John Pile Jr

I'm very proud of our work on this game ( #PartyVersus ) ... its so much fun, unique.. and now free to play! #MR #VR #MetaQuest

12.06.2025 14:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Talk of trade deficit is focused on goods (manufacturing), but what is the trade situation with services, especially in relation to tech & entertainment? Surely we 'export' more movies, video games, operating systems, software, podcasts, etc, than we 'import'. How do those dollar values compare?

08.04.2025 03:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Alternatively, if the goal is to reduce all tariffs and barriers on US exports (as an example, say EU VAT is eliminated and China eliminates all government subsidies) .. can US manufacturing ever be competitive if the playing fields really are totally level?

Best case scenario.

08.04.2025 03:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yes, this.

PLEASE ask a bunch of experts to play out the best case scenario. What's the end game?

"Manufacturing returns to US because prices are high enough to pay US workers?" ... doesn't this only work if tariffs are permanent? But even so, high prices would require even higher wages.

08.04.2025 02:52 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I understand gov. layoffs represent a fraction of US jobs, & thus shouldn't affect the macro economy, but what are the expected downstream results from the scale of canceled gov. grants & contracts? Also, not enough to matter to the macro? Is it wrong to assume grants primarily pay salaries?

08.04.2025 02:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Unfortunately, replies dumped to an AI, parsed, categorized, wirh results added to a set of hire/fire speadsheets are easily automated and fairly easy for anyone with a CS degree to set up.

26.02.2025 13:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Unexpectedly got to see Jesse Welles tonight. So good.

26.02.2025 04:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Plants on shelves in a sunroom with annotations on the wall for where the art will be hung.

I have the perfect location for them in our recently added sunroom. I will share a follow-up when they have arrived.

08.02.2025 15:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Purchased! :)

08.02.2025 15:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Cardinal

Cedar Waxwing in Feeder - A Yellowish Brown bird with black around the eyes and back, an orange beak, and red tips on the wing.

A thrush (bird) in the feeder.

A blue jay in the feeder.

Here are sample photo from recent video shoots in the studio.

26.01.2025 16:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My VR bird feeder studio! A window bird feeder a custom VR camera, lighting, and backdrop.

Sure, I may have gotten slightly carried away with my VR bird feeder studio. But I'm enjoying the fruits of my labor.

(My VR bird feeder studio includes a window bird feeder a custom VR camera, lighting, and backdrop.)

Check out the clips at:
deovr.com/channel/ster...

#vr180 #birdwatching

25.01.2025 17:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Project | Arcade Jukebox Maybe I’m old fashioned, but you know what’s better than a frustrated 5 year-old yelling at Alexa to play their favorite tunes? The same kid using a arcade joystick to navigate and sele…

You know what’s better than a frustrated 5 year-old yelling at Alexa to play their favorite tunes? The same kid using a joystick to navigate and select those same tunes on an arcade cabinet.

prof.johnpile.com/2025/01/24/p...

#retropie #arcadejoy #fruitbox

24.01.2025 18:16 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A possible solution is to swap scenes depending on where motion is detected and "blur out" the non-converged pixels. Not sure if I can accomplish that with my existing tools.
Simpler, I may just drop a cloth over the entrance so "non-converged branches" won't strain your eyes.

23.01.2025 15:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It is interesting (although unsurprising) that the focal convergence between near and far is so significant, and this can be seen in the feeder.

If I have the "focus set to inside", any trees are out of alignment (and vice versa). So I set Scenes in OBS. (One near, one far).

23.01.2025 15:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Blue Jay (bird) in Window Feeder | DeoVR Two short back-to-back clips of a bird (Bluejay) in a window bird feeder. This was just before noon on January 21, 2025 in western Pennsylvania. The outside temperature is about 8° F. This video is ...

I installed my custom VR camera rig into my bird feeder. I set it to record video when it detects movement, and it captured some good video of a Blue Jay, which I uploaded to Deovr's streaming service (YouTube for Stereographic VR).

deovr.com/tllv1x

23.01.2025 15:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

@kairyssdal.bsky.social I am no economist, so help me out...
If the big contribution to current inflation is housing. But high rates raise the cost of new construction and mortgages, isn't the fed just fighting fire w/ fire? It seems this old Fed logic justs enriches the wealthy but hurts the rest?

19.01.2025 17:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thrilled to announce that our game has launched!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_TQ...

17.12.2024 17:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I just finished "Not Till We Are Lost", 5th and most recent book of the Bobiverse.

His books are always an enjoyable read.

26.11.2024 14:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Algorithm: Interests

Gardening
Greenhouses
Plein Air Watercolor
Math, Physics, Astronomy
Programming
Teaching
Motorcycles
Jeep Wrangler TJ

17.11.2024 01:05 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

What I am Reading/Listening (Fall '24)

"Alaska", James A. Michener
"Bobiverse", @dennisetaylor.bsky.social

Podcasts:
No Such Thing As A Fish
Marketplace
Hardcore History
Make Me Smart

17.11.2024 00:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Going Medieval
Timberborn

17.11.2024 00:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Algorithm: Places

North Pole, Alaska
Valdez, Alaska
Dundee, Scotland
Burlington, Vermont
Albany, Western Australia

17.11.2024 00:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Algorithm: Games

Stardew Valley
Ultima IV
Skyrim
Thief: The Dark Project
Age of Empires
City Skylines

17.11.2024 00:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0