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  1. Haus

    Nicolas Cage announces retirement from acting.

    I still want a Raising Arizona sequel.....
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    Nicolas Cage announces retirement from acting.

    There's an established system at play here, he's just maximizing his throughput... Ben Affleck and Matt Damon ran through the system in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back but I can't find the clip right now. ;) I also agree , Cage is a... ...National Treasure.
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    Home buying thread

    This would have interesting effects IMHO if it had any chance of getting passed...
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    Obscure / Rare Technology you used.

    Oh we're just talking about stuff that is rare NOW.... The year is 1985... And before I get allowed to use a terminal to write code for programs on the HP3000 minicomputer at school I must first earn the right to use a keyboard by manually punching up and entering my first assignment with...
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    Investing General Discussion

    This one is boggling my mind a tiny bit as we know Elon really doesn't like Bezos and Amazon. Why would they partner to help them launch a competitor to Starlink? When Starlink is close to the only viable game in town for what they provide....
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    Reacher

    Just finished season one and it was mighty fine... Interesting that I read a review where they called out how the show is distinctly more action/fighting than the books. Which makes sense as books as a medium lean more towards thinking and process, TV leans more to visceral action, and you...
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    The Marvels (2023)

    relevant.. https://babylonbee.com/news/disney-awarded-dod-contract-after-making-more-bombs-than-lockheed-martin
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    Lady Ballers

    Southpark already covered all this....
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    Best Credit Card with Cash Back Rewards

    It's great, it goes into "points" which you can redeem for various gift cards (at 1 point = $.01) , or apply to balance (i.e. cash back), or spend at amazon (also 1pt = $.01). 5% at Amazon (includes at Whole Foods if you also have a Prime membership) 2% at Restaurants and Gas Stations. 1%...
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    Home buying thread

    Another thing to realize about rates right now. It's inevitable that the economy will necessitate the fed dropping rates to the floor again at some point, probably in the next couple years. So even if you have a steep payment getting into the house it's a matter of waiting to refi when they...
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    Well.. she IS the Megan Fox of Ohio, right? Unrelated :
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    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    If the NFT's are on a reasonably secured chain then they are unique generated (i.e. the "Non-fungible" part). Meaning that's what protects you from item dupes. It requires a cryptographic process to create the NTF token. Which is then completely trackable since it's on a blockchain. You could...
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    Since it's not Thanksgiving yet... we should start an Xmas thread...
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    Home buying thread

    Or people in their 50's and 60's will take out 30 year notes and figure "F them kids and inheriting anything" and go for the lowest payment fully intending the bank to own the house as soon as they die. Accelerating the path to banks owning all housing and "generational wealth" just being some...
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    Home buying thread

    So I had my Sunday morning giggle today... Get an email from my mortgage company. They do a quarterly review thing where they show you your estimated home value and then pitch various refi options and other stuff in there. You can tell it's automated because there's stuff in it which nobody...
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    Smokers / Grills

    So I still haven't pulled the trigger on a smoker yet. Waiting to see if black Friday holds any surprises, but currently leaning towards this : https://www.lowes.com/pd/Pit-Boss/5013683729 I had a couple deals hit at work so I have some "Treat Yo Self" money to go through.... As I think was...
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    Amazon Vine... Does this make me a shill?

    In today's suggestion list to review.. Apparently Christmas is really in full swing already :
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    Investing General Discussion

    The "double beat but lowering forward looking guidance" is a common thread for tech stocks right now. Also the cost of money is causing billings totals to sag and lag, while revenue isn't falling. Which is kinda odd. Between cost of money and inflation customers are becoming more weary of...
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    Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)

    At the high level I am hearing the reasoning this actually makes sense. Metaphysical frozen spikes shooting up through things but not people because they're there to inspire fear in the people which leads to the "fear based freezing to death" which actually kills them. I can see a logic there...
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    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    Make the dealership fix the fuckup of course... But I had to do a 2 day work trip to Houston, so it sat in my garage (as it was in theory drivable, but missing some panels on the underbody) in case @Mrs. Haus had to leave the house when I was in Houston. (picked it in her fucked up state up on...
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    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    If you include the token as the in-game currency on the chain the items are on it would effectively give cryptographic protection from gold and item duping for starters. If you use a known existing cryptocurrency (probably with a low gas rate, like $matic or somesuch) then you also have...
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    The Marvels (2023)

    Saw an interesting theory... Secret Invasion was really the plot for Captain Marvel 2, but they thought it would have a better chance without her so re-wrote it to be a Nick Fury series.
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    The Marvels (2023)

    https://babylonbee.com/news/to-save-marvels-ticket-sales-disney-digitally-replaces-all-actors-with-chris-pratt
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    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    This has been part of my angle on the real usability of NFTs. In game items, documents which need to be digitally authenticated, etc. It would be something akin to WoW where all items rare or higher are NFTs. You wouldn't see any of this in-game. Other than that when you generated your...
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    Loki

    Here's a question. As someone who didn't watch season one because I heard in advance what a load of nonsensical grrrl boss they were throwing in. Would I be able to watch/enjoy season 2? As it sounds like it was much better.
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    Quotes To Live By

    I should add the other two in the collection from the founding fathers..
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    Home Improvement

    I have a set of these, and utterly love them for when tinkering on things. You can literally buy a kit with all the metal parts and a list of what to cut to what size to build a shed. You've probably spent more time trying to find someone to do it for you than it would have taken you by now....
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    Doom Patrol

    Well, the source material (Grant Morrison's Doom Patrol run) had a lot of queer aspects in it. They played a bit of it heavier in the adaptation, but not over the top and not making any really massive changes outside of I think they created the fact that Larry Trainor was gay, I don't recall...
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    Post Your Pet

    I've lost multiple pets in the last few years. And we've realized that it's worth it to have it done (assuming you can plan on when) at home. I just think about if I'd rather go in a weird place I didn't like around doctors I didn't like, or go to sleep at home surrounded by my things, my...
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    Home buying thread

    Not actually.... I have a real world case in point. My in-laws (Boomers in the 65-75 age range) just decided to downsize, and against my suggestion/coaching they decided to do it by just selling their house and moving into an apartment. They got a pretty penny for the house, but are now...
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    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    He didn't what he was talking about. The car is around 6 years old and worth (looking at offers I've gotten) around 25k. (2017 CTS Vsport) Yeah, I have one which I have taken the wife's car to. Great guy named Minh who runs a little shop called Jacinto's Automotive in the back corner of a...
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    Keyboards & Mice

    So I decided that I wanted to swap out keycaps. I use compressed air on my keyboard on the regular, but popped off they keys and see the shame of my saltine cracker eating habit laid bare.....
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    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    Follow up car rant.... Take my car (mentioned previously) to the dealership to get the "experts" to determine what is causing the whirr sound. Drop it off a week and a half ago. They bounce it between different "specialist" groups. Finally today they let me know. Oh, we can tell there's...
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    The Marvels (2023)

    I saw the most recent commercials for this during NFL football yesterday. It's to the point they're completely minimizing showing ANY of the characters faces, focusing on Nick Fury's voice track and showing CGI. That shows you what they think the things people won't hate about the movie are...
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    Take THAT.. Dieticians!