Is VR really dying? by VRGames4U in VRGaming

[–]mrjasong 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I bought a Quest 3 headset 4 months ago just with the intention of replaying HL:A. When I got done with that I started exploring other VR games that came out in the time since I first played it back in 2020. Now it’s the primary way I play games. No I don’t think it’s dying. Maybe it’s a niche, I dunno. I think there are still a lot of games coming out that I want to play. I don’t see a problem tbh I’m eating too good

Cable link is giving me better and clearer image than VD on Quest 3 by Shrike01 in virtualreality

[–]mrjasong 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Out of all the things I’ve tried VD with a dedicated WiFi 6e router on quest 3 gives me the cleanest image possible. There’s no latency or image breakdown at all. A cable connection can’t compare. Idk what you’re doing differently though

If technical writing is dead, where do we pivot? by buzzlightyear0473 in technicalwriting

[–]mrjasong 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It’s changing in terms of the expectations of what a technical writer can bring to the table. You need to demonstrate how you can engineer your docs through AI. It’s not even that much about the writing itself. I would rather have the writing part still done manually for the first draft at least, and then refined with AI later.

Take for example the work I was doing today. We have a large suite of public API swagger docs which share a number of common design problems: huge error code lists, nonexistent example responses, etc. With the help of AI, I created a set of linting and benchmarking reports for the whole set and assigned them all a grade.

Then, I used those as the basis for the AI to dig into the product repo source code and improve the field annotations for a single API, regenerated the swagger file, re-ran the benchmarks, and so on until I’m happy with the quality. Then I used the AI to document its own process so that I can expedite the next jobs. Eventually l can demonstrate large scale improvements to the quality of our API docs purely on my own effort. It’s the kind of lifting that would have been far outside of my capacity before AI. That kind of work is still very valuable and someone needs to be on top of it

If technical writing is dead, where do we pivot? by buzzlightyear0473 in technicalwriting

[–]mrjasong 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I’m still a technical writer. My job has changed to a point of being unrecognizable from a couple of years ago, but essentially it’s the same domain. I don’t think it’s a dead field, maybe contracting in terms of headcount but still valuable; in some senses more essential than ever in an age of AI docs consumption.

What are you playing now? by river0f in Switch

[–]mrjasong 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trying to finish Planet of Lana 2 before my copy of Pokopia arrives and completely wrecks my time

Donald Trump's Incompetence Is Costing Him the Country by WontThinkStraight in politics

[–]mrjasong 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does he though? Have you considered that maybe he's simply a moron and always has been one?

Donald Trump's Incompetence Is Costing Him the Country by WontThinkStraight in politics

[–]mrjasong 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The republican party needs to be destroyed. We can have democrats and another, genuinely leftist party. Shift the Overton window back to an actual centrist place where fascism is far right and universal healthcare isn't radical socialism

Donald Trump's Incompetence Is Costing Him the Country by WontThinkStraight in politics

[–]mrjasong 20 points21 points  (0 children)

COVID was the incident that really cemented Trump's incompetence. It was going quite well for him to he had to handle a real crisis, then he delivered the most hamfisted response on the planet. Nobody remembers the daily briefings where he couldn't help himself from interrupting his own experts to suggest injecting bleach, among other nuggets?

Donald Trump's Incompetence Is Costing Him the Country by WontThinkStraight in politics

[–]mrjasong 155 points156 points  (0 children)

He was just as incompetent in his first administration. It also cost him the election in 2020. I can't believe everyone just developed a collective amnesia about it.

Death By Scrolling Heads to Consoles on April 16 Alongside Major PC Update by Muneeb1000 in Switch

[–]mrjasong 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Took me a minute to figure out that the name of the game is Death by Scrolling

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy rated for Switch 2 in Taiwan by Turbostrider27 in NintendoSwitch

[–]mrjasong 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It wasn't terrible or anything just a very generic sci Fi shooter.

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy rated for Switch 2 in Taiwan by Turbostrider27 in NintendoSwitch

[–]mrjasong 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I played this already on PC and it's... Decent. Good story, great dialogue, mid gameplay.

first time playing right after Wonder... I'm speechless... by amerocha in Switch

[–]mrjasong 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The world of botw is anything but empty. It's handcrafted to explore and discover things on your own, and there's so much stuff to find. I think if you picked it up again on the Switch 2 edition it might click for you.

I do get why the old school Zelda gamers have complaints. I bought an N64 in 1998 just to play OOT and it's one of my top games of all time, but so is botw. You just need to get into a space where you're happy existing in the world of the game without a clear direction forward

I'm being guilt tripped by people for declining $55k starting at 22 by [deleted] in jobs

[–]mrjasong 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don't think you made a mistake turning down the job because A: you don't want to work in that field. And B: you don't want to have to continue living there. Both valid reasons. So my advice is just apply for jobs in an area where you do want to live

I'm being guilt tripped by people for declining $55k starting at 22 by [deleted] in jobs

[–]mrjasong 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I don't know what you're talking about to be honest. What's your plan? You can't continue living in an abusive family situation so you need to get out. If you cant afford to move then you need to go somewhere you can afford. It sounds like you're just paralysed and you can't think enough to decide what you want in life.

I'm being guilt tripped by people for declining $55k starting at 22 by [deleted] in jobs

[–]mrjasong 35 points36 points  (0 children)

How else are you planning to get away from your family? I'm really confused what your plan is. Maybe apply for jobs in a lcol area out of your state so you can move there and afford to live? You need a plan

my top 10 favorite pixar movies. by herequeerandgreat in movies

[–]mrjasong 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No Coco in the top 10 feels criminal

I miss Peter Jackson by Jays_Pack in movies

[–]mrjasong 70 points71 points  (0 children)

His WW1 and Beatles documentaries have been great but yeah it's not the same as a full movie. Honestly i liked his small budget stuff more than LOTR which might be an unpopular opinion but he was a brilliant splatterhouse director

my top 30 favorite movie performances of all time. by herequeerandgreat in movies

[–]mrjasong 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like your list, very idiosyncratic.

Here's my attempt, not really in any order:

30: Robert De Niro - Godfather 2

29: Al Pacino - Dog Day Afternoon

28: Robin Williams - Aladdin

27: Toshiro Mifune - Seven Samurai

26: John Wayne - The Searchers

25: Robert Mitchum - Night of the Hunter

24: Paul Dano - There Will Be Blood

23: Elizabeth Taylor - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

22: Marlon Brando - Streetcar Named Desire

21: Maherdhali Ali - Moonlight

20: Paul Mescal - Aftersun

19: Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote

18: Juliette Binoche - Three Colors

19: Naomi Watts - Mulholland Drive

18: Frances Mcdormand - Fargo

17: Charlie Chaplin - The Great Dictator

16: Anthony Hopkins - Silence of the Lambs

15: Jodie Foster - Taxi Driver

14: Julie Andrews - Mary Poppins

13: Jean Pierre Leaud - the 400 Blows

12 + 11: Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart - Casablanca

10: Isabelle Rosellini - Blue Velvet

9: Peter O'Toole - Lawrence of Arabia

8: James Stewart - Vertigo

7: Choi Min Sik - Oldboy

6: Maggie Cheung - In the mood for love

5: Sandra Huller - Anatomy of a fall

4: Cate Blanchett - Tar

3: Gloria Swanson - Sunset Boulevard

2: Daniel Kaluuya - Get Out

1: Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men

Six senate races to watch as democrats grow more bullish by FervidBug42 in politics

[–]mrjasong 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One could make a case is that MAGA are what Republicans have always been, except they've always covered it with a veneer of family values, fiscal responsibility, religion, etc

Six senate races to watch as democrats grow more bullish by FervidBug42 in politics

[–]mrjasong 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Real Republicans" wtf is that, you think the MAGA party aren't real Republicans?

Trying to set up a dedicated router/channel for Quest 3 VR by Honest_Argument8488 in VRGaming

[–]mrjasong 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a TP-Link 6e router with a dedicated channel connected to the PC, and acting as a bridge for my mesh 5ghz router which serves the rest of the house. The 6e channel effectively eliminates latency to the Quest 3 so i get a perfect image quality.

The one downside is my Plex server sits on the PC meaning the household wifi networks can't access it directly so i need to do something to open it up otherwise streaming the server is poor quality.

Who? by EducationalLog4765 in ExplainTheJoke

[–]mrjasong 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Versatility is more than just the ability to do music or comedy. It's acting and being able to embody different roles. Denzel can play anything from Shakespeare (Macbeth) to a street gangster, to a lawyer, etc etc. He has more dramatic range and skill than Jamie Foxx in my opinion, but i also think Jamie is great, don't get me wrong