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duane

Yay! I've got a tv that works!

My fifteen-year-old LG started showing big, white spots weeks ago. I saw a video explaining how to fix the backlight lenses, so I said, "That's easy! I'll do that!" Wrong answer. It was in the dumpster the next day.

After much stressing about models (that I could afford), I ordered by mail. To my shock, the thing arrived early, in perfect condition. I was expecting loose pieces of glass in the box.

It's not big. It's not perfect, but I don't have to stare at the empty spot anymore. I'm kind of ashamed that the whole thing stressed me out. I used to be tougher than that.

Of course, now I've jinxed myself. :)

some_lame_kid

Dude, nice. I just bought a new(heavily used) laptop a couple days ago. I mentioned here before how my laptop was doing and it only got worse. It became a horribly underpowered desktop without the desk. I'm pretty stoked to not be glued to a table too high to sit at and too low to comfortably stand at.

cybereality

I have a projector, it has a 125" screen. It wasn't even expensive, I think I paid around $800. Had it for a while, it's only 1080p but it still looks great. I'll just keep it until it dies, since I love having the theater in the living room. I do have a 4K HDR monitor in my room, and it does look better, but for streaming services I think 1080p still looks okay.

duane

@some_lame_kid said: Dude, nice. I just bought a new(heavily used) laptop a couple days ago. I mentioned here before how my laptop was doing and it only got worse. It became a horribly underpowered desktop without the desk. I'm pretty stoked to not be glued to a table too high to sit at and too low to comfortably stand at.

Awesome. I got my walmart laptop for a little over $300, and it's run like a champ for more than two years so far. I consider it one of my best investments -- it's gotten me through some trying times. Of course, they stopped selling them shortly after and went back to the $500+ junk laptops.

Laptops rock -- I'm never going back to a desktop. I don't have any AAA games, and I can wait for things to compile.

duane

@cybereality said: I have a projector, it has a 125" screen. It wasn't even expensive, I think I paid around $800. Had it for a while, it's only 1080p but it still looks great. I'll just keep it until it dies, since I love having the theater in the living room. I do have a 4K HDR monitor in my room, and it does look better, but for streaming services I think 1080p still looks okay.

I saw an ad for a $4000 4K laser projector the other day. I just closed my eyes and waited until my pulse slowed down again. :)

cybereality

It's mostly a waste of money anyway for those high end projectors. The one I have is DLP, so it works different than LCD screens, you don't really see any pixels (it is similar to laser in that there is a scanning beam). So even at 1080p, it doesn't look pixelated at all, it's more of an analog look.

fire7side

@duane said:

@some_lame_kid said: Dude, nice. I just bought a new(heavily used) laptop a couple days ago. I mentioned here before how my laptop was doing and it only got worse. It became a horribly underpowered desktop without the desk. I'm pretty stoked to not be glued to a table too high to sit at and too low to comfortably stand at.

Awesome. I got my walmart laptop for a little over $300, and it's run like a champ for more than two years so far. I consider it one of my best investments -- it's gotten me through some trying times. Of course, they stopped selling them shortly after and went back to the $500+ junk laptops.

Laptops rock -- I'm never going back to a desktop. I don't have any AAA games, and I can wait for things to compile.

Triple A games are all repetitive junk. I play bargain bin hidden object games for about 1 dollar apiece, and scrabble on my Amazon tablet which is about 3 years old and cost 100 dollars. I use a desktop though, but just for streaming and programming. It might be closing on 5 years old now. Haven't had a tv in quite a few decades.

duane

@fire7side said: Triple A games are all repetitive junk. I play bargain bin hidden object games for about 1 dollar apiece, and scrabble on my Amazon tablet which is about 3 years old and cost 100 dollars. I use a desktop though, but just for streaming and programming. It might be closing on 5 years old now. Haven't had a tv in quite a few decades.

You might like TVs now, they all have streaming on them, whether you want it or not. Mine is connected to my ancient video server (in an original silverstone a/v desktop case, designed to hold 75lb monitors). It's busy crunching all of my dvds and blurays into av1-- because I like av1, more than for any sensible reason. Discs are outmoded, but I've collected a lot over the years.

I haven't watched actual tv in a long time, and I can't seem to get into streaming. I don't even listen to the radio anymore. I just keep playing my old cd rips. I liked some of the music videos everyone posted though. :)

some_lame_kid

I'm seeing the word "some".

some_lame_kid

It's friday, dudes. Anyone else here drink? All my friends are out of town so I'm having a few drinks solo. I went to the liquor store and found this "Bison Grass Vodka". Apparently it's vodka infused with some east european herb called "zubrowka". If it's anything like most grass herbs, it probably tastes good with ginger, which is why I got it. The only vodka drink I can make is a moscow mule and straight vodka tastes pretty garbage. Maybe I just suck at picking good vodka.

some_lame_kid

That's not at all the flavor I expected. It's like if you seasoned some clovers with holiday spices. It leaves a distinct gingerbread taste in my mouth. I just noticed there's a long blade of grass sitting in the bottle.

duane

I have never found anything alcoholic that I actually liked the taste of. The closest I can get is some of the really bland hard seltzers.

That's why I almost never drink except with company (and usually only if I'm encouraged to). I'm a boring drunk anyway. Booze just makes me sleepy. :)

some_lame_kid

It tastes pretty damn good in a moscow mule though. I ran out of limes so I had to use lemons, so I guess it's not a "real" moscow mule. Thanks for reading my lonely cocktail blog.

some_lame_kid

@duane I'm a weird case. Right off the bat I loved bourbon whiskey. Normally people work their palette towards something so aggressive as whiskey but I always liked aggressive earthy flavors. I like the feeling of getting buzzed and a little drunk. If I didn't care so much about my body, I would probably drink way too much.

DaveTheCoder

I learned to drink whiskey in the army. I started by drinking straight shots and chasing them with water. Eventually I didn't need the water. :)

some_lame_kid

People shouldn't feel like they have to drink. Shit's literally posion. It's a lot like candy. Only eat it if you want to, otherwise you're just screwing yourself to fit in or no reason at all. Straight bourbon is what I drink most of the time, but recently I've had a lot of people over who only like cocktails, so I'm trying to get a little better at mixing.

cybereality

I don't drink anymore. But when I did it was gin and tonic and bourbon and coke.

cybereality

The Batman is the best movie ever. It's worth the risk to get COVID and see it in the theater.

some_lame_kid

@cybereality bourbon and coke? you have a projector? dude, seriously, you sound EXACTLY like someone I know.

cybereality

Well, you know me, so I guess I'm exactly someone you know. :p

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