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Anton Chigurh

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  1. It would have been fine without the huge white stripe. But, alas.
  2. If it’s Netflix or even Apple (weren’t they rumored before?), the quality would probably at least be really good (Apple’s Friday Night Baseball is a really nice high bitrate stream).
  3. Interesting. I took this drug (Brentuximab Vedotin) for my cHL (classic Hodgkin’s Lymphoma) as a first-line treatment along with Vinblastine, Dacarbazine, and Adriamycin (the “Red Devil”). It is slowly replacing the decades old version that uses bleomycin (which can fuck up your lungs). There is even already a better cocktail for cHL patients too with even fewer side effects that uses the same 3 drugs plus Nivolumab instead of the BV. Unfortunately for me, BV really fucked my nerves up in my hands and legs/feet. Most people experience peripheral neuropathy of their sensory nerves, but I suffered a lot of motor nerve damage and muscle wasting. I am about 17 months out of treatment now and still not close to normal, but I have made pretty good strides. At my worst, I lost all of my lower leg/calf muscle control and strength and could not even lift my heels up off of the ground at all. I had to use a cane and looked like an 80 year old (I am 36). I can now walk at 3+mph and I’m still improving from there. My hands had the median nerve functions affected quite a bit (which seems odd; the ulnar side was pretty much unaffected). I essentially lost the ability to oppose my thumbs. Luckily, I’m doing pretty good there now. Not perfect by any means, but I can use my hands much better now and write with a pen pretty much normally again. I’m still glad that more people can get help, but it’s just definitely something to watch out for because the neuropathy can ramp up VERY quickly (although my case is pretty rare).
  4. Disclaimer: it’s a cover, but a really good one
  5. Good shit, man!
  6. Scuderia Ferrari, I assume.
  7. I did not replace it with aftermarket yet, no. I believe RCI is good quality stuff though. Also BudBuilt. https://budbuilt.com/Toyota_c_375.html
  8. Lol, I was very confused for a second when I got that email.
  9. The 2UZ will easily go at least 300k, so there’s plenty of life left in it. I’d keep it around.
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    Vinyl

    Also, those are all sub-$800 or so (the Rega P3 without a cart barely makes it). For something a bit nicer, the Rega P3 with a nicer cart, Technics SL100C/1500C/1210GR, or Mofi Studiodeck are great.
  11. Anton Chigurh

    Vinyl

    There were some posts about this recently, but I guess it’s in the one of the hifi threads. Tl;dr Rega P1/P3 (I don’t really like their semi-proprietary nature with cartridges, though) Fluance RT-85 (the RT line is mostly modular, though, and the differences are mostly the cartridge it comes with and the platter, IIRC) Most of the Audio Technica models (LP120/140 for the SL-1200 direct drive look, but they have some more minimalist looking models as well) Project Debut models. Or, honestly, something vintage. Lots of vintage Technics to be found that are rock solid. SL series are almost all great. I like most old Pioneer tables, as well.
  12. I recently started a replay. I had not played since before 2.0 and PL came out. The 2.0 fixes and PL have cemented this one for me as one of my favorites ever.
  13. Yeah, the intentional burying of the lede there is disingenuous. I hate it.
  14. Rec.gov also has availability notifications that will do this for you. You can set up to 3 different dates/campgrounds, so you may still need to do it manually if that isn’t enough, but it’s great. I ended up not needing it, but I was seeing so many cancellations at Teton leading up to my trip last year. It would have been a breeze to get a site (I understand that Teton and Yosemite aren’t in the same league as far as difficulty of reserving a site goes) if I didn’t already have a reservation. I have only actually camped in Yosemite once, but it was in 2016. The other time I was there I stayed at housekeeping camp, which I guess is also “camping” but it’s more expensive, so it’s easier to get. Getting a site at the tiny Devil’s Garden campground in Arches is no joke as well, but I got lucky on that one.
  15. Hash marks in college are also much wider than in the NFL. The implications of this are way more than just kicking field goals, but it definitely makes a difference if you’re kicking from way out wide.
  16. I don’t think I use Tapatalk Pro because I don’t seem to have the emoji issue (the app I use is the only one I see in the App Store and it was updated 2 weeks ago, so that should be it). I do have “VIP” or whatever, maybe I just have that on regular Tapatalk? Only annoying thing is you can’t tap on any embeds (like twitter/insta) anymore.
  17. Yep, pretty much. The Grand Staircase.
  18. It be chilly at Bryce. Maybe too cold and windy to do much. Just depends.
  19. That’s the only area I haven’t really been to on that trail! I was telling myself today that I’ll need to do that on the next visit.
  20. Ended up going today.
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