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best buy says coming soon. I saw it once, clicked on it, and got an out of stock notice. Halo Xbox all over again

man... @targetrasp  don't even remind me of that lol.   Did you end up getting it?

Right... crypto and a lot of other things are starting to teeter right now.  In the case of Bitcoin, it's still super high.  It sounds like there are a few investors that are a tad worried as they will have margin calls coming if it goes a bit lower.  I mean, 40k to 30k in less than a month. 

I'm starting to wonder if there are broader trends.  I don't believe food, guitars, certain wood products, cars, and several other products will be going back down in price after the latest price increases.  Even as markets and other things settle down.  Houses may... but not below the inflated prices of 2017-2018... I might be surprised by that though.

On guitars... we have seen 30-75% increases.  The bulk hitting 50-75%.  But what's the incentive to lower the prices?   Jackson, Ibanez, AND ESP have stopped taking orders to catch up on their current order queue lol.  Their backlog is 2 years now.  We just had windows done... and they had a pretty long backlog to get windows... let alone the prices kept increasing almost weekly.

We started binging Designated Survivor... and I'm glad I waited until we dug into the 3rd season to post this.

Man... season 1 and 2 was really really good.   Dare I say 24-ish, it had great feel, dialogue, story...etc.   I highly suggest watching season 1 and 2.  Then rolls in season 3.  We were so pumped to watch it.  They decided to add cussing, other mature content, and literally trashed the show with bad writing and pieces that we pushed and out of place.  I get cussing and certain content... but when it's done in such an awkward forced fashion... it's really immature and that's exactly what the show did.  It was like an immature writer picked up the story (at Netflix) and  started painting their narrative into an already well done show. 

A couple examples that did it right --> the Big Short, Hitman's Body Guard.  There are many other great examples.  Season 3... flubbed so hard for us.. we stopped watching it.  This is super disappointing as we were all in to season 1 and 2.

If you try it and like season 3, I'm glad you found something you like.  I cannot recommend the show anymore  though... except season 1 and 2 were extremely well done.

Have you seen Designated Survivor?  What did you think?

That makes a lot of sense.  That's what we were thinking as well.  I didn't expect that twist.

We thought it was strange when

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in the final episode, Steven blacked out.  When he came to, everyone was dead and Steven's wife looked at him in horror and said "was that you?"

After that... it all became clear.

lol.. no email here... although, you ordered yours a lot early than I did.  Come on, email!

Dangit @CreepinDeth - you have to let us know how awesome it is!!

We saw this last weekend.   What in the world did I just watch?! lol    Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness... in my opinion, was a great movie!  It was a borderline horror flick as well.  There were very cool cameos... which I think will lead to new and awesome character involvement!

I'm not going to throw spoilers out there quite yet.  But has anyone else seen this movie?  What did you think?

This is pretty amazing... it's like one of the only things going down price wise right now.  What the heck?!

Did you end up buying a new graphics card?  Heck... if the world starts heading into a recession... maybe we can get them super cheap 

yeah... it's on the Nintendo Online service now... which is pretty handy on the Switch.  No pun was intended because the Switch is a handheld

It looks like the prices of the Neo Geo Mini have come down... nearly 50% in some cases.   We had many discussions on the Neo Geo Mini.  Fast forward to today, is it worth picking up?  Especially at the lower prices.

Also, Do you think they will be collectors items in the future like the Neo Geo X?

Thoughts? Comments? Post it up!

yeah.. this was great.  It was a pretty cool ending... there are parts I REALLY had to think about as well.  At the very end of the series, I had to rewind a few times to fully understand what the heck just happened.

BTW... good eye and noticing the above.  I totally missed that.

@Aya-Kun  -->  Happy Birthday!  We hope it's a good one!  Enjoy your digital cake.  IF you receive the gift of gaming, post it up!

lol... @targetrasp  ... I still haven't played mine.  I'm thinking of selling it at this point and waiting for the next revision.  However, I also want to break this out.  The last 2 months have just been stupid...

I have not had a chance to check this out.  I must have missed it back in the day... this one looks very interesting.  I need to find backlog space for this one.
Yeah @targetrasp  lol... @CreepinDeth is right!  where is the footage!??!   

Good links @Grindspine  ... and It's pretty crazy how high prices are now and how people are still paying the prices plus more!  IE there are lines at elevated prices to buy MANY goods.  Guitars that were once $2600 ish are now fetching $1500-1800 more due to wood prices, embargos..etc.  Cars.. what in the world lol.  Electronics... get in line.  Food is still available, but many specialty products that are not SUPER common and pumped out from companies like Kraft, are still somewhat hard to get.   IE organic, human meats and eggs...etc. 

It's hard to fathom where we are and what a crash would look like at this point.  I don't see how things won't crash at some point.

I'm still trying to order the steelbook and have yet to find it available for preorder.

@targetrasp   are they even offering a steelbook?

I'm not sure to #1... but maybe primitive humans were never really primitive. I mean.. that does make sense and that technological breakthroughs still happened.  IT could be humans always had intelligence (beyond cave people and how they're perceived)... and it's simply technological breakthroughs happened to progress humanity.

Who started this thread?

LOL you started this thread.

We are a bit behind right now.  I just finished up my Capstone with a Caltech CTME program... so I was under water for the last 3-4 weeks.  The 1st episode... was odd... but good.  I'm not sure how they're going to keep continuing on at this point.

We are getting ready to watch Episode 2...  very soon!  I keep hearing Ep 2 is awesome.

well... after how long it took for the Lego Skywalker Saga to come out, I would no longer assume something is a placeholder lol 

GREAT POST @CreepinDeth  ... I am going to pre-order as well.  This is quite a collection!

@retro junkie  -- exactly... we noticed it made it over to Disney+ with a few other Marvel shows that are ... not that great lol.

@CreepinDeth  -- we are just finishing season 1 and moving to season 2.  Now I'm pumped to see more after what you mentioned.  It would be interesting if they would play off this a bit more in the new series and movies.  IE with Coulson being alive..etc.  They never really did address it in the movies.

I'm hoping to give this a shot soon... did either of you give a test yet?

Man... this is looking cooler and cooler.  Thank you for posting this, @CreepinDeth

I'm still months away from being able to get mine.  Did you get yours yet?

Happy Birthday @Helskyth !  I hope it's a good one.  If you get the gift of gaming, post it up!  Also, enjoy your digital cake.

To kick this off... we have been trying to catch up on Space Force.  It's not the greatest... but there are definitely some funny parts.  We are also working through Agents of Shield.  Agents of Shield is pretty well done.  I cannot believe I missed it.

I linked a couple other topics to the shows I mentioned.  Join in those conversations as well!

What are your thoughts @Mai Valentine @SpartanEvolved @mastermario  @JR_McG @targetrasp @trkorecky @medataoh @MegaDrive20XX @Snatcher_L ?  We haven't heard from you in while. 

Post it up!

Last time we did this was back in 2020 -- BINGE-WATCHING SHOWS DURING THE CORONA-POCALYPE.  Time to roll up to the 2022 Show binging. 

What are you currently binging?  what have you missed that you want to binge?  What do you want to binge again?  Add some details!


Post it up!

The ending of the season was pretty cool in my opinion... and it made me want to go back at watch Karate-Kid part iii.... which, I didn't remember at all. I thought I watched them all, but I think I missed that one.  I did miss the Hilary Swank and Jaden Smith version as well.  I am going to go back and review them.

The board scene was ... whatever.  It is interesting that they brought in Katas.  If you ever saw Karate competitions, most had something like this.  It at least brought it back to being a bit more  "realistic" even though hesitate to use that word.  I have yet to see sparring in Karate like in Karate Kid.  Most are Taekwondo style point sparring.  Again, I'm not claiming to have a ton of experience with this, but I have seen a few competitions... 1 was recent (small show).

Happy Birthday @SpartanEvolved  --> I hope it's an awesome birthday!   Enjoy your digital cake.

AND.... as always, if you get the gift of gaming, post it up and share with everyone.

Well... I Am bumping this topic because I was going to do it ... then it slipped my radar.   Hopefully it can and will stay on the radar.  I am booked solid the next 2 months... but gaming and some other things are coming back after that.

I am at that stage where I'm trying to look at sourcing the parts.  The link you sent was helpful for information... just need to find sources now.  I also have a Guitar bridge replacement project that's going to happen soon (1st)... as it's been waiting longer.  time... 

yeah... when it's "asleep," it's orange as long as it has power.   Then it glows blue when there are updates, system updates, messages via the console / Nintendo / other people.  All that was turned off in 2013 or 2014.  Either way... The blue light really prompts interesting memories from that time.

Has any one slammed through Rocky Linux yet?  Many of the CentOS team went over to Rocky Linux after CentOS went to their new Stream model.  I'm a long fan of CentOS... and have used many other Linux variants.  I have not checked it out yet... but looking into it.

Check Rocky Linux out:
Rocky Linux


What are your thoughts?  Going to give it a try?  Post it up!

I agree some prices will come down... but the last time I've been able to buy a USA Jackason Guitar for $1150-1200 was back in 1998.  Some of the USA made guitars jumped recently from $2700 to $4400.  Housing prices have only increased hard since 2013... and will never hit the mid 2000's prices ever again unless something catastrophic happens.  Building an i7 rig in 2007/2008 was expensive.  In 2013, building with the same top of the line materials was a bit cheaper.  However, from 2013 on.. prices have been increasing for components.

What incentive do companies have to fix this when companies like Ford are making their best years ever during product shortages because they're charging higher prices due to short supply...?  There's really no incentive to fix the scenario.  I'm sure they will or will be forced to at some point.  Hopefully it will come to an end and prices level out.