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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah don’t be surprised if you find an old family member under all of that after Christmas.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I think they’re confusing it with Fourecks.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

Nice to meet you, Gregório Felipe. 👍

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

Then it’s the equivalent of 2 Texan cups (or 2 and 4/13ths Federal cups).

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I agree but I think fundamentally the smart tv hardware is so cheap to bundle in (and gives them hope of revenue) that it probably doesn’t add to the price.

Just set the default HDMI input to something else and ignore.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I know what you mean although, because I get so little time to read, I tend to put that down to me losing track of plots. Particularly with larger books.

Maybe my habit of alternating high fantasy with Discworld books maybe balances out more than I realise.

Good to know the kickstarter books are a bit different too. Will keep that in mind!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I agree. The Wii U was great fun. The second screen was great for off-TV play and for local multiplayer.

Not only was it terribly marketed, but Nintendo had trouble getting the 3DS to sell and put all their energy into saving that. This left the Wii U with a lack of games at launch.

Combine that with EA dropping Nintendo because they refused to adopt Origin as their online platform, and it was doomed from the start, whether the hardware was good or not.

Edit: and the gamepad was more comfortable to hold than the Switch, ironically.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Microsoft were monopoly seeking/abusing pricks in the 80s/90s/00s but I had just about started to accept that maybe they had changed. Accepting open source and open standards, and competing on their merits in the gaming world.

I was wrong. They’re not as powerful as they were 20 years ago but, having seen this email, their tactics seem unchanged.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Nearing the end of Oathbringer (Brandon Sanderson, Stormlight Archive #3).

There’s something about his world-building that’s just brilliant. Shame it takes me 6 months to read each one!

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I had my doubts until Maltz verified it.

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