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09-19-2025, 04:02 AM
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Newer Fairfield Inns have been surprisingly good. I don't mind them at all!
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09-19-2025, 05:28 AM
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#852 | | Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
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Originally Posted by 6793026  i have yet been a place where they don't offer upgrades. Each time "oh, since you're so nice, i'll upgrade you even though you rented a piece of shit lowest economy car with zero power winders or even GPS" but here you go... camry it is... cause they have 20 of them sitting on the lot. | thats not the kind of upgrades im thinking of. I usually end up getting bmws or other german luxury makes. The worst upgrade ive ever gotten was a buick encore.... still one can argue thats still better than a camry.
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09-19-2025, 05:59 AM
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#853 | | RabidMod
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I just got a Mustang Mach-E again this week.
Truly a wretched vehicle. The lane keep assist keeps trying to kill me.
Suddenly swerved for the curb and the whole time the display showed perfectly good status: "all good boss, you're safe with us!!" Not even the courtesy to let me know I should take the wheel because I'm about to get seriously fucked. No: "we're confident that you are safe, leave it to us."
Also those damn power operated doors. I walk into the hotel to check in, and come back out to find the driver door just sitting open. What in the fuck
Not to mention a couple more times where I walk up to the car, press the open door button repeatedly and nothing happens. A long pause, and then suddenly pops open.
I did like the Apple Maps integration though: when I had CarPlay running, it showed me the EV battery charge remaining at the destination, using my own navigation.
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09-19-2025, 09:42 AM
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#854 | | Fathered more RS members than anybody else. Who's your daddy?
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Damn, I love my HomePod Mini speakers. I just purchased my 8th one. I used it to tell me time, weather (around the world), temperature and humidity in the rooms, baseball scores, even tells me jokes when prompted. Short stories are weird, but it's a hoot. Sound is amazing for its size. I finally installed two in my listening room and paired them. Shit, for the price, it produces good stereo separation, imaging, soundstage, you name it. All controlled by voice and iPhone app. I play my Sirius channels through it (70's on 7, baby!). If only it would play nice with my Bluesound streamer, it'd be the cat's meow.
I only get them when they go on sale. Used to get them using my Optimum points during Redeem points promo. That went downhill since their prices are like $30.00 more. I buy it when Staples have them on sale for $119.00 and use the $10.00 off tech deal they have once in a while. It's wired for power (you can get third party battery powered dock) and wireless for signal (WiFi) and Bluetooth 5.0. I don't have a use for it, but it has intercom capability. Also, the emergency sound recognition (fire, smoke, and CO2 alarm) is kind of useful, I guess. I can walk around the house and not miss a beat (pun intended) music or baseball games. https://www.apple.com/ca/homepod-mini/
Check out the specs and features. Impressive. I just might cancel my Qoboz and go with Apple Music to take full advantage of that realm.
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09-19-2025, 11:45 AM
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#855 | | Revscene.net has a homepage?!
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Am I a luddite or is this AI boom reminiscent of the dot-com boom and resulting crash?
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09-19-2025, 12:01 PM
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#856 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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Originally Posted by noclue Am I a luddite or is this AI boom reminiscent of the dot-com boom and resulting crash? | 80% of the AI companies will be out of business in a year or so but AI as a tool is here to stay, the benefits are just too great but there is a totally crazy land grab happening right now just like past booms which will result in a big crash.
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09-19-2025, 12:03 PM
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#857 | | Performance Moderator
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I've been resisting forever, but I finally used AI for the first time to do something for me... it got me 80% of where I needed to go but it was completely fucking retarded for the last 20% no matter how many ways I tried to ask it for something. Felt like I was dealing with an autistic toddler.
The beginning part was quite effective though!
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09-19-2025, 12:21 PM
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#858 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Your experience is pretty accurate. My experience had been to break things down as small as possible. It'll do quite a good job in small bite size chunks, but once you've added too much complex requirements it'll drop bits and make assumptions or expose cracks in your requirements because you haven't thought of something or worded something wrongly. Or all of the above.
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09-19-2025, 01:00 PM
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#859 | | JDMEK9Mod | DogWhisperer
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Originally Posted by donk. You just wait, that wifi will be an add on only, for all flights in a year or two
The same way seat selection useto be free and now its a moneygrab to increase profits
I recall going to a hotel in seattle a few years ago, dont recall what one, but they offered 1hr free wifi, and then 15$USD for wifi.
Gave that hotel a solid 1 star review. And it was a large chain too. 15$ for wifi? What the fuck? I guess someones stock profits are a direct correlation to that
Oh you want a seat mount for your phone? Yeah that will be 8.99$ for this flight | Even if that's the case, I'll just do what I've always done and pre-download shows I wanna watch while on the plane. Also, you can buy cheap phone mounts that can hang on the headrest in front of you without disturbing that passenger. Pretty cheap! I often forget to bring it with me though lol. It's good for the gym too when you're on the treadmill.
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09-19-2025, 06:26 PM
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#860 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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Everything I've seen people generate with AI has been pretty shit. To make it decent you'd have to rework a bunch of it and at that point you're better off just searching for regular templates of things.
I find it pretty obnoxious how many things have it integrated now as well. MS Paint doesn't need AI ffs. How it's allowed in Adobes pdf viewer boggles my mind. I'm reading confidential information that I had to sign an NDA for but any idiot can click a button and let it be read by a third party database? Are they insane?
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09-19-2025, 07:56 PM
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#861 | | Hacked RS to become a mod
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I hate it too, but I think AI and automation in general is going to be needed for us to progress. But that can only happen in a positive way if we fucken get ready for it and try not to let it get out of control (perhaps the way capitalism has). For it to be feasible whatsoever to not fall into a complete collapse (which we're already on the trajectory of), UBI is an absolute MUST. Right now we are on the worst timeline possible.
Ideally I'd keep it away from all creative platforms, but that's the easiest, most brainless, cheapest payoff use for it
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09-22-2025, 04:45 PM
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#862 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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Ya what a cunt. I’m surprised you’re not currently an only child.
Non of the the pirate ships float. Only bloats with a specialized one piece hull can float and I think the life rafts.
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09-22-2025, 07:12 PM
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#863 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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I've got one of the boats that can float, you have to have a weird weighted brick in it for ballast for it to work properly.
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Originally Posted by maksimizer half those dudes are hotter than ,my GF. | Quote:
Originally Posted by RevYouUp reading this thread is like waiting for goku to charge up a spirit bomb in dragon ball z | Quote:
Originally Posted by Good_KarMa OH thank god. I thought u had sex with my wife. :cry: | | |
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09-23-2025, 08:22 AM
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#864 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Originally Posted by underscore I've got one of the boats that can float, you have to have a weird weighted brick in it for ballast for it to work properly. | Without the ballast it'll tip. I used to pile shit on until it would sink in the bathroom sink.
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09-23-2025, 08:27 AM
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#865 | | Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
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if yerr boats float, it must be one of the newer ones. the old ones like mine 
These sunk like a rock. 
^especially my pirate ship!
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09-23-2025, 09:44 AM
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#866 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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I had this one, it floats  | |
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09-23-2025, 11:24 AM
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#867 | | Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
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wtf.... why didnt my float 
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09-23-2025, 12:20 PM
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#868 | | I *heart* Revscene.net very Muchie
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that was a single piece hull if i remember correctly.
i miss playing with my lego....couple more years and my daughter can start building all my old sets
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09-23-2025, 12:28 PM
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#869 | | SFICC-03*
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as someone who hasnt touched lego in like 30+ years, after you guys build it if you don't want to display it, do you just take it all apart piece by piece and put it back in the box?
doesnt that get impossible to sort and find the pieces when its time to rebuild it, especially for the big kits?
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09-23-2025, 12:35 PM
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#870 | | I told him no, what y'all do?
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yes you should separate it if possible, if not, VERY HARD, next to impossible to rebuild.
wife tossed sets of minecraft stuff in a big box, i told her she's screwing any chance of the kids rebuilding anything.
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09-23-2025, 12:44 PM
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#871 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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Originally Posted by unit as someone who hasnt touched lego in like 30+ years, after you guys build it if you don't want to display it, do you just take it all apart piece by piece and put it back in the box?
doesnt that get impossible to sort and find the pieces when its time to rebuild it, especially for the big kits? | Back then, as long as you didn't mix sets together, it wasn't that hard to rebuild because piece counts weren't that high (>1000 pcs), and the pieces themselves were pretty distinct and easy to tell apart.
Nowadays, you have sets with several thousand pieces, and so many specialized parts. Imagine a single set with a mix of these pieces:   
Still re-buildable, once you get used to building modern LEGO sets...
Other strategies include re-sorting the pieces into ziplock bags before storing away, or separating the pieces by section (e.g. the big Technic cars are built in sections, such as chassis, front suspension, rear suspension, etc.).
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09-23-2025, 12:50 PM
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#872 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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Originally Posted by Badhobz wtf.... why didnt my float | Dude, there are gaps in between the pieces that form your hulls!
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Looks like I'm gonna have some hot sex again tonight...OOPS i got the 6 pack. that wont last me the night, I better go back and get the 24 pack! -Turbo E
kinda off topic but obama is a dilf - miss_crayon
Honest to fucking Christ the easiest way to get a married woman in the mood is clean the house and do the laundry.....I've been with the same girl almost 17 years, ask me how I know. - quasi
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09-23-2025, 12:52 PM
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#873 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Do we need a separate Lego thread?
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09-23-2025, 12:59 PM
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#874 | | JDMEK9Mod | DogWhisperer
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I think mine was a police boat too.. looks familiar.
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09-23-2025, 01:29 PM
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#875 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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I'm dying over here. A bunch of people think the rapture is happening today or tomorrow. They are making video's on tiktok on how to prepare for it. One of them said her family is trying to avoid taking shits. Because just imagine you are taking a shit and it starts. You are being pulled into heaven and in mid air you are dropping logs. You get to heaven your pants are down and you have shit stains on your ass legs and pants.
Some people have sold there cars and other possessions. https://mashable.com/article/christi...tember-23-2025
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