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  1. About a decade ago, my wife did the opposite of what everyone suggests. She’s a teacher and her school was being shutdown, so she jumped at the first in-district job she was offered. A day later, an honors magnet school came calling. She did what she thought was best; she stayed true to her word. It was the worst two-year experience of her working life. 

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  2. 1 hour ago, atomheartbevo said:

    I'm feeling better as well, and he makes it clear it's not a continuation of the previous series.

    My only concern is it's CW.

     

    I could get on board with the idea if it was clear that it’s just the same setting, that the characters and the story are different. Less a re-boot than a complete reinvention, like a different DM using the same campaign setting to run a different campaign with all-new players. If that’s what he was tweeting, yeah, I’m on board. But if is just a new Sheridan and Delenn, a new Vir, Londo, and G’Kar, which is what the BG reference suggests…I’m not that interested. That type of reboot has been done to death.

  3. Last night I accidentally watched ep 10 first. So I didn't know about ep 9 until today when I read Surly. From that perspective, ep 9 wasn't all that bad. Lots of callbacks to movies like Deadpool 2. Really liked the garbage goober bit at the end.

  4. On 9/1/2021 at 9:27 AM, atomheartbevo said:

    Check out #4.

    I have and it was good. I think it is this style of animation. It has never done anything for me. Regular animation is fine. Live-action is fine. Even regular CGI, e.g. LotR or Avatar, can be fine. This style may be too close to the uncanny valley for me. 

  5. I bought a Lenovo Flex 14 2-in-1 Convertible Laptop, 14 Inch FHD Touchscreen Display, AMD Ryzen 5 3500U Processor, 12GB DDR4 RAM, 256GB NVMe SSD, Windows 10, 81SS000DUS, Black, Pen Included for my wife last Christmas. If you aren’t doing GPU-intensive stuff, it’s a compact, quick laptop. Right in your price range, too.The touchscreen is superfluous for many, but if you’re used to using an iPad or other tablet, it’s good to have. 

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  6. So I went ahead and got a USB C KVM and a 4-port USB 3.0 hub, both from StarTech. After playing around for a couple of hours, I discovered my main personal laptop, (Asus Republic of Gamers), doesn’t support video out with USB C. I previously had a hub where it did provide video out, but not with the StarTech KVM. Whatever. I used my alternate computer, (Lenovo Legion), and it worked fine. My work computer always worked fine with the KVM. 

  7. Bump.

    I'm looking for a KVM for home. I have a single, widescreen monitor; a single USB Logitech unifying receiver for my keyboard and mouse; a USB headset; and, a USB webcam. I would really like a KVM that uses USB C to connect to the computers and has three USB (preferably 3.0) ports to share these peripherals. Four USB ports would be even better. The monitor will accept USB C, HDMI, and DisplayPort. I only need to support two laptops at a time, but I wouldn't be upset if it supported more. And if I could get a KVM that passes through power, awesome.

    After spending a couple of hours looking, it seems like no one is making a modern KVM, or, if they do, it only has ports for one or two USB devices.

    Thanks for any help.

     

  8. My kid won an award for his AP English class this year, his worst subject. The subject where he’d have Aspie meltdowns in middle school. (He’s actually on the spectrum.) I asked him about it, he said he was just better at it than the rest of the class.

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  9. 13 hours ago, freyguy said:

    Nope.  You're thinking small potatoes man.  The universe is a biiig place.  Set up an Annihilation to Realm of Kings arc, and you've got plenty to go on for years.ojil6I1.thumb.jpg.22be3b7209ccd188535c16c8f81a186d.jpg

     

    That’s pretty much what I said, though I knew that a comic fan would be along to criticize my use of the word “multiverse” because I’m too lazy to look up the overarching term for the entirety  of everything.

  10. 2 hours ago, futureman said:
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    I only read the first book but thought he died?

     

    Spoiler

    He did. It’s space opera. From flashbacks to resurrections, there are tons of paths to bring back dead characters. 

     

  11. 1 hour ago, CooterBrown said:

    Am I the only one that doesn’t want the X-Men to join the Marvel Universe? I like superheroes being few and far between. Not everyone and their mother having powers.

    They’re going to run the Marvel franchise into the ground by going full comic-book on the multiverse. That’s not a criticism, just the best path forward. Otherwise you end up with the historical hodgepodge of separate universes, frequent reboots, and failure to extract every last dime from fans. 

  12. I have no problem quitting on shows. There are very few shows, in fact, that I’ve watched all the way through, especially in the pre-binge era. R&M has settled into comfortable sitcom territory. It still has the promise of developing the overall plot(s), (Evil Morty, etc.), but even without that, the eps can be entertaining. 

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  13. 7 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

    Pulp Fiction is a pretty dark movie. Needles, an overdose, rape, a gimp, and a lot of gore. There are some great scenes, but it’s not something you want to watch over and over again. 
     

    Meanwhile over in Venice Beach, Samuel L. Jackson and De Niro are just hanging out with Bridget Fonda being cool as hell. What’s the most disturbing scene in Jackie Brown? De Niro’s justifiable homicide of Fonda? The Beaumont scene is absolutely  brilliant. Beautifully shot with the perfect song score. 

    Not too long ago I rewatched Pulp Fiction. It occurred to me, as I explained the ninja sword to my teenage son who wandered through the room, that the collection of characters and aesthetic is just one step above the urban legends that make up Less Than Zero (the novel). Doesn’t mean it wasn’t a great movie that changed the path of the industry, but parts of it are as cringe as the pussy eating scene in Chasing Amy.

     

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