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  1. Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies

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    its been a long time since I watched The Lord of the Rings trilogy. I decided to do the extended for Fellowship and theatrical for the other two. Its neat how most of the CGI holds up. The stuff...

    its been a long time since I watched The Lord of the Rings trilogy. I decided to do the extended for Fellowship and theatrical for the other two.

    Its neat how most of the CGI holds up. The stuff that doesn't REALLY doesn't. One thing I never understood is why Smiegel had the fucked up voice before the ring.

    5 votes

  2. Comment on Taskmaster Season 20, Episode 1 - '9x7.' | Full episode in ~tv

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    so good. I started with five because of Bob Mortimer and Aisling Bea. its a good group. I watch the normal Countdown every day because I'm rationing Cats Does.... The creative output of the UK is...

    so good. I started with five because of Bob Mortimer and Aisling Bea. its a good group. I watch the normal Countdown every day because I'm rationing Cats Does....

    The creative output of the UK is astounding when compared per capita to Canada. Probably because we have the US so close and anyone with any talent heads down.

    1 vote

  3. Comment on Taskmaster Season 20, Episode 1 - '9x7.' | Full episode in ~tv

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    so many good panel shows with pretty much the same people. So good. I think about Acaster and his cabbage quite a bit.

    so many good panel shows with pretty much the same people. So good. I think about Acaster and his cabbage quite a bit.

    1 vote

  4. Comment on Taskmaster Season 20, Episode 1 - '9x7.' | Full episode in ~tv

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    wicked — thanks! Rhod is probably my favorite all around dude. i can’t believe it took me this long to watch it. thanks again!

    wicked — thanks! Rhod is probably my favorite all around dude. i can’t believe it took me this long to watch it.

    thanks again!

    1 vote

  5. Comment on Mac advice for a long time Windows user in ~tech

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    before everything... cmd + shift + . to toggle hidden files in Finder. If you get skhd, you can use this to launch Finder to your desktop folder. It'll only do one Finder window at a time at...

    before everything...

    cmd + shift + . to toggle hidden files in Finder.

    If you get skhd, you can use this to launch Finder to your desktop folder. It'll only do one Finder window at a time at ~/Desktop -- but just switch the folder and you can launch a second. If you want Hyper, you can map it using https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org.

    Next up: cmd + shift + 4 will let you select a region to be captured.

    1 vote

  6. Comment on Taskmaster Season 20, Episode 1 - '9x7.' | Full episode in ~tv

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    for someone getting into taskmaster, where should i start if i only was the primo stuff before the next season comes out? i’m halfway through season five right now.

    for someone getting into taskmaster, where should i start if i only was the primo stuff before the next season comes out? i’m halfway through season five right now.

    2 votes

  7. Comment on Moving out soon. Think out loud with me regarding saving money vs. quality of life. in ~life

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    you should meet the other dudes and take a look around at the cleanliness and find out if they have a structure for chores. you don’t want to end up being the mom out of their laziness or lack of...

    you should meet the other dudes and take a look around at the cleanliness and find out if they have a structure for chores. you don’t want to end up being the mom out of their laziness or lack of planning.

    4 votes

  8. Comment on Has anyone else intentionally lowered their phone's screen's saturation? in ~tech

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    ok, so I've been on and off of grey scale for a while now. I think desaturating is a perfect middle ground. with iOS I hit power three times to bring up a menu of accessibility things, so its...

    ok, so I've been on and off of grey scale for a while now. I think desaturating is a perfect middle ground. with iOS I hit power three times to bring up a menu of accessibility things, so its quick to toggle.

    Going back to normal really feels like the color vomit you mentioned. I wish I could desaturate everything.

    3 votes

  9. Comment on Pebble Round 2 announced in ~tech

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    nothing more than what is here. Overall, I think the support side will continue for a long time -- especially with the Rebble group's efforts.

    nothing more than what is here. Overall, I think the support side will continue for a long time -- especially with the Rebble group's efforts.

    2 votes

  10. Comment on Pebble Round 2 announced in ~tech

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    i’m all baked into Apple world, sadly. it would be fun to fix the connection issue, however. if i go back to smartwatches, i definitely want something i can push code to quickly. thanks for the...

    i’m all baked into Apple world, sadly. it would be fun to fix the connection issue, however.

    if i go back to smartwatches, i definitely want something i can push code to quickly. thanks for the heads up!

    1 vote

  11. Comment on What's the coolest thrift store find you've ever scored? in ~talk

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    it isn’t as bad now. being a 32x36 for pants is way worse :) i’m too skinny for Big and Tall and too tall for the mall… Club Monaco is pretty good for this, though. For some reason they’re the...

    it isn’t as bad now. being a 32x36 for pants is way worse :) i’m too skinny for Big and Tall and too tall for the mall… Club Monaco is pretty good for this, though. For some reason they’re the only good ones in the Gap family, which doesn’t make sense.

    when i was a kid i had to call around the mall first. it made finding shoes extremely quick because the two stores that had them would only have one or two styles.

    I wish i still had my Reebok Pumps. they’d fit like a glove.

    2 votes

  12. Comment on Pebble Round 2 announced in ~tech

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    i’ve got an Expedition Scout and also a Field Chrono (my fav.) Right now i’m using a casio trt110 since it vibrates on the hour. i’m training myself to be more aware of time and also drink more...

    i’ve got an Expedition Scout and also a Field Chrono (my fav.) Right now i’m using a casio trt110 since it vibrates on the hour. i’m training myself to be more aware of time and also drink more water.

    Our experience is very similar. i liked the pebble for meetings when u was waiting on stuff, but otherwise it was, like you said, another distraction.

    i love watches. :)

  13. Comment on Pebble Round 2 announced in ~tech

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    its all just so sad. I wish they had just sold the 2s normally instead of doing another kickstarter... and then sold out to Citizen... etc etc. If I weren't in the middle of brainwashing myself...

    its all just so sad. I wish they had just sold the 2s normally instead of doing another kickstarter... and then sold out to Citizen... etc etc. If I weren't in the middle of brainwashing myself with a watch that vibrates on the hour, I'd get another Pebble. I guess it can also do that, but I'm sick of charging things :)

    I was looking at making an ESP32 watch. It'd be fun.

    3 votes

  14. Comment on Pebble Round 2 announced in ~tech

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    I've got three or four pebbles --- do you trust him to actually follow through with all of this long-term? The 2HR was so poorly made compared to the OG. Even now, the buttons completely wore down...

    I've got three or four pebbles --- do you trust him to actually follow through with all of this long-term? The 2HR was so poorly made compared to the OG. Even now, the buttons completely wore down and split within a year, where my OGs are good as new outside of the battery (which is still decent.)

    6 votes

  15. Comment on What's the coolest thrift store find you've ever scored? in ~talk

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    i got some nice light brown leather brogues recently for fourteen bucks. a rare find since i have size thirteen feet.

    i got some nice light brown leather brogues recently for fourteen bucks. a rare find since i have size thirteen feet.

    6 votes

  16. Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies

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    surprising, right? the first time I saw it, this gal i was hanging with said that she saw the most magical road trip movie when she was living somewhere in south america. i guess she saw a heavily...

    surprising, right?

    the first time I saw it, this gal i was hanging with said that she saw the most magical road trip movie when she was living somewhere in south america. i guess she saw a heavily edited version that didn’t have the sex or wanking… so imagine her surprise :)

    2 votes

  17. Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies

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    ok! Here's my mostly nailed down Criterion Challenge list. I likely need to make some changes, but I think its all good. The ratings included are a combined score from IMDB, Metacritic, RT, LB,...

    ok! Here's my mostly nailed down Criterion Challenge list. I likely need to make some changes, but I think its all good. The ratings included are a combined score from IMDB, Metacritic, RT, LB, and TMDB. My spreadsheet just does it... and I wouldn't put any real stock in them.. but I like to include them anyway.

    My List

    I've seen a lot of these but want to see them again or its been a long time. My watchlist has me set until next November now.

    edit 01/04: watching The Fellowship of the Ring... I think I've simply watched this too many times. I'm doing the extended for the first and theatrical for the other two. The 4K rip I have has the shitty green to it. Whoever did this... I just don't know why they would do that.

    I like to think that Lurtz longs for his missed youth in his downtime.

    3 votes

  18. Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies

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    sweet. I've been compiling a lot of the stuff into one spreadsheet so I can map out my year. I'll end up putting more time into the sheet than watching

    sweet. I've been compiling a lot of the stuff into one spreadsheet so I can map out my year. I'll end up putting more time into the sheet than watching

    3 votes

  19. Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies

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    that's pretty awesome. I might be overthinking this, but where are you finding stuff like The Twenty Least Watched Films?

    that's pretty awesome. I might be overthinking this, but where are you finding stuff like The Twenty Least Watched Films?

    3 votes

  20. Comment on TV Tuesdays Free Talk in ~tv

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    i’ve been watching Pantheon (2022) and it’s awesome! perfect medium for the story. edit 01/04: TRAITORS (UK) is back and they're trying some new things, which is good. This is the fourth series......

    i’ve been watching Pantheon (2022) and it’s awesome! perfect medium for the story.

    A young woman starts to get messages from an unknown number that claims to be her deceased father. Trying to uncover the truth, she stumbles upon a larger conspiracy involving the singularity.

    edit 01/04: TRAITORS (UK) is back and they're trying some new things, which is good. This is the fourth series... and somehow the format still works. I thought it would be kind of boring by now.

    3 votes