Acleacius wrote on Sep 25, 2023, 13:31:
I'm getting kind of fidgety, wondering if I can hold out till the holidays and possibly get 25% discount.
That's a lot of "ifs and buts" !

Prez wrote on Jul 6, 2023, 16:09:
Dune 2021 is a perfect example. Did they need to spend what I'm sure were extremely high salaries for Josh Brolin, Jason Mamoa, Oscar Isaac, Christopher Walken, et al? I'll answer that. NO. Personally I liked the Dune remake much better than the Lynch one but that's irrelevant to the discussion. How much less would the 165 million dollar budget have been if you would have cast talented up and comers in just some of those roles? Needless excess everywhere. Old Hollywood needs to adapt or die.

Agent.X7 wrote on Apr 8, 2023, 01:14:

The Half Elf wrote on Apr 7, 2023, 14:46:
Just happy Rebels are becoming Live Action in Asohka! Hopefully with Thrall returning we see Erza return as well.

He's in the trailer. When Sabine is watching a holo, that's Ezra. (At 1:20) I'm putting money on the old Dark Jedi dude being Joruus C'Baoth from Heir to the Empire, especially since they purposely say that title in regard to Thrawn. (Who was pulled from that book series as well.)

RedEye9 wrote on Mar 17, 2023, 14:36:

New In Box

Burrito of Peace wrote on Mar 17, 2023, 14:16:

RedEye9 wrote on Mar 17, 2023, 12:37:
There's nothing magical about the "refurb" process...

The only thing I caution against is refurb drives be they spinning rust or DRAM. Data should only be trusted to NIB disks. Redundancy is implied.

Burrito of Peace wrote on Feb 27, 2023, 15:53:

Steele Johnson wrote on Feb 27, 2023, 15:01:
Not a big fan (pun intended) of the series as they just run way too hot. I know they're "designed" that way, but not acceptable to me this day and age

I agree with you. I am now doing mini PCs because I am seeing a massive amount of performance in my applications for 15-35W of TDP and they absolutely sip power compared to their desktop equivalents. Under an artificial full load, I have a Minisforum B550 that's pulling 90W from the wall. That's crazy efficient when you consider that's disk, RAM, CPU, I/O, and GPU combined.

jdreyer wrote on Aug 15, 2022, 15:46:
Speaking of Heinlein, I'm working through CJ Cherryh's Foreigner. The novel starts out well, but gets bogged down with the main character Bren. I get what she's going for, but man is it a slog. About half way through. Does it get better, or should I bail and start reading Vernor Vinge instead?

Beamer wrote on Jul 20, 2022, 20:17:

afka Rossini wrote on Jul 20, 2022, 15:03:

Beamer wrote on Jul 20, 2022, 13:08:
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I have some complaints. Mostly, the first 10 hours just suck. You need resources to build things. You have such limited storage
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Sorry if this seems like a dumb question, but are you aware that you can add additional storage slots in your suit, ship(s) and freighter?

Yes. New slots are very expensive and in the first ten hours you'll get one to three.

Beamer wrote on Jul 20, 2022, 13:08:
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I have some complaints. Mostly, the first 10 hours just suck. You need resources to build things. You have such limited storage
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Prez wrote on May 28, 2022, 00:53:
This might end up being a "duh" kind of moment, but I am struggling to figure out what SNW is.

Oh, and love the Porkins reference.

Kxmode wrote on May 27, 2022, 13:51:
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Obi-Wan Kenobi season 1, episodes 1 and 2. Very good. 9/10. As this is the beginning of a six-hour story, it isn't easy to gauge trajectory, but the level of continuity is decisive here. It did a good job weaving the impact of the events from The Revenge of the Sith on the characters. I wouldn't say I like that it takes place some ten years after The Revenge of the Sith, which doesn't gel well with Ewan McGregor and Joel Edgerton. Those two have aged way more than ten years. They look twenty+ years older. It requires a suspension of disbelief.

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