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Cool, good to know, thanks.

just to avoid confusion for anyone new to the game I'm going to point out that FLAC *is* compression, but its **lossless** compression.…

The engineers did a real good job designing CD's, you can absolutely do that. CD's are straight PCM at a sample rate that reaches right to…

Spotify might let you stream forever but there are so many blind spots in the catalog, I don't know how people can use it.

From the OP: "Don't buy this for the distributor as it's useless, the other side is a self leveling tamper with depth adjustment"

Wanted to like this one, but apart from adding polygons they've done very little to improve what was already there in the 64 version. It's…

You can get a nice standard deck of cards made by Bicycle for less than $10 and play dozens of different games with it that are better than…

What the (profanity) did I just watch.

If the internet is down for any meaningful amount of time you're going to need books, not blurays.

Some of the spinoffs add complexity, but not a lot. The small versions are probably the best, like London or Amsterdam. They're still fun,…

Europe has stations you can build that allow you to use other people's links to complete tickets. They remove all the tension over trying…

Good game, not sure if it's $130 good, but I guess that is becoming the going rate these days.

Facebook groups are best for good prices. Must have bought and sold dozens of games in the last three to five years and probably only two…

Brave New World is a good read if you find the WEF minutes a bit too on the nose.

"I'd rather develop my muscles rather than my feet, personally." you have muscles in your feet too genius, why would you want to neglect…

I've got the basic desert boot style they do and I've done several one or two night hikes with my usual 17-18kg bag and I love them.

"With monitors the music would sound as intended to" This is a common misconception about studio monitors - recording, mixing, and…

Well that's no fun! But also, thanks.

The Alton Goods sleeping mat with matching fitted sheet is a great little combo. I would especially recommend the insulated version.

My utility knives are carbon, stainless is just easier to wash it off with a bit of water or something and chuck back in the cooking kit…

It's impossible to imagine how two peoples who have lived as neighbours for so long could be so different from one another, but so it is…

The Opinel N°08 Stainless is a great little food prep knife for overnight hikes.

To borrow and paraphrase a joke from Norm Macdonald: "Germany went to war against the world twice and it was actually close." But to put…

Did the retiring carpenter sell you a proper Stanley?

Not really, way too small for most steaks. The top/opening is 8 inches but the walls taper down to the base where its probably only 5½ or…

Try [Feudum](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/163839/feudum) then lol

Not at all really. The only thing they have in common is that there are dice in the box. It's hard to recommend alternatives to Catan... as…

tempting, but the new Point City sounds much better to me.

IDE to SATA, lose all your data.