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If you want a non-biased review:

TV - 9/10 A few channels suck but those are free junk chanels anyway.

Shows- 10/10 perfect.

Movies - 6/10 some skip like mad. Not live so probably can have software or proxy buffer ahead with some effort/config. Mostly fixed by just large tivimate buffer. Better if use VLC buffer in a proxy.

Selection: 10/10 Great. Primarily North America and Europe. Dozens of sports leagues covered. All movies and shows. Well-organized. No porn.

Others: 9/10 good bitrates, some FHD and 4k, guide mostly accurate but not 100% up to date.

I’m not good enough to make recommendations but the lighter 300-400 pound old country offsets are really difficult but I think the difficulty makes the food taste better. I’ve never used a $1000+ 600 plus pound offset but they’re supposedly a little easier.

The best cook I know uses an ugly barrel smoker and while it might not bring the boldest smoke flavor, that thing is set it and forget it for several hours at a time once mastered.

I’m not sure other designs, save the egg, really count as smoking.

Wife’s phone didn’t work good this morning so I had to learn all about phone deals before just washing the damn mic holes out and having it work fine again. Thought I’d share. Maybe if someone gets a good deal then my whole morning isn’t wasted.

1. Cricket. Best if you’re not already on there. $50 iPhone16e for 2 month commitment. Unlocks in 6 months upon request. Need be away from cricket 2 years to score iPhone deal.

2. Metro. 2nd best. $100 iPhone16e with three month commitment. Unlocks in 12 months.

3. Total. Best deal for current customers. Highest iPhone16e discounted price at $200-300 depending on plan. But $300 may apply to almost anyone. 3 month commitment. Automatically unlocks in 60 days. Don’t even have to ask. Do your prepaid 3 months and move to visible.

4. Visible. Best if you already have a phone. Lowest priced plans and no device deals worth mentioning.

What about MVNOs? Do they suck? No. Most people will never know the difference. If you’re in a busy tourist area or event, you may get lower priority or sometimes maybe no data at all. Voice is virtually unaffected. Tiers are as follows:

shite tier: prepaid plans (except the top ones)
Bad tier: standard ATT, VZ, T-Mobile same as the top plus prepaid plans.
Good tier: “elite” or “priority” personal plans same as regular business plans
Great Tier: if you have the elite or priority business plan, you’re almost up there with the SS or EMS people.

This ryanx22 smells fishy.

I always bought Micron but since I sold my MU stock, buy Samsung. Any drive will be fine. If you’re not writing the entire thing over 500 times, then it doesn’t matter much.

Not a gamer but I use GPUs a lot.

If going used, you may score a core ultra H for $350-400.

1220P and 1320P chips are beloved for being labeled i3 but performing as well as much more expensive chips for most things. You may get lucky and find one with 12GB ram for $300ish.

I have a perfect (but economy quality) asus 1220p/20g/256g I’m letting go for $180ish but not shipping or delivering.

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Craigslist is dead or full of scammers. Stay away. Facebook Marketplace is his best option.

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I sold a workstation on CL several months ago and got more than expected.

OfferUp is where the meth heads hang out but also where you can get a deal. Just assume everyone needs meth money before making an offer and you’ll often score. Horrible place to sell for same reasons.

Ya that service is remarkably good.

In the last year, I’ve downgraded my internet plan to 500/500 after my gig promotion expired, backhauled last deco with an old POTS run (exterior wall hard to reach), ran old cat5 all over the attic for cameras, and installed a 10/100 PoE switch. I also had a 2.5g link from IT area to back room that I moved back to 1g. Things have never been better. Downloading qwen3:30b from hugging face took a few more minutes while I was doing other things anyway.

I haven't looked in years but the $30 used DLPs would easily beat $400 new units at that time outside of total darkness. You can slap a streaming box to it like I do as long as it has HDMI.

New technologies have probably come down by now but make sure it's at least 2000+ ANSI lumen. Must be ANSI or RUN. I think mine is 2000/3000 low/high. I mostly use low but it has to be fairly dark and that's with a proper screen that I have anchors in the side of the house for.

Not sure about REV, but cable is cheap. They can add more no problem.

Doubt they’ll want to do more than drill a small hole in the soffit and plug with a slit grommet to reach the attic though.