But Meta can already do that through user accounts or through a honeypot/passive instance, correct? All public conversations are open, as are all public user profiles.

The only solution is to fight it and kill it.

That’s like saying the only way to get out of being hit by flying debris is to eliminate all wind on the planet. As much as we like to think of Threads as some corporate being, it’s not. It’s a hundred million people that are made of meat and have day jobs like you and me - the wind - and a few million bots and controlled accounts which attempt to influence [whatever their master wishes] - the debris. The debris is already here, and it’s people too - just people with nefarious or profiteering intent. It (debris) happens whenever there are enough people (enough wind) to stir things up.

Cutting yourself off from people is the only way to prevent it because it’s an inherent function of humanity.

Laughs in BizHub color laser copier that fell off a truck

My FIL owns an HP with a subscription. I’ve given up on the things he wastes money on; most of them he’s not really technically savvy enough to implement anyway. (And, yes, buying a printer and getting it installed may exceed his technical abilities)

Time to plan the storage addition. You’re a woodworker…just build one. :-)

1. No matter how small a project is, always purchase new wood stock first. You can then save the rest for a future project.
2. to make your trip to the lumber yard more efficient, pick up a few extra interesting pieces while you’re there. Don’t worry about taking a list of what is back at the shop - you can always use the extra on a small project
3. When considering if it’s worth using the stock you have, realize that you might need it for something later (also see rule 1)

This is the 2023 matchup. You don’t consider Jordan’s performance at UNC when determining their championship status this year. Heck, despite the past damage done, i don’t think. Bezos, for his 2023 tech fuckery, should have made it out of the first round.

By the same metric, Musk easily tops Thiel first 2023 and is the clear shoo-in as champion of the worst.

Honestly - I almost never game on my work setup. Heck, most of my game time is on my steamdeck. And for some stuff (space dogfighting in E:D, for ex) VR is the way to go. I hate how low res VR is, but the ability to put my head on a swivel to see around me beats using the hat any day.

Nah, the “little” one is a cheapo 43" TCL. FWIW, the big one does full 4K @ 120Hz w/ HDMI VRR (scaled by the set to the 8K panel) with <6ms input lag. I haven’t broken into the ultrawide gaming setting, but I think it just shrinks the 4K space to an U/W (21:9 or 32:9) pixel count given to the OS/GPU so you can game at the game’s “full screen” option into a “smaller” panel. They still refresh at 120Hz.

It’s a 2x2 grid of 37" 4K monitors, or a 4x4 grid of 18.5" 1080p displays. It would be more productive if the desk were 3-4" further away and the monitor were 4" below the desk instead of 1.5" above it, as the top 10" or so is impractical to use while sitting except as a status area. OTOH, I welded up the custom mount to my lifting desk, so I can stand and raise the desk so that the keyboard is on the actual desk instead of the tray. In that configuration it maximizes my usability of the screen.

I mean, if you had the chance to hop in and game a bit on this in the evening, you’d probably do it - right?

LOL - right? Everyone has to find what works for them. To this day I’ve never figured out how anyone can be productive with a touchpad, for example. 🤷

Well…um…. Ok, it’s Ikea. I used to have a drawer system I built, but I just moved from a 400sf office in my basement to this 100sf room closer to the family. The desktop is ikea, too, on a motorized base. I did have to weld up a custom mount so that the monitor stays at the proper level as I go from seated to standing, so there’s that.

My viewing distance is 36" to the center of the screen and the pixel pitch is only 0.66 arc minutes, or about 1.5x the resolution of 20/20 vision. My vision is (corrected) slightly better than 20/20 and I can’t see pixels from where I sit. I can see jaggies in single pixel lines which aren’t dithered (i.e. AutoCAD), but I have to look for them. 8K may be useless for couches, but on a monitor it’s pretty fucking glorious.

On the contrary, this is my setup for more than a decade. I’ve tried several mechanicals and haven’t really been pleased with them. I thought the Logitech Master MX would be nice compromise but it wasn’t durable enough, and the lack of tactile feedback made it feel mushy. Oddly, the moderate pitch and short throw (but with the slight actuation resistance) of the Microsoft Designer keyboard is my Goldilocks keyboard. It may not be obvious, but the keyboard “tray” is 3 feet wide - quite a bit bigger than standard. I made it from 1/4" aluminum plate and put it on full extension slides because I couldn’t find a commercial one I liked. It sits right at a neutral wrist position for me (I’m a palm rester) and the mat is a nice 3.5mm neoprene. There’s even a tray heater so my mousing hand doesn’t get cold on long CAD sessions.

I get that a lot. :-(

I have not loaded a game yet. ED and MSFS would absolutely bring my poor 3070 to its knees; maybe I’ll fire up W3:Blood and Wine for a screenshot slideshow. In the end I’m sure I’ll just drop back to 4K (or less) and let the TV scale it. OTOH, I’m using it at 8K for CAD and side-by-side large format (architectural) drawing review and it’s glorious.

Display Fusion and Fancy Zones…I’ve got a lot of setup to do this weekend.

A plasma would be like sitting in front of a heat lamp. My old plasma make me have to put a booster fan on the duct to that room. I do have to be careful when zooming and panning; the family was scoping out Aberdeen, Scotland last night via Google Earth and I had to be a good bit slower on the controls.

Would have been circa '94. My build was definitely up in that range, possibly without the monitor. I’m also certain that my HD was measured in MB; might have been either a 250 or 330.