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by AuthorTony
Mon Jan 08, 2024 8:28 pm
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Topic: RIP
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Views: 823302

RIP

So sorry for your loss. :(
by AuthorTony
Mon Jan 08, 2024 6:15 pm
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Topic: tifosi77's thread of Musk
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tifosi77's thread of Musk

Did anyone hate Musk before he became a wannabe Trump/covid denier pandering to the fringe right? I thought he was universally loved until that happened.

Funny how coming across as/revealing yourself to be a lunatic asshat can turn the tide against a guy.
by AuthorTony
Mon Jan 08, 2024 11:28 am
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Topic: Movie Thread
Replies: 31068
Views: 2121427

Movie Thread

Any one see Leave the World Behind. My parents watched over the weekend. Said it was strange, just seeing the US attacked in cyberspace and how much that distrupts our world today. I may give it a shot.
I thought it was terribly written and a complete waste of time.
by AuthorTony
Sun Jan 07, 2024 6:00 pm
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Topic: Politics And Current Events
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Views: 12909871

Politics And Current Events

For points east I just take Rt. 30 or I-68. I've taken Lancaster to Philly on 30 before and that sucks. So much stopping near fast food and strip malls. If I have to ever drive there again I'll gladly pay to take the turnpike. I tried to take 30 from Somerset to Philly once. Torturous doesn't even ...
by AuthorTony
Fri Jan 05, 2024 10:00 am
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Topic: home theater, cord cutting, video streaming, a/v tech, and more!
Replies: 6098
Views: 534515

home theater, cord cutting, video streaming, a/v tech, and more!

I love my Apple TV. The video quality is so much better than the Fire TV I was using before. I sold off all of my DVDs, around 1500, last year. Kept the blu rays and still keep buying more of them and 4Ks. Streaming is fine, but as someone who rewatches movies a lot, I like to own them rather than d...
by AuthorTony
Mon Jan 01, 2024 12:40 pm
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Topic: Randomness Dos
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Views: 4611071

Randomness Dos

My spazzy dog who is terrified of loud noises decided he had to go outside at 11:59. I didn't even realize what time it was so I let him out, then I too went to take a leak. As soon as I started going, someone must have shot a block of tannerite. The boom was so loud my house shook. I'm surprised my...
by AuthorTony
Fri Dec 29, 2023 11:18 am
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Topic: home theater, cord cutting, video streaming, a/v tech, and more!
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home theater, cord cutting, video streaming, a/v tech, and more!

Doesn't that include CNN and Discovery? I don't want those.
Don't forget that HBO (or Max) has been removing some HBO original content and farming it out to other services/ad supported streamers. They shipped Westworld off just a couple weeks after the series finale aired.
by AuthorTony
Thu Dec 28, 2023 7:30 pm
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Topic: home theater, cord cutting, video streaming, a/v tech, and more!
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Views: 534515

home theater, cord cutting, video streaming, a/v tech, and more!

Streaming companies (aside from Netflix) lose billions in 2023. It's almost like fracturing the streaming market and every studio trying to have their own streaming service was a bad idea. Who would have thunk it... The world’s largest traditional entertainment companies face a reckoning in 2024 aft...
by AuthorTony
Tue Dec 26, 2023 5:52 pm
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Topic: home theater, cord cutting, video streaming, a/v tech, and more!
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home theater, cord cutting, video streaming, a/v tech, and more!

Yeah, I won't be surprised if the streamer make ad free programming prohibitively expensive in the coming years. Just like traditional TV, the ads are there the money is at.
by AuthorTony
Tue Dec 26, 2023 4:41 pm
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Topic: home theater, cord cutting, video streaming, a/v tech, and more!
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home theater, cord cutting, video streaming, a/v tech, and more!

Looks like Prime is going to add commercials/ads to their programming. Or you can pay $3 a month for an "ad free experience."
by AuthorTony
Mon Dec 25, 2023 8:26 pm
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Topic: Movie Thread
Replies: 31068
Views: 2121427

Movie Thread

I received The Goonies on 4K for Christmas and gave it a watch for the first time in probably 35 years. Man, I must have watched the hell out of that movie when I was a kid because I remembered every single thing that happened and probably 50% of the dialogue. I had mixed feelings about it watching ...
by AuthorTony
Sat Dec 23, 2023 4:04 pm
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Topic: Blackjack's Thread of Illness and Ailments
Replies: 3109
Views: 260170

Blackjack's Thread of Illness and Ailments

Ha, no.
by AuthorTony
Sat Dec 23, 2023 4:00 pm
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Topic: Blackjack's Thread of Illness and Ailments
Replies: 3109
Views: 260170

Blackjack's Thread of Illness and Ailments

Just found out a friend of mine tested positive for COVID today. She was at my house for about 30 min Weds. Andy idea how long I reasonably need to wait before I'll know whether or not I'm in the clear.
by AuthorTony
Sat Dec 23, 2023 1:19 pm
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Topic: home theater, cord cutting, video streaming, a/v tech, and more!
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Views: 534515

home theater, cord cutting, video streaming, a/v tech, and more!

Crap, I have Peacock and Prime too. I knew I was forgetting something.
by AuthorTony
Sat Dec 23, 2023 11:04 am
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Topic: home theater, cord cutting, video streaming, a/v tech, and more!
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home theater, cord cutting, video streaming, a/v tech, and more!

I subscribe to Netflix (for a few more days), Paramount+, Max, Hulu, and Shudder. Maybe something else that I'm forgetting too. Yet, 80% of the time, when I look for a specific "catalog" movie, it's not available on any of those services and is usually only available to rent. Blows my mind.
by AuthorTony
Thu Dec 21, 2023 6:19 pm
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Topic: Pet Thread
Replies: 4110
Views: 353198

Pet Thread

Most of us have been there, meow. For someone that really loves their dog, I think it's just about the hardest thing you can go through. Take care of yourself.
by AuthorTony
Thu Dec 21, 2023 9:25 am
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Topic: Movie Thread
Replies: 31068
Views: 2121427

Movie Thread

Man, I hated that movie.
by AuthorTony
Wed Dec 20, 2023 6:10 pm
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Topic: home theater, cord cutting, video streaming, a/v tech, and more!
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Views: 534515

home theater, cord cutting, video streaming, a/v tech, and more!

They’ll merge the apps and charge $40/month.
And cancel a sh*tton of shows and movies.
by AuthorTony
Wed Dec 20, 2023 9:13 am
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Topic: Politics And Current Events
Replies: 231843
Views: 12909871

Politics And Current Events

i actually wouldn't argue that the highest law position in the land should get some more cash. 300K in DC isn't a lot. It's not nothing, but still. Our county judges in Mercer County get like 150+ I think The POTUS gets $400K. I know it's not huge money for a lawyer, but I don't buy that it's not e...
by AuthorTony
Wed Dec 20, 2023 9:06 am
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Topic: Politics And Current Events
Replies: 231843
Views: 12909871

Politics And Current Events

This doesn't do anything. Unfortunately, what it does is feed directly into the Republican/Fox News/far right propaganda that the courts are crooked and the Democrats are stealing elections. And with Biden's approval ratings dropping by the day, it's just going to push more people in other states w...
by AuthorTony
Wed Dec 20, 2023 8:56 am
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Topic: Politics And Current Events
Replies: 231843
Views: 12909871

Politics And Current Events

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Those poor SC justices, struggling to get by on almost $300,000 a year. My heart aches for them.

If the pay is so awful, you wouldn't think they'd keeping holding onto those jobs like grim death.
by AuthorTony
Tue Dec 19, 2023 5:41 pm
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Topic: Politics And Current Events
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Views: 12909871

Politics And Current Events

A man who had that much cache was bound to get the ear of many different people even if just to hear a pitch.
Exactly. They all wanted Epstein's money and connections. Were some of them pervs? Absolutely. Were most? Highly, highly doubtable.
by AuthorTony
Tue Dec 19, 2023 12:22 pm
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Topic: Politics And Current Events
Replies: 231843
Views: 12909871

Politics And Current Events

Fetterman is a sort of Sherrod Brown type that cuts traditional cultural polarization. He's a candidate that will do well to keep the margins reasonable in the rural PA counties. I didn't read your post before I made mine. It's interested that you mentioned Brown as he's one of my favorite (not tha...