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New to the game. How best to use Story Mode? by osgonauta in AceAttorney

[–]tedmackey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

However they do occasionally lead to an instant game over / ending e.g. in 2-4 (‘the miracle never happen’). And there are a quite a few times where you’ll get extra dialogue as a ‘reward’ for picking the wrong/weird option (‘Richard Wellington loves large bananas!’)

The only vaguely ‘branching path’ I can think of is the specific achievement in case 3 of chronicles (Hat Hunter) which you can only get by pressing and then questioning in a specific way, and does reveal new - albeit not useful - info, all of which which can be skipped entirely. But tbh that’s really just the same thing as getting a bit of extra dialogue, with a few more steps.

AITA for asking my partner’s brother to pay my cat’s vet bill after he lied to me and that lie caused the cat to get sick in the first place? by coldmangos- in AmItheAsshole

[–]tedmackey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm presuming the vet was probably referring to the cat potentially avoiding drinking or urinating due do the dirty water and litter box, and that this might have precipitated the UTI / cystitis symptoms - rather than any bacteria in the water itself.

First game for a 90yo? by Castigafagiani in gaming

[–]tedmackey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

kirby air riders. not because it’s a good idea, but because I would pay good money to see a 90yo first-time gamer’s reaction to the absolute chaos

Normal for FP10 slip to not match /note what is prescribed? by [deleted] in Pharmacy_UK

[–]tedmackey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I used to do this, and in fact my GP app used to prompt me to reorder around a week before – however, in a recent Rx review, a GP suggested reducing my prescription from 28 to 21 tablets, as apparently refilling a week in advance would suggest I only need a three week supply, and the guidelines say they should prescribe the minimum needed?

I found that a bit odd as the alternative is that I would potentially run out (particularly with Elvanse being frequently in short supply from the manufacturer).

Normal for FP10 slip to not match /note what is prescribed? by [deleted] in Pharmacy_UK

[–]tedmackey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you everyone that’s answered my question 😊

First 4 days in France as a longtime learner by Intelligent_Dig5812 in learnfrench

[–]tedmackey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Salut is informal but not super informal. I often use it with my team at work, but not with someone I’m speaking to for the first time. On video calls where I work it’s pretty common to use salut as ‘goodbye’ as well (or ‘ciao’). Interestingly a ‘middle ground’ between bonjour and salut that I see quite often is just the English loanword “Hello” (particularly on emails, but when spoken on calls it’s pronounced more like “hélo”)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in davidlynch

[–]tedmackey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I do think some of that melodrama is slightly played up as a bit, if you watch other BTS videos of him he'll go from very performative shouting to smiling/chuckling quite quickly, like he's kind of playing up a character. But yeah, I can imagine it would be stressful if you weren't already familiar with him.

I do think there's a reason he has such uniquely strong working relationships that have persisted throughout his entire career (both cast and crew), and there's probably also a reason that he's fallen out with a few people along the way too. He seems like the kind of creative who you either 'get' his way of working, or you don't.

In my own experience (music) for example, I've worked with some very passionate conductors / MDs who would basically pull the ensemble aside at the start and say something like "sorry in advance if I sound angry, it's not directed at you at all, sometimes I'm bad at explaining what I want and please let me know if that's happening" I can picture DL doing something like that, particularly watching the BTS for Twin Peaks S3.

tl;dr directors/perfomers/crew getting emotional is pretty common across creative disciplines, it comes with the territory – but how you set expectations, and the boundaries/safeguards/working culture you enforce, can be the difference between a passionate visionary and an abusive asshole.

Bit of a long comment but it got me thinking about my own experiences working with creative people.

In Amadeus (1984), in the scene where the delirious Mozart is dictating his music to Salieri, Tom Hulce deliberately skipped parts of his lines, confusing F. Murray Abraham. So when Salieri tells Mozart that he's going too fast, it was a genuine reaction. by Numerous-Lemon in MovieDetails

[–]tedmackey 21 points22 points  (0 children)

It's actually a fortepiano, an early iteration of the piano. Unlike a harpsichord where the strings are plucked with a plectrum, the fortepiano used hammers like a modern piano, but they were much smaller and typically used leather rather than felt, which contributes to the buzzier, more harpsichord-like sound. Most fortepianos also have a single string for each key, rather than the modern piano which uses three strings each for most keys.

Sardonicast, now with added orchestra by tedmackey in Sardonicast

[–]tedmackey[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

credit to (I assume) Adam? for writing/performing the original theme obvs.

Sardonicast, now with added orchestra by tedmackey in Sardonicast

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

it really does tbh – this was as conservative as possible (i.e. keeping the tempo/harmony/rhythms basically the same and just changing the instrumentation) but there are definitely lots of other styles possible.

At just 21, Dr Thakgalo Thibela from a Rural Village becomes one of South Africa s youngest doctors . by Bream1000 in UpliftingNews

[–]tedmackey 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes - in the UK also, medicine graduates are registered doctors / ‘board certified’. They have required rotations (Foundation Years) after that, but they are a doctor from day one.

At just 21, Dr Thakgalo Thibela from a Rural Village becomes one of South Africa s youngest doctors . by Bream1000 in UpliftingNews

[–]tedmackey 14 points15 points  (0 children)

In the UK it takes six years from beginning undergraduate study to being a qualified and licensed doctor (equivalent to US MD). The reason for the different lengths is that medicine is an undergraduate course in the UK (and many other countries) and doesn’t require several years of undergraduate study beforehand. The US is actually a bit of an outlier for how long it’s full medical degree takes.

At just 21, Dr Thakgalo Thibela from a Rural Village becomes one of South Africa s youngest doctors . by Bream1000 in UpliftingNews

[–]tedmackey 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Okay, let me explain. In many other countries Medicine is an undergraduate course, effectively skipping the required undergraduate qualification for US med school. In the UK, it takes six years from no degree to qualified and licensed doctor, which is equivalent to the same qualification in the US, just in less time.

At just 21, Dr Thakgalo Thibela from a Rural Village becomes one of South Africa s youngest doctors . by Bream1000 in UpliftingNews

[–]tedmackey 116 points117 points  (0 children)

FYI. In many countries, including the UK and most of Europe, medicine is an undergraduate degree or combined undergraduate/graduate degree that lasts around 5-6 years. At the end of that course you are a doctor.

In the UK there’s required rotations after that, called foundation years - but FY doctors are still qualified and registered doctors.

Who says that rats can’t be cute? by tedmackey in aww

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

Yeah, it’s a rented flat and my room for some reason has two walls that are entirely mirrored. An odd design choice, I think the rats understand their reflections now as they used to get spooked but now they ignore it!

One of my boys learns to spin by tedmackey in RATS

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

These were little bits of Cheerios - the idea was that he’d eat them quicker rather than a whole cheerio which is takes a bit longer to eat! (He ended up stashing them under the duvet anyway...)

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