hydrashok

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hydrashok ,

No. Have a Series S I purchased a year or so ago and it works great. Bonus is the Xbox controllers also connect to a PC for Steam play.

hydrashok ,

Which of the following would you most prefer?

A) a puppy

B) a pretty flower from your sweetie, or,

C) a large, properly formatted data file

Choose!

hydrashok ,

But they believe it, man! Why won’t you respect their beliefs? You need evidence, you godless heathen? Can’t you just have faith that the ones with the money and power are genuinely looking out for their constituents with no conflicts of interest whatsoever?

/s to the extreme

hydrashok ,

It’s a bold strategy, Cotton. Let’s see if it pays off for them.

hydrashok ,

Time to legally update your name to include it, just like Bob Wehadababyitsaboy.

hydrashok ,

Yes, pretty common at restaurants in the US for free refills on soda and water. Juice and milk are usually per glass.

hydrashok ,

It’s nice, but it mostly just has to do with how cheap soda is here, which another poster here called out. The plastic cups at fast food restaurants cost the restaurant more than the soda inside them.

In fact, when we first traveled to Europe, the refill thing (along with not expecting ice) was one of the items the travel company called out to prepare us for the trip! Don’t know if they still do that as we plan our own travel now.

hydrashok ,

In the US virtually every drink has ice in it, unless it’s beer, liquor, wine, juice, or milk. Every soda, mixed drink, or water you get, the cup will be filled to the brim with ice. When the waiter refills your water, the pitcher will have ice so more falls into your glass. It’s just common and ubiquitous here for drink service.

The tip for our first travel was that in other countries, this wasn’t commonplace. In France, for example, ice didn’t come with your drink unless you specifically request it (at least the last time I went that was my experience) and even then it was a cube or two like they were rationing it. Now that I’m used to it, it is fine, I can go without ice, but I’m glad I knew before that first trip so it saved some awkward “typical ignorant American traveler” conversations.

hydrashok ,

You’re welcome! You’re right that the little differences that separate our similar societies are fascinating to experience firsthand. I hope you get the opportunity to enjoy the same; it’s amazing to see what the world is like through other cultures.

hydrashok ,

But if they open that book and actually read and understand it, how will all the churches that warp that message make money and further spread their hatred and discrimination? Won’t someone please think of these super important churches and their totally-not-coincidentally wealthy pastors? (/s in case it wasn’t obvious)

hydrashok ,

As someone that was raised in the church, I totally understand. My parents really didn’t like my curiosity, which of course fostered further skepticism.

hydrashok ,

The gatekeeper responsible?

You guessed it.

Frank Stallone.

hydrashok ,

Uh…. No.

hydrashok ,

Should be mandatory retirement for all branches when they hit 65. There’s no reason we should have a bunch of 70 and 80 year olds in there stalling everything and just holding onto power until they die.

And a mandatory ban for five years on their ability to have a lobbying job within any industry, direct or indirect, to anything they oversaw while in government.

hydrashok ,

Or you have to run a shady crack or keygen to get it to work, and I don’t trust those.

hydrashok ,

Looked like it.

hydrashok ,

“I need to drive 100 miles an hour on this dark, winding road to warn everyone about what’s going to happen in a few years!”

hydrashok ,

Racist, sexist discriminators gonna discriminate.

hydrashok ,

If it’s not connected to the internet, it can’t update or retrieve those changes. So no, it would not be impacted until the next time it was connected. I’ve never had a smart TV that required a persistent connection to work at all, and I wouldn’t ever buy one that did.

hydrashok ,

Agree with @FlyingSquid — Good!

I remember looking for venues and caterers and such and it was crazy how expensive everything was — and usually included a lock-in on food/alcohol suppliers — and this was many years ago. Seeing the prices that people are spending for a huge extravagant affair for one day is mind-blowing. If you can afford it, great; but I don’t think that’s the case for most. Starting a marriage with a huge debt is a horrible idea.

The article touched on this, and I agree. The best weddings are the ones that focus on the couple and making it their special day in every way and not how much they paid for the venue or destination or who the DJ is. You don’t need to spend thousands of dollars to have a special wedding. I’ve been to all kinds of weddings, and I’d always take a courthouse wedding and potluck reception in the backyard with friends over a lavish but impersonal destination wedding at a resort or the huge church wedding with hundreds of people.

hydrashok ,

I’m not crying, you’re crying!

Great article. Thanks for sharing.

hydrashok ,

Hell yes. Staple of every family gathering ever when I was younger. It’s disgusting to look at but so delicious. Sometimes throw in some mandarin oranges cut up, too.

hydrashok ,

Pretty much every theater does assigned/reserved seating nowadays. You choose your seat numbers when you buy the ticket. No need to show up early to try to scout the best seat or score 5 in a row or whatever. They’re just saying they go to their ticketed seat.

hydrashok ,

No, all the seats are the same price, at least at my theater.

My theater also has a full bar and really good food. Actual handmade wood-fired pizzas, wraps, sandwiches, burgers, fries, pretzel bites, etc. All made fresh after you order; it’s not sitting under a heat lamp. I think they have reasonable prices.

Even better, you can carry just your popcorn and drink into the theater, and they’ll deliver the rest of your food to your seat when it’s ready. Pretty awesome, especially with kids, to not have to figure out how to transport all of it.

hydrashok ,

Good questions—

Yes, eat while watching. It’s no louder than eating popcorn. All the food is served in paper trays or cardboard, so the sound is still relatively quiet. In fact I think candy, especially the bagged kinds, are far louder from the bag crinkling. Lots of people around me have eaten food and it doesn’t disturb the movie. The movie itself is far louder.

There is seating in the bar area if you’d prefer to eat before or after the movie, but it’s not required.

hydrashok ,

I would tend to agree, but none of the food is really offensive smelling (I guess that’s subjective) but the other thing is that you’re pretty far away, unless they’re sitting right next to you, which is rare these days in all but the most popular opening weekend shows. From row to row (front to back) you’re separated by roughly 5-6 feet horizontally and maybe 3 feet vertically. Enough that I can recline fully (another awesome feature of most modern theaters) and there’s still room for someone to walk through in front of me without turning aside for my feet. And then when standing in your row, your feet are just above the heads of those seated in front of you. It works really well.

Honestly, if you haven’t been In a while, it might be worth checking out. Of course each theater can vary in quality and guest experience — I once went to a theater where their “fresh cooked pizza” was a cheap frozen pizza put through a fancy pizza oven and never went back — but in my opinion theaters are, on average, drastically improved from the 80s/90s/00s era theaters of old. Even if they are more expensive now, a good theater makes a nice occasional outing if you can find a good one. I wouldn’t go back to the old style.

And make sure you find one with a good rewards program if you become a regular. It can really cut down on the cost of tickets and concessions.

hydrashok ,

Jesus Christ. That’s probably one of the most brutal videos I’ve seen yet. The FPVs are nuts.

hydrashok ,

How much more does the government allow this company to screw up before they force new and competent management to oversee this shitshow? It’s getting ridiculous.

hydrashok ,

Seriously. The way they treat all the candidates with kid gloves is ridiculous.

hydrashok ,

Can’t wait for them to learn all about the Streisand Effect. I had been considering them for a new mini split system, but not anymore.

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