Megumin from KonoSuba. It’s a hilarious show, I’d recommend giving it a watch.

Isn’t that just called “being polite”?

Backloggery.com for those who want a website instead :)

I think I’ve always been drawn to good human vocals.

I remember using crappy earbuds and shedding a tear to Earth Song by Michael Jackson when I was a teenager. It’s not my favourite song now, and I don’t think I’ve ever cried to song after that, but music with good vocals can still definitely give me goose bumps. Anytime I listen to Jacob Collier’s Moon River, or any video of his that has him conducting the entire concert audience to sing harmonically always give me the chills.

I know I’m going to get so lost in there 😭
Sorry Zelda, you’re going to have to wait even longer for me to find you.

Should I go there now? Or is it fine after I finish Gerudo?

Cleared 3 regional phenomenas so far, Gerudo is next.
I’m glad I did Rito first. Not only is it my favorite town (along with Tarrey Town), but the reward you get for clearing it is also super useful.

Not really confident enough to begin exploring the depths yet. Once I lighted up a few spots, I realized how enormous it is and decided that getting sidetracked on the surface and sky is enough for now, lol. Maybe once I cleared Gerudo I would start exploring there, at least for the Robbie quest.

Still on my journey through Tears of the Kingdom. No spoilers, but one of the side quests that includes taking photos of monsters is so cool!
Splatoon 3 Side Order also just came out, so I’m going to make some time to play that as well.

Physical media doesn’t have the luxury of endlessly replicating itself via a simple copy and paste.

This isn’t a new game, dude. People who play it already know what they’re getting into.

They’ve been F2P for a long time now. What’s different about their model is that, although you can buy in game currencies on their site, you can also trade them with other players for stuff. So if you want to play completely free, you can grind for your loot and valuable items on the market, then trade it with other players.

Thank you!

I’m trying to clock in around 3 levels per day to catch up, the 1.2x bonus during the last few days should help a bit.

Can’t comment much about weapons or map design since I’m very much a casual.
I’m excited for the new dressing options. We only saw backwards cap and oversized clothes. Curious to see what other options things like glasses and shoes have. Music continues to be fun and fresh from what I hear, though I like the Sizzle season music more for now.
I really wish challenges could be rotated on a schedule at least similar to Salmon run. The opening times are just wonky at best. The best scenario would be like Overwatch arcade, where you play whatever jank mode whenever.

I’m on Splatoon 3 trying to reach level 100 on the catalog before Drizzle season comes out on 9/1. I’m still on level 57 🙃

Okay.

First off, afaik, they never advertised “lifetime” warranty nor software support on their website.

Secondly, as I told you in the previous comment already, you can still use the product as is! This is no different from phone manufacturers dropping software support after 2 or 5+ years. Not to mention this probably only affects hardware that are older than 2009. That’s over 10 years of software support already. Granted they could have reuploaded a version without the AAC codec, but still.

Third, looking at Via’s AAC FAQ, license fees are due on “per unit” sale, and the term of the license is five years, with additional five years renewal. There never was a lifetime license for it. The same goes for every single hardware/software sold that has AAC encoder/decoder built in. So if your actual issue is with that, take it up on Via and the patent holders, and start using foss audio codecs like OGG Vorbis or FLAC.

Well if you’re aware of it, why continue misinforming people with a video he retracted? You’re still using the device as is. They aren’t retroactively deleting functionality off of your device after support ends. The license issue just means that they cannot legally distribute legacy software from their website anymore. AFAIK, Synology emailed their customers informing them ahead of time to download the image before they had to take it down, I think they did what they could have done already.

The original licensing problem in question was about the AAC codec, which as you probably know, is practically in every device we use and are in use daily. So until another open codec becomes the norm, or until all the patents expire in 2031, there probably will still be cases like this popping up from time to time.

FYI, he posted an apology video not long after that saying he jumped the gun, and that Synology had to remove the software not because they wanted to, but because some parts of their software were licensed and expired. Video link

Edge has replaced Chrome for me actually. If any time Firefox doesn’t work for me, or the website just runs better on Chrome, I use Edge. It’s chromium, so it does everything Chrome can do, plus a few features like PDF viewing, collections, and lower resource usage than Chrome (maybe).

Good to know. Thanks!

Are there any limitations for using xpenology? I’m assuming you still won’t be able to use Synology’s services that require their servers, correct?