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Sam Lin

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  1. For music, if he wants neutral performance, I haven't been able to beat the Etymotic ER-4 family for probably 15yrs, own 4 pairs. But they're pure headphones, no mic, though you can get an aftermarket mic cable. Ety does make other lower end earbuds that have mic, and I use a pair of them for travel phone calls. Now if you want comfort, I've posted in a couple other threads about custom earmolds - if you are doing long wear, you really should get custom earmolds for whatever earbud you choose. Added bonus of greatly improving the sound, specifically the bass performance and noise isolation, of any earbud.
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    Arrival

    This, the story is fantastic. Short but strong.
  3. I probably posted this somewhere in here already, but Discount tries really hard to price match anyone, including internet prices and sometimes including rebates. It never hurts to take your best price in there and ask. Also re: the comment above about scheduling rotation at Costco, Discount rotates anyone's tires free, no matter if you bought from them or not. I've gotten some truly shitty service from Costco tire center, no serious damage but wheels came back just spooged all over with lube, dirty car, they just dgaf.
  4. Ha, Audi and Porsche laugh at you. Try 20k or more.
  5. We had a panel interview a few years back, finish up with the candidate, I ask the group "what do you think?" Everyone looks at each other, then the entire room bursts out laughing. It was amazing.
  6. This is where it died. The "formula" was really that their movies had so many layers of story, their characters had complex development, every age group/audience sector got something meaningful out of every movie. Lasseter was an absolute master there. Their newer stuff has lost the layers and lost the magic in doing so. Incredibles was a great example, look at the dad's character from movie 1 to movie 2. The character went from a complex, internally torn, emotional and growing human into a stereotype caricature with a single focus. Lightyear was another. Buzz was one supporting character in Toy Story, yet had more personality and more character development in Toy Story than in Lightyear (an entire movie about him!), where he also became a stereotype caricature with a single focus. Lasseter made his characters human. Pixar since then has made its characters stereotypes.
  7. Life is actually stranger than art down there:
  8. I've had multiple classmates go through the grinder, didn't envy them the hours or lifestyle at all first few years, but after that, it isn't the grind any more and they're now making a shitton of money. As an outsider, I'd also say to stick with it. At least do a few years and then transition, like many have advised already.
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  10. That's the Weber cover from 2013. It's under a patio roof so doesn't see direct weather at least half the time, and is sheltered from winds.
  11. Lightyear was SUCH a waste of potential. Could have gone so many ways with Buzz life and development, easily a whole series of movies there with a well-loved and recognized character that had strong family fanbase. It could have started a modern kids' series of space adventure movies with the brand recognition of Star Trek. Instead they took his character and made it totally one-dimensional stereotype, made everyone else wooden stereotypes as well, and somehow picked a plot that was so buried in science (relativity) that it confused the shit out of most parents, much less the kids. Which is ok if it is entertaining, but it was boring as fuck. The movie in the trailer looked badass and exciting. Exploring new alien worlds as a badass spaceman. The actual movie wasn't, at all. We got midlife-crisis ex-spaceman obsessed with fixing his mistake.
  12. Why not?
  13. Some math here. It doesn't work for all makes, make sure the financing terms actually are removing the credit from capitalized cost. In some cases the dealers mark up the price by the credit amount so you gain nothing. Other cases the lease cannot be bought out. Lots more discussion in the thread if you browse and read. https://slickdeals.net/forums/showpost.php?p=163916216&postcount=66
  14. Yes, there is a loophole where cars that wouldn't qualify for the credit if sold can still get the credit if leased. However, leasing companies have generally rolled that value into the lease, so you don't gain anything if you wait to buy out until end of lease. The way to make it pay off is to lease but then prepay and buy out the lease immediately (months after leasing). Once you subtract fees you generally realize around 5k of discount - not the full 7500 savings but still a decent amount and something you couldn't save otherwise.
  15. She wants the pastrami reuben.
  16. Think that was also the plot of a level in Hitman (video game)
  17. Heads up, Masterbuilt has 30% off sitewide for Father's Day. Code is Family30 and is active now. Works on the 1050, brings it to $560. Free shipping over 100. Some people in this Slickdeals thread also report that regional Home Depots have the 1050 on sale for 495: https://slickdeals.net/f/16720154-masterbuilt-com-30-sitewide-example-30-inch-digital-electric-smoker-195-99-after-30-off-coupon-free-shipping?v=1
  18. Wait until roughly the 4th patch if you want a good Bethesda gaming experience.
  19. It's a beast, has fed a whole lot of people. That's a large (22") WSM dwarfed next to it. Rotisserie has never been used. But everything else has!
  20. Oops, RIP thread is here in Daily Texan: https://www.surlyhorns.com/board/topic/31318-rip-cormac-mccarthy/
  21. Coco was a masterpiece.
  22. Buy high, sell low. Pro strat for avoiding capital gains tax.
  23. RIP Cormac McCarthy. 89. https://www.wsj.com/articles/cormac-mccarthy-renowned-american-writer-dies-at-89-82841edb?mod=hp_featst_pos3
  24. That's a clever idea; home "ear impression" kits have been available for quite some time now, but this packages it on a headphone and uses UV cure to make it much more forgiving on timing. I wouldn't recommend it simply because the earmold is one piece with the earbud; if the earbuds die you are stuck throwing the whole thing away, while an aftermarket earmold, you "socket" the earbud into it, so you can swap out the earbud with another of same casing if one dies or you want to upgrade. I've also seen many people offering "custom molded earplugs" using similar kits at gun shows: https://earinc.com/product/ez-impression-kit/ I generally don't recommend them. 2 reasons - one is safety, a proper earmold needs a deep ear impression, which has real risk of getting molding compound close enough to the eardrum to cause damage. You really need a foam blocker to prevent this. The other is performance - a proper ear impression needs to be open mouth (bite on a 1" block as you take the mold and don't move until it sets) and needs to be proper depth to seal, and the molding technique affects how well they fit. I always go to an audiologist to do mine, and even with those professionals they've had to redo the earmold once or twice due to poor fitting results. If you're comparing to generic eartips, even a poor earmold will be a huge improvement, but if you're going through the expense and hassle of a custom earmold earphone anyway, then I'd advise paying the bit more to be sure of a great result. Photo of one of my earmolds - you can see the foam blocker and extraction string, and just how much of the ear canal gets molded.
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