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  1. Khane

    Investing General Discussion

    The market hasn't moved much percentage wise the past few days. And it's been very volatile for going on 2 years now. Not exactly news worthy.
  2. Khane

    The Fast Food Thread

    I agree about BBQ sauce on a burger. It masks the burger's natural flavor way too much.
  3. Khane

    The Fast Food Thread

    What about BBQ sauce?
  4. Khane

    Investing General Discussion

    Been thinking about it for a long, long time.
  5. Khane

    Investing General Discussion

    They calculate by "mill rate" in CT. Meaning 1 dollar for every 1000 appraised value on the property. Actually my taxes are going up this year by almost 1k because they raised my mill rate to 33. Which means 33 dollars for every 1k in appraised value. Which is literally the same as saying 3.3%...
  6. Khane

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    Security are the "bad guys" when they clearly don't know what the fuck they are doing or talking about. Which in my experience is like 90%+ of all cyber security personnel. It's a fast moving field and is kind of still in the fledgling stage for most companies so it's understandable.
  7. Khane

    The Fast Food Thread

    A skill I have honed to perfection over the years.
  8. Khane

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    This is literally the entire software development lifecycle and stack... it's like saying "the future is computers!"
  9. Khane

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    I wouldn't recommend BizTalk as an HL7 engine. Sure it does it but it's becoming an orphaned technology at Microsoft. They are even migrating a lot of BizTalk's core functionality to other technologies like Logic Apps.
  10. Khane

    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    Brady Bunch 2k20
  11. Khane

    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    I see a "whew" in that update. Does Nirgon work for VR?
  12. Khane

    Investing General Discussion

    Right but you live in a very ritzy area in a much more expensive house. On the whole property taxes are much lower in Texas than CT. Is there legislation in Texas that prevents banks from refusing escrow waivers? All I know is I could not find a home loan here that would allow me to waive...
  13. Khane

    The Fast Food Thread

    Next time, if they have them, get the "Extra Crunchy" version of the southwest chicken El Monterey taquitos. They are much better. Trick is to get them out of the oven before the filling starts oozing out of them. The frozen Friday's potato skins are actually pretty decent too.
  14. Khane

    Investing General Discussion

    I don't think it's a state law here I just don't think any banks/brokers are willing to allow borrowers to waive escrow around here. May have to do with how much taxes are here compared to a state like Texas and how much more money it allows them to have on their books as a result. My property...
  15. Khane

    Investing General Discussion

    Oh I hate escrow and how it works. But you can't find a bank/broker that will do a home loan without it around here.
  16. Khane

    Investing General Discussion

    I actually have no idea when they paid my property taxes and I never got any confirmations of payment from the town either. Same with homeowner's insurance.
  17. Khane

    Investing General Discussion

    I got sent a delinquency notice with penalties and interest so I then called the bank and had a bunch of back and forth with them to get it sorted out. At first they tried to make me pay it all by raising my monthly payment from ~2700 to ~3200. Eventually they sent the payment from my already...
  18. Khane

    Investing General Discussion

    Well I will say this. I had the same view on the topic you do until my loan was sold to and serviced by a bank that "forgot" to pay my property taxes via escrow twice, tried to pass the penalties on to me via new "escrow increases" (my payment suddenly went from ~2700/mo to ~3200/mo) and then...
  19. Khane

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    To add to Denaut's instructions. Make sure to leave it in the oven too long and burn the shit out of all the toppings. Sorry... I meant to say "char all the toppings"
  20. Khane

    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    What happened to the soccer gifs?
  21. Khane

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    I don't think this is true: https://www.metalsupermarkets.com/types-of-steel/ And it appears that the higher carbon content steel, while being harder, is also more brittle so you have to be careful doing things like chopping through bones. The type of high carbon steel used in the Misen...
  22. Khane

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    So you don't understand that I have a carbon steel knife and do not like it, and the Misen is also carbon steel, so I don't want it?
  23. Khane

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    From their website: "The Chef’s Knife is made with AICHI AUS-10 steel, which offers an even better balance between lasting sharpness and durability with 2x the carbon content of some other “premium” knives. " Reviews of that type of steel seem to indicate it's more durable than other carbon...
  24. Khane

    Hades (Supergiant Games)

    Bought this on a whim. Cool game and interesting progression system, but I really don't like most of the weapons and maybe I'm doing it wrong but I wish it wasn't so much "always be pressing dash". I'm only 4 hours in so as you unlock more of the progression stuff maybe the weapons start to...
  25. Khane

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    See the last sentence of the first paragraph.
  26. Khane

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    The Misono is absolutely carbon steel (it's actually the Misono Swedish I misspoke) and it's apparently very reactive carbon to boot. It's definitely made from good steel, but it's not really meant to be a beater knife. I'm not a chef and I don't treat or use my knife like a chef would.
  27. Khane

    Investing General Discussion

    I don't think there is much wiggle room on the rates for most banks. Shop around anyway but like wormie said I've never really heard of rate negotiation being possible. Unless maybe you're spending millions of dollars and it's a very out of the ordinary transaction. In general, the shorter the...
  28. Khane

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Hrmmm... I have a Misono UX-10 chef's knife and I gotta be honest... that was a bad buy. I'm sure the knife is fantastic for people who baby it and take proper care of it but I kind of beat the shit out of my knives and I end up having to sharpen the damn thing with a wet stone like every 3...
  29. Khane

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    That would be hilarious if they fucked up the coding this way and it was like legendary bad luck protection's original coding all over again.
  30. Khane

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    I need to buy a good paring knife. Any recommendations?
  31. Khane

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Not cold water, turn the tap to warm or even hot. And if you can't deglaze it (i.e. pour any liquid into it), it doesn't seem like a great cooking device.
  32. Khane

    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    I would assume the best way to handle it is to pour water into it. That also has the benefit of deglazing the bottom thus cleaning the "stuck on" shit so you don't have to soak/scrub as hard later.
  33. Khane

    World of Warcraft: Classic

    That seems like a very lightweight addon.
  34. Khane

    Virtualization for mobile on PC

    Nox is much better than BlueStacks.
  35. Khane

    TV shows that could no longer exist

    I feel like some of you guys don't watch TV. You really think Cheers wouldn't be made today because of Sam? Have you ever watched Lucifer? I think Cheers might not get remade today but it has way more to do with the jokes than with any of the characters. That show didn't really age well.
  36. Khane

    Witcher 3

    Whatever you do try to complete the radovid questline. It's the best sidequest in the game story wise
  37. Khane

    TV shows that could no longer exist

    Yea a lot of those shows would still exist, just probably on premium networks and streaming services. All in the Family would never get made again. In fact All in the Family wouldn't get remade in any time period in the last 30 years
  38. Khane

    The Netflix Thread

    That's kind of funny because: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwarte_Piet
  39. Khane

    Biggest guilty pleasures

    Speaking of 80s. This isn't exactly a guilty pleasure since it's parody music. But this entire album is so good that it almost qualifies as guilty pleasure because it's so legit.