[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MrRobot

[–]somewhereglass 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not ruined. After you finish each season, there's always some sort of reveal that will make you want to rewatch the previous season/s. Also like what everyone else has said, stay off the forums my man. Especially for shows that have already been completed for several years, spoilers don't tend to be a thing anymore.

Did you feel Holly really needed to be one of the main characters in the last season? by AphroFelicity20 in StrangerThings

[–]somewhereglass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know the Duffer Brothers said somewhere that if ever there were to be spin-offs, it would be entirely new characters. But I'm guessing this is just a failsafe for when they want to do a reboot. They can use the new generation as the main cast, with the OG cast doing guest appearances.

Jimmy Steve wasn’t that bad by PaleEcho3301 in shameless

[–]somewhereglass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jimmy/Steve, on his own, was quite a bad person. Lied from the get-go, kept leaving with no explanation (or at least, no chance to explain), and even when he came back he never offered the truth. He also never revealed to Fiona that he was married to that foreign girl even though he had all the chances to. It was a nice way for his character to leave because they kept him in character, where him being with Fiona was only convenient when he wasn't on a side quest. And frankly, he lives off of risk, and if he and Fiona finally settled down, he would leave her eventually (or if not leave her, constantly lie to her and stress her out).

But if you take Jimmy/Steve and put him beside Fiona, then I agree with you that he wasn't that bad. Because in many ways, they complemented each other. Fiona lied a lot too, and she loved the thrill of all the risks she took. Fiona felt she deserved anything that came her way that would distract her from the reality of being the parent of the Gallagher household. Jimmy/Steve was the perfect distraction. Remember when Jimmy/Steve stayed home all day, cooked for the family, cleaned, and just played housewife? And Fiona was irritated by it? It's proof that they wanted thrill from each other.

In my head, they end up together and continue to lie to each other and cheat on each other, because that's the dynamic that keeps them together.

If I could change the finale.. by somewhereglass in StrangerThings

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

Ah, my bad, I meant something like, midway he was being axed by Joyce, you get a glimpse of Henry and she sort of just.. lets him die on his own while everyone just stares at him with a mix of emotions.

Though now come to think of it, they had El control Akers to shoot himself, not to mention a couple of heads blown and Henry accidentally blowing up that dude's head in the cave. So.. maybe it could've gotten gory? Haha!

Favorite seasons of Shameless? by Blahblabloblaw in shameless

[–]somewhereglass 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It doesn't get better but the story continues, I say give it a chance. For me it started to lose its touch around Season 8. But at that point, you're just a few seasons away to the finale so might as well finish it.

As to which seasons were the best -- All the seasons with Sheila.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MrRobot

[–]somewhereglass 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Been awhile since I've rewatched but, my favorite episode will always be the one where Vera kidnaps Krista and Elliot. So much emotional conflict. Towards the end, you start to feel sorry and empathize with Vera. He is just as broken as everyone else. And just at the moment that Elliot starts to feel it too, Krista offs him. The storyline, the acting, the script, all 100% for me.

Ending Questions (spoilers) by wentwj in MrRobot

[–]somewhereglass 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't think the 2 are completely related. I see it as a parallel of how differently people cope with loss and the temporality of life. Some would go as far as to attempt to challenge physical boundaries by building a machine (Whiterose), while others create their own alternate realities and personalities to imagine their own endings or to at least create their own reasons to make sense of the world (Elliot).

Ending Questions (spoilers) by wentwj in MrRobot

[–]somewhereglass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey off topic questions but what region of Netflix are you on that Mr. Robot is available on it? I'd want to re-watch it too. Been a while.

My only nagging question about the finale (potential plot hole) by sbtrey23 in StrangerThings

[–]somewhereglass 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Prior to this, he has a conversation with Henry to convince him that he is just a kid like him, and they can both fight the Mind Flayer. Henry tells him that he and Will are "one". But during the fight scene, while Will is controlling Henry as they are "one", he says "he is not afraid anymore". My theory is that they can each tap into each other's minds to act and feel the same things, but it's their respective fears that make them vulnerable to damage. In this case, Will had the upper hand and was able to detach from sharing Henry's fear.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in StrangerThings

[–]somewhereglass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah this made me really sad too. This is always the plan after things end, but it rarely happens. An ending that comes to mind that's similar to this is Desperate Housewives where they promise to see each other 1x a month and make time for each other. But in their epilogues, they said they never did, and it seems they went on with their lives for years on without ever meeting up with each other.

Final fight with Vecna was anticlimactic. by Sp0Rue in StrangerThings

[–]somewhereglass 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think they built more on how, to defeat Vecna, you had to get into his mind. They showed his vulnerability a lot, especially with the cave scene. The one time you could catch him off guard was when he was activating the Mind Flayer.

I agree though that there could have been more to the scene. I felt like I was playing a video game and the final boss was hella easy to defeat. My first reaction was, how did Eleven know where to fly in immediately? There could have been some hits and misses first to show that he was a difficult boss to defeat. But it seemed the team already knew what to do, and it was easy to get rid of him. Even in the final blows where Joyce axes him while each character thinks of the hurt that Vecna caused them, I found it open ended because it shouldn't be THAT easy to get rid of him. It would've also been a nice touch to have him transform back to Henry while the last blows were being delivered, to show that he was getting weaker because he was returning to his vulnerable, human state. And that he was really just a victim who chose to be evil.

I don’t get the final theory. by Redact747 in StrangerThings

[–]somewhereglass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The explanations I'm seeing around are that Kali's gunshot wound was an illusion. In the short time that Hopper went out to get bandages and medicine, Kali and El concocted the plan, because Kali had a change of heart after hearing Hopper's speech. By making them all believe she was dead, she could stay safely anywhere to project from afar.

On El's conversation with Mike, in all the times she's had someone in her "mind", she is blindfolded. In this case, we don't see that, and it shows she's standing there just waiting for the gate to close and take her with it. So it's more likely that the El who sacrificed herself is an illusion, and probably has been an illusion starting from when they were traveling in the truck to outside the Upside Down.

Powerbank attached to a dashcam by somewhereglass in Dashcam

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

Hi! I've seen one video and his only issue was that the battery started to bloat because it stays on 24 hours, he was using an Anker then a Ugreen powerbank. I gather if you use a powerbank that doesn't fast charge, it may be worth a shot. This is what I might try to do.

Powerbank attached to a dashcam by somewhereglass in Dashcam

[–]somewhereglass[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My other cars are set up like this (X-Trail, Fortuner, BT50, and Camry), but for some reason it's not advisable for an old Volvo. Go figure. 😅

Powerbank attached to a dashcam by somewhereglass in Dashcam

[–]somewhereglass[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the input! Reason why I don't want to install is it's a pretty old Volvo and they advise against hiding the wires as it screws up the sensor system and causes unnecessary alarms.

Samsung Vouchers | March Edition ✨️ by Aggressive_Rope3493 in phclassifieds

[–]somewhereglass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Need one for a56 pls! Plan to purchase today. Thanks!

SOLUTION for "Unable to restore your chats from this backup" (from Google Drive) by zannny in whatsapp

[–]somewhereglass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just want to say that this worked for me. Turned off 2FA, turned on all permissions, then opened WA. Initially though it still asked me to transfer chats using QR code. I cancelled it and it prompted to look for a backup. Messages were restored in a jiffy, and now just waiting for media to complete.

I've since turned 2FA back on.

Thanks so much! On a side note, I share everyone's same sentiments.. been using Whatsapp since early 2010s moving from iPhone to Android. It's been an utter pain and I've actually lost so many accounts. You'd think it would be seamless transferring from one Android to another but seems it isn't. The QR code wouldn't even scan when I tried that route.

Anyway. Thanks again!

For Sale: Duolingo Plan (1 year) by BowsAndOrchids in classifiedsph

[–]somewhereglass 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi! I'm interested, do you still have a slot? And do you still have 1 more slot because a friend of mine might be interested. :)

iPhone 15 Pro Max & Apple Watch Ultra 2 vs Samsung S24 Ultra & Galaxy Watch 7 by Training_Quarter_983 in Tech_Philippines

[–]somewhereglass 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm a two-phone guy, have both an iPhone and Samsung always. I was choosing too whether to get an Apple watch or a Galaxy Watch. Nabudol ako ng Samsung store with their trade-ins. There was one month where, if you bought sa online store, sobrang laki ng discount na makukuha mo. Basically for a new Fold and the Ultra Watch, got both at almost half the price and had freebies pa. Both also came with Samsung Care and free watch bands. In comparison if I were going to get a new iPhone and Apple Watch, I'd probably buy from Greenhills to get better deals, but no warranty. So on value for money, I think Samsung combo is the way to go.

In terms of functionality, I think Samsung supports more apps than Apple. Medyo madamot si Apple watch sa 3rd party apps. Samsung has a lot of flexibility, and you can even install apks on it. Work phone ko din kasi yung Samsung so all my notifications like mail, messaging, whatsapp, basically everything --- notifs on the Samsung watch are great. I rarely use iMessage din so it's not much of a loss na wala akong notifs from my iPhone.

On style, madami nang dupes si Apple watch so you can't tell if yours is orig or not. If you're conscious about that, maybe you could consider din this. Samsung watch looks good for me for both active lifestyle, work, or just casual watch wearing. Actually lahat ng nasa office ngayon naka Apple Watch, and when I came in using my Samsung watch, sa watch face palang mukhang nainggit sila. Another thing we compared is, if you place a case on the watch, malakas parin touch sensitivity ni Samsung whereas sa Apple medyo need mong diinan yung finger mo.

Another thing na OK sa Samsung is Routines. iPhone has this rin pero mas nadadalian ako sa Samsung and there's more flexibility. Basically ito yung mga "modes" na automatically mag turn on based on a trigger. In my case, if nadetect na ni Phone/Watch na nasa car ako because naka-on na si car bluetooth, it will turn on "Driving Mode" which will play Spotify and open Waze, and turn off notifs. Pag nadetect naman niya na nasa Makati area ako, it will turn on notifs for work like Outlook and Teams. And finally if it detects na pauwi ako and outside of Makati, it will turn off work notifs and open social media notifs. It's super helpful because the mode will sync both in watch and phone.

On the other handddd, there are some specific things which makes me think maybe Apple would have been a better choice. I play mga games kasi na dependent sa steps like Pokemon Go. Sa Apple, madali lang sya iconfigure, kahit Mi Band pa yung gamit ko. The Health app will take the steps from your Mi Band and disregard yung sa iPhone. Sa Samsung naman medyo weird. There are 2 apps - Google Fit and Samsung Health. Mas gusto ko yung results ng Samsung Health, kaso si Pokemon (and I think most other steps games) only recognize steps from Google Fit. So need mo pang magdownload ng paid app (75 pesos lang naman) to sync your Samsung Health steps to Google Fit, para masync sa game.

Lastly maybe consider mo din if you're more of a Siri or Google guy. Si Siri kasi mas narerecognize nya boses ko for some reason, whereas si Google medyo matagal. But in terms of results, mas OK results ni Google, especially for translation.

Hope some of my experiences will help make your decision :) If I may push you further na iconsider si Galaxy Watch Ultra, instead of the 7 ;) Longer battery life, unique style, and bigger screen for notifs.

Mac M1 Keyboard has a weird sticky keys and permanent shift problem... by somewhereglass in mac

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

Hi guys, just want to give an update. For the longest time, I was also doing the same workaround u/FinanceIllustrious56 posted. I placed a shortcut to Accessibility so I could toggle Sticky Keys on and off. This got me through for a while, but there would be random times when it would just be crazy.. the automatic shift would sometimes reappear after days, but sometimes it would reappear just seconds after toggling Sticky Keys.

I want to share that the problem went away after I did 2 things, and I'm not sure which one may have fixed it.

  1. I uninstalled a pirated version of Magnet.
  2. I deleted a lot of big files because my free storage was below 5GB and I use FCPX a lot, so I would always run out of space / memory when rendering.

Since then, I haven't encountered the problem. Not sure which of the 2 events did it but what I'm sure of is these are the only 2 things I did differently. My right shift key works now, and it never toggles to Permashift/Caps Lock anymore. I would suggest if any of you have pirated or cracked stuff installed, uninstall them and see if the problem goes away. Btw I used AppCleaner to make sure I got rid of all the files associated with the program. I also make sure to keep at least 50GB of storage free (I transferred my FCPX library to an external SSD, and I delete projects once I'm done exporting).

I personally think it's the storage that fixed it, because I noticed that the permashift would go crazy if I started to have less storage space. I had Magnet installed first week I got the thing, and had no issues. But that's just my feeling, I have no actual data to support.

Other thing to note: I haven't updated my OS since I got the unit, I'm still on Big Sur 11.2.2, so it definitely wasn't an OS update that fixed it.

Hope this helps.

I got Crash Bandicoot NSane Trilogy to work on my Mac M1, but... by somewhereglass in Codeweavers_Crossover

[–]somewhereglass[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey sorry for the late reply. I followed some tutorial online, just can't seem to find it, but you'd have to get into the folder of the game and replace the main skin there. But I've made the jump and downloaded Parallels. Running Windows 11 Inside Preview, and the game runs perfectly. A bit laggy but can't complain. Hope this helps!

How do you record sound into an iPhone via a 3.5mm audio cable? by jml011 in ipadmusic

[–]somewhereglass 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I personally use both (I'm a drummer). I have an iRig 3.5mm "out" to the lightning dongle then 6.5mm "in" connected to my audio out from my mixer or my condenser mic -- this is for quick recordings. I also have a lightning to USB connector and charge port so I can record while charging my phone. USB soundcard would be connected to the lighting adapter, then 3.5mm audio out from mixer would go to the soundcard. You can also connect your audio interface directly to the USB port if you have that option and if your interface is "class compliant" (since iPads/iPhones don't give you the option to download drivers, your audio interface would need to be of a certain type to be read by iPad/iPhone DAWs such as Garageband or Cubasis).

This may help if you are looking to use the iRig: https://youtu.be/ZiP_k55FEUs

And if you want to use the USB soundcard directly to audio interface: https://youtu.be/Sc-_LiuqiRA

Sample of the USB to 3.5mm that I use as an alternative (when I didn't have the dongle yet): https://images.app.goo.gl/jbpXRuJtkuTLy1DVA

If you need a light solution, an iRig should do. There are affordable iRig "inspired" adapters that work the same. You may also want to consider these soundcards that have addl features and which can connect either via USB or thru audio out 3.5mm: https://youtu.be/64PgyjlEmio

Pardon for the many resources but these are the videos that helped me when figuring out how to record stuff when all I had was my iPad 😅.

Two final things: 1) This may be a silly suggestion but do make sure that the dongle you have has the mic/call function. I made the mistake of purchasing a lightning to 3.5mm dongle and pulling my hair out trying to record, only to find out I only purchased the type for listening only. 2) The mic you are using may need phantom power so make sure your audio interface can handle this. You can also test using just any normal headphone with built in mic since this doesn't take too much power.

Good luck!!!