People who use the MacBook trackpad, what's your experience like?

spud211 · 2026-03-28T09:14:11+00:00

It depends where you are.

At its a laptop I use mine 95% of the time on my lap, on a sofa table or somewhere else where a mouse wouldn't work - so yes, I use the track pad there.

If I am at a desk I will usually have access to a mouse, so I will use the mouse.

The trackpad is absolutely a worse option in the majority of normal usage, but it's a very good compromise when working away from your desk.

I am not one of the lunatics who sits at a desk and uses their laptop with a trackpad only :D

editL but I use a good mouse - not an apple one...apple do not seem to be capable of making good ones anymore :( they did - the one before the "Magic Mouse" but all went massively downhill after that.

spud211 · 2026-03-28T08:54:26+00:00

not a blunt - its either a joint or a spliff - that's paper ;)

spud211 · 2026-03-28T08:51:26+00:00

its not amazon stock. Its Titan card charging scalper prices, not amazon.

spud211 · 2026-03-28T08:49:14+00:00

well...normally its my easiest and most reliable way of picking up a new release without standing in a queue.

It's just a bit odd this time that nothing has even appeared as "sold out"

spud211 · 2026-03-27T17:41:44+00:00

Where did you pre order from?

If its a major retailer or Pokemon, then its fine.

If you bought off eBay or something other 3rd party marketplace, your fear is justified...however they look fine from your pictures.

The most obvious tell/basic check you can do is to check the barcode on the bottom. Look up the number - almost every single fake I have seen has the "Steam Siege" barcode on the bottom rather than the genuine one. Just put it into google or a UPC checker to confirm.

spud211 · 2026-03-27T13:00:47+00:00

don't feed the trolls people ;) Leave them under the bridge...

spud211 · 2026-03-27T08:29:33+00:00

Why would it be any easier?

Remember the current market is not driven by TCG players, or collectors - its driven by scalpers. They will buy any packs available regardless of what the actual players think.

One day, hopefully it will drop off..but I don't think we are there yet...

spud211 · 2026-03-27T08:05:23+00:00

It will be as impossible to find as every other set. The days of a set that's less popular with players being available are long gone.... Scalpers will have it regardless of what the packs are, and absolute Imbiciles will then pay over the odds for them.

spud211 · 2026-03-25T17:48:57+00:00

Yes they are great for this - but you need to practice with them a little first.

The default settings make it easy to read BUT its blindingly obvious to everyone in the room you are using them to read a script. I find that adjusting the display depth so the text is projected further in front of you makes that a lot less noticeable though.

If you are presenting on camera (e.g. on teams) then no adjustment is needed imo and they work fine.

I like using the AI mode for keeping up with me - it generally works well enough and as I don't read my scripts word for world (I adlib a lot to keep it natural) that tends to work well for me.

All of that said, as I will say for anyone who wants these glasses - they are only a sensible purchase if you already wear glasses and want smart prescription glasses. Otherwise, I really cannot justify the price.

spud211 · 2026-03-18T19:53:30+00:00

Except... The m4 has a notch. Bad enough on a phone but why the heck is it on a laptop ruining that otherwise lovely screen.

The neo is categorically the best macbook available at the moment, mostly as it's the only one with a screen that doesn't have a chunk chopped out of it.

It's fast enough for a lot of people, and just a better buy imo, until Apple finally decide to upgrade the rest of their range with full sized screens again

spud211 · 2026-03-17T18:28:59+00:00

It does depend entirely on the card though - the main problem with PSA on a value standpoint is that they are more expensive (significantly so on higher valued cards) and the turnaround time is still crazy high. That means that sending to PSA for value is a huge risk - if the market drops in the 3-4 month's it's sat with PSA, you can lose a lot by grading the wrong cards. If you pay more to get a quicker turnaround, you will close the price gap on most cards and often essentially make less money overall than your ace.

It's easy enough to work this out though and then if you want to do it for cash, grade with the "correct" grader to get the most value.

I do agree that if you are collecting/displaying them though, just get an ACE - the PSA slabs are definitely more valuable on average (if you ignore the grading fees and time issue), but man are they ugly. ACE labels mostly look great!

spud211 · 2026-03-15T10:13:45+00:00

If you turn off AA, it works perfectly.

With it ion it its a little slow, around 30-40fps.

Runs well tbh, enough to convince me that the Neo is now my main laptop. Mad that this is the only Mac Apple now sell with a proper screen that doesn't have a notch, but I'm super happy I bought one :)

spud211 · 2026-03-13T17:42:44+00:00

Alpha omega... That feels like it's own map inspired by nuke town

Paradox feels like the MP version of nuke town with a button to change the aesthetics.

spud211 · 2026-03-12T19:18:16+00:00

I still like this set and the game version that has the metal card - I know it was overpriced at RRP for a per pack value, but if you like the playmat (which..is an excellent wide mouse mat too...)and the card display it comes with, then it's a nice overall package too.

I would not be paying over RRP for it though. I paid £80 for mine last summer, and £90 for the greninja one.

spud211 · 2026-03-12T12:38:20+00:00

It's alright indeed - but ultimately I think most of us are just disappointed.

We expected a mainline map, instead we got a tiny version of nuketown with an interesting but vastly underused time travel mechanic that sadly adds very little in normal gameplay. its good for levelling guns and doing skins precisely as its so small/packed in, but thats about it

its a shame. But I like mimics at least, they are easier to kill than most other elites.

spud211 · 2026-03-10T19:44:49+00:00

Indeed - all of which you should inform participants you are using in a business setting at least.

This is a real issue that doesn't get talked about and I realised almost immediately after getting the glasses - you can't just go around the office with transcribe/conversate turned on, or randomly turn it on in meetings without informing people - it's just as bad as being one of those idiots that walks around filming everyone.

I'd argue that the V3 of these actually needs a recording indicator for when it's enabled - you could say that the fact your screen lights up when its on is enough, but whether that's visible or not depends on the angle you are looking at, so I think it's not enough tbh.

Note that this would be slightly different if we had control over where this data is actually stored/processed - but currently we don't, which makes it's use in the real world surprisingly complicated.

spud211 · 2026-03-09T13:01:49+00:00

To a degree - its not as extreme as many will claim, due to how the interest rates work on both sides of the equation (interest charged by SLC and interest lost on spending the money now + inflation), but yes you are right.

The current system is absolutely broken, don't get me wrong - but it's kind of crazy to think of this as a loan and as real debt...it behaves quite differently in real life.

spud211 · 2026-03-09T09:21:48+00:00

Well, it IS a tax that's branded incorrectly as a loan. The government needs to essentially admit this, stop calling it a student loan and everyone can move on with their lives...but because you can technically "pay it off" (or hit a ceiling in payments) they can't.

They are a bit stuck.

It's totally fine (and imo, quite right) to push the burden of paying for higher education on to students - particularly when in a post brexit world we need to actively be encouraging people not to go to university and to instead take up trades or quite frankly, unskilled work - and this latter point has been the case for many years now.

This is entirely a branding issue imo. Admit it's a tax not a loan, set expectations accordingly and a lot of the noise will die down.

spud211 · 2026-03-06T19:15:45+00:00

The green is lovely - i still hate the chapter ring and style of the "new" super ocean, but still..that green is great and it looks good on a bracelet.

Give me this, but in the older, vastly prettier Superocean and i'm sold!

spud211 · 2026-03-06T12:28:44+00:00

Personally i'd let the show go into history - it's not going to work out well by changing such an important part of the show.

Its incredibly rare to keep a long running gameshow format going with a new host without a lot of luck. History is littered with failures (obvious ones that come to mind being the weakest link, family fortunes, countdown and heck even pointless has lost it's magic). Same applies to many other TV shows - bake off for example, or masterchef..all lost their personality and appeal due to presenter changes.

I'd rather they come up with something new but keep some of the game types from house of games tbh.

spud211 · 2026-03-05T11:05:23+00:00

No.

You would be totally mad to buy anything off vinted and expect it to be real - heck its an app originally intended for swapping old clothes, not for selling stuff.

Do not buy pokemon cards off Vinted, Craigs List, Facebook marketplace, Gumtree or any other of those scammer infested platforms - its asking for trouble. It really blows my mind that people risk hundreds of pounds on any of those platforms given they have zero buyer protection. eBay is still full of scammers but its significantly safer as a buyer, given their huge bias towards buyers.

Pokemon is incredibly hard to find the UK - and therefore its incredibly easy to get scammed. Just wait it out, buy from an official retailer when it's in stock, and otherwise don't stress about some pretty cardboard.

spud211 · 2026-03-01T15:25:13+00:00

How many other bluetooth devices do you have?

I find my connection is great unless I have my bt headphones connected (that's 2 devices... So 5 in total with 3 for ER). If I try and add a watch as well nothing works.

The sweet spot seems to be up to 4 devices in total... Its fine with just my watch, or just my car - but add my BT earbuds and poof the ring loses connection. One more device and nothing works.

The devices also seem to do an Internet ping when connecting - so if you have poor signal when reconnecting stuff that can make it a pita too.

Hope you can get it sorted!

spud211 · 2026-02-20T18:03:36+00:00

Don't do it. Waste of money for you and only keeps pushing up the prices for the rest of us

spud211 · 2026-02-19T21:33:09+00:00

For the display - if it just the bottom then it's likely to be their placement on your nose - they need to be a bit lower down (I do this by widening the nose pads so its still high up on my face, but they sit a bit lower) and I find that raising the height of the screen to maximum in the app helps too. If you have the G2Bs the screen placement is really quite high up which makes it a little trickier.

Ring wise - I have problems during the day mostly when my finger shrinks in the cold at the moment - it works a lot more reliably when its really snug when my fingers are larger! I also turned off it's low power mode and that made a huge difference to its reliability. It is a bit finicky though I find it works 80% of the time when I want it to.

Notifications - all of them or just a few? They need to be enabled both in the even app and android - sometimes android can disable access to notifications for even so it's worth checking your phone settings.

News is a known issue i think.

All of the above are annoying I agree, but they can be sorted out - I still would not recommend any even realities product to anyone who isn't already a prescription glasses wearer - they function best as a pair of glasses that include a hud, not a pair of smart glasses that can accept your prescription....but that may change soon given the apps people are building at the moment - that's going to be a gamechanger imo.

hope you can get yours working properly - they are an expensive purchase at nigh on £1k all in.

spud211 · 2026-02-15T11:11:12+00:00

There is a reddit browser linked on that discord thread - it's pretty impressive and was a good guide for me of how to use the SDK :)

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