Posts by FMPONE

  • What have you purchased recently?

    Quote from blackdog

    5 minutes ago, blackdog said: Yeah, welcome to the marvellous ecosystem @FMPONE ? another leg up is that because it’s Apple lots of other medical devices link to Apple health, I know of blood pressure, blood sugars (diabetes), heartbeat trackers (that strap on the chest)… I don’t understand if clinics have started to interface with that data to have a more complete picture, I know many doctors were concerned people would self-assess and show up thinking they have problems where there are not.

    I forgot to ask: when do you charge it? With all this tracking you’d want to wear it all the time, but needs charging every day or two days right?

    Also did you get a second strap just for the night? ?

    I didn't get a second strap just for the night, not sure why that would be necessary?

    I wear it all the time. The battery is honestly quite disappointing, it needs a charge once per day it seems like.

  • What have you purchased recently?

    Quote from blackdog

    10 minutes ago, blackdog said: Really? I’m surprised just because it’s the first time I hear this. Might be because tech reviewers just focus on the tech side, so I can see how this is the best smart watch, and the fitness kinda of “an addition” (although I’d say makes at least 1/3 of the experience and the reason why at least 1/3 owners buy it for that.

    So you had the Fitbit before? What does it give you more? I thought was a glorified step counter and only the smart watch rapidly managed to track more activities with every update/app

    The Apple Watch relies on apps to give you a good experience, it seems like. I paid $10 for two apps and now I have way better data than the fitbit, but the fitbit comes with better *default* functionality, as it tracks sleep and gives pretty decent sleep data. However there are lots of sleep tracking apps available on the Apple store that are really fantastic and can load onto your Watch and parse your Watch data.

  • What have you purchased recently?

    Got one of these silly toy products

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    Love them or hate them, Apple just makes cool devices.

    I think long-term, Apple intends to justify the Watch as a biometric gauge, but in that respect it currently comes with less default functionality than a fitbit. However, the real magic lies in the apps you can download that deeply parse the data recorded by the Watch.

    For example, I like pointless sleep statistics. It's fun to have sixteen graphs and charts which explain that if I don't get 4 hours of sleep, then I probably got good sleep. I feel a little weird having this thing next to my brain when I sleep at night, but that's a different story.

    Overall, it feels surprisingly satisfying to use and definitely lights up the "cool screen" part of my monkey mammalian brain. It is most certainly NOT a revolutionary device like the iPhone, but as a toy it does its job, and as a biometric device it shows very early promise and a very early glimpse into Apple's eventual pivot focus.

  • The Matrix Resurrections

    I think I agree with the gist of your post. It was just ok, nothing special.

    Some fun visuals but also some murky ugly visuals, and the fight scenes were truly awful.

  • Goals for 2022?

    My goals are for 2022:

    -Ship my Half Life Alyx mod, Levitation

    -Depending on how launch goes and what lessons are learned, document/write/blog/vlog about the creation process, including lessons learned and next steps

    -225 on the incline bench press

    -Learn Blender and substance at a remedial-to-intermediate level

    -Maximize opportunities to grow Mapcore, if possible, and keep the community we currently have positive

    -Avoid COVID, if possible. avoid unforced errors

    -Appreciate, but stay motivated to improve

  • System Shock Remake

    Quote from NikiOo

    2 hours ago, NikiOo said: Imagine telling the artists "remake all the textures from the original game but with models and high res PBR shading." And later when it's done be like, "damn, that's so derivative, you slack-off!".

    It’s also possible they don’t have very good environment artists. Plenty of people could make cooler stuff with similar restrictions. If you’re going to do a purely cosmetic remake, the cosmetics are important.

  • Deus Ex's 20th anniversary

    Quote from Bunglo

    18 minutes ago, Bunglo said: Considering all the crazy shit that's happened in the past almost two years, a new Dues Ex title with Warren Spector on the team isn't impossible...

    but I doubt it

    I would love that for him.

    I’m not saying anyone deserves the “here’s an unlimited budget and total creative freedom” card *twice* in their lives, but it worked the first time, and he’s getting older. It would be cool to see him try his hand at it again

  • Deus Ex's 20th anniversary

    Quote from Bunglo

    43 minutes ago, Bunglo said:

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    this motherfucker is talking like he's about to make another deus ex game. what gives? just anniversary stuff?

  • System Shock Remake

    you can blame budget but this just feels low effort. something like black mesa did the remake concept much better from a geometric standpoint and no one even got paid for that work up front.

    on the other hand, plenty of good games have had mediocre or even bad presentation, so this could still be a lot of fun. I never made it far in the original because it was too dated by the time I got my hands on it

  • What have you watched recently?

    Watched Ran by Akira Kurosawa

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    The colors are simply phenomenal in this one. While the story gets a bit ponderous at times I would say the ending in particular is noteworthy. very poignant and a real gut punch.

  • What have you watched recently?

    Watched the new Macgruber series on Peacock (the first episode is free) honestly, Will Forte is the funniest dude alive. the show kicked so much fucking ass

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  • Goals for 2021?

    Quote from Buddy

    2 hours ago, Buddy said: Yeah either that or haul that bench into the squat rack... you're always one failed rep from death so it's worth it lol

    I have never understood why the bars aren't standard on every bench press. It's like two extra pieces of steel that don't interfere with the exercise at all and completely prevent catastrophic injury. So weird.