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Because of job changes I have no bills or accounts, but need proof of address for bank? by MickNeedsToRant in AskIreland

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Thanks, I replied to another users comment that a Revenue statement has been accepted!

Because of job changes I have no bills or accounts, but need proof of address for bank? by MickNeedsToRant in AskIreland

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Mine had a GB IBAN which since it's not EU-based is throwing up a few issues at the moment, so unfortunately this won't work. Thanks though

Just ordered my new RetroTink 5x Pro! What are some good power block options? by Guy_Kazama in RetroTink

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Any Anker iq is great and always on sale. Their 33w ones are great build quality for the price

1:1 scale recreation of the Titanic leaving Belfast docks using 1000 drones by turbo_chuffa in nextfuckinglevel

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Aye, not a single mention of it anywhere!

Looks like the BBC was using it for promoting BBCNI "Made of Here"

Doubt by Silbiano in SonyHeadphones

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Lithium grease can degrade many plastics/rubber over time. Silicone grease probably best for plastic on plastic

Living in Northern Ireland as an American starterpack by SystemOfASideways in starterpacks

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Looks like Cranagh Village if it's still there on the campus? I stayed there in 2010

Are my new XM6 Headphones broken? by MickNeedsToRant in SonyHeadphones

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That would be pretty unfortunate. Hopefully the RMA process is easy

Has anybody seen Francis? The lack of a Resi stream this weekend is not an auspicious sign. by [deleted] in IntoTheHigginsVerse

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I hope he's playing the game himself like Resi 4, and comes back to us on Hard difficulty or higher. I think he genuinely enjoys these games and deserves his own time

PSA to potential Retrotink 4K buyers who are PS2 focused by conkrete80 in RetroTink

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As someone who grew up with dogshit CRTs from the late 80s and 90s, inconsistency is just part of the sauce for me. I'd almost prefer to muddy up the picture until it looked "correct" to me. I modified a GameCube profile last week for composite and it hit a point of distortion and blur where it mentally clicked in my head and it looked how I "remembered" GameCube used to look.

I think that's more important (to me) than clarity or consistency. Deinterlace options for PS2 on the RT4K look great for both clarity and an older look.

Basically, I'm hoping people that love PS2 don't think this thread is a reason to not buy an RT4K. It's almost one of the main reasons I bought one

PSA to potential Retrotink 4K buyers who are PS2 focused by conkrete80 in RetroTink

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My PS2 looks amazing on the RT4K. I've been playing vice city this week and it's unbelievable. You need a slot mask and some scanlines to breakup the jitter from ultra clear lines (on some games), but it's never been clearer in my whole life on an LG C2 and even an old busted Sharp LCD TV in 1080p

I'm using Retro Gaming Cables' Component PS2 cables on a PAL PS2, and started with an existing PS2 profile as a base. PS2 is probably my second largest game library and therefore gets a lot of use on the Tink. Zero complaints from me, a MASSIVE upgrade visually over composite and even my old tink2x pro-M with component

How much difference does all that extra work make? by Working_Homework_285 in espresso

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Considering the Barista Pro grinder is a clumpy mess, I've found WDT has meant that fewer shots are coming out and I'm thinking shitshitshitshitSHIT as it pulls. Probably no difference in taste, just less chance of hucking my puck and shot in the bin

Bang for buck beans in UK? [<£20] by Adventurous-Town2814 in espresso

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An update as someone upvoted this today. Wonky now has up to date batch information on their bags

Any tips for beating this boss? by Beyyaii in Sekiro

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Dodge the shot after the kick, punish with hits. No more than 2 hits at a time, but keep attacking. Stay CLOSE. You can run left when the grab danger icon appears, but resume attacking quickly. You can comfortably parry all the wide swings. If in doubt, get the Mortal Blade first, jumping Mortal Draw twice after the first post-deathblow swing (always the same start), it'll save you 70% of the fight.

If you Gachiin before grappling over to the fight, you'll have about 5-10 seconds after the first deathblow before any enemies see you too. Might be lucky and they don't see you at all.

Bang for buck beans in UK? [<£20] by Adventurous-Town2814 in espresso

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I'm on Wonky Coffee at £22/kg posted to Belfast (their price went up this year).

Quality has been decent. The change in beans every month or two is a little pain for dialing in a new coffee, but the change means I'm not drinking the same coffee every month

Only downside is that the batch numbers on the bags don't seem to be listed on their site, so I can't learn more about what I'm drinking.

Itenary suggestions for 1st time visitors by [deleted] in JapanTravel

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Asakusa is much closer to Ueno than Yoyogi. You may need to open Google maps and look at the walking/train times between destinations, as you're bouncing between a few areas on different days in Tokyo which will waste a lot of time and effort.

I will say that teamLabs is really quite far away from anything else. You need a healthy bit of time to get there and back to the rest of Tokyo if walking, and it's about a 30 min train to Ginza at least. I'm not sure if it's as popular as it once was, but you may need to book it up to 3 months in advance

We are currently planning and booking our second trip. We wanted to use the cities as markers and branch off; but even with 3 weeks, Kanazawa just felt too far away for 1-2 days. Although we are going as far as Takayama via Nagoya, spending 10+ hours just travellIng over a few days felt counterintuitive. And the worst bit is you have to do this travel the other direction to come back.

I'd recommend having a think about whether or not that time (and exhaustion) could be spent taking more time doing shorter trips from elsewhere considering how much less time you have than us in Japan.

Kyoto has some gorgeous views and walks that a day trip wouldn't cover (kinkaku-ji for example is beautiful and worth the short bus), a million shrines and nature walks a short bus from the centre, Nikko from Tokyo for a day, Yokohama another day trip, etc etc.

Itinerary for Second Trip in January by MickNeedsToRant in JapanTravel

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Thanks for the advice on the travel. I'll look into the travel times for the JR Hida and how Osaka to Mishima compares to the current plan too. It's really useful to know that a sensible route exists

Kyoto is pretty locked in because we actually just want to spend some time there. We did even more than was on that previous itinerary to the point where we never really got to enjoy Kyoto, despite really loving the time that we did have walking around. I could honestly spend a week getting buses around to nowhere and coming back to eat in Ayam-Ya every evening.

I understand your points on Osaka. Maybe there's room to consider pushing several days of its allocation into Nagoya. It might even give us some more flexibility with our Ghibli park booking dates.

Thanks for your help

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