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RCarr posted:It's not touch screen though? Irrelevant. It's a large screen on a mobile device, it should be made of a scratch proof material, period. The fact that their own included dock you have to use to play on TVs scratches the screen when docking shows how dumb the decision was.
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But the Switch has a touch screen, doesn't it? Which is hilarious because you can't use the touch screen when its in the doc...
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Mar 29, 2017 15:23
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They'll upgrade the display in the Switch XL. Need to get those double dippers!
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Mar 29, 2017 15:29
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I'm holding out for the Switch i3DXL, personally.
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Mar 29, 2017 15:33
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dreesemonkey posted:Taking a gamble, I bought an inexpensive memory foam mattress from the internet. Did some research on http://www.sleeplikethedead.com and I think memory foam was the way to go for us. I hope we don't hate it. We've had this mattress/frame combo (well we bought one with a headboard) for months and LOVE it. It sleeps great, and I sleep even better knowing I saved literal thousands of dollars.
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Mar 29, 2017 15:34
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Bought a nerdy card game: I actually wanted the Cthulhu version (nerdier,) but they didn't have it in stock.
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Mar 29, 2017 15:38
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Megabound posted:Also strongly considering this. This is grail status right here.
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betterinsodapop posted:Bought a nerdy card game: Get Batman Love Letter. Much better game and fits in your pocket. Or get Pixel tactics if you want a meaty small box card game.
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Mar 29, 2017 16:08
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This is almost as classy as the ballpoint I had back in 1971 that had hamburgers and hotdogs on it.
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Mar 29, 2017 16:23
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my refrigerator has a gorilla glass touch screen nintendo can put one on their poo poo
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Mar 29, 2017 16:26
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EAT FASTER!!!!!! posted:We've had this mattress/frame combo (well we bought one with a headboard) for months and LOVE it. Good to hear. Our current mattress (because everyone cares a whole lot) is a really soft pillowtop innerspring mattress. 3 days into buying the thing I started having a "sleep divot". Fast forward 5 years later and we just can't do it anymore. Hell if we like this mattress I could easily see buying one every few years if we had to since they're so cheap.
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Mar 29, 2017 16:39
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EAT FASTER!!!!!! posted:We've had this mattress/frame combo (well we bought one with a headboard) for months and LOVE it. I have an expensive mattress from a brick and mortar store because I'm an idiot, but I have this frame (or a mattress foundation like it) and love it. I love the extra space under the bed I get now while keeping the bed at the same height since you don't need a box spring with it. My old frame that came with the mattress was only an inch or so off the ground so I couldn't put anything under my bed. I'll probably buy online when we eventually upgrade to a king and put the queen bed in a guest room or something.
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Mar 29, 2017 17:09
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Bottom Liner posted:Get Batman Love Letter. Much better game and fits in your pocket.
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Mar 29, 2017 17:17
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No box spring is the way to go, I also have that frame and absolutely love it! More importantly, that plus a good mattress encasement make for a hostile environment for bed bugs. I've never had them but a friend did, and reading about them has shaped a few recent purchases as well as a few of my habits. I am ready for them. gently caress bedbugs. Point is, that is an awesome frame with easy set up, and I love that it folds up, making moving a breeze.
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Mar 29, 2017 17:19
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1redflag posted:I'm holding out for the Switch i3DXL, personally. This, but actually. Knowing Nintendo, a better Switch is about a year away.
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Mar 29, 2017 17:23
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I've had a nice memory foam mattress for some time now and I love them, but my fiancee doesn't, and so we use her spring mattress. This is going to be an issue in the future, I think.
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Mar 29, 2017 17:24
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I partnered up with some folks to upgrade our brewing set up, because money is the root of all evil and I need to get rid of it as effectively as possible    
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Mar 29, 2017 17:35
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ReidRansom posted:I've had a nice memory foam mattress for some time now and I love them, but my fiancee doesn't, and so we use her spring mattress. This is going to be an issue in the future, I think. Get one of each type in twin XL and put them side-by-side to get the same dimensions as a king-size mattress. There are various connectors out there to keep the mattresses from separating in the middle.
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Mar 29, 2017 17:50
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The best thing about brewing your own beer is how much money you savahahahhahahahhhahahahaha (The best thing about brewing your own beer is perfecting a recipe you love that no one else in the world makes. Good on you for getting some infrastructure in place.)
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Mar 29, 2017 18:36
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Sexual Lorax posted:The best thing about brewing your own beer is how much money you savahahahhahahahhhahahahaha We have some restaurant space available and might be dipping a pinkie toe into getting the permits and whatnot to actually sell some of this stuff, so we keep justifying this nonsense as "don't worry we can recoup this cost!!!" That might happen, but in the mean time we'll just be drinking a lot of beer I think
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Mar 29, 2017 18:46
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Well I was about to post in here about getting an NES Classic but after it made me hit "Place My Order" on bestbuy.com 100 times it kicked me back and said my cart was empty. Now it's sold out again. Maybe I'll have one by Christmas at this rate.
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Mar 29, 2017 19:05
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Toast Museum posted:Get one of each type in twin XL and put them side-by-side to get the same dimensions as a king-size mattress. There are various connectors out there to keep the mattresses from separating in the middle. This is something I have never considered. Interesting. It's a decision still a couple of years away, but thank you. TheManWithNoName posted:Well I was about to post in here about getting an NES Classic but after it made me hit "Place My Order" on bestbuy.com 100 times it kicked me back and said my cart was empty. Now it's sold out again. Maybe I'll have one by Christmas at this rate. I've given up at this point. Like, I think once I clear out an existing project or two I'm just going to build one of those Raspberry Pi based multi-emulators.
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Mar 29, 2017 19:31
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Yeah don't get torn up about not being able to buy a plastic toy that plays NES roms when your toaster can handle them like a champ
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Mar 29, 2017 19:34
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ReidRansom posted:I've given up at this point. Like, I think once I clear out an existing project or two I'm just going to build one of those Raspberry Pi based multi-emulators. 
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ReidRansom posted:I've given up at this point. Like, I think once I clear out an existing project or two I'm just going to build one of those Raspberry Pi based multi-emulators. I keep telling myself I'll build one too but then I'll forget until the next time I try and find a Classic in stock. Effort.
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Mar 29, 2017 19:55
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Building an emulation box sounds neat but a PC with HDMI out is much, much simpler isn't it? If you really want a TV-friendly interface, there are all sorts of options and solutions that still take less fiddling than a raspberry Why are people so opposed to hooking up a proper computer to TVs? They can do literally everything, and they do make smaller ones (either in laptop format or an ultra portable tower or something) that don't ruin your living room's aesthetics any more than a PS4 would! Higher upfront costs are an obstacle I'll admit
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Mar 29, 2017 20:02
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mad.radhu posted:I partnered up with some folks to upgrade our brewing set up, because money is the root of all evil and I need to get rid of it as effectively as possible SS Brewtech makes good poo poo. I have their brew bucket fermenter and love it. The only downside to that one is that the o-rings on the dip tube don't last very long. I need to snag a bunch more of them.
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Mar 29, 2017 20:41
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KingSlime posted:Why are people so opposed to hooking up a proper computer to TVs? They can do literally everything, and they do make smaller ones (either in laptop format or an ultra portable tower or something) that don't ruin your living room's aesthetics any more than a PS4 would! I use an Intel NUC for 100% of my TV/movie viewing. We maintain subscriptions to Netflix & HBO Now and anything we can't get there is  stored on a file server that lives in my basement. At first glance anyone else would probably just assume its some kind of home theater appliance - doesn't look like a PC at all.I think the biggest hangup for the vast majority of consumers is you have to know your way around computers to really make it work. Most people who walk into a big box store to buy an AppleTV, Roku or Chromecast wouldn't know the first thing about downloading shows/movies directly to a PC, much less running some form of NAS or having a fully-fledged computer connected to their TV. And if you're not going to maintain a collection of downloaded content you're paying a lot more to do what off the shelf solutions already do. Cost is definitely a factor. You can buy a Chromecast for lunch money anymore, a Roku is under $100 and AppleTV isn't a whole lot more. My NUC was the budget model in 2014 - dual core 1.1 GHz Celeron, but even between that, a small mSATA SSD and 4 GB of DDR3 I still spent $240 on it. I got a lot more capability and it runs circles around the plug and play stuff, but your average consumer isn't going to want to drop that much money and still have to assemble and load an operating system on it.
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Yeah I guess it comes down to not wanting to tinker (am I just forming biases or are we Americans becoming increasingly helpless as a whole despite having a rectangle with ALL the knowledge in their pocket at all times?), and cost of course Personally I am a big nerd so the idea of having a sleek computer like an ultrabook function as my plug and play media center makes me moist.
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I find that the PS4+Chromecast covers all the home theatre stuff my roommates and I need. Roommate A runs the Plex Cloud server, I pay for Netflix, roommate B uses his mom's HBO go login. There's plenty of spare PC's in our goony bachelor fortress, but we've never felt the need to put together a dedicated HTPC or NAS or anything.
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KingSlime posted:No box spring is the way to go, I also have that frame and absolutely love it! Not using a box spring (or at least a sheet of plywood, that works too) is going to make your mattress break down a lot faster
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Really? It's a steel frame that's designed with the additional support to replace a box spring (the same one the other user linked). It's meant to be used without a box spring. Will this still affect the mattress in the long run? Lots of positive reviews on Amazon and I've had mine for a few weeks. It feels fantastic. Either way it's probably worth replacing my mattress a few years earlier just to never gently caress with box springs again. E: a minute of Google seems to imply that as long as the frame has proper support built in, it should be a-ok, I'll take my chances (esp with the whole bed bug scare I had, I'm properly set up to wreck the little fuckers with some dust and without paying thousands for an exterminator if I ever come into contact with any, I think) KingSlime has a new favorite as of 02:56 on Mar 30, 2017 |
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Mar 30, 2017 02:51
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What's wrong with box springs?
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Aside from just general hassle of moving them (I moved four times the last 12 months due to relocating and switching jobs), they make it near impossible to detect bed bugs if you have a small infestation You see, the best way to get rid of them is to know where they walk, and to not disturb their routine. Let them feel safe and let them keep biting (but know where they are!). A steel frame + encasement + light blankets = near fool-proof detection method I'm afraid my fear of bed bugs has changed me KingSlime has a new favorite as of 02:59 on Mar 30, 2017 |
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KingSlime posted:Building an emulation box sounds neat but a PC with HDMI out is much, much simpler isn't it? Most people don't have their computers next to the TV. I could run a long rear end HDMI cable around the house, or I could just buy a 35$ raspberry pi/chromecast/firestick/whatever. I'm computer retarded and it took me almost no effort to set up a raspberry pi for emulators and tv things. You def don't need full computer processing power to the TV unless you're using it to game or whatnot.
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Yeah I was more suggesting a separate PC for the TV if you only have one and want it in your bedroom. Price definitely becomes a factor then, and if a raspberry pi takes care of your needs then yeah it's a much more sensible option. Something about having a full PC on my main TV is bad rear end though, annoying navigation tweaks aside. I haven't seen what stick solutions have to offer these days though, they might be more robust than ever for all I know. I do game on my main living room screen when I have one, currently my living room is TV-less though. I may keep it that way as that expense is strictly for guests and the older I get, the less I give a poo poo about having people over regularly.
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Josh Lyman posted:What's wrong with box springs? As far as I can tell, they do literally nothing useful
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Glottis posted:As far as I can tell, they do literally nothing useful My mattress is a huge slab of memory foam. gently caress box springs.
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Glottis posted:As far as I can tell, they do literally nothing useful yeah that too
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Serious question, did box springs ever provide anything besides being a platform for your mattress? Plywood does that if you're ok with your bed being a little lower. If you want you bed a little higher why isn't the bed itself just built higher? I have never understood the purpose of a box spring, even for regular spring mattresses. Special case excepted: those lovely metal bed frames we all had when we were growing up. A piece of plywood would make that bed unreasonably low, and having a lovely metal frame an additional 8" tall would only make it more lovely. Box frame is ok in that one specific case where you're using a lovely lovely terrible adjustable metal frame bed.
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