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  1. Blanky

    PS4: Rise of the Tomb Raider. Bored!

    Bought ROTR this week since it's finally out on PS4. I liked the tomb raider game from a few years back. It was seriously fun from start to end. So far I'm nearly at the end of area 5 on this game, maybe four hours in (13 areas total) and thinking of just bailing on it. I think I can narrow it...
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    POLL: Who do you plan on voting for?

    I know lots of polls, but I am trying to get a snapshot of right now. RCP is showing Clinton leading by a couple of points overall. I wonder what the people here are thinking about? Poll will close in one day because I don't want the debate to impact it. Your selection is hidden from others.
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    Clinton News Network (CNN) is now as bad as Fox

    It's no secret that Fox leans right. CNN was always a bit more objective, but in this election they've gone full tilt into shilling for Hillary. I think they are equally biased sources now as far as the election is concerned. I truly struggle to identify decent sources of news. Media is more...
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    Sean Penn meets El Chapo while the latter is on the run

    Pretty big piece of news regarding one of the world's most wanted men. http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/el-chapo-speaks-20160109 Penn met him back in October, had a brief sit down, and an agreement that a full length interview would be held 8 days later. Due to probably...
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    ZombieU

    This is the first thread dedicated to this game, it would seem! Game is three years old, I bargain-binned it today for $12. I've played for about an hour. My initial impressions are that it is really not great. IGN gave it a 6.4, but metacritic gave it closer to 80%. The biggest issue I...
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    I rubbed my clear coat dull/hazy, how to fix?

    Long story short I had to get a sticker off my car's black paint and I was excessively aggressive with a clay bar. I continually sprayed with the clay bar spray, but I simply was on the spot for too long and pressing too hard. End result is that from a certain angle now that spot of my paint is...
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    Mad Max AKA Shadow of Mordor AKA Assassin's Creed AKA Far Cry

    I just started playing Far Cry 4 again--sorry, I mean Mad Max. It's not bad. You make your way through an open world game just like in Shadow of Mordor, doing missions on the side if you want, or ignoring them and sticking to campaign. Meanwhile, you have strongholds that you can take, you have...
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    Aspartame free Diet Pepsi is undrinkable

    Pepsi changed the formula recently to replace aspartame with sucralose. The problem is that sucralose has a vile aftertaste, which hangs around for a long time after each sip. I know we shouldn't be drinking diet soda anyway, yeah yeah, but I am positive pepsi is going to lose customers because...
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    Islamists attack gas plant in France, pin one victim's head to plant gates

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3140304/Decapitated-body-Islamist-flag-industrial-estate-France.html http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/26/europe/france-attack/index.html That they appear to have been unarmed tells me that this was a poorly planned attack.
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    Custom car horn?

    It is an interest of mine to play a wav file or mp3 through a horn, ideally just in place of my regular car horn (as opposed to wiring a speaker mounted under the hood on a switch). Can anyone think of a way to do this without paying the $450 for the "only" mp3 enabled car horn that pops up...
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    Insane biker gang confrontation in Texas, 9 dead

    This is crazy, like something from Sons of Anarchy. I had the impression most biker gangs were more show than go, but damn. And by the way authorities had a SWAT team already at the location before the fight because they were expecting trouble. Crazy stuff...
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    Do you NOT hate the new gas can caps?

    Honest to @*#9, I cannot think of a better example of a stupid law. As you may know, a few years ago for the good of humanity a law mandated that gas cans have some stupid locking mechanism that, in theory, only allows gas to poor when there is pressure put on the spout. The reality is that...
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    Maggie (Zombie movie with arnold schwarzenegger)

    I love arnold schwarzenegger. I love zombie movies. You can imagine my disappointment when 20 minutes into this movie I was struck with a keen awareness of how damn slowly it was moving. I'm now at 39 minutes and not sure I should continue. Should I? I can say with certainty no movie with...
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    George Zimmerman suffers minor wounds from glass in gunshot incident

    This guy, seriously. Yep, that was my commentary. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3077175/George-Zimmerman-suffers-gunshot-wound-altercation-man-Florida.html
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    Grown men who sit down to pee.

    I was rather shocked recently to find out that no less than two adult men I know sit to pee at all times. They are fully ambulatory, mobile, healthy grown men. In one case he was trained as a child to pee sitting down and still does it to this day. In another case I think the guy was actually...
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    My iPad Air 2 is already scratched to hell and cracked as well

    This past fall I replaced a three year old iPad 2 with no meaningful scratches with an iPad Air 2. In the past several months, with a very similar exposure to stresses, it is now covered in a multitude of scratches. These manifest themselves as rainbows against light backgrounds. The screen...
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    Respirators / masks

    A few years ago I got one of the $20-25 half face masks with replaceable cartridges for stuff around the house. I found that the disposable paper-type ones are utterly, completely, and thoroughly worthless. Impossible to seal around the face reliably. The mask I have is decent, but still I can...
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    How to level an uneven OSB subfloor before laminate?

    I've googled this extensively. What I've found is many people asking the question and very few people giving any actual idea on how to remove the imperfections in OSB. Laminate requires no more than a 1/16" unevenness over 40", which is exceedingly flat. My guess is a lot--probably even the...
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    FBI overstated forensic hair matches in nearly all trials before 2000

    The only commentary I feel I need at this time is simply: WTF http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/fbi-overstated-forensic-hair-matches-in-nearly-all-criminal-trials-for-decades/2015/04/18/39c8d8c6-e515-11e4-b510-962fcfabc310_story.html
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    Reminder that not all cops want to shoot you; restrained cop on camera

    Quite an amazing video to me. I think cops are way too likely to use fatal force, but here is one who restrained well past the point many of us would have in a similar situation. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/officer-refuses-resort-deadly-force-i-wanted-be-absolutely-sure-n344011
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    Helldivers (PS4,PS3,Vita)

    This well rated game (http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/helldivers) came out a month back. I played 3-4 hours of it last night with co-op and it's quite a good game. Its gameplay is similar to the only other twin-stick I've played recently (Dead Nation apocalypse), though with more...
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    Installing laminate flooring, quick sanity check requested

    Removing carpet and linoleum and putting laminate across both. Sadly, it appears that the thin Luan subfloor put in place only for the linoleum goes underneath the counters. Thus, without removing the counters (which is absolutely not happening) the best I can do is cut the linoleum around...
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    Do old people always get uptight about rules?

    My parents have gotten worse with age to the point that they obsess over the most absurd minutiae. Their worst offense is always fussing over insurance; i.e. they read literally everything about any insurance policy they are under, interpret it completely incorrectly, and then follow whatever...
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    Hotwire "Ford Mustang Convertible" or similar

    I'm looking to rent a convertible and Hotwire's price is absurdly low; $75/all-in for a day vs $130+ for everywhere else. This is for a Mustang convertible (or similar). However, it seems that they think Chrysler's convertible (sebring/200) is similar, which it sure as all F is not. Cancelling...
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    Cop who caused fatal accident had a history of crashes and DUI

    Recently an NJ cop who got drunk with his cop buddies decided to go the wrong way down the highway. I am always happy when tractor trailers are around for these events as they so often seem to be, since tractor trailer vs car is better than car vs car. In this case two of the cops are dead, two...
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    How is DC to visit at this time of year?

    First, I know DC is an uninhibited nightmare of traffic at all times. However, I'm thinking of visiting this weekend and spending Saturday and Sunday there. Is this a particularly bad time to do so? This http://www.smartertravel.com/travel-guides/page.php?id=104713 says tourism surges late...
  27. Blanky

    Is it time for Jews to leave Europe?

    Very long read in theatlantic. http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2015/03/is-it-time-for-the-jews-to-leave-europe/386279/ I knew many Jews in general were thinking things were not great in Europe, but I didn't realize it was such a pervasive, quantifiable issue. The leaders of...
  28. Blanky

    Looking for the "Wikipedia vomit" gif

    Can't seem to google it. Can somebody please post this? The one of reading a bunch of wiki and then puking into the keyboard. Thanks muchly!
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    McDonald's sales down 4% YoY in the US

    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/10/business/sharp-fall-in-mcdonalds-sales-blamed-on-competition-and-changing-tastes.html?src=twr&_r=1 That's a pretty steep decline. I don't eat there often, but I still love their fries and Big Macs. They are blaming competition, which is probably fair...
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    60 minutes eviscerates Lumber Liquidators

    http://www.cbs.com/shows/60_minutes/video/A3GckRjCT6fZltzjt0BH8GKM0nGZJ8cw/lumber-liquidators-linked-to-health-and-safety-violations/ This is why last week LL warned investors that the upcoming 60 minutes piece would be bad for the company and right now the stock is getting crushed, down 20%...
  31. Blanky

    Have you ever heard of Luxottica? If not, you're surely familiar with their products.

    If this doesn't piss you off, I think it should. It pisses me off. Exhibit A: $22 RC helicopter. http://www.amazon.com/Syma-S107G-Cha...sin=B00F4WMAI4 This aluminum and plastic bodied helicopter combines various materials in a frame along with a gyroscope, infrared receiver, CPU, lithium ion...
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    2015 Gasoline Prices

    With the recent crash in oil prices (http://data.cnbc.com/quotes/%40CL.1/tab/2)--down by more than 50% in just eight months--we're paying the least for gas we have in more than five years (http://www.gasbuddy.com/gb_retail_price_chart.aspx?time=3). An otherwise significant plunge in oil...
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    Red Alert 3

    This game is 6-7 years old, but it was on sale recently on Steam, so I picked it up. I played the original C&C :biggrin: I'm on possibly the last mission in the Russian campaign (first campaign I've tried) and I think the co-commander approach has ruined single player. I've done all missions so...
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    Do you find fantasy games as interesting as you used to?

    I've felt for years my interest in the fantasy genre was waning. As a kid I would read the books but, other than game of thrones, I've not touched much "fantasy" fiction in 15+ years. I know the same has happened in video games, too. I really find the old mage/rogue/fighter dynamic to be...
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    I feel like an awful person, but I hate Minecraft

    Yes, I played with Lego a bit as a kid. I've been gaming for many years, and as an adult I love building things, whether they are software or physical structures (e.g. carpentry or models). When Minecraft first came out it seemed silly to me because the graphics were so awful, so I avoided it...
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    "All the world will denounce the SONY", re. The Interview

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2876503/Sony-hackers-latest-chilling-warning-threatens-9-11-like-attacks-theaters-showing-Interview.html I did not think North Korea (if involved as some suspect) had it in them. Last week I read this hack of Sony will cost the company at least $100M...
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    Texas plumber's truck converted into a technical for ISIS

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2876735/How-plumber-s-truck-Texas-ended-hands-Islamic-fighters-lines-Syria.html Very weird story. I laughed, like wth? I thought maybe the video the image is from was done stateside but there can't be many trucks in the US with machine guns on the back.
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    Movie theater style popcorn at home and Q about coconut oil

    i never add butter at the movie theater, so my goal is to get to the state, at home, of movie theater popcorn before butter is added. According to Amazon flavacol + coconut oil pulls this off. Did my first batch tonight, was a bit light on flavacol, but optimistic about results. Coconut oil is...
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    Automated pricing software for Amazon UK screws over many sellers with items for a P

    P as in one pence. http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/15/amazon-sellers-discounted-glitch-pricing This is third party software. I found the article sad until I laughed out loud at the catch line of repricerexoress: "the ridiculously simple way to increase your Amazon holiday...
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    Have you ever seen a decent sized house with 5 ghz and one router?

    My 5ghz experiments have been woefully unsuccessful. I know my router isn't great (although I had similarly bad experience with an Asus nt66), but the range is so bad that unless I'm within 20 feet of the router (not exaggerating), I don't bother. The range of 5ghz is of course known to be bad...