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  1. meStevo

    Smartphones

    Finally, Lollipop on the Turbo after 8 months of 'soon!' This experience will factor heavily into my next phone purchase.
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    The Astronomy Thread

    Today's Pluto pic. Pluto Charon on July 1, 2015 - Observing Space
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    Diablo 3 - Reaper of Souls

    Yup. Not only that, but all the effects are their maximum values when using the cube to apply it. So if you rolled a 41% furnace or something, when extracted by the cube you'll be able to use +50%.
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    Comic Books

    I haven't ever been much of a fan so I'm interested in those suggestions too, but FYI Flash #41 that came out last week I've been told is decent for new and returning readers. Most of the post-Convergence books have been set up that way really.
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    Amazon Echo - no thread yet?

    Yeah, we love ours, but at $180 we're not buying a 2nd. Put them at $99 for the holidays and we're probably in for one.
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    Diablo 3 - Reaper of Souls

    Got the cube, was going to mess with it but you need to farm caches from all acts to be able to really do anything w/ legendaries.
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    Comic Books

    Colossus Magik Storm Nightcrawler Young Jean Old Man Logan. Sold. EXCLUSIVE: Lemire, Ramos Launch - Comic Book Resources A ton of other Marvel stuff out there over the last day or so -Retailer Posts Every Page From Marvel Preview Book, Out Tomorrow #MarvelOctober - Bleeding...
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    The Astronomy Thread

    So most of the New Horizon science will be recorded by 7/20, but it will take 16 months to receive all the data from the encounter with Pluto.
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    Home buying thread

    Eh, it's useful in context. Our realtor thinks it significantly undervalues homes in our area, and I can see my exact model sold in march for $200k and there are others that have built up to that number over the last several months. The house across the street that's 250sqft smaller with a 1-car...
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Last I heard it's offline only and they plan to roll out the online components of the demo.
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    The Astronomy Thread

    Latest Pluto shot. Björn Jónsson on Twitter:
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    Home buying thread

    Yeah there's a ton of flipping in Vegas still and prices are going up faster than the national average. Nice thing about that though is the house we're in now is going up too. We paid $140k in November 2009 for ours, Zillow (FWIW) estimate is $205k now.
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    Marvel Universe stuff

    It's a rumor based on a casting call. Another Avengers: Infinity War Villain Besides Thanos?
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    Home buying thread

    For the house we're in now we really stuck to a price range and didn't push things, but there's truly another tier of houses in the ~$350k range in Vegas that at this early stage we'd be happy spending damn near the rest of our lives in. I mean damn, look at this place -9900 Long Cattle Ave...
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    Desktop Computers

    heh, for comparison's sake, my i5-4690 and 980 Ti are at 12779 in that normal Firestrike test.
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    Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

    Secret Warriors official for S3. Coulson Will Encounter the Secret Warriors on 'Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' | News | Marvel.com.
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    Home buying thread

    Yeah, and I don't disagree with the 20% comment above at all either, for us it would be the cost of moving sooner to make sure we're in a place before he starts school. Hell, if we save as well as we SHOULD be able to we might not need the equity from selling for the down payment and that can go...
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    Home buying thread

    I know its not ideal but anyone ever put 10% down on a conventional? Can you drop the PMI once you hit 78% or do you have to wait 5 years like FHA? We've got 50k+ equity and should have 20k+ saved by the fall/spring, but not assuming we'll get the max out of selling. We were also planning on...
  19. meStevo

    Smartphones

    lol. Yeah, that email was great. Not sure what I'd do if I got an invite anyways. Vzw has its hooks in because of Edge and after 9 months of 'Lollipop is coming' on my Turbo I'm kinda ready to try another OS or stick to Nexus devices.
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    Windows 10

    Yikes. Yeah something hosed there. Haven't seen anything like that's across 2 pcs and 2 tablets, thankfully. Going to throw it on an older laptop this weekend and see if I see anything similar.
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    The Astronomy Thread

    Loving the almost daily updates on Pluto we're getting now. Pluto: North pole bright spot getting clearer.
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    Windows 10

    Did you try and revert to prior OS? Took about 2 minutes to roll back to Windows 8 when I found there were no 980 Ti didn't work (prior to a reliable inf hack).
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    Virtual Reality

    this video is just... lol.
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    Virtual Reality

    HoloLens being sent up to ISS on Sunday. HoloLens is heading to the International Space Station | HoloLens content from SuperSite for Windows
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    Desktop Computers

    Wow, that looks exactly like my Qnix 1440p, just different name on it. Stand, power button, light, etc all the same. Could do worse I'm sure for $199. Just make sure you can drive 2 1440p monitors, like mine it just has the dual link DVI-D. HDMI/Displayport adapters aren't cheap.
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    Comic Books

    Consensus on Convergence was pretty meh, ended with a wimper. DC books now though I've heard a lot of vaguely great things about, people seem to like what's going on. Secret Wars is still in progress, some books are hit and miss but the first month or so were pretty great IMO with some...
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    Batman: Arkham Knight

    Only played 10 or so minutes, no problems w/ new driver and 980ti noticed. capped FPS (59) w/out gameworks, 50 or so w/ gameworks stuff all turned on, 1440p. Will get some more time in tomorrow night. Benchmark looks awful w/out gameworks smoke on, which is a bit overdone on the batmobile...
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    Comic Books

    So Miles Morales will continue into the Marvel U under his own Spider-Man title with no prefix or suffix, mentored by Parker. Miles Morales will be the Marvel Universes main Spider-Man this fall | The Verge
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    Amazon Echo - no thread yet?

    Ours still gets used pretty much every day, whether it's some music while cleaning/doing the dishes, the weather, traffic, setting an alarm to check the dryer or BBQ, or my 3 year old cracking up as he tries to find things it responds to (you are awesome, i love you, etc). Wife and I went...
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    Steam Deals and Digital Sales

    Xbox One early access of Elite is like $31.
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    Batman: Arkham Knight

    Replaced my Wired 360 controller with a Wired Xbox One controller, liking it so far and like that games pick up the button colors and whatnot of the MS controllers.
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Backward compatibility works as well as advertised, Super Meat Boy, Defense Grid, Geometry Wars and Zuma all appeared in my 'ready to install games' area and all play well. Games with Gold titles transferring too, friend said Viva Pinata appeared, that was the only reason he owned it digitally...
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    E3 2015

    Or not, looks like Titanfall is now available in the EA Access vault.
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    Steam Deals and Digital Sales

    Steam UX/reliablity sure has seemed to go downhill over the last year or so. At the moment I've got a notification of a new item in my inventory that won't go away and I can't buy a 4-pack of Gas Guzzlers Extreme to keep in my inventory until our next LAN because I already own a copy. Fine...
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    Desktop Computers

    Anyone ever consider setting something like this up? People go nuts doing it for their TVs:[COMPLETED with TUTORIAL] Ambilight - Atmospheric lighting behind your TV/Monitor - Home Theater - Linus Tech Tips But for a PC, just a box and a USB connection and the rest is controlled by...
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    Virtual Reality

    Anyone heard of StarVR? StarVR - 2-display architecture - 32:9, 5120x1440 - 210x130 FOV Wonder how many VR helmets are going to be at CES this fall.
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    E3 2015

    Looks like Dragon Age or Hardline is being added to the EA Access vault next week, will be announced at E3.
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    Virtual Reality

    Sony announcing they're adopting Valve's platform sure would be polarizing.
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    RIP Christopher Lee :(

    RIP King Haggard. Wife is pissed they haven't been able to get a live action Last Unicorn done before the original characters started doing off.
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    Batman: Arkham Knight

    Wow, forgot how long this game has been kicking around, decently old thread. This is out in 2 weeks, the 23rd. Here's a video of the NVIDIA stuff, smoke looks neat.