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  1. TJT

    Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine

    I'll watch this tonight I think. I am always curious how little they mention Wozniak despite him building the flagship Apple II completely alone while still working at HP. I read Woz's biography a while back (called iWoz) and the dude was truly a basement dwelling super nerd. All he did for both...
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    Metal Gear Solid V

    For as much as I love stealth games, it is super annoying that the fastest way to get S is to Ramboooo through the missions. But I admit, it was pretty fucking hysterical to get S on like the third mission by immediately sniping the guy right as you come up on the cliff around the base and he's...
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    Pit bulls - The Breed of Peace

    See, I've spent years in the Middle East and have been to most countries over there. I never thought that their dislike of dogs was inherently religious. Culturally, the Arab world simply doesn't care for them, nor keep them as pets. Some people do, sure. But its just not widespread. Any...
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    The Flash

    I don't mind Charlie, he's good at obscure backstory that a lot of comic nerds (including myself) wouldn't generally know. But last season in both Arrow and Flash the guy had terrible terrible predictions and ignored huge events or didn't acknowledge others for some reason. And I do hate his...
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    Metal Gear Solid V

    So this is looking more and more like a buy for me. Will pick it up soon.
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    Narcos

    So where will next season go? They covered the vast majority of Pablo's more notorious and interesting activities in just one season. The manhunt shit will get old pretty fast... Will they just move on to the Cali Cartel or something?
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    The Strain

    Don't think too hard about this show dude. It will be painful!
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    Home buying thread

    Aren't tiny houses like $40k? The ones they're selling in Austin seem to be around that price.
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    Dragon Age: Inquisition (Plot Details in Spoilers!)

    Not him specifically, the world as a whole. Elvish society is a shadow of its former glory and all that.
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    Dragon Age: Inquisition (Plot Details in Spoilers!)

    I was under the distinct impression from Inquisition and Dragon Age in general that Portal magic was basically lost with the Elves. The entire game you find the hidden remaining Elluvial Portal that has been there for thousands of years, and the Qunari kind of shun advanced magic. What gives now?
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    Mr. Robot

    Tyrelliot is a stupid one. He had a full time job at AllSafe, while also maintaining a full time position and grinding up the corporate ladder as Tyrell... in addition to dealing with those gangsters and shit? Those timelines make absolutely zero sense and since Evil Corps was AllSafe's biggest...
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    Armello - Kickstarter

    Little bit of necromancy, but this got out of Early Access yesterday, so I'll be playing it this week. If anyone missed it, it is getting some pretty good reviews.
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    Hearthstone

    There's a reddit post about this exact deck right now, specifically abusing the long animation times. Apparently a 70% win rate. Nozdormu Joust Deck Sorry if double!
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    Hearthstone

    10 games on ladder and 10 paladin opponents. This new meta is great!
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    Hearthstone

    Okay never doing a shaman quest again. That shit took AGES to get 5 games. Every single game was like 15 minutes or longer of AIDS. I haven't played casual in awhile, but why are the decks in casual largely the same as the ones on the ladder? Everyone has the better cards. I can totally see...
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    Hearthstone

    I honestly think the devs/analysts had data showing that, over the past year (or since launch + adventures and expansions), paladin secrets were rarely played. If ever. So they thought they should give them a "reason" to. Not realizing the reasons WHY they weren't being played, thus you have...
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    Spain + Morocco Trip

    I've spent extensive time in the ME proper and speak fluent Arabic. Although I don't understand a word of Moroccan, I am certain we can speak Egyptian well enough and will be able to read everything without issue. Egypt does suck though, fuck that place, I would only go to Sharm Al-Sheikh again...
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Brine and bake is how I make turkey every year and it comes out perfect each time. Never had a desire to deep fry my turkeys.
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    Weight Loss Thread

    Just tune the bike. Its kind of relaxing to do... if you want to get into such things. I have three bikes and their maintenance is park of the fun. Replace the chain and cassette and its probably fine and much cheaper than a new bike.
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    Hearthstone

    By the way. Fuck jousting. Joust cards have worked in my favor like 3 times out of 40+ games. Fucking stupid. Sorry salty about losing because of that shit.
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    Sex, Drugs, Riffs & Solos: The Rock Thread \m/

    Wasn't sure where to put this. Discovered completely at random this week. I kind of have a hard on for surf rock and all of its variants. This was just the breath of fresh air I needed at work the other day. But I fucking dig the sword fanboyism in here. By far my favorite band from Austin, I've...
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    I like the thing. I bought a rice cooker 8 years ago and use it multiple times a week usually. Maybe I am just the odd duck about it. I really like being able to steam Pelmeni/Dumplings with zero hassle as I make/eat a lot of them. But vegetables, fish, seafood I really like to be able to steam...
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    Weight Loss Thread

    Some of this is strange, I am like 6'2 and 215. I've held this weight since I was 17 (28 now). Although I had some dips during deployments while I was in the Army. At 192 I was downright skeletal. In general I eat well, run 20 or so miles a week. Bike 30-40 on Sundays and swim for my fitness...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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?