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  1. Jysin

    Bicycling

    I am 230 lbs and probably categorized as obese, but I can get my resting HR into the low 50s and during heavy exercise hit the 180s and feel absolutely fine. It just varies wildly from person to person.
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    True Detective

    I am trying to be as positive about this as I am about Fargo Season 2. We are living in a great era of television, that is for sure!
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    Titan has been cancelled.

    If anyone could afford 7 years of dev costs down the toilet, it would be Blizzard! Makes you wonder what is next for them.
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    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    Yea, if I had photoshop skills I would make a motivational poster of a guy shoothing himself in the foot with "ADVERSITY" across the bottom.
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    Personal Loan Question

    Unsure if you are actually a member of Navy Federal? They used to only allow deployed military, then changed to all military, then I think even opened to family of military. Anyway, their rate doesn't seem to be all that great.
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    Florida is a shithole

    I read another article where it quoted her as saying she also did it "to become unattractive to men because she does not want to date". Seriously, WTF?
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    Bicycling

    Should be covered under renter's insurance. (assuming by balcony, you mean apartment)
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    Moving to a different country.

    Most countries do have no double taxation laws in place. But that would be more along the lines if you worked for a company in the UK, paid in british pounds, you would obviously have to pay UK tax. You, as a US citizen, are also required to file a tax return regardless of where or who you work...
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    Everquest Music

    The original EQ box art was made by Keith Parkinson, who passed away a few years back. I believe his wife still runs the website and you can purchase prints directly through her. Check out the website:Keith Parkinson Online I actually bought a signed Parkingson print for the Kunark poster...
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    Moving to a different country.

    The problem is your visa. If I understand correctly, you intend to move somewhere else for the experience while maintaining your current work from home job? Many countries have rules against this. You would be traveling on a tourist visa, not a work visa. While you could get away with doing your...
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    Burma

    Myanmar (Burma) was on my list this year, but I didnt go because I was also wrapping in Vietnam and Cambodia in the same trip. I waited too long to process my Vietnam visa, so I scrapped the whole thing and went hiking in New Zealand instead. It will most likely be a trip I take next spring...
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    Desktop Computers

    That's great to hear!
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    Torrents

    Looks like tvtorrents has been down the last couple days. No info on their Twitter feed either. Anyone know what's up?
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    Desktop Computers

    My SLI 670's seem to run everything just fine maxed out. Until I upgrade my monitor to a resolution beyond 1080p, I don't really see the point. That is a hell of an expensive upgrade though! (Monitor + video card(s:emoji_nose:
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    Windows 8

    Win 9 official announcement will be Sep 30th with a Tech Preview. There's been rumors of the actual release in April 2015. You could just buy now if you want to and upgrade the OS later.
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    What vehicle do you drive?

    PDK? Chrono? Hammer some nice pulls on it for sure! Sucks about your car. Double check your suspension. I had a control arm bent when I slammed an unmarked construction hole in the road. My rim was only bent, not cracked, but that could be the "cheap" aftermarket wheels you said were put on...
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    Routers & Other Networking Stuff

    Isn't cable always advertised as "up to X speeds*" And the * basically goes into how your cable line is not a dedicated pipe of guaranteed bandwidth and subject to your surrounding network (overall neighborhood usage). Not sure if this is your issue, but I always thought this was the case for...
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    Weight Loss Thread

    $1.40 for one fucking cookie!? They better be the size of dinner plates for that.
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    Smartphones

    It's simply lithium-ion battery tech in general. They basically start to lose their ability to hold charge from the minute they are assembled at the factory. There are a million factors into how quickly they degrade, but in general, typically 2 years is the best I seem to get out of mine before...
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    Smartphones

    Still fucking boggles my mind that the US is screwed over by this phone carrier locked bullshit hardware. Pretty much everywhere I have been overseas is just slap whatever SIM card you like in the phone and you are good to go! It's been that way on my iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, Galaxy S3, Galaxy S4...
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    The "Shit I just bought" thread

    What is the date of your lunar expedition?
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    Victims of Net Neutrality

    Help us Google-wan Kenobi, you're our only hope!
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    Computer Issues

    I assumed it worked for some period of time and then froze. If it is immediately freezing, try going into Safe Mode and see if you get a stable boot. At least you can somewhat determine if it is hardware or software related.
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    Computer Issues

    Heat (check fan operation and temps of CPU / GPU) Memory tests - especially if freezes are followed by crashes Those would be my first suspects. If those check out fine, try booting in safe mode and check stability. It could be software related.
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    Planetside 2

    Yea a max falls over with one C4 placed at his feet (light assault makes it easy in some situations to get the drop). Otherwise, you need some heavy assault decimator to the face action to take him down from range.
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    The Fast Food Thread

    That didn't last long then. My stint at the Bell in 94/95 had us chopping tomatoes (in a machine), shredding lettuce, tipping olives out of a can, etc but most of the rest was premade. Refried beans were dried (just add boiling water). All meat products were in plastic bags which we put in very...
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    Windows 8

    This was my point. I didn't have any problem with Vista myself (outside of shoddy driver support). But as a whole, the OS failed. I would argue that Win8.1 is a bigger consumer failure than Vista ever was. The point being, Microsoft knows the public's opinion has already been made. It's over for...
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    The Fast Food Thread

    Yes and no. Stuff like spaghetti noodles can be boxed. But any stuffed pasta like ravioli, etc are all pre-cooked and frozen then shipped to the Olive Garden restaurants. I think the Olive Garden / Red Lobster comparison is pretty good, though frozen seafood is far worse than frozen pasta. I'd...
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    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    I am pretty damn sure its the women that are "weird". (To put it politely!)
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    The Fast Food Thread

    A dozen taco bell tacos is child's play, my friend. Especially in high school!
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    The Last of Us

    Do yourself a favor and buy the weapon sway med boost asap.
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    Windows 8

    Holy shit, really? I don't know of any enterprise environments jumping to Win8. That is just asking for trouble down the road, considering Microsoft has all but written Win8 off as a loss. It's the ME / Vista of this generation at something abysmal like 12% market share and falling. Win7 has...
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    What vehicle do you drive?

    Love my military / diplomatic discount (contractors with gov IDs qualify). I have had over 6k off each of my last 3 BMWs (2012 X5, 2013 X6, 2014 X5). Point being, there is definitely room to play with BMW pricing. Some dealers are absolute tight-wads about it for sure. Here is the M3 / M4...
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    Weather

    WTF? Fiber is supposed to be pretty much immune to weather. How does rain interrupt beams of light down sealed fiber cable? Short of one of their hubs being flooded / struck by lightning, it doesnt make sense.
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    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    I remember a while back trying to look something up on the Hennessy website and accidentally misclicked the year for date of birth and being subsequently blocked. Made the whole ordeal 10x as annoying as I had to go clear cookies and other bullshit to be able to enter a valid year.
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    What vehicle do you drive?

    I would also argue that you can get discounts off MSRP on an M4, while the markups on the Z06 will be enormous for a while.
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    The Fast Food Thread

    Sorry bud.
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    What vehicle do you drive?

    I have to agree with the prices. In my head, it's all about price brackets. 100k is a BMW M5 or stripper 911 Carerra S or Carrera +options. Who the fuck would want a Corvette over either of those? While the vette interior is vastly improved over previous models, it still leaves a lot to be...
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    The Fast Food Thread

    From the USA Today interview article"
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    Desktop Computers

    We do need more GPU power though with 4k coming down the pipe. Seems like we will have to wait for the next gen. Unless there are some MAJOR driver optimizations, I can't see the point for anyone to upgrade from 7XX to 9XX. The benchmarks show negligible improvement whatsoever. *Edit* The...