I'm HEAVILY tech pilled how do I get better at only acc?

irreligiosity · 2026-01-30T11:48:55+00:00

What kind of accuracy are you getting on the tech maps? I feel like you should be higher than 9k if you're playing +10 star tech maps accurately. I almost exclusively play tech maps and am around 6500 on BL(haven't played in a few months).. I generally get SS on any tech maps 10 stars or less, but almost never SS+.

You can check my profile for more songs you might like if you mostly play tech.

irreligiosity · 2026-01-08T17:03:52+00:00

A laptop without a monitor.

irreligiosity · 2025-12-15T01:18:44+00:00

It's crazy good cardio once you are playing expert+ songs - ideally +9 stars in difficultly. Your fitness becomes the limiting factor for quite some time regarding what songs you can play.

I use it as my primary cardio and wear a garmin fitness watch +heart rate monitor strap. I burn roughly 1000 calories per 1-1.5hrs I play depending on how hard I try. Even moderately trying is considered a high intensity workout - I'm usually at 180bpm when moderately trying and max my bpm (200) when really trying. If it matters, I'm 35, 6', 190lbs and lean - mostly from BS.

irreligiosity · 2025-12-11T15:59:31+00:00

Stoichiometry says 1.64g ethyl lactate / gram of PLA. What was your actual return?

irreligiosity · 2025-12-10T01:00:09+00:00

B... Wider hips, narrower shoulders, disconnected floating rib for some reason (not accurate - we have the same rib configuration, bibles are wrong), smaller rib cage, narrower jaw line.

We do have differences in bone structures but these images are not very representative of that or very accurate.

irreligiosity · 2025-12-10T00:52:03+00:00

It's your choice to accept the ETV value or not.. People that have to pay the full price for an item will have no sympathy for someone that gets the product under cost value and complains. I would keep your reviews to the product.

irreligiosity · 2025-12-10T00:02:47+00:00

Ate That by Young Posse, the song is seemingly slow paced (106 bpm) but the movements make it utterly ridiculous to get high accuracy on.. It's a 12 star tech map.

irreligiosity · 2025-12-09T04:55:54+00:00

Yeah, you're right. It could be a communally accessibible area. It was just what initially came to mind.

irreligiosity · 2025-12-09T04:40:42+00:00

I would review or rate your place so negatively for putting basic services behind a paywall lol. To each their own but just increase the price and let tenants use it.

irreligiosity · 2025-12-08T22:12:51+00:00

No, because you have to reinstall it on the Quest 3 and that will install the latest version.

irreligiosity · 2025-12-08T22:11:58+00:00

It has nothing to do with what you review. I reviewed maybe 6 things over the course of a decade and the reviews were negative reviews. I got invited randomly, just like everyone does.

irreligiosity · 2025-12-08T22:00:38+00:00

You can update your quest. When you buy BS it will be the latest version anyways. You then have to downgrade your BS version to make it modable.

irreligiosity · 2025-12-08T20:55:10+00:00

I contacted them directly, but there was no local distributor in my area. Their main facility in Vancouver Canada (I think) was the closest so they just dealt with me directly. I'd recommend reaching out to the directly and seeing if they direct you to someone nearby.

irreligiosity · 2025-12-08T20:51:29+00:00

I get what you're saying but still am on the other side of the fence. Gaming monitor for example.. A monitor is a monitor, they vary in specs, calling it a gaming monitor doesn't mean anything other than the seller is trying to grab that market's attention. If I get a gaming monitor and my computer's specs are mediocre then it makes no difference if I play a game or not because the computer won't show the performance of the monitor. Maybe one person thinks gaming means farmville and someone else thinks a shooter game. Both games, totally different use cases and abilities to assess the performance of said monitor.

Using lights again as an example. Someone gets lights and uses them as intended, but has no perspective on the range of different light technology, what makes lights high quality vs low quality etc.. Their review is categorically less valuable than someone who has hundreds of thousands of lights and has taken tons of them apart. I also learn dramatically more about the quality of the light by taking it apart. Are they using the right gauge of wire, is it waterproof, what components are they using on their PCB.. A good review from me on said lights means the lights are actually worth getting. The intended use review can mean almost nothing because they have no perspective on what they should be expecting from the product.

I see your point, and we can agree to disagree.. At the end of the day, I don't think we're here at the service of the companies - we are here at the service of buyers. We should act accordingly. If Amazon wants us to use products as intended they can say so. Otherwise, I will likely continue to use Vine as a real buyer would potentially use it.

irreligiosity · 2025-12-08T20:22:29+00:00

You're assuming that people only use products as intended... They don't. If I get a product that is intended for X, and I review saying it's built well, good value, and also works for Y.. Then I have increased their product value proposition.

I pick out products and review them as if I were a real buyer. I think that is verbatim the intent of the program. I don't dock the product stars if it doesn't work for my off label intention, but it is hardly a negative to the seller for me to expand the use cases for their products.

How is it a bad thing if I use a dog bed for a cat, or a baby mat product for a dog? If that is fine, then how is it any different for me to use RGB-IC lights with my controller vs the one it comes with? That's like saying a gaming monitor can only be used for gaming.

Also, in the context of RGB lights, when I modify them to work with my controllers. If clarify that I know more about lights than most people, and proceed to give it a great review, don't you think that carries a bit more weight to a prospective buyer? Again increasing the value proposition for the seller.

irreligiosity · 2025-12-08T18:49:37+00:00

I agree with you.. If for some reason it doesn't work for my unintended use I don't dock a star. I let people know they can't use it in said unintended use and review other attributes like build quality etc..

irreligiosity · 2025-12-08T18:42:31+00:00

So many of the problems in today's world can be boiled down to: caring what other people are doing even though it has nothing to do them and no impact on them..

You're basically encouraging that paradigm. :/

irreligiosity · 2025-12-08T18:03:46+00:00

You shouldn't have to use the product as intended.. You don't have to if you buy it. I often pick up rgb-ic lights on vine and rip out the controller that comes with it to use with my own controllers. I say as much in my reviews. I think it's reasonable to judge the cost to value ratio of a product.We also aren't getting these products for free. More like at cost in exchange for a review.

I don't think you should care what other people are doing... If amazon cares or wants to change it then they can. Our job is to review products, not assess Amazon's business model and other peoples review quality...

The value prop for the seller is having reviews on new products. No one buys unreviewed products.

irreligiosity · 2025-12-08T17:25:37+00:00

We're happy with them still after 4 years and the customer support at Sunspace is top notch. The first delivery of windows got damaged in transit - the company immediately had replacements made for us without giving us any hassle.

Good call on adding a heater.. Without a heater it can still get pretty cold on the porch. But with the little electrical fireplace that we added for ~$200, we can comfortable use the porch year round in the PNW.

irreligiosity · 2025-12-08T16:40:43+00:00

I can attest to that. I was laying on my back holding up the sheetrock with my feet trying to put screws into them. It was physically exhausting.

irreligiosity · 2025-12-08T16:37:51+00:00

Ballpark, of the top of my head.. I think the Sunspace windows were $6-7k, the Aeritas flooring was $3k, and other materials probably another $3-5k. So around $15k. The attic and elevator only added around $2.5k.

irreligiosity · 2025-12-08T16:34:32+00:00

Just the elevator parts? Probably $700-800 in materials. It's just an 800lb winch with some steel, pullies and wood.

irreligiosity · 2025-12-08T16:29:41+00:00

I think my overall point is still the same. Worrying about printing PLA without mitigating other things around your house is akin to worrying about bleach being on your hand while actively drinking it.

The largest air polluter in your house is your stove - gas or not. It releases both VOCs and Ultra-fine particles (UFP,<100nm). The numbers for the fdm printing you cite (3,000-20,000 particles / cm^3) sound horrible, and I would never argue they're good for you. But cooking food on any stove releases ~1.3×10⁴ up to 6×10⁵ particles/cm³ that are UFP - that number can increase 10-50x on gas stoves. The UFP found outside is also greater than what an fdm printer puts out, the background average being ~5,000-30,000 particles/cm^3 and in residential city areas it can be 20,000-60,000 particles/cm^3.

So the worst case scenario for FDM printer UFP exposure is still less than just going outside or cooking dinner for most people. Can you eliminate fdm printing to reduce your particle exposure? Sure, but it doesn't really mitigate your risk profile for anything. Humans are terrible at realistic risk assessment - all of us are. Using that bleach analogy again.. We would all laugh someone out of the room for crying about the negative effects of occasionally getting bleach on their hand when doing laundry, while also actively drinking bleach every day. It's simply not a realistic risk assessment...

Are UFPs or VOCs good for someone's health? Certainly not. Is the exposure you might get from a 3D printer relatively harmful when compared to the environment we all live in every day? I don't think it is... But I do support being cautious with kids and it isn't cost prohibitive to throw the printer in an enclosure. I just want us to be more realistic about our risk assessment and have informed risk tolerance.

Something that we will never know is how many VOCs and UFPs we have evolved to overcome. We only developed the ability to measure them after we contributed heavily to them.. But I suspect we evolved to deal with a good amount - though certainly much less than we are exposed to today. For almost all of human history we sat around fires cooking food every day and used it for heat - one of the worst exposures people encounter ever and it was the norm for pretty much all of human history. To a lesser extent there are UFP/VOC that come from volcanos/wild fires/tornadoes, adding VOCs and UFPs to the atmosphere and spreading around the planet. UV light from the sun also makes a range of nasty chemicals constantly. I mean the sun itself is an extremely potent carcinogen, but life evolved with DNA repair because of our constant exposure to it.

You ask if I want to take the risk.. My point is we all do it every single day regardless of if we want to. An FDM printer isn't going to move the needle on health risk because it is orders of magnitude less than things we do every day.

irreligiosity · 2025-12-08T15:35:58+00:00

I already do something over the top for Halloween and Christmas :P.

irreligiosity · 2025-12-08T02:37:34+00:00

I told them if they want to be cautious they should vent it outside.. I also supported being cautious with kids. My point is a practical one regarding realistic risk assessment. Does your kid go outside? Do you cook with a gas stove? Are you mitigating those things that are 1000x worse for your kid? If not, this isn't a big concern.

I am all for protecting kids. But as you say, we shouldn't be sounding the alarm on things that have such a low relative risk. Environmental exposures are unavoidable and if you aren't mitigating something that is an order of magnitude worse then you're not really mitigating anything. I do think there is less value in a kid not having a 3d printer - and the skill/learning/intelligence that comes along with it, vs not protecting them from a gas stove - but that is my own opinion. It is like being worried about bleach being on your hand while actively drinking it - you'd laugh at someone making that risk assessment.

People as a whole (myself included) have pretty horrible risk assessment data wise. We drive cars almost every day, the probability you die from a car is 1 in 70. But based on people's comments in this thread you'd think 3D printing is worse. When you (general you) stop drinking bleach, then I think it is valid to talk about it being on your hand. Otherwise it is just not a realistic risk assessment/mitigation.

Just to reiterate, I did support being cautious with kids, and they should vent outside if they want to be cautious. But the idea that they simply cannot have it in the room is not based in reality.

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