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Finally got my hands on much awaited (for me) Lego Mario set - the animations, sounds etc are all so much awesomeness ! Nintendo figurines: Bought some random pop boxes, and guess what - BOTH ARE THE SAME ! Tom and Jerry Collection: Mike and Sulley love: There's motion, light and sounds:

Watched it yesterday, and found it to be pretty decent. Not as bad as the previous movies.

Rocket Boys is super inaccurate historically btw.

Didn't you see the memo a few pages back ? LG OLEDs are dead.

Glad to see he's providing exceptional service on Amazon !

Errrr... it is forced. You cant complete the setup without installing TT. There is no choice. Do they have the T&Cs upfront on the box before you buy a phone ? If Xiaomi is doing it, doesn't make it right automatically, eh ?

Dude, you shouldn't be forced to install TikTok in the first place. It's a f**king forced install. That's shitty.

So much for Samsung.

You can make multiple accounts with different countries with different emails. I think 8-9 can be stored on Switch at a time. Just select one while logging in (whichever is cheaper) by checking on Dekudeals.

Check your local shops. in Delhi NCR, I rent from Future Forward aka Camera on Rent. Z6ii with kit lens is around 1600 a day. XT4 is similarly priced.

Just got the rental Z6ii and 24-120 f4. Second guessing my choice since the combo is f**kall heavy. Definitely not a street camera.

It was the 16-55 f2.8. Hearing good things about the H2S and much improved AF.

Got access to OpenAI's Dall-e2. Just amazing piece of tech. Can generate AI images based on keywords. "A photo of a fisherman casting net with exploding galaxy in the background" "An expressive oil painting of a tennis player serving the ball, in style of an explosion of nebula"

No. FF lenses will always be costlier and heavier. Fuji is cheaper by comparison. You've to compare DX f2.8 vs FF f4 (not f4 vs f4).

Why did they stop at 1099 ? Why not 1100 ? Seems like an auspicious Indian thing.

Google Play Pass, Netflix games and NSO MORE than Apple Arcade ? Yeah, right. Totally believable.

This is good to hear. Not many buds for side sleepers (like me too!). Definitely not the XM3/4/MTWS.

Oh I like it, but full frame itch. Plus Z6ii does have better low light performance. I also realised that however much I like those dials, I prefer to manipulate SS/Aperture using command rings/dials while shooting through the EVF. Haven’t bought any - but rented the Z6ii + 24-120 from tomorrow for a week (short business travel coming up). I’ll probably wait for Z6iii (unlikely soon) or Z8, which is rumoured to carry Z9s AF (much improved over Z6ii/Z7ii). Also, the eye AF on Z6ii is much better than XT4. While clicking photos of kids playing, Z6ii almost had all keepers, while XT4 missed focus often. Edit: Everything being said, still prefer the skin tones on Fuji (even though you do get that magenta shade).

Is this Trek To Yomi ? How’s the difficulty?

Also Age of Calamity. Much better docked.

sh*t happens in HW development. I’m sure MS did not want RROD to happen in the first place, but they found out it’s common after that gens HW was out. And they did the next best thing they could - changed as many consoles as needed, even without warranty (many examples on IVG or GI at that point of time, in a niche market like India) if anyone experienced RROD. I’m not a HW expert, but I really doubt getting new HW in a short span of time (development, QC, regulatory approvals etc) was possible. The suits decided to not save money but keep on changing consoles if consumers had an issue. Thats really owning up to the mistake and taking responsibility. Tangentially compare it to Apple. Their previous gen MacBooks, worth thousands of dollars, had the most sh*t butterfly keyboard ever produced, literally dying with specks of dust. They did jackshit unless there was a class action lawsuit filed against them. They did the same with slowing iPhones with battery degradation, without letting consumers know. Again, a class action lawsuit was needed. It’s in times of adversity that you really test leadership. Apple lacks competition, and is able to get away with much sh*t. At least with console wars (to a certain extent), you’ve ample mudslinging to compete and keep the other companies in check. Unless you’re Nintendo. Then you’re automatically awesome and better than console wars and MS and Sony. BTW, pray tell me would Sony have launched any sub service had it not been for Gamepass ?

Yup. But you’ll not get a better earpad than Bose. Extreme comfort.

Oh dear - you clearly don't remember Nintendo vs Sega.

It's Flipkart, dude. Just avoid. They're scammers anyway.

With 16-80 f4, around 1.6L. Cheaper with 18-55 f4 (1.5ish I think). However, suggest getting the body + 16-55 f2.8 (I don't think these come as a kit). BTW, Z6ii with 24-70 f4 kit is around 1.85L, and with 18-120 f4 is 2.14L. Edit: Expecting price increase from 1st Aug (after old stocks deplete).