably modelling a bunch of naysayers.

Sometimes, if you coax it a little bit, it will tell you how to do a thing which is quite esoteric.

That reminds me of my father calling the mobile phone and laptop issued to him as the "dunce kit", so he could work at home as well. He used to say that since the 90s, ahaha.

Overall, I had a pretty bad experience with ALVR. I never managed to figure out the cause of stuttering on mine. I wished Meta would support Linux.

Have you given WiVRn a try? I’ve heard good things.

There are simply too many games, and many genres are underserved by AAA studios.

Strange things are happening regarding genres served by AAA studios. Some of them come and go fairly quickly. There was a brief resurgence of strategy(!!) games because of XCOM.

AAA run to the formula that works as a safe bet, when they want risk they just borrow an existing concept and sell it harder.

The only game I tried on Steam that didn't work was Slave Zero, a game from the 90s. Unfortunately, I still have to use Windows for VR games. It is too troublesome on Linux (at least for the Meta Quest 2).

VR on Linux is probably going to be the main reason the Steam Frame is going to be a day one pre-order for me

Certainly mine!

OR it could be that we find the sweet spot because it's the spot we feel the best.

I moved to Europe years ago, and I am still baffled by how IT in general is perceived, even by some professionals. When I compare a project like Bevy running with a yearly budget of ~$200k with someone like this getting a budget of €20M, I feel like going back to bed.

One of the biggest problems in environmental education (imo) is the lack of notion regarding the footprint of products and services we consume daily; from the water and CO2 costs of a meal, of a heated pool, of a car, etc. It is eye-opening.

I first came across this type of info with the book "How Bad Are Bananas", from Mike Berners-Lee. I really enjoyed it, and I just saw that the new edition even includes stuff like hosting a World Cup, data centers, and space tourism!

It should give a good foundation to start talking about it.

I've been around long enough to see this saying that "As soon as it works, no one calls it AI anymore" in action many times.

It is almost infuriating how dismissive people are of such amazing technologies when they understand it. If anything, progress is often marked by having things becoming simpler rather than more complex. The SpaceX Raptor engine versions are such a cool example of that.