The random thoughts thread!

Well?

  • Yes

    Votes: 31 56.4%
  • No

    Votes: 7 12.7%
  • I don't care

    Votes: 17 30.9%

  • Total voters
    55
buy the biggest wide screen tv you could find, download a bunch of pinball games and play them on said tv, or just use that 19” and make a mini pinball cabinet for it...?
Actually... that's a great idea! I've googled and the only thing I find is how to build an arcade (have 2 already, one homemade and one real) and smart mirrors.
I looked at virtual pinballs a few months back but somehow forgot about it... I'd prob be able to score a cheap 4k screen online, the 19" I've got is a 5:4 screen so it's not optimal I'm afraid.
 
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Yes, and I'm not sure. My existing cables aren't, not sure about the cable they installed from the wall to the modem/router. I might be only getting half speed on my wifi because 2 of the 3 set top boxes are all on wifi as well.
CAT5 have a max of 100mbps, you might wanna upgrade your existing cables to CAT6 and retest your speeds.
 
As much as I enjoy not wasting 45mins of travel time & fuel cost to go ( & back) to work every day, able to get up later, I find it at time depressing & hard to work from home. I set up my work laptop & extra monitor on my crouch table & its not comfy for prolonged work. Trying to talk to others is also more troublesome. Used to just walk over, now need to set up calls. Not to mention so many distractions, like my own personal game project.
 
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CAT5 have a max of 100mbps, you might wanna upgrade your existing cables to CAT6 and retest your speeds.
They ran cat5e from the ONT outside to the router. That's what I used to connect various computers to test speeds and they are all half of the WiFi speeds...
 
I hate to have to make these statements, especially in a game forum, but I feel something needs to be said.

You would thought this is something uncontroversial just years ago, but yet I have to say it. Compassion & emotion can supplement Logical & rationality, but they shouldn't ignore or overwrite Logical & rationality.

After a while in social media, I started to realized people are NOT interested to hear what you have to say, they wanted to hear from you, what they want to hear. If you provide an opinion, no matter how well-intended, they will use emotional blackmail or name-calling to shut you down. People care less about facts & solutions, only things confirmed to what they already aligned. They only want to hear what makes them feel good, that it's ways someone else faults, & not told they need to be the change that improves themselves.

Saying obesity is a problem & people need to not glorify obesity & diet/exercise to reduce the health risk. You will be called all sorts of names & shamed, & have people making irrational arguments (that no one made) like "thin people can be unhealthy as well", "just because one is fat doesn't mean they are unhealthy". I don't remember anyone ever saying thin people cannot be unhealthy, but the tactics of making outlandish claimed that no one made & use it as an argument/attack is very common in my experience.

We reach the peak clown world when "activists" attack Adele for sharing a photo. So what so offensive about the photo? She slimmed down & not longer body-positive role model anymore. If you comment on how great she looks or "like", you are a bigot & horrible person.

The west, some countries more so than others has increase health issues due to obesity, but you can't talk about it, as it makes people feel bad. It's all about emotion. Worse off, its double standard. Saying you don't date a fat woman is hate speech & sexist, but women make fun of men being short, poor or bald is okay. Never mind you can't choose to be short or bald, but you can choose to lose weight.
 
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I hate to have to make these statements, especially in a game forum, but I feel something needs to be said.

You would thought this is something uncontroversial just years ago, but yet I have to say it. Compassion & emotion can supplement Logical & rationality, but they shouldn't ignore or overwrite Logical & rationality.

After a while in social media, I started to realized people are NOT interested to hear what you have to say, they wanted to hear from you, what they want to hear. If you provide an opinion, no matter how well-intended, they will use emotional blackmail or name-calling to shut you down. People care less about facts & solutions, only things confirmed to what they already aligned. They only want to hear what makes them feel good, that it's ways someone else faults, & not told they need to be the change that improves themselves.

Saying obesity is a problem & people need to not glorify obesity & diet/exercise to reduce the health risk. You will be called all sorts of names & shamed, & have people making irrational arguments (that no one made) like "thin people can be unhealthy as well", "just because one is fat doesn't mean they are unhealthy". I don't remember anyone ever saying thin people cannot be unhealthy, but the tactics of making outlandish claimed that no one made & use it as an argument/attack is very common in my experience.

We reach the peak clown world when "activists" attack Adele for sharing a photo. So what so offensive about the photo? She slimmed down & not longer body-positive role model anymore. If you comment on how great she looks or "like", you are a bigot & horrible person.

The west, some countries more so than others has increase health issues due to obesity, but you can't talk about it, as it makes people feel bad. It's all about emotion. Worse off, its double standard. Saying you don't date a fat woman is hate speech & sexist, but women make fun of men being short, poor or bald is okay. Never mind you can't choose to be short or bald, but you can choose to lose weight.
Good post, obesity is a deadly health risk no doubt and there's nothing positive about it whatsoever. People trying to justify it are either obese themselves or sjw that feel the need to speak out.
I know there's a few things that could make some people more receptable to gaining weight but in the end there's energy in - energy out, it defies laws of physics to gain weight if you're at a hard calorie deficit. I gain weight during winter and sometimes have a hard time getting ripped for summer, but there's really not much more to do than eat less or be more active (or both).
Obese people are people and I know quite a few, they're good people, but it bugs me when they either cry about not losing weight or saying that there's something wrong with their biology that makes it impossible to lose weight.
 
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is there anyways you can have them swap it out or you change it?
I don't want those idiots here ever again. I can't change it out. They have the box locked. I paid for 500mbps and I'm maxing out at 220 down and 135 up. I guess I should be grateful going from satellite with 10/1 and 20gb per month and not complain too much.
 
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lol it is a cool idea though! Everybody would be so jealous of you.

And then you'd never use it again because just looking s*** up on your phone is way easier
Yeah, does anyone actually use alexa and such for music and whatever at home? I don't even use voice rec in my car for anything, I just just the buttons on the wheel and look at the car app screen.
 
Yeah, does anyone actually use alexa and such for music and whatever at home? I don't even use voice rec in my car for anything, I just just the buttons on the wheel and look at the car app screen.

I never use the voice stuff in my house, on my phone, or in my car. I’d rather do it the old fashion way.
 
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I never use the voice stuff in my house, on my phone, or in my car. I’d rather do it the old fashion way.
I'm the same way, but then when I actually do voice commands on stuff I'm always like "man that's so easy." Then I proceed to not do it again for six months.
 


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I’m the same way with any random animal I see, especially whilst driving
 
What are the gas prices looking like for you guys? I've been filling up on a buck seventy-five.
 
What are the gas prices looking like for you guys? I've been filling up on a buck seventy-five.

2.67-2.97 for the good stuff (shell, premium)

am pm/arco or other non-major gas companies are around 2.34-2.68 for the good stuff (premium)

granted I live in between two (technically three) freeways, and on one major street alone there’s 13 gas stations...more, on said street, if you cross said freeways :p
 
What are the gas prices looking like for you guys? I've been filling up on a buck seventy-five.
Bout the same, though I haven't gotten gas in over a month lol.

Last time I filled up it was $1.75, but I had a dollar off with my Kroger Rewards points, so it was only $.75 a gallon. Filled up on like $10 it was awesome
 
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