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Unreliable, untrustworthy... what do these things even mean from an outside context? I'm very confused. "Basically they can go quickly while zipping in and out of others." < I'm struggling to even see how this is saying something negative, but assuming you're saying they move back and forth across lanes (dangerously?), it's worth mentioning: people ride very differently in London to the rest of the country (maybe this is the typical Londoner forgetting London is not the whole world?). There's no winding in and out of traffic in most towns and cities,you can usually just filter down between lanes. Not that there's anything wrong with lane filtering, it's completely legal and the reason Deliveroo gets you your sushi on time. Not that the behaviour of riders has anything to do with bikes themselves.... you talk as if the bikes are autonomous and what they're doing isn't the fault of the decision of the person sitting on it. I ride my bike on mostly empty twisty country lanes, 99% of the time no pedestrian comes near my bike, no other vehicle has to worry about me, I'm just enjoying watching the sights fly by and feeling the rush of leaning into the twists, it's like a rollercoaster but you're in control and you can just ride it all the way to Europe if you feel like it. All bike, car and bus pollution is pretty irrelevant in a world where something like 15 cargo ships produce more pollutants than all the cars in the world combined. Noisy, I can't really argue with that, but the loudest noises I hear around where I live are usually from cars with decked out exhausts. However again that comes down to the behaviour of the individual. They are not loud on their own when being ridden normally and using the gears properly. I get out of urban areas before I hit the top of my rev counter. Funnily enough I think if you told me "I hate most bikers" I'd be less irked than I am right now, how strange to have something you love ranked on a chart by someone with no experience of actually using it. It's like if I just waltzed into the Xbox One thread and told them that I rank their console #2 worst ever behind the Virtual Boy despite never using either.

Me too! Happy with any of the options on that site you linked.

One Piece is getting a Hollywood Live Action TV series. Not sure how to feel about this! http://comicbook.com/anime/2017/07/21/one-piece-is-getting-a-hollywood-live-action-tv-series/

I still can't get used to that new fangled name for N64-Europe. Why do we need more bits than 64?

Do you want me to confirm it again or was the other two times I said it ok? Where abouts is this escape room and is there somewhere nearby we could go for food before/after and then just hang out after. Is 19th locked in? If I'm robbing two other people of being there, it's not right and I will sit it out. Also is there only like... four of us going to be there or something? Not seeing a lot of names here

I had no idea Ratchet and Clank had such a devout following

I replaced a light fitting in my house. I thought it was going to be super easy, but everything went wrong. I feel a need to document this: The flex on the light was way too long After cutting it, I realised there was no easy way to tell which was Line and Neutral, so I had to buy a multimeter After figuring out the live wire with the multimeter, I realised there was actually a tiny blue thread in the neutral so I didn't need it after all Couldn't get the wire screws out of the old ceiling rose because my mini screwdriver was too crap so had to go to B&Q to buy another Couldn't get the old, tough wires into the terminal box so had to cut that open Thinking I was at the last step, realised that this very heavy light fitting was near impossible to put up by myself because it couldn't be left to hang from the fitting while screwing the wires together. I actually had earth and switch live in at this point, all I had to do was get neutral in and I was done, but... impossible. Not wanting to give up, dragged a bookcase downstairs that I want rid of anyway, putting dents in the plaster on the way Leaned cheap bookcase against coffee table and put the light on top of the bookcase, realised it was too far away Moved coffee table, bookcase and lamp fell and hit me on the head, thought I was going to pass out from the pain/impact, probably looked like I was in slapstick comedy Finally with everything in place, lost the last small screw for like ten minutes Bought myself a massive pizza - this is on the list of negatives because I was doing pretty well calorie wise - because of feeling sorry for myself and because the electricity was off (didn't trust the old labels on the circuitry or my cheap voltage tester) so I couldn't cook anything Light in place, Hue bulb in, noticed at the last minute that Phillips Hue dimmer switch holders are not wide enough to cover the gap left by a standard light switch, wth Phillips. But at least I didn't get zapped.

That's a bit... harsh! What don't you like about them? Bet you'd change your mind if you were sat on the back of mine doing 130 70mph around Snowdonia or the Alps.

If I'm honest I'd be totally happy with the app as a replacement for whatever means of talking on a mic, if it worked really well. And we can't just keep saying "this is their first attempt, this is a beta, it will get better in the future". They should be getting these things right first time, plus the games that this functionality is wanted for are out now.

Sorry! I just don't get it. I wanted to. Feels so clunky and constrained to me.

One of the worst games I ever handed over hard earned cash for IMO, I just do not understand the appeal at all.

I had a YBR125 for about 8 months, I got this over a year ago though! Man it's like you guys don't subscribe to every post I make in the purchases thread or something. Y'all know I got a house too right??

This is a reasonable theory, but I don't think there's enough recent examples to really prove it. There hasn't been a Metroid game for a long time, and a good one for much longer, so how do we know how it will compete these days? I think Metroid would do fantastically without any real change in the formula, all they really need to do is make it. Do you really think "mainstream" gamers were won over to Fire Emblem because they made it less punishing? I think realistically the market has just grown, and Awakening got oustanding feedback and was available on a hugely popular system, plus added more social functions. It would've sold well even if it had unavoidable punishments, as long as it got the kind of scores it did. I never felt that Metroid was particularly hard, punishing or frustrating in the first place, at least since the original NES/GB games. Frustration was alleviated by smoother controls which is what made Zero Mission such a good remake.

If you've got your smartphone out and you've opened your app store, you might as well use a proper, fully fledged app at this point right? One that can be locked, switched with other apps, make calls, send messages and work when the game is closed, like... whatsapp, discord, google hangouts, your phone's built in software...

Brilliant, thanks for letting me know! Both for <£7, worth the wait - a 76% saving on The Witness, can't argue with that.

Split the thread to try and grab peoples' attention! I find this quite interesting actually! One person in our group said "if you didn't know who he was, you wouldn't have thought anything", but I wasn't sure. I thought his part just didn't fit in very well or make sense, and his line was delivered poorly. If anything, they should've just let him get stabbed in a battle or something. I thought it was a great start to the series, if a little tame. It didn't take any risks, it just kinda carried on the story, and didn't have an epic Season Premiere feel. That said, a lot of things are finally coming to a head and I'm very much looking forward to where we're going next.

I'm also playing it because there's a free ten hour demo available on all platforms now. I'm liking it myself, not got very far but I love the jump jet movement and the design of the planet. The music in the character creation screen was rad but there hasn't been much epic since then. I had a sneaking suspicion that I would probably love this game (if never as much as ME1 or 2) if I could get past the animation, so a demo was probably a smart idea.

Soz @Goafer - here's mine Mine's a 2013, the one you posted is the older model with the twin, higher up exhaust. You can out-jealous me by buying a 2018 765 RS though

Sorry for downtime this morning, had not set up renewal properly on the new hosting

Sorry but I've no interest in significantly refining the theme. Darker means of separating features looks dated and ugly and would require more significant overrides to the default theme, which would break responsively or when new features come out etc. I've gotten used to it very quickly and I can't for the life of me understand complaints about newly updated threads, they're both bold and have a symbol next to them. Also the software does not seem to allow installation of a source-code view I'm afraid. Says the addon is already installed but doesn't give an option to put it in the toolbar.

Are you saying you could do the 12th?

Personally I'm not flexible on the 12th, it's a family weekend thing that tickets have already been bought for. However if others can only make the 12th, no hard feelings from me

You guys are too optimistic. I am not bringing my Switch because it will get broken/stolen/stolen then broken. Confirming interest in escape room.

Anyone watched Castlevania? Disappointed how short it was, pretty cool stuff reminds me of Hellsing and Berserk.

It is kinda strange that while you're online, trophies can't just sync instantly. It's just a few bytes of data. But then, there's always been something clunky about their online architecture. I imagine it's a nightmare to work on inhouse where nobody dares suggest any modern improvements for fear of being thrown through the window, business suggestion meme guy style.