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  1. Burns

    Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous

    Official release date set (September 2), along with a new beta build.
  2. Burns

    The Astronomy Thread

    Looked up the Lagrange points to see if we have any other sats out there (other than the L1 sun monitor DSCOVR) , before Webb (we do), and ran into the NASA write up on Webb. They have a video of the path out to L2 (with corresponding setup steps) and orbit at L2. I guess I never thought about...
  3. Burns

    What vehicle do you drive?

    Oh, sorry, looks like I skipped a few important words; I thought the first part was about removing the previous shit from the hood and that cost $1500. Then they charged another $1500 to put on a Ceramic coat after removing and detailing it ( for 500 more dollars). My bad. So yea, looks like he...
  4. Burns

    What vehicle do you drive?

    I thought the ceramic "wrap" was microns thin and sprayed on like paint, or applied like wax/sealent. The word wrap, that I am familiar with, refers to a vinyl product that applies to the vehicle as a film; it can be a pure protective layer, like Clearbra, or a decal, like the big Jag that was...
  5. Burns

    What vehicle do you drive?

    There are a few paint chip fixing kits that try to fill the divot in, that you could try. A bunch of the Corvette Forum guys seem to recommend Dr. ColorChip for its combination of price and "ease" of use. There are also more involved kits that are more expensive, as an alternative. If you want...
  6. Burns

    Star Wars general purpose movie stuff

    It is unfortunate that Ventress is dead in current cannon, but I can see her being retcon resurrected, if, for no other reason than to try to appease the KK faction with a strong popular semi-darkside woman.
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    Star Wars general purpose movie stuff

    Psh, I have never paid for a Star Wars movie or TV show outside of the cable/Netflix subscription that played them (or a rental from Blockbuster / borrowed DvDs from friends). Additionally, it will take more than 1 poster and some Doomcock rumors to convince me that they are truly going to...
  8. Burns

    Star Wars general purpose movie stuff

    No Ray, no Fen, no Poe, no chubby Asian lady, no Ren, no Stimpy, no Jar Jar, no Pansexual Lando, no Fembot (Rogue One). The poster looks good to me. If they had replaced the Bad Batch with the Mando fighting something, all would be well, as all the best Star Wars would be represented (I guess...
  9. Burns

    Shadow and Bone

    They do cover this in the show, but just with a single line of dialog, I think. My biggest nitpick was actually with the sound. I had issues understanding some of the actors, due to how they had the audio set up for the show (or at least how it played on my various systems). The dialog was...
  10. Burns

    Stellaris

    What pops does this really start to get bad in the vanilla game? My Necroid's slave race is at 213 pop and they currently cost 116 points to reproduce, but I have 200+ mods running... The reddit thread linked above lists a couple ways to fix this: Ironman achievement compatible, keeping it...
  11. Burns

    Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)

    How pissed would you be if Bree Lawlson was playing the Silver Surfer, though? They had to go with Capt. Marvel.
  12. Burns

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Well, you have convinced me! Random powers it is!
  13. Burns

    Car ?'s

    A real racer on the twisty track? Probably! All the gearheads I used to hang around with went for HP, HP, and more HP...and then their cars end up breaking various parts every six months or so. They sure sounded cool though and were fun in a straight line. I keep all my cars bone stock (the...
  14. Burns

    Car ?'s

    I am also of the opinion that buying a stock high HP car and keeping that way is the way to go. All the drive train parts have been assembled with that HP/Torque in mind, and when you start increasing the HP/Torque, it causes stock parts, that are still in the system, to go past tolerances and...
  15. Burns

    Car ?'s

    Indeed, it would be hard to trust a vehicle from a dealer, for such things, as they probably don't know for certain what kind of oil is in it, either (unless an oil change is part of the sale). As for the F type, what do they recommend? I would guess that you could at least go 5k on full synth...
  16. Burns

    Car ?'s

    Oil talk, nice! I have to link the obligatory educational oil article from BobistheOilGuy.com. It is written for the layman gearheads, and explains almost anything you want know about automotive oil, itself. For example, it shows why you should drive like an old granny until your vehicle's...
  17. Burns

    Texas this summer

    If you want to recommend food places, go for it. I mostly went with places that had multiple locations with reasonable expectations. There is no point listing some mom and pop Italian/Tex-Mex/Steak places that are in the burbs, far away from anywhere a tourist might be. If I need to make it...
  18. Burns

    Texas this summer

    Yes, I live in Texas, and the Rudy's in Round Rock and next to Lake Travis are both great (or at least were, 10 years ago). I like a spicy low sugar very vinegary BBQ sauce. I have never had Rudy's outside of Austin, and everyone I have talked to that hates them, had them outside of Austin.
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    Texas this summer

    Almost forgot, if you are looking for good produce for the road trips, I highly recommend Central Market, if there is one close to where you are staying (it might even be worth taking a small detour). They have the widest variety of apples and oranges I have ever seen and I have never had a...
  20. Burns

    Texas this summer

    It you want educational: Dallas/Ft. Worth (if you are doing the JFK stuff)(never been to any of these, just ideas): (Ross) Perot Museum of Nature and Science - Seems to be popular Dallas Aquarium - Ft. Worth has the Zoo, Dallas has the Aquarium Dallas Arboretum - Girls like flowers, and 66% of...
  21. Burns

    Routers & Other Networking Stuff

    From what I remember when researching wifi upgrades (and settling on a Ubiquiti Unifi system): 5.2 GHz waves wont penetrate nearly as well as the old 2.4 Ghz but they handle much higher speeds, so it can depend on what materials it is going through in terms of what kind of signal you can get...
  22. Burns

    New World

    It is currently three abilities slots per equipped weapon and you can only equip two weapons. Each weapon has 6 total abilities (3 in each tree) to chose from. All three ability slots are unlocked when you unlock the weapon slot. The first weapon slot [ 1 ] is unlocked from the start, and the...
  23. Burns

    The Astronomy Thread

    Here is a lecture video on a modular nuclear reactor, that could work. It fits inside an semi-truck, so maybe they could get the weight low enough to launch it. Nuclear will probably have a bunch of issues just getting approved for a launch, as any accident could rain radiation on various parts...
  24. Burns

    Car ?'s

    I've always disliked Crutchfield, they used to charge the same prices as local shops (or more) and only had a few top quality brands (things might have changed, I haven't looked at them in 8+ years). If you can't install it yourself, you have to go to a local shop to get it installed anyway, so...
  25. Burns

    Evil Genius 2

    This is what the steam reviews indicate as well (traps are worthless, agents are OP, the world map is a facebook game, and only 3 stats make some old rooms worthless). It sounds like they dumbed down and changed too much shit from the first game. How disappointing.
  26. Burns

    Car ?'s

    When in drive, w/o any action on the gas peddle, an automatic still has ~1000 to 1500 RPMs (depending on the vehicle) going to the wheels. This will cause an auto to always roll forward on a flat surface. Whereas a manual will have no power going into the drivetrain when the cluch is fully...
  27. Burns

    The Animated GIF Thread

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  28. Burns

    The Animated GIF Thread

    I watched it over a 100 times, to figure out how her shoulders work, so you didn't have to. You are welcome. 0shrym7
  29. Burns

    The Animated GIF Thread

    Three people handle a Blue Ring Octopus and live to tell the tail. Australian news article (Inside Edition also has a video, but fuck them): https://7news.com.au/technology/tiktok/clueless-tourist-accidently-holds-one-of-the-worlds-deadliest-creatures-while-holidaying-in-bali-c-2432122
  30. Burns

    What vehicle do you drive?

    Every time I think about Dealerships, I think about a movie from 1999 called Suckers. If you want to show people how dealers work (and high pressure sales in general) it is a go-to movie. It is a comedy in the same vein as Super Troopers, in that, the underlying plot doesn't matter, and it is...
  31. Burns

    What vehicle do you drive?

    Indeed, but people that know about cars, and can price out value are a minority of the public. Frankly, an informed buyer is not a demo any car company's marketing and sales department want to deal with. An informed buyer is the bane of all high pressure sales tactics. It is much harder to take...
  32. Burns

    What vehicle do you drive?

    While I am sure there are various demographics that they are looking at, such as people that have so much money they don't care (the rich parents demo), people that will pay the price for nostalgia, or people that are just, generally, bad with their finances; there are other factors at play...
  33. Burns

    Obi-Wan Kenobi

    Wait what.... It seems that I have been under the impression that Pedro Pascal and Rupert Friend were the same person, for years. I liked him in Homeland, so I was happy to see him get a part in Game of Thrones and then get his own show in Mandalorian. This is the second time this has happened...
  34. Burns

    Stellaris

    The outpost gets more expensive by how many jumps it is from the closest owned system. Any system in your zone of control is considered owned (if a system has an enemy planet, there are additional factors to contend with). So there is no need to delete them, afaik.
  35. Burns

    The Animated GIF Thread

    Damn near perfect figure, but also, how does this not twist the lateralis dorsi up (I thought it was attached to the shoulder, below the rotator)? Edit: Ok, I watched it enough times to see it. As the dislocated shoulder pops back into place, it sends the twist up to the wrist. You can see...
  36. Burns

    Justice League (2017)

    My original impression, while watching it, was that Synder was giving Jonn Jonzz the additional power of seeing the various possible futures, along with his other mental abilities. So he knew Lois needed to do something, or else Darksied would win. Additionally, it was Jonn that was projecting...
  37. Burns

    The Suicide Squad (2021)

    I disagree, I hate everything about Leto's Joker and it ruined the end times epilogue, for me. It looked like was doing a poor impression of Hammal's Joker voice, while using some mopey mannerisms. If he was in this movie, I doubt I would watch it.
  38. Burns

    Stellaris

    Early/mid game you can abandon planets by manually moving all populations on the planet to other planets. You can also set your empire to purge all alien races (in edicts (?:emoji_nose: and limit what races can immigrate or stop AI immigration altogether (in edicts for all races, and race tab for...
  39. Burns

    The Witcher

    Nenneke: Adjoa Andoh (Bridgerton, Silent Witness). A priestess of Melitele, and the head of the Temple of Melitele. Ba’lian: Kevin Doyle (Downton Abbey, Happy Valley). A new character
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    The Witcher

    Here they are, so you dont have to click the link: Dijkstra: Graham McTavish (Outlander, The Hobbit). He was a master spy and head of special forces for the kingdom of Redania. Philippa Eilhart (already posted, but here is another picture): Cassie Clare (Brave New World, The Bisexual)...