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Kate Micucci (Gooch) did recently announce she's been treated for lung cancer but is fine. Terrible news about Braugher. So young 😔

As I mentioned above part of it seems to be the differences in the OSes and a juror has confirmed that the fact Google deleted messages that could have been used in the trail worked against them. Google's own conduct, both as a business and a defendant, doesn't seem to have helped them.

Okay now for the actual thoughts on the film

Apple won that one. From what I've seen most interpretations of the difference basically boils down to 'Google's OS is open source and Apple's isn't. Apple not allowing you to create your own app store is consistent with their platform outlook [and thus what people sign up to], Google is being selective about which parts it allows to be open".

Just got back from Godzilla Minus One and I'll do full thoughts tomorrow (it's past my bedtime!) but a warning to @Happenstanceand others. They started the film and some things weren't subtitled so I thought "hmm maybe it's just unimportant stuff" then it became obvious it wasn't that. Few people started going out to speak to staff and eventually could see the top of the next line so it was clear the image was too zoomed in and if it was only one line you couldn't see that. After they paused and zoomed in (making it worse) people went again. Eventually they reset the film (10 minutes in at this point) and had to come back after a few minutes and zoom out. The subtitles were below the image itself so I think it is the file rather than the cinema and there's a chance it could be fixed beforehand but might be an issue with screenings so perhaps best to be cautious.

Cheers

You've got a queer showrunner and a queer lead in what has long been considered a queer allegory, I don't see that changing anytime soon. As I've no intention of watching does anyone want to explain to me how David Tennant came back? Curious how they explained that one, but clearly not enough to watch.

My general feel based on various things (the late-in-life big games, some comment Ubisoft made about Rabbids and more) is leaning towards it would be backwards compatible.

Not currently confirmed. I'm sure there are people more familiar with the games that would be able to look at the footage and spot new stuff (kind of like Happenstance has) but we've had no official word from Sega AFAIK.

It's amazing how many emotions you've gone through based on 10 seconds of footage

Oh my glob! Had a lot of fun with the original on the Wii. Looking forward to this.

I'm disappointed in all of you (note: not checked the forum since 8am but see you've now discussed it).

Ah cool, the second best snowboarding franchise on the N64.

"For most of human civilization we believed that life could only exist on the surface of our planet". Pretty sure humans have known about fish for a long time.

Sì, although it's taken a back seat recently as I kind of plateaued so I switched to Spanish and too busy for that. I've said before in the language learning thread that Duolingo won't teach you but can work for practice, same with things like Memrise. Recently used Language Transfer for Spanish and there's 70 lessons for Italian. The whole idea is starting with where the languages have similarities (the cognates) and builds on that to discuss similar etymologies etc. It's English-based so I'm not sure how useful it would be to you. Obviously your English is great, but whether it would be the same I don't know. But it's completely free so no harm checking it out. Weilla Tom on YouTube I found useful. But really it's the classic immersion. In my case that's having friends that speak it (must message a friend in Milan actually) and practicing that way, but obviously stuff like Netflix for Italian content. In terms of Netflix the limited series Everything Calls for Salvation I enjoyed as well as the films Rose Island and The Man Without Gravity (common denominator being Elio Germano so if you find some of his other films elsewhere check them out - I particularly liked My Brother Is An Only Child but it's difficult to find now). Aside from that I listen to a lot of Italian music which is kind of practice... If I think of any more resources I'll let you know. I've found learning Spanish has been helpful. I sometimes get vocabulary mixed up because of similarities, but it's helping to reinforce the grammar especially when it comes to things we don't have in English like reflexive verbs, direct object pronouns etc so if you know another romance language that'll probably help you. And you're German so at least you're used to gender and Italian only has two! In the new year considering signing up to a Spanish service that costs $150 a month but you can book yourself into as many one-to-one sessions (lessons or practice) as you want so considering doing that for say two months to boost myself and then maybe finding a private tutor or pester my Spanish-speaking friends.

It'll also be out on the PS6 and PS7 so you could buy it many times over.

Another Embracer-owned studio doing layoffs: https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/5/23989128/new-world-interactive-layoffs-embracer-group-insurgency-sandstorm

This just in: Italians make good food. I am actually considering running away from my family going to Como over Christmas.

Why is everyone coming to Birmingham and not saying hi to me? Also going back to the topic of Sega consoles a bit every time I watch an American youtuber talk about the Genesis it throws me for a second, although it did result in a great Google snafu.

Much like #susanalbumparty

Booked my ticket for the 11th (Cineworld is doing an early screening for members).

Ubisoft but something in that image certainly isn't

Accidentally releasing an incomplete version of the game and listing it on the Xbox store is an unusual way of announcing a game but here we are. Ubisoft has confirmed it's coming out next year. https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/29/23980960/beyond-good-and-evil-20th-anniversary-edition-2024 If it gets announced for Switch I'll move this thread, but for now we only know about the PC and Xbox versions.

Looking at a random Pot Noodle it in itself is not terrible but obviously could be better, and probably not great to have every day and it will depend what else you're eating and doing in the day. Obviously the one you're eating may be slightly different but there's 10g of saturated fats in that and men are recommended 30g per day. Also quite a bit of salt but honestly try finding pre-packaged food that ain't. If you want food that is satiating try and go for some complex carbs (wholegrain breads, rice, pasta, noodles etc) and unsaturated fats (avocado, olive oils, peanuts, brazil nuts, almonds - although with nuts bear in mind a few is all you need). Complex carbs burn slower so keep you full longer, but don't have the instant hit (and crash) of uncomplex carbs like sugars. Fats are more satiating and unsaturated fats are better for you for that reason. If you can meal prep why not try knocking up some chicken burritos, freezing them and either defrosting the night before or lightly grilling every day? Or salads (yes yes, you don't win friends) with some cold meat and topped with some chopped almonds and olive oil. Or pep buddha bowls as they offer great versatility. If you google there's many examples but a Mexican-style one could be black beans, sweetcorn, quinoa, bell peppers, cherry tomatoes, meat of choice and some avocado. You can prep all that (save the avocado) in advance. Appreciate you mentioned it has to be cheap but often if you meal prep it can work out cheaper in the long run as a Pot Noodle is what, 80p-£1.20 depending on size/brand?