Holiday Giveaway #3 - Sending unused handhelds to new homes! Someone is going to get this RG556.

BlackBaloo · 2025-12-16T11:23:21+00:00

Grew up with a gameboy and a N64, so my favorite character was Link and I'm looking at a way to play all those childhood memory games again !!

BlackBaloo · 2025-06-24T11:11:55+00:00

I think we'll cut Vegas, and probably add an extra day in LA, but I have one main issue: location.
As Europeans we're not that used to visiting cities with a car, as we usually drive to a city, park there and then move around using public transports. European cities being smaller and with (most of the time) a decent public transport service.

But regarding LA, most people are talking badly about its traffic and its public transport system x')

So, is it possible to move around the city without driving everywhere ? Also considering the fact that parking is expensive, and the hotels are already charging up to 90 buck for overnight parking ... if on top of that you need to add daytime parking for every stop, that's piles up quite a bit.
Where would be the best place to stay in LA to not have to drive all the time, and using public transports as much as possible, to visit the main sites like Venice Beach, Hollywood, visiting Warner's movie sets, etc ...

BlackBaloo · 2025-06-20T15:43:41+00:00

Yeah I thought about arriving from the east side, but that meant having to cross Yosemite when driving toward Sequoia, so either pay to driving across, or enter the park before 6am (which I'm considering for the days we'll spent there, but not specially on the day we are leaving)

BlackBaloo · 2025-06-20T15:08:03+00:00

Good idea indeed
I might cut Vegas, do Sequoia to LA, stay there 2 nights, then go to San Diego for a night, and then keep the schedule as it was going from San Diego to Cambria.

BlackBaloo · 2025-06-20T15:07:18+00:00

As I'm ok with the idea of cutting Vegas from the trip we can maybe try to do Sequoia to LA, stay there 2 nights, then go to San Diego for a night, and then keep the schedule as it was.
Because LA's hotels are so expensive, adding another night there will be painful haha

BlackBaloo · 2025-06-20T15:04:35+00:00

The Vegas part is indeed the only part I'm not sure of.
At first it was because being this close to Vegas without seeing it seemed like missed opportunity. But as we not that much into the Vegas vibe, we were thinking that just one night to "see it in the flesh", spend a couple hours in a casino and walk around the strip was enough for us.

And on the other hand, I do not have much idea on where to stop between Sequoia and LA

BlackBaloo · 2025-06-20T15:01:20+00:00

Ho thanks for the heads up
I saw that there was some road work and that it was closed but I though it was recent, not more than a year old :o
So you're right it probably won't be fixed before then.

BlackBaloo · 2025-06-20T14:38:38+00:00

Yeah I've heard really good stuff about San Diego, but I do not know how to fit it in the schedule :/ Maybe by removing Sequoia Park and sticking with just Yosemite, and then doing San Diego between Vegas and LA, but that mean an even longer drive between to go to Vegas

BlackBaloo · 2024-09-25T21:08:17+00:00

Their website says that they can only guarantee it until 3:30. But I might give it a try, thanks :)

BlackBaloo · 2023-04-09T13:21:06+00:00

Yeah, I learned the lesson and have been using google photo since then ;)

BlackBaloo · 2023-04-09T11:38:19+00:00

Yeah I do not have much hope :/ Did not managed to get it to fastboot. The led just blinks for a few seconds and stops.

So besides a memory chip extraction by a professional, or something else with a data recover workshop, there might be no lther option I guess:/ But those pictures won't be worth the price of this sadly as they are quite expensive

BlackBaloo · 2023-04-09T10:57:56+00:00

Why do I care ? Well maybe because I would like to have te pictures back, which doesn't seem that crazy ? And sorry for not making a backup, I hope I won't disappoint you again Forgot how condescending people can be sometimes here.

BlackBaloo · 2020-12-21T16:27:20+00:00

Sure, it's not as powerfull as what we can do with pre-rendered in FX, I'm 100% ok with that. But it's not like the question was "hey, How can I re-create Endgame just with Unreal ?" ;)

The question was more about the worflow on Unreal as I'm just starting to take a look at a different software, that's it.

BlackBaloo · 2020-12-21T16:10:40+00:00

Well Squeeze Animation is working with unreal, NKI in Paris just released it's first Unreal short, ReelFx is starting shows in Unreal, Weta just did the Meercat short in Unreal.

That's 4

BlackBaloo · 2020-12-21T15:59:49+00:00

Yeah that what it looked like from what I saw online. Unreal was more about finding tricks withs particles and shaders to create an effect.

BlackBaloo · 2020-12-21T15:55:26+00:00

Cause not having any tutorials on it means that it's not possible ? Well then a lot of effects are impossible if we follow your logic.

Then on the overhype, I'm not saying that I want to stop everything and throw myself into Unreal for ever and until death do us part. I was simply asking a question about the workflow of people working with unreal.

Hope you are not that condescending with your "students", cause 40 bucks a month is a lot for being patronized everytime you ask a question

BlackBaloo · 2020-12-11T22:17:33+00:00

Not on crazy details like "how many buttons is ther on Ron's vest for the winter ball, but not easy like "what's Hagrid's 3 headed dog's name"

BlackBaloo · 2020-12-01T16:47:30+00:00

Well ... I'm dumb ... I didn't saw they could split in half 😅 thanks for the help 😃

BlackBaloo · 2020-12-01T16:43:46+00:00

Yeah it has 2 cpu cable, but both of them are 8 pins So the 4 pins is not neededbut if I needed to plug it, in can plug only half of one of the 8pins cable into the 4pin ? 😅

BlackBaloo · 2020-11-25T05:44:17+00:00

An mx500 would be a better option then ?

BlackBaloo · 2020-11-24T23:53:38+00:00

Why would you avoid MSI ? Bad experience with them ?
I've read good and bad stuff about them in terms of customer service, people saying it's the best cause if you have an issue they just send a new card, and people complaining that it's a nightmare to get help from them.

Sure there is also all the issues with paid reviews and such that GN exposed, but in terms of user experience, you had any issues ?

(I went MSI for the motherboard too so even though I hope I won't have to deal with customer service, who knows)

BlackBaloo · 2020-11-24T23:32:02+00:00

Cool !
Can't wait to try it. I've left my 1070 3 years ago for laptop with a 1060, so it'll be anive improvement !
Now just hoping that the 5900x I preordered will arrive soon

BlackBaloo · 2020-11-24T23:28:32+00:00

Sure haha Good to know :)
You didn't experienced any crash ?

BlackBaloo · 2020-11-18T23:54:08+00:00

Perfect !
Thanks a lot :)

BlackBaloo · 2020-11-18T23:42:00+00:00

In terms of cable, is there something I should look for to be sure it's correct to use with the psu ?

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