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  1. fris

    Constantine 2

    The "Point Break" actor?? Lol, ok. That's what he's best known for
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    Investing General Discussion

    Fang fang tail just set back everyone's 401k a year...
  3. fris

    Investing General Discussion

    is she really a spy or is every business in china owned by the govt? seriously, i haven't bothered to learn much about china. was he just getting some ass or was he selling secrets? my guess is he has enough $$ that best she could hope for was emailing secrets back home while he takes his...
  4. fris

    Investing General Discussion

    should we give a fuck who he's fucking? outside of his wife and kids, we should just judge him based on how the company he's running is doing. am i wrong?
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    Dresden Files

    I'm about half way through book 5, the dramatized version on Audible. Its fun, I don't know if its better than the normal narrator I listed to for the first 4 books. Its like a 1940s radio show, sound effects pretty consistently. Foot steps if he talks about walking, door hinge sounds if he...
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    Dresden Files

    the narrator so far does a great job at doing a woman's voice in a way that ... is neutral and I can zone out into the story. There's DCC which is so spot on that I didn't know it was a guy reading in a girl's voice. Then there's Neuromancer, in which the dude tries too hard to do a girls...
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    Dresden Files

    Almost done with book 4, best one so far. 1 and 2 didn't really hook me, but 3 picked up a lot. I got the solo narrator on audible for them so far. Is the dramatisation with multiple narrators worth trying for the next book?
  8. fris

    Crystal Lake

    just finished it today, I enjoyed it enough to hope they do another season.
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    Dungeon Crawler Carl

    Matt's said that he has a plan to end DCC. I can't remember if it's 2 more books, or 1 book in 2 parts, but the end is planned. I try not to listen to the spoilers out there, people relaying what they're getting from Patreon. I'm grateful he's getting that $$, but I don't want to read it one...
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    Investing General Discussion

    simple investing as step 2, step 1 just to look at my accounts. what Mint did was look at all your banks, credit cards, etc, and gave you a total summary. less investing but more a total review of your spending. Mint could summarize everything as "you have X pending credit card dept, X $$...
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    Investing General Discussion

    Did anyone use Mint (not mobile) for finance tracking? It was shut down shortly after Intuit bought it and I've never found anything I liked or trusted as much. Grok Bot (not Grok, but also owned by SpaceX) seems to have a similar feature vai Plaid. I'm tempted to try it out. Initially, I'm...
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    LitRPG

    Man, I'm struggling with HWFWM. I'm almost half way through book 1, awesome that it's almost 24 hours in audible, most of the books seem to be 20+ hours long. I bought the first 12 on s crazy sale a while back. 1st, the narrator must have a sound board for " Jason says" and "Gary said"...
  13. fris

    Primetime (2026)

    A movie about pedophiles where pedophiles aren't the villain? I'm out
  14. fris

    Lanterns

    finally getting around to watching EP2. a fucking dick? really? wtf....
  15. fris

    Retirement... (i.e. what are you going to be after you've grown up)

    HSA if your employer has a health plan that allows you to participate in one. One thing I don't get is the "get out of here as soon as possible ". I have friends that are start to think this way. They aren't looking at just outside the city, but states away. Not chasing their kids or moving...
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    LitRPG

    I like the fantasy and progression characters go through in litrpg. I don't mind the numbers part of it, but i don't need it. Knowing Jake went from 9000hp to 10,000hp isn't interesting aside from Knowing he progressed. What would the genre be for something less focused on the raw numbers...
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    Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026)

    He seems to enjoy acting and this role, hopefully he sticks with it Took my son to this in imax last night. Thought it was great. Some parts were rushed, some dragged, but still very enjoyable. I thought hulk was well done too. Just the right amount of team ups and cross overs for a...
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    Lanterns

    mixed feelings after ep1. the amount of "fucks" in the dialog and the new lantern to be getting fucked in his truck, cloths on though, means I won't ask my 14 year old to watch any more of this. Hal seems to be playing more Guy Gardner. my dad grew up on green lantern and says he's not...
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    LitRPG

    I enjoy both Jeff and Travis. Honestly, i'm probably enjoying Primal Hunter more than DCC. I'm currently listening to the Dresdon Files and I just can't get into it. The narrator just sounds like he can't be bothered, constantly breathing into the mic etc. maybe he's trying to channel the...
  20. fris

    Home Improvement

    do these really do anything? i've heard that airflow is more important than the actual temp of the machine. the temp differential of the coolant when it evaporates and condenses is so high, that shading your coils really isn't doing much.
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    Marvel Universe stuff

    Early xmen, Xavier could use his mind to blow up sentinels. That always was hard for me to get past
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    Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026)

    Theaters near me are still full....
  23. fris

    The Shards

    Sooooo Euphoria without the drugs?
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    Audiobooks

    Big sale on audible, 85%+ off on a lot of titles
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    Home buying thread

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    Marvel Universe stuff

    I think it would be so easy to work Deadpool until so many other movies. Just every time he talks, have an explosion or car horn go off so you can't hear him cuss and what is probably not a rated R movie
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    Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026)

    Does that NYC mayor have a big part in this?
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    Home buying thread

    anyone work w/ one of those "investors that buy homes" ? i got a cold call today, and i figured i'd hear out their offer. I'm looking to sell my home soon, but it needs the upstairs carpet replaced and a fresh coat of paint. i work from home so doing that while living here has just been...
  29. fris

    Audiobooks

    I'm listening to Andy Serkis's recording of LotR trilogy. He obviously nails golem, but does well with all the other voices as well. What has become most important is when a male narrator does a female voice, he doesn't end up sounding like a tranny. Jeff Hays has amazing range. If the...
  30. fris

    Obsession (2026)

    I took a girl to see it that didn't know it was a hoax. After credits started, she started crying and asking why we went sending in fbi or something lol
  31. fris

    LitRPG

    Ugh, just finished Primal Hunter 14, not knowing 15 wasn't out yet. What a buzz kill. I thought i had 2 books in the series to go through.
  32. fris

    Investing General Discussion

    2.9% is now the goal
  33. fris

    The Odyssey (2026)

    So I got curious. Is Achilles not in the trailer?
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    Dungeon Crawler Carl

    my guess is donut dies; carl merges w/ the ai, some primal compatible host for more control, carl reverts the planet while keeping the ai's power to protect earth.
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    LitRPG

    i'm in book 11 right now too. i tone out when it's a stat dump. i assume the book just has an old D&D style stats page that you would quickly skip over. it's a much more chill series than DCC and I can enjoy w/o having to pay super attention to.
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    Dungeon Crawler Carl

    Shemaria is one of my fav characters. getting through the card battles was difficult, but hearing Uzi Jesus say "Jesus Christ!" at the first time that spider was summoned was amazing
  37. fris

    Investing General Discussion

    Looks like I'll be throwing some cash into that on Monday
  38. fris

    Investing General Discussion

    i think you'd be surprised. there's a few vocal traders, who have the knowledge to do that many transactions and share that knowledge, an important overlap. while the rest of us rarely sell anything, most our stuff is probably in a 401k.
  39. fris

    Investing General Discussion

    Looks like we should bring in more cheap labor
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    Home buying thread

    The problem is the market in Austin is crazy in favor of the buyer right now, so I really need to move out and do a facelift on the place. Selling while I'm working from home and it needing work will really stretch how long it's on the market