When I use these services (when I'm given a gift card) I select $0 tip and tip with cash. I don't trust the app makers to give them the tip. I hope parent poster does this, too. I thought tipping in cash was pretty common!
I looked into this after posting, and it seems like getting Android emulating working on the Deck isn't too hard. I haven't checked FTL's compatibility with the emulator, though.
It's a shame FTL has such terrible touch controls on PC. I wonder about emulating the Android version of the game; I haven't looked into it at all, but that might work well if possible.
Same with me. 90% of my gaming time is in bed after my kiddos have gone down to sleep, so there's no substitute. I've used it almost every day since I got it in December.
I do want to set up game streaming from my desktop, but I just haven't got around to it yet, mostly since it means I need to set up my WiFi mesh which I've been procrastinating.
This was mine, but I'm assuming you weren't referring to the BBC radio play, which is the best version of LotR ever made. The films had major distortions on the themes of the story and completely unbelievable characterization that destroyed all suspension of disbelief.
Sure, the CG was nice eye candy... but Gandalf getting into a shouting match with Elrond? Really? We're okay with that?
Plus, skipping the correct ending of Frodo and Sam coming back to the Shire in industrialized dystopia missed key parts of their character growth and Tolkien's anti-industrial themes.
And the massive over-focus on a love story that was barely relevant in the story? And a half hour epilogue of useless wide shots showing how amazing the wedding was and how everyone is doing so great now that they won? What a waste of time. They skipped one of the best parts of the book for that shit.
I could go on if I had watched the films more than twice and could recall all the other huge problems.
The books don't hold up, either. Ain't nobody got time to read 3-page info dumps of dense descriptive writing about plot-irrelevant details, or dense blocks of ancient history that demolishes any semblance of pacing left over.
He founded a lot of tropes of fantasy, so I know why he included all those descriptive details, but it just doesn't hold up. Elf, big tree house, got it. You've got me for two paragraphs to fill in the descriptive details, but then let's move on with the plot, tyvm.
If you're a fan of LotR, give the 13-hour BBC radio play a listen. And of you've watched/listened to/read all three and disagree with me, I'd love to hear why (out of interest). Full disclosure: you probably won't convince me, but I'm still waiting to hear someone who knows the source material justifying why the movies are so adored.
As a Canadian, that sounds even worse to me, lol. Elected judges? That's insanity. Judges should never be making decisions based on political expedience.
Judges should be chosen by people who are experts in the law based on their knowledge and experience.
In Canada, I suppose it's loosely political, but it's several steps removed from direct political appointment. The PM and cabinet appoint someone to be the head of the judiciary, confirmed by the Governor General, and Supreme Court judges can be held accountable by the Senate and House in cases of misconduct.
Electing judges would make it worse, not better, imho.
The best solution I've heard for the US wouldn't require a constitutional amendment, it's to make the Supreme Court position last 18 years before becoming a Justice Emeritus (or whatever) that's mostly ceremonial. That takes away the incentive to stuff the judiciary with young judges, and adds stability that each presidential term is 2 justice appointments on a slowly rolling basis.
Agreed. I saved this article. I'm going to try to find a place to put this in an online course for grade 12 students. This was my quick Sunday of the big takeaways I write for myself to remember when I try to put this into a course:
She frames the fear of male violence around masking emotions leading to anger, and desiring closeness but only knowing how to pursue closeness through using the power of masculinity in the patriarchy.
I'm not an expert, but my understanding is that noise cancellation works by inverting sounds waves to deaden the sound. So, like, if you add sin(x) and –sin(x) you get 0.
This system is actively adding inverted sound waves to cancel most sounds. What makes this system unique is that it samples the voice and uses the unique "voice print" to selectively not invert the sound waves from the targeted voice.
Or that's what I'm getting from reading this, as a layman.
The top 10% own almost exactly ⅔ of all US wealth. (66.9%)
No need for hyperbole when 90% of the population controls ⅓ of the wealth and the bottom 50% only controls 2.5% of the country's wealth. (Same source as above).
The deleted scenes and commentary audio tracks were cool, but idk if I'd actually watch any of it now. I heard years ago that there's a whole system for "MST3King" a movie manually with community commentary tracks that effectively do the same thing and I've never cared enough to figure out how to set it up and try one, so I don't know if I'd ever actually watch a DVD commentary even if I had the option.
Maybe it would be cool for Taskmaster, since I've seen every episode so many times and continue to rewatch it? But I rarely re-watch anything anymore. And I don't think TV shows got commentary tracks anyway.
And deleted scenes could probably just be found on YouTube, I assume? I don't know because I haven't cared enough to search, lol.
But, like, cats wear out by use, not time. (For the most part.)
A car is good for, say, 300,000 km. If you drive 300K in it, then you "fully used" the car.
That's like saying a pad of paper isn't used when it's sitting on your shelf. Technically true, maybe, but the pad is used up when it's out of sheets. It doesn't make sense to measure the utilization time for a consumable, like paper or a car.
To add to the other comment, CBC framed this in a very pro-Zionism way. The headline could have been "UofM valedictorian called racist for denouncing genocide".
UofM stated that they had several complaints about the video before the open letter, and they made a statement that it was taken down because it was inflammatory and divisive—neither of which says anything about the accuracy or truth of the statements.
That said, the way CBC framed this with the article headline definitely implies that it was his complaint that mattered most. CBC also makes clickbait headlines, unfortunately.
Yeah, I'm not sure how to actually use this keyboard. You can't type with two hands and hold it up with two hands at the same time, and it'll be easy too wife to thumb type while holding it.
I'm skeptical. The dual-trackpad typing on the Deck is pretty slick, too. With each thing controlling half the keyboard, it feels very similar to "real" typing, and it's fast enough for the light use that's needed for most gaming-related tasks. So, this is a very big (and therefore expensive) component to be including fire very limited value.
If I really need to type a lot or quickly, I can grab my cheap Bluetooth keyboard (that would cost way less than the marginal cost of including a sliding keyboard like this one!)
I have an AutoHotkey script that drops the current date in ISO8601. I don't need timestamps often, so date is sufficient. I like to have manual control of file names since I very frequently do not want files renamed.
Cute related story: I taught my 6 y.o. son this macro so he can save his Krita art with the date (and then some keyboard spam ending in "poop", usually). The macro shortcut I set is `T so he now calls the date "ticky tee". Any set of numbers with dashes is a "ticky tee" to him, and if AutoHotkey is closed he runs to get me because "ticky tee isn't working, Daddy!"
When I use these services (when I'm given a gift card) I select $0 tip and tip with cash. I don't trust the app makers to give them the tip. I hope parent poster does this, too. I thought tipping in cash was pretty common!