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  • As a cyclist, this is a terrible sell. I already have tech which does all this, and probably does it better, for less.

    I don’t need a HUD constantly in my face obscuring the beautiful views. I have sun glasses which fit well with a helmet and wrap around my face to keep the wind out.

    I have a cycling computer, which offers GPS turn by turn, and pairs to power meters, heart rate and radar light. It is mounted on the handlebars in an easy to view place.

    I have bone conducting headphones for music.

    All of this is significantly less than $1000, and if something breaks, I can replace it all individually. I also don’t have to wear ridiculous looking sunglasses to listen to my bone conducting headphones.












  • As someone who liked FF7 a lot as a kid,and a bunch of other FF games, I really like remake.

    I think 1 thing you have to know going in, is it isn’t FF7 just in a new engine with updated combat, and I think remake is a bit of a bad name for it.

    Reimagining might be better.

    You are correct that it isn’t the whole game, but it takes Midgard and makes a handful of setup hours from the first game, a good 40 hours of compelling story and world building(with some side stuff as well). It is very clearly a different story with changes that are interesting, but could very easily go off the rails if it isn’t properly managed.

    It also has some incredible improvements to certain characters and even to areas of Midgard expanding on what was a very small part of the original games.

    Combat is very good at mixing turn based actions(skills and spells and items), with action based combos. Dodging is a bit of a bait and is more positioning because you don’t get i-frames to actually dodge, blocking is important but doesn’t feel great(I heard it is improved in rebirth). The ability to switch characters and how unique they all feel is really enjoyable to me as well.

    I am eagerly looking forward to Rebirth on PC cause I ain’t buying a PS5.

    Remake in my opinion is significantly better than 16 which I think is pretty mid, and I would recommend it as long as you don’t expect a 1 to 1 of the original.








  • When I was looking at replacing my phone, I was considering an iPhone. But the major thing that stopped me was the lightning port.

    The other major thing now is Firefox. It is simply better on android than iOS. It is by far the most used app on my phone, and not being able to use the extensions I do on android is a significantly worse experience.

    I also really like my current phone, it has a marvelous bit of technology called a 3.5mm headphone jack and is amazing.