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Wasn't sure if this went in Entertainment, Fitness, or Tech, so I'm putting it here! VR finally doesn't suck, and doesn't require a $3000 computer either! https://www.oculus.com/quest-2/ It is self-contained (but can also attach to a high-end PC for many more games at even higher quality) and amazingly responsive with decent graphics. No tether for power or content.. About 2 hours of battery life which is longer than I usually go in any one session anyway. It can also wirelessly cast (stream) what you're seeing to a chromcast or software running in a web browser so others can share. What matters is the responsiveness, really keeps the motion sickness at bay. And it just got an update to a higher refresh rate! And it costs $299!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes $299!!! So far there's not much need to spend the extra $100 on the higher-storage one. The $50 for the better head strap is probably good though, once the issue is fixed with them and they're shipping again. What can you do with it? Many games, including a Walking Dead one that's likely to scare the shit out of you, space stuff, social stuff, a lot of move to the beat type of stuff, lot of shooters. Most are $15-$25 each. Favorites everybody agrees on so far are Beat Saber (slice boxes to the beat with light sabers), Pistol Whip (shoot people in the face to the beat, AKA John Wick), Superhot (another shooter, more strategic), but there's just about something for everybody and more coming quickly. Also, many experiences, I docked a SpaceX module to the ISS a couple days before it was all the rage today! That ISS experience and many others are free, some are $10. Something else VERY COOL is watching standard media in the headset. Netflix, Youtube, Prime, etc. Some have VR content but even just watching a movie is very immersive. Could imagine doing it on a plane, though you would look like a tool... And of course... PORN... There's a fair amount of VR porn sites and I've only played with them once/briefly so far, in my quick survey I think it was PornHub that rocked. Others wanted you to side-load an app, whereas Porn hub could just run. Basically most are a VR movie where you're dead center in the middle of the action, can look around anywhere but not move around, and dick or ass in my face made me feel cross-eyed. Not raring to fire it up and rub one out but might play a bit more at some point. I'm guessing Oculus's going to be fairly prude-ish about allowing adult-content official apps, but so far it's an easy couple hoops to enable developer mode and side-load anything you like. That could well change at any time though, because... What is the downside? Well, there's a pretty big one... Oculus was acquired by Facebook and the Quest 2 requires a legitimate Facebook account to use. Yeah, you can private-mode the web-browser inside to go to YouPorn but Facebook probably knows... Some have tried to create a dummy account and been suspended losing all purchases and even use of the device. Igor can lie about his name and location to tell you Biden stole the election but can't be allowed to use a VR headset anonymously! Good job Facebook! It's unclear how much additional value they'll get out of this info but they're getting in on the ground floor. If you have any interest there's a good number of reviews and YouTube channels dedicated to the subject... Good channels on the subject that *may* be gay-run... https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN0FGqUt7e79xKoPAZQ8tww https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNoGPh6-xT7afBoudgrx56Q It's a hell of a thing to play with, especially if you haven't been able to go out much for 6+ months, and can be a great fitness aid too.

We don't belong to an organized political party, we're Democrats! I agree, but the problem is everybody on the left has a voice and we're all tarred with anything any of us say. The Republicans shut up and fall in-line behind the money, who usually has excellently crafted talking points... Fuck the Kock brothers, but wouldn't it be something if Sorros or somebody actually was his equal and opposite?

My big problem is that their integration will drag the Democrats ever more right...

Would sure be nice if they reformed their own party so that Trump 2024 would never be a possibility...

“Can you imagine if I had had a Chinese bank account during reelection? Fox News would have called me Beijing Barry!”