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  1. cmannes

    Avowed: Obsidian is releasing a first-person RPG, set in the "Pillars of Eternity" world. I have no idea how open world it is.

    I started the game, liked it, but... I don't like my character in cut scenes. So.. restart to fix my looks, or just deal with it. I'm debating.
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    Do you feel old?

    When I look in a mirror, sometimes. At work, I often still think the "senior" people are going to dislike my ideas. Except... I'm a senior person, so... Also, I'm still waiting on that "How to be Grown Up" handbook. I swear it should show up any day now...
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    Are you a gadget junkie?

    When I die, my kids will be baffled by how many keyboards and headphones I own. And let's never discuss the drawer of USB cables. (Most of which come from various gadget purchases over the the years.)
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    Using a soundbar as computer speakers?

    I used a Sonos Beam (Gen1) under my monitor stack for quite a while, before it migrated to a TV whose speakers died. Worked great.
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    Apple Vision Pro

    There's a person who tracks Vision Pro news and posts weekly updates on substack & reddit. This was the latest: https://lastweekinavp.substack.com/p/last-week-in-avp-45-tim-cook-interviews Probably the most interesting recent news is that apple & Sony are apparently in talks to make the psvr2...
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    Resurrecting an actual iPod

    This reddit thread has a lot of various options for pulling music from an old iPod. It's a year old, but perhaps still something in there to try. View: https://www.reddit.com/r/ipod/comments/15n3sb4/how_to_download_music_off_old_ipod/
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    Current RAM Situation

    Work MacBook: 32GB Home Mac mini: 32GB Home Gaming PC: 32GB Home Media Server: 32GB I honestly didn't realize I was that normalized. Obviously I need to create an outlier.
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    Rolling Square All In One Cables-Feedback

    The Rolling Square cables are great, until people use the devices while they're plugged in. I've broken more than 1 lightening adapter because the cable end is so long and makes a really good lever. That said, they gave me a whole bag of replacement connectors, so I tend to use them for...
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    Your three favorite fight scenes! (spoilery)

    So many excellent scenes already mentioned. I'll just pitch a few more. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPuAKVnqJdk This next one really gets going about a minute in. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iQKnefUJNg View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fljxwTAkCHY
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    DVD Ripping in the Sequoia Era

    https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=19634 Personally I have the ASUS BW-16D1HT, which works great with my mac.
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    Optical drive suggestions

    If you're ever considering using your drive to back up dvd/blu-ray/uhd disks. Check out the information here. https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=19634 It tends to limit your selection, but increases utility.
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    Songs that give you all the feels

    This one always hits me hard. I blame my children. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBC3Tl0dg4M
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    Let Loose: New iPads At Last [5/7 event livestream commentary begins on p.3]

    Here's the whole list of gestures from apple. https://support.apple.com/guide/ipad/learn-advanced-gestures-ipadab6772b8/ipados
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    The Electric Car Thread

    I don't own a tesla, but I did watch this out of curiosity. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAd5eiJxiLg
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    Dragon's Dogma 2 - Old and Slow Gameplay

    Some spoilers, but here's the best list I've seen so far of "which" quests are timed. https://game8.co/games/Dragons-Dogma-2/archives/448919
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    Dragon's Dogma 2 - Old and Slow Gameplay

    Keep an eye on your pawns, if they show signs of "Dragonplague" dismiss/kill 'em quick. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kex6uG2Ag0w Hasn't happened to me, but has perhaps made me a smidge paranoid.
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    32" Monitor Recommendations Under $1k + Tech Questions

    Swish - https://highlyopinionated.co/swish/ makes it all gesture based.
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    Surviving the Polar Vortex - How cold is it where you are?

    Tuesday was cold enough that my 12yo actually wore a real coat, and not just his hoodie! (It was -6F, with a wind chill of -24F)
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    Playstation 5

    Playstation Portal. I love it. Two primary reasons. 1) I have 3 kids and WFH, so when the stars align and I have random game time, I'm not always able to go where the PS5 is. 2) My kids grew up on ipads/laptops. So they're not used to having to go somewhere for a specific game. They often...
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    YOUR 2023 Gaming Year - Looking Back & Looking Ahead

    I was a fairly dedicated PC gamer. Even got a 3080 FE pretty close to release. But for some reason, most of my gaming in the last several months is all console. Diablo 4 - Cross save, so I play this on whatever I'm closest to. BG3 - I bought into this one so long ago that I remember playing...