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Hozz

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  1. I got rid of cable a while back...it was right before YouTubeTV was going to raise their price for the first time but existing subs were going to get grandfathered in. We already had Prime but we have that just for the shipping advantage so I never really considered that a streaming spend per se. So just going from a cable bundle to cable internet + YouTubeTV we saved like $90 a month. Insanity, like why didn't I do this earlier? The only thing I lost out on was LHN and I watched that like 5 times a year so whatever. Fast forward a few years later...YouTubeTV price has doubled and there's really nothing to show for it except for more channels no one cares about. Ironically its closer and closer to the cable bundle we canceled. I briefly ditched it after one of their many price increases and went to PS Vue when that was still around...got LHN back but overall the product was objectively shittier in every other way. Went back to YouTubeTV when Vue was canceled. Every time YouTubeTV hikes the price I check out alternatives but have not found one that is as good and cheaper. I used to torrent anything Netflix vs paying for it. After a while I realized that $20/month was a better deal overall than paying for a VPN and having to torrent. That said, Netflix is definitely getting worse. It's way too much foreign shit now and their new productions suck more often than they don't. The UI and the quality of the steam is top notch though and I don't see myself ever canceling. We have HBO Max as part of an ATT wireless promotion. Paid for it before that, when HBO was an add on option via Prime or YouTubeTV. HBO content is easily worth the price especially now that they have so many first run movies releasing on it. That said, the UI sucks and is laggy as shit and the streaming quality is 3rd world. Every single stream starts at like 240P or whatever the lowest is and then slowly improves from there. The Samsung HBO Max app streams inexplicably had a white line on the right side of the screen for months and HDR still does not work over it. Prime is next best for me. They have some good original content and older movies. A little annoying how often they are trying to sell you stuff but its not nearly as bad as Apple TV. UI is pretty good and snappy and the quality of the stream checks in around Netflix level. Apple TV we have because of an iPhone promotion. This service is by far the most expendable. I don't think I'd pay for it even though its less than the others. Ted Lasso was great, The Servant S1 was intriguing but ultimately disappointing to the point where we have not watched S2. That's really the only two series we've watched on it. Tried a few Mythic Quests and they just miss the mark for us despite having some funny moments. It's like a much shittier version of Silcon Valley. This service seems like it primarily exists to try and get you to rent/buy movies. At some point we will probably pick up the Disney+ bundle. Our grandson is over here a lot and my wife has been bugging me about it for a while now. For me personally there is nothing I care to see on it. Tried the Boba Fett show and it was ok but I am not a Star Wars die hard so I could take it or leave and the wife had zero interest. No interest at this time in any of the other options.
  2. AK is my favorite platform. I also have a Kreb's Custom, KV-13 mod 2 in 5.45x39. Amazing rifle, perfect trigger. What model do you have? I check their site a few times a year and they can't seem to keep any of the 'production' rifles in stock. It's mostly NFA shit or what looks to be 1 offs and consignment offerings.
  3. Yeah the last game really shit on what the previous two games had built. The whole galaxy score bullshit was fucking maddening. It's a single player franchise and all of a sudden you have to do some contrived multiplayer crap in order to get the 'best' ending which was still dogshit. I never revisited the game after the ending patch it left such a bad taste in my mouth.
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    Formula 1 2021

    Not a super fan by any stretch but this was boring as shit. Dude's wheel not coming off in a pit stop was the most exciting thing that happened all day.
  5. This was my first attempt at watching a NASCAR race in well over a decade, so I am far from a knowledgeable fan or the target audience. That said...this was an unwatchable product due to all of the commercials. I turned it off and back on twice and abandoned it entirely with maybe 20 laps to go. Were the insane amount of commercials because of all the yellow/red flags? Or are NASCAR races just filled with commercials? Coming from just having watched the F1 race a few hours earlier...the production gap between the two events was jarring. Not that I am a huge F1 fan either, but I have watched it off and on over the past two seasons...outside of football season I am always hurting for sports to watch. F1 races have amazing cameras seemingly everywhere...this race, not so much. For half of it it seemed like I was watching water on glass. As for the rain...I was surprised the race was not halted because for a while there were cars going off track or into each other lap after lap. Again as someone who just happened upon the broadcast, it seemed almost farcical. Does that always happen in NASCAR when it's wet? F1 handles wet weather much better based on my limited sample size. And maybe that's just the nature of the differences between the cars but if so you'd think they'd have rain delays or something like that. All that said, commercials aside this was more entertaining than the F1 race earlier in the day where there were exactly two exciting moments and both of them were caused by equipment failure. Counting the days until September...
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    Wasteland 3

    IMO it is a great game and better than 2, which I liked but just was released too soon.
  7. Army of the Dead was good but it was way too long.
  8. Yeah somehow we had never seen this. Watched it last night and thought it was great.
  9. A few years back when the hurricane shut down the gulf coast refineries and most of the gas stations were dry, it was common to see idiots driving around with trash cans full of gas sloshing around in a truck bed. San Antonio.
  10. I have the Ace gen 1 rifle in 7.62x39. It looks like the primary difference between gen 1 and 2 is an mlok foreend out of the box. This was probably the most popular aftermarket part for the gen 1, that or the trigger. I love IWI stuff and the Ace is no exception.
  11. I work in Cybersecurity for a US refiner. We are hearing that their business network was completely compromised. OT allegedly was not, but was shutdown as a precaution. Down since Friday morning, supposed to be back online by this Friday. The places that are fucked now are from panic buying. There are imminent supply issues for almost every SE state though. GA TN SC NC AL MS VA are most at risk and roughly in that order.
  12. Haven't read the book, was not expecting much from a Michael B Jordan movie. That said, we didn't hate it and it was an easy watch. Bald female Navy SEAL was strange.
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    2021 NFL DRAFT

    Mac Jones at 15 to the Pats is a great pick. To me his comp is Burrow who went #1 overall last year...
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    2021 NFL DRAFT

    Catching up without commercials. First two picks chalk, I think Lawrence will be great, not sure about Wilson. Third I think Lance is going to be a huge bust. 4th I think Pitts is the lock of the draft to be great. 5th I think Chase will be solid but IMO Waddle is the best WR in the draft and will be Tyreek Hill except not a woman beating moron. 7th I love the take but Detroit is probably the shittiest NFL franchise in the 47 years I've been alive, so it seems like they will fuck it up. 8 is a solid take, dude looks good but personally I would have gone with the Bama corner.
  15. Brian Robinson and Jase McClellan, so yeah this is the correct answer.
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    Oscars

    I mean it definitely feels like weirder and weirder movies are being nominated, and winning. I have not watched a full Oscars in forever, so I am not the target demo but last year was the first year in my adult life I had not watched even one of the best picture nominees. I'm not sure I had even heard of half of them. I looked back and Birdman was the last best picture winner I have seen. Do you really think a movie like Gladiator or Return of the King is ever going to win again? It sure does not seem like it to me.
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    Oscars

    Didn't watch a minute of it and have not watched a full Oscars in at least a decade but this was the first time I had never seen one of the Best Picture nominees. I had not even heard of half of them.
  18. Saw some comps but this is way better than Sharp Objects IMO. We could not get through that...on the other hand can't wait for the next one of these after watching the first two eps back to back.
  19. Yeah looks like it to me, blue/black bezel. 20Kish.
  20. Sam rocking a GMT Master II? Nice watch.
  21. The dubsports link works pretty well for me on Chrome, except I can't get it casted so watching it on a 13" screen. I have had to refresh it twice in the past hour but it came back both times in a couple of seconds.
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    Longhorn Network

    Failed for me using Safari, works on Chrome.
  23. Woke up at 6a and couldn't get back to sleep so I watched this solo as the wife had no interest. I thought it was surprisingly good. Best video game film I can remember.
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