The Bitching Thread

[Buffalobiian]

Someone was talking to me about Halo 5 coming out on the Xbox One, and I was confused for a second thinking he meant the classic Xbox. I can see it happening again in the future. Stupid naming sense.

[shinta|hikari]

Aren't there a lot of high school girls who aren't under aged?

[Buffalobiian]

Aren't there a lot of high school girls who aren't under aged?

Not "a lot", but enough. Consent here is 16.

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PS4 pre-orders opened.

USA: $399
Australia: $548

[Animeniax]

I'm just looking at google images, but Minka Kelly doesn't look too out of place in her cheerleader long-sleeve. It's more the face that looks too mature, rather than the body. I might just be used to televised Asian highschoolers though, who look younger in general.

She fits in as a cheerleader but usually she's in very revealing clothing that high school girls would call slutty. Of course these are 1990s values and I think most girls dress scandalously at ever younger ages these days.

[enkoujin]

Not "a lot", but enough. Consent here is 16.

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PS4 pre-orders opened.

USA: $399
Australia: $548

I always thought the prices in Australia were beyond ridiculous... then I realized the minimum wage in Australia was $15.59/hour or $606.40 per week for anyone older than 20. In the US, the average minimum wage is $7.25/hour, so...

USA: $399 / $7.25/hour = 55 hours
Australia: $548 / $15.59/hour = 35.15 hours

Unless Bill can correct me.

[Buffalobiian]

Those numbers seem to be right, I didn't know USA wages were so low, though I did expect them to be lower than AU. We've been known (at least with our old, now replaced, tax brackets) to have higher taxes globally, but when I factor the current situation in:

After tax:

Minimum wage earnings

USA: $6.38/hr, 62hrs for PS4
AU: $14.29/hr, 37.7hrs for PS4


Double minimum age earnings

USA: $12.539/hr, 31hrs for PS4
AU: $25.11/hr, 21hrs for PS4


We ..uhh... seem to have it pretty good.

[Xelbair]

http://www.siliconera.com/2013/06/12...-for-xbox-360/
you can start bitching now Ryll. but there is still hope.

[Ryllharu]

If they still release it on Vita, I'm okay. If not...then I'll be upset.

[Buffalobiian]

http://www.animepaper.net/ suspended their activity.

It was by far the best wallpaper site I've ever found. Scan-wise there are other free sites to be found, but as far as wallpapers went their quality and quantity was consistently great.

I haven't used any other site for years. Anyone know of some good alternatives? (I know of half a dozen or so, but none are in the same class)

edit:the next best one seems to be TheAnimeGallery, followed by minitokyo (which tells you about the gap, doesn't it? Good stuff on there, but lots of noise too). There's still Kona-chan and Yandere etc for scans, but not all scans come in a ready-for-desktop-background rendition.

[Ryllharu]

Just use 4chan /w/ like the rest of us?

Always worked well for me, just stockpile.

[enkoujin]

This site archives wallpapers from 4chan and they're decently good.

http://nik.bot.nu/

[Xelbair]

there is always 4chan's /w/ board and /wg/(non anime).

[Buffalobiian]

Hmm, good recommendations guys. Found some nice stuff there.

In other news, why the fuck to batteries leak?! (like, your standard AAA batts etc)
They do it when they sit in remote controllers, I've just seen them do it (and I remember previous occurrences too) when they simply lie flat in a container.

Luckily I didn't touch on of my figures afterwards or I'd be super-cut.

[Kraco]

In other news, why the fuck to batteries leak?! (like, your standard AAA batts etc)
They do it when they sit in remote controllers, I've just seen them do it (and I remember previous occurrences too) when they simply lie flat in a container.

They contain corrosive potassium hydroxide solution, so it's only a matter of time before they leak.

[Buffalobiian]

They contain corrosive potassium hydroxide solution, so it's only a matter of time before they leak.

If leaking is inevitable, should batteries not have a "use by" date on them like other perishables? That would sound reasonable instead of just letting them wreck havoc.

[Kraco]

They do. At least they do over here. I'd be somewhat surprised if they don't in your parts.

My personal experience is that cheap Chinese batteries leak more readily and worse than quality ones from Germany or USA, for example. But I still buy also the cheap Chinese ones...

[Ryllharu]

You're also supposed to take them out of devices you don't plan on using for a while. The fact that they are in a circuit promotes leaking.

[Buffalobiian]

You're also supposed to take them out of devices you don't plan on using for a while. The fact that they are in a circuit promotes leaking.

Yeah, I rationalised that one.. today was just a leakage of one that happened to be sitting at the bottom of a box.

[Ryllharu]

Quit the medical field and get to work on supercapacitors. Revolutionize the world for us Buff.

[fahoumh]

In the wonderful province of Ontario we have this bullshit eco fee the provincial government tacks on to things like TVs, computers, etc. I bought a $300 LED and was charged a $39.50 eco fee and what makes it even better is the fact they included that fee in the taxable total so I essentially payed a tax on a tax.