Kjennings92

$5 for WHAT on Amazon? 🤨🤔 You didn't say what it is... 🤷‍♂️

Nope, I'm not an Insider anyway. This was less than 2 weeks before the official launch of Windows 11.

Got it. Welp, I'll check both then & reply back with the results.

Well, it's a common statement around here that gaming headsets are not as good as a pair of headphones with a mic, and I agree with that.  But headsets offer convenience so they can be the right option depending on what your goals are.

Alright. I guess I can try in a little, but just wanted to be sure.

Well I just learned that you can't even GIFT games from EGS like you can with Steam. What a bunch of fooey!
 
Make sure you set up the correct type of savings account and keep close tabs on the amount of money present, for sure setup an ABLE account if you're qualified for it. If you get SSI you REALLY need to watch the normal account amount because if you go over the $2000 limit you get cut off and may even have to pay back some benefits you got. It's CRAZY. ABLE accounts can hold up to $100,000 and but do have a yearly contribution limit however interest is not taxed which is nice. You may want to find a local advocate for the disabled to help you navigate all of that to make sure you don't make a mistake that could cost you dearly later on.

It probably won't fit in your pockets, and afaik not all tablets support a sim card

Here are some of the inherent problems with this, one, whoever you are talking to on the 'phone' (unless you are using headphones) will always be on speaker, which is bad if the person on the other end starts saying nasty things and everyone around you hears it and starts looking at you wierdly, its not fun, and depending on what that person says, could get you thrown out of wherever you happen to be at the time. Problem number two, it isnt exactly pocketable. three, you cannot use it sneakily due to its size, four, you hands will become very, very very tired if you hold the thing extensively with only one hand, not to mention you cant exactly have it on your shoulder. However, there are some benefits, its quite easy to see if you have bad eyesight, and if you are trying to watch a video with someone else, thats easier as well, the tablet is harder to lose, and harder for someone to steal, and due to its massive battery, should get decent battery life, although i would recommend sticking with a 7 inch tablet as opposed to a 10 inch as the 7 inch will be more manageable.

So here's the Digital Foundry analysis of the visuals and performance.
 
It doesn't look like the Switch version is optimized very well. I would recommend the PC version, if it weren't forthe fact that it's an Epic Games Store exclusive right now. It seems the general consensus is that EGS is terrible and likely to fail soon, mening any games with DRM tied to EGS will become unplayable.
 
If you have no qualms about it, I'd suggest downloading the Wii rom from somewhere and run it on the Dolphin emulator. There also should exist mods for the game to get it to run at 60fps. Plus if you have a decent android device, I can confirm that the game runs flawlessly. If after all that you still want to buy Ultimate, the game is supposed to release on other pc platforms at the one year anniversary of its release. Once that happens you can probably get it on Steam and play it on the Steam Deck, which will likely perform better than the Switch version.
 

As for me, I tend to alternate between Yandex, Opera, Vivaldi, Chrome, & Edge simply because having more than 1 browser can come in handy if you're someone who multitasks like I do. 👍 [Chrome & Edge I don't use all that much unless I need to. Nothing against them, but you could say they are my secondary browsers.] Yandex I have REALLY grown to love just because how great it looks. ❤️ Plus, it has some other features the zen feed which sometimes I like to use & waste my time on. 😛 Vivaldi is another browser that has gotten really useful with a plethora of extra goodies like their Hibernate Tabs feature. [It's basically the same approach more or less that Microsoft applied to Edge, but I think Vivaldi re-named it or something. Not sure if there approach is all that much different though.] I have tried Firefox, but don't really use it anymore simply because the performance sucks a bit compared to Chromium browsers. But all in all, I'm pretty much a Chromium user. 🤷‍♂️

OK, I'll give it a try. Hopefully, this should be easy & I hope I won't screw anything up... 🙄

OK, just wanted to be sure though. 🤷‍♂️ Thanks!

Sure. But technically, you recommend Handbrake over Format Factory? Or does it depend...?

Care to elaborate further?

Well, I'm not sure how many of you actually saw my post in the Software section yesterday, but in case you didn't, I was asking around if an image of 1 aspect ratio can be resized to a totally different aspect ratio. (In a nutshell, that was the main goal of that post.) Obviously, I'm quite inexperienced & don't really have a clue what I'm doing or supposed to do when it comes to stuff like this. I would normally do something like this if I wasn't so inexperienced, but I feel like this sort of job is best left up to the pros & experts out there. Besides, even newbies like me can make mistakes despite thinking we've learned enough & have all the know-how. Hope you all understand why I'm a bit more comfortable having someone more experienced do it for me. 
 
With that being said, I'd like to ask if any experienced editors out there would be willing to resize a few images for me that I'll be using in a project I'm currently working on? For anyone that wants to know, the images I have in mind are a little bit taller than they are wide & I want them to be resized to 1920x1080 while not having any details WHATSOEVER cropped out as well as NO stretching! Also, I don't want any background colors or transparency applied to the resized images as well. The links to both images will be provided below.
Link #1: Casino Night by tikal on DeviantArt
Link #2: https://twitter.com/Meelowsh1/status/1296706350659952641
 
 
 
If any of you happen to have any questions you might wish to ask or need more details,  go ahead & ask. I'll be sure to reply back & fill you in! Or you can also reach me on Discord. Username is Jennings92 #8495. Hoping to hear back from anyone who wishes to help! Thanks in advance! 🙂 

OCRemix in general is what I was going to recommend.  They've got 100+ songs for OP to curate.  I'm pretty sure most of their stuff is probably on YouTube, but here's their homepage:

https://ocremix.org/quicksearch/game/?qs_query=sonic
 

I love this one.
 

I got quite a few I like, to be honest the ones I mostly remember are from the 3D games.
City Escape, Endless Possibilities, Rooftop Run, His World, Live and Learn, all the "Aquarium Park" songs (mainly Act 3 IMO), I like "Fist Bump" from Sonic Forces too.
 
I can probably go on mentioning so much more, but those would probably get a position in my top 10.

Well, looks like you guys already helped to make up my mind. It looks like Wii version it will be. Thanks guys! 🙂 👍

If I had to pick one, I would definitely go with the Wii version. Both games have the same basic plot, but that's about where the similarities end. The DS version is strictly a side-scrolling 2D platformer. The Wii version has the typical boost formula gameplay from most of the modern Sonic games where it alternates between 3D and 2D sections. The cutscenes are also going to look much better on the Wii if that's something you care about. In my opinion, Sonic Colors DS is basically just Sonic Rush 3. The game is nearly identical as far as the gameplay mechanics, and even uses the same character model.
 
TLDR: If you REALLY like 2D platformers, you'd probably still enjoy the DS version, but the Wii version is a far more fleshed out and enjoyable game if you only have time for one of the two.

They're both different games, but ultimately, it would probably be better to go with the Wii version here.

Ever since my last post here, I was trying to determine why I was having issues with the AdGuard browser extension & why it wouldn’t display certain images properly in the browsers I use. I only received a few responses from AdGuard support. We tried some troubleshooting, but that didn’t really get me very far. They did however assure me that they will look further into the issue, but I honestly have the feeling I won’t hear anything else from them. And the post I made on their forum only got 1 response which wasn’t much help at all & that was it. I haven’t seen or heard anything else. So, “Where does that leave you?” you might ask. In a difficult position to say the least. :/
 
TBH, I’ve been a bit angry that I haven’t gotten more help regarding this, but I’m not trying to take it personally; I’m just really frustrated about the whole ordeal. But after thinking it over in my mind, I actually had an inspiration: Is it possible for someone to create their own adblocker? [Not a program, just a browser extension & how difficult would it be for someone who has had no experience with coding or even creating a piece of software, etc.?] 🤔 BTW, I would very much appreciate it if anyone could forward this topic to someone on the LTT/LMG team as I do think this would be a very great idea for a video they could do! 👍
 
Well, I think by now you guys know the drill: If you have anything to say, wish to ask, or need to know, just go right ahead & I’ll be sure to provide you with all the necessary details! Thanks in advance to anyone who might be able to help! :) 

OK. I'll just give that a shot & it should work. Thanks!

So InSpectre IS inaccurate! I knew it! Thank you so much for the confirmation!  

I don't know. Surely I'm not the only 1 here who likes to have things patched up & good to go... BTW, I would appreciate helpful responses & not ones that will criticize me.