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    What did you just read?

    The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, saw it listed as a favourite a lot recently so decided to give it a go. Unfortunately it isn't very good, in fact I've been sitting at 90%+ for over a week and feel no interest in spending another 15 minutes to find out what happens.
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    Okidokeys Smart Lock

    Really? I never lost a key or watch growing up. I also find it a bit odd that they're old enough to come home alone but not old enough to deal with a lock? My real concern with this type of device - what happens when the power is out or batteries die? Is your deadbolt essentially stuck...
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    DOTA 2

    Most of the melee junglers who have to tank creeps are like this, they need a couple levels and/or items to be effective. The particular creep types can make a big difference though.
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    Computer Chairs

    Funnily enough I tried a Steelcase Leap last week and plan to go take a look at the Humanscale Freedom. Aeron is a pretty old design at this point, it isn't even their high end chair anymore. I don't feel the used site offers enough of a discount, with new chairs at this pricepoint they have...
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    DOTA 2

    Is anyone actually gaining points in ranked mode on the losing team? In every game I've played a win results in plus ~25 and a lost is minus ~25.
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    DOTA 2

    I can find my cursor, I can't find me, too many flashing lights and movement.
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    DOTA 2

    I agree, they need to fix All Pick. At the moment its pretty common to have players, often on both teams, not pick heroes before creeps meet. To make matters worse some bozo always wants to wait for them, just random at 0, no repicks.
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    Tablets

    Probably the best thing to find out is what she saw them doing that interested her. Don't want to get an RT device and discover she was looking to run x86 desktop software (e.g. Photoshop)
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    Malazan Book Of The Fallen

    Too long, ran out of disk space
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    DOTA 2

    I'm not talking about uncertainty and skill level, the poster makes claims about what does and doesn't contribute to the ranking which AFAICT is purely speculation ---- I ranked 2833 after the 10 matches, I believe I've completed 5-10 more and I'm just short of 3k now. My score has gone...
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    Scott Lynch (Gentlemen Bastards)

    Did anyone else find the last book entirely boring? For me I've been sitting at 80-90% for weeks and have had no drive to finish it. Large sections of the book are self indulgent on the part of the author: magi council meeting (no one watches C-SPAN, why would we want to read a fake version)...
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    DOTA 2

    That post appears to simply be speculation, the author doesn't phrase anything as if they work for Valve and they aren't citing anything other than a Microsoft paper.
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    Singles / Dating Websites

    Another thing that seems prevelant and from a few female profiles apparently men do the same - I do sports -> body type athletic.
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    Singles / Dating Websites

    His answers to questions might skew the type of people shown. I don't see many smokers but I see a shit ton of people with pets and the OKC filters don't provide a way to avoid them AFAICT. The most annoying part about all the sites is that virtually all messages I receive are along the...
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    DOTA 2

    Odd, the time I tried I thought it broke. And it looked as if it broke when I've played against him in other games. Legion Commander seems pretty OP if he gets a few early kills, had a game with some moron getting ganked repeatedly and he obliterated us. I can't figure out how to take a...
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    DOTA 2

    I've only really seen dominant Slarks pre-6.79. That said, I did run into a Slark recently who seemed to be attacking while in his super invis which I didn't think was possible. I love this change, one of the reasons I hated playing as radiant is that I would invariably click on the minimap and...
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    Microtransactions

    It appears you have a case of confirmation bias, and remember he said micro-transactions not pay-to-win. I'm going to make the arguments but I see both as equally pointless. How much time does a buyer really spend looking at the CE/LE bonus art books or plastic toys? I'd estimate a few...
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    Can the US just ban Celsius from the world please?

    Fahrenheit definitely seems to be based on arbitrary points, I've heard both 100 degrees matching horses blood and his wife's temperature (which of course would mean she was abnormally hot). The arguments you guys are making for Fahrenheit being "better" are based on simply being familiar...
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    Microtransactions

    I've never purchased any DLC, I considered it for one or two freemium games as a way to support the developers but the cost to reward has always led me to say fuck those guys. I don't understand the vanity stuff at all; we aren't 6-year old girls why are you morons paying to play digital...
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    Repairing laptop DC jack

    Why not talk to Asus about authorized repair shops? I know my mother took her toshiba in someplafor waranty repair a few times for power issues.
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    Desktop Computers

    I wouldn't count too much on being able to ebay bundled games, invariably a lot of people have the same idea and flood the auction sites with the same title.
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    DOTA 2

    Or alternatively group them up as a team. Doesn't really matter if your opponents don't speak the language.
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    Bluetooth speakers

    TWIT'sBefore You Buyshow has reviewed a few iirc.
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    HDTVs

    Nester - I'm Canadian as well and have pieced together a 5.1 this fall. I bought speakers from Fluance, they are primarily an internet direct brand though Futureshop carries a few models. They're actually based in Canada (Niagra) and pretty well reviewed online, if you're patient they...
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    Travel Routers or w/e they are called

    I have the TP-Link TL-WR700N, slightly larger version of the one you linked. I've never had issues with it, I've also used a TP-Link ASDL modem for a while without problems though the web interface left an awful lot to be desired.
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    HDTVs

    Except you also need a receiver on top of them and they take far more space.
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    Chromecast - the new Google TV

    Apparently Google is having a Chromecast SDK hackathon this weekend and the SDK release is expected soonish, at which point presumably we can expect much better support.
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    The Netflix Thread

    Wild Billis pretty fantastic, I was slightly worried it might have copied Pulp Fiction's style ala Snatch (which was still good obviously) Canadian Netflix, hopefully its available elsewhere.
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    DOTA 2

    LD? He and Godz are great imo. I like Tobi, but I found as I watched more casts its pretty clear he's not an expert. Merlini (caster & former pro)commentedon it in a Team Liquid interview.
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    The new Gen has started: Where do you stand?

    Currently have a dcent PC, and neither my 360 or PS3 have seen use for gaming this year so I decided not much point in buying either. I have been eyeing the WiiU now that the price has been dropping and a few Mario games are bundled, I'm wondering if we might see a sub-200 WiiU for Black Friday.
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    DOTA 2

    Note that one of the other players was offline as his PC was being replaced Audio has been shockingly bad particularly from the events at the main stage. Main stage has been several seconds behind and at many points has been cutting out, both in game and on stream; it has also been terribly...
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    DOTA 2

    Managed to find the MLG schedule for anyone interested -http://www.majorleaguegaming.com/com...dcast-schedule
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    WTF Story Thread?

    Man erects middle finger sculpture next to ex-wife's home Illuminated at night too rofl.
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    HDTVs

    Given the spec is pretty recent I would guess not. A quick Google saw some people claiming this gen of cards would not, but its hard to know if its opinion, supposition or from the horse's mouth.
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    MMA Thread

    If you recall the fight with BJ Penn, BJ looked fine despite giving up and GSP looked as if... he'd been hit repeatedly in the face
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    HDTVs

    DisplayPort and Dual-Link DVI. I'm not really sure about the TVs to be honest, I know the cheap Seiki 4k TVs from this year were limited to 30Hz. Probably more common for TVs with the HDMI limitations.
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    HDTVs

    Both AMD & nvidia have supported that resolution @ 60 Hz for a couple generations. That said, you aren't going to be gaming at 4k without multiple 780 TIs or 290(X)s
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    Windows 8

    Not for applications & system tools it isn't. In search for Windows Update, note that you get 0 results until you switch sections. I'm perfectly aware that Metro is searchable, however as mentioned above its also segmented and needlessly requires a number of keystrokes to switch. And as...
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    Windows 8

    I'm talking about searching genius. Who the fuck browses through their start menu, it isn't 2001 anymore. The new start menu is your grandma's icon covered desktop, flood the screen with a bunch of shit. Sorry but I rarely look at the start menu, I continue to read or watch whatever I was...
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    DOTA 2

    Its this much every couple weeks, what are they doing, downloading the same shit repeatedly? I imagine they weren't in beta for the most part, just a bunch of 13-year olds who had people holding it over their heads telling them how great it was last year. I seem to recall reading that was fixed...