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bluesupergianton Ask HN: Best VR headset for productivity? (multiple screens, etc.)

SO the Quest 2 has the following resolution. 1832x1920 per eye. I have the vive pro 2 which is slightly higher with 2448 × 2448 per eye.

I've tried to load up VS Code on multiple products including the steam floating desktop and have found we just aren't there yet. I really wanted the windows for productivity to just swap focus between documentation, environment, database etc.

I think a lot of work needs to go into rendering fonts in vr alongside of ux design around productivity software. Even at 2448x2448 writing code just wasn't fully crisp.

bluesupergianton Ask HN: Best cars without too much digitalization?

Base model sporty cars I think would be a great fit here if you're looking for new. The manufacturer understands that those looking for performance typically shy away from expensive gadgets. For example my 2018 brand new ford focus st had a 4" display for the backup cam and that was literally it. Manual transmission, full suite of buttons for controls etc etc

Base model mustang ecoboost is similar, you have to pay more to get the larger infotainment option but otherwise everything is manual including the hvac: https://www.ford.com/cars/mustang/models/ecoboost-fastback/ I assume the same would be true for the Camaro and Challenger

I would stay away from anything luxury. Family Haulers and Base model trucks are typically low-tech as well.

bluesupergianton Shitoberfest – First Hacktoberfest spam of the season

I was not aware of this issue. That is heart breaking. The cPython one is especially painful to see. Anyone have any thoughts on how to stop the minimum effort PR influx during this month? Thanks OP for spreading awareness!

bluesupergianton Show HN: My Pandemic Passion Project. A fun satire blog

This has been an incredibly fun project for me to learn some new tech. Using Gatsby + Netlify CMS to build and deploy the site. I'm using Faunadb mostly to check out what db as a web service is like. I'm one of those developers that is also decent enoughish at photoshop where I've gotten to the point where I have fooled some of my friends so I stopped posting these as jokes in my discord servers or on other sites and instead started to post them to this site. Any feedback is most certainly welcome!

bluesupergianton Ask HN: Favorite purchases of last two years?

I'm a software engineer and have been using cheaper alternatives like gimp but my best purchase which also makes me feel like an adult is a year of the standard license of the creative suite. As a creative developer it is well worth the money and I'm super excited to dig into the software I've never used more like animate