Your comment insinuates that you have trouble finding gamers on the platform, as if there’s a finite limit on creator count and the gamers are getting pushed out by non-gaming creators, which is obviously not the case.

Is it a matter of going to Twitch for games but then getting roped in by the porn instead? If so, that’s pretty funny tbh.

I use it all the time. I’m holding off on upgrading my phone so that I don’t lose it.

I’m too skeptical to default to the whole “corporations will abide by the law” thing anymore. I’m willing to accept that I might be wrong though. There have just been too many times where I’ve pessimistically remarked on a situation like this as a sort of half joke only to find out that I was right and it was actually worse than I initially assumed.

Pure speculation.

If you are a guitar enthusiast, TuxGuitar could use some features to help it catch up to where guitar pro was at version 4. Not sure how feasible that is.

Arobas has essentially rendered old .gp# tabs obsolete as their playback on new versions of GP is broken AF. Vibrato is weird, markers are bugged, its a bummer. I’ve been on GP5 since it was released and I refuse to update regardless of how “good” the new versions are.

I’d like to go on record and state my opinion that the old school manual scoop method is the best and easiest if you do it twice a day. Takes no more than 30 seconds each time and gives you the added benefit of actively monitoring your cat’s waste for any warning signs of digestive or urinary issues.

Having a dedicated garbage pail for litter purposes only right next to the box makes things super easy and dirt cheap.

If there are any unsecured networks in your vicinity it might be telling on you without you knowing.

He says as he conveniently ignores the existence of Boston Dynamics.

I’d also say that it was likely a plane’s contrail. The earth is a sphere. A plane crossing into your horizon at cruising altitude would have a contrail that looks like it came directly out of the ground at 90°. Doesn’t help that you seem to have deleted your post as no one can take a look for themselves anymore.

Ooooh, damn that’s a good idea. I’m gonna look into that. Thanks for the suggestion!

So, very rudimentary and preliminary test result here; I grabbed that thin mousepad that I have, simply flipped it upside down so the grip side was up, placed my mouse on it and glided it around on the desktop… It’s literally perfect; quiet and smooth with the exact same feel as the mouse on the pad normally. I’m gonna cut some strips off it today and glue them to the bottom of the mouse and see if that bit of extra height off the table top interferes with the laser’s accuracy.

[EDIT] The mouse works 100% fine with the cut mousepad underneath. I cut a hole for the laser to shine through and then trimmed the sides to conform to the general footprint of the mouse and its working great. Once I trim the excess pad from the edges and from the underside of the mouse (the current default skates protrude a bit from the bottom of the mouse), the pad will only be in contact with the desk surface where the skates are, further reducing friction and inertia. At the moment with all the excess pad material, I’d say it’s off from my ideal resistance and weight by maybe 20%. I think once all that is cleaned up, it’s gonna be pretty ideal.

Here’s a pair of pics that show the desk with and without the pad. Obviously it’s not the worst thing ever to have the pad, but I’m just at the point where I’d rather not have it if I can figure out how to make the mouse quiet on the desk surface and achieve a remotely similar resistance to the pad. (Mac peripherals are for work; not a factor in this particular situation thanks to the trackpad.)

Yeah, the simplicity of no mouse pad is appealing. The functionality of the entire right side of my desk being useable mouse space is appealing as well. I really should have just bought a mousepad that had a little more height to it to get around this, but I didn’t want to literally cover the whole surface of my desk with a pad either.

I’m 100% going to see if I can facilitate a test like this. I have a cheap amazon mouse and a very thin old mousepad available to cut up.

That’s actually what I’m considering trying. I think that might be my best chance at offloading this massive mousepad from my desk at this point. haha

Yeah, if the resistance can be close to mousepad feel and the noise dampened then I’d be happy. It’s not so much the smoothness of the mousepad that I’m after, rather the resistance. My desk without the pad has much less resistance than the pad does.

My main concern is reducing the rubbing noise from the mouse on the desk surface and regaining even a remotely close feel to a mousepad. I’ve got half a mind to glue some felt to the bottom of a cheap mouse I have to see if that gets close to the desired result at this point.

This looks promising but from what I can see these feet are made with PTFE which is the same material as what is on the bottom of my mouse right now. What I’m looking for would hopefully be something similar to mouse pad material which would both dampen noise and provide that smoother feel.

FWIW my desk is perfectly smooth on top. It’s a vintage office desk with a laminate veneer cap which is both level and smooth. I’ve used my mouse on this top for years with no mouse pad but recently bought one of those oversized LTT-style desk pads (which is great in terms of feel). Unfortunately, it doesn’t take long for it to get dirty and it also just isn’t super practical to have the elevated edges of the pad on my desk at the moment.

If I could get a similar feel without a mouse pad by using special feet for the mouse, I’d be very happy.

Pretty bold assumption you’ve made there.

Yes that was exactly what I was thinking. Thanks for clearing that up.