Lyander

https://www.buzzfeed.com/alliehayes/scary-stories-to-tell-in-the-dark-movie-first-trailer

I also love that they singled out the Pale Lady. That one illustration terrified the living shit out of me, I'd always skip over her page when rereading the books.

Guillermo knows what he's doing. Not the biggest fan of horror, but it looks really good from that trailer.

It better be good or there will be many, many people who love these books coming for del Toro's blood. These books might well be why I'm obsessed with horror and socially awkward as heck, but I love them all the same. Haven't read them in years now come to think of it. Have to see if I can track them down.

I have to agree. Also a bit concerning that the agency that designed that did not see the Focal logo, nor the F-Secure logo.

Yeah, skimming the news I thought Focal releases another headphone. Sounds like something Focal would name their product too.

Haha! Well either way I'm not quite sure how to feel about it. Not like Google has a great batting average when it comes to services like this. That said, curious what this might do for gaming.

And yes, Focal Stadia. Sounds like what they'd name a soundbar.

Are you Batman?

@Deep Funk That is exactly the joke I made tbh :))))

Such dark and silly humour is needed on Mondays like these. Thanks dude!

@Thad E Ginathom Massively easy to do, IF you have a table saw. Also check this out: https://rpgacoustic.com/flutterfree-t/ They obscured the depths of the cuts in the tech drawings or I'd have made it for my theater already.

Great! Hope Lyer25 has a bandsaw :)

@Deep Funk Vanilla flavour. Or asbestos. Can't quite tell through the headache :))

I'm not actually all too worried about getting a "proper" system in just yet. Only been wanting to get a not-horrible speaker rig in place for when it's just too damn hot for headphones, haha. I've got enough poop around my room that I needn't worry too much about reflections :P

Already the plan, not looking forward to it all that much though :))

.... Never mind the fact that I got confused and mixed the title up with something else. Whoops.

I just read a review of the film in the Washington Post. It will be a tough viewing that is certain.

Quick update, Michael Jackson seems to have been a very broken person but I still love the music. @Ringingears tough indeed.

That's reassuring. Definitely gonna bug her to set up more security on the new phone, not to mention pay more attention to it. Thanks!

EDIT: in the event that someone does wipe the phone though, any chance it can still be rendered unusable? Thinking we can show proof of ownership to Apple and they can remotely brick it.

there's probably a process... the 7 does still have a physical sim card, beyond that the phone generates uuid's per app and those rotate all the time... no fixed MAC address for privacy -- bet they have the carrier blacklist the sim right away

explore the options on locking down the new one... you can even enable 10 password fails, then it auto wipes

So I went to see it tonight, I’d actually say it’s the worst of the trilogy, the writing just wasn’t up to par with the other two, it felt pretty hamfisted and cliche in a way the previous two did not. That’s not to say it’s bad, just not excellent like the previous entries

@atomicbob so basically rewatch the whole thing with better gear. I can get behind that!

@SoupRKnowva oh I get what you mean, it didn't feel as high-stakes as the last two? Have to agree that there are aspects that are just pretty ham-fisted, but what got me emotional was the ending bit :))

I'd still say it might edge out Toy Story as a series just because of how much fun I had with it TBH, I'll have to find time to rewatch it all to make sure :P

I'm shopping around for a custom cover for mine with the knot on the side and a built-in pen pouch. That was how I found that one :)

Haha, activity in the pen thread on here spark an interest? There are loads of great custom covers on the net, hope you find what you're looking for! I ended up just getting a Midori and had a local calligrapher friend (she's better at it than I am) do my initials on the cover :))

Just got fed up with the knot on the back, and the pen loop falling off :)

I was meh'd by it. But the Mrs. likes it, and the fact they serve spaghetti with chili on it (the kind with meat). Which makes my stomach turn.

I second 5 Guys.

My take is they had huge variation by area -- McD is by comparison very consistent imho. Two states (CA, TX) and two Asian countries (JP, KR) showed pretty different quality -- largely regarding patty/searing/bun -- to my taste. That said, I am wondering about what and how you would report back!

So either I save up a lot for a ticket stateside or hold out for a five guys to open a store here. Hah, that'd be fun. Yeah I'm sure there has to be some variation between stores, I just hope the one here does a decent job of it.

Also, spaghetti with chili doesn't sound bad, @Syzygy. I'm actually kinda looking forward to it, haha.

@Lyer25 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Androids_Dream_of_Electric_Sheep%3F

Just for the record I got the reference, even used it as a lock screen message for a while, haha. Not super familiar with PKD, more of an Asimov fan :))

I enjoyed the referenced work. I’m a big fan of William Gibson as of late though.

Definitely unnerving. I'm trying to figure out how their asking me for proof of payment might end up being a scam because my cynical side is winning out (I have a few acquaintances in SF but none that I think would send me stuff).

Update: with help from a Friend currently abstaining from the forum (the asshat) I figured out the likely source. Sent them a PM asking whether the tracking number matches, but gah this legitimately stressed me out. Fingers crossed.

Yeah it sounds suspicious...I'd only worry if it doesn't show up and they start asking for info etc., but you sound on top of that.
(Miss that asshat)

Looking into those, thanks! Kinda just gave up and decided "eh, go with whatever steel", haha. The coating suggestions are a big help.

Steel codes are kind of a mess but stainless has at least one thing going for it, if you can get 2 of the same number but one ends in 'L' thats low carbon, which is usually easier to weld and higher corrosion resistance.

Yup! It's the "easier to weld" part that sold me on it, haha. It's not like I'll be doing the whole thing, we're getting help, but I imagine getting any material easier to work with will be a worthwhile investment.

So that @DigMe... Quite a decent chap?

I suspected as much!

Who'd have guessed, right?!

He's ok... so far as popes go, I suppose.

No.

Adulthood is when, several years on, you realise that you only ever use two of those fancy features!

@Thad E Ginathom Hard to argue with that! Though some might think that more grumpy-old-git-hood than anything else :P

(usual disclaimer that I'm poking fun so feel free to let me know if it discomfits).

This grumpy old git says a big yes to that! lol :)

After clicking buy it had me enter email to sign up for something, and then it did give me address "Budwoofers
8 Hills Ln
Westport, CT 06880-2901", near me. No way to buy though...

Also the address is a residential condo

It also gave me an email, [email protected], and when I clicked on it the Google plus page or whatever it is now said he was a UConn graduate in 2015

EXACTLY. If these new pads are basically a rehash of the v1 tuning (which I didn't get to hear for myself but have heard many great things about) I'll probably hoard stock, haha. As it stands I can barely use the 99s now and not feel profoundly bleh.

They work great for my cousin and her husband because they both wear severe Italian thick frame glasses. If you want to hear the original tuning break the seal.

Haha, I do actually wear glasses when listening to them, but the frames are so slim they barely make a difference. Besides, not everyone can be bothered to wear glasses when using headphones, so the redesign is still good news IMO

Awful when a business does this, and even worse, thinks it can get away with it. The number of watermark removers becoming available (especially with AI getting good at it) is really putting a strain on artists who don't want to do commission work too...

@FallingObjects It sucks because I'd actually heard of this place recently and was planning to visit because I love Korean food. This whole thing just spoiled my appetite, though.

While I'm here, @Thad E Ginathom will reply soonish, just dealing with some paperwork after procrastinating. First: ah poop, keep mistaking abbreviations for initialisms for acronyms etc, haha.

@Lyer25, it's just my acronic initialitis playing up again. :)

I appreciate your respect for the artist here. The least a business can do, if caught out at that stuff, is take down and/or pay up. Not lie.

I think that the world's current level of disrespect for copyright is one of the unfortunate effects of this great thing called The Internet.

Thanks all! Adding them to the listening list.

Checking back in to report I've heard the Weezer Africa cover and Norah Jones's Come Away With Me, the Madonna albums still pending. Holy crap and here I thought Death Magnetic was a fringe case. Then again I love London Grammar and the clipping (some say it's just compression but I kinda doubt that) on their studio work is... tolerable.

It is really terrible when good bands get their sound wrong. The Red Hot Chill Peppers and Audioslave are just two big examples.