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  1. opiate82

    Homebrewing

    So I just updated my all-grain setup to "ghetto HERMS". Running tests with cleaner/water right now, hoping to brew up my tried-and-tested NWPA recipe tomorrow. I don't have a stand built yet so the kitchen floor will have to do for now. Budget was key on this project as I don't have a lot of...
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    NFL 2014 - 2015 Season Thread

    I have been getting great quality with Ace Stream (via Wizwig links). Problem is that there usually are only Ace Streams for the game of the week and prime time games. All other Sunday games are iffy for having a high bit-rate steam active. The Stream Torrent streams are decent enough to follow...
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    Las Vegas

    Sounds like a great weekend! I had a great time at Palomino's, plus it is full nude. SR strippers felt like they were trained to sell lap dances by used car salesmen.
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    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    I swear 50% of the arguments I've ever gotten into with an SO were because "all the relationships I see on the TV shows I like are full of drama and ours is way to chill so we need to fight about something to be more like the TV shows I like." (With the other 50% being somehow related to alcohol...
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    The Girls Who Broke Your Heart Thread

    Most people think anchovies, but broccoli is the absolute worst. It will make the entire pizza kitchen, delivery-drivers car, and your eventual victim's house smell like gross sweaty gym feet.
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    NFL 2014 - 2015 Season Thread

    Niners are missing three of their top defensive players. Take Sherman, Thomas and Wagner off the field and Manning carves up Seattle.
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    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    Cell phone videos taken in portrait orientation.
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    Smartphones

    No one was buying any of the other Google Play versions of phones because the Nexus line was so cheap. When someone went to the Google Play store to buy a stock Android phone and their choices were an N5 for $349 or an S4 for $649, which do you think was selling better? Now that the Nexus phone...
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    Smartphones

    Ugh. The absolutely best part of the Nexus line was its price tag. Guess Google caved to the other hardware producers bitching that they couldn't sell the Play versions of their flagship phones. I was pretty much in for one for sure before I saw that price, now I will look at keeping my...
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    Your Own Photography

    Some shots from a visit to the pumpkin patch. It was actually super-challenging to shoot out there with the combination of harsh light, limited gear (was also hauling around a 5 week old baby), and people everywhere walking into my shots.
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    Fantasy Football 2014 Advice Thread!

    Obviously I am the guy on the left. Savvy move of the week was grabbing Jordan Cameron off waivers to replace Graham. I still say he would be a top 3 TE if he didn't play for the Browns and even though he was way low on the list of TE pickups I knew he was the guy to grab now that he was...
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    NFL 2014 - 2015 Season Thread

    You think that is bad, you should see my Facebook feed and all the "fire Darrell Bevell" comments. They all thought he was a genius when he unleashed the fly-sweep on Green Bay.
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    Fantasy Football 2014 Advice Thread!

    So despite Eddy Lacy's pathetic 4pt performance I was the first team in my leagues history to break 200 points (5 years now). Feels good, especially since the top regular season game-score gets a little cash at the end in my league.
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    NFL 2014 - 2015 Season Thread

    49ers fan checking in to just to say that the officiating was once again atrocious, and that the 49ers were the beneficiaries of it. Niners haven't played a complete game all season.
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    The "Shit I just bought" thread

    Now I am thinking about how I use my mouse and now it feels awkward as fuck no matter how I hold/use it.
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    Fantasy Football 2014 Advice Thread!

    I had Hilton, Luck and Foster in last night. I went from being a project 30pt underdog to a projected 30pt favorite.
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    The Beer Thread

    Yeah, in WA growlers are rarely more cost-effective than other packaging. Reason I still get them is I like collecting them and also you can get beer to-go only available at the tap-rooms. They are also handy to have around to share homebrew when I don't feel like bottling (which is pretty much...
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    MLB 2014 Season Thread

    Nice job ESPN.ESPN Forecast: Predicting the postseason - ESPN
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    Favorite Sports Teams

    NFL: 49ers MLB: Giants NBA: SuperSonics if they ever come back NHL: Don't follow but would adopt a Seattle team if they ever get one. MLS: Never Parents grew up in the Bay Area but moved to the PNW when I was 3. They were only NFL/MLB fans and raised me to like the Niners/Giants. I...
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    NFL 2014 - 2015 Season Thread

    If you think about it, the rule kinda has to be this way otherwise it would be a viable strategy to grow your hair as long as possible to give a defender less area in which he can grab and tackle you. If it was a penalty to tackle by the hair every offensive player would have hair down to their ass.
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    NFL 2014 - 2015 Season Thread

    Obviously he was Anquan Boldin's spy.
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    Fantasy Football 2014 Advice Thread!

    I would also make that deal. I don't know the numbers in 0.5ppr, but in 1.0ppr you'd be losing 5 pts-per-game at WR but gaining 10 pts-per-game at TE (I'm sure the ratios are similar between the formats).
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    NFL 2014 - 2015 Season Thread

    I knew it was a pipe-dream but I had a happy feeling "down there" when I heard Google and the NFL were in talks possibly involving Sunday ticket and YouTube (that might be pure conjecture on my part, but it was fun to think about). 8 more years of DTV is such a boner-killer.
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    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    You keep saying this and we keep telling you that isn't true. When it came time for my wife and I to pick out names we sat down and came up with a name together. There were names I loved that I had to throw out because she didn't like them. There are names she loved that she had to throw out...
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    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    Not sure if this is cultural or what, but (imo) your wife has just as much of a right to name or not name a kid something as you do. Each party has veto rights, you can either compromise or filibuster if you feel that strongly about it, but in the end she has the ultimate trump card of being the...
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    Homebrewing

    Not quite sure what you are asking, do you need information to teach you how to homebrew, or do you already homebrew and are just looking for some IPA recipes? If you are looking to start homebrewing, I got my start readingThe Complete Joy of Homebrewing.Admittedly there is a little bit of...
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    Smartphones

    I personally don't have any experience with 3rd party apps, so I can't say for sure, but some of the issues you are listing could be software based. For example, pixelated/blocky pictures could be the software cranking up the ISO to compensate for the light, when perhaps a slower shutter speed...
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    NFL 2014 - 2015 Season Thread

    Niners run blocking seems solid still, they just decided to stop running the ball for whatever reason (trickery!). Also I don't put all the pass-protect issues on the o-line. Kaep is holding onto the ball way too long.
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    Homebrewing

    Well, I think you get a much better value when you build your own. The upfront cost will be close to the same but a lot of those complete setups uses the cheapest components that they can find meaning you'll be swapping out components in no time. I personally have a 3 tap keezer that I built...
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    MLB 2014 Season Thread

    Craziest Jeter stat I heard, if he plays tomorrow, he will have only played I think they said 4 (maybe 5) games in his entire career where the Yankees weren't mathematically in playoff contention. Obviously a result of the team he played for, but still pretty insane to go through an entire...
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    Fantasy Football 2014 Advice Thread!

    You have to stick with Gore, he is getting the carries. Unfortunately the possibility of TD's getting vultured by Hyde is high, but I wouldn't make my roster moves based on possible vultured TD's, I'd make it off of who is getting more touches. Unless it is an obvious'this team always uses this...
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    Pregnancy Thread

    Sorry man, been there before myself and it is pretty heartbreaking. Hopefully it is a sign everything is working the way it is supposed to. Took us 3 years after our miscarriage to get our daughter but now that she is here I wouldn't go back to change the way things happened at all. Hopefully...
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    Homebrewing

    1.092? You might be pushing 10% ABV with 001.
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    Pregnancy Thread

    I have the Tool Rockabye Baby, it is strangely mesmerizing and very well done. We still listen to the real thing more often than not though.
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    Your Own Photography

    Not mine, my parents shot this, but thought it was worth posting. The opportunity to get this shot only happens twice a year and that is IF the weather cooperates, which it usually doesn't.
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    Fantasy Football 2014 Advice Thread!

    First need to know which end of each trade you are on. Second need to know the rules of your league (PPR? etc.) *edit: As a general rule, unless I am decimated due to injuries/suspension/etc at another position group I generally don't trade away RB's unless I am obviously winning the trade or...
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    Smartphones

    Actually, if you are willing to invest several hours of your time you might be able to haggle them for a free one. It will involve several phone calls, a "can you hear me now" guy driving out to your neighborhood and more phone-calls after when they put it on your bill anyways while claiming the...