I can’t even install 10.13.1 on my Mac Pro 2013 - computer acts like its bricked until rebooted a number of times (and when it finally boots we’re back at 10.13).
This also means I can’t install the latest security update that fixes the root problem (and yes, i’ve changed the root password to mitigate).
> Unfortunately, there's no real place in the world for a highly technical business leader.
I'm not sure I understand what you're saying here. As I understand it, the history of Silicon Valley was written by highly technical business leaders. They might not be writing code, but they're sure providing technical guidance - sometimes on a highly granular level...(e.g. famously Bill Gates micromanaging date/time storage in new language development when MS was a billion dollar company).
I contest that if you're highly technical, it's very difficult to step away from that knowledge (especially when you're seeing things going wrong). Not a bad thing?
Also - congratulations on becoming a founder! Best of success to you!
Well put! - in my line of work it's a conflict between producing something impresses the majority, while at the same time prevents the minority from vomiting on the gear (touch-wood, hasn't happened yet).
>As to his anecdote - I stuck dozens of people in my dk2 and many were nauseous, myself included.
It's all about the software. I've been developing DK2 based experiences for trade shows and have seen thousands of people try VR for the first time. Perhaps 1 in 100 suffer from simulation sickness, but this highly depends on the application. E.g. One of my first prototypes made everyone that tried it very sick - including myself (this due to a single camera movement mid-experience - flying over a rail & then spiralling up a staircase).
Unfortunately, beyond the scarce info on the subject of sim-sickness - my experience has been derived completely from trial & error.
I'd like to see more specific information shared on the subject of simulation sickness.
I accidentally euthanised my father because I misunderstood the conversation I was having with a nurse. He had a stroke and was in intensive care, we were told he probably wouldn't live - and if he did - he'd require care for the rest of his life. He had fallen into a coma when the nurse kept asking me if I thought he was in pain and needed more morphine. She kept giving him more, returning to ask the same question and doing it over and over. I can't remember how many times. He began Cheyne–Stokes breathing, and eventually died.
I remember feeling strange about the situation, and years later I connected the dots between the amount of morphine given, the breathing (symptomatic of morphine overdose), and his subsequent death. Understanding that I was responsible was something that took a long time to cope with.
My mother faced terminal cancer a few years ago, and I found myself in exactly the same situation. Thankfully I understood what was happening. The decision to take her off fluids and to "help her along," was made by a team of medical staff with myself deeply involved in the discussion (which looking back, was a desperate attempt for me to negotiate any way I could for her life). At least Mum understood she was going to die, and I'm glad my eyes were open to what was happening.
I feel that the economics of hospital beds have a lot to do with this. Beds in the oncology ward are in demand, as of those in intensive care. I've seen all of my families previous generation die of cancer in either in the same way - in hospital, in oncology or intensive care, always assisted death.
It makes me think that if I ever go down that road I don't want to be anywhere near the medical industrial complex.
IMHO Markus Persson wasn't a "bedroom programmer" in the pejorative sense, he programmed as a professional for King.Com for four years before venturing into the land of indy dev.
> If they had been assembled under license by a little-known NASA contracted-company in Illinois, would you still be as keen on it?
Yes, the brand doesn't hold a lot of meaning for me - in any case (no pun intended) it's not just Omega. Arguably one of the most important parts - he movement itself, wasn't actually designed by Omega. It's a Lemania Calibre 1873 (Omega branded this as Calibre 861).
Extreme temperatures, vibration, pressure, acceleration, shock and so on; the 1873 enclosed within an Omega case survived all of this with +- 5 seconds per day accuracy. Moreover, it outperformed the qualification conditions against other well-funded, experienced watch makers. For me, this is impressive.
If the same watch was built by a little-known company out of Illinois, I'd be even more impressed!
P.S. Thanks very much for the information on Soviet watches, I'm really interested to learn more about these models. Thanks again!
> nobody needs expensive watches, but the communicate that you have disposable income
I respectfully disagree.
Like all objects, watches hold different meanings to different people. For you, it sounds like they are a social signalling mechanism - but not for everyone. For example, if you collect watches you'll appreciate many aspects of these wonderful objects. Take the Omega Speedmaster 105.003 - it's vintage, it's probably expensive, and it looks like your grandfathers watch. I could care less what it signals to others, for me - it's the watch NASA sent to the moon. It's mechanical. It's an object that I love! I wear it because it pleases me to look at it.
However, having said that - I now wear an Apple watch for a completely different reason - it's functional. It's more useful than the Omega.
Wearing a watch is not about social signalling for everyone. Some people just like watches :-)
I bought the Apple watch to experiment with WatchOS - however, now I find myself promoting / apologising to my friends that also have a keen interest in watches. It's all I wear these days.
If Apple can displace the swiss watch I used to wear from my wrist, they're moving in the right direction in my opinion.
The question is - does anyone really need a watch when they have a phone in their pocket? No.
However, do I feel properly dressed if I go out without a watch? No.
A friend watched "That Sugar Film" and it had a profound effect - I'm told that it's very difficult to avoid sugar these days in processed food (especially in fat-free products). I was blown away to learn that even low fat milk from the supermarket contains sugar.
This is very cool... nice work! (p.s. to get the sword, just go into the black opening above your character at the beginning... I wasted way too much time to discover this)
Many VR developers were alarmed by the Facebook purchase of Oculus for this very reason. Although, I can see from Facebooks perspective how tempting an always-on desktop service would be. It's just unfortunate that VR is now being tied to the privacy issues of social networking.
I wonder if the "privacy advocate" demographic is large enough to impact VR adoption in a significant way? Does a large amount of software innovation come from this demographic? Will the Facebook angle affect business adoption of VR applications?
As a side note - I'm seeing an increasingly large amount of negative news regarding the Oculus release over the last few days from Google alerts. It seems like the latest round of VR tech has been quite polarising in terms of public opinion.
In contrast to Vive, Gear & Oculus - I'm wondering if this might be an opportunity for business VR application developers? Depending on the capabilities of the device, there might be opportunities to develop operational, health & safety and operational training solutions.
Is anyone out there experimenting with HoloLens development?
I can’t even install 10.13.1 on my Mac Pro 2013 - computer acts like its bricked until rebooted a number of times (and when it finally boots we’re back at 10.13).
This also means I can’t install the latest security update that fixes the root problem (and yes, i’ve changed the root password to mitigate).
OSX is becoming more like Windows every day.