How is this any different from a person groping your avatar in second life? The display is just different. If this is tantamount to assault then the zombies in the last VR game I played need to be behind bars. And the kids in VR chat that do silly things to others.
You can take the headset off at any time. Unless of course, Poe’s law. But I think I’m just an outlier of opinion here. I’ve used VR heavily since oculus dk1 days.
I think folks are buying into marketing too heavily. It’s just a different display medium
What are some resources you’d recommend for me to understand this level of firmware development better? I’d love to understand it a bit deeper than a quick code review
My honest answer is Ritalin. I occasionally use it to get into a groove again and it helps me explore new interests that I can continue the momentum with off the prescription. This might be controversial and or unhelpful, but it’s my personal experience with this. My job is steady and well paid, so I don’t want to move to a stressful startup. I also have adhd since childhood, so YMMV.
Even for those with ADHD, recommending a drug as the solution isn't something that works long term.
I too have wrestled with ADHD my entire life. The term doesn't do the disorder justice, because if anything, there's no deficit of attention. ADHD gives you the ability to focus on way too many things all the time. It's an attention surplus. Has anyone ever asked you "superduperycomb, you say you have ADHD, but I saw you totally locked into [whatever] the other day. Like, you couldn't even hear me, you were so gone." The [whatever] for me is video games. Or, as a little kid, it was Lego. Everyone is surprised to learn that super-focus, or hyper-focus is a symptom of ADHD. ADHD is mainly a disorder that impacts proper executive function. Non ADHD brains can say to themselves "alright, time for a break" and easily transition.
ADHD meds help with executive function and are great at giving someone with ADHD a way of applying their attention to one thing at a time.
As you probably know, no amount of Ritalin or Adderall can make you love something you're not interested in. Sure, meds can help you stay on track once you get started, but they don't help you enjoy something you don't like doing.
Taking meds just to stay on track doing someone you're not into is a recipe for all sorts of other problems. Burnout, for one, but also depression. You wake up one day and realize you've been super effective at sticking to a thing you hate, all while ignoring relationships, putting off personal needs, dealing with the side effects of powerful meds.
I don’t want to speak for the OP but I read their comment as “why did they evolve certain features that wouldn’t have be reasonable given the evolutionary pressures of earth?” E.g., their ability to survive high levels of radiation or vacuum.
There’s some speculation that a large amount of their genetics were transferred from other animals.[1] I wonder how much this muddles the tracing through the evolutionary tree.
> E.g., their ability to survive high levels of radiation or vacuum.
If I recall correctly, the tardigrades (and extremophiles like D. radiodurans) have evolved to handle damage brought on by desiccation. As a fortunate side-effect, this general robustness also protects against radiation.
What would be the odds that other planets/habitats have a similar "tree of life"? I don't know. Given the huge number of similarities in DNA, I'd say it's extremely small.
A. Using extensive app logs to stalk & doxx someone is shitty. Alas this is the world we have built. Way back in 2003 this country still had some leftovers of a moral backbone and could pass CAN-SPAM act. These days anything goes.
B. This guy was using a hookup app 'almost daily', and following up with visits to hookup bars and private residences. His activities strongly corroborate that he was a sex addict. Which is in direct contradiction with his Catholic priesthood vows of chastity and celibacy.
C. Hookup apps like Grindr do not validate the user's age. They are a de-facto funnel feeding under age kids into the hookup sex scene. 'In an NWU study of of 14 to 17 year old males who identify as gay or bisexual [...] more than a quarter of the study’s adolescent participants said they had had sex with a partner met through an app.' The next stage of the funnel is prostitution and trafficking.
I do not disagree with you one bit, and appreciate the thoughtful response. Though tinder and other dating apps do not have age verification either. We probably need photo id verifications
