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AusGAF 11 - Twice the price, a year late but still moving forward
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reptilescorpio
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You seem fine tbh Legend.
Also props to my wife for being an easy going Christian, she's a great lady.
ThoseDeafMutes
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Did you just call his wife easy, Rep?
reptilescorpio
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I did not, in fact Mr Freud, say anything of the sort!
I never really understood that. If you believe the world was created by God, surely you have to believe by extension that he put the evidence there. There's no reason other than small minded literalism that someone can't simultaneously be a christian and believe in for eg evolution.
I personally know two physicists who are biblical literalists (don't believe in the Big Bang, believe in Noah's ark, etc). Blows my mind, honestly. I asked one of them how he reconciles his beliefs with his work as a scientist - he said he still hasn't quite worked it out, and for now keeps the two things separate in his mind. I can't imagine what the cognitive dissonance must be like.
Yeah I figure that the end of the year is going to bring about the best deals.
Forgot Ori is on Steam already, and that Cuphead will be coming to PC...still interested in the other games though (Ori might actually be better played on a big screen with a console anyway, being such a gorgeous game).
Argh, wish we had deals like the Smart TV + Xbone $500 deal that the Americans had.
Yeah I figure that the end of the year is going to bring about the best deals.
Forgot Ori is on Steam already, and that Cuphead will be coming to PC...still interested in the other games though (Ori might actually be better played on a big screen with a console anyway, being such a gorgeous game).
Argh, wish we had deals like the Smart TV + Xbone $500 deal that the Americans had.
Surely enough that it could be considered schizophrenia.
ClivePwned
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Man from UNCLE was an enjoyable film.
I think that's it for me going to see movies for a bit until The Martian opens.
I've also agreed to go to fucking Supanova again. Why?
I think that's it for me going to see movies for a bit until The Martian opens.
I've also agreed to go to fucking Supanova again. Why?
Are they in your school?
What's your setup like?
I need a wireless HDMI system or something <.<
There is such a thing as doing HDMI over wireless. If it's your own place, you can run HDMI over Ethernet (has worked great for me for the past few years). Also you can always get one of those Steam Link boxes when they come out in a few months. Lots of ways to play PC games in the lounge these days, it's certainly not a console tick box anymore.
Yep (though one of them has gone overseas for a postdoc).
I do all my PC gaming on a laptop, so I could also plug it into the TV (a relatively old 32'' Samsung, which currently has a PS3 and Wii U hooked to it) with the HDMI cable.
Our home network isn't very good at wireless streaming for reasons I do not understand
bodyboarder
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How old is your wifi router? I upgraded my few years old one to a new model and the speed difference is amazing.
FormallyMegadrive
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Could also be misconfigured.
Things to check:
- If you have an android device (might be similar programs on ios) download something like wifi analyzer. This will show you the signal strength of your wifi as you walk around the house.
- With the above program look at the channel graph to see what channel is least utilised. For 2.4Ghz there are only 3 channels you should be using, which is either 1, 6 or 11 (the other channels all overlap with each other and will just cause interference issues). Go to the spots you most use wireless and test it here and try and find the least used channel. 5Ghz is better when it comes to channel usage but doesn't penetrate walls as well, so range is less (not an issue if the AP is nearby to where you're using it). If you have 5Ghz use it if you can, and if it gives you a better experience than 2.4Ghz, just note some devices don't have 5Ghz radios (such as Chromecast).
- Lots of things interfere with wifi, from lights, electricity, fluoros, microwaves, cordless phones, Bluetooth, water (think fish tanks) and even people (we are just water bags), so experiment with moving your access point around.
- If you access point has antennas try adjusting them and then check your signal again (with app above), the antennas are Omni directional and will affect coverage to areas depending on their orientation.
- If your AP has external antennas you can get aftermarket ones with greater gain, higher the dB (decibels), higher the gain, better the coverage.
- Your AP may have settings for boosting the strength, have a go at this.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service is not only my favourite Bond film, but one of my favourite films of all time. This has nothing to do with Lazenby though and if I had a Sliding machine I'd go visit the world in which Connery made OHMSS his last Bond film.
Diamonds is so ugh.
That said, I still got a photo with George and his Aston Martin when given the opportunity
ThoseDeafMutes
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Ok so my pitch is Old Man Timothy Dalton and Old Man Pierce Brosnan are playing opposite each other as retired spies. Christopher Walken as villainous mastermind.
How do I secure funding to make this movie?
How do I secure funding to make this movie?
ClivePwned
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add Liam Neeson and get a french director attached and you're golden.
I was with you until that.
Write a screenplay them email it to Sony.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
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Your funding depends on the female lead and her willingness to get her jubblies out. Learn to produce mate, fuck
/jkI actually would pay good money to see that, you've missed your calling as a casting agent.
reptilescorpio
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They half arse the work until then.
ClivePwned
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they don't. It's 67.
I should buy some cat bow ties off Etsy. That worked out well for the last cat.
industrian
will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
Both my parents took early retirement (they were NHS nurses) when they were in their late 50s. They are able to pay off their mortgage soon after this so it's been all good. My dad is a totally changed person now that he's not working anymore.
I'm pretty fucked for retirement unless I start saving now. Ideally I want to retire soon after my 60th birthday, or to put it in rigid terms I want the last working day of my life to be 30 December 2044. As long as I own a house then I imagine that I could have a good life on AU$1000 a month. If I expect to live until I'm 80 that means saving around $240,000 by that retirement date. Which basically means from 1 January 2016 I need to be saving $680 a month. I imagine that's fully doable. But I've not got kids yet. And I've not got a house yet. :/
codswallop
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The pension in Australia is $1600/month (or $2500/month for couples), and that's not based on figures 30 years from now, so unless you also plan to rely on the pension and subsidise it with your savings, $1000/month probably won't cut it...
... happy weekend!
... happy weekend!
Jables Swan
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True Detective season 3.
Thanks Mutes now I've got "The living daylight" stuck in my head!
Take out Neeson and replace him with Jean Reno, and have Luc Besson direct it.
Have any of you seen the "Taxi" movies?
roosters93
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Episode 7 of The Genius 4 was a rollercoaster of emotions.
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https://youtu.be/HQ_tX2xXPTQ
I feel like watching this without any intro would be better
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https://youtu.be/HQ_tX2xXPTQ
I feel like watching this without any intro would be better
I don't know, but I want to watch it. Get on it!
bodyboarder
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Saw man from U.N.C.L.E last night, it was pretty good.
But why! You seemed like the perfect couple. Did you at least not try and work it out?
But why! You seemed like the perfect couple. Did you at least not try and work it out?
be prepared for that
ThoseDeafMutes
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We had this new guy at work who is really nice and good at his job and then one day at lunch starts dropping "facts" about the egyptian pyramid power generators
There may be a comma missing, though it doesn't make it much better
reptilescorpio
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Ronda still kicks ass so she remains cool.
She also went on national television and complained about the RNG hax in Pokemon Stadium to a host that clearly had no idea what she was talking about
Kyunghoon is my king for choosing Jungmoon in the deathmatch.
I had plenty more to write, but everything was right there in the episode. Goddamn.
As long as people aren't pushy about their weird opinions then they remain cool.
ClivePwned
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That Lara Croft game that's on PS+ this month is fun. Probably the first PS+ title I've played for more than 10 minutes.
Darren870
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If someone said that shit to me, I would punch them in the face.
My biggest pet peeve is conspiracy theorists.
dishwasherlove
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Need more Rocket League.
FormallyMegadrive
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I know the feeling. Me and the ex haven't even told many people for this reason. Also it's annoying/hard to tell people.
shanshan310
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Damn it Clive you jinxed it
I'm sorry Jint, that really sucks.
I had the same thing happen with a friend of mine
I tried talking to her about and ended up just looking like an asshole in her eyes even though I basically just told her I was disappointed she was bullying gay people with what she was saying. Her wall is just full of people from her church posting essays about why gay marriage is wrong and historically and biologically only became a thing last century or something. I eventually gave up because it wasn't worth the friendship and I was likely the only person she knew with a different viewpoint so she wasn't open to listening.That said, I don't think this is a christian problem. I have some really intelligent, pro-marriage equality christian friends who are embarrassed people are saying hateful stuff in the name of religion. This particular friend however, I think felt kind of brainwashed by her church to be honest.
Glad to hear you've been feeling okay, and that your gran is doing alright too
It must be tough. I was living with my grandmother last year and it was incredibly stressful, and I wasn't even her carer.shanshan310
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