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| Topic | Drinking Topic 74 - Diablo beta, Lions suck, Walter got into Canuck's catnip bag |
| BlazinBlue88 08/20/21 10:14:26 PM #3 | |
| Topic | Drinking Topic 73: Come meet Walter |
| BlazinBlue88 08/20/21 9:58:02 PM #490 | |
| Topic | Drinking Topic 73: Come meet Walter |
| BlazinBlue88 08/20/21 9:55:52 PM #489 | Johnny_Nutcase posted... Also Canuck I don't know if you still have that Discord channel available that Blaze made but here's the link could be easier to chat through thereGood. Want to make sure all the regulars are joined to the discord in case anything happens. --- |
| Topic | Drinking Topic 73: Come meet Walter |
| BlazinBlue88 08/20/21 6:49:08 PM #478 | MabusIncarnate posted... Apartment looks awesome @a-c-a-bThe black crowes is one of my favorite bands. Seen them six times in concert. Now that I know this topic has some fans, I'm gonna start blasting them here. --- |
| Topic | Drinking Topic 73: Come meet Walter |
| BlazinBlue88 08/20/21 5:59:59 PM #461 | a-c-a-b posted... I finished my metal as fuck gaming room.That's better than your last place. Lots more natural light and still just as badass. --- |
| Topic | Meanwhile in Durham, NC |
| BlazinBlue88 08/19/21 5:18:40 PM #5 | |
| Topic | The Polymega retro console is is finally shipping soon |
| BlazinBlue88 08/18/21 5:42:06 PM #5 | Zikten posted... Not sureIf it's claiming that then it isn't running them natively...it's being emulated. Also I didn't think Dreamcast ever had a problem...it was the Saturn that was very hard to emulate. In the last couple years though, that's completely changed. I remember looking at this when it was first announced and it seemed very expensive. Seems like people would either 1. just emulate on their PC, 2. emulate with a raspberry pi, or 3. get a working retro setup with native consoles and CRT for no lag/authentic gameplay. Overall I'm not sure who's the target audience for this device. --- |
| Topic | Drinking Topic 73: Come meet Walter |
| BlazinBlue88 08/18/21 5:36:29 PM #332 | MabusIncarnate posted... Yeah I know they don't fuck around with things being up to code, electrical, and structural standards. At one point I was looking to expand on my porch back when I lived near Atlanta, and something about the existing length of the nails, and they had to be entirely replaced before they would even touch it. Anything that could involve them with work that violates code can be fines and whatnot, doesn't matter how much you plead and reason with them.Similar thing happened with us when we wanted to expand our back porch. Something about the way it was built made it very good quality but unable to be expanded upon. It would have to be rebuilt completely. That was not $12k we were interested in spending. --- |
| Topic | Drinking Topic 73: Come meet Walter |
| BlazinBlue88 08/18/21 5:25:33 PM #330 | Prepping for a file server migration in 30 mins. Afterwards I plan to either drink to success or sadness depending on how things go. --- |
| Topic | Finally got my CRT tv setup |
| BlazinBlue88 08/16/21 12:53:34 PM #17 | JimmyFraska posted... ^I love that channel. I want to open it, as i can tell the vertical alignment is a little off (a bit low). But, that kind of stuff scares me lol.Ok cool you already know about his channel. Here's the one I use. Works great, no interference. Make sure you get quality cables for everything that's what'll make all the difference. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DYD5FSH Also here's my component box for anyone interested. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M4LOU12 CableZL posted... Those big booty TVs are so heavy for their size.My 32' is nearly 150 pounds. It was a pain to get into my upstairs office. Zikten posted... How did you get it? Was it hard to find a CRT? I feel like they must be rare nowI got mine from Craigslist. There's still a lot of people getting rid of their "old" tvs. Most are either giving them away(like in my situation) or only charging up to $50 for them. Only issue is if you're being particular about the type of tv you want. I wanted a tv with component input so it took me 1-2 months of looking at Craigslist twice a day before finding mine. I got lucky and scored one with component, s-video, and composite. --- |
| Topic | Finally got my CRT tv setup |
| BlazinBlue88 08/16/21 12:32:32 PM #10 | JimmyFraska posted... Comoodore 1702 monitor, early 80s. Highest it supports is s-video, but I was surprised cause it looks surprisingly crisp. Actually, this shot you see I am using normal component, but I had the s-video cable on the way in the mail, and it looks way better now that ive plugged that in. I was kind of shocked how crisp it isWait I accidentally said component originally not composite(Y/R/W). Pic looks like you're using composite. Some consoles handle composite really well like the 360. Genesis doesn't look good on composite but good lord does it look incredible with component. Just wait until you fall down the rabbit hole of opening up the tv and tinkering with it's rings and stuff for a better picture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvJC6f2dhww Unsugarized_Foo posted... I just put a 2004~ Emerson dvd/vhs tv in my office. It was used as a guest room tv for someone with no guests and its mintyNice. That's a similar story with my 32' Toshiba. Elderly couple had it in their living room but they never watched tv in there. They always used their den for watching tv. --- |
| Topic | Finally got my CRT tv setup |
| BlazinBlue88 08/16/21 12:02:34 PM #2 | Looks good man. What type of tv is that? Is component the highest quality video input it has? --- |
| Topic | I'm buying an N64 on eBay to replace my old one lost in a fire |
| BlazinBlue88 08/14/21 9:03:13 PM #11 | treewojima posted... I love retro but I can't afford being a collector. Ain't nobody got time for thatThis. I got nothing against collectors but I ain't that. Even though I still have all my games on display from my childhood in my retro room, I got sd carts like everdrive in all my consoles for actual play time. --- |
| Topic | Drinking Topic 73: Come meet Walter |
| BlazinBlue88 08/14/21 6:16:15 PM #201 | CanuckCowboy posted... I just played fortnite for the first time in years and got a victory Royale first match.Not to bring you down but when you're the first couple levels of experience, most of the 99 other people are dumb bots. Makes it easy to get a win and keep people playing. --- |
| Topic | Drinking Topic 73: Come meet Walter |
| BlazinBlue88 08/14/21 2:29:45 PM #197 | MabusIncarnate posted... Not sure what I get, if its sumac or poison ivy, but I break out a lot hiking and trekking through the woods. Calamine or whatever that pink stuff is doesn't work much, usually swab it with alcohol instead.Yeah my wife has a lot of natural creams and stuff with lavender oil in them to control any itching and swelling. Thankfully whole my arm is broken out, it's mild and the spots don't itch. --- |
| Topic | Drinking Topic 73: Come meet Walter |
| BlazinBlue88 08/14/21 2:21:44 PM #194 | Yeah you actually have to be allergic to poison ivy for it to affect you. Unfortunately most people are allergic. Another fun fact is that it's not contagious once you wash the oil off of you. --- |
| Topic | Drinking Topic 73: Come meet Walter |
| BlazinBlue88 08/14/21 2:16:18 PM #192 | I used to not be allergic as a teenager. Took a risk pulling and bagging poison ivy out my wife's garden cause she's really allergic. Well now I know. --- |
| Topic | Drinking Topic 73: Come meet Walter |
| BlazinBlue88 08/14/21 2:00:04 PM #187 | Well...I've determined that I am no longer immune to poison ivy. Ask me how I figured that out. Lol --- |
| Topic | Drinking Topic 73: Come meet Walter |
| BlazinBlue88 08/13/21 11:42:46 PM #119 | MabusIncarnate posted... Got the first boss 2/3 the way down in health, shit is tough. I might be out of my slump though, pretty addicted to this game right now. Made like 9 runs so far.10 runs to beat Megara first time is about average. --- |
| Topic | FUCK!!!! My PS4 broke. |
| BlazinBlue88 08/10/21 5:28:09 PM #7 | a-c-a-b posted... I've tried different cables and all the different HDMI ports on 2 different TVs. Nothing worked.Get some rubbing alcohol(85% at least) and a q-tip. Clean all the contacts within the hdmi port. If they get dirty enough, which could happen from unplugging and plugging in that much, it'll interfere with the signal. --- |
| Topic | FUCK!!!! My PS4 broke. |
| BlazinBlue88 08/10/21 5:17:12 PM #2 | Are you sure it's not the hdmi plug itself? Have you tried swapping them out? --- |
| Topic | Applied to 26 jobs, and no responses. |
| BlazinBlue88 08/09/21 2:12:58 PM #46 | CRON posted... Looks like I'm stupid, then.Oh you're putting words in my mouth. That's cool. --- |
| Topic | Applied to 26 jobs, and no responses. |
| BlazinBlue88 08/09/21 2:02:53 PM #43 | ktownslayer16 posted... I mean, this should be an absolute given but I guess maybe not for some people.You'd be surprised... --- |
| Topic | Applied to 26 jobs, and no responses. |
| BlazinBlue88 08/09/21 1:19:21 PM #31 | Prestoff posted... I would suggest that if there is a job you really want to tailor your resume to what they're looking for to make it easier for their computer to pick out. At our job place, we use AI to find key words that fit our company, which are easy to pick out from the job description and responsibility parts. We want to filter out the ones who are serious and the ones who just click "send resume".This is an excellent point too. Tailor your resume for the job and if you have the ability to attach a cover letter to your resume, do it! --- |
| Topic | Applied to 26 jobs, and no responses. |
| BlazinBlue88 08/09/21 1:17:21 PM #29 | JustMyOpinion posted... I applied to a job last week and immediately got a not selected message. I'm pretty sure it's because I didn't meet one requirement, which was having a bachelor's in accounting or finance. I met all the other requirements and I have an MBA in Finance.Yeah those auto filter things are dumb. Best thing I tell people is to make an actual account on LinkedIn and other job sites like Indeed. Upload your resume, skills, etc to the profile. Employers and recruiters scan these sites for potential employees. The sites aren't only used by people looking for jobs. If you have your stuff filled out, people will reach out to you with job listings. Takes some of the effort off of you. --- |
| Topic | Tech seems like a wonderland of infinite jobs and money |
| BlazinBlue88 08/09/21 1:10:26 PM #16 | MedeaLysistrata posted... Mastered the technology, still someone's bitchThis is true for the lower to mid level IT stuff. Once you climb up in your career and specialist in something, you'll stop dealing with end users like that. --- |
| Topic | Applied to 26 jobs, and no responses. |
| BlazinBlue88 08/09/21 1:08:28 PM #26 | littlebro07 posted... Apply anyway. In my experience most of those jobs dont actually require half the shit they say they do.This. The years of experience bullet for entry level jobs is just there to scare off the lazy and riff raff. If you meet at least half the requirements then always apply. --- |
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