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  1. Gravel

    The Last Man on Earth

    Well, the easy Erica death was a whiff. Wouldn't have guessed the other guy would be the one who died. It was probably a smart move to force them out of that compound. It was just a bit too "comfortable" for post-apocalypse. I wouldn't be surprised if they decide to wrap this thing up in a...
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    PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds

    So is this game worthwhile? Friend wants me to play. But it sounds poorly optimized (just upgraded to Ryzen 1600 and GTX 1060) and plagued by cheaters. Will I have fun playing it on shit settings, solo, and battling aimbots?
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    Desktop Computers

    Was going to say, that'd be an insane deal. That's about the price of a higher end 6gb 1060.
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    DOTA 2

    Those immortals are cool as shit. Wondering what the tower thing is. Custom mode maybe, where you can have better towers?
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    Desktop Computers

    So far so good here. I haven't OC'd mine yet though. Not sure how to "review" a CPU though. It works and doesn't bottleneck.
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    Orange Is the New Black

    Clicked this thread out of curiosity. I want to say I watched the first episode or two of the last season. They really fucking destroyed what was an entertaining (not necessarily "good") show.
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    Survivor

    Well that vote was all over the place. Not even really sure what happened there. The Sierra alliance turned on their own in Tai, Tai/Zeke for some reason went for Sierra, and Sarah/Michaela said fuck the new alliance and went with Andrea.
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    Survivor

    Glad I'm not the only one who noticed the mustache. Andrea has some weird dirty face thing going on all the time, too. I can't tell what it is, but it seems random as to when she has it. Sometimes it looks like facial hair, sometimes dirt, and sometimes it's just not there.
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    Investing General Discussion

    Absolutely this. The only way I'd ever recommend someone talk to a financial advisor is if it's a flat fee. That actually makes sense (ignoring that I'm still dubious of the value of an advisor). A percentage of your portfolio is a ridiculous way to pay for financial services. It "makes sense"...
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    Investing General Discussion

    I remember my brother-in-law back in the 2009-2010 timeframe mining a bunch. He almost convinced me to do the same. I'm almost positive he didn't keep any of them though. I don't know how many bitcoins you could mine back then as an individual, but it does make me wonder a bit at what could...
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    Desktop Computers

    Have you considered reformatting her hard drive? I can't imagine the kind of bullshit that's on the hard drive of a 70 year old. If that doesn't work, I'd think just getting an SSD would do it. She doesn't need processing power for what she's doing.
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    Verizon launches gigabit FIOS for $70/month

    It'd be nice if I could get some fucking competition from Mediacom where I live. Stuck with $65 for 10/5, with a 250GB monthly cap. It wouldn't be so bad if I were paying like $30 or something for that, but I feel like I'm getting robbed every single month. Shit, it'd be $70 if I were using...
  13. Gravel

    2017 NHL Playoffs Thread

    Looks like the Caps are another early exit from the playoffs.
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    DOTA 2

    This is one of the worst ass beatings I think I've seen in a major tournament. EG just crushing them.
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    DOTA 2

    He missed so many. And at the worst possible moments.
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    Survivor

    It's strange that I barely remember her. She was the last jury member though on Kaoh Rong. Same season as Debbie, Tai, Aubry, and Caleb. And I just realized that Kaoh Rong was heavily represented in this season. Looking back, I remember her kind of getting screwed by the Scot/Kyle alliance. And...
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    DOTA 2

    That game 2 was ugly. I had to remind myself that Random is Wings, and it makes me feel less bad for how badly OG got their shit stomped in.
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    NFL 2017 Offseason - Where does Romo go?

    I read someone's opinion about it, and the fact that they went highly political recently and their bullshit costs added to cable really make it hard to feel bad for them. I know the network isn't necessarily the same as the people losing their jobs, but whatever.
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    DOTA 2

    VP just looks incredibly dominating.
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    DOTA 2

    Ah, guess I missed that. Speaking of clutch duel plays though, that snowball save was so fast in one of those final fights.
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    DOTA 2

    Holy shit that game 3. Liquid just had some sick team fights there. The sprout at top on Sven into a team wipe, and then those last two fights. Geez. The bottom high ground defense by Newbee was insane too. Edit: ^ Was that the fight at mid? I wasn't paying a ton of attention (I'm at work)...
  22. Gravel

    DOTA 2

    Haha, yeah. Miracle is just fucking crushing this game. Early game was ugly, but man are they shitting on Newbee now. Once Spectre finishes that heart, this game is probably over.
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    DOTA 2

    I want to say Liquid played like absolute shit at DAC, but man, this series against Newbee is just abysmal.
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    Survivor

    Yeah, that was pretty bad. The contrast between the two black women was interesting, however. Michaela once again got her "black girl attitude" on and threw a fit, completely missing the incredibly obvious advantage at her feet. I feel like Cirie is the only rootable black woman that's ever...
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    Survivor

    Debbie once again proving to be her own worst enemy. It feels good to see her go when she's so confident, although that's kind of how it always goes. Not sure if it was the best move for Sarah, but man is it satisfying.
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    NFL 2017 Offseason - Where does Romo go?

    I remember posting articles when it happened that there was a good chance he'd never even play football again. Lots of people called that hyperbolic, but I believe it came from the opinions of a few doctors.
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    Desktop Computers

    Ah, good call. It's on there, but says it downgrades to 2933. So it's not actually in error. Looks like all the 3000Mhz cards do.
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    Desktop Computers

    Got mine up and running today too. Can only get the RAM to 2933 (it's 3000), but I'm okay with that for now. Not sure what you did differently. I updated to the F6 BIOS (latest on Gigabyte's site) and XMP profile.
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    2017 NHL Playoffs Thread

    Feel like the Caps weren't the better team tonight, but pulled off the win. They did play much more dominant in OT. What a rough series. Hope they play better vs the Pens.
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    Twitch.tv

    And this is why I'll never play games for a living. It sounds awesome in theory, but the numbers are crap. You're essentially self-employed, so now you're paying for all of those overhead costs your employer normally would. I'd probably have to pull in about $140-150k a year to just match my...
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    Desktop Computers

    I think it's because they use so many third party sellers. I was doing some reading and it sounds like a lot of the time they're probably not updating to Jet's system, so people will receive things and it will never reflect that it even shipped. I contacted their help desk last night and they...
  32. Gravel

    Desktop Computers

    Ordered mine two and a half days ago, and it's still processing. Probably the first and last time I order from Jet. They've got a long way to go to become a legitimate competitor to Amazon.
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    Survivor

    I think Andrea is playing too hard. She needs to tone it down a bit because she's making herself a target. And Sarah seems completely fucking oblivious to everything around her. I could see her making it to the end as a goat.
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    NFL 2017 Offseason - Where does Romo go?

    That should be a good one. I like it more when it's a competitive team as opposed to dumpster fire. And the Bucs are certainly trending up. I think it's what made that Cardinals season show on Amazon so good.
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    Desktop Computers

    I'm curious to see if you have any issues booting with Ryzen. Post in this thread if you don't mind. I went with the Gigabyte B350 G3 too, but with a 1600 instead of 1600X. It's looking like I'll have to wait until Tuesday for everything to arrive. That's the only thing I'm a little concerned...
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    NFL 2017 Offseason - Where does Romo go?

    I've said it before, but I'm always amazed at how professional athletes can throw away a good thing. The amount of dumb fucks who essentially hit the "life lottery" and then do stupid shit like get into random bar fights, beat their spouses, drive drunk, etc, and destroy their careers is never...
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    Desktop Computers

    Yeah, I was waiting for the 580 prices and specs to come out today, and I wasn't impressed. Went ahead and bought a 1060 6GB instead. Same price, similar performance (maybe slightly lower), but a whole fuck load less juice to run it.
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    2017 NHL Playoffs Thread

    I'm starting to get worried. All of the games have gone into OT now. The Caps just can't capitalize on their chances. Feels like another first round exit for the Caps.
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    Desktop Computers

    I've never been a person to buy a computer part on the first day, but due to timing, it's more likely today. Where should we start seeing the RX 580's pop up? So far I don't see any. I'm in a toss up between a 6gb 1060 and the RX 580. Basically my only hangup being the massive power consumption...
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    Veep

    Fuck. "If you gave her a rail to snort off your dick, she would let you fuck the hole in her septum" was just too good. Wonder what kind of writer comes up with something like that?