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  1. Burns

    The Green Knight (2020)

    As an aside, you know Cosa Nostra was Sicilian, right? In the case of Andy Garcia, there were probably only a handful of Sicilian looking actors with a sufficient resume to be considered for one of the most popular movie franchise ever made. I didn't much like him in the role, but mostly...
  2. Burns

    The Animated GIF Thread

  3. Burns

    Ladysmith Black Mambazo School of Music

    That's exactly how I found them. After building some high quality speakers for my computer, I wanted to try some lossless streaming music, and gave Tidal a trial (after procrastinating a few years on it).
  4. Burns

    Ladysmith Black Mambazo School of Music

    For me, this is as much about age, as anything else. New bands are still making music that you would probably like, it is just incredibly difficult to find them. All the mainstream pop is what pop has always been, mostly shit with a few catchy but shallow tunes. As I grow older, I'm just not...
  5. Burns

    The Green Knight (2020)

    I have seen 90% of The Duke's movies made from 1945 onward, but only 3 or so, from his catalog, previous to that. I remember bits and pieces of The Conqueror, so I probably caught it on AMC or TCM as a kid, when they would do tribute marathons to various actors. It didn't make much of an impression.
  6. Burns

    Stellaris

    I guess if you are keeping your ships up to date, it wouldn't be a loss (or a small one, if it was). It probably only felt like a huge cost, because of how I play. My early game usually tends to fall into aggressively exploring then expanding into choke points, and maximize star bases at those...
  7. Burns

    Stellaris

    Doesn't the grey scourge have 100% shield penetration on all their nanobot weapons, along with a bunch of motherships with gobs of "fighters"? Last game I went for opening an L-gate, I rebalance my fleets to armor, hull, and a decent amount of point defense/faster tracking weapons, right before...
  8. Burns

    The Video Thread

    2009: 2021 (with bonus cold shock penalty, if they had failed):
  9. Burns

    Tenet (2020)

    She was in a great mini series called The Night Manager, if you are looking for more, from her.
  10. Burns

    Car ?'s

    I would assume that LLR doesn't want to pay for the amount of data it would use, by hosting video files on this website. Therefor you would need to upload the video to a host, and then hotlink it here. You could even make it into a "gif" by using sites like Giphy or Imgur, instead of...
  11. Burns

    The Video Thread

    Masterful engineering this: Tesla's car battery went dead, so he had to spend an hour, just to access it, and get it on a trickle charger.
  12. Burns

    Total War: Warhammer

    New (Tower) Defense Tactical Map mode (8 min video): Short developer commentary Promo (6:45 min video):
  13. Burns

    New World

    They have a rested system that builds up, the longer you stay offline. I think it caps at 1 full level of XP and it works similar to WoW, in that quests may not get bonus XP (I did not pay close attention to what rested affects).
  14. Burns

    Castlevania

    Season 4 is available now. The first episode starts with a recap, and is then picked up following Trevor and Sypha. The quality was consistent with the previous seasons, in regard to their story line.
  15. Burns

    New World

    That's not what people usually mean when they use the word classes, in accordance with MMOs. A class based system is like EQ or WoW, where you pick a class, and all your skills and ability options are set according to that class. A skill based system is like Ultima Online or Elder Scrolls, where...
  16. Burns

    Best movie of the past 20 years?

    1. LOTR: The Two Towers 2. The Departed 3. No Country for Old Men 4. Gangs of New York The Martian was alright, but I never had the urge to rewatch it. Mad Max is great, but it will never approach the rewatchablity of a whole host of other movies, for me.
  17. Burns

    Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition

    IMO the best way to replay them is with the Baulders Gate :EE Trilogy. It imports everything into one long game in the BG2 engine. There are two options: Option 1 (an installer that does most of the work for you): Last time I played I think I used this tool to add a few more mods, like a more...
  18. Burns

    The Video Thread

    Making historically accurate rope for antique sailing ships.
  19. Burns

    Justice League (2017)

    The Atlanta TV show is actually pretty good. I haven't seen much black comedy like it; it may be on par with the first Friday movie (but not so 90s). It does a decent job at poking fun at black culture and everyone trying to make it as a rapper. Season 1 was the best season, so if you don't like...
  20. Burns

    Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous

    Official release date set (September 2), along with a new beta build.
  21. Burns

    The Astronomy Thread

    Looked up the Lagrange points to see if we have any other sats out there (other than the L1 sun monitor DSCOVR) , before Webb (we do), and ran into the NASA write up on Webb. They have a video of the path out to L2 (with corresponding setup steps) and orbit at L2. I guess I never thought about...
  22. Burns

    What vehicle do you drive?

    Oh, sorry, looks like I skipped a few important words; I thought the first part was about removing the previous shit from the hood and that cost $1500. Then they charged another $1500 to put on a Ceramic coat after removing and detailing it ( for 500 more dollars). My bad. So yea, looks like he...
  23. Burns

    What vehicle do you drive?

    I thought the ceramic "wrap" was microns thin and sprayed on like paint, or applied like wax/sealent. The word wrap, that I am familiar with, refers to a vinyl product that applies to the vehicle as a film; it can be a pure protective layer, like Clearbra, or a decal, like the big Jag that was...
  24. Burns

    What vehicle do you drive?

    There are a few paint chip fixing kits that try to fill the divot in, that you could try. A bunch of the Corvette Forum guys seem to recommend Dr. ColorChip for its combination of price and "ease" of use. There are also more involved kits that are more expensive, as an alternative. If you want...
  25. Burns

    Star Wars general purpose movie stuff

    It is unfortunate that Ventress is dead in current cannon, but I can see her being retcon resurrected, if, for no other reason than to try to appease the KK faction with a strong popular semi-darkside woman.
  26. Burns

    Star Wars general purpose movie stuff

    Psh, I have never paid for a Star Wars movie or TV show outside of the cable/Netflix subscription that played them (or a rental from Blockbuster / borrowed DvDs from friends). Additionally, it will take more than 1 poster and some Doomcock rumors to convince me that they are truly going to...
  27. Burns

    Star Wars general purpose movie stuff

    No Ray, no Fen, no Poe, no chubby Asian lady, no Ren, no Stimpy, no Jar Jar, no Pansexual Lando, no Fembot (Rogue One). The poster looks good to me. If they had replaced the Bad Batch with the Mando fighting something, all would be well, as all the best Star Wars would be represented (I guess...
  28. Burns

    Shadow and Bone

    They do cover this in the show, but just with a single line of dialog, I think. My biggest nitpick was actually with the sound. I had issues understanding some of the actors, due to how they had the audio set up for the show (or at least how it played on my various systems). The dialog was...
  29. Burns

    Stellaris

    What pops does this really start to get bad in the vanilla game? My Necroid's slave race is at 213 pop and they currently cost 116 points to reproduce, but I have 200+ mods running... The reddit thread linked above lists a couple ways to fix this: Ironman achievement compatible, keeping it...
  30. Burns

    Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)

    How pissed would you be if Bree Lawlson was playing the Silver Surfer, though? They had to go with Capt. Marvel.
  31. Burns

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Well, you have convinced me! Random powers it is!
  32. Burns

    Car ?'s

    A real racer on the twisty track? Probably! All the gearheads I used to hang around with went for HP, HP, and more HP...and then their cars end up breaking various parts every six months or so. They sure sounded cool though and were fun in a straight line. I keep all my cars bone stock (the...
  33. Burns

    Car ?'s

    I am also of the opinion that buying a stock high HP car and keeping that way is the way to go. All the drive train parts have been assembled with that HP/Torque in mind, and when you start increasing the HP/Torque, it causes stock parts, that are still in the system, to go past tolerances and...
  34. Burns

    Car ?'s

    Indeed, it would be hard to trust a vehicle from a dealer, for such things, as they probably don't know for certain what kind of oil is in it, either (unless an oil change is part of the sale). As for the F type, what do they recommend? I would guess that you could at least go 5k on full synth...
  35. Burns

    Car ?'s

    Oil talk, nice! I have to link the obligatory educational oil article from BobistheOilGuy.com. It is written for the layman gearheads, and explains almost anything you want know about automotive oil, itself. For example, it shows why you should drive like an old granny until your vehicle's...
  36. Burns

    Texas this summer

    If you want to recommend food places, go for it. I mostly went with places that had multiple locations with reasonable expectations. There is no point listing some mom and pop Italian/Tex-Mex/Steak places that are in the burbs, far away from anywhere a tourist might be. If I need to make it...
  37. Burns

    Texas this summer

    Yes, I live in Texas, and the Rudy's in Round Rock and next to Lake Travis are both great (or at least were, 10 years ago). I like a spicy low sugar very vinegary BBQ sauce. I have never had Rudy's outside of Austin, and everyone I have talked to that hates them, had them outside of Austin.
  38. Burns

    Texas this summer

    Almost forgot, if you are looking for good produce for the road trips, I highly recommend Central Market, if there is one close to where you are staying (it might even be worth taking a small detour). They have the widest variety of apples and oranges I have ever seen and I have never had a...
  39. Burns

    Texas this summer

    It you want educational: Dallas/Ft. Worth (if you are doing the JFK stuff)(never been to any of these, just ideas): (Ross) Perot Museum of Nature and Science - Seems to be popular Dallas Aquarium - Ft. Worth has the Zoo, Dallas has the Aquarium Dallas Arboretum - Girls like flowers, and 66% of...
  40. Burns

    Routers & Other Networking Stuff

    From what I remember when researching wifi upgrades (and settling on a Ubiquiti Unifi system): 5.2 GHz waves wont penetrate nearly as well as the old 2.4 Ghz but they handle much higher speeds, so it can depend on what materials it is going through in terms of what kind of signal you can get...