FliX's Posts

FliX (60322261)

Such a great scene.

FliX (59786282)

Yes, it's in effect a coil. But it doesn't have to be a problem. Depending on the EMC sensitivity of the devices around it.

FliX (54193963)

LOL, Dover get's 33k , what are they supposed to build/buy with that? A set of brexit themed traffic cones to help manage the congestion?

FliX (54194746)

Who was it that said they hadn't quite grasped the magnitude of trade that goes through Dover/Calais?

FliX (54194926)

Muppets the lot of them.

FliX (54194422)

How many lanes do you think can be built with thirty three thousand pounds? They asked for thirty three million pounds....

FliX (54158527)

Probably.

FliX (54190789)

Red, white and blue folding!

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FliX (60105989)

No, but it will make it harder for them to keep up appearances as buergerlich. It will also put any civil servants on notice that are still member of the AfD.

FliX (60122711)

Fighting the far right with symbolic gestures ... sounds about right.

FliX (60106154)

The whole thing is super teeth-less though; if they cannot actually monitor anyone who has been elected to public office.... Which is what I heard yesterday in the Presseschau.

FliX (60061304)

lol, Bob is a champ.

FliX (60060320)

Still watching, but utterly disgusting.... Those quotes from the contractors in Malasia....

FliX (59968628)

Please take it to the Buy/Sell/Trade thread.

FliX (59962139)

This way they get to run on $15 minimum wage again next election!

FliX (59972216)

Came to post this. Also Hot Shots 2 is also great.

FliX (59888498)

I've been surprised by the resilliance of our herbs in the Michigan winter. I've been using Roesmary and Thyme consistently throughout and while they look a little dried out, they seem healthy.

FliX (59905145)

Na we got a small plant from the garden Center. It’s really taken though. we will be adding a proper herb garden this year.

FliX (59837618)

This one is really impressive.

FliX (20583433)

The ideal time to start was in the past. The best you can do today is start now.

FliX (20399710)

Good job!

FliX (20235640)

I have 40% international

FliX (20229753)

That's what many of us do. :)

FliX (20082314)

I am not aware of a calculator. 2.85% isn't that low imho. Personally I would take that guaranteed return and pay it off. I can only imagine how good that will feel. Then you can start putting you monthly mortgage amount to work for you when you invest it!

FliX (19461438)

Well assuming it is invested the capital gains, not technically interest. But yes.

FliX (19859532)

Exactly, ignore the noise.

FliX (19461336)

An IRA is tax sheltered.

FliX (19601902)

The Shockingly Simple Math Behind Early Retirement was my epiphany.

FliX (19352212)

The number doesn't figure in (at least I have never heard of that). Individual funds will have their own total expense ration (TER) which is the primary number you should be looking at in terms of cost.

FliX (18991002)

Depending on your bank/broker you might have access to different ones. This gives a nice comparison of equivalent funds.

FliX (19282125)

The effect is probably marginal. That said if you have the money now, definitely invest now. I front load all my tax advantaged accounts. Basically our two IRA's and my 401k are done for the year.

FliX (19309309)

We are never going to see significant wage increases again.

FliX (18149400)

It's the if you have access to one.

FliX (18291228)

Thanks, I'll look into that. Probably well worth it to reduce my expense ratio from .4+ to .1+ Ok, yolo. Fidelity auto fills out the form I need, just printed it, now just to send it off.

FliX (18155041)

That's the same for me. Probably the norm.

FliX (17983817)

I second this. No time like the present.

FliX (18156150)

Can confirm, nothing I can do about that though... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Still easily worth it with employer contributions.

FliX (18154637)

This is what I have in my HSA

FliX (18282653)

I just started looking into this, and apparently Fidelity (where all my other investments are) is a good and cheap HSA provider. Otherwise would it be reasonable/possible to just roll over my HSA balance from Health Equity to Fidelity on (say) an annual basis to benefit from the lower fees at Fidelity and direct payroll deduction at Health Equity?

FliX (18154915)

till march I believe, good idea!

FliX (18146240)

Quoting myselfNo point waiting if you have money to invest today. If you are at 8. open up a taxable account with the broker where your IRA is to make things easy for yourself and dump it in there.

FliX (18150360)

You're still saving on federal and more importantly it then grows tax sheltered... That said I did not know about this exception for CA and NJ, will have to look into it.

FliX (18155251)

Mine gets deducted from each pay check, sadly I cannot front-load my HSA. I'm with Health Equity.

FliX (17188691)

I have everything with Fidelity, for the same reasons, my 401k is there. No complaints.

FliX (17459039)

Why not put it in something we know works? IRA at vanguard for example. I don’t see the point. And if you want to day trade this is not the thread for that.

FliX (17468007)

That’s fine, I just genuinely don’t understand robin hoods place in the Market.

FliX (17568714)

I was just catching up on some book keeping as I was not motivated to do so during the market downturn of Q4. :p Anyway I had not really appreciated how radically Fidelity had cut the prices on their index funds. Thank you Fidelity and thank you market competition. Most funds have been consolidated accross my 401k, IRA and post tax accounts. :)

FliX (16491820)

Mathematically it depends on the interest rate of the loan. I can understand the personal desire to be debt free. Investing is significantly about time. The earlier you can start investing the better Time is your friend.

FliX (16491610)

Picking branches is like picking stocks and around here we usually avoid that... And the expense ratio will significantly eat away at your returns over time.

FliX (16491901)

At 7% I would say it's a wash, paying down your debt is guaranteeing that return in these uncertain times.

FliX (16525478)

Why bother with a bunch of individual stocks and not just one ETF?

FliX (16995567)

Congrats GhaleonEB, that is a huge achievement!

FliX (16476161)

The hands off approach would be to buy an MSCI World Index Fund, that will contain from Apple and Ford to international and emerging markets. This means you only need to buy one fund and not worry yourself about allocations between domestic, foreign, emerging, etc. Mind you this is my opinion this is not a universal truth. Some might say to only buy a domestic US ETF. As for contributions you will be asked at the time of purchase what year the contributions are for.

FliX (16474370)

??? I'll try my best and keep it short.

FliX (16491027)

No idea, but waiting on it is not going to improve your chances.

FliX (16281139)

Doesn’t matter. It’s always time to buy like a mofo. :p

FliX (16490064)

What is the one you have and what is the one you are considering? I used to think the same, now I would make it as simple as humanly possible for myself.

FliX (15851882)

day one. Time in the market>Timing the market. There has been a supposed recession on the horizon for months if not years.

FliX (15981178)

Good attitude to have. We will be here to help any way we can. :) So you didn't have any credit cards or anything while you accrued your student debt?

FliX (15980717)

I doubt your credit score would take a hit from you aggressively paying of your student loans. In order to maintain your credit score just use a regular credit card for regular purchases and be sure to pay it off in full every month. Try to keep your utilization rate at ~30ish%.

FliX (16260299)

MSCI World ETF, just like every day.

FliX (16246491)

Long game. You only realise losses when selling prematurely.

FliX (15180081)

noice!

FliX (15666767)

"Past performance is not an indicator of future results."I'm not sure fun to use is a metric worth considering for retirement investing. You should not be in there all the time buying and selling anyway. :p

FliX (15235180)

Everything is on sale! I hope it holds till January first for my new years IRA contributions.

FliX (15667882)

You're in the retirement thread, not the day trading thread. We don't look kindly upon such fancy graphs around here.

FliX (15667137)

Having some play money is fine, especially if you are set on all other fronts. :) Just know you're gambling. :p

FliX (11180586)

You clearly have not met ERA's Tesla Fanboys and Fangirls yet.

FliX (13859447)

Tell him to dump it all in a total market index fund and forget about it. That said will likely be (inheritance) tax issues he will have to deal with that might require professional guidance. Depends on where.That a lot of money that is wasting away for three years...What does your emergency fund situation look like? Are you dead set on paying of the mortgage in 3 years or would you be ok with waiting 5 or more. If you're flexible invest it and pull it out at an opportune moment when the market is not tanking at that time.

FliX (11209338)

You might want to ask in the investment thread. You wont find much love for penny stocks in these parts. ;)

FliX (13876379)

Personally, I'd definitely invest then.

FliX (10903357)

Assuming you are flexible as to the exact time to withdraw. Good idea. If it has to be 5 years, no ifs and buts maybe not.

FliX (10936172)

100k cash on hand? Invest that asap! Put it all in a MSCI World index fund.

FliX (11005587)

Nice.

FliX (10888240)

I front load my 401k. No problem. At the beginning of the year I set my 401k contributions to 70%, which is the max on my plan. Time in the market ftw.

FliX (10897256)

Honestly I would not bank on any inheritance. Who knows what might happen between now and then. New marriage, Vegas, IRS, a cult... Just stick with your plan and if it comes it is an added bonus.

FliX (8904918)

Reached an important milestone today. 20% of our magic number saved and invested. :D FIRE here I come, slow and steady....

FliX (9378542)

Start here with the theory: The classic calculator:

FliX (8244036)

I use ynab and the ease of connecting it to my counts is magical.

FliX (8561375)

As soon as I am going back to Europe I will seek professional advice for precisely that reason. This sounds like a mine field.

FliX (59609918)

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Feel free to create a new thread with more firm basis to erect this rumor upon.

FliX (59404577)

FYI, turns out I had to specify that we had healthcare to avoid the penalty of not having health care.

FliX (59413034)

yea, CA. [edit] disapointed.gif.... Guess selling some investments for our down payment bit us with capital gains... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

FliX (59392235)

Thanks both, I'll double check and probably make use of their customer support to find the right setting.

FliX (59383544)

So question. We did no live in CA in 2020, we moved to MI in 2019. However for some reason my spouse got a W2 from her previous employer for 2020 (though she did not work there in 2020) totaling $668, so peanuts. But when I enter that in Tax Slayer it now tells me we owe CA $2559.... ? What could be going on here?

FliX (59508851)

Profit

FliX (59287466)

Communist Manifesto proudly on display, nice!

FliX (59403278)

I came to post the exact same thing.

FliX (59289995)

I'd argue, like me many people are not aware of what they are missing out on.

FliX (59373047)

Locked per OP's request

FliX (59393882)

No.

FliX (59398187)

Requiem for a Dream....

FliX (59315045)

Join a union, y'all!

FliX (59321993)

Our mortgate is a quarter of what we used to pay in rent. Granted the appartment was super nice and everything, but still just goes to show it's easier to make money (save money) if you have money (for the down payment) to begin with.

FliX (59284199)

Shout out to Patrick and David, the cutest couple ever.

FliX (59284103)

Do you normally move around a lot with your controller?

FliX (59283911)

Prior to playing Days Gone recently I had no idea I wanted Gyroscopic Aiming in my life. But now I miss it in every game I've played since. Having googled it recently I am shocked to see how few games have implemented it. I've been playing Control the last couple weeks and am loving it greatly; however the aiming with guns is a real chore and kinda bad... So are we expecting it to become more widely used?

FliX (59223068)

I am aware that Boeing doesn't build the turbines. Nevertheless the news headings are all going to have Boeing in them and the general public won't care about such OEM/Supplier details...

FliX (59221502)

Boeing's not having the best time of their lives are they...

FliX (59229278)

When we lived in Cali, our anual rent increase far outran out annual salary increase...

FliX (59160651)

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FliX (59159343)

Locked per OP's request

FliX (58755981)

This neither makes me laugh or dawww. I hate it.

FliX (58823232)

Don't create threads based on tabloid stories.

FliX (58745421)

My partner's cousin makes a living composing music for ad's and such. Probably only so many jobs like it to be had though...

FliX (58645020)

I'm still waiting on various 1099, damn banks...

FliX (5734149)

I am still not sure if furies are real or just trolling...

FliX (58476330)

Locked per OP's request.

FliX (58403061)

Turns out a lot of rare earths aren't that rare and a lot of old mines were just shut because China undercut the entire world market back in the day.

FliX (58389669)

Same!Yea when I found out about this recently, that was turned on immediately. So nice.

FliX (58240074)

Yea, if I wanted to make , why not throw it all in a big bowl to mix up?

FliX (58238862)

ahem.

FliX (58212873)

Or digestives... ugh. That said Hobnobs means life!

FliX (58213389)

No, very different flavour profile imho.

FliX (58214511)

You can get Heinz Baked Beams in loads of grocery stores in the US. You’ll just end up paying over $3 per tin as opposed to 50p in the UK.

FliX (58212207)

Burbons>>>Custard Creams. Any day.

FliX (58211949)

Those poor Burbons...

FliX (58211100)

Depends how long you take to eat it...

FliX (58210914)

Nothing wrong with Beans on toast. Add some fried mushrooms for extra class.

FliX (58177029)

Yea we go to the MH one. Good is great. Get the edamame appetisers.

FliX (58147602)

Ima is great. also good vegan selection.

FliX (58133112)

Neat!

FliX (58171113)

This is some kind of crime. If it’s not banned in our rules yet, it should be.

FliX (58085916)

deep fake memes will be quite the ride...

FliX (58150689)

This is not soon after taking the job. Hand in your notice early, give everyone a heads up. Plenty of time.

FliX (58159569)

Some are a little goofy... yea.

FliX (57944172)

I haven't bought LEGO in years, but I still catch myself wandering down the LEGO isle when I'm out and about...

FliX (57959322)

Nice tune OP, however.Keep it up!

FliX (57962151)

might I suggest you change the framing of the OP to be less self promotion and make this thread a collection ground for homemade music. You might then want to invite over to join this thread too. If you send me a title suggestion I can change the thread title for you too.

FliX (57860601)

I think what they are suggesting is that we should all be driving tanks, then infrastructure is a mute point.

FliX (57777981)

Deserved

FliX (57792981)

Do we really want to signal boost this even the slightest bit?

FliX (57793440)

The thing is it is kinda widlely recognized that spending a dollar on infrastructure now will save many times that over the years to come... But... fuck them kids I guess? It's one of the problems of having politicians only be accountable for a relatively short time while they are in office or seeking office.

FliX (57795039)

The example in the video is wild where there is just one bridge over the river that is basically going to collapse any day now and when it does people and businesses will have to travel another 4 hours to get over the river...

FliX (57793506)

I realize it's funny, but this is hardly a Trump issue.

FliX (57792876)

I realize this video is a year old, but it just popped up on my feed, and it's a pretty stark reminder of how boned the US' infrastructure is. For all categories; Highways, bridges, trains, dams, ports,.... The video makes a good job of explaining how crumbling and malfunctioning infrastructure costs the economy billions and it's only getting worse. It also ends on how foolhardy it is to rely on ppp to fix the problem.

FliX (57680181)

The joker is so overused, I cannot stand the character anymore...

FliX (57100112)

Is it now James Stephanie fucking Sterling Person?

FliX (57678162)

1, but in one fell swoop

FliX (57627711)

They look much cooler than I had envisioned from the thread title.

FliX (56887853)

I do hate those when they seemingly never end. Looking at you PSN... And I also always face the same quandary, is that part of the traffic light?

FliX (57427227)

Assuming you have a mortgage you will get some money back for the mortgage interest. I'm in the same boat but because it was late 2020 the amount isn't huge. Should be more this year.

FliX (56879312)

PHEV's never made that much sense to me. one major advantage of a BEV is there is no engine, it's a much (much) simpler mechanism that is much less likely to break down. In a PHEV you have the complexity of both worlds to contend with.

FliX (56090524)

In slightly unexpected news.

FliX (57401241)

Why on earth would you need that much to retire at 60? With the 4% rule (which is already conservative) you're looking at an annual retirement "income" of $240k-$400k

FliX (57245460)

Do Senators voting against this have a leg to stand on or any valid argument to make? Or is it just blind partisanship? It seems so obviously the right thing to do regardless of what team the state senators would end up playing for. Same for anyone opposing PR statehood because "they might vote republican" gtfo. It should be a principle issue.

FliX (57276597)

Demon's Souls is an amazing remake and an amazing game in its own right. Astro's Playroom is much better than it has any right to be, showcasing the new and amazing dualsense Bugsnax has a lot of heart and is just really cute.

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FliX (8714793)

I use and have no complaints about it. :)

FliX (56879843)

Locked per OP's request.

FliX (56892908)

Locked per OP's request.

FliX (56764502)

Completed my first run of Dubai and it's a really nice map, though smaller than I expected. But one thing I am disapointed by is the fact that the new maps only seem to come with 3 story missions or whatever they are called. Which is a shame many of the old maps had 8 or so per destination and they are always fun to figure out and execute.

FliX (56750993)

Loading it up. Loads of trophies unlocking. I guess we’re good now.

FliX (56748191)

Not envying the shoes that their IT must be in right now.

FliX (56809598)

locked per OP's request.

FliX (56797736)

I think it was not what people wanted Hitman to evolve into. On it's own merits I agree it's fun.

FliX (56797577)

I'm really hard pressed. At time of release I would say Bloodmoney was peak Hitman. very, very closely followed by the new trilogy. But as of now in terms of replayability the new trilogy obviously easily takes the cake. Absolution sort of does it's own thing and I was never offended by it. The old ones are and probably were janky. Not something I want to replay. Though at least in my memory, that Hotel level in the first game is still probably among my favorites.

FliX (56746583)

Woop woop. InProgress. so close now.

FliX (56740472)

I'm about to call it at work. Still not been able to connect them. :( Might just tinker a little in Dubai to pass the time.

FliX (56719460)

This made me want to search out more and I came across this.

FliX (56700590)

this is great!

FliX (56701112)

I signed up for a month of EA Access. Played Jedi Fallen Order and Burnout over the last week and now canceled it because I got all I wanted for $4. Cannot complain.

FliX (56707856)

Nice!

FliX (56707775)

Well even if I cannot get the carry over to work yet, the activiation of H1 & H2 content was quick and easy. Added bonus I now also finally have access to patient zero which I never owned in the past. So it really is the complete Hitman experience.

FliX (56705201)

He needed the IT-tech disguise.

FliX (56704973)

sensiblechuckle.gif

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FliX (56701877)

good, good! That's what we are here for.

FliX (56700935)

That's what I'd expect too.

FliX (56701217)

Yea, maybe you're right. I probably won't pop into the PS4 version and just use that as an excuse to replay it all in a year or two.

FliX (56700707)

Looks like they are separate trophy lists to me. So you can probably play both and get trophies separately.

FliX (56700974)

I think savegames in general are handled very differently between PS4 and PS5, so I would not imagine that will be automatic.

FliX (56700509)

My partner would get angry at you for answering an or question with yes. But I applaud you, because that's what I always do and then go on to tell her that that is logically perfectly fine and that she should ask exclusive or questions in response.

FliX (56700155)

Has anyone been able to confirm what happens with trophies when you import prior progress? Do they just all unlock or do they get locked out and broken because you already reached level 20 in the past?

FliX (56646791)

Do we have any idea if DF is doing a video on the game's various versions?

FliX (56647832)

I really hope we have Giro support (while sniping at least).

FliX (56632118)

correct.

FliX (56620997)

Honestly the story is fine, but hardly crucial. It's perfectly possible to just pick and mix missions as you choose without loosing out. There is no game mechanic progression in so far as you learn something new in map 2 that you need in map 3. Though I cannot remember if all maps are unlocked from the get go or if you have to play them in order... I'd assume the former tbh.

FliX (55236001)

It's that magical time of the year again. As we bought a house I am somewhat excited to see what happens, expecting a nice return accordingly. Now the long wait for all those letters from various institutions starts... Some things to keep in mind this year

FliX (56038636)

It was in the linked article, I might well have misunderstood it though. Seems like it did Thanks for pointing it out.

FliX (56037103)

Step one completed: FBAR filed.

FliX (10908723)

Thx. :)

FliX (10902864)

I got my new ATV yesterday and tested 4K with John Wick 2 and it looks bombastic.

FliX (10907332)

Where is this setting? Cannot find it.

FliX (10885951)

Is the Vudu app a bit shit? MI4 was a 240p mess with the Apple TV app but perfect with the Samsung smart tv app.

FliX (10887380)

It’ll be everywhere with MA.

FliX (56491727)

Disguises aren't fool proof. Some people will have a dot over them, they can identify you through disguises. E.g. the head cook might know all of the people working in the kitchen, while the weight staff and guards might not.

FliX (56485982)

D’oh. let me get that fixed.

FliX (56484866)

It's super personal. There literally is no right way. Personally I will explore as much as possible try and remember where I find certain items observe enemy movements. Then I usually just complete the level some-how. The game then gives you an idea of how well you did and what challenges you might have already completed, but also gives you hint's of ideas (e.g. "ohhh an image of a grand piano, I wonder what I can do with that") as to what other challenges might exist. You will also be unlocking new starting locations and starting disguises which can greatly help with infiltrating a level. And over time you will learn things like. Oh this door is locked, but I am sure I saw a keycard in the office once so you start to put 2 and 2 together. I will usually play one level to exhaustion before moving on to the next. And when I am done with a level I will do one serial killer run for various challenges that I couldn't unlock otherwise... (It plays surprisingly well as a shooter imho). I'm pretty sure I will replay all the old missions again as-well.

FliX (56484677)

Time to wrap up the World of Assassination trilogy, which re-invented the tried and tested Hitman formula which has been in development for over 2 decades now. Approach each level like the puzzle it is, try and find a way to slip by guards unnoticed get to your mark and take them out any way you see fit. In Agent 47's hands anything can become a weapon. The World of Assassination trilogy takes Agent 47 to diverse locations around the globe in the pursuit of the shadowy Providence organization. For the first time ever experience Agent 47's exploits from the first person perspective using PSVR.Confused about what prior purchases you need and what carries over to HITMAN 3, you're not alone. Check out the guide below for some guidance.From his humble beginnings Agent 47 as well as his developer has seen quite the evolution. by

FliX (56484968)

Anyone else think it super unfair to release this the day a long weekend....

FliX (56373691)

Locked per OP's request.

FliX (56358373)

Not sure if this counts as a sea shanty, but I want to share it regardless because it's really catchy.

FliX (56214148)

Has there been any word on Hitman 3 supporting giro-aiming? I botted up Hitman 2 and played a sniper level and was really missing it.

FliX (56272945)

RA3 was pretty well implemented.

FliX (56294578)

If only Tony paid his interns at Avengers Corp....

FliX (56205571)

this.

FliX (56203318)

The DLC SKU thing has always been a (unnecessary) nightmare. And if loosing access to prior bought DLC/savegames is the price to pay I'd be willing to pay it if they can fix their shit going forward.

FliX (56201881)

It's well established and widely known that your PSN account is tied to a specific region and it is impossible to change. This in and of itself wouldn't be so much of an issue if they accepted any global payment method. But the payment method (e.g. credit card or PayPal account) has to also originate from the same region. So me using a US credit card or my US PayPal account (or even German credit card) as a payment option in the UK PlayStation store just doesn't work. It will not accept it. My dirty foreign money is not good enough for them apparently. (and I would have absolutely no problem with paying currency exchange fees or whatever) Their official recommendation is to just create a new account, which is fine if we ignore that all my friends, trophies, PS+, cloud saves, and prior purchases are tied to my original account that I would like to keep. Now I get some of the reasoning in so far as ok, some license might not transfer from one region to the other. I would be able to stomach that assuming most games are available in most regions it really should only affect a small number of my past purchases. Other digital store fronts manage to make it possible for me to change my region/country and even years later I find it ridiculous that PlayStation does not. I did have this slight glimmer of hope that with the launch of the PS5 and the recent network changes (wow, we can change our names!) that this might also change. But obviously that hasn't happened and it's just frustrating. So does anyone think there is any hope for Sony to implement this? Sony must realize people move and some people might actually move abroad. Shocking I know. At least accept my foreign money!

FliX (56140093)

A member of IOI posted above that they would make a public announcement soon.

FliX (56109340)

Couldn’t last time. I would not expect so this time.

FliX (56101441)

The only one I am still missing is the only accidental deaths in the prison. I just gave up at some point...

FliX (56114785)

Ps. Also a big thanks from me, been playing Hitman since that first mission taking out the Red Dragon.

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Any OT tag line suggestions floating around? Have at it!

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Looks like H3 has a platinum trophy. Nice top off for the series. Also has anyone claimed the OT yet? I'm not seeing it referenced anywhere. If not I might pick it up.

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We do not need a new thread for every insurrectionist that needs identifying and we also do not want to host or encourage internet detective work. Hence this thread has been locked.

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Locked per OP's request

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Thread locked per OP's request.

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I have just one (family) group left to tease away from WhatsApp. Working on that now.

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Without FTL or something equivalent this is almost certainly true. Even with things like stasis flight it seems kinda pointless...

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That graph is messing with my mind, I am so used to seeing time on the abscissa...

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One of the main reasons I was ok with relocating to the Midwest from SoCal for my employer. I don't feel like SoCal is sustainable long term.

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His plane just being handed from airport to airport no one accepting him?

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Even if full self driving is a ways off, Level 4 also benefits from these technologies.

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5G with its significantly reduced latency is going to be a pre-requisite to lots of automation applications both on the consumer side (self driving cars) but even more so on the industrial side for use in smart factories and such. Also reliability will be in effect as high as using wired Ethernet. There will be practically no down time which is also critical for industrial applications. 5G is really not about being able to download Netflix movies faster...

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Standard Besta with a glass top

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No recent changes

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The thing itself is sturdy. The shelves are standard chipboard and also solid enough.... I don't have/use them so cannot tell you what they sound like.

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65"

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Good. Join a union y'all!

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Let's not signal boost right wing conspiracy theorists; This thread has therefore been locked.

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This is magic. I need a straight up house version of that initial beat.

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lol, persistent.

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Git gud

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Look at that head.

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The one at 3 AM?

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Those neighbours have a good taste in party music.

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Good LJGood DJ

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Ouch, looks like they are going at quite a clip....

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That flat beat is sick!

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This is so silly, yet it's great!

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Was it funny though? That's all we care about around here.

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legend.

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*some embedded media might not function as expected and thereby elicit nothing but frustration at the inevitable failure of technology to solve even the most basic needs for more emotions

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This is making me queasy just looking at it. What ride is it? I cannot stand roller coasters...

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Also always check under the bottom flights of stairs. I've never found anything worth while in real life there though...

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User banned thread whining. That said the proportion of cute pics has grown significantly over recent months.

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I wasn't complaining, just observing. I could add a "and dawww" to the thread title. I'd prefer one thread for both tbh.

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This cracks me up every time because it is 100% true...

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This hits close to home. I’m the dog.

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I'm not touching this. Yuck.

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I'd watch a Jane Bond remaster series.

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BLM is a right angle ALM is an obtuse angle

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A lot of this 5G nonsense can be traced back to RT of all places. 5G is high frequency, but low power. It really cannot penetrate shit. That's why one needs so many 5G base stations every couple meters. Close your glass door and no 5G mm-waves will be penetrating. That said all the 5G that is "out now" is all low band 5G which is in frequency very close to where LTE already is.

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Avatar checks out.

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That parrot does not take kindly to white power signs.

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ftfy

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I approve of this new meme format and need more!

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Neato, thanks for reviving the thread. I updated the title and will donate some new trees soon.

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I have been thinking long and hard about what sort of environmental activism I can do locally. And walking home from yoga through the burbs it hit me. All those pretty manicured lawns are an environmental disaster, for a multitude of reasons. I am thinking this is something individual home owners could actually take on and improve on. I envision it as being primarily an educational exercise, I bet most lawn owners are unaware how environmentally unfriendly their pretty front lawn is. So some well made flyers and an organized door knocking campaign would potentially be a good start. Or in spring one could hand out wild flower seeds to spread in the garden. To that end is anyone aware of organizations that tackle that, which I could latch on to? No need to re-invent the wheel.

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I dig it!

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Has anyone here invested with them? I am thinking of buying in as a carbon offset for my transatlantic flight home to Europe next year. Just watching their video on One acre of empress trees absorbs on average 103 metric tones of carbon. So for $3000 you can carbon offset quite a few years with that.

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Government legislation is 100% the way to go. And in order to get that we need to show the politicians that we mean it by showing up in meaningful numbers on Friday.

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Good thing we got some good news in here just in time then. Thanks Brazil.

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Cross-posting our Era Tree Planting Challenge tread

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How legit is this as an investment? They seem to be making big waves as far as my google fu can tell me, just not sure overall about the efficacy of the company. Anyone got an idea or can point me towards more reading on the matter?

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I'm glad to have been part of it, even if our strike was not on scale! I was really impressed by the speeches given by the young youth leaders at our rally. Truely inspiring and outraged stuff.

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Something else everyone can and should consider. Most (all?) energy providers have the option to choose green energy and pay more per kWh to support green energy production and the installation of additional capacity. I've always set it to the maximum possible. So nominally I am 100% renewable on my personal energy usage at home.

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Any day now the government will allow lead to be added to gasoline again.

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Sounds like communism to me. /s

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I approve this thread.

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We are mid season three and really enjoying it for the most part. Can be quite cringy at times though... And every episode I change my mind as to which character is more challenged by the real world.

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Everything we sell at my company and many others like it is coded for our customers as saving time, being more efficient, enabling more innovation, freeing up resources and such. We go to great pain to emphasise that these freed up resources (I.e. human workers) can be reallocated to other better uses. but its Clear to me the decision makers that make the call at the end of the day have headcount reduction in their mind. It just is one of the largest expenses for most companies. As for my part in these machinations. I’m but a very small cog in the machine operating within the capitalist system we have. There’s only so much I can do on a day to day basis.

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Finding goodies under the bottom flight of stairs in sooo many games...

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Looks like a Volvo from that angle.

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Good for them, time to move on.

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I don't think anyone expects the UK to leave the first world, but I think it is reasonable to expect/fear the UK moving towards the US-type system of neoliberalism and capitalism on steroids.

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I'll have you know that I grew up watching Dad's Army and Allo Allo. It's like I was there. /s

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Honestly I cannot see it happening within the next two decades.

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Gotta get rid of the Tories first, which will be an uphill battle regardless...

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Unless fleet street turns on the Tories and Brexit they will blame everyone else before acknowledging their own part in this calamity.

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nvm.

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England prevails.

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We are limiting the number of Cyberpunk 2077 threads, for reasons outlined in the OP of the Official Thread. Please continue discussion in this OT.

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Season three. You have my attention.

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The gift that keeps on giving. Will be kicking back for the holidays to play more Anno 1800. The team really did a fantastic job of building on past instances to craft the perfect Anno game.

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Finally bought season 2, my next two weeks off work are saved. Pretty sure I can up my playtime.

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Changed it to avoid confusion.

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Even if the bed could, and it's not about the physical beds, you also need ICU nurses that have different training to regular nurses. That's also why building a military field hospital only does so much. Cool, we have 50 more ICU beds but unless we have something like 3-4 times that in ICU nurses to go along with it it's kinda pointless.

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While it's no doubt that some people have profited during this pandemic, we feel it's in bad taste to gloat about it. As such, there's not much to discuss here and this thread is locked.

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nvm.

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Every other month I will think of that thread and bust our laughing.

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Skip anything with droids and you're good.

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We are limiting the number of Cyberpunk 2077 threads, for reasons outlined in the OP of the Official Thread. Please continue discussion in this OT.

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It works fine, no idea why you would expect it to be able to send to other messengers though.

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WhatsApp isn't nearly as bad as the Facebook App. That said Signal for example collects .

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looks like in the AppStore.

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I just checked a hand full of installed Apps. Yelp is bad too. Bad enough that I will now delete it and just use the website version. Yelp does not need to see my browsing history.

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Let's not.

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It never fails to impress me.

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New news new thread, please continue the discussion here.

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If anything this last year should have shown everyone how awful remote learning is for kids.... To think people come out of the pandemic think this all worked great, why even send kids to school is rather dismaying. (My missus is an educator, to teach 20 six year olds next door via Zoom as I type this).

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Let's wait for a proper source next time. Thanks all!

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I've been gettingMessage probably every other time I start my console I only have Demon's Souls and it's the only disc that has been in the drive and when I plop it out and back in again it works fine. So more a small annoyance than anything else, just want to make sure it isn't indicative of any larger issue?

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Yea, that could be it. Weird. Oh well. Not too fussed. It's likely going to be my only disc game.

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Just drink plenty of water and or tea and you should be fine. Your body will get more used to it and you will hardly notice that you haven't eaten in ages. :)

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Just do 1130 to 1930 then. Add an hour for the regular 8-16 schedule.

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Avoiding meals and substituting them with Oreos does not sound like the way to go.

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What do you mean with long term fast litterally no food?

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I mean there is no IF-police, or one correct way of doing it, I also drank tea during the fast if I felt like it.

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You absolutely should!

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Locked per OP's request.

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1, 2, 3 in that order.

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Honestly any company that wasn't working under that assumption was probably being negligent.

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I cannot remember where, but I heard an interview with the chief negotiator that worked for Blair on the Good Friday agreement, they seemed confident that this is all bluster and there will be a deal...

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Discussion can move over to the trailer thread.

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Let's not create threads based on random tweets without any context.

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Let's not create threads based on random tweets without any context.

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Scientist should really stop making all these balloons UFO shaped.

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Maybe the balloon was moving equally fast, that would make it quite easy...

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Yes please.

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It's ATV+ exclusive, so probably not. It's worth it though, just sign up for a trial month or pay the $5 for a month.

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Locked per OP's request.

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I wish I could do that in my job....

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What a roller coaster. It'll be a long week in Brexit-land.

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Sounds like a Gammon's wet dream.

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Let's just make this the official OT4.0 for now. I added links to the previous OT's to the OP. Open to better title suggestions

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Looks cool, however... Quoting from the Guide.

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Next time we come visit family in the UK my better half will need a visa. Wild.

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dishwasher: 5 Gal vs 27 gal if you did the same amount of dishes by hand. . Mileage might vary obviously, but it's pretty well established that dishwashers use significantly less water than hand-washing.

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fair enough. So you want a presidential system? I still think that would count as republicanism?

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It always beggars belief. “yes let’s totally have a hereditary monarchy” “Yes let’s totally skip Charles because he is unpopular and go with the next generation instead” plonkers. Just have an elected head of state.

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The word you’re looking for is republican. I realise the GOP kinda poisoned that well. But it is what it is.

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"They need us more than we need them"

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Uh, that looks interesting. Anno 1800 was probably my goty last year. And the boardgame looks mellow in the same kind of vane.

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A RA2 remaster would truly be blissful!

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The game-play is great, the stereotypes... not so much.

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This game has reminded me how unforgiving old games can be... Game design has come a long way to sand off those rough edges of frustration...

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yet here we are...

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Moved back to gaming as it just released on console.

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Expect to sit in solemn silence while the credits roll...

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I actually have the door fronts and due to everyone complaining I have since adjusted them.

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Here.

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I made room for the PS 5. But it works out quite well with the plant on the right.

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Just an led strip around the back of my tv. Helps increase the contrast with the blacks that can bleed due to it being a backlit lcd display.

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What did your consoles do to get sent to console prison?

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Is the movie streaming anywhere? I cannot find it.

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Cue curb theme song.

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To me it feels like someone somewhere is hoping that Biden "only" reverses 80% of Trump's shit and that 20% just stick. So anything they can do now increases the odds of something someone somewhere cares about staying around.

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Who reads that? Not me apparently.

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Question. My partners secondary psn account doesn’t stay logged in or even recognised. We’ve had to re-log her in three times when playing something together‽ The result of which is also that all her progress in playroom is lost (she doesn’t have ps+).

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No we played monsters 2 together and she played playroom by herself. anyway. Turns out the temporary logon isn’t persistent you have to add the account via settings.

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I’ve noticed when playing pixel junk monsters 2 on the PS5 the screen will periodically fade darker and back to bright... anyone else noticed anything like that?

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To avoid confusion I added a caveat to the ridiculous headline. Not everything is like trump.

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Lot's of those things just seem so totally standard to me that I cannot even remember them not being in AOE to begin with. It's been I don't know 20+ years since I last played it.

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Completed all the badges yesterday. Thoroughly enjoyed the added little challenges, even if some were a little tedious. This speed run though... Neat little touch. I wonder how many others there are in the game.

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Really? I wouldn’t have expected this game to be that demanding. Can you not try it and return if it doesn’t work?

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Wut?

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I’ll take JC4 I guess always wild fun.

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Is there an explicit list of games that got/are getting a dedicated ps5 patch? It seems partially implicit in the OP. Just curious. I would expect actually patched games to have more advantages or am I wrong?

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I’ve been meaning to watch this in its entirety for a long time. So I’m excited. Only really remember watching the first few seasons on and off.

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No.

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This thread has put us onto the morning show. Which is also fantastic for entire different reasons.

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With mugan?

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Some of the levels require superhuman timing to get through without killing people. Tense but still enjoying it. Dreading the last map without killing already.

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Bail is a guarantee that he doesn’t run away right?. So what happens when he is found not guilty (or even guilty). I assume that money is returned to him? I also assume he is then under no obligation to return it to the people who donated it right?

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Yea seems quite possible. And he will be bald. ;)

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Ayup.

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Locked per OP’s request.

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Good to know, as if I needed an excuse.

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Say, do trophies on the ps5 no longer have screenshots? I cannot see them anywhere. Even on ps5 games.

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Locked per OP's request

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So I've had it in my Epic library for a while since they gave it a way a few months back, but like most other things I've gotten for free on PC this last year I haven't really gotten round to actually playing it.... I used to love Commandos 1 and 2 and had a vague understanding that this was similar but never looked into it in detail. Commandos 2 especially, I consider to be one of the best games of its time. Regardless I saw it on sale for under a fiver last week on PSN and decided to double dip and have been playing it nonstop on PS4 (and now PS5) since. It's bloody amazing, plays surprisingly well with a controller. Only in very few tricky instances did I wish for the precision and speed of mouse control. Finished the last mission on hard yesterday and that was a tricky feast of millisecond-precision timing to get through some areas. Setting up those shadow strikes where multiple enemies are engaged at once by the squad is really satisfying. The game play loop is just as fun and addictive as I remember Commandos to be. Next up I will try and go for all the badges I missed and try some different strategies throughout the various missions. As a consequence I have now also added Desperados 3 to my wish list, as this has scratched a gaming itch I haven't had in a long time. If like me you have been putting it off for whatever reason, or are blissfully unaware of the game. Go check it out. It really is fantastic.

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Skip everything with about the brain-dead droids and it is great. :D

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It's basically an in-built and problem with any system based on winner takes all/first past the post (FPTP).

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I started playing this the last couple days And I am really impressed how it plays, feels and looks just like i remember. I am sure if I looked at the original I would see how "bad" the old one looks in comparison. However the new one really nails the overall aesthetic. I must say though I wouldn't have minded if they had added some modern quality of life improvements...

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Then my nostalgia must be short circuiting. :p

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All six spots on my car radio are per-programmed with Michigan Radio, so that no one gets any cute ideas about switching them.

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Sensible chuckle.

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Time to hunker down again.* *Not that I have been greatly unhunkered fwiw...

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No need to resurrect a thread from last year...

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Alien and IT, I was far too young for both...

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Tbf, I didn't hate Absolution, but I never felt I needed more of it.

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To quote Dubs.Pack it up.

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So they celebrate Christmas in , far ....?

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Please do, name and shame them!

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Yea that did look photo-realistic back then.

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It's funny how memory works. Without watching the clip I would have sworn MS looked better back then. Then you see the video and it all looks kinda flat and dull...

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We all have fond memories of different games and scenes within those games where we distinctly remember being impressed back in the day. One I thought of recently was the Cote d'Azur level from Need For Speed Porsche Unleashed. I distinctly remember driving around the bend to see the sunset and being really impressed by the realistic graphics. Needless to say, seeing it now I'm not quite sure what I was thinking... Another example would be the sky box in the first level of Deus Ex, while the game overall was not really a graphical showcase at the time, the skybox was really impressive to me.

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H&D was an excellent game all round. Fond memories of sneaking into enemy encampments and laying explosives.

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Got my PS5 yesterday.

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Thanks, got it for the inevitable time when I buy the game. :)

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I’m dreading the senate run off.

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cool. cool. cool.

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Wonderful OT!Seconded

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Does anyone know if my internal PS4 drive will directly work as an external one for the PS5 if I put it in an external housing?

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Wish granted.

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No one does.

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I just realized my launch day PlayStation 4 got me through the entire generation. While it might be loud as a jet engine it hasn't actually broken down on me. Our last gen consoles served us well and they will be fondly remembered.

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To be honest I obviosuly don't know what happened between the two. But it is pretty obvious that a further candidate with similar name popped up to then do exactly zero active campaigning or anything else to be elected.

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I think this is pretty common. In the seat that I was canvasing for one of the competitors basically paid someone with a similar name to just run, without actually campaigning or anything.

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Indeed.

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These impressions can be shared in the Series X/S OT. This thread is locked to further comment.

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Look at how flat the earth is. /s

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So cool.

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Guess we will be back again tomorrow.

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Of course I still love you.

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Slightly off topic, but has anyone gone to Vendenberg CA to watch a rocket launch before? There's an Atlas V launch scheduled for Saturday morning which is tempting me.

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Thanks, I had found various sites but not that one. I'll check it out.

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So the meterologists predict for the Atlas V launch in Vandenberg. Is that sort of normal or low? Still not sure if the drive up is worth it if the chances are slim.

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So is backseat moderation. Let's close it up here. This can be discussed in the respective pre-order thread.

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LOL that is great. So dorky.

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Yes I live in an all white sterile IKEA home, and love it.

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Any external drive goes though, right?

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That's great and well deserved! They clearly spelled out what the next two seasons would climax in.

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The new headset has a dongle again? /vadernooooo.gif

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Please don't create reaction threads. You all know the rules.

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That's good to hear, I was planing to start playing it to tide me over to next gen.

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This is me, I will finally get to play it.

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Mining Uranium is really, really dirty.

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tl;dr: Geoengineering is inherently risky, it's no solution to climate change but might be a welcome excuse for the largest emitters today to delay meaningful change. It could buy is some years when shit hits the fan though, so research in and discussions about geoengineering should continue. Also watched a DW documentary on the topic recently which was really interesting. [edit] This from the recommendations is also quite good.

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Your post reminded me of this.

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I never really paid the newspaper much attention tbh.

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sandbox, no AI, bliss.

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Avoid all episodes with droids. They are truly awful and not as funny as they think. The incompetence stinks to high heavens.

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Thanks for sharing. That was quite something. Easy to talk of bootstraps when one is loaded.

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Just watching the last episode of season two. This shit is insane. Drama overload.

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Daniel must have the most understanding partner ever.

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That's wild.

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Yea, that heading is regrettably not surprising in the least...

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I'll take Resistance and Killzone (and Bloodborne of course) please.

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Do you want nature or city life? There are so many amazing national parks and forests around the country. But if you don't want to go hiking then they are probably not for you.

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The Midwest: Los Angeles: Sure you can find places with more windy roads, but overall nothing like rural England. There is a reason people talk about distance in "blocks" it's literally what they are...

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I would have prefered to have 1.53 in the bank than a Bloomberg campaign to be honest.

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I spent too much time yesterday looking for bridges.

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I only saw the first this morning, but it gets even better... lol... I still don't know what orbeez are though...

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Dead for me.

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