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  1. Arative

    Smartphones

    They've all done away with subsidized phones, in favor of the pay monthly model. I was able to get my nexus 6 subsidized by switching out the sim card of my old phone, same with my mom who has unlimited still. When I'm in Maine, on a capped plan, it would probably cost me an extra $20 or $30 for...
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    Smartphones

    My contract with Verizon runs out in May of 2017, so I have at least until then with the unlimited data. At that point, I'll probably jump to fi. The only time the unlimited data really matters is when I'm in Maine and I stream netflix.
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    NAS

    I currently have a server with my media but its getting up there in age, about 6 years or so and I'm considering going with a NAS. The server is running 4 4tb WD green drives. Does red vs green matter much anymore in the grand scheme of things? I've read a little bit about people using idletools...
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    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    Who was watching your kid? Last wedding we went too, the kid was up at his usual time at 6 am. Not a whole lot drinking
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    Chromecast - the new Google TV

    Sounds like anticompetitive behavior to me
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    Parent Thread

    My kid was like that too, had the stranger danger when he was about six months old. Did not care for loud environments either. At 10 months he fell asleep in his stroller at va wedding reception. There's an app called the wonder weeks that gives a good approximation of what to expect week by...
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    Home buying thread

    Well after reading 47 different revisions of the flood map on fema's website, I found the one that removes the entire subdivision from the flood plain from 2008. Basically the lender didn't do any work, said, oh you were in a flood plain in 1996. I guess that's the problem using a no cost...
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    Home buying thread

    My house was built in 2014. The entire subdivision was built since 2008. So it was well after the shit in the mid 2000s. We had friends that just did a refi a couple of months ago and no flood insurance. I posted on on subdivision webpage about it and not a single person said they were ever told...
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    Home buying thread

    What's strange if I look up my address in the floodsmart.gov, it says I'm in a flood plain. Pretty much says my entire subdivision is in a high risk to moderate risk for floods but no one I've talked too was required to get flood insurance.
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    Service Providers (Internet, TV, Etc)

    Fuck comcast. Glad I don't live in their service area
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    Home buying thread

    So I started a refi with one of these zero costs lenders and they are claiming I need flood insurance because a FEMA map from 1996 says I'm in a flood plain. I built and bought the house in 2014 and we weren't required to get flood insurance then and neither the lender or the builder or my...
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    Chromecast - the new Google TV

    I have 2 of those and a nvidia shield. They all work pretty well for streaming and live tv using the hdhomerun tuners. I did have to put the dev preview of android M on the nexus players for the hardware mpeg2 decoding though.
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    Minority Report

    Show got a 1.1 rating. I would not expect it to survive long.
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    Home Theater/Game Room Thread

    I had issues with a circuit board going out twice on an optoma hd20. While optoma covered it, it was enough to make me switch to an epson 8350
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    Windows 10

    I've been beta testing the silicon dust dvr software, its pretty good so far, no drm channels yet and they have stated that they'll miss their oct release date but I'm switching to it as soon as drm is live. I've already moved most recordings over to it and dropped two htpcs in favor of nexus...
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    Big Brother 18

    No one in jury really likes Vanessa but it seemed only Shelly respected her game
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    Big Brother 18

    If they don't take Vanessa out next week, she'll win. She's been playing the entire house, making sure she seems all innocent when people are sent to jury, so they don't bad mouth her.
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    Home buying thread

    What zillow has is loan origination fee of $895, Appraisal fee of $400, then a lender credit of $1,294 for a total fees of $1. I know there will out of pocket expenses, like the appraisal but it just seems hard to believe that the total cost would be $1, when places like BofA will charge you...
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    Home buying thread

    Wife and I are looking at doing a refi, so I'm checking out various places. Looking through zillow, I find these places that have like $1 in fees. How legit are those places and what other costs are they hiding there?
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    Parent Thread

    A stroller is awesome when shopping, can put the kid in and let him go to sleep. Saturday night, we went to a cousin's wedding, took the stroller to the reception and the kid fell asleep in it. It an uppababy cruz stroller. For a car sear, we started with the chicco keyfit 30. Was nice that...
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    Big Brother 18

    The austwins are headed to the final 3. That's the alliance Vanessa should have went after, instead of meg and James.
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    Service Providers (Internet, TV, Etc)

    Thank god I'm not in a Comcast service area, seem they enjoy bending over their customers. Data caps but you can $30 more a month for unlimited usage. http://stopthecap.com/2015/09/01/com...ack-unlimited/
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    Cord-Cutting, Or How to Stream your Way to Success

    Its only a single OTA usb tuner though. So can't watch one and record one.
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    Feds Raid Jared Fogle Subway Spokesman's house For Kiddy Porn

    Jared Fogle reaches plea agreement in porn case - CNN.com
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    Feds Raid Jared Fogle Subway Spokesman's house For Kiddy Porn

    Ex-Subway pitchman Jared Fogle paid for sex acts with minors: documents | WGN-TV
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    Big Brother 18

    I don't think Steve really wanted to be hoh. He seemed really flustered.
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    Google is now Alphabet, Inc. Wut?

    Some article I read on cnn said that Larry Page was a big fan of Warren Buffet's and this is how Warren Buffet has structured his company. I suppose it makes sense from a marketing stand point, I mean what does driverless cars have to do with searching the internet?
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    Smartphones

    Hopefully they don't fuck with people that have unlimited data plans
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    Parent Thread

    With my kid, it was around the 4 month mark when he started sleeping through the night, from about 6-7 pm to about 5am. We've since moved his bed time back to about between 7 and 8pm and he'll sleep until 6:30 to 7am. What's nice is he doesn't wake up crying. He'll play in his crib for a good 30...
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    Service Providers (Internet, TV, Etc)

    According to this article, it was the entire state.Stop the Cap! Still Paying After All These Years: Verizon Raised NY Landline Rates for Phantom FiOS - Stop the Cap! People in upstate NY are suing Verizon to get their money back.
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    Service Providers (Internet, TV, Etc)

    I'm sure they are charging customers for the fiber install, while collecting local, state and federal grant money to also pay for the install. Hell people in NY that still have verizon landlines have been paying a $1.95 more a month since 2009 because verizon was suppose to use that money to...
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    Amazon Prime Day - July 15th

    I got an 8 panel play yard for my son for $72 that's going for $104 at target. About the only thing good that I got.
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    Amazon Prime Day - July 15th

    Some of the toys that I got on the wait list for show the deal wasn't fully claimed after the deal had ended.
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    Amazon Prime Day - July 15th

    I tried to get get some toys for my kid. As soon as I clicked on to add it within 30 seconds the deal was 100% gone
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    Amazon Prime Day - July 15th

    Scrolling through all the shit sucks but some decent deals for buying toys from my 9 month old. The layout of the deals and future deals is not that great
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    Cord-Cutting, Or How to Stream your Way to Success

    I order parts from newegg for my company and we got audited a few years back and the State of Missouri made us start paying sales tax on the purchases from newegg, not because its an actual law, they just chose to reinterpret the tax code to make business' pay sales tax on online purchases.
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    Service Providers (Internet, TV, Etc)

    Probably have a 300gb cap too
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    Greece - A New Hope

    Good News, Greece asked for a third bailout Greece asks for a third bailout - Jul. 8, 2015
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    Smartphones

    You should cancel your order online. If you talk to them, more than likely they will kick you off the unlimited data plan.
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    Big Brother 18

    Shelli is pretty much under Clay's control. They should have used this week to get Audrey out instead of going after Da'vonne