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What are questions that will make it sound like I can afford a million euro house?
  • I thought this would be about being s whole lot more wealthy, so I had questions ready a colleague of mine overheard from a seven year old.

    "What is your estate called?"

    "How many barrels of land does your family own?"

    When it comes to a million euro house, I don't think you need to behave that differently from what's your norm. People from every walk of life can come into that kind of money, be it from inheritance, a good job, lucky investment or help from parents. Just pretend it's a house you can barely afford and ask questions as if you're considering buying it. Point out flaws. Or don't, you're allowed to reserve judgement.

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    Do you value high fidelity (audio, visual, or other)? Do you notice a difference?
  • The problem is once you really experience and notice high quality it's hard to go back

    I had this with earphones. Once I bought a better pair, going back to my old ones, it just sounded like cardboard. Don't invest in good audio equipment, even once. It will cost you for a lifetime!

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    Climate change deniers
  • A lot of focus and money spent on renewables that could have been spent elsewhere, like on infrastructure or welfare. Wind and solar farms take up a lot of space that could be used for other things like nature. I'm not saying renewables are bad, but it's always a compromise on where to spend resources.

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    [Discussion] What is your movie setup? Large OLED TV, beamer? Which kind of sound system do you use?
  • 77" Samsung OLED.

    Marantz 6015 running 5.2.4 surround

    4 Tannoy XT-8F for front and surround

    Tannoy XTC center

    Fyne Audio F500 rear height speakers (Tannoy went out of business)

    KEF q50a upfiring speakers for front heights

    2 XTZ 12" 12.17 edge subwoofers

    And an Nvidia Shield for good measure.

    Ps5 performs disc duties.

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    How was your experience using Linux in college?
  • My university mainly ran Solaris, pretty much everything also ran on Linux. In the rare case where Windows was required a remote desktop was available.

    My university probably isn't your university though, so answers may not be worth much...

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    True?
  • To me, a Linux user, Apple is more of a jail or a pusher. I don't want to use it because of lock in. Oh, you have an iPod? It's much better with a Mac. An iPhone? All your friends should also have it, and now we have this special app you can only use properly with other apple users.

    No thanks.

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    Google’s Play Store wants to pivot from grab-and-go to an active destination
  • I agree. If I want a kind of app, not knowing it by name, it's nigh impossible to find anything useful.

    But then, we're talking about Google, who is using their video platform to spam the world with ads for games that don't exist, saying that they are spamming the world with ads for games that don't exist (but not this one (yes, also this one)), for Google's own platform. They are not trustworthy on what to get!

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    Dust Off Your Shelves, These Blu-ray and 4K Discs are Now Worth Lots of Money
  • I had no idea about Oppenheimer - I have the Danish steelbook which is no doubt worth less. I also have the Amazon Infinity Saga collectors edition in 4k which is also apparently somewhat pricey now.

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