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Got a few releases coming up:
Pokemon Scarlet & Violet – Surging Sparks is coming out on 2024-11-08
Disney’s Lorcana Azurite Seas is coming out on 2024-11-15Night Shift was a lot of fun. Some of the scenes were heavily inspired by After Hours but Winkler and Keaton had amazing synergy together. 🙂
I’ve mostly run the gamut of older horror films now after a couple of years so I figure it’s time for a bit of a change 😛
Could rewatch the old Universal Monsters films but I’ve seen those so many times that I want something a bit different 😛
I’m way overdo for a rewatch of Rain Man. Probably need to fix that! 🙂
Scored a Sentinel ship today! It’s incredible! Great stats and the technology is much cheaper to charge. Not only can you charge it via traditional materials, you can also charge it from materials you gain from killing Sentinels. The latter charge things up even more than the traditional materials. Wheeee!
So Guitar Center used to be named The Organ Center. That name only lasted a few years. Not overly surprising 😛
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Yep. I’ve actually seen some old surge protectors that have had burn marks on them, likely from such an event. I have no idea how mine are designed. Surge protectors are one of those devices that are important but hard to get much information on a specific model so I generally just stick to buying well-known brands like Belkin.
Yeah, it looks like Zero Surge only ships to Canada and the US. You could try reaching out to the folks at Brick Wall (recommended by Stereophile and based in Florida!), which are just rebranded Zero Surge units from the sounds of it.
If you want a traditional one, these are ones I got last year. Haven’t tried them with the antenna, though. In fact, I haven’t tried them with the coaxial jacks at all 😛
Yeah, I still need to watch that one. It’s definitely on the list!
Watched Army of Darkness so that finishes the set. Had some time afterwards so I also rewatched Meatballs. Needed that. Completely plotless but still a fun watch 🙂
Dyson spheres could be an interesting addition to the game. I’m sure there’s a mod for it but I haven’t gotten into modding the game yet. Maybe someday I’ll look into playing with mods 🙂
Been taking screenshots of my space journey. Will share them soon!
I also learned a few minutes ago that using the freighter to warp doesn’t let encounters take effect. I like those bits so I’ll switch over to the starship even though its warp drive isn’t as efficient. Getting close to being able to upgrade my ship as I’ve continued to ferry goods around as I try to reach the long goal.
I could just reset the map to a closer system but that feels like cheating! The goal is so far away that it doesn’t even show up on the galaxy map 😛
I also found a gorgeous paradise planet that I want to toss a base on at some point. 🙂
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Yay! Going to need to keep on them! Have some very fond memories of the series 🙂
I watched a dubbed version, which they did a good job on 🙂
Yep! Seen them! They’re a riot!
Weaver in something that’s not science fiction? That’s unusual 😛
Watched The Evil Dead II yesterday and that was fun. Weird film but fun. Loved the part where Ash cuts off his hand and then pins it with copy of A Farewell to Arms 😀
An argument clinic isn’t all that bad of an idea. It would allow people to blow off steam in a setting in which its warranted and allowed. Getting people to use though is another matter entirely 😛
Could be! It’d be hilarious if the models start acting like HAL 9000 if they get trained on Arthur C Clark 😛
Yep, the sequels are definitely on the list! Also added a bunch of old sci-fi and horror films from the 50s and earlier. I can also get the colorized version of Night of the Living Dead but I prefer to watch these types of films in their original formats, either BW or color.
Never been a big fan of zombie films myself. I think the main issue is that there’s not much imagination to them.
Saw Opera yesterday and it was a very good psychological thriller. Highly recommended.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/09/hacker-boots-linux-on-intels-first-ever-cpu/
Whelp. At least it works! Of course, you could read a book or two during that time. Just don’t read while sitting at the computer! 😀
So had my first Lorcana tournament yesterday and since I was still using the starter deck it went about as you would expect: I lost 😛
Working a new deck from scratch so hopefully the next one goes better 🙂
Starships use good old antimatter, which requires refined copper. Apparently, there are other ways to get it. I really need to explore unlockable blueprints at some point. Anyways! Some planets have more copper than others but it’s not too difficult to come across. Your vehicles on planet use carbon for fuel, which is their substitute for oil. And yep, plenty of carbon on the tropical planets. 🙂 At the moment, my starship’s inventory is filled up with broken microscopes. I’m currently on a mission that requires an obscene number of system warps to reach the goal (using my freighter for better warp efficiency) so I’ve been stopping to explore periodically. Found a system selling the microscopes for 30% below retail so I stocked up. No more ship inventory, though 😛 May toss them on the freighter until I can unload them 🙂
Oh, nice. Missed that one. Definitely adding it to the list. On a related note, I really need to watch Forbidden Planet again.
Remember this one? Been a while since I’ve seen it but it was also fun 🙂
As we know, I’m constantly doing research on a variety of things mostly related to circuits and other bits of science and came across this bit: https://www.avnirvana.com/threads/surgex-zerosurge-brickwall-tripplite-or-what-kind-of-surge-protector-do-you-use.9205/
It was a pretty interesting read. My understanding is that the current into the wall, along with the voltage, is constant, which is why our devices use transformers to change the voltage. That would leave the power rating as being modified with resistance or a drop in voltage, leading to a drop in power. That’s in regards to the bit about brownouts. It is also my understanding that the joule rating is the amount of energy the MOVs can absorb before blowing with a higher rating equating a longer life to the devices and a lesser chance of failure. Those points are refuted by that thread, interestingly enough. That said, it doesn’t go into too much detail on how the non-sacrificial surge protectors dissipate the extra energy, as heat or something else. More research is definitely required and may even be worthy of a blog post 🙂
If I can find a dead one, it may be worth dissecting it to figure out how it works. They’re too expensive to break down a working unit 😛
Finally got the chance to watch The Evil Dead and that was fun. Bruce Campbell’s acting was superb.
So this is very important in No Man’s Sky: in order to unlock the teleport point for a station, you must land on a moon, planet, or the station itself. When you warp into a system, you spawn right next to the station so I recommend taking five extra minutes to land on it. Forgot about that for a moment so now I need to go back a system and snag it. What a waste of precious fuel! I did find a tropical planet populated by dinosaurs. Will take a screenshot when I go back to it 🙂
Really need to rewatch Gotham at some point. It was really good!
Finally got to see Christine yesterday after it showed up on Tubi. Well worth the time but it did have some gaffes. For instance, Arnie stops wearing his glasses even though it was implied the car initiated behavioral changes as opposed to physical.
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