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  1. Burns

    What vehicle do you drive?

    Perma-bear YouTuber, but still has some interesting points about current auto loan situation:
  2. Burns

    Investing General Discussion

    Mark Cuban? He is a big name in Dallas, but the only things I know about him is that he has been the owner of the Dallas Mavericks for the last ~20 years and his Shark Tank shit. People seem to like him as a Basketball owner, but I don't watch basketball, so I wouldn't know. Shark Tank was...
  3. Burns

    Interview With the Vampire

    Even if I wanted to watch this, AMC can fuck right off with their mid season breaks. After Better Call Saul is done, I am done with them. If they make another show that is good, I will stream it years after it is done.
  4. Burns

    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    I thought Kraken was second after Coinbase?
  5. Burns

    Investing General Discussion

    Weekend read (cut from CNBC, so no need to brave their shitty site): https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/22/mark-cuban-worst-shark-tank-investment-ever-was-breathometer.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.apple.UIKit.activity.PostToTwitter
  6. Burns

    Cyberpunk 2077

    I can live with high settings, so, maybe I should give a try then. It sounds like most the problems from release have been ironed out too. According to SteamDB, there have been a lot of 50% off sales, so it probably wont go much lower until they release a big DLC, and nothing like that is even...
  7. Burns

    Cyberpunk 2077

    Will this run on my GTX 970 yet? Will new cards ever come down in price?!? I read there may be a chip surplus soon!
  8. Burns

    The Astronomy Thread

    Doesn't look like anything to me:
  9. Burns

    Total War: Warhammer

    If you have WH 1 and 2 on Steam it should allow you to choose the Mortal Empires map when you go to start a new game in WH2. If that's the case, then yea, Mortal Empires is probably the easiest to jump into. Just try to follow the objectives for short and long game wins. Lizardmen, High Elves...
  10. Burns

    The Animated GIF Thread

    Swedish (?) Police go rally driving through a park to chase some smash and grab jewelry store robbers (armed) that are on a moped.
  11. Burns

    Total War: Warhammer

    I guess you are unlucky with bugs. I have spent 90% of my time running mods in 1165 combined hours of WH 1/2 and I don't recall many bugs (there were probably some, but not frustrating enough to sear in an everlasting memory). The only broke game I can vaguely remember is when Wulfrik was...
  12. Burns

    Total War: Warhammer

    Currently, the best game experience is probably one of the free lords or paid DLC races on the Warhammer 2 Vortex map. I really liked the Tomb Kings, but that's a bit pricy. So the next two easiest races are Lizardmen and High Elves. The Free DLC for them are (it has been some time, but I...
  13. Burns

    Total War: Warhammer

    I don't really get why people are resistant to using mods. They don't break cheaves, and there are mods that do exactly this already. The one I saw (from months ago) sets the line at tier 3 settlements and regional capitals as the only maps that get siege battles. Additionally, mods like Steel...
  14. Burns

    The Animated GIF Thread

  15. Burns

    The Astronomy Thread

    Most likely it is one of the 80 moons of Jupiter, or an asteroid sitting somewhere between JWST and Jupiter.
  16. Burns

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    If anyone wants more, NASA has a whole slew of pictures from the Juno mission (they host various altered pictures by various artists): https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/juno/images/index.html The original, all shades of tan, can be found somewhere on their site as well. Obligatory picture of...
  17. Burns

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musks-dad-errol-has-second-child-with-stepdaughter-report-2022-7?amp
  18. Burns

    The Netflix Thread

    https://www.marketwatch.com/story/netflix-names-microsoft-as-partner-for-ad-supported-platform-11657739343?siteid=nf-rss https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/13/netflix-partners-with-microsoft-on-ad-supported-subscription-plan.html
  19. Burns

    The Astronomy Thread

    Captain Suave's answer was nice and succinct. If you want a bit more, here is a longer answer from Quora:
  20. Burns

    The Astronomy Thread

    Neat: Someone found an Einstein Cross in the picture already. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein_Cross
  21. Burns

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    I am hopeful that they can get this released by Q2 2023. Using classes released as a guide, while looking from the outside, they only have two left to implement (Monk & Paladin). Monk probably requires the most work, with unique fighting animations and mechanics. Paladin on the other hand...
  22. Burns

    Investing General Discussion

    *aren't fucking around in easy to prove ways... -yes, I am of the opinion that they, like all super wealthy are using an army of lawyers to advise them on how best to grift and skim.
  23. Burns

    Total War: Warhammer

    Tzeentch is invading from the Southern Waste, so a decent cover for a more interesting starting position? As for Nurgle, I didn't read any lore reasons for why he is in the middle (of mostly future expansion area). It is probably something like Slaanesh, in that some huge corrupting shrine or...
  24. Burns

    Investing General Discussion

    I would suspect almost all officials are going to follow reporting requirements, or they have some legal loophole. It's much harder to prove a fiduciary duty was not met, vs having at least one autist investigator digging through trades pinging suspicious trades (so said investigator can then...
  25. Burns

    The Bear

    ... Oh, right, I also like What We Do In The Shadows, but didn't really consider it a faux reality show, because of it's fantasy elements. I loved the movie, as it felt more like a mocumentary (This is Spinal Tap) than an Office type faux reality show. Still, the TV show took 3 or 4 episodes...
  26. Burns

    For All Mankind

    If you want to learn more about nuclear the following professor, from the University of Illinois, has a bunch of videos on it. Most are more in depth, but this one goes over the basics of the Nuclear energy sector and the safety of it all (I can't use sound right now to review the video, but it...
  27. Burns

    For All Mankind

    A nuclear reactor produces heat. For space acceleration, you need to push something out one way to produce thrust in the opposite direction. Heat alone wont do much. So, the nuclear reactor can produce the energy in a closed system (heat makes steam, steam turns generator, generator makes...
  28. Burns

    The Bear

    Back when I watched more TV, I used to prefer Brit shows to US versions, but it depends on the show. Some can coexist well enough. For example, UK Borgias was great, US Borgias was good and I have rewatched both. Shameless probably works well for both, because the show uses a lot of local and...
  29. Burns

    Investing General Discussion

    This may be of interest, the following website tracks various market things, including congressional disclosers: https://www.quiverquant.com
  30. Burns

    The Bear

    Sorry, naked Emmy Rossum makes US Shameless the best Shameless. For at least the first few seasons, she was one of the best looking women in Hollywood. No tits outside of SS option:
  31. Burns

    Total War: Warhammer

    I liked the vortex map, as it had more "new" areas (after playing the shit out of WH1) and, for a long time, it had much faster turn times. So I played 2 or 3 campaigns with the Vortex ruleset, when the game was released and then a bunch of campaigns for the other lords that didn't use the...
  32. Burns

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    a Random for the FSR:
  33. Burns

    BB.com Misc Refugee Thread

    Every day at 12AM EST you will automatically receive 10 Latinum that can then be used to eventually buy this pass. Don't know why it costs 280 instead of 140 though; will have to ping @Amod for an answer, cause I am too lazy to go digging for it.
  34. Burns

    BB.com Misc Refugee Thread

    Takes 14 days of automatic currency to opt in. It keeps out the spamers and tracking bots...as well as confirming that you really want jump into the cesspit. https://www.firesofheaven.org/threads/politics-culture-and-controversy-opt-in.12182/
  35. Burns

    BB.com Misc Refugee Thread

    Took a few pages to figure out what BB.com stood for, as I haven't been there since I lost all of my gains, some 10 plus years ago... On the plus side, it reminded me to go check up on Dom at Broscience, and see what's new.
  36. Burns

    Westworld

    Scared of some listeria, are ya? You some lily-livered nancy boy? It only affects the weak! From Mayo: CDC estimates ~1600 people get Listeria every year, of those, ~260 die. Unknown if this is US figures, world figures, or out of the ass figures... Also, there just happens to be an outbreak...
  37. Burns

    Song of Conquest

    Edit: Derp, clicked on the steam link and scrolled right past the video. Shits in EA, so haven't played it yet, and will try to wait...
  38. Burns

    The Astronomy Thread

    We are adding trash far faster than it is removing itself. Cliff notes: Orbital decay - Wikipedia Eventually, most objects that orbit the earth will either crash into it (junk/satellites in low earth orbit) or leave its orbit (the Moon). Even the most stable objects in very high orbits can not...