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Cake day: July 3rd, 2023

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  • Couldn’t have said it better myself. I used plex for free for the better part of a decade. Bought lifetime when a raise was coming and it was still $140 (kicking myself because at one point with a sale I was looking at something like $45).

    I’ve used plex pass enough, and it’s my main driver for all our entertainment outside of music and audiobooks that if they asked for some more money, I wouldn’t care so much.

    The ease of use, the UI, and remote access without having to jump through a bunch of hoops is worth it.

    No shade to Jellyfin, but it’s not nearly as dumb dumb friendly.






  • I’m dying right now!

    This is hilarious that the communities are so small that we’ve found each other again haha.

    Codex has been consistently entertaining the whole way through. Red Rising is similar in that regard. The fight scenes are better in Red Rising and often chapters end on such a note, you just have to read the next one.

    I don’t read a ton of SciFi because I find it often over explains the science, etc and it doesn’t move fast enough for me (3 Body Problem for example).

    Red Rising is pretty straight forward in this regard. Stuff just works. The books are about the characters and the societies more than anything.

    I’ve recently started reading again (last 5 yrs or so) and it’s been almost exclusively fantasy with some SciFi sprinkled in. I’ve read somewhere around 120 books in this time. If I had to pick top 3, while the order would be tough it would be:

    • First Law Trilogy
    • Codex Alera
    • Red Rising (I’ve actually reread this series once already)

    The only thing with Red Rising is that it is incomplete right now. However it does seem that Pierce Brown has most of the last book done up already and is committed to completing it. I have a bit of trust issues in this regard because of Patrick Rothfuss, however I feel he will complete it. Right now rumour is it’s supposed to be sometime in 2024.

    Opposite the Chicago PD’s feelings, it’s good to see you again Dresden!