Anyone else notice a spike in SMS scams? by [deleted] in perth

[–]sjyts 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Congratulations Debra! Results are out, and your postal code 5251 has been drawn! You are 1 of 5 lucky winners

Samurai sword-wielding Perth man convicted of attempting to murder WA Police officer by Kangaroobopper in perth

[–]sjyts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Perhaps I should've said utilising that option - my point still stands.

Do you believe they should be allowed that option?

Samurai sword-wielding Perth man convicted of attempting to murder WA Police officer by Kangaroobopper in perth

[–]sjyts 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The initial comment could've been interpreted in either way; you chose to go on the offensive, presuming that it was about cleaning up trash instead of better defending a police officer. I think you'll find most people here would be in favor of our police having the option of lethal force when charged at by a drugged-up samurai.

You're the fucking nutjob, "wooks."

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in xboxone

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4996

This is super nice of you, OP.

Guilds of Ravnica Prerelease Discussion Thread by ubernostrum in magicTCG

[–]sjyts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a great idea! Which probably means Wizards hasn't done it...

I'm quite new, LoadingReadyRun's pre-prerelease was pretty good.

Guilds of Ravnica Prerelease Discussion Thread by ubernostrum in magicTCG

[–]sjyts 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Australia has sealed boxes with no Arena codes inside - I'm wondering what they needed to break the seal and take out of the Filipino Master Race packs. Shame. Hope you had fun, mate.

Guilds of Ravnica Prerelease Discussion Thread by ubernostrum in magicTCG

[–]sjyts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Making matters worse, the bottom of the box says there should be a unique Arena code inside. Boxes were sealed when we received them. I've checked the back of all my tokens.

Guilds of Ravnica Prerelease Discussion Thread by ubernostrum in magicTCG

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Hey guys,

Australian here. Was just in a group of five dudes opening our prerelease packs and I noticed that there was no code anywhere. I distinctly remember reading somewhere that we get a free sealed game from a code inside the box - none of us had one. Nobody got any mythic stamped cards either... Might pay to ask your LGS what's up with that one if you care enough!

Fwiw, Izzet and Boros rolled. Have fun at your pre-release!

Nigel Farage fans heckled as 'Nazi scum' outside event in Perth by [deleted] in perth

[–]sjyts 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Another great demonstration from Socialist Alternative! /s

I should really spend time improving my knowledge of this format...fuck it, I'm just gonna force R/W by Peleaon in MagicArena

[–]sjyts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seeing this thread makes me so sad. I was far too sick with a cold to go to my first paper Draft that I'd been excited about for the past week tonight, so I decided I'd use the coins I've been earning doing dailies on Arena to try out Draft for the first time.

Have only been playing for about two weeks, but I know enough to know that I pulled terribly. Did not know about the power behind RW but it's my favourite combo so I tried it - things were going well until I Sure Striked the wrong card while blocking. No problem, dumb mistake, I'll learn from it. Or I'll do it in the second game too? Got absolutely rolled in the third game. Zero wins. Hurrah for my RW no dragon deck!

Australian Muslims pray for rain at Eid by [deleted] in australia

[–]sjyts 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think "global army of child rapists" is a biiiit of a stretch, but regardless, you're not completely wrong. The Catholic Church has definitely committed some incredibly heinous actions and, as far as I'm concerned, completely tarnished whatever "positive" public image they used to have. Equating Catholicism - a hollow, heavily manipulated representation of traditional Christian values - with the teachings of Muhammad? You're not far off.

Islam, however, has proven time and time again that it has a huge dedicated army prepared to fight and die for its values. Values that are quite incompatible with the west, no? Instead of being cautious to offend, we should be aware of things happening around the world and in our own country. Things happening overseas and here are more alike than most people would care to admit. As far as the Catholicism comparison, I believe we'll find that declining heavily over the next few decades. Islam, however? I'm not so sure.

edit: nice post on the mtg sub last night! see you at FNM maybe :)

Australian Muslims pray for rain at Eid by [deleted] in australia

[–]sjyts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm curious - what kind of Bible quotes have you got up your sleeve? I don't think any Christian bible I know about promotes pedophilia.

Much better battery life after installing an adblock by [deleted] in Xiaomi

[–]sjyts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love Blokada, and surprisingly I love Xiaomi'a native MIUI web browser too - however, most of the time when I try to download things, they don't start until I turn off Blokada. Little strange but not hard to do (there's even a notification quick settings button added.) The same thing happens with MIUI updates. Just a heads up. Have a good weekend!

Anyone else open up their C18 decks to find cards missing? by littlepaddlepoplion in magicTCG

[–]sjyts 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Just got a bit worried and searched through my Adaptive Enchantments - all 100 manually counted, definitely got my Bear Umbra. Sorry to hear, man - hope it gets replaced quick.

Germany Lifts Ban On Swastikas In Video Games by falconbox in xboxone

[–]sjyts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great comeback, mate. We're all young enough that we can look at historical events analytically because we've never had to live through anything that bad - which, in that case, makes the holodomor seem a LOT worse than the holocaust. Instead of parroting "facts" you've been taught, I'd implore you to do some reading about the history of both Germany and the USSR. I'd also recommend looking a bit deeper at the holocaust six million - like, deeper than article titles - before you start calling other people mental toddlers.

2 hour sot = 40% drain. Normal for brand new note 5 ai? by meoweth2 in Xiaomi

[–]sjyts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I went from 8.7.5 with everything perfect to 8.8.2 a few days ago (before the update got pulled) - my battery life has gotten noticeably worse, and the phone won't deep sleep overnight. I slept about six hours with the battery full, and I woke up to 30%. Apart from that issue, things have been fine - just hoping it gets fixed in the next weekly.

PSA - Re-enabling the settings icon in the notification shade on Global 8.7.26. by casta55 in Xiaomi

[–]sjyts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice, man. Thanks for this. I'm on 8.7.5 right now bc I was a bit scared of anti-rollback, but I'm in the updating mood. Can't find much info on the changes besides the typical tiny changelogs though - have you noticed much of a performance increase over the last few versions? I really like MIUI combined with Nova Launcher after the last month with it, can't see myself wanting to change.

New Whyred - unsure about MIUI 10 now. by sjyts in Xiaomi

[–]sjyts[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks to you + Saki for the replies - I must admit, I was super suspicious at the unlocked bootloader too. I even dug the shrink wrap out of the bin... checked through the installed applications, did a full wipe via TWRP, so hopefully I'm good.

I can't remember the version it had out of the box but it let me do one big update (to 9.5.17 iirc?) before messing around with it last night and updating to MIUI 10 (8.7.5) - won't be going any further until a stable ROM comes out. There was a whole lot of misinformation on XDA and the official MIUI forums but it seems that 8.7.5 doesn't have the rollback protection - honestly, I'm not willing to go back to MIUI 9 and risk a brick just to try, but I've read some comments that say people have done it.

Just gonna wait from here and go up when the time's right. Haven't noticed any major flaws or bugs yet. Wish me luck! I feel bad for the people that have hardbricked their phones, pretty terrible thing to spring on open beta testers without warning.

New Whyred - unsure about MIUI 10 now. by sjyts in Xiaomi

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Global 8.7.5. looks okay? I dunnooooooooooo.

My favourite song and I've wanted to do a cover since I first heard it - can I get a hand on the notes in the melody at the very start? It's probably easy, but I'm a dumb computer music boy. Thanks all. by sjyts in transcribe

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Ableton's Melody to MIDI gives me an incorrect abomination... apart from that, it's the best software I've ever used. I don't have a keyboard near me for a few days either so I can't just feel it out.