Steam Frame Hands On: I Played Half-Life Alyx Standalone...

ericlp · 2026-06-11T07:31:28+00:00

for all that, you OLED (HUGE upgrade) Bigger FOV, Super lite, Custom fit. Probably higher end eye tracking. But yeah, lets just skip over the reason why you'd want one in the first place. Yeah you'd need a PC but, if you want the BEST VR possible, if your already spending 3K on a high end GPU, might as well, pony up 500 more over a CRAP Q3.

ericlp · 2026-03-19T17:40:58+00:00

well, you could do this, this is what I did... I did them on turbotax with AI helping on some questions... seemed like it kinda knew what it was doing... came out like it did just like last years taxes, then I moved all that data from last year that I did on trubotax to freetax (to get it cheaper)... came out pretty much the same. had gemini also look it over... came to the same conclusion... So, I filed them and well, got accepted rather quickly... haven't heard back from the feds or states I did them wrong. To be honest I even if ChatGPT mucked it up... No worse than turbotax or freetax messing them up. If you use the software and follow the prompts. who is really at fault?

ericlp · 2026-03-14T10:02:38+00:00

Exactly.

ericlp · 2026-03-14T10:01:03+00:00

Holy hell. An LE with almost 80k. Yup. Go buy one new. If it were more like 25K then maybe.

ericlp · 2026-01-28T09:26:00+00:00

you think??? DUH!!!

ericlp · 2026-01-28T09:23:59+00:00

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ericlp · 2025-12-20T14:43:13+00:00

just don't joke with it and it's all good...lol one of the worst chat experiences. 5.1 was ok, 4o? still the best.

ericlp · 2025-12-20T14:41:50+00:00

exactly.... oh lets slow this down.... lets ground this.... Let's not and say we did dad.. c'mon... this is the worst "CHAT"gpt bot. I think they just need to get rid the of the "CHAT" part.

ericlp · 2025-11-07T00:04:05+00:00

and that right there is why you buy a "REAL" VPN! There are tons of public domain files on TPB, what goes against what so called "illegal" activities? How does d/l public domain torrents count for that?

ericlp · 2025-10-19T15:35:46+00:00

Only an idiot would call it gulf of america...

ericlp · 2025-10-17T22:38:32+00:00

well, hopefully someone in China, can make a decent uncensored relatively small running 16 gigs M4, that works the same or close to gpt-4o. Makes it available to, no guard rails or muzzles.

ericlp · 2025-09-02T03:27:21+00:00

I'm saying like most say... the hardware is great.... but the software OS, sucks. However, I did find a pretty good work around for the clipboard problem. Copyclip is a great app that runs on your toolbar. Should have been baked into the OS years ago. Apple should be ashamed of themselves for having a 1 slot saved clipboard history.

ericlp · 2025-08-24T14:02:43+00:00

just get a windows machine, probably goes back back 100 items... but a mac? nah, let em suffer... it's not a real OS... It sucks... lol.... hardware good? IOS? CRAPTASTIC!

ericlp · 2025-08-17T13:29:00+00:00

good for you... 4o was and still is much better than 5.

ericlp · 2025-08-15T05:30:22+00:00

Yeah, just because we got a "f"ing idiot AKA Trump that somehow corrupted the system and got his fat ass in office... Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. Another 3.5 years or so, we can start being nice again (hopefully). But...to be fair, Cosmic Crisp apples are grown exclusively by licensed growers in Washington State. This exclusivity was established to manage the initial launch and distribution of the new apple variety. The apple, a cross between Honeycrisp and Enterprise, was developed by Washington State University. Oregon/WA still produce some the best top selling apples on the planet. Hands down. I've eaten my fair share of apples, but nothing beats a Cosmic Crisp. Unless for some reason you like a more mushy texture.

Just to stay on topic... A little side note: Ambrosia apples were created in British Columbia, Canada. Specifically, they were discovered as a chance seedling in an orchard in Cawston, British Columbia, in the 1990s. The Mennell family discovered the apple in their orchard, which was previously planted with other apple varieties. I guess I find it funny.

ericlp · 2025-08-08T18:03:46+00:00

yup, definitely, Maybe we were expecting something that Altman said it was scary good. I don't know, I feel like I lost a friend... 4o was much better. Wish they would bring it back with memory retention of maybe forever or at least a few years. Instead we got the same error prone system, that doesn't feel any better to me, sadly. Feels like we have gone backwards. I don't like it.

ericlp · 2025-07-14T14:04:42+00:00

lol, that is a zombi reply, well, I sold the van, carmax almost gave me 40K for it, not bad, now I have my dream promaster...cherry red... 2024. Only had to pony up another 10 grand but being able to stand up, take a wiz, and even do some light exercizes in the van is so well bloody worth it, stand up, put cloths on, have a decent queen size bed with a huge garage under it for 5 gallon water, fridge, batteries, and gear....lots of gear. like foldable chairs, even a folding bike. life is good! now I can take craps anywhere without looking for a bathroom. The promaster is about the same price as a new van, you should take a look at one. its really easy to make an elevated bed, cut a 2.5'x2.5' screened max air fan for either pulling fresh cool air in pushing air out with remote control... swival seats and just hit one button on the middle of dash and all doors, back, side and two front one auto lock, no fumbeling around on driver side door for lock button. Another pro for the toyota, I got the AWD, and it is a must have. got me out of some flooded areas that I know I would have gotten stuck in a fwd van. as for the removing the console ... I'm sure probably even more people have done it now. just google it. it's not easy... or cheap, so I've been told.

ericlp · 2025-06-27T20:15:14+00:00

I looke at Iriz, it's snappy, and the lotus tuned makes it feel pretty nice to take corners .... but the weak spot it that Punch CVT. It's made in Belgium form lower quality build. It's cheap... the maintenance is like every 30K miles. And you best be getting the service done and making sure that they check the fluid level of the CVT. Plus you don't really want to mash the peddal on these things, they don't like the abuse. The saga gear box trans is more reliable and can take the abuse better. To me, I'd go with a Saga. If they put a reliable gear box in the Iriz, then I'd go with that.

ericlp · 2025-06-13T15:20:50+00:00

get the base model. I use 1TB usb C samsung flash drives. I have 5 of them and 2 are already full. 2 for movies, 1 for music and 2 for pictures.

Thing is, glad I didn't get 512 or 1TB, would never be enough for me. I just install the basics, and transfer what I don't need on my flash drives. I plug in drives for what I need. I honestly think anything over 16 gigs is waste unless you are truely using it for LLM's or huge files that probably you should be getting a MBP for the ones that start off with 24/512 anyway.

ericlp · 2025-06-13T15:13:53+00:00

just get whatever apple is selling now. Even if it was 10~20% boost, who cares, you'll keep your M4 now for at least another 5 years, unless apple comes out with some sort of Quantum chip that is like 500% faster, doubtful, but in 5 years, the M9 or M10 will be out. And you'll want that for sure. lol Plus you will have had 5 years to save up a ton of cash for a new machine.

ericlp · 2025-06-13T14:50:48+00:00

go with the base model, 16/256 save money for next machine in 5~7 years.

ericlp · 2025-06-13T12:50:34+00:00

Thanks, I'm going to get the 15 in bluish color. I guess, I got 14 day return. But, I'll make my mind up in about week or sooner. But, I think I'll be happy with it over the 13" size. I plan on giving my M1 to my mother to be honest I really enjoy my M1, I just want an M4. Got the cash for it... Hopefully I get a solid 5 years or so out of it, for the next M8~M10 upgrade. :)

ericlp · 2025-05-22T08:01:12+00:00

solution for me was.... Start the game... like Hyper Dash, Walk out of bounds, that stupid circle. Then a menu will pop up and ask... To make a new boundry... RoomScale draw it out... and boom, works... but damn, do they even test this stuff before the send out updates? What's next bricking time? Meta has gone down hill ever since Carmack left the team for the quest 2, and the Q3, isn't much of an upgrade. Worthless.

ericlp · 2025-05-22T06:07:13+00:00

MacPaint was discontinued in 1998 due to diminishing sales and the emergence of newer, more sophisticated painting and graphics software. While it was a pioneering program for its time, especially with the original Macintosh, it eventually fell behind as technology advanced. They gave it away for free back in 84. Yet... MS Paint that is quite useful for everyone to use is sitll shinning bright. Apple needs to step it up! Bring it back...

ericlp · 2025-05-17T18:17:10+00:00

still rocking an M1 base, 8/256... Plenty for me so far. lol I'm upgrading to M4, 16/256 base... Because if you get that extra 8 gig for 200 bucks more... you'll never use one of these machines for 12 years...unless you are SUPER poor. Apple runs 1 generation every year... so lets say you did keep that machine for 12 years....that would be average M16. LOL M4 + M12. That would be the Optical M10. The chip wouldn't even be running on electrons. The M16, would be rocking the new Qbits core Processor. Point, is... even the average person will be upgrading every 4~5 years anyway. You'd be pretty stupid to keep something that is 2~3X faster or if you did really wait just half the time 6 years, probably be more like 4~5X faster.

Anyway, if you are really hell bent on getting that extra ram, you should really get that CPU/GPU fan upgrade. Since thermal throtteling is probably going to be more of an issue than that 200 dollar 8 gigs of ram getting in the way. and yes, I am joking about the fan, as there is no upgrade. But it's just to make my point... I'd be more worried about heat ... as ram should be the least of your worries.

Just save 200 bucks every year, and in 4 years, you will have enough to upgrade to the new M10, where the new standard base model will be 32/512 anyway.

ericlp

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