throwaway_oil

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by throwaway_oil 4y ago
I'm a heavy feeld user, loved the article. Author has some rose tint to their glasses, but feeld is excellent - at least in NYC. As with any dating app, local userbase is key, so other locations may be far worse. Some other commenters
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by throwaway_oil 5y ago
This account was created yesterday and has only commented in this thread.
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by throwaway_oil 5y ago
What headset, how large are your monitors when scaled to a standard viewing distance (18-24"?), and what do you prefer?
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by throwaway_oil 5y ago
A few hours, I realized pretty quickly that the resolution was a problem for text readability. I don't see how virtual monitor distance would help; I found the minimum size for readable text to be unacceptably large. As soon as pixel d
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by throwaway_oil 5y ago
I'm not sure if you mean the reverb, index, or something else, as I don't believe either the reverb or index have a battery. Yes, the low cost & top specs of a quest are because you sell your data to Facebook.
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by throwaway_oil 5y ago
Not OP, but had the same experience trying to be a software engineer on a Quest 2.
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by throwaway_oil 5y ago
Yes. The reverb's software and general UX are quite a bit worse than the Quest. Many would say that the only real contenders in the space are the Quest and Valve Index, and the Quest wins on both price and resolution.
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by throwaway_oil 6y ago
Trivial counterexample: I can't make an Apple M1 chip in my garage. I can't make (good?) LSD in my garage. I can put a metal pipe on a board with a nail and have a simple, reliable 12ga shotgun. I can 3d print a 22LR pistol, or ev
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by throwaway_oil 6y ago
I believe a critical part of this is false: Citadel does not front run on order flow (front running is illegal). They buy order flow from robinhood because retail traders don't know what they're doing, and that goes doubly for Rob
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by throwaway_oil 6y ago
I can see resistance, but I'm surprised by how much. I see the inconvenience of the former, but I don't see how it ignites the passion I see in these disagreements. :%s/master/main/g should go a long way, right? The
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by throwaway_oil 7y ago
He simply may not know. If the oil industry shows a willingness to increase these scores, investors could continue to set them higher, causing a death spiral of capital availability. The ESG-centric investor pitch is a private, C-suite affa
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by throwaway_oil 7y ago
Divestment or investment due to ESG score goals is effective. Internal decisions at F500 oil & gas companies are being made with ESG in mind due to the amount of capital increased scores open up. Source: work for an oil & gas compan