I have a fairly small living room and this setup does the trick. Certain videos and shows (mainly youtube stuff) have a strange "laptop speakers" effect through the sound bar unless I disable the virtual surround. It must have something to do with the way the soundbar encodes the audio into separate channels? I also have an old dvd player that I use once in a blue moon for library rentals On occasion I will move my PC across the living room to the tv and do some couch gaming when the wife isn't around. She always lets out a distinct *sigh* whenever I make a move to my computer desk, as she knows once I've started the machine there will be no netflix&chill for the remainder of the evening.
I live close enough to bike to work, but am currently sans bike. And it gets shitty cold here in september thru april/may. Summer is wide open though. If I am still working this join next summer I'm definitely going to give it a stab. I have never, nor will I ever own a smartphone. I see no benefit in being contractually tied to an electronic leash that is far more situationally aware than an average starbucks barista. There has been one recurring instance where a smart device would have benefited me: navigation. But I rarely travel to unfamiliar areas, and when I do I can use a map to plan my route, but there have been a couple of occasions where I just really wanted to ask google where the hell I was.
I'm sure my facebook feed will be crawling with impact font about how clock boy is now building bombs for terrorists, because he moved somewhere with a funny name.
Well, since you've asked: Never. We do generally take offense to really stupid comments made by unfunny asshats though. Keep it up, son. Your dad must be very proud.
I get the typing lag, but only immediately after logging in. This applies to the start menu and any other box that I can type in. After the initial log in though it doesn't come back. I haven't bothered to see if it is a service or startup item, because it really only adds another 2-3 seconds of my boot wait.
After doing a lot of reading about this man, I have come to this conclusion about his views: Basically he has said "you're {climate scientists} all wrong because I don't like your models and if you try to ask me about specific technical flaws in those models I will defer to my status as a physicist and not a climatologist" So which is it? Are the models flawed, and if so, how? OR are you just a contrarian old codger whose views on climate science are about as reliable as my plumber's opinions on thermonuclear generators?
Here is an interesting exchange
If you mention a product or service while one of your "smart" devices is within earshot, have fun watching/hearing the same commercial for that product/service over and over and over and over and over and over and over on tv, steaming sights, and digital radio stations, also be prepared for amazon and other shopping ads on websites trying to sell that same product/service to you. They have you by the wallet. If you want entertainment, you either deal with being tracked like an endangered Rhino, or you pay out your asshole for all the different content providers.
Every edutainment channel has at least one show about tiny houses. Most of them are showcasing how nice they look, while ignoring the utility, economic, and environmental shortcomings of "going tiny". When your tiny house generates 4 tons of garbage, you're doing environmentalism the wrong way.
I remember while listening to the autobiography of Smokey Yunick as read by John Z Delorean, he was talking about his days as a vehicle tester for GM in the 70's when emissions became a thing. He talked about how they would drive the standard shift cars in a hilly area, always riding the clutch, always turning the car off at lights and stops etc. This would give the car much greater test numbers than real world use. Cheating the system isn't new, and the fact that there seems to be NO ONE checking on these guys speaks volumes.
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40" TCL 1080p 60hz dumb tv (got it for $250 on sale).
Roku 3 ($99)(1st version, no voice search)
Philips 2.1 sound bar w/ virtual surround. $80
I have a fairly small living room and this setup does the trick.
Certain videos and shows (mainly youtube stuff) have a strange "laptop speakers" effect through the sound bar unless I disable the virtual surround. It must have something to do with the way the soundbar encodes the audio into separate channels?
I also have an old dvd player that I use once in a blue moon for library rentals
On occasion I will move my PC across the living room to the tv and do some couch gaming when the wife isn't around. She always lets out a distinct *sigh* whenever I make a move to my computer desk, as she knows once I've started the machine there will be no netflix&chill for the remainder of the evening.
iphone case with built in taurus 850b2!
I live close enough to bike to work, but am currently sans bike. And it gets shitty cold here in september thru april/may. Summer is wide open though. If I am still working this join next summer I'm definitely going to give it a stab. I have never, nor will I ever own a smartphone. I see no benefit in being contractually tied to an electronic leash that is far more situationally aware than an average starbucks barista. There has been one recurring instance where a smart device would have benefited me: navigation. But I rarely travel to unfamiliar areas, and when I do I can use a map to plan my route, but there have been a couple of occasions where I just really wanted to ask google where the hell I was.
I'm sure my facebook feed will be crawling with impact font about how clock boy is now building bombs for terrorists, because he moved somewhere with a funny name.
Yeah that sounds COMPLETELY HONEST. You might need a dictionary.
Well, since you've asked: Never. We do generally take offense to really stupid comments made by unfunny asshats though. Keep it up, son. Your dad must be very proud.
I need approval from the herd before I am allowed to form an opinion.
If you're on haswell, don't bother. Unless you're doing it to increase the girth and length of your e-peen.
Maria, you have fat greasy hands.
I get the typing lag, but only immediately after logging in. This applies to the start menu and any other box that I can type in. After the initial log in though it doesn't come back. I haven't bothered to see if it is a service or startup item, because it really only adds another 2-3 seconds of my boot wait.
The makings of a wonderful death metal album.
So you still admit that you don't actually know what the word means.
"There is such a thing as bad art, you just never see it."
After doing a lot of reading about this man, I have come to this conclusion about his views: Basically he has said "you're {climate scientists} all wrong because I don't like your models and if you try to ask me about specific technical flaws in those models I will defer to my status as a physicist and not a climatologist" So which is it? Are the models flawed, and if so, how? OR are you just a contrarian old codger whose views on climate science are about as reliable as my plumber's opinions on thermonuclear generators? Here is an interesting exchange
You've summed it up rather succinctly.
Aren't the red ones fresh out of the fire hose? I don't know how to slashdot.
I'm sorry.
What of Yutani?
whyyy do my mod points always run out when I need them most
Probably because you don't understand how to properly use them.
If you mention a product or service while one of your "smart" devices is within earshot, have fun watching/hearing the same commercial for that product/service over and over and over and over and over and over and over on tv, steaming sights, and digital radio stations, also be prepared for amazon and other shopping ads on websites trying to sell that same product/service to you. They have you by the wallet. If you want entertainment, you either deal with being tracked like an endangered Rhino, or you pay out your asshole for all the different content providers.
Every edutainment channel has at least one show about tiny houses. Most of them are showcasing how nice they look, while ignoring the utility, economic, and environmental shortcomings of "going tiny". When your tiny house generates 4 tons of garbage, you're doing environmentalism the wrong way.
I see no reason not to trust this one.
A diesel Jeep Wrangler would be _________. (insert superlative)
With that logic, the first to be hanged should be the leaders of the world's governments.
I remember while listening to the autobiography of Smokey Yunick as read by John Z Delorean, he was talking about his days as a vehicle tester for GM in the 70's when emissions became a thing. He talked about how they would drive the standard shift cars in a hilly area, always riding the clutch, always turning the car off at lights and stops etc. This would give the car much greater test numbers than real world use. Cheating the system isn't new, and the fact that there seems to be NO ONE checking on these guys speaks volumes.