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Cake day: July 29th, 2023

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  • Its funny because all these grand Japanese OEMs like Sony and Panasonic got undercut by Korean rivals like LG and Samsung in the 2000s, which forced Sony to move further into exclusively high priced devices and for many other OEMs to leave the US or global market.

    Now TCL and HiSense are undercutting the grand Korean OEMs, which is slowly forcing them out of the low-middle end market.

    I upgraded from a 20+ year old Phillips LCD to TCL’s QM8K, and the display technology for being a QLED panel is astounding. It looks 95% like a high quality OLED for a fraction of the cost.

    Only downside is Google TV (Junk Android that you have to debloat a bit) and for some reason the TV can’t passthrough Dolby Atmos from app players like Kodi, even though it can do DTS-X just fine. I’m pretty sure the second issue is just a software bug, but TCL has been taking ages to respond. Pass through from an external source works perfectly fine though.

    If you’re in the market, I highly recommend seeing it in person at a hardware/electronics store. The side by side comparison is insane.


  • That’s because that game requires mad skills with the stylus lol. It required ridiculous precision to make your shots, so most of us would resort to spamming dunks.

    But I had one friend who was actually good with shooting and could destroy anyone in multiplayer and was the only one who unlocked every character.

    The 4 player multiplayer was also fun because it was just item spamming with no hoops so you didn’t have to worry about shooting, passing, etc.















  • Infamously hated student dean at an otherwise pretty normal HS was known for sitting in her office and watching students on the security cameras so she could dole out punishment for incredibly minor stuff like being late to class, running in the halls, and covering your face (was seen as an attempt to thwart the cameras or security) etc.

    However, she was visibly in a more angry mood when on physical rotation like watching the Cafeteria during lunch, so people would avoid any interaction with her like the plague.

    Anyways, one day during a very cold winter lunch one of my friends entered into the cafeteria from outside with his hood up, hands in pockets, and visibly covered in snow from walking outside. Rest of our friend group was already sitting at our usual table as he’s rolling up. Student dean has already clocked him and within maybe 10 seconds of entering the building, is asked to remove his hood.

    Buddy replies with “oh sorry, I was cold”

    We watched as the dean proceeded to tear into him for “talking back” and “insubordination” before he got hauled off to the main office and was given a weeks worth of after school detention.

    Funniest thing was we were warned about the atrocious Dean by the previous year’s Valedictorian. No one liked her.