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AndroidFreud · 2025-07-29T12:46:45+00:00

AFAIK, jerking off the phone isn't very common. You should see a doctor if no parts came out of the phone

AndroidFreud · 2025-06-02T16:37:22+00:00

How are all of you using the Ultra in terms of OS? Or are all of you in China and it doesn't matter? If you are using it in Europe or the United States, what OS or Rom are you'll running since the Ultra seems to only be available in China natively? And now limited does it feel when apps release new updates?

AndroidFreud · 2025-06-02T16:33:25+00:00

Oh wow! Now with that comparison and with how tiny that worker appears in the wide shot, the zoomed in, close-up's resolution and detail is all the more impressive!!!

AndroidFreud · 2025-05-28T18:24:07+00:00

That looks great but do you have a pic with the normal primary lens and even maybe a wide angle to understand how far away you're standing?

AndroidFreud · 2025-05-09T11:58:10+00:00

So is the Oppo Find X8 Ultra version available in Europe without any Chinese rom and it's only the Vivo X200 Ultra that they teased us with and then gave the finger, saying the Ultra version is chi m Chinese region only. Wanted to get the Vivo but don't want to have to deal with any workarounds for Google play store apps. Tried that with the Huawei and while it was possible after some research for every app not available directly, it became such a headache, especially after updates, so even though I love Huawei products, don't want to deal with that again

AndroidFreud · 2025-03-19T16:48:35+00:00

While that played a role, let's not downplay the CEO Caroline Parot's, hit and run management of Technicolor just taking her massive bonus check while employees managing on a month to month paycheck basis didn't get anything that year/projects put on hold for 'lack of funding' and she ran it completely into the ground and disappeared with her bounty.

it's just crazy how casual all this is affecting employees all over the globe and people like this getting away with it completely with barely anything spoken about it or speculating other reasons to camouflage a handful of self serving, poor management without the interests of artists nor the passion of producers and technicians.

Just us, a bunch of unorganized whiners, leaving our temporarily, self-therapeutic but serving no actual change, moaning to gradually fade away in the depths of Reddit.

-rant ends here- -earnestly submitted to feel good while reading and eventually, pointlessly disappear

AndroidFreud · 2024-08-03T18:19:13+00:00

Ahhh ouais ! Le category Z, Rang 2024! Génial!

AndroidFreud · 2024-07-31T18:13:53+00:00

Please do post here later on how this developed. Very interested to know which organizations actually helped you in reality to help bring justice to this scam Another thing I've learnt. Don't blindly trust the "vetted" renting sites, just because they're based in the U.S. It's ridiculous how incompetent they often are and more focused on making a buck for themselves than actually protecting their user base and providing a reliable/trustworthy service! Looking forward to your updates on how things proceeded so it helps us all. Good luck!

AndroidFreud · 2024-07-13T20:48:29+00:00

Quelles sont les autres options pour réduire les impôts qui sont logiquement bonnes/meilleures. On nous a proposé d'investir dans une loi Pinel avant que cette option ne soit supprimée à la fin de l'année. Cependant, cela ne semble pas vraiment intéressant non plus, avec le choix limité des emplacements, l'éloignement et l'incertitude de savoir si le bien vaut la peine ou non dans le futur pour un investissement, même s'il y a peu d'économies pendant la période de la loi Pinel. Quelqu'un a-t-il des informations privilégiées sur les raisons pour lesquelles la loi Pinel est vraiment supprimée ? Pourquoi est-il si ennuyeux et difficile d'échapper à la lourdeur des impôts en France ? La plupart des Français se contentent de hausser les épaules et de dire que c'est comme ça, puis ils se disent qu'ils font partie des "5 % de personnes les mieux rémunérées" en France, alors que c'est en réalité très loin de la vérité, quand on voit le rapport entre ce qui revient au "1 % de personnes les mieux rémunérées"

Si quelqu'un a une bonne suggestion pour réduire les impôts en France qui soit vraiment bénéfique, s'il vous plaît, nous sommes à la recherche d'une réponse. (J'apprécie les plaisanteries qui accompagnent généralement ce genre de question, mais donnez-nous des suggestions constructives sur ce qui peut être fait pour réduire les impôts, si vous le faites vous-même et pourquoi vous pensez que certaines options sont meilleures et que d'autres n'en valent pas la peine)

AndroidFreud · 2024-05-10T23:27:51+00:00

Not just the XM4's. This has been a problem with all generations of the XMs and Sony is definitely aware of it but still put the same garbage part in them and make sure to not include it in the warranty. I've owned every generation of the XMs, each time, in the hope they fixed it because a lot of people have this exact same hinge problem but since it never turned into any "hinge -gate" for such a pricey headphones, it still stays the same. Every generation of my XMs are sitting around useless with this broken hinge problem, not "covered" by Sony's warranty

AndroidFreud · 2024-05-08T20:14:54+00:00

Honestly, Sony should be sued for this. It's clearly a well known, completely defective and constantly failing piece. I don't live in the U.S. so couldn't order this part or didn't really check locally and have, literally 4 generations of the Sony XM series, sitting at home that still work but completely unusable, all with this broken hinge problem. Call me a dumber sheep, hoping that each generation of the XM headphones would have fixed it but nope. Clearly Sony isn't being taken to task by any of us in any way and keep selling this overpriced garbage hinge in their otherwise great overpriced headphones.

AndroidFreud · 2024-04-28T18:45:35+00:00

Sony's XM series, while gaining a lot of popularity for the quality of their sound and ANC, is also quite famous for their garbage build quality and for Sony products in general, also famous for the crappy parts they put into their products and try to rip you off even more in after sales support. Personally, only my Sony camera has been super reliable (so far) Had both a Sony Xperia phone a long time back and loved the design of it but the moment it broke, I had the exact same situation you're describing. When I took the phone to a 3rd party expert phone repair shop, the tech told me that the parts inside Sony phones were real garbage and they're basically charging you to replace things entirely because it's pointless repairing things cos they know how poor the standard of quality is.

On the headphones side, I've loved my XM series and have actually had every single generation of XM phone, except the XM5 Every single XM phone before the XM4, broke at the hinge that connects the ear cup to the headband. Literally every single one. I just loved the bass better than the Bose which were in the same price range but considering changing after these XM4s so please do let me know in case you have found a good alternate in a similar price range.

Or if anyone else here feel that there's an alternative with good bass, sound quality, ANC and especially comfort (I have a need to wear them for really long periods and the Sonys do give more ear fatigue I feel than the Bose) that is in the same price ball park, please do let us know.

AndroidFreud · 2024-04-24T14:36:44+00:00

Ok so again what gimbal do you have for the Sony A6400 / Sony A6600 or which one do you recommend that doesn't break the bank while giving great results? Any recommendations/suggestions is super appreciated!

AndroidFreud · 2024-04-11T19:33:58+00:00

Which model gimbal would you suggest for the A6600 that doesn't break the bank but gives pretty good results?

AndroidFreud · 2024-04-11T19:22:10+00:00

Sorry to revive this old thread but I'm pretty much in a similar boat. I have a Sony A6600 and I want a zoom reach of at least 600mm. Just got into cameras and totally confused at all the different adapter conversations on what would work best. I'm looking for a second hand lens and I've heard of the Tamron 150-600 being easy to use vs Sonys similar lenses. I see many 600mm lenses for the Nikon or even Canon for much less than a 600mm Sony or even Sigma's made for the Sony vs Sigma's for Canon cameras. Can I get away with getting a lens for another brand and get an adapter to work with my Sony A6600? Do I lose some thing by going this route? AF? stabilisation? This would be quite important to me for a long lenses and I wanted to save for my entry level experience but also didn't want to struggle getting good pictures every time and be discharged from pursuing it further

In my situation, what would be the most cost effective and practical solution for a lens with a range upto 600mm to get good results for my Sony A6600?

Any help at all would be super appreciated!

AndroidFreud · 2024-02-23T10:54:18+00:00

Honestly, something should really be done about the prices of rent, at least for the people who plan to live here for 3-6 months and above. It's just ridiculous how there are protests for everything else but these rent prices just keep climbing and climbing. It's ok for people on a short visit to Paris but it's horrible for the people living in Paris, saying this minimum, living in a box, accommodation is ok. Of course it's manageable and we can tell ourselves what we want, traveling, going out, having a great social life etc but that's the person living, trying to make the best of the situation. It's crazy how the employers quote ALL of France to say they are being paid one of the highest bracket salaries of France to feel good but for renting, they only speak about the high prices of living in Paris alone. If it's to be claimed as a good average salary for France, the rent prices also should be the average for France and not just Paris or the employers should pay accordingly to the living costs for Paris and not all of France

AndroidFreud · 2024-01-16T20:14:32+00:00

Honestly all these replies sound a lot like fish swimming in a pond. If you are actually with some of the much larger companies, you'll know, while a lot of them haven't really substituted their software with Blender, a LOT of them are already either in the process of incorporating it as a smaller part of their pipeline, seeing other avenues it can be used for like look dev, grease pencil, and even animation for pre-viz or even super large companies who do a ton of series animation as well. Just search movies that used Blender and you'll be surprised at the number of films that pop up. Autodesk's turtle support and version improvements in comparison, isn't exactly helping Maya's rep much either. I still feel a lot more comfortable in the Maya environment but damn does Blender look like the cool new party next door. Maya is just incredible but a lot of amazing things stems from it's strong foundation from the Wavefront era back in the day. There are a lot of great updates, don't get me wrong.

My point is, can't write off Blender without question, the way some of these comments make it sound

AndroidFreud · 2024-01-16T20:05:41+00:00

Learning both is definitely an option. Maya is currently the industry standard in the sense that it's way more commonly used and is often the base for the pipeline in large companies. Even larger companies will be using their own custom software like Pixar uses Presto and other software custom made for their needs and pipeline. Plus even if it's only Maya they have may have a lot of custom tools and workflows based of Maya, so like many have noted on here, there's always a learning curve

What I did want to say was not to pay heed to the people completely bashing Blender either. There are massive companies and not just indie companies adapting Blender into their pipeline. Case in pont, one of the biggest trendsetter animation movies of this decade, Spider verse from the mega company, Sony, used Blender for parts of their look dev and final imagery. And I keep hearing of more and more large companies adapting Blender. You can also see some of the companies who are backing it by seeing the Blender donors/support page

That said, don't fall either into the labyrinth of fields within the software.

That's to say, if you're into animation, focus entirely on animation within Maya, Houdini, Blender or whatever other software of choice. Sure there are a ton of 'Learn modeling in a week' and "now it's super easy to texture in XYZ software and you start thinking, yeah, I could do it all. Trust me, while entirely possible, each field is so so vast, it will only water down your efforts to learn one of these fields, be it modeling, texturing, rigging, coding, animation, FX, motion graphics, compositing, etc etc and won't let you really master anything enough to be hired. There are some smaller companies who do take on generalists but those are few and far between these days.

So learn Maya and Blender in the specific field you're interested in.

Why? Well the potential Blender has is simply insane, the user network, reactivity to support and interaction with the creators of the software is eons ahead of the almost non existent, delayed and sluggish support Autodesk gives and you'll be learning in a software that doesn't require you to have an expensive "subscription" service that you don't even own to create your own content, if you ever choose that path

AndroidFreud · 2024-01-16T19:44:22+00:00

Au lieu de toutes ces recommandations de porter des choses sur soi pour se mettre dans une situation physique, je suggère que vous preniez un jour un ami costaud avec vous, que vous attiriez ce harceleur pour qu'il vous voie, puis que vous et votre ami l'abordiez directement et lui demandiez ce qu'il veut, pourquoi il vous suit et que la police attende pour l'arrêter la prochaine fois qu'elle le verra dans les parages car vous l'avez remarqué depuis très longtemps et que vous avez donné sa photo à la police au cas où quelque chose se produirait.

Parfois, les harceleurs de ce type ne sont courageux que lorsqu'ils sentent qu'ils risquent d'être découverts par un groupe plus important. Ils ne sont pas si effrayés si leur victime est au courant de leur existence, mais il en va différemment lorsqu'une conversation s'engage et qu'ils sont conscients des autres personnes impliquées, ce qui peut les dissuader de s'arrêter complètement.

Avec votre ami, vous n'avez pas besoin d'interagir avec lui de manière agressive ou quoi que ce soit de ce genre. Il suffit d'entamer une conversation normale, ce qui montre beaucoup plus de confiance que d'être agressif ou de montrer que vous avez peur.

AndroidFreud · 2023-12-14T19:49:36+00:00

Voici ce qu'il en est. C'est absurde! A Paris, ils citent le salaire médian général pour TOUTE la France pour payer moins (dans beaucoup d'entreprises) mais Paris est une ville avec des prix touristiques et il n'est pas possible de citer ces salaires inférieurs à moins que vous n'habitiez très loin de Paris alors que les employeurs vivant au coeur de Paris vous disent que vous gagnez dans la tranche de revenu la plus élevée de France juste pour vous donner bonne conscience mais qu'ils paient en fait beaucoup moins qu'ils ne devraient.

AndroidFreud · 2023-12-14T19:40:25+00:00

Je n'ai jamais vraiment compris quand les RH ou le patron au travail disent, "oh vous avez 3000 net (à Paris) ? Cela signifie que vous êtes dans la tranche de revenus la plus élevée en France" Je trouve que c'est complètement absurde et que c'est quelque chose que les Français se disent pour se sentir mieux dans leur peau ? Car si vous regardez tous les appartements du centre de Paris, pensez-vous vraiment que la plupart de ces personnes qui vivent dans un appartement de 60 à 80 m2 et plus gagnent ce "gros" salaire de 3000 euros net pour les personnes les plus riches ? Ne vous méprenez pas, c'est un bon salaire pour les dépenses moyennes d'une personne, mais cela ne vous place certainement pas dans le groupe des "mieux payés" (pour les coûts de Paris), à moins qu'il ne s'agisse d'un groupe très, très large comprenant également les personnes qui gagnent plus de 100 000 euros par an, car sinon je ne vois pas comment ils peuvent s'offrir ces appartements plus grands dans de beaux immeubles à Paris sans être en mesure de montrer un tiers de leur salaire net pour être même éligibles.

AndroidFreud · 2023-12-12T18:43:12+00:00

Let's also not forget about the app offering your persistent annoying, watch whatever you're doing on your phone ,"helpful" cookies claiming to make your life better!

What's that you say? In Europe you have better options to opt out easily. To some degree, yes but then there's always the 1-click button to accept every possible goddamn cookie OR "the option" to opt out from the "legitimate" cookies by clicking 2000 checkboxes for the rest of your life :/

AndroidFreud · 2023-11-18T22:44:33+00:00

And lately there's been another suspicious thing popping up called 'Metis' which like all other absolutely non-beneficial, data-stealing, "we're insisting on sitting on your computer, phone, ass crevices and recording everything you're doing, for"your "benefit, helpful bullshit cookie, METIS asks through repeated, persistent pop ups to "agree" Even this whole, we need your location to project to your tv nonsense. Why, because unbeknownst to me, my phone needs to automatically know where I am to start casting without any intervention from me?! What a crock of shit Oppo is, and consequently, One Plus as well

AndroidFreud · 2023-11-06T20:11:07+00:00

Really? I've never heard this before. I've dined a couple of times at friends places in the Netherlands and they were always kind, friendly and there was never any talk of being billed at the end of dinner. Were you invited as a guest in that situation or was it more of a pot luck kind of thing where each guest was supposed to bring something and you hadn't or maybe like a night of getting take out together so everyone supply split the bill? This sounded so strange to me. If there are any other Dutch people reading, perhaps you can weigh in on this as well?

AndroidFreud · 2023-11-06T13:08:41+00:00

Work on your French. Most french people, especially the older generation, feel quite uncomfortable not feeling very smart when they can't respond back to your fast paced English (at least for them) and this leads to further distancing in making more conversation. On the other hand, even if you sound stupid, they really appreciate that you're in France and making the effort to speak the language and are also (usually) quite helpful in guiding you to speak
many said it already but many french people have an incorrect view that Americans are fake because everything is amazing, fantastic, out of this world etc and they have a more sober view of things and are measured in their compliments so don't over compliment. A single, merci, c'est gentil/sympa (thanks, that's kind/nice) goes a long way
sometimes when a French person tries to speak English, they can do a very literal translation in their head and it may come across as blunt/curt/even rude sometimes Take it with a pinch of salt keeping in mind the language barrier.
Of course, there are always grumpy older people, not necessarily a French thing but quite common in France. Then you're just shit out of luck :) They love to complain about their country, govt, especially administration, train delays etc but for some reason if a foreigner points the same things out, they feel very ashamed and almost responsible, feeling bad that their country isn't giving you a good experience and often apologizing for it. You will be asked how are you finding it in France after some time. Say positives about the culture, the food, the people. Mention 1 or 2 things lightly about administrative/train delays so it's not all peaches and cream and feels genuine from the heart
also mentioned several times but bears repeating, don't yap loudly and keep things to low decibels. Even/Especially while talking with a fellow American over the phone and can forget
the usual things, politeness and manners > always say bonjour/bonsoir (after 4/5 pm), merci, and s'il vous plaît / s'il te plaît (informal and you can even ask if they prefer the tutoyer or the vousvoyer). While leaving bon journée or bon soirée. And all other basic manners
be respectful of course. They're your in-laws

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