NutinButNet

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[–] NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.com 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well deserved. Who’s next?

That’s awesome, such a cute duo!

That’s my goal right there. Hopefully have someone by my side to dress up and go to these things.

I’m so sorry:/ she reminds me of my cat. Has the exact same black streak across his face in the same way.

RIP sweet girl

I remember one of Caleb Hammer’s guests talked about this. Sounds like some real nasty stuff the way he was hooked on it.

It’s crazy what is legalized and what isn’t in this day and age. Was just talking this over with a coworker yesterday.

I had the same on my KVM with Bazzite. No other distro I’ve had does this too.

I need to first switch the KVM over to Bazzite PC and then the monitor will pick up video. Otherwise I have to restart for it to appear.

Super annoying but I’ve conditioned myself to switch over before powering on now.

Ha, I still have my IBM ThinkPad but it has never had a working battery in its life with me. The hinge on one side is also still cracked and I could never properly close it.

Was my first laptop in the mid-2000’s running Windows 95. I got a USB 1.0 Ethernet adapter so I could surf the web on the DSL line we had at home before we finally upgraded to a wireless router.

Good times. On MySpace, ripping music to the 4GB IDE HDD I had into MusicMatch (before I learned about iTunes), checking news for Halo 3, trying to play games…

[–] NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.com 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

One website I was reading said this was slated to be cheaper than the Index full kit which was $999, IIRC.

[–] NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.com 1 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Hmm…I’ve never noticed much of a difference, even with hand tracking.

The only issues I’ve had between both in terms of tracking were related to controllers/hands going out of view of the camera.

If there was a difference, it was very minimal, at least for me.

That’s good to know about the bottom port. I like that Valve is somewhat future-proofing this right out of the box. I’ve been looking on Steam’s website about this but I can’t see that part. I am on mobile at the moment, so maybe it’s just not loading correctly for me. There’s some numbers on the headset that just aren’t showing up but are pointing to features on the outside of the headset.

That was my feeling too. That PS/Wii U scheme feels so uncomfortable to me. Like over-extending your left thumb which I use much more than my right thumb on the analog stick.

But I realized I’m semi used to it on my Steam Deck and it feels okay. If I could, I would switch it out, though.

Oh yeah, reading is crap on the Q3 for sure. I don’t remember ever trying on the Q2.

But just for walking around and seeing my surroundings, especially when the dogs or cat come around, was so much better in color, especially in lower lit areas. B&W was near impossible in low light.

[–] NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.com 4 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Black and white pass through is crazy. I really hated that on my Quest 2 but was glad they made it color on the Quest 3. I can actually walk around my house in color and do things when I pause my games. I couldn’t do that as easily in black and white on the Quest 2.

Feels like there’s going to be a situation like the Steam Deck OLED but with color..? I think I’ll wait on that reason alone. And there will likely be other upgrades too in a refresh a year or two later.

I was planning on ditching my Quest 3 for this, but doesn’t sound like it. It’s for the best because I don’t want to shell that much on a new headset so soon anyway.

I’ve forced myself to go to the gym. I set a small goal of 30 minutes and stuck with it. Usually doing more, but there have been times where I have just done the bare minimum of 30 minutes and then left.

It’s something. But it is a chore after a long day.

 

My electric company puts out ads showing their employees going to work. That was literally the commercial I just saw for my electric company and then they show their logo in the corner.

What is the purpose of this? It’s not like they have a competitor and this ad might make me switch back to them or stay with them.

So what’s the point in making these ads?

 

Inspired by WaBa Grill, except their cut of the beef. I was at the grocery store and grabbed the quickest cut I found which was taco beef. But this turned out really well! Very delicious.

 

I remember a time when the news would refuse to show something and I’d go to YouTube to see the uncensored clip.

But today I was reminded of how bad YouTube has gotten when a YouTube video censored a news clip because the anchor said “died”.

And this has led to the dumb trend of new terms like “unalive” and “self delete” like that makes it any different. It just moves to the next term that the algorithm will pick up on and lead to another dumb term to avoid the censors.

But for what? Like we did we get to this point? Who gives a fuck if they talk about suicide or death and it’s in context? Someone could be talking about a serious topic like their failed attempt and warning someone to not try it and that video gets removed/hidden. Good job, YouTube.

I’ve been making some videos too and it’s stupid the things I’ve had to avoid just to ensure my hard work doesn’t get hidden or removed because YouTube doesn’t like a term I used, even if it was in proper context. I’m not even getting paid for my videos but I don’t want my hard work going in vain. I release my videos on multiple platforms and it makes me want to skip YouTube, altogether, but I only keep it because it’s the most popular.

It’s so fucking stupid. The internet used to be the place to go to get the real story without unnecessary censors.

 

Inb4 Oreos and Hydrox

 

It’s been quite the journey in finally getting to see one.

All my life, I had never heard an owl “who” until a few years ago and it was so cool. Better than I could have ever imagined. I love all types of birds. We have a lot of hawks in my area that I love seeing often along with the other birds everyone is quite familiar with. Seeing them glide above and hearing their screeches is such an awesome experience.

Back in school, we did dissect owl droppings and even glued the skeletons to form a complete rodent skeleton on a piece of paper.

I have found owl droppings here too.

Then there was one time when we to let the dogs out and they were making a ton of noise. In the trees, I could see a big brown bird with a huge wingspan silently move from one branch to another to get deeper in the darkness of the small forest. I searched everywhere in there for what I knew was an owl but couldn’t find it anywhere. I had never seen such a massive wingspan or not hear a single thing. Not even a grip of tree branches or rustle in the leaves.

Then yesterday I let the dogs out again and they ran into the dried up pond and I saw a massive wingspan yet again go from the dried bed of the pond to a group of trees above. There, I finally laid eyes on this amazing creature. I had never seen anything quite like it before. It stared right back at me with very faint but bold yellow eyes. It turned its head to see the dogs who were making a ton of noise to my side then back to me. I could tell it was quite scared of us and so I backed away to give it some space.

As we backed up, I saw bones and a rabbit’s foot with its fur still intact. Looks like we had disturbed a meal, or the ending of the meal. I got some pictures, but they were quite blurry and far off.

Then today, as we went down again, I saw it perched on top of an old metal fence, very low to the ground. I tried to quietly get the dog to come back but he couldn’t hear me. The owl saw him and flew off into the trees above. Here is where I saw it more closer and I could see more details so clear.

This picture does my experience justice. (Not a shill, but I got this with the Adobe Indigo app I just downloaded today and it greatly helped me take a much clearer picture that was far away.)

I’m so in awe of this nocturnal bird. I didn’t want to scare it anymore than we already have so I’m going to try to be more gentle in the future as much as we can. I feel lucky to caught it as the sun is going down and as it is beginning its own day.

There’s a massive nest in one of the trees and I’m thinking that might be its home. May even be a mother or planning to settle here with some new owls of its own? I’m hoping so. We have a bad rodent problem here and these owls are so beautiful and graceful. Would be a welcome exchange, in my opinion.

 

wtf I actually like being put on hold if this is the music I get

 

This is the kind of shit that makes me embrace piracy more and more.

Years ago, we bought this software that specializes in something we do at work. Super specialized software but met all of our needs. Expensive at $600 per license, but it was supposed to be for “life”. So we figured it was worth it.

Until we upgraded to Windows 11 this year because Windows 10 won’t be supported after October this year.

We upgraded the computers (yes, we bought multiple licenses of this, some even as late as last year, so only got a few uses) and didn’t think twice about it. But after upgrading, this software now shows as unlicensed.

No worries, we kept our licensing information in an event like this. Oh, it doesn’t recognize it. Oh, their specialized number changed too! Wtf alright, well I’ll just reach out to their support for help.

Their support is super slow and not just because they’re on the other side of the world. I have to usually reach out to “sales” to get someone to actually help me. Days later, they respond saying that we need to pay for a “reissuance” of the license because the OS changed.

Huh…?

It just upgraded! It’s still the same computer we installed it to. Wtf dude. How is this fair?

This is like your car’s transmission going out while still under warranty and the manufacturer denying a warranty replacement because the tires and color of the car changed. Yes, the VIN we gave the car is still the same, even the license plate is the same…but yeah, we won’t honor this without you paying us because it’s fundamentally a new car now!

Go fuck yourself. Truly.

This is not a new computer. This is the same computer. This is a new update that we didn’t necessarily want but we have no choice in the matter. You can verify that your software has been installed here since the day we activated with your license.

No pirated version exists for this nor would we use it since we’d get in trouble for it. But man, this is the kind of crap that deserves a pirated copy because this is absurd. I can understand being paid for your hard work and trying to avoid people skirting around paying you for each computer they install to, but this is overdoing it. You’re now being greedy and double dipping. No other software we use has this problem. And $600 is a bit much when you do this kind of crap. Even if you are only charging partial for “reissuance”.

 

Must be dying from a lot of people leaving. Who doesn’t know about Reddit nowadays??

 

Couldn’t sleep and went for a drive. 711 guy locked the door and posted a sign that he was taking a break just as I was walking up to the door so I turned around to leave and began leaving the parking lot. I look off to the side and see this weird looking cat but it’s not sitting like a cat.

Pulled up beside it and shouted out of my car “hey what are you up to?” The raccoon just looked up at me and I took this pic lol.

Truthfully, this was my first time seeing a raccoon (alive). I only ever see roadkill or glimpses of them scurrying off at night. So this was kind of cool for me.

 

It’s imitation lobster I bought for salad but thought I’d try this today because I wanted a sandwich and wanted some “lobster” too.

The lettuce is fresh from my backyard. Best thing I did this year was buy this 6 pack of lettuce plants for like $5 and have been using it ever since for sandwiches and salads.

Also added avocado and Roma tomato. And then added mayonnaise and siracha mayonnaise for the spread. You can see some of the siracha mayo on the lobster on the side.

Very delicious and definitely recommend.

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