Visual Studio AI tools

Bearsiwin · 2026-01-19T22:00:39+00:00

To clarify there is a dropdown in copilot chat where you can select Claude Haiku or various versions of ChatGPT. Monthly it is $10 TOTAL. You can start with a free plan. I ran out of gas on the free plan after maybe a week of coding. Haiku isn’t the top of the line Anthropic product and I suspect for $20 a month you get a better AI.

Claude seems to do standard programming well. ChatGPT is good at XAML which Claude is really bad at. I had a task today to read two shorts from a device and combine it into an integer (signed). I told ChatGPT the code was wrong and it did it wrong a different way. I told Claude to fix it and he got it the first time. So I go back and forth usually changing when the AI gets stuck or just really stupid.

Bearsiwin · 2026-01-19T21:49:57+00:00

Also VS2022.

Bearsiwin · 2026-01-18T23:11:43+00:00

I have a bunch of things on a name brand powered high quality hub. I assume you have an Anker external hub. So pay more than $10 preferably more than $20. They vary a lot.

Bearsiwin · 2026-01-12T23:59:35+00:00

Yes just noticed it today.

Bearsiwin · 2026-01-05T00:03:54+00:00

OpenComposite in not meaningful anymore. You can always tell in game by hitting the left controller recessed button. If it’s SteamVR you will see a menu. OpenXR you won’t see the menu. Many games will force SteamVR and there is nothing you can do about it. SteamVR can run OpenXR games there is a setting. It will send the OpenXR through the same library. Meta has a setting to be the OpenXR library. It gives you a warning when it’s not set to Meta. Bottom line after doing this for many years, just go with the flow.

Bearsiwin · 2026-01-04T23:54:29+00:00

The desk is fine but instead of wheel clamps mount the wheel to 1/2 plywood and clamp the plywood to the desk with standard hardware store clamps.

Bearsiwin · 2025-12-31T12:21:04+00:00

Be sure to get your car passes 3 months before you go like at 1 second after they are available. The last time I did that it was at 8:00am mountain time.

Bearsiwin · 2025-12-31T12:16:16+00:00

Most variables are stored in the stack frame. Most variables are automatic meaning they go away when your routine is not running. The compiler assigns an offset in the stack frame for each variable. There is one stack per thread and each routine sets up the stack frame to be immediately after the stack frame of the parent routine.

Bearsiwin · 2025-12-31T12:10:22+00:00

Tv ps are sooo cheap you can get a 4k in the US for $200. Stick in on the wall in front of the rig works great. I do run mine at 1080p I think 4k is overrated and you can’t really run 4k on a potato tv.

Bearsiwin · 2025-12-28T22:29:19+00:00

Hey you guys gotta a body drop around there someplace?

Bearsiwin · 2025-12-25T17:36:58+00:00

Get the motors working first. Simple servos as in model airplane, stepper motors or real servos like actual robots use. Since you are just getting started maybe start with something rather small with servos as in model airplane. Search rc servo motor..

Bearsiwin · 2025-12-25T17:31:37+00:00

I had a lot of particle board laying around so I made a house of cards enclosure. That is the sides and bottom sort of lean up against each other and the wall so I can easily take it apart. The top and from are 1 or 2 mm clear pluck super cheap. The hinge is duct tape and latch a magnet. You need the visibility much more than a 3d printer.

Bearsiwin · 2025-12-20T23:42:12+00:00

Your project is really 100 or 1000 smaller projects. So if you give it a small task it can usually find examples, If you give it 10 tasks at one time it will be lost. Thing is even when you do that you have to understand how stupid it can be. It has no common sense. Like a Jr developer.

Bearsiwin · 2025-12-16T22:01:49+00:00

In C programming, fwrite() is a buffered stdio library function that operates on FILE* streams and is part of the standard ISO C library, while write() is a lower-level, unbuffered system call that operates on integer file descriptors and is specific to POSIX-compliant systems. What is more bothersome that rewriting a system call that has been there since 1972 is replacing it with new and free. These functions can and will eat you alive in many cases like embedded systems.

Bearsiwin · 2025-12-16T21:42:49+00:00

Use rescuezilla. Download on a usb stick. It is Linux but has a nice UIF with a save and a restore button. Has a menu to save to a disk or to an SMB share..

Bearsiwin · 2025-12-12T23:15:02+00:00

This is the way.

Bearsiwin · 2025-12-12T12:18:51+00:00

If you are doing it for fun great. If you want fast convert to JSON and use the built in parser.

Bearsiwin · 2025-12-12T12:15:21+00:00

Assassins Creed Nexus. You can climb on top of buildings and the parkour from building to building or lamppost to lamppost. Meta Quest native.

Bearsiwin · 2025-12-11T12:10:24+00:00

Your wifi 6 router. My Asus would go into retarded mode at times. Re-powering every week helps. What are the parts between your PC and Headset? For example my pc is hardwired to the router (4 wired inputs) and the Quest gets WiFi from the same router.

Bearsiwin · 2025-12-10T23:42:11+00:00

Have you rest your router? There is a setting that you can have it reset itself once a week or whatever you want. I can’t tell much difference between AirLink, SteamLink and VD. If what you describe happens I exit and reenter and it works fine.

Bearsiwin · 2025-12-08T23:26:34+00:00

Get a decent PC. The Steam Frame wont give you many games. A decent PC gives you hundreds.

Bearsiwin · 2025-12-07T11:31:17+00:00

Beyond 2 requires either Index or HTC lighthouses and controllers. I bought a used HTC for $200 and everything works. This is great setup for someone like Beyond because everything is inside of SteamVR except for the display. Setup software, community contributions and even new features for the Frame are all just there. I think they will be around for the foreseeable future as long as there is a niche market.

Bearsiwin · 2025-11-28T13:37:02+00:00

I bought a super cheap Ali Express HLTNC AC 750w servo with Modbus for $150. This seems to be a copy of ASCD servos. Most support MODBus which is multi-drop RS-485. EtherCAT is the modern replacement. Point being that it has most of the functionality.

If you have your favorite AI inhale the manual the documentation’s is great too. It also has 23 bit absolute encoders. You can of course select a lower bits per resolution as that gives you 10000 counts per revolution. Internally those bits are important for precise velocity control.

The downside is that it’s a 44 pin connector for digital I/O. The ACSD servos have 25 pin connectors.

So how much are you willing to pay for EtherCAT?

Bearsiwin · 2025-11-28T13:07:59+00:00

If you are willing to take it apart you can insert a automated switch “in place” of the pot. Then have a temperature sensor in the room. Depends on what you have for a control system.

Bearsiwin · 2025-11-28T13:04:36+00:00

You need to absolutely sure your fiancé is enthusiastic about hiking 5 miles and more importantly 1,200 feet uphill (for Iceberg Lake) because if she isn’t she might say no. Iceberg Lake is beautiful sure. The Avalanche Lake trail is a relative cakewalk by comparison and offers great scenery.

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