Mr. Tact wrote on Mar 31, 2019, 21:19:

1badmf wrote on Mar 31, 2019, 20:42:
if you're willing to spend money, you can just get an HBO sub on amazon and watch whenever you want. DVR is so 2000s anyway =P. on demand streaming is the future.

Hmm, that seems like a reasonable option. I am a Prime member already. Do you know, if I sub to HBO or other premium channels, do they just appear within Prime Video app? Looking around the site I would assume that's how it works, but it isn't stated clearly. Specifically, I'm wondering if I'll be able to get the HBO via my smart TV's Prime app...

Mr. Tact wrote on Mar 31, 2019, 21:19:

1badmf wrote on Mar 31, 2019, 20:42:
if you're willing to spend money, you can just get an HBO sub on amazon and watch whenever you want. DVR is so 2000s anyway =P. on demand streaming is the future.

Hmm, that seems like a reasonable option. I am a Prime member already. Do you know, if I sub to HBO or other premium channels, do they just appear within Prime Video app? Looking around the site I would assume that's how it works, but it isn't stated clearly. Specifically, I'm wondering if I'll be able to get the HBO via my smart TV's Prime app...

1badmf wrote on Mar 31, 2019, 20:42:
if you're willing to spend money, you can just get an HBO sub on amazon and watch whenever you want. DVR is so 2000s anyway =P. on demand streaming is the future.

Simon Says wrote on Mar 31, 2019, 14:07:
"Before they left, they refused to allow him to receive any other vaccinations, including the second dose of vaccine that would have cemented his immunity to the infection that almost killed him."

Jaw -> floor

I would say "let them claim their Darwin awards and be done with it", but it wasn't his choice, it's the choice of his stupid parents. -_-

Mr. Tact wrote on Mar 31, 2019, 18:04:
Speaking of HBO...

I sure wish Dish and AT&T could reach an agreement over HBO and Cinemax. So damn annoying. Looking like I'm going to have to get HBO on a Roku or something, which is kind of okay. But then I won't be able to DVR stuff. Argh! Guess I should just be glad I am stuck with "1st world problems"...

RedEye9 wrote on Mar 31, 2019, 13:45:
The opening sentence from "The Day the Dinosaurs Died" is incorrect in every way.

If, on a certain evening about sixty-­six million years ago, you had stood somewhere in North America and looked up at the sky, you would have soon made out what appeared to be a star.

The star asteroid would have been basically invisible to the naked eye and not possessing any qualities of what we call a star.

“It wouldn’t be visible to the naked eye until it warmed up, and that wouldn’t happen until it hit the atmosphere, which would be about one second before it hit the Earth. You’re talking about something moving many tens of times faster than the fastest bullet. Unless it had been seen by someone with a telescope, and that’s by no means a certainty, it would take us completely by surprise.”

Ray Anderson in Bill Bryson's "A Short History of Nearly Everything"

If, on a certain evening about sixty-­six million years ago, you had stood somewhere in North America and looked up at the sky, you would have soon made out what appeared to be a star.

“It wouldn’t be visible to the naked eye until it warmed up, and that wouldn’t happen until it hit the atmosphere, which would be about one second before it hit the Earth. You’re talking about something moving many tens of times faster than the fastest bullet. Unless it had been seen by someone with a telescope, and that’s by no means a certainty, it would take us completely by surprise.”