Nov 18
Mark Hamill’s eccentric-dad Twitter brand is only topped by his own eccentric ideas for Star Wars. Before Return of the Jedi, Mark had a pretty interesting one.
Nov 18
As Camp Fire Overtook Paradise, Many Were Gridlocked or Never Got Warning, Reports Say
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The confirmed death toll in the Camp Fire, the deadliest and most destructive fire in California history, has risen to 76, with nearly 1,300 names still remaining on an ad hoc list of missing individuals. The town of Paradise, which a firestorm overtook in a matter of hours on Nov. 8, is more or less totally destroyed.
Nov 18
Barnes & Noble's latest Nook tablet can turn into a makeshift laptop
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Nov 18
Tesla Energy has confirmed that its solar systems for homes will now be up to 20 percent cheaper. These systems were previously offered by SolarCity which was acquired by Tesla. It’s now Tesla Energy and the company sells its products through the electric car maker’s network of retail stores as well. SolarCity was the largest U.S. residential solar company at the time of its acquisition two years ago.
Tesla Energy attributes the price cut to “vertical integration,” which has allowed it to increase efficiency and close more expensive sales channels like door-to-door sales. This enables the company to reduce prices for its solar systems.
Not only did Tesla cut door-to-door sales, it also ended a long-standing SolarCity deal to sell the panels at 800 Home Depot stores. It did bring the majority of solar sales but also added up to $7,000 to the cost of a residential system, according to analysts.
Sanjay Shah, the company’s senior vice president of energy operations, told Reuters that price quotes for potential solar customers will now be between $3,000 and $5,000 lower. This is an average figure and the company points out that the actual figures can be higher or lower depending on the size of the rooftop system and where a home is located.
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Nov 18
Bucking McConnell, Sens. Graham And Paul Call For Vote On Criminal Justice Bill
Posted in: Today's ChiliFellow GOPers are “the problem here, not the Democrats,” Graham said of the bill to overhaul prison sentencing laws.
Nov 18
Pokemon go… far, far away, please.
Nov 18
Neither the machine recount nor the manual recount appreciably changed the final margin of 12,000 votes.
Nov 18
The president’s tweet about the special counsel is incredibly misleading.
Nov 18
Back in the day, a D&D session required nothing but a big bag of dice, a few geeks, and a surface to roll those dice on. That’s still how most people probably play the game, but a Kickstarter campaign has turned up for something called TableTop Tokens. These are flat plastic items that you can use to give more visual appeal to your made up quests and battles.
There are four sets of illustrated, two-sized tokens available including rooftops, dungeons, graveyard, and a town market. Combined with a playing mat and your character figurines, the pieces help make your tabletop RPGs more immersive.
You can pick up a single set or the tokens in any style you want for $15, $30 for two sets, $45 for three sets, and $52 for all four sets. You can also order them in digital form for personal use. The sets are expected to ship in April 2019.
Nov 18
If there’s one thing we can rely on Japan to provide us geeks with, it’s some very strange stuff. Take, for example, this action figure that transforms from a masked samurai warrior into a toilet. Yep. That’s what I said, there’s a Toilet Warrior action figure.
Of course the madness of Toywolf’s W-01 “Dirty Man” figure doesn’t just end there, no siree! This figure doesn’t just come with the typical action figure accessories like swords, but it comes with a roll of toilet paper, a plunger, and a pile of poo too! The latter is designed to fit perfectly under the squatting butt of the figure when in its warrior guise… or inside the bowl, when he’s feeling like a bathroom break.
The transformable figure also offers up the perfect spot for your other action figures to take a dump, and yes, we just got the answer to the question that nobody was looking for an answer to – superheroes poop too.
The bizarre figure stands about 4.75″ tall and should sell for about $70 when it starts to ship this December. You can find it for pre-order from a variety of importers, or over on eBay for about twice that price.
[via Toy People]
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