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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
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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.
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Comment on As Hitman 3 turns five years old, we surely have enough hindsight to declare it – this is one of the greatest of all time, right? in ~games
TheJorro Link ParentThe reason that the Hitman trilogy has such a labyrinthine release model is because they had trouble securing funding from publishers the whole time. They had to sell the first game as an episodic...The reason that the Hitman trilogy has such a labyrinthine release model is because they had trouble securing funding from publishers the whole time. They had to sell the first game as an episodic model to prove to Square Enix with each episode that there was enough of an appetite to fund the next one. But then with the second game, Square Enix did not want to fund it but they got picked up at Warner Brothers for a significantly slashed budget so they had to cut things like cutscenes, while also incorporating the releases of the first game and rolling it into a second episodic model game. The third game was fully self-published and funded after the success of the second game so it got a much more traditional release... but still had to roll in the previous three games and their odd release models into one big package. It also didn't help that there was a bunch of loose DLC throughout the first two games' release cycles that was basically mandated by the publishers that gummed it all up.
They've untangled it as much as possible for new players at least so that there are basically two or three bundles to choose from now instead of the convoluted purchase tree that used to be the case.
All that to say that purchasing the trilogy now is easier than ever and if the industry just allowed it to be funded appropriately the whole time, they would not have had all this issues. IOI got screwed over by the industry and still executed their ambitious three-game package in the end, even if they had to go a very strange way to get there and wind up as basically a giant indie company at the end of it. I think even their upcoming James Bond game is an indie title as a result since they are developing and publishing it themselves. They're planning on it being a trilogy similar to Hitman WoA but now that they have the ability to self-publish and make their own deals for licensing without going through a publisher, we'll probably see a much more straightforward purchasing model.
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Comment on Why the renovation of US Federal Reserve headquarters costs $2.5 billion in ~finance
TheJorro (edited )Link ParentThis is a large problem with many government buildings around the world. Many of them have historic designations which severely limit how they can be renovated and costs go up like crazy. I used...This is a large problem with many government buildings around the world. Many of them have historic designations which severely limit how they can be renovated and costs go up like crazy. I used to work out of one mainly and it still had half-duplex networking back then. It's now 2026 and it still only has half-duplex networking. They looked into renovating the building in the early 2010s just to redo the networking and the quoted cost was CA$300mm at the time. Now it's north of CA$1b. Just to replace the networking cables across the whole building.
The complication is they can't just tear open walls and restore them, it's prohibited. They have to slowly and manually snake many kilometres of cables in and around this giant, ancient building while avoiding many sensitive parts of it, in a slow and painful way.
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Comment on Consumer Electronics Show 2026 in ~tech
TheJorro LinkThe Worst Devices of CES 2026 from iFixit. I got recommended this today. I had no idea iFixit even made videos. I really liked it, they got a bunch of experts in different fields from privacy to...The Worst Devices of CES 2026 from iFixit.
I got recommended this today. I had no idea iFixit even made videos. I really liked it, they got a bunch of experts in different fields from privacy to security to right-to-repair and then had them select their pick for the worst in their respective fields, and then explain exactly why. They cover devices I don't see covered by any other outlet because they're so bad. Like the AI Treadmill that straight up says they cannot guarantee the security of your personal biometric data they collect in their ToS!
I appreciate great consumer report pieces. This feels like some classic evening news segment stuff.
850W is enough unless you're ever planning on getting one of those ridiculous Nvidia xx90 series cards.