JasSmith

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[–] JasSmith 24 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Both of his Dune adaptations are, IMHO, perfect. I don't know how he did it but he pulled off one of the most ambitious sci-fi books of all time. I have full confidence. Even if he doesn't knock the next one out of the park, it will still have a great script, great acting, incredible score, incredible cinematography, great CGI, great costumes, and great sets. That's good enough for me. I'm just looking forward to more Dune by Villeneuve.

[–] JasSmith 14 points 3 months ago

Paul didn't transform into the worm. That was his son, Leto II.

[–] JasSmith 18 points 3 months ago

I can't tell if this is satire. Surely.

[–] JasSmith 1 points 3 months ago

It software decodes AV1 which seems to work fine. For Plex, I think you still need to do this: https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/12pe5tx/av1_playback_on_apple_tv/

The bigger limitation is audio. The Apple TV does lossless audio but what it does not do is TrueHD/Atmos or DTS:X. With Infuse TrueHD and DTS-HD MA are decoded on the device and sent out as LPCM in the same quality they were received. With Plex TrueHD is transcoded to FLAC by the server and sent out as LPCM by the Apple TV. Atmos and DTS:X metadata is lost. The Apple TV will never send out DD+. It will be sent out as 5.1 or 7.1 LPCM. DD+/Atmos is sent out Dolby MAT encapsulated in LPCM.

Long story short, it's good enough if you don't use atmos ceiling speakers.

[–] JasSmith -1 points 3 months ago (3 children)

And the random acts of violence, piss, shit, semen, crazy people, junkies, homeless, and the countless people masturbating. Every second week another innocent person is pushed onto the New York City subway tracks. It's so bad that people are hugging the wall now while they wait.

[–] JasSmith 5 points 3 months ago

It “engaged” 1.5 million players. That includes EA Play and Game Pass, so actual sales are even lower.

[–] JasSmith 23 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I hadn't heard that but with more research, you are correct: they had to threaten a strike. I am disappointed to hear that.

[–] JasSmith 14 points 4 months ago (5 children)

The workers didn’t need to strike. Costco is notoriously an amazing employer to work for. They have some of the lowest turnover in the industry. The CEO often gets grilled in earnings calls on things like employee costs and he always rebuts that happy employees are productive. I am very pro unions but this is one of those examples of a good employer.

[–] JasSmith 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That gives me a little hope but who hired them and allowed that writing to remain in the game? Are they fired too?

[–] JasSmith 1 points 4 months ago

I agree. The decision to a) task said writers with the project, and b) allow said writing to make it into the game is unforgivable. Players will put up with almost anything with a Dragon Age title, but not bad writing. Any management with that level of incompetence will do it again.

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