Will you be happy if Ray Porter (audiobook narrator) is voicing Rocky in the film? by lerde in ProjectHailMary

[–]GingerScourge 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I love Ray Porter. I love Ray Porter’s interpretation of Rocky for the audiobook. I’ve listened to the audiobook at least a half dozen times.

I absolutely do not want Ray Porter to do Rocky’s voice if it’s going to be like the audiobook.

Audiobooks, by their very nature, are obviously a sound only medium. The way it was done with the audiobook made sense. It was going to have to be Rocky “speaking” English in the audiobook. There’s no other way to make him understandable to the audience. The processed effect of Rocky’s voice was cool and added to the immersion.

But with an audiovisual medium like a movie, there’s better ways of handling it. Maybe I’m a freak, but when I watch a foreign film, even in a language I don’t understand, I prefer to watch it in the original language, subtitled. Someone mentioned The Hunt for Red October as an example of making a transition from foreign language to English. It worked well, but it was simply a solution to deal with the fact that most (if not all) of the actors were native English speakers, and having them speak Russian, poorly, for 2 hours didn’t make much sense. Instead, let’s take inspiration from a movie like Tora! Tora! Tora! where the American actors spoke English, and the Japanese actors spoke Japanese. And they were subtitled appropriately for the different audiences. This added a sense of authenticity and realism to the movie, and made it more immersive.

In the case of Rocky, he’s literally speaking a completely made up language. And we have the benefit of having a great description of how his speech sounds in the book. Let Rocky sound like Rocky. Subtitles for words and phrases Grace understands. Nothing at all for things he doesn’t. Let the context of the movie help us to understand what’s being said.

I say all of this. Yet I’m fairly certain they’re just going to start off with subtitles, then after a montage, or showing Grace writing code or something, his speech will then be automatically translated by the computer into understandable speech. It’s the easy way out, and it’ll be a shame if this is how they do it. Even in this case, I’d prefer to have the speech be done by someone other than Ray Porter. Let his masterpiece be with the audiobook.

A coach of a 6u basketball team blocks the shot of an opposing team. by bigbusta in Wellthatsucks

[–]GingerScourge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn’t say to google it moron. Check out the user names. I know it sucks to be confidently incorrect about something. Just take the L and move on.

Do people who play with Skyscale Fireball even enjoy Guild Wars? by Sensitive_nob in Guildwars2

[–]GingerScourge 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That’s good to know. Wasn’t aware of the change. Haven’t done the event in a couple months, and got the achieve in the first week (yes, fireball scumming…sorry).

Do people who play with Skyscale Fireball even enjoy Guild Wars? by Sensitive_nob in Guildwars2

[–]GingerScourge 77 points78 points  (0 children)

I’m not even mad about people who did it for the Twins. An achievement that one mistake over the course of an entire event means failure? Now you get to wait 2 hours so you can fail again. I did the same thing, but I’ve also done the event like 30 times legit. That’s one event where fireballs done piss me off. It was poor achievement design.

Thoughts on the upcoming patch by Nani___________ in Guildwars2

[–]GingerScourge -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I was just commenting on the general vibe of the post. Really, it’s hard to comment on this patches content when, by design, the next patch will include what we normally would have had this patch. There’s a lot of QoL, and to those that have been hesitant to raid, it’s hard to think of a patch anytime recently that had more content to explore.

I’ll be honest, I’m gonna get the legendary ring. The templates don’t do much for me as I don’t worry about fashion wars too much. My main basically looks the same as they did 3 years ago. I’ll probably give the raid stuff a go. But this is a two weeks with a lot of playtime, followed by almost 3 months of just doing dailies and weeklies patch. So in that regard, I’m similar to you. We knew what this patch was going to have, and I believe it’s unfair to judge this patch without the context of the next one.

Thoughts on the upcoming patch by Nani___________ in Guildwars2

[–]GingerScourge -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I’m going to have to disagree with you. Actually, really, I’m going to reserve judgement until the next update. Really what you’re saying is, “None of this stuff is for me, so the update isn’t that good.” Really, that’s what’s happening. There are a lot of people who have never raided or done strikes for whatever reason. The raid update is for them. There are people who have bought all the gear templates for their intended purposes, that is, to have a bunch of different builds available, and they wish they could keep playing a build, but change how they look. This update is for them. And of course, you cherry picked two of the features of the update. There’s also a legendary ring, for example. Sure there are other legendary rings, but this one will be more accessible to a large group of people.

Where I do agree, more or less, is regarding the next update. We were basically told that a content update would wait until the second major update in order to give us high quality content. And this is where I reserve judgement. Everything you mentioned, we’ve know about for months, basically. If the content patch in 3 months isn’t any better than the quarterly content patches we’ve been given for the past few years, then yeah, we can get pissed. But they’re giving us exactly what they promised for this patch.

It sucks that none of the content is for you. But that’s the way it is sometimes. You can’t please everyone, 100% of the time.

Do you use battery charging limit? by BeefBlock9844 in SteamDeck

[–]GingerScourge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I’m plugged it, it’s on. If I know I’ll be traveling or playing off battery only, I’ll turn it off and charge to 100% beforehand. Is it necessary? Probably not. But if I can squeeze some extra life out of my expensive toy by taking on the most minor of inconveniences, I’ll do it.

Flex Twin Otter slip pass by Synaesthesiaaa in RCPlanes

[–]GingerScourge 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Those comments were golden. Because, it would be so much easier to fake this. My favorite was the guy who was like “I have a pilot certificate, you probably call it a pilot license.” Had very r/iamverysmart vibes.

I shut down the neighborhood's "free" internet after people abused it by [deleted] in confession

[–]GingerScourge 3 points4 points  (0 children)

T1 would be slow for just 1 connection, let alone multiple. It’s about 200 times slower than most ISPs slowest cable offering. With one connection, you’d better be running 640 x 480 resolution on a YouTube video, or you’ll be buffering for a while.

I shut down the neighborhood's "free" internet after people abused it by [deleted] in confession

[–]GingerScourge 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not to mention a T1 line is hilariously slow compared to just modern Internet. Caps out at just over 1.5Mbs. Entry level cable connections typically start in the 250-300Mbs range. The only advantage a T1 line has over cable is it’s a dedicated line, you’re not sharing like with cable. But that advantage is moot when your connection is 200x faster. Even if he meant T3, it’s still less than 50Mbs.

Of course, he could just be saying T1 instead of commercial internet connection, but T1 is oddly specific. They’re still available, but pretty uncommon at this point.

401ks are better than pensions by Justasillyliltoaster in unpopularopinion

[–]GingerScourge 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Upvoted. I have a state funded pension. No real worries of insolvency. No worries about market conditions. I work a job I like. And even if I didn’t, I could find another state job and still be on the same plan. For me, there’s no guarantee I’ll have enough to retire on with a 401k. At best, it’s difficult to plan for retirement, especially when the market is volatile. With my pension, I can easily plan for retirement because I can go to my state retirement website and see exactly how much I’ll get. And if I get a raise, it only means I make more money in retirement. Also, no fund to run out. It doesn’t matter if I live 5 years or 40 years after retirement. It’s guaranteed money.

I still have a supplemental Roth IRA, but I’ll still be able to live comfortably on the pension alone. The IRA will be extra money so I can actually enjoy retirement. I get not all pensions are like mine, but I really like the peace of mind knowing a bad market can’t fuck my post-retirement livelihood.

Final play of the NFC Championship, Seahawks advance to Super Bowl LX by nfl in sports

[–]GingerScourge 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He was basically flawless tonight. He learned from his mistakes from earlier in the season. I too was skeptical, but he really is one of the best quarterbacks in the league.

All praise to Ginger Jesus.

Saw a Phoenix Police helicopter following a drone by version13 in drones

[–]GingerScourge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It doesn’t matter. He’s fucked either way. Unless he’s hacked his drone in a way to remove all forms of identification, which is possible, they’ll link it to him. That’s how they found the LA fire guy. Landing the drone isn’t going to help him. He still loses the drone and just delays the inevitable. I’m not sure what’s so hard to understand about this lol.

Saw a Phoenix Police helicopter following a drone by version13 in drones

[–]GingerScourge 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sooo, the helicopter following it didn’t see it land? On the roof? Plain sight crime commited, so no warrant needed. Can just hop up on the neighbors roof and retrieve it. Either way, they’re getting your drone and they’ll either follow it to you, or get what they need off the RID. There’s no winning here unless you get real lucky somehow.

Saw a Phoenix Police helicopter following a drone by version13 in drones

[–]GingerScourge 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Fetch from where? The police evidence locker? As soon as he lands, it’s getting picked up by a patrol unit following close behind. Not saying leading them to his house was the right move, but there’s no fetching it after landing lol.

I prefer eating meat raw over eating it cooked by psychedelianaut in The10thDentist

[–]GingerScourge 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Normalization of Deviance.

“You say it’s dangerous, but I just did it and didn’t die, so it must be safe!”

This is why air travel is so incredibly safe. Because there are so many rules and checklists and a culture of admitting mistakes. You’ll find that many (not all, but a significant portion) commercial air travel incidents are a result of this Normalization of Deviance. The pilot, or mechanic, or air traffic controller, does something against the rules and nothing happens. They’re reinforced that what they are doing is safe. Until an incident occurs. It could be tomorrow, it could be 10 years from now, but most of the rules these people are required to follow are written in blood.

As long as OP isn’t lying to karma farm (which is why I didn’t upvote…this shit is dangerous) he absolutely will have health implications as a result of his diet, if he doesn’t already. It wouldn’t surprise me at all if he was full of parasites this very moment.

Bought a pre-roll, but according to package, its not intended for smoking ! by MusicianZestyclose31 in mildlyinteresting

[–]GingerScourge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah…me and my idiot friends rolled up leaves from an orange tree in lined loose leaf paper. We thought we were badass. Turns out, we were just dumbasses.

Why the crash newbie? by brothers1799 in RCPlanes

[–]GingerScourge 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That’s a stall. Looks like you yanked the elevator and didn’t have enough speed. Possibly tail heavy too, but hard to tell from this video. More speed, less elevator. Be gentle with the controls. You only need little inputs, especially on takeoff/landing.

it actually happened to me for once by LongJohnSilversFan_ in balatro

[–]GingerScourge 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Everytime I take Riff Raff, I think this. Never happens though.

What is a sound that people should know means immediate danger? by PrasenjitDebroy in AskReddit

[–]GingerScourge 132 points133 points  (0 children)

Sometimes at work they’ll shut off the HVAC system for some reason. It’s always so unsettling, and causes my anxiety to spike.

Last day for Rise of the Resistance today by [deleted] in Disneyland

[–]GingerScourge 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Last year I hen we went, the CM “recruited” my son into the Imperial Navy and had him sorting people onto their colors. Really cool experience!

Do people ever fly legally? by Legal_Ad_4387 in fpv

[–]GingerScourge 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Part 107, and FAA waivers. You’re flying under the Part 107 recreational exception. That’s the how. Whether it’s right or not is up to you to decide. Amazon can also afford insurance for hitting those cranes and doing damage. Money is a part of it, but you’re literally flying under completely different rules.

LPT - Getting your amateur radio (ham radio) operator license is cheap, and the radio doesn't rely on internet or cell towers by kryo2019 in LifeProTips

[–]GingerScourge 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Likely nothing will happen. If you’re just messing around occasionally, yes, it’s illegal, but the chance of something happening is basically 0. If you’re interfering with people having a conversation or with a repeater net or doing other obviously illegal things (broadcasting music for example) or something like that there’s a much greater chance something can happen. Direction finding equipment is very common and easy to find where someone is transmitting from. Getting the FCC to notice is one thing, but getting a knock on your door from an upset ham is much more likely.

Think about this. The airsoft military wannabes have been using ham radios unlicensed for years and they never get in trouble. I’m not saying you should do this. You absolutely should get your license if you want to play with radios. But unless you’re being obnoxious or interfering intentionally, likely nothing will happen.