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  1. ShakyJake

    The Fermi Paradox -- Where is everybody?

    That's the point - we, as humans, would never seen this happen. Not saying trees specifically, of course, but any low energy species would be moving on time scales far longer than we would have the perception to observe.
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    The Fermi Paradox -- Where is everybody?

    Not sure what you mean by 'outperform'. They would be on their own evolutionary path. Trees aren't trying to outperform us, for example.
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    The Fermi Paradox -- Where is everybody?

    I don't know, what if you have a very low-energy species? Their perception of time could be sufficiently slow that traversing the stars would seem, perhaps, like hours or days whereas for us it's millennia. Obviously this form of life would be impossible for us to communicate with. But I...
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    The Astronomy Thread

    Any good videos out there that show this effect?
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    The Astronomy Thread

    What's interesting is that even the outer most planets must still get plenty of sunlight. I think I read somewhere that even on Pluto one could still easily read a book.
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    The Astronomy Thread

    86% here and clouds rolled in. So it just looked like it was going to storm. Fucking thing sucks.
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    Rick and Morty

    Exactly. The cold open made me think, "this might be a stinker episode". NOPE. Brilliant.
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    Stranger Things

    I really enjoyed season 1, but I kind of feel the show would've worked best as an anthology series.
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    The Expanse

    What game is that from?
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    Blood Drive

    Yeah, fucking amazing fun. If you like Ash vs Evil Dead then you'll love love this. What is going on with Syfy and all these great shows? Strange things are afoot at the CircleK.
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    Twin Peaks

    Man, what in the fuck did I just watch?
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    The Astronomy Thread

    So possibly massive rotating disc objects?
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    The Mist

    Haven't watched it, but absolutely loved the movie.
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    GLOW

    I sure do! I honestly don't remember any specific wrestlers out of the bunch, but I do remember it.
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    The Astronomy Thread

    Right, even like nebulae for instance. You watch Star Trek and they depict them like these opaque clouds. If you were actually inside a nebula it would still appear like empty space. They are very diffuse.
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    The Astronomy Thread

    Yeah, but it doesn't look like that to the naked eye (or through a telescope). You have to take long exposures for it to appear anything close to your picture.
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    The Astronomy Thread

    I took an astronomy class at college and the professor had his own observatory at his house. Had us all come out and take a look. I think he said it cost him about 20 grand or so. We looked at Andromeda and all you could see is a fuzzy mass. Might as well just look at pictures from Hubble...
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    Hugh Jackman: Logan

    Saw it last night. Enjoyable, but a depressing end for the characters.
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    12 Monkeys

    When they first revealed the adult witness, did anyone else think it was Kirk Acevedo? Those two actors look awfully similar:
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    24: Legacy

    I did not like the protagonist at all.
  21. ShakyJake

    Wonder Woman (2017)

    Saw WW this evening. Like others, wasn't great but wasn't bad either. I doubt I'll ever watch it again, but if I do I'd fast-forward to the couple action scenes. Also, kept thinking "Hey that's VM Varga from Fargo!".
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    The Astronomy Thread

    Speaking of, this is a GREAT book on the subject: The Five Ages of the Universe: Inside the Physics of Eternity: Fred C. Adams, Greg Laughlin: 9780684865768: Amazon.com: Books
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    Fargo

    Also Gloria isn't "seen" by technology it appears. Even Google searches yield no results.
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    Into the Badlands

    I wanted to see more black-eyed bad assery, but still thoroughly enjoyed the season. Absolutely love Bajie. Hope he remains a permanent member of the cast.
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    The Flash

    Welp, show's over.
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    The Astronomy Thread

    Hey, wait a minute! That looks like the spacecraft from the Phoenix Lights - Wikipedia
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    Fargo

    Yes, no fat chicks please.
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    Fargo

    Alternatively, maybe they thought they were leaving her for dead and she's far tougher than they assumed. The girl clearly has skills beyond just being a con. Think back to when she and Ray dropped the AC unit on Maurice -- she was literally counting down the time when he was expected to exit...
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    Fargo

    Yeah I was wondering about that. Lots of F bombs during that phone convo. I watch TV rips so maybe it airs uncensored in some markets?
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    King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)

    Hah suck on that, Hollywood.
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    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    Do any of you good folk do client side web development? Such as Angular, React, etc.? I have a question concerning your development workflow.
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    Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)

    Are ANY of these worth watching? I've seen the first but that's it. I fucking hate the robot design. Wish they looked more like the 80s cartoon.
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    Outcast

    I'm still enjoying this. Glad Data finally took care of that asshole kid.
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    The Last Man on Earth

    Great finale. Laughed my ass off at the end.
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    American Gods

    Yeah, this series is reminding me of FX's Legion. It's cool and all, but if you're not familiar with the source material you're probably left wondering WTF is going on. And, wow, Gillian Anderson did look a lot like Lucille Ball.
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    Lucifer

    God damn she is hot. I don't think I've seen that actress before.
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    The Flash

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    Grimm

    Finally got around to watching the finale last night. Good show -- nothing great -- but had an enjoyable cast and I will miss it. One thing that really bugged me about the series towards the end was Nick and Adalind. There is just no way he could have feelings for her (despite her hotness)...
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    HDTVs

    Any recommendations for a cheap ~40" LED TV for PS4 gaming? 1080p is fine and, from what I understand, 60hz refresh is preferable for console gaming. I've had great luck with Samsung so I'm considering: Samsung UN43J5200AF 43" Class (42.5" viewable) LED TV Overview - CNET