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    Pen & Paper Role Playing Games

    Here's a 4-part miniseries by Venture Forth - The Key to the Universe - it's a nice way to get into how they play but not get into a full campaign. They have a full campaign going on that's currently at 181 episodes, but they start off audio-only - goes to video of them in the 100's... They...
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    The Disney Thread: For Everything Concerning the House of Mouse

    Warner Bros. May Sell Looney Tunes to New Owners
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    New PETure Thread (aka: Pet Pic Thead)

    Thanks everyone - the last few years she's not been doing great, so we had a ton of extra care for her, which we don't have to do now, so it's been an adjustment. We still have other cats and a dog, but it's not the same.
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    The Tech Random Crap Thread

    I moved to JellyFin for my personal stuff back in 2022 in anticipation that they were going to do that anyway.
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    New PETure Thread (aka: Pet Pic Thead)

    For the last 18 years, (from 2006 to today), Snowball has been our constant companion (she was born two months after my wife and I got married) - she has crossed the rainbow bridge today...
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    The EPIC WIN Thread 3: SON OF EPIC

    Been a good past couple of days - on Saturday we were approved to replace our 2016 Subaru Impreza and brought home a 2025 Subaru Ascent that will be our primary family vehicle, relegating our 2017 Ram 1500 to be our secondary vehicle. Today I was informed that I received a merit increase for...
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    The Enshittification Thread

    Has anyone tried the printers that are using refillable tanks - ex: Canon MegaTank and/or Epson EcoTank? The thought behind them, to me, is better than cartridges but still less expensive than laser.
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    The Enshittification Thread

    As someone who works in IT - a suggestion for anyone who has concerns for thermostats and such: device isolation or a separate WiFi SSID (guest WiFi can work too) for them. I've got a WiFi-connected thermostat, it's on a separate guest SSID which has device isolation turned on. Now, if you...
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    [Brazelton] UnBrazelton? Rooster Teeth

    Yes, RWBY is still owned by Viz Media... I don't think they'll ever get to be the same as they were, but that may not be a bad thing.
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    [Brazelton] UnBrazelton? Rooster Teeth

    So... maybe an UnBrazelton? On Wednesday, Rooster Teeth announced that it and many of its assets have been acquired by Box Canyon Productions, a company owned by Rooster Teeth co-founder Burnie Burns. In a statement about the acquisition, Rooster Teeth said that it plans to double down on its...
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    [Rant] Minor Rant III: For a Few Hollers More

    Do they have a place for a secondary email in case you can't get your email popped again in the future? Always have a backup option available - I work in IT server maintenance and we have backup options to be able to access in case of an outage of what I support.
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    [Rant] Tech Whine Like a baby thread

    Oh - based on all of the reports of the messaging apps closing and having people switch to Google messages, I thought you were having to be one of those... I apologize.
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    [Rant] Tech Whine Like a baby thread

    Did you check your old messaging app to see if it's still there? It won't help in this case, but I use SMS Backup and Restore to keep a daily backup just in case of emergencies - can back it up to your Google account.
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    Weird weather

    My son has a remote learning day today - it's currently -4 degrees F (-20 degrees C), feeling like -28 degrees F (-33 degrees C) and I'm not even in the coldest sections that are further north of me.
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