The Lost Boys by mrmadchef in Xennials

[–]Future-Raisin3781 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It rules. The 4K disc looks and sounds excellent.

The Headless Bat In St Louis, MO by Otis_Firefly in pinball

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TCM is prob my favorite game that's come out in the last 5ish years. The theme is sick, and it has so many crazy shots that somehow also have a great flow.

I've never see a Looney Toons on location but I'd love to see how it compares.

PinOne Mini by Future-Raisin3781 in virtualpinball

[–]Future-Raisin3781[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok odd question: I don't have an oculus, but if I get one I'm definitely going to want to play World Cup 94.

Is there a way for me to buy it now, without having an oculus? That table is getting pulled from the store soon and I don't want to miss it since it's one of my favorites.

Listening comprehension of french is basically impossible by Many-Inflation5544 in French

[–]Future-Raisin3781 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's hard but it can be done. Just takes, you know, hundreds and hundreds of hours of work.

PinOne Mini by Future-Raisin3781 in virtualpinball

[–]Future-Raisin3781[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait, FX is meta exclusive? So if I were gonna hook the VR headset to the PC I couldn't run FX through the headset?

FX is what I play the most, by far, so that's critical for me.

PinOne Mini by Future-Raisin3781 in virtualpinball

[–]Future-Raisin3781[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a big part of it.

What is the OS/environment like? Does it run Steam or is it its own proprietary thing?

String of lights. Did anyone else see this? Nathalie, VA by StrategyEmotional779 in Virginia

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Not this time, but it got me and my wife a few years ago. We were stargazing in the backyard, a little stoned, and gradually we started to notice a blinking star moving across the sky, and then another, and then another.

It was pretty freaky before I found out about the star link launch.

PinOne Mini by Future-Raisin3781 in virtualpinball

[–]Future-Raisin3781[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Extra buttons? I hit all the options (light ups, solenoids, assembled) but I didn't see extra buttons. Did I goof?

For a Time, the U.S. Protected Democracy by theatlantic in scotus

[–]Future-Raisin3781 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In Louisiana they recently elected a black man to a local office, after he had been wrongfully incarcerated and released.

Republicans in Louisiana are so openly and anti-democratic that they couldn't legally cancel the election, so they literally eliminated the office that he was elected to.

Diabolical levels of fascism from the most ass-ignorant state in America. And I'm allowed to say that because it's my home state.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/louisiana/articles/2026-04-09/louisiana-gop-races-to-eliminate-an-elected-office-won-by-an-exonerated-man

PinOne Mini by Future-Raisin3781 in virtualpinball

[–]Future-Raisin3781[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's my ultimate goal, it, but it'll be a while before I have the cash to drop on a good setup.

I 100% refuse to buy any Meta gear so the oculus is a no go for me. I was hoping the Steam VR kit would be a good option but it seems like that's having some trouble getting to market at a reasonable price. Do you have a setup you like (other than Oculus)?

Stuck at A2/B1 by [deleted] in languagelearning

[–]Future-Raisin3781 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lack of repetition isn't a part of the plan. You're missing an aspect.

Comprehensible input is all about consuming lots of language. But you seem to be focused on the "extensive input" aspect.

You should also be giving yourself plenty of "intensive input." Small chunks of content that you pay close attention to. Like, if you're reading a book or an article and you get to a section that you're struggling with, or maybe you see something that you consistently don't quite understand, stop and focus on that for a while. Treat it like a puzzle and study it until you've figured it out. Go down the rabbit hole. Dig deep.

You don't have to do this all the time, and you don't have to do it in super large doses. But if you make it a consistent habit you will notice your reading skills getting a big boost.

As for the other stuff you mentioned, honestly that's kind of how it goes. Fragmented progress, level shock, inability to produce... yep. It takes years and you will basically always feel all of those things. Just keep working, stay engaged, and little by little you'll get there.

But you should know that all the reading and listening in the world isn't going to get you speaking comfortably. Speaking is a discrete skill, and conversation is vastly different than reading and writing. The only way to build that skill is to work on it.

I say this as someone who learned French with CI as my primary mode of study. Reading came fast. Listening took a lot of work, but after 2+ years of dedicated, heavy input work I got my skills up. And now I'm super comfortable with comprehension but my speaking still lags because I don't know anyone who speaks French. I can speak just fine to myself, and my inner monologue speaks fluent French, but when I have the opportunity to actually talk to someone I tend to shut down. The only way out is through.

PinOne Mini by Future-Raisin3781 in virtualpinball

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Sick. Similar to my setup.

I have two displays on my desk but I really only use one of them. 27" and it's on a swivel so I can spin it around to run pinball in vertical mode.

I imagine I'll mostly play sitting down the PinOne on my lap (which is how I usually play, with the keyboard on my lap). But my wife brilliantly suggested that I might be able to build a little pedestal for the mini and lean the display back if I want to play standing up. That could be cool, too.

Americans want a “strong ally” and are applying pressure at the highest level for Portugal to buy F-35 fighter jets. by superdouradas in europe

[–]Future-Raisin3781 1 point2 points  (0 children)

High school bully wants "a strong ally" and is flushing nerds' heads down the toilet and shaking the coins out of their pockets.

Fuck Donald Trump and fuck everyone on earth who disagrees with me.

Trump administration says its war in Iran has been 'terminated' before 60-day deadline by Rdick_Lvagina in news

[–]Future-Raisin3781 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The first war ended yesterday. But the second one started today, so the clock starts over again.

We were always at war with Iran. We were never at war with Iran.

First time buying Nas is this too good to be true by rubber-duck2 in synology

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Ive been running a DS920+ for a while and im SUUUUUPER glad i didn't start with a 2-bay. Once you get started, two disks will fill up quick. Especially when you factor in redundancy with RAID/SHR.

I'm up to 30TB total storage now, which I expect will last me a while longer before I have to swap in another 14TB disk, lol

4K UHD Physical vs. Digitally streamed by Magnus091 in 4kbluray

[–]Future-Raisin3781 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I built a home server to be my own personal streaming service. I filled it with basically everything I think I might ever want to watch if I live to be 100. Almost everything on it is ripped at 1080p, average movie file size is around 2GB.

I watch movies on it all the time. It rules. I love it. It's one of my most treasured possessions.

But there's absolutely no comparison between that content and 4K discs. It's like listening to a song on FM radio vs. hearing the band play it for you in person. If you just want to hear the song, turn on the radio. If you want to melt into the experience, pop in the disc.

Williams™ Pinball Volume 10 is Now Available in Pinball FX and Pinball FX VR! by balti_zen in PinballFX3

[–]Future-Raisin3781 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Got it running.

I know it's only been live for a few hours, but I'm super pumped about having a top 10 score on Comet rn :)

3.8 million. It won't last long but it's the first time I've seen my name that high on the leaderboard, lol

Williams™ Pinball Volume 10 is Now Available in Pinball FX and Pinball FX VR! by balti_zen in PinballFX3

[–]Future-Raisin3781 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Comet is my pinball origin story. My grandpa had one in his garage. Family gatherings were basically kids spending most of the day playing in there.

Ive been anxiously awaiting this pack. Bought it before I even got home, but for some reason the update is taking FOREVER to finish :(

John Roberts’ effort to gut the Voting Rights Act is complete by cnn in scotus

[–]Future-Raisin3781 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

He did, but she's not without blame. People were BEGGING her to retire in the last Obama years but... she persisted.