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budgieinspector posted:("Why the hell does Santa have tusks on this book?"). Because he's the Hogfather.
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bongwizzard posted:Pants are best slim cut and stretchy, and I wanted a laptop with a discreet video card. Pickings were very slim in the latter category. Pants are best loose and flowing. If I can't kick a man in the face in them, the pants are too tight. As for laptops, I'd have suggested something from MSI over the Dell. I have a several year old GE70 and it's still amazing today for like $800 at the time. Their current offerings in the $800 range probably make it look like a Kindle by comparison.
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PCOS Bill posted:Pants are best loose and flowing. If I can't kick a man in the face in them, the pants are too tight. Sounds like you might need action jeans. With Hidden Gusset. 
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Dec 13, 2016 20:36
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No thanks, I don't wear denim.
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budgieinspector posted:I know I'm in the minority, but I honestly hate the Josh Kirby covers. Not saying that the "minimalist" covers are outstanding works of art, but they leave some room for curiosity ("Why the hell does Santa have tusks on this book?"). The Kirby covers are just so busy and so genre-centric that people who might otherwise like the books, I've found, pass them by on the shelf because they look like little D&D manuals. I agree, the Kirby colors are terrible and the minimalist ones are fine and leave most to the imagination, to the benefit of the text.
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My friend moved to a tiny nothing town that has more elk than people at about 10:1. So I bought him some very tacky woodland art for his new house.
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A crotch gusset is loving key for any good pants.
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Rolo posted:I get gifted that sort of thing all the time because I like tools. If it were 3 times yellowD posted:Can't echo this enough. To keep it related, we actually bought their cookbook, it was that good. We picked up the cookbook as well, the blueberry wajapia over frybread was just awesome in every way. Same with the buffalo brisket, tamales, and everything else we tried
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Dec 13, 2016 21:35
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PCOS Bill posted:That will never get used because it's impossible to put a decent amount of force on a flimsy tool like that. Someone got me similar years ago, they're poo poo. Yeah well, that's workplace secret santa for you.
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Pick posted:I agree, the Kirby colors are terrible and the minimalist ones are fine and leave most to the imagination, to the benefit of the text. Not least because Kirby didn't seem to read the books very carefully and made lots of small, but significant errors with the artwork.
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Bought 80 cherry mx green keyswitches before thanksgiving and they finally made it to me from Hong Kong. And some vinyl wrap that looks like white carbon fiber. Finally have everything I need to build another ergodox infinity keyboard. Also bought a week at a resort in the Dominican Republic to wash the taste of 2016 out of my mouth. With rum drinks.
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chicagobutters posted:
My brother just bought me my first pair of cowboy boots for Christmas.  Also finally had to get my first pair of glasses. 
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flosofl posted:Sounds like you might need action jeans. With Hidden Gusset.  RUSH ORDER
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Lawen posted:Bought 80 cherry mx green keyswitches before thanksgiving and they finally made it to me from Hong Kong. And some vinyl wrap that looks like white carbon fiber. Finally have everything I need to build another ergodox infinity keyboard. Which resort?
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TotalLossBrain posted:
Are there any blogs or similar that tries ordering stuff from ads in 70s and 80s magazines?
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prom candy posted:Which resort? Excellence in Punta Cana. We stayed at the Iberostar a couple years ago and liked it but Excellence was a bit cheaper this year and reviews were about equal.
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evobatman posted:Are there any blogs or similar that tries ordering stuff from ads in 70s and 80s magazines? Lazy Game Review man got a free pizza with a coupon from a 90s computer game box. Sorry, I don't know.
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spog posted:Not least because Kirby didn't seem to read the books very carefully and made lots of small, but significant errors with the artwork. My personal favorite was on the original cover to The Colour of Magic, in which Twoflower is described as "four-eyes", and Kirby literally drew him with four eyes. Just got this for the upcoming semester: 
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budgieinspector posted:My personal favorite was on the original cover to The Colour of Magic, in which Twoflower is described as "four-eyes", and Kirby literally drew him with four eyes. Can't see it - to me it looks like glasses. To be fair I don't have the book nearby, so don't know. For my secret santa:  
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canis minor posted:Can't see it - to me it looks like glasses. To be fair I don't have the book nearby, so don't know. That isn't the first edition. Check the ojos in this one.
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Lawen posted:Excellence in Punta Cana. We stayed at the Iberostar a couple years ago and liked it but Excellence was a bit cheaper this year and reviews were about equal. We stayed at that exact resort for our honeymoon a couple years ago over Thanksgiving. It was the most fantastic and carefree vacation experience I ever had. They had a special Thanksgiving dinner and there were live turkeys walking around and a monkey to take pictures with. I hope you got a club level room. The club lounge is a fantastic little hideaway and they always have some different type of snacks in there along with top shelf liquor.
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budgieinspector posted:Just got this for the upcoming semester: What's the benefit of having 5 screens on one laptop?
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budgieinspector posted:My personal favorite was on the original cover to The Colour of Magic, in which Twoflower is described as "four-eyes", and Kirby literally drew him with four eyes. Woot sale? I was considering the Yoga Book until I read some reviews on it. Maybe I'll give it a few revisions.
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I just ordered a tiny camera drone, since I saw it advertised on Lifehacker. It's USD 99 (about 25% off the regular price, which is why I got it) with free shipping. 
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Non Serviam posted:I just ordered a tiny camera drone, since I saw it advertised on Lifehacker. It's USD 99 (about 25% off the regular price, which is why I got it) with free shipping. You should return that and get this https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00P79ZQIA some extra batteries and a propeller pack. That way you can get far more flight time per hour than that little orange thing. If you really want to dip into some FPV (looks like the orange thing does FPV) get this https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00GSNWB5K some extra batteries and a propeller pack. Kilazar has a new favorite as of 20:29 on Dec 14, 2016 |
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budgieinspector posted:That isn't the first edition. Check the ojos in this one. Aaah, wrong book  :
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Kilazar posted:You should return that and get this https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00P79ZQIA some extra batteries and a propeller pack. I want to get a quadroter to inspect my roof and gutters... There any cheap reccomendations for something that'll work outdoors for this kinda thing?
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OSU_Matthew posted:I want to get a quadroter to inspect my roof and gutters... There any cheap reccomendations for something that'll work outdoors for this kinda thing? A $50 ladder
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PCOS Bill posted:A $50 ladder Don't your arms get tired spinning that fast enough to get you up there? Also you then need a separate camera...
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Kilazar posted:You should return that and get this https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00P79ZQIA some extra batteries and a propeller pack. Fun story: I got one of those Hubsan quads last year. About 30 seconds into the maiden flight, it got too high for me to see which direction it was going (fpv would have made this a lot easier). I tried bringing it back to me before I brought it down because I didn't want to land it in someone's pool or something before completely losing sight of it. I searched the skies for it for a few minutes while fiddling with the controls before giving up in a fit of cursing. The next day a guy drives up to my house with a laptop in his car. He had found it on the other side of the neighborhood, and used the video to retrace where it came from. He gave it to my daughter so I never got to thank him. Ended up with a pretty cool video of the neighborhood and surrounding area. That little Hubsan will fly dangerously high if you let it.
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Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:Fun story: I got one of those Hubsan quads last year. About 30 seconds into the maiden flight, it got too high for me to see which direction it was going (fpv would have made this a lot easier). I tried bringing it back to me before I brought it down because I didn't want to land it in someone's pool or something before completely losing sight of it. I searched the skies for it for a few minutes while fiddling with the controls before giving up in a fit of cursing. The next day a guy drives up to my house with a laptop in his car. He had found it on the other side of the neighborhood, and used the video to retrace where it came from. He gave it to my daughter so I never got to thank him. Ended up with a pretty cool video of the neighborhood and surrounding area. That little Hubsan will fly dangerously high if you let it. Bet that was a really cool video These things are tanks. I just cut throttle and let it drop if I get to high to tell orientation. I don't have a cam model though. So a 100+ foot drop might not be good on those. Mine is the no cam at all version. I don't tend to fly for height though. I fly speed and obstacles with mine. I might head up 70 or so feet just to get a good speed boost on the arc down. But that is about as high as I fly mine. .
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PCOS Bill posted:A $50 ladder Agreed. Now if you were going to do full on property inspections.. then there is no cheap entry. You get one of the big boys like the phantom. Or you do a DYI build. These little ones are only good for goofing off. The video quality is not good enough for inspections. *Edit* post is not edit..
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Kilazar posted:Bet that was a really cool video Yeah it basically auto-rotated into the sidewalk from 100 feet + up. One of the motor struts was popped out place but I was able to snap it right back in. I don't think any of the props took any real damage even. I have the video at home, I'll see if can get a screen grab from it's highest point, it was pretty impressive. The video was a full hour long, but 55 minutes or so was of it laying on the sidewalk upside down while people walked by and cars drove past.
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Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:
I think you just simulated the dying moments of a winged insect.
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"The robot lays on its back, chassis baking in the hot sun, beating its props trying to turn itself over. But it can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping."
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RCarr posted:What's the benefit of having 5 screens on one laptop? Different porn on each screen = fapstravaganza. PCOS Bill posted:Woot sale? Yup! canis minor posted:Aaah, wrong book Well, poo poo. However, that brings up another question: He'd already done one cover with the glasses, so... did he just forget?
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Aramek posted:"The robot lays on its back, chassis baking in the hot sun, beating its props trying to turn itself over. But it can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping." Goddamn that's good stuff.
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ROCK THE HOUSE M.D. posted:My brother just bought me my first pair of cowboy boots for Christmas. Nice. There's at least two of us!
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RCarr posted:What's the benefit of having 5 screens on one laptop? An extremely close shave.
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