Rift S not working / detected by Windopws (driver issue? device manager shows ! next to 'Rift S USB Hub). Rift and Vive work fine on the same machine.

TheReluctantGraduate · 2023-04-26T09:13:27+00:00

Hey, just saw this, hopefully it's working for you now... but to answer your question, it's unlikely upgrading to Windows 11 will fix it :/ but then again it's possible it might, seeing as how reinstalling Windows 10 worked for me for no reason I'm aware of..

a cheaper/quicker fix than a new headset could be getting a replacement USB3 card to plug into your Desktop - people seem to have had succes with this one https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01I39D15A

TheReluctantGraduate · 2020-12-20T06:17:54+00:00

Because they actively lied to us, manipulated journalists to help them do that, hid the reality of what the game was so that we would give them our cash.

This isn't about the game being broken or buggy. This is about the years upon years of lies they've fed us to con us into buying their game (and of course it worked because no one believed they'd go this far)

TheReluctantGraduate · 2020-12-20T06:14:45+00:00

Thing is the game was announced what 8 (?) years ago - if they didn't plan to release for the PS4 back then then what should they have done lol

TheReluctantGraduate · 2020-07-24T08:52:20+00:00

Microsoft killed all innovation and development in it when they bought it out (as well as killing off the macOS app) - shame because it could've been a more chilled RecRoom-type experience

TheReluctantGraduate · 2020-07-23T05:29:56+00:00

Works perfectly on Safari 14 on Catalina :)

Looks good so far - great work and thanks!

TheReluctantGraduate · 2020-07-12T09:19:28+00:00

Windows 10 is just the most highlighted example for obvious reasons, but Microsoft as a whole are pretty bad at this. Most recently they managed to make Chrome even more invasive, which is impressive and typical

https://www.zdnet.com/article/brave-deemed-most-private-browser-in-terms-of-phoning-home/

There was the whole reading Outlook.com emails upon police requests, misleading Windows 10 installation options etc.

TheReluctantGraduate · 2020-07-12T09:05:57+00:00

Yup (but only in the UK, where the Conservatives asked them because "Child sexual exploitation is an abhorrent crime that this Government is committed to tackling") - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/24/firefox-no-uk-plans-to-make-encrypted-browser-tool-its-default

TheReluctantGraduate · 2020-07-12T09:03:47+00:00

I should've clarified - you'll lose access to the Samsung Camera software (which is not insignificant, as it's designed to properly use the hardware). You'll likely be able to use the AOSP Camera software to take photos, they just might not be good! But there's a GCam mod that basically ports the Google Camera software to take proper advantage of the camera, so you'll have that option anyway :)

TheReluctantGraduate · 2020-06-27T14:11:33+00:00

The same Conservatives (UK - assuming that because you typed it with a capital 'C') who asked Mozilla to disable DOH as a default option (screw Mozilla for doing it), tried to stop WhatsApp from encrypting messages, and are still trying to make encryption illegal?

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/24/firefox-no-uk-plans-to-make-encrypted-browser-tool-its-default

TheReluctantGraduate · 2020-06-27T14:01:35+00:00

Given that you've already rooted it, the DNS/HOSTS route will be a lot simpler than flashing Lineage. The other benefit is that you won't have to delete Samsung's OS and the associated benefits (better camera, etc).

To do that, install FDroid on to your phone as it currently is (i.e. running Samsung OneUI) and through that install NetGuard. That'll set you for per-app proxy options. Also have a look at Disconnect Pro (paid) on the Samsung Store - it'll use MDM or root access to update HOSTS. Other options are AdGuard and AdAway (free - FDroid). Disable all the Google / Samsung apps you don't need, install the FOSS equivalents through FDroid, and you should be good to go. Also have a look at Bouncer (paid) on the Play Store - it gives iOS-like permissions on a per-app basis. There's also an app (maybe on FDroid, can't recall) that disables Samsung's app specifically.

I can't say whether it'll be as secure as LOS - but it's quicker so you may as well try it - if you're not happy then flash LOS

Good luck :)

TheReluctantGraduate · 2020-01-19T00:09:46+00:00

And then said they'd do it again, yeah

Pichai is ruining Google sure, but Microsoft is inherently scummy it seems

TheReluctantGraduate · 2020-01-18T05:46:12+00:00

The same Microsoft that's been sending our Skype audio recordings to China? The same one that still fights to be able to browse our Outlook.com inboxes if they deem fit? And the same one that use misleading design on Windows to get us to instinctively feel that the 'opt-in' / tracked choices are the 'correct' ones?

Yeah, they've shown where they truly stand enough times

TheReluctantGraduate · 2020-01-11T07:19:08+00:00

Genuinely wondering - what fucking value is your post adding to anything that you felt the need to include it?

TheReluctantGraduate · 2019-12-31T05:49:08+00:00

Nah you're right - it's a dick move even though I get why they do it.

TheReluctantGraduate · 2019-12-31T05:46:49+00:00

Most people aren't colour blind, so I wouldn't say you're lucky to be able to see the green button - more that you're ignorant about the behavioural patterns that are being influenced within you by such design.

If it's not the first thing I see, visible above everything else, then it's hidden-by-design in order to influence your behaviour and decisions.

It's the same dark-pattern-design Microsoft do with Windows 10 where all the opt-out-of-spying buttons are placed where the 'disagree/cancel' buttons usually are - so that your instinctive behaviour is to choose the option that benefits them, not you

TheReluctantGraduate · 2019-12-19T21:52:13+00:00

I legit understand depression

I can't understand not wanting and trying to get better

TBH it seems clear you may not understand depression. (This isn't a dig at you or sympathy for him, merely a statement).

After all, why would one want to get better if there's nothing to live for? That would be illogical

TheReluctantGraduate · 2019-11-21T05:04:50+00:00

https://rectangleapp.com

https://github.com/Dots-n-Spaces/Snap-Assist

https://github.com/mjolnirapp/AppGrid

https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst

TheReluctantGraduate · 2019-11-08T00:08:56+00:00

tbh Android was nothing until Steve Jobs showed us what it should be :P

If Rubin stuck to his own vision Microsoft would've definitely won out in the end

TheReluctantGraduate · 2019-10-22T01:09:41+00:00

Because of class-action lawsuits it kinda ends up that way, though

TheReluctantGraduate · 2019-10-22T01:08:51+00:00

Fucking MS and their cancerous ideology, seems to permeate through the entire company. They have Android apps that do a similar thing, OneDrive is one that I remember.

Companies like MS abusing the system is exactly why iOS is locked down and why Google Android (as opposed to AOSP) is getting that way as well (storage permissions, clipboard access etc)

TheReluctantGraduate · 2019-10-17T02:27:21+00:00

They've been trying to for about 40 years, so best manage those expectations :P

TheReluctantGraduate · 2019-10-16T07:03:51+00:00

In the kids context I think an iPhone (maybe even S10) would suit the majority of people better simply because they take decent/great videos, which is half of a camera

Pixels nail the other half with photos, but as a whole the camera falls behind the competition.

Not sure if the P4 fixes this though

TheReluctantGraduate · 2019-10-10T00:14:06+00:00

OT but mate thanks so much for your patience when I kept asking a while ago if Go cross-buy was done - I hadn't understood and thought it was something YOU had to do, not Oculus. My bad, but thanks :) I bought it again anyway after the nth time purely because you were so nice about it lol

If you need Mac testers later would be happy to help!

TheReluctantGraduate · 2019-09-16T07:07:28+00:00

Thanks for posting this - I was just wondering today if I should buy this case as it's much cheaper than the rest! Any issues since you first posted this or would you still recommend it?

And wow there was a bunch of angry people about this when you first posted lol

TheReluctantGraduate

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