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Comment on Looking for headphone recommendations in ~music
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Comment on Resident Evil Veronica announced for 2027 in ~games
TheJorro Link ParentYou'll only really find the RE level inspirations in the first game, which is pretty rough around the edges these days. Really cool gothic/horror atmosphere though, and I have a soft spot for that...You'll only really find the RE level inspirations in the first game, which is pretty rough around the edges these days. Really cool gothic/horror atmosphere though, and I have a soft spot for that techno-gothic EDM music it used. The series is a very different style of game than any RE, and one of the best in its genre of high-difficulty fast-paced action games.
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Comment on Resident Evil Veronica announced for 2027 in ~games
TheJorro Link ParentIt's a bit messier but effectively RE: Code Veronica was made by a team of people who worked on RE1 and 2 (except for the RE2 director, Kamiya, who was put on the team that was supposed to be...It's a bit messier but effectively RE: Code Veronica was made by a team of people who worked on RE1 and 2 (except for the RE2 director, Kamiya, who was put on the team that was supposed to be making RE3), and so they treated it like it would be RE3 even though it was always supposed to be a spinoff since it was going to be a Dreamcast exclusive. The RE3 we did end up originally getting wasn't even the one from Kamiya's team, it started as a spinoff that was supposed to be a smaller, more focused game which is why RE3 is so short and replayable and action-packed compared to the first two games. S
So between these two games, neither of which were originally supposed to be RE3, Code Veronica was always regarded as the "true RE3" since it had much more in common with the first two. It's just that because it was intended to be a Dreamcast game it didn't get the name while the one that released for PlayStation got it.
The real project that was originally supposed to be RE3 from Kamiya's team went through many iterations and delays and eventually became.... Devil May Cry.
I'm excited for this. RE: CV was my very first RE game ever as a kid, and I had zero clue what was going on or how to play anything that wasn't a 3D platformer back then so I never got far. I've since played the rest of the series multiple times but it's the only major RE game that never got a re-release to a modern console. A full on remake is a hell of a great surprise.
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Comment on Buying a high-end PC for the first time - help me to doublecheck what I'm buying? Is 4k a bad idea with the specs? in ~tech
TheJorro Link Parent850W is enough unless you're ever planning on getting one of those ridiculous Nvidia xx90 series cards.850W is enough unless you're ever planning on getting one of those ridiculous Nvidia xx90 series cards.
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Comment on Did wokeness leave us worse off? (gifted link) in ~society
TheJorro Link ParentWhat does it matter if it's the legal name when you can still use the Latin alphabet to refer to it everywhere? The legal spelling of a street has never been important.What does it matter if it's the legal name when you can still use the Latin alphabet to refer to it everywhere? The legal spelling of a street has never been important.
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Comment on Did wokeness leave us worse off? (gifted link) in ~society
TheJorro (edited )Link ParentIf there's a way to spell it with standard English keyboard, and there's also a sign right next to it in those characters, what's the issue? It's the same street name, just in a different...If there's a way to spell it with standard English keyboard, and there's also a sign right next to it in those characters, what's the issue? It's the same street name, just in a different language's alphabet.
Is it also stupid and a monstrosity that they printed signs for Spadina Ave. in Mandarin Chinese in Toronto to celebrate the fact that it's Chinatown? Greek signs on the Danforth? Urdu and Punjabi in some other areas? People can still refer to those streets with their Latin alphabet characters.
And also, this is a pretty unique case. As far as I can tell, it's the only time a renaming to Indigenous names used the Indigenous alphabet. From what I can tell, it's to try to acknowledge a language killed by colonialism there. Otherwise all other Indigenous renaming is using the Latin alphabet. To use this exceptional situation to suggest all Indigenous renaming should be pushed back on is quite the ethos.
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Comment on Did wokeness leave us worse off? (gifted link) in ~society
TheJorro Link ParentIt's a good point about it being not much different from non-English names because I feel like I've seen this same cynical energy about pronouns being redirected to Indigenous names here in...It's a good point about it being not much different from non-English names because I feel like I've seen this same cynical energy about pronouns being redirected to Indigenous names here in Canada, where a lot of boomer types have been increasingly complaining about places and things being renamed back to their original Indigenous names. The complaints always have the same tenor as the ones about pronouns, from "How am I supposed to remember that?" and "If I can't easily assume what I can call it, it's too much".
It takes two seconds to learn how to address someone or something, as long as you don't go in wishing you didn't have to.
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Comment on Almost half of EU’s busiest flight routes are ‘hard or impossible’ to book on trains in ~transport
TheJorro Link ParentI ended up missing a flight home because DB cancelled the Frankfurt airport stop while we were on the train. And then they make the bureaucracy so onerous to get any amount of money back for the...I ended up missing a flight home because DB cancelled the Frankfurt airport stop while we were on the train. And then they make the bureaucracy so onerous to get any amount of money back for the thousands extra it cost me to rebook new flights.
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Comment on Almost half of EU’s busiest flight routes are ‘hard or impossible’ to book on trains in ~transport
TheJorro LinkThe part about having to book tickets through certain operators directly was a big issue for me, as a tourist visiting European countries that are primarily non-English. I went through this a...The part about having to book tickets through certain operators directly was a big issue for me, as a tourist visiting European countries that are primarily non-English.
I went through this a couple of years ago when travelling through central Europe. I had no clue I had to go to the specific train operator's site to book the proper tickets because a) I had no clue who the local operators were, and b) their site is not in English primarily and as a result they were not coming up on any searches in English without knowing their name from the start. We only managed to book the tickets because friends of ours living locally could tell us what company to look at in the first place, I don't know how I would have found it otherwise short of stumbling across a random internet comment that may have happened to mention it.
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Comment on PBR and Grillo's Pickles are releasing a limited-edition pickle beer in ~food
TheJorro Link ParentA brewery here in Toronto has held Picklefest for the past few years, and they've brewed this Pickle Lager every year for it. Their original can design was a very clear homage to Branston...A brewery here in Toronto has held Picklefest for the past few years, and they've brewed this Pickle Lager every year for it. Their original can design was a very clear homage to Branston Pickles's packaging.
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Comment on Disney reportedly keen on buying Fortnite developer Epic Games in ~games
TheJorro Link ParentThey just laid off 25% of their employees because Fortnite revenues were down, and after they've increased the prices on V-bucks.They just laid off 25% of their employees because Fortnite revenues were down, and after they've increased the prices on V-bucks.
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Comment on Dune: Part Three | Teaser trailer in ~movies
TheJorro Link ParentI believe it's because it's also incorporating some amount from Children of Dune.I believe it's because it's also incorporating some amount from Children of Dune.
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Comment on Nathan Fillion says 'Firefly' animated series in development in ~tv
TheJorro Link ParentTo the point that the some of the other cast mates had to unfollow him, back when people spoke to each other only publicly on Twitter.To the point that the some of the other cast mates had to unfollow him, back when people spoke to each other only publicly on Twitter.
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Comment on Leon S. Kennedy is a car salesman now in ~games
TheJorro Link ParentIf you look at the prices of watches from various major brands, this is well below the median. Saying this is expensive for a watch seems far more inaccurate than saying it's cheap for a watch...If you look at the prices of watches from various major brands, this is well below the median. Saying this is expensive for a watch seems far more inaccurate than saying it's cheap for a watch except in a sense of anti-consumerism against luxury goods in general, but that's not really the conversation at the moment.
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Comment on ‘A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms’ just made ‘Breaking Bad’ lose its IMDB score record in ~tv
TheJorro Link ParentThe GoT show is adapted from the ASoIaF series, HotD is expanding on a chapter from Fire & Blood, and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is based on a series of short stories (with the first season...The GoT show is adapted from the ASoIaF series, HotD is expanding on a chapter from Fire & Blood, and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is based on a series of short stories (with the first season being an adaptation of the first short story).
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Comment on ‘A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms’ just made ‘Breaking Bad’ lose its IMDB score record in ~tv
TheJorro Link ParentIt's worth watching for a few reasons. It's a smaller, more focused story, and the episodes are mostly ~30 minutes long. It's a lot more comedic than the other GoT shows. Tonally, most of it feels...- Exemplary
It's worth watching for a few reasons.
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It's a smaller, more focused story, and the episodes are mostly ~30 minutes long.
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It's a lot more comedic than the other GoT shows. Tonally, most of it feels like A Knight's Tale by GoT standards. The main pairing is a gentle idiot giant and a clever, sweet kid. They have a wonderful dynamic and the kid is an amazing actor.
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The drama is far more personal and small-scale. No grand mysteries or politics. They're there but they're secondary to the main plot.
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The show has the smallest budget by far, out of the three shows. But the showrunner was clever enough to work that to his advantage by not wasting time or resources. It's a solidly told story that covers everything without any of the meandering that plagued HotD Season 2 or the indulgences of much of GoT's later seasons.
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Comment on Pokémon FireRed and Pokémon LeafGreen releasing February 27th on Nintendo Switch in ~games
TheJorro Link ParentThose third games never offered the full Pokedex either, IIRC. Or at least Yellow and Crystal didn't. I haven't kept up with the games past there but based on all the Pokemon ROM Hacks I've been...Those third games never offered the full Pokedex either, IIRC. Or at least Yellow and Crystal didn't. I haven't kept up with the games past there but based on all the Pokemon ROM Hacks I've been looking up recently, it seems like one of the big sells of ROM hacking is offering complete Pokedexes and methods around required trading for certain evolutions.
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Comment on Massive winter storm expected to dump snow and ice across United States in ~enviro
TheJorro Link ParentShout out to the 1999 snowstorms where Toronto's mayor had to call in the military for help clearing the snow. Everyone ridiculed the mayor and the city for being a Canadian city that couldn't...Shout out to the 1999 snowstorms where Toronto's mayor had to call in the military for help clearing the snow.
Everyone ridiculed the mayor and the city for being a Canadian city that couldn't deal with the snow so much that they had to call in the army. But what's often overlooked is that Toronto, and the entire region north of Lake Ontario, gets a significantly less snow than the rest of the province and most of the country due to the lake effect. Our neighbours south of the lake, in Buffalo, get the short end of the stick where they usually get more snow as a result. So our entire infrastructure is set up for a certain amount of snow.
That 1999 series of snowstorms was once-in-a-lifetime. There was 6.5' of snow in three weeks. Everything ground to a halt. Even public transit and emergency vehicles. Nothing could move. Canada's biggest city, and economic centre, was completely stuck. Other places get more snow than this regularly but they're equipped to deal with that. Toronto never was. Why would the city have had such contingencies in place when they had never received that much snow in decades, at least? So yeah, they had to call in the military (who were well equipped for the job after helping out with the 1998 Montreal ice storms) which caused widescale ridicule from people that don't think about what overwhelmed infrastructure means.
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Comment on Sony’s TV business is being taken over by TCL in ~tech
TheJorro Link ParentThere was a major Android TV update a few years ago that basically made the whole thing more expensive to run once they added a giant ad banner at the top half of the home screen that also played...There was a major Android TV update a few years ago that basically made the whole thing more expensive to run once they added a giant ad banner at the top half of the home screen that also played video, and live updated the tiles there for whatever has paid for promotion.
If you really want ANC and BT capabilities, you're basically limited to a finite market of headphones, of which Apple, Sony, and Bose seem to have the best reputations in. I'm not sure if you can avoid a microphone with any of them, though.
If you just want sound quality at a good price and can deal with wired connections and no ANC, and guarantee no micrphones, and some rudimentary level of cat protection (i.e. replaceable wires), look into Beyerdynamic's lineup, specifically the DT 700 PRO X or the DT 900 PRO X depending on if you want open-backed or closed-back headphones. They can be found for 200€ usually. If you can skip the replaceable wires (and can deal with coiled wires), their older DT 770/880/990 line is still around for 125€ . It's a German brand with a lot of support so it will be easy to get repairs, parts, or support with them local in Europe.