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  1. TJT

    Hearthstone

    Silence is extremely valuable now. Bliz said that Silence is too strong of an effect so no new cards can do a general silence. Perhaps in an effort to slow down the game overall?
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Same function, but actual device. Like this thing,Steam Cooker. Much less hassle than the damn bamboo and wok traditional Chinese style, made some killer Ahi steaks last night with it.
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    Suits

    I wonder who dimed him out. It was pretty lol that Forstman (sp?) dropped his entire revenge plot with Daniel Hartman when Harvey resigned.
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Bought a Steam Cooker the other day. This thing is really cool. I just need to learn to steam shit correctly. It was great for all the Pelmeni I had frozen a few weeks ago though. This weekend I am totally making thisSplit Pea and Barley Ham Soup.
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    Hearthstone

    Ran into a TON of Wallet Control Warrior last night. I don't see them too often and it is alarming how quickly they can get 20+ armor with Shieldmaiden, Block, etc. Those games were so annoying I just stopped playing for a few hours.
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    Recommend a dating site

    Not exactly about how to charm women or anything, but in my experience this is the right attitude. What I did is pick up 3 hobbies (I call them the Trifecta) when I was 22-23 and I am 28 now. One to keep you healthy, one to improve yourself and one that can potentially make you some money on the...
  7. TJT

    Hearthstone

    I've been trying Beast Druid, and it is a lot of fun. But I am not having a lot of success with it yet. Seems to be a lot of nuance to how you play the deck that I'm not understanding yet. But I'll keep at it until I get bored with it. Token Paladin is fun to play, I like overwhelm your...
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    Hearthstone

    The rate at which these Paladin decks can continuously flood the board is fucking awesome.
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    Learning a second language for career purposes.

    I learned Arabic in the Army and became quite proficient at it after over 2 years in Iraq. Since I moved to Florida and then to Texas my Spanish is quite good now as well. Currently learning Russian for fun since learning languages has become... incredibly easy now. But I also work with a lot...
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    Hearthstone

    Out of my 50 packs I got Eadric, Rhonin and Chillmaw. I think I will craft Justicar though, because I really like this paladin deck.
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    Recommend a dating site

    It has yet to be a problem. But doing so isn't hard or time consuming. And it is useful for organizing certain events or whatever. I just don't get too concerned about privacy in the online capacity. I absolutely dont care who looks me up or sees it for whatever reason.
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    Recommend a dating site

    I lose some game by having a facebook? The whole concept of "maintaining a positive net presence" is pretty well documented dude. Call it bullshit all you want.
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    Recommend a dating site

    This day and age, I honestly don't know why people, especially tech people I work with, find it "cool" to not have facebook. Even a mocked up one just to show a positive net-profile. All employers, anything you buy in person. They will facebook you immediately. Helps with a lot of things to just...
  14. TJT

    Avengers: Age of Ultron

    Nerd question. Were the Asgardians always aware that the Tesserac had an infinity gem in it? The movie version one at least.
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    Hearthstone

    I used to only enjoy constructed. But in order to progress (keep it in mind I only get to like rank 8 or so every season, and cool with it) you absolutely have to work within the meta and there are tons of cool cards I actually want to try. But know I'll just fail hard with them so I don't...
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    Mr. Robot

    That's the thing. Elliot and Tyrell are both far too fucking batshit insane to reasonably deduce what they might do or why... and I love it. But it then again begs the question of what the fuck Mr. Robot (Elliot) was doing in Tyrell's car a few episodes talking about the Master Plan. Or...
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    Mr. Robot

    So I am guessing Tyrell wants to know everything so he can use it as leverage to get back into Evil Corp? Or is Elliot's encryption plan progressed to far to stop at this point?
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    Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace

    I was turned off pretty hard by the tone of the technical interviewer. He didn't ask too many hard questions... most were about Unix Administration shit I was extremely familiar with, then some other Java questions. He just had this, soul-crushed tone the entire time. As well as the only...
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    Company Raises It's Minimum Wage to $70,000 and All Hell Breaks Loose

    You offered him a job just because his dad works in the same industry as you do?
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    True Detective

    This season will hopefully humble Pizzolatto. Since he got the George Lucas treatment due tot he runaway success of season one, without taking into account the marvelous actors and likely much other input he was getting through the entire process, he was unable to replicate it. Even with...
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    Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace

    This makes me damn glad I didn't take the Amazon offer when I was job hunting. Left the Army to avoid such... hostile work environments. They contacted me again here in Austin a few months ago to see if I wanted to interview again for their new web team here.
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    Spain + Morocco Trip

    Going to Spain and Morocco this December with the new lady. Will be in Barcelona/surrounding area and then to Fez and Marakesh. Will be about 6 days in each. Anyone done a trip like this before? I have it mostly figured out. Ryanair is super cheap to get to Fez from Barcelona and I already...
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    Mass Effect: Andromeda - Autism reaches outer space

    The indoctrination theory made sense because of all the blatant hallucinations, weird dream sequences, and Shepherd muttering to himself on the ship about hearing buzzing and whatever else. Mass Effect 3 was like 75-80% excellent to me. Kai Leng and the ending just keep a sour taste in your...
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    Mr. Robot

    I still haven't come up with a reason as to why Tyrell would be working with Elliot (if Mr. Robot is a hallucination). What does he gain from this relationship? Tyrell was telling ranting to his wife about Elliot right when he came home and realized the cops were onto him. Tyrell is batshit...
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    Mass Effect: Andromeda - Autism reaches outer space

    Witcher 3 raised the bar super high IMO. DA: I, which I liked, is outright unplayable to me now. Its true that New Vegas storywise was far and above compared to Fallout 3... But that doesn't mean Fallout 4 will be unplayable by any means. I'll play the shit out of that game.
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    Recommend a dating site

    Big Data analytics wouldn't make it hard to tell IMO. If not a generally shady way to go about it.
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    Mass Effect: Andromeda - Autism reaches outer space

    I still wonder about that. You had BRILLIANT plotlines with Mordin, the Krogan, the Geth and then... that shitpile. To this day I still believe that the story designers were intending the Indoctrination Plot to be a thing. So much of the framework for it is there. The good story designers...
  28. TJT

    Recommend a dating site

    All of which are limited to geographic area. Austin, tons of people have Tinder and OKC, but since Tinder is both easier to use and can be used on the go very efficiently. It ends up being that more people have it and use it actively. Or so I think. Convenience and all of that.
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    Recommend a dating site

    User base size is what I was most looking at here. Swipe feature is more successful when the pool is larger. Also the idea of managing accounts on like five different dating sites makes me want to puke in my mouth.
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    Hearthstone

    The brawls have largely been complete RNG AIDS to me. So much that I despise doing them. Having everything being a completely random effect just makes shit so annoying to me. I don't mind some RNG, like most don't. But when the vast majority of games are won or lost because of shit you had no...
  31. TJT

    Best place to live

    Rent in North Austin for 1BR is just under $700. Without rent control living downtown is $1800 - $2100. Austin is relatively cheap, but I feel that wont last long with the growth rate. As long as it holds anyway. If winters in Boise are not too bad, I might look into living there if tech work is...
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    Best place to live

    Yes, the $30 you save on your energy bill (I pay like $70 in Texas Summer) while paying that $3k rent. ROFL dude. But I am fond of this weather. Oregon Coast!
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    Portland? As a moving destination, not for travel

    I'm seriously considering moving back to Oregon (doesn't have to be Portland proper) for the first time since 2005. Been out in the Wilderness too long now. I was in Portland last weekend for a wedding and realized I missed the place. Luckily jobs in my field are also plentiful there!
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    Rick and Morty

    Move the fuck over Pizzolatto. Also @Xevy. I would agree with you, but the show has showed continuity to the infinite characters theme many times. Like Morty telling Summer that he had buried himself in the back yard and looks at his own grave everyday, the evil Morty/Rick, etc. This makes it...
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    Recommend a dating site

    I stuck to Tinder and Hinge for this kind of thing. Simply too easy to keep ahead of the Queue and wait. But six months after my bizarre breakup I went through one Hinge "rebound" girl (that was insanely kinky and awesome) and now have an actual GF again. It ended up being someone I had met a...
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    Rick and Morty

    ^ It almost defeats the purpose of the show to think that any given episode is a different version of Rick and Morty. The show centers around C137 Rick and Morty and that's that until we see otherwise. Although I will admit it is possible that Morty is a different Morty or some shit, that seems...
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    Rick and Morty

    Speaking of that, so despite Rick and Morty being from C137, they are currently living in some other parallel that isn't C137 right? Since they Cronnenberged the original one?
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    Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

    Can you get Emmy's for a News show. Or is this not technically a news show?
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    The Strain

    Eichorst's tears over not being chosen as the vessel for the Master was kind of funny. So I am thinking that the other enforcer the Ancients called in is their "black ops" kind of guy. He walked out in broad daylight too so I am not sure what's up with him. Is Stone-whatever Eldrith Palmer's...
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Always use sesame oil with rice! Nobody has ever mentioned anything to me about kimchi at work. But I am certain they are completely ignorant as to what it might be anyway. As everyone near me our office is mostly the We Will Never Ever Leave Texas kind of people... or Indians and a few...