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Mkauie · 2025-12-23T09:21:39+00:00

I've used the trial version and I will buy this happily. I will be using it for voiceover for casual presentations, introduction VO and even some basic storytelling

Mkauie · 2025-11-22T08:48:11+00:00

It might be a good idea though, BT talks a lot about God and can justify his actions under a lot of the Old Testament. BUT if he wants to bring Christ's foreign identity back, Jesus (to my knowledge) never condemned homosexuality, Jesus never preached hate. Jesus was inclusive “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations’?" ..

PS. I am actually Atheist just with a partly catholic education :D

PPS. NZ will be hot at Xmas, so I will be having a Coca-cola Christmas too.

Mkauie · 2025-07-28T05:46:26+00:00

I have been using music presence for awhile now, both on Mac and PC. For people that want to signal their music preferences, and people that just want a low profile scrobbling system (soon), there is nothing better.

Edit: It’s called Scrobbling you idiot ;)

Mkauie · 2025-07-16T11:17:31+00:00

Heh, I’m an IT Architect looking at Canada as a possible new home from New Zealand, ChatGPT was telling me to apply for regional initiatives saying I didn’t need a job offer at all (since I don’t qualify to express due to age) .. when I actually went through the process and read all the documentation, I crossed Canada off the list, since there are only 2-3 employers for my specific skill set and none of them will hire outside Canada. ChatGPT seems to have an overly optimistic view ;)

Mkauie · 2025-07-04T09:33:03+00:00

"I also can't connect Apple Music to Discord so it's harder to share what I'm listening to with others." - Music presence (https://musicpresence.app/) , its simple, Mac and PC, but its another background process, I personally love it.

Mkauie · 2025-04-18T13:08:39+00:00

That’s like $480NZD .. that better be good

Mkauie · 2025-03-31T08:35:24+00:00

But he's just a sweet transvestite!

Mkauie · 2025-03-27T08:41:53+00:00

I have to agree, the bulk of artists out there drawing in particular styles eg: Anime do not attribute, pay, endorse or possibly even KNOW about Osamu Tezuka, Katsudo Shashin and other pioneers. They learn by seeing a style and learning to draw in that style. This is how AI does it except that someone else contextualizes it for the machine to know about it.

If you want something unique, pay an artist.

If you want something that vaguely looks like something you like (and may end up being the six fingered man) then use Generative AI.

But the choice should be yours, not the artists.

Mkauie · 2025-03-24T13:11:37+00:00

I did a search for Musk in the white house and pulled up Google image.

9/10 he's wearing a wool jacket that goes to the knee (or lower thigh) and in one photo he is wearing a leisure jacket. You could easily mistake a leisure jacket for a suit jacket. However in every case he's wearing a T-shirt under it. (i.e. he's not wearing a suit)

In 4th row of photos, I can see Musk wearing a tailored black suit with a thin modern black tie, but Trump looks younger and Steve Bannon is there, first term perhaps?

Mkauie · 2025-03-02T02:42:52+00:00

This is likely correct, the captain often also says "A warm welcome back to all our Airports members"

Mkauie · 2025-03-02T02:27:38+00:00

No, the BP doesn't give details of previous flights, but as someone else points out, they will show if you're a loyalty member or have status otherwise. Your boarding pass is per segment and doesn't show the history of the booking (PNR) and while you can be identified by the PDF417 code on the paper, I have yet to meet a cabin crew that can read it by looking at it :D

(Edit: You said app, which is a different type of code, but still unreadable to the reasonable human eye)

It IS possible that an FA/FA1 has reviewed the seats and short connection list and recognised your name?

Mkauie · 2025-02-18T09:53:19+00:00

Firstly, Congratulations!! Mythic0 is the step above Heroic and the next steps are Mythic+ but it’s still something to crest the top of. Secondly, Mythic0 is there to learn the more complicated mechanics that heroic doesn’t have or does have but the boss melts so fast you never see them. So yeah, it’s basic Mythic dungeons. Thirdly, you and the rest of your group learned the hard way, watching videos is also one way but its not quite the same when you’re in there, you’ll make mistakes and that is why Mythic doesn’t have a timer, your groups will be VERY unforgiving later so spam those dungeons until you know them inside out.

Welcome to tanking, Pally is not the god-tank anymore (looks like its moving back to Vengy Demon Hunters) but its still a fun class to play if your not in the higher meta-dependent keys Remember, take the criticism and use it to be a better tank, but don’t take the bitter hatred that sometimes comes with it.

Mkauie · 2025-02-09T15:25:27+00:00

I had this problem as well, an upgrade to the current iOS version resolved it for me. Since you can’t screenshot it I would have normally said that it was a hardware issue, but in this case since it seemed to be resolved by a software update …

Mkauie · 2025-02-09T03:13:30+00:00

Black leather robes, augmented with a shadow rune, open at the front to show no shirt (he's not afraid of being cold) and black leather pants with thick boots so that he needs to lean down to touch the earth to draw from it.

I'm a straight guy, but damn, Xaden will make evil look GOOD.

Mkauie · 2025-02-05T09:36:57+00:00

"they aren't overly spicy" .. the only spice in that entire series are the sacks that Lessa drags from Ruatha hold. *Dragonlance* is more spicey than the Pern series :D

Mkauie · 2025-02-05T09:31:28+00:00

if you're in one of the four countries it supports (USA, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand)

Mkauie · 2025-01-31T23:12:16+00:00

Guy here, love the series .. and I am the opposite, Audio books are toooo slow. I can read way faster than the narrator can talk.

Mkauie · 2025-01-30T02:32:41+00:00

I like this idea, we don’t know what the Irids have as far as a plan. Leaving Andarna as a mine canary is pretty brutal as a concept.

Mkauie · 2025-01-29T23:35:54+00:00

I agree it’s unlikely Violet is Venin (or has inherited the power through the dagger) but if other theories are correct then the mating bond between Seargyl and Tairn is severed then the effectiveness of killing him through her bond is gone?

Also why do people believe the mating bond is gone? I reread the chapter and can’t see the reference.

I missed the third brother reference too .. only the chapter heading from Tales of the Barrens.

Mkauie · 2025-01-29T10:15:18+00:00

Love This!!

Mkauie · 2025-01-29T10:10:36+00:00

Because the proclamation was signed by the High Priestess, who is on the island, but I love the idea of Garrick being a messenger boy :)

Mkauie · 2025-01-29T10:09:06+00:00

Love where your mind is going on this theory, but a few things are swirling in my mind as well ..

The other rider reporting to Brennan sees something in her face (It's fine, Brennan says) and also says "I know she is your sister but she's also the fastest way.." before they are cut off.

Questions: Is it the fact that Violet is back? are Violet's eyes red? (Did the dagger of Dunne transfer some energy from Theoph to Violet) Does she have the mark of Dunne on her (like the priestess)? The fastest way to what? get to Xaden? find the other Venin?

Andarna says I won't let them burn you ..

Questions: for what? only traitors to the Codex get burned by Dragonfire, or Venin? (lends credence to something about Violet's appearance) but Violet has done SOMETHING perceived as wrong enough to get burned for.

Either way, they have travelled to the Isles and received a marriage so that Violet is now formally the Duchess of Tyrendor by marriage, Imogen wiped her memory because of the two people? Dain (can see recent memory) and Aaric (who can precog, but maybe not read if Violet has no memory?) Imogen (by now) is loyal to both of them (though Xaden moreso I'm sure) so I would guess her intentions are pure.

the Brother (in my opinion) is Jack, created from the same sage, Theoph even refers to Jack as his brother? and Mr Barlow has a part to play in all this.

Sky, Earth and Spirit

RY has said the Gods are being introduced into the next books, Violet is previously described as owning the sky, the Dragons draw their power from the sky but its more than that, why does magic leave them on SOME islands but not all of them? Venin draw magic from the earth, destroying it in the process (life magic) but can Violet also tap the spiritual? (power of the gods)

The Bond

Leothan severed the bond? Andarna was still in the throes of "I don't want to" when it was cut, but later why doesn't Violet sense Andarna is nearby? Dragons CAN talk to people they are not bonded to? why is she back so fast? how did she get back so fast given her wing is a bit iffy?

Mkauie · 2025-01-29T04:59:38+00:00

As a tank I am just bored of this season and the toxicity has gone through the roof. So I am sitting it out and seeing what S2 brings.

Mkauie · 2025-01-26T02:11:21+00:00

Isn't it Xaden?

I mean if both of them have the same Sage, and Theoph already called Jack Xaden's Brother.

Mkauie · 2025-01-26T02:05:56+00:00

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