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Post by muddyfunster on Jan 27, 2022 13:56:13 GMT
Re: leaving lights on.
I've set up an Alexa 'Goodnight' routine that turns off all the downstairs lights, the TV, the central heating and arms the burglar alarm in one go.
Admittedly the only thanks I received for my smart home genius was aggressive eye rolling and being called a geek (fair), but she uses it as well now, and we don't leave lights on.
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Post by dfunked on Jan 27, 2022 16:55:33 GMT
Skim-read that as turning off the burglar alarm and was just about to grab my balaclava  |
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Post by dogbot on Jan 27, 2022 17:00:11 GMT
Skim-read that as turning off the burglar alarm and was just about to grab my baklava But Brain. How would a Turkish pastry help? |
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Post by EMarkM on Jan 27, 2022 17:05:54 GMT
Pastry AWAYS helps. Prove me wrong.
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Post by Aunt Alison on Jan 27, 2022 17:18:40 GMT
Pastry socks
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Post by EMarkM on Jan 27, 2022 17:22:23 GMT
I feel a patent coming on… |
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Post by nexus6 on Jan 27, 2022 17:44:39 GMT
What a flaky concept
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Post by EMarkM on Jan 27, 2022 18:27:12 GMT
Admittedly, it would probably only appeal to the Upper Crust. Those who can afford posh choux. |
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Post by Dougs on Jan 27, 2022 18:42:49 GMT
Now you're just talking cobb-lers.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Jan 28, 2022 13:10:27 GMT
"Alexa, please turn off the burglar alarm" seems worth a shot
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Post by Reviewer on Mar 12, 2022 8:27:33 GMT
Scream by Chris Cornell is actually pretty good.
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Post by spacein_vader on Mar 12, 2022 9:18:47 GMT
(stolen from the star wars thread) the original trilogy isn't all that and is full of decisions and retcons that make no sense. Yet fans forgive them even though they go mad at similar issues in the prequels/sequels.
Internet forums are a dying format (I say this as someone that runs one & enjoys several others,) and will eventually fade out replaced by social media and reddit.
Those of us who prefer nuanced, in depth, written reviews of games are a tiny minority. Most are happy with day 1 YouTube #content.
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Post by EMarkM on Mar 12, 2022 9:51:09 GMT
Internet forums are a dying format (I say this as someone that runs one & enjoys several others,) and will eventually fade out replaced by social media and reddit. This is definitely happening, and it does make me sad. My early days on the Internet were all about hobby forums. Several that I was involved in have already succumbed to your prediction. However, presumably social media itself will evolve into something else eventually. |
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Post by Chopsen on Mar 12, 2022 10:34:38 GMT
Same thing happened to newsgroups before them. And BBS's and things like Fidonet before that. Time moves on and nothing lasts for ever.
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Post by anephric on Mar 12, 2022 11:16:21 GMT
Scream by Chris Cornell is actually pretty good. My missus has always really liked Scream, but she likes Timbaland too, so didn't experienced the same revulsion most other Soundgarden/Cornell fans did. |
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Post by Aunt Alison on Mar 12, 2022 12:58:11 GMT
Raffaello are nicer Ferrero Rocher
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Post by Blue_Mike on Mar 12, 2022 13:25:08 GMT
Material by The Two Ronnies has not aged nearly as well as older people would have me believe.
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Post by anephric on Mar 12, 2022 13:32:33 GMT
I admire Ronnie Barker's wordplay. It really is quite clever. If you find that sort of thing amusing, then yes a lot of their stuff is very good.
I still think The Worm Has Turned, with some obvious caveats because of reasons, was quite ahead of its time.
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Post by ozthegweat on Mar 12, 2022 13:45:10 GMT
(stolen from the star wars thread) the original trilogy isn't all that and is full of decisions and retcons that make no sense. Yet fans forgive them even though they go mad at similar issues in the prequels/sequels. Internet forums are a dying format (I say this as someone that runs one & enjoys several others,) and will eventually fade out replaced by social media and reddit. Those of us who prefer nuanced, in depth, written reviews of games are a tiny minority. Most are happy with day 1 YouTube #content. Isn't subreddit just a different name for a forum, and Reddit just a collection of forums? |
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Post by spacein_vader on Mar 12, 2022 14:35:42 GMT
(stolen from the star wars thread) the original trilogy isn't all that and is full of decisions and retcons that make no sense. Yet fans forgive them even though they go mad at similar issues in the prequels/sequels. Internet forums are a dying format (I say this as someone that runs one & enjoys several others,) and will eventually fade out replaced by social media and reddit. Those of us who prefer nuanced, in depth, written reviews of games are a tiny minority. Most are happy with day 1 YouTube #content. Isn't subreddit just a different name for a forum, and Reddit just a collection of forums? Yes, but they're seen and used differently. They (with some exceptions,) don't seem to Foster the same sense of community or run into quite so small niches. |
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Post by Zomoniac on Mar 12, 2022 17:04:07 GMT
Material by The Two Ronnies has not aged nearly as well as older people would have me believe. I think some of it has. But I’ll throw in my own unpopular opinion on the subject; The Two Ronnies’ Mastermind sketch is much better than four candles. Also the Monty Python Dead Parrot sketch is nowhere near as funny as common opinion suggests. |
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Post by grey_matters on Apr 13, 2022 23:36:57 GMT
You can have your Chuck Berrys, you can have your Beatles, Elvis, and Rolling Stones. You can have the Madonnas, Princes, and Michael Jacksons of this world,... but the best absolute pure pop song ever is Gangnam Style.
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Post by Lizard on Apr 14, 2022 0:03:11 GMT
Girls Just Want to Have Fun or Mamma Mia.
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Post by RadicalRex on Apr 14, 2022 19:54:14 GMT
What Is Love or gtfo
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Post by Sarfrin on Apr 14, 2022 22:02:51 GMT
It's got to be something by ABBA.
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Post by retro74 on Apr 14, 2022 22:06:47 GMT
Girls Just Want to Have Fun or Mamma Mia. Girls Just Want to Have Fun is a proper tune, I absolutely love it |
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Post by dfunked on Apr 14, 2022 22:17:43 GMT
"Into the groove" came on the radio earlier. Absolute banger! Considering the equipment they had available back then it's a surprisingly tight production.
Pop music definitely peaked in the 80s.
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Post by Blue_Mike on Apr 14, 2022 22:20:23 GMT
Dancing peaked with Saturday Night by Whigfield.
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Apr 14, 2022 22:23:58 GMT
What the fuck is this shit
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Post by Lizard on Apr 14, 2022 23:52:10 GMT
Girls Just Want to Have Fun or Mamma Mia. Girls Just Want to Have Fun is a proper tune, I absolutely love it Both versions too. And it's not even her best song. |
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