I like that from xhigh on up its wearing a helmet.

Wearing a helmet is smart, so that checks out.

I'm currently watching Battlestar Galactica for the first time. Give it a try, it scratches the same itch for me

I watched the battle star reboot for the first time recently and the whole cylon reveal drama really ruined it for me. It felt like they were picked for shock value rather than story consistency. The first season was great, but it fell off for me and was a struggle to care by season 4. And I gave up on caprica after an episode or two.

I had the opposite reaction to the series end (I know, I'm an outlier there), but I couldn't tolerate Caprica either.

BSG was a great 3 season show, that had an entire season worth of “the final 5! THE FINAL FIVE! FIIIIIIIINALLL FIIIIIVEEE”-style crap injected into it.

That's what people used to say about Bluetooth headsets

It's still creepy and weird to have a full conversation on a bluetooth headset in a public place where everyone can overhear your side of it.

Isn’t that the same without a headset?

Plus when you talk into a phone, your voice bouncing off the glass causes natural tendency to control vocal volume.

With buds, people just shout into the void... Or the bus...

Better than the people who walk around using speakerphone… which I see at least 3 people do on every trip to the grocery store.

It still seems weird to me when I hear people seemingly talking to themselves as if hallucinating. It always surprises me until I realize what's happening.

guess i'm old cuz i still feel like it's weird and antisocial

Surely you mean asocial?

tbf that's only for the pro plan, not the two max plans

Meta also has 50k engineers. Not to mention that tons of meta infrastructure - including ads! - use AI. Would you want that sort of business be this dependent on someone else?

Nah, keep it up. I just come to the reviews for the pelican!

I think the pelican thing is a bit tired at this point, however I find Simon's comments to be high quality.

Same.

清冲 is "Qing chong", pronounced "Ching Chong". It's not a real word, it's just racist.

same here

You actually need a paid account, even for local installs, if you use certain tech, like NFC

Meta glasses are a direct result of this investment, and they're selling like hotcakes

Smart glasses are about a 15 million unit per year business. Smart watches are about 150 million units per year. Meta owns about half the smart glasses business, but it hasn't provided them a platform they can control that has enough penetration to make a difference.

But wait it gets worse: since Meta hasn't got a platform comparable to a mainstream PC or mobile device OS, the Meta glasses business is vulnerable and subscale, as impressive as owning half the TAM is. Since Meta glasses aren't a companion to an existing platform (not even AndroidAR, even though they run Android) they will become a second tier choice as soon as Apple or Samsung ship a smart glasses product.

Great, let's keep expanding privacy-destroying products and hyper-surveillance in the name of corporate profits!