[-] Venicon@sopuli.xyz 27 points 8 months ago

Maybe it’s trendy to hate on Koontz but I enjoyed his books when I was a bit younger. The Face, Watchers, TickTock and a couple others but I also liked Clive Cussler at the time so there is that. I think I found it easy to pick up and read as opposed to an investment like King.

A quick google says that Koontz has sold 450 million books and is worth over 200 million. I’m sure he is okay with not being some people’s favourite.

[-] Venicon@sopuli.xyz 24 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Here’s a few:

  • Our national animal is a Unicorn
  • We are oddly proud of our tap water being drinkable
  • We have nearly 800 islands
  • The saltire (our flag) is the oldest in the world allegedly, from 8th century
  • Despite being part of the bigger country of United Kingdom, Scotland has its own entirely separate legal and education systems.

Scotland

[-] Venicon@sopuli.xyz 27 points 9 months ago

The rusty sheriffs badge, you mean?

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iPad gaming (sopuli.xyz)

Any news or rumours of upcoming games on iPads inc Air, Pro, Mini etc that anyone is aware of?

My M2 Pro is an absolute beast and think with the components it could handle some seriously power hungry games like it has with Alien Isolation, Divinity II and some others.

Would like there to be more but haven’t heard anything for a while, has anyone else?

[-] Venicon@sopuli.xyz 21 points 11 months ago

Man that article headline is awful! Had to read it three times and it didn’t click until I actually read the article!

By the sounds of the rumbles the teams are still not happy about thinning the prize money though?

[-] Venicon@sopuli.xyz 20 points 1 year ago

When I was a kid I was annoyed at how much of a grumpy old man he was but now I realise he was only using a sliver of his power.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Venicon@sopuli.xyz to c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world

Hello, I wondered if anyone had a MagSafe charger unit (the one that stands straight up looks nifty) and if so does it make a high pitched whine noise when it’s charging? My current wireless charges make a noise and I am looking to put it right next to my bed so would prefer if it wasn’t distracting.

Also, does anyone have the Apple official silicon case for an iPhone? If so would you recommend? Pricey, I know, but hoping it will last. Thanks in advance.

Edit: Thanks for the replies everyone!

[-] Venicon@sopuli.xyz 24 points 1 year ago

He just wanted to elicit an emotional response from Chief.

[-] Venicon@sopuli.xyz 20 points 1 year ago

I guess potentially they will be able to make a Cyberpunk 2077 sequel on Unreal Engine maybe called Cyberpunk 2078: Edgerunner Boogaloo (CDPR I am available to join your team, get in touch).

I know precisely the square root of fuck all when it comes to game design but presuming they can at least map across assets as they will already have the character designs, language, city design etc all sorted so hopefully they will be starting from a lot further forward than CB2077 years ago.

[-] Venicon@sopuli.xyz 21 points 1 year ago

Really happy for Gasly though! The team definitely needed the lift.

[-] Venicon@sopuli.xyz 29 points 1 year ago

Don’t know if I’m out of the loop but what drama has there been recently?

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Venicon@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

I used to go to Reddit daily via Apollo and came over during the migration but not quite enough memes here and on Squabblr to keep me going. What other apps or sites aren’t just reposts?

[-] Venicon@sopuli.xyz 44 points 1 year ago

Okay imma need an explanation for the middle bottom and bottom right panels, what are they?

Also love the idea that magic is just science we haven’t explained yet. Most of us would be burned s as witches in the past based on our current knowledge

[-] Venicon@sopuli.xyz 37 points 1 year ago

‘Whits fur ye will no’ go past ye’ - what’s for you will not go past you

My wee Scottish granny had some real wisdom.

‘No point in worrying about somethin cos if it happens ye suffer twice!’

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The Tibetan fox for me has a permanent ‘done with this shit’ look that I love.

[-] Venicon@sopuli.xyz 24 points 1 year ago

Otmar said that he has a few people signed up to arrive this next year and afterwards. I honestly wish at this stage that Alpine never became the brand, I miss the yellow, I miss the Renault name, I miss Cyril and Christian Horner endlessly quarrelling.

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Hello!

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

I got a big iPad Pro 12.9 and love it! I can hook it up to my monitor and it works brilliantly so to save me from changing to my Mac Mini all the time, I was hoping to just pop in my iPad and work away on it and so far all good for the most part!

Thing is I use the following apps on Mac:

4k video downloader - an app to download YT videos in MP4 or MP3 format Handbrake - Programme to compress video files without quality loss

Can anyone suggest an alternative through perhaps a website or app that will do similar things, please?

No pressure but figured you fine folks would have a better chance of knowing than me scouring less reputable places online!

Thanks!

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