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Welp, managed to kill a full phone charge in 90 minutes. But: Level 6. Team Valor we decided? -- nm - ty97 Jul 12, 16:23 15
- valar morghulis -- nm - Beaker Jul 12, 16:52
- vaolr -- nm - CQ Jul 12, 16:44 1
  - Valor, d-uh. -- nm - Pinch Jul 12, 16:46
- just got lvl 6 -- nm - Bacon Jul 12, 16:41
- I think the accessory battery mfg are going to be among those who profit from the popularity of Pokemon Go - JD Jul 12, 16:36
- Valor -- nm - decline Jul 12, 16:31
- Team Mistic! -- nm - Remlik Jul 12, 16:30 7
  - I vote Mystic --nm -- nm - friendimaginary Jul 12, 16:38 5
    - *blink* *blink* -- nm - iSpam Jul 12, 16:53
    - It's such a poop name. Post the potter thing. -- nm - Amanda Jul 12, 16:44 3
      - I think this was the link. Same thing posted all over. - friendimaginary Jul 12, 16:50 2
        
        Link box in post, Patryk. Link here -- (link) - Amanda Jul 12, 16:52 1
        
        sheesh, newbs, I tell ya! -- nm - ty97 Jul 12, 17:10
  - Banhammered!! -- nm - Bacon Jul 12, 16:33
- just joined team Valor 30 minutes ago so I hope so -- nm - Bacon Jul 12, 16:24
Which is cheaper to shoot - a single-camera TV series or multi-camera series? -- nm - prayformojo Jul 12, 16:17 3
- So many stops in a single cam shoot, although in a multi cam you spend more time blocking, -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 12, 17:30
- Multi, because they don't have to run through it again for the other angles. -- nm - Ender Jul 12, 16:20
- Hard to say. Even if both are half hour comedies, the camera choice affects writing style - TWuG Jul 12, 16:20
Cranston is the one who trains....Bryan Cranston is playing Pokemon -- (link) - Remlik Jul 12, 16:10 1
- awesome -- nm - Bacon Jul 12, 16:39
fox reaches settlement in landmark case that redefined legality of unpaid internships. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jul 12, 15:42 2
- icftt: I hadn't heard about the jennifer lopez and lin-manuel miranda duet to benefit orlando survivors. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jul 12, 15:44 1
  - ah, I somehow missed this post last week. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jul 12, 15:46 [Backboard]
Manny Pacquiao to return this fall to face unannounced opponent - either Oct. 29 or Nov. 5 in the main event of an HBO PPV card in Las Vegas -- nm - Beaker Jul 12, 15:41 2
- Never Again. -- nm - Diva Jul 12, 16:07 1
  - This -- nm - Bacon Jul 12, 16:45
The real mystery of Lucifer is how they can afford the music budget. - David Jul 12, 15:40 1
- Returns September 19th. -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 16:25
LYC: Sling TV is fine, it's okay, but with the focus more on LIVE broadcasting, Hulu Plus is where I'll return for fall TV I suppose. -- nm - Qale Jul 12, 15:39 1
- Sling won't catch on until they get DVR/on demand. -- nm - iSpam Jul 12, 16:39
jennifer aniston writes re: the pap/media - even just the "pregnancy" stuff that I've seen recently has been gross. it got to her. nm but: -- (link*) - b. Jul 12, 15:37
so - does anyone geocache anymore? :D -- nm - JenBro Jul 12, 15:34 5
- That came up during the rant at the museum this morning. We've had a geocache in our parking lot for years. - Meg Jul 12, 15:53 2
  - Rant at the Museum: the Rage cover band made up of docents -- nm - con_carne Jul 12, 16:16
  - National Park Rangers have incorporated GO tours now. An animal shelter in a small city near me.... - Remlik Jul 12, 16:16
- We still do -- nm - Bacon Jul 12, 15:38
- yep -- nm - CQ Jul 12, 15:35
you need to catch them Pokemons? there's a $20/hr trainer for that now -- (link) - gerald Jul 12, 15:31 2
- I linked to her craigslist solicitation on a bb - it looks like it's been flagged for removal now. -- nm* - b. Jul 12, 15:33 1
  - it would serve her right if the monsters turned real and ate her -- nm - gerald Jul 12, 15:37
Police claim that robbers were able to "add a beacon" to a lure or a pokestop, but I can't find anything about how to do that. -- nm - mara Jul 12, 15:25 4
- when I read that, I thought it was one of the things you can buy - a lure module? it lets other people benefit, not just you. -- nm - b. Jul 12, 15:29
- Eh. I'm going to assume they meant lure. This statement is not particularly coherent. - mara Jul 12, 15:28 2
  - well, it can be used to locate people at a popular pokestop. -- nm - b. Jul 12, 15:30 1
    - Oh, well, sure. I thought he meant the locations of players themselves show up in the app. -- nm - mara Jul 12, 15:37
Holy cow, Central Park may actually be the center of the Pokemon Go universe - ty97 Jul 12, 15:05 9
- downtown indy has 1. BLM march 2. Trump Speaking at a dinner right across the street. 3. A Pokemon Go meetup as well -- nm - Remlik Jul 12, 15:59 1
  - The meetup will have the biggest crowd. -- nm - Krusty Jul 12, 16:05
- *wonders about Vegas* -- nm - JenBro Jul 12, 15:33 4
  - The problem is the Pokemon you catch in Vegas, you have to leave in Vegas. -- nm - Qale Jul 12, 15:41 3
    - *golf clap* -- nm - JenBro Jul 12, 15:44
    - and there is no medical cure yet -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 12, 15:42 1
      - Especially if you catch Meowth. -- nm - Qale Jul 12, 16:00
- I bet it is: Strawberry Fields, the Lennon memorial -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 12, 15:07
- I imagine Tokyo may surpass it. :-) -- nm - mara Jul 12, 15:07
Hey David. Is Amazon Echo pretty good with droid device. Can I populate my google calendar for instance? Or is it very Amazon oriented toward Fire -- nm - Bacon Jul 12, 15:01 8
- I don't have a droid device so I can't really say. -- nm - David Jul 12, 15:07 7
  - Ah no worries. It's very tempting with the sale and a $30 discount using our Amazon Visa. - Bacon Jul 12, 15:08 6
    - Doom is $30! -- nm - David Jul 12, 15:19 5
      - For the PC right? I don't use inferior platforms -- nm - Bacon Jul 12, 15:22 3
        
        TROLL!!! -- nm - David Jul 12, 15:42 2
        
        Now I am bummed out, that $30 credit for using the Amazon credit card expired. Fuckers!! I had the Echo and now I don't -- nm - Bacon Jul 12, 15:55 1
        
        After your last reply, you didn't deserve the Echo. -- nm - David Jul 12, 15:58
      - what is $30? - ÜMLaut Jul 12, 15:21
So the NL is wearing road Unis tonight...At Petco?? -- (link) - amoxy Jul 12, 14:59 5
- because the NL has the ASG 4 years in a row, they're alternating. -- nm - b. Jul 12, 15:03 4
  - So now the league that wins the All Star game gets home field in the WS, but also the All-Star game the next year? -- nm - amoxy Jul 12, 15:06 3
    - no - NL parks have the game 4 years in a row, starting last season. -- nm - b. Jul 12, 15:07 2
      - So no rhyme or reason for the NL getting it 4 years in a row, just because. Dumb -- nm - amoxy Jul 12, 15:10 1
        
        when 2018 was announced, I read about which AL teams hadn't had it the longest, if ever - I understand not wanting it in oakland, where it hasn't been -- (edited) - b. Jul 12, 15:18
British Parlaiment proposes bill to return Parthenon Marbles to Greece -- (link) - Peglegpete Jul 12, 14:53
FOX news is suspending ties with Newt Gingrich. Effective Immeadiately -- (link) - amoxy Jul 12, 14:53
Congrats, Amazon. You convinced me to buy underwear and socks today. -- nm - ÜMLaut Jul 12, 14:46 8
- Are you sure you don't want cheaper, better formatted versions of my books on Kindle? -- (link) - Qale Jul 12, 15:42
- I bought a tv for my mom but it wasn't a Prime deal. -- nm - Krusty Jul 12, 15:00
- Me too (socks at least)! -- nm - spamlet Jul 12, 14:57
- Now, if only we can convince you to wear them -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 12, 14:51
- I bought a backpack and a laser light show device -- nm - Bacon Jul 12, 14:51
- We bought the Pie Face game. N really, really wants to play that game. It was a good price. -- nm* - kelly Jul 12, 14:49
- I'm happy for you, dude -- nm - prayformojo Jul 12, 14:47 1
  - living it up on #PrimeDay -- nm - ÜMLaut Jul 12, 14:48
tom hanks' mom has passed away, 84. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jul 12, 14:41
Anglicans to allow same-sex marriage after recount (just in Canada I think) -- (link*) - Beaker Jul 12, 14:38
Winnipeg was the first city in the world to develop a 911 emergency phone number. - Beaker Jul 12, 14:36
Sweet fancy Moses. We used the leftover avocado pasta sauce on chicken patty sandwiches tonight. It's a fanfreakingtastic topping -- nm - prayformojo Jul 12, 14:33 1
- Your culinary adventures delight and amaze. Also, I could never eat dinner with you. -- nm - David Jul 12, 14:34
New Black Panther Party says they will open carry guns at GOP -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 12, 14:29 2
- So if I understand the NRA correctly, it will be the safest place ever!! -- nm - pmb Jul 12, 14:31 1
  - I do believe this will get us some gun control measures passed, certainly more effective than a sit in on the congressional floor -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 12, 14:53
I legit saw someone playing pgo walk in front of a bus (red link, in case you were curious) on my way home. -- nm - all the boys love newton time, yo. Jul 12, 14:27 4
- Oh someone's going to die. I have little doubt about that. - pmb Jul 12, 14:30 3
  - I'm only surprised it hasn't happened yet (that we know of) -- nm - ÜMLaut Jul 12, 15:01 1
    - game-related ranting already got someone fired. (profanity/idiocy warning) nm but: -- (link) - b. Jul 12, 15:06
  - This is why Google wants that pedestrian stickum on their driverless cars -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 12, 14:50
pg (po.go?): a developer for niantic wants to make a GoT version. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jul 12, 14:21 7
- "Hey look, Jamie and Cersei are in that tower" -- nm - gerald Jul 12, 15:30
- I was thinking Ghostbusters missed a great tie in game. Go around catching ghosts, haunted places -- nm - Bacon Jul 12, 14:53 1
  - That's a good idea too. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 12, 14:54
- Now THAT is something I'd be interested in. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 12, 14:38
- PokeGo -- nm - psilotum Jul 12, 14:27
- spoils - ÜMLaut Jul 12, 14:24 1
  - ;x -- nm - b. Jul 12, 14:25
What i just learned: Dominic Cooper (Preacher) and Ruth Negga (Tulip) are a real life couple. - Andie Jul 12, 14:19 2
- here - Spawn Jul 12, 16:24
- Howard Stark & Flowers :) -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 12, 14:19
So, earlier today there were headlines that the Anglican church voted against performing gay marriages in Canada, just now they said "oops! counting - Andie Jul 12, 14:15
Arlington Cemetary weighing in -- (link) - ÜMLaut Jul 12, 14:08 8
- This game has only been out a week, right? -- nm - amoxy Jul 12, 15:13 1
  - Since Thursday -- nm - Bacon Jul 12, 15:15
- Let's just file this under the list of "Things We Were Sure We Would Not Need To Say, But There You Are." -- nm - Diva Jul 12, 14:22
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  - Unless they manually block specific locations, I'd guess spots propagate algorithmically -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 12, 14:13 3
    - Drones have geofencing around prohibited airspace, they can do the same here -- nm - gerald Jul 12, 14:17 1
      - Ah, that does sound promising. -- nm - mara Jul 12, 14:51
    - If it's a cemetery most likely it's a Pokestop which gives it greater attraction. These places were all picked years ago by Ingress players -- nm - Bacon Jul 12, 14:17
This is a fantastic article on things you might have missed during season 6 of Game of Thrones. -- (link) - David Jul 12, 13:58 4
- three of these I did not know, the last one is so obscure nobody would know this who did not know the performers - Peglegpete Jul 12, 14:05 1
  - I found the banner explanation fascinating. -- nm - David Jul 12, 14:09
- thanks -- nm - ÜMLaut Jul 12, 14:01
- (And it's obviously full of huuuuge spoilers) -- nm - David Jul 12, 14:00
There seem to be a lot of lures put out in my neighborhood so maybe people are in fact playing this game. -- nm - ty97 Jul 12, 13:57 9
- It is 91,000 damn degrees. I am sitting right next to my air conditioner. Right next to it.It is on the lowest temperature on the highest damn setting -- (link) - Qale Jul 12, 14:19 [youtube] 1
  - That's why the night time is the right time to go walking -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 12, 15:11
- I was told to look for places that have Pokestops right next to each other. There is a Mcdonalds with 2, and a college with 5 all in the same area so - Bacon Jul 12, 14:05 5
  - core campus here has maybe more than 100 stops. it's ridic. -- nm - all the boys love newton time, yo. Jul 12, 14:31 2
    - I would be farming those pretty heavy. -- nm - Bacon Jul 12, 14:54 1
      - I work at inno park. I can catch maybe six on the bus, one at work, and maybe a dozen or so walking home. - all the boys love newton time, yo. Jul 12, 14:58
  - Have you seen my post in Slackers? I've got Pokestops on top of Pokestops next to Pokestops -- nm - ty97 Jul 12, 14:06 1
    - Yes, this is where dense city has it's advantages -- nm - Bacon Jul 12, 14:10
- Sure, I got a Pokemon in my basement -- nm - Buffalo Bill Jul 12, 14:00
Warren keynoting the first evening of the DNC convention. That means she's not the VP pick. -- nm - ÜMLaut Jul 12, 13:50
Elizabeth Warren will speak on the first night of the Democratic Convention (who you got, GOP?) -- (link) - gerald Jul 12, 13:50 1
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Killjoys, Mr. Robot and Dark Matter season(s) 2 are $11.99, $11.99, and $12.99 respectively on Vudu, too. -- nm - David Jul 12, 13:46 5
- Mr Robot S1 is also on Amazon Prime now if you missed it. -- nm - spamlet Jul 12, 14:03
- is Killjoys good? -- nm - Remlik Jul 12, 13:52 3
  - Worth watching. Not sure where they are going with this season though -- nm - decline Jul 12, 15:40
  - I liked season one a lot. It helps that the lead actress is great. -- nm - David Jul 12, 13:57
  - (I swear, I read D.'s post as if he was calling y'all killjoys - this addition made that more amusing.) -- nm - b. Jul 12, 13:54
So the guy I was talking to said, (Pokemon Tracker) One paw print under 100 yards, 2 paw prints 100-300 yards, and 3 prints 300-400 yards away. -- nm - Bacon Jul 12, 13:46 2
- You can recover a pokeball if you miss your target - Bacon Jul 12, 13:56 1
  - Did that work for you? I didn't try it because I read it was a glitch that's been fixed. -- nm - mara Jul 12, 14:57
From the Amazon listing: "HBO is expected to announce the exact release date in the coming weeks." - ÜMLaut Jul 12, 13:46
box office prediction: will Pets beat Ghostbusters this weekend? -- nm - gerald Jul 12, 13:45 5
- hell yes -- nm - Epiphany Jul 12, 14:02
- Yes -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 12, 13:51
- Yes -- nm - Andie Jul 12, 13:47
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- yes -- nm - groiny Jul 12, 13:45
Puddin -- nm - groiny Jul 12, 13:45
Word. -- nm - Jim Jul 12, 13:44

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