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  1. Burns

    Investing General Discussion

    If it wasn't for ATT refusing to allow my OnePlus 3 to connect to their network, I would still be using it today. I think it was 6 or 7 years old when it went obsolete due to ATT dropping 3G coverage.
  2. Burns

    Avatar 2 (2020)

    I liked the first one well enough, even though I never went to the theater for it. Dance with Wolves in Space, with a white man saving the ignorant natives and all that white man's burden made for a fun adventure movie. It was good enough for one re-watch, but not much more than that. I will...
  3. Burns

    Investing General Discussion

    China locked down an area where a major Foxconn factory is on Sunday/Monday. Reuters reported that it may decrease IPhone production by 30% for the month, quite possibly the most important month out of the year. Maybe big money took a few days of investigations to see how bad the lockdowns...
  4. Burns

    Andor

    No way this one forced labor factory is important enough to involve anything over a company of Storm Troopers, let alone Vader or an Inquisitor. That is another part of the show that I like. It feels like a small part of a huge empire and that "prison" is just one of thousands of forced labor...
  5. Burns

    Avatar 2 (2020)

    I didn't even know Dredd was originally in 3D, as I stopped going to theaters long before it came out. I guess that makes a little more sense, as to why people rave about the movie. I watched it for the first time, 8 or so months ago, and thought it was good enough, but nowhere near my top 10...
  6. Burns

    The Animated GIF Thread

  7. Burns

    The Animated GIF Thread

    Loud bikes save lives!!!
  8. Burns

    SAS: Rogue Heroes

    Torrent is always last resort method, would rather stream it in 1080, if I can find it, than take up space on a HD. Unfortunately, no access to Epix, so I guess that's it, if I want to watch it. The trailer, strangely enough, makes it look like an Americanized action-e explosion-e dudebros all...
  9. Burns

    SAS: Rogue Heroes

    Is this only BBC UK? I think they got wise to VPN use, so cant even do that anymore. Wonder if they will get to stuff like the raid on St. Nazaire? It would be a huge production.
  10. Burns

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    Huntsmen seem chill enough when they get caught riding along with people, and funnel webs should only be a problem if you like to go sticking your dick into random holes in the ground. The US has a few insects to be weary of as well, but most are the same, as they will leave you alone, if you...
  11. Burns

    Andor

    I thought there was something from one of the writers/producers/directors, earlier in the thread, laying out those arcs. Episode 4, 5, & 6 was the heist, there was no chilling with the GF/who-har. Episode 7 was more of an epilogue for the heist with it's aftermath and a segue getting Andor into...
  12. Burns

    Investing General Discussion

    There are always bonds with EU banks. As a thought, have you looked into your current investment bank, to see if they will hold and allow you to trade with Euros? You could trade on the various EU markets and they have index funds over there too. For example, Interactive Brokers lets you...
  13. Burns

    Andor

    It's: Arc 1 - Episode 1, 2, & 3 Arc 2 - Episode 4, 5, & 6 Intermission - Episode 7: It really ties the room together Arc 3 - Episode 8, 9, & 10 Arc 4 - Episode 11 & 12
  14. Burns

    The Video Thread

    Any noise can be music to the right ear, old man. I take it you have never been in a fast car and experienced the g forces of high speed turns, a 500+ horsepower launch on a perfect hook, or a wide open throttle to 140+ mph on a straight away, eh? The sound and smell bring back good memories of...
  15. Burns

    Investing General Discussion

    Is this just for NEXO or all EU banks? If you are not certain, look around at the other big EU banks, or at any Swiss bank not called Credit Suisse (since Switzerland is not in the EU). Now that UK is out of the EU, you could see if a UK bank has low risk options that a US citizen can use. If...
  16. Burns

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    According to Wowhead, Brews went through a large rework with Dragonflight, so, if you haven't, you may want to look at the Brews guide. Even though they are written for the prepatch, it should still give you an idea of how it will play. Was skimming through the intro to each tank guide, so went...
  17. Burns

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    I wish to see the aftermath. The revolver is still "functional," so it has the option of firing more than one shot, if it somehow survives the first. After a year of getting the used needle trap ready:
  18. Burns

    The Video Thread

    Wat?!? That's pure unadulterated V8 sound, not some fartbox cans on a ricegrinding 4 cylinder! It doesn't look like he spent much money on anything outside of the engine (obviously not on door latches or seat belts). Straight pipes or cutouts are cheap and add some HP, but get rather annoying...
  19. Burns

    Home buying thread

    Look into native grasses. While I'm not sure what grows in the NW, a good section of the country can grow Buffalo grass and other hardy, drought resistant grasses. Be aware Buffalo grass, in particular has a landscaping strain (more expensive), and a pasture strain; the landscaping grass grows...
  20. Burns

    Diablo 3 - Reaper of Souls

    I hit 900 to 1000 before quitting and saw maybe 5 or 6 primals in total, all of them worthless (one was a bovine bardiche). That was 1 or 2 more than the last season I had played (2 or 3 seasons ago). RNG do RNG things. Like that belt Penance is hunting for, I had 5 or 6 drop before Paragon...
  21. Burns

    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    On a related note, who would you trust more with your money, Cathy Wood or Jim Cramer?
  22. Burns

    Investing General Discussion

    Well then, I tell you to remember, remember the fifth of November.
  23. Burns

    Diablo 3 - Reaper of Souls

    I have been wanting to play another Crusader for a couple seasons now, but they just looked so slow. Hopefully that lightning build is still good next season (or the next time I play). WW barb this season is tied with monk (from a previous season) for speed to consistently clear a GR in. I was...
  24. Burns

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Yarp, prepatch logs for old xpac raids are almost always meaningless for the upcoming xpac class performance. It is compounded by how many changes have been made to the classes, and how the covenant abilities and legendries interreact with a talent tree not made for them. They should have no...
  25. Burns

    Advice for someone failing college?

    I haven't flown in a long time, but I would assume the quality of airline staff is dependent on the company and the location. Southwest used to have high quality staff and the crews based in Texas seemed to be over 50% attractive women as late as 10 years ago. I met a handful of Texas...
  26. Burns

    Advice for someone failing college?

    "You can get a degree in something you are interested in, or you can get a degree in something that makes good money. Less than 10% of people are going to be able to get both out of one degree." Money isn't everything in life, but one should at least shoot for making around $75k+ after a few...
  27. Burns

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    He was probably a Varangian guard that won that ring off a dead Mussie while fighting for the Byzantine empire.
  28. Burns

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Affliction can do well in Mythic raids due to how long a lot of the fights last and especially on cleave fights or long lived trash. Those fights greatly out number the burst trash fights in most raids. Although, any of the DoT specs do poorly in low and mid level M+, since most of those are...
  29. Burns

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Since the new Lizardmen look retarded, I keep calling it DargoneLands in my head...opps. As for what plays best at what gear levels, the simcraft sites kinda did this in the past, I think. At least I remember reading discussions on why X spec will be strong early, but Y spec scales much better...
  30. Burns

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Frost DK had a little bit of time where it was good, but I don't remember if that was MoP or Cata. WotLK DKs were op in all areas but I think that power lingered for at least 1 or 2 xpacs. M+ is much harder to rate and not that many people even uploaded parses until fairly recently. It's almost...
  31. Burns

    The Animated GIF Thread

  32. Burns

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Who doesn't love to look at/talk about numbers and spreadsheets?!? TLDR: Time spent with at least 1 DPS spec in the top 50% of performers (classes with both ranged and melee specs are also separated): How long each spec spent in the xpac in the top 50% By Tier: SOURCE: Google spreadsheet
  33. Burns

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    I haven't been excited or "hyped" for an xpac since Legion, but I generally like the dudgeon, raid, and leveling content enough to get at least 40 hours out of it. With no word on the Microsoft buy out, it's not like the gold sitting in my account is doing anything else, so might as well use it...
  34. Burns

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Poke around the Discord for each class and see what they are saying but, usually, the "what's good" wont be decided until the first weeks of the raid. The first 2 weeks of dungeons will give a good feel though, and the last 3 xpacs haven't penalized a player too much for switching classes after...
  35. Burns

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Wowhead says Nov 15 for DL invasion event. Although there is no guarantee they made it a huge XP event. The Legion event had silly amounts of XP, but I don't remember what BFA or SL were like. https://www.wowhead.com/guide/primal-storms-dragonflight-pre-patch-event
  36. Burns

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    I guess I should have specified that I was talking about leveling in DF, being that the new xpac is less than a month away, I would assume that that is part of the equation, eventually. Also, if someone is just looking to level fast, and doesn't care about content, there is a decent...
  37. Burns

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    They are rolling Shadowlands into Chromie time when they start the prepatch event and allow people to make Drakthurrr. Every xpac should be able to go to 60, through chromie time, at that point.
  38. Burns

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Does the cross faction taps work in warmode? I wouldn't be surprised if they left it off to "encourage" pvp. Your warmode experience may depend heavily on what faction you play on what cluster. Most clusters are going to have Horde outnumber Alliance 10 to 1, so if you are leveling as horde, of...
  39. Burns

    The Video Thread

    The idea of this show is basically a posh Ali G meets History:
  40. Burns

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Depends on what you want, if you want a pvp experience to break up leveling, then sure, but don't expect that many people to really engage. You don't miss any content by having Warmode on. It only changes how tags work, being able to attack the other faction, access to few more abilities, and...