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on the one hand, I find Skittles "America Mix" to be a distasteful exercise in pointless patriotism marketing, on the other hand: Skittles! -- nm* - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 20, 07:50 6
- Every Skittles mix except Original is crap, and even that they've managed to screw up with replacing Lime with Green Apple. -- nm - Ender Apr 20, 07:54 5
  - "America Mix" flavors: Strawberry, blackberry, raspberry, wild berry, and something called "yumberry", whatever that is supposed to be. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 20, 07:57 2
    - You wants the yumberry, znu. - Spawn Apr 20, 08:03
    - 40% of those aren't real things! -- nm - Ender Apr 20, 08:02
  - Ugh. The worst replacement. -- nm - mafic Apr 20, 07:56
  - Word. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 20, 07:55
Have we discussed the fact that Will Smith may play the Genie in the live action Aladdin? - volnelk Apr 20, 07:44 4
- It'd be brilliant casting AND a great way to get his career back on track. -- nm - Da5id Apr 20, 07:46
- DJ Jazzy Jeff to play Aladdin? -- nm - Spawn Apr 20, 07:46 2
  - Sinbad! -- nm - Beaker Apr 20, 07:47 1
    - Well he does have experience in that type of role.... -- nm - Spawn Apr 20, 07:48
Since we are talkin tech, we have one of these now. I love when tech gets things right. -- (link) - Spawn Apr 20, 07:43 34
- Is your ladyfriend seeing a doc about her leg? -- nm - budice Apr 20, 07:56 3
  - She is anti-doc - Spawn Apr 20, 07:57 2
    - pull the husband card and make her go! -- nm - Epiphany Apr 20, 07:58
    - :( -- nm - budice Apr 20, 07:58
- It's like my dream to replace all my locks with something automated, and be able to control all my lights with my phone. -- nm - mafic Apr 20, 07:46 13
  - I have lights controlled by my phone (and alexa). it's pretty cool, actually. - amanda jones state university Apr 20, 07:50 10 1
    - I haven't yet decided that this is something I need. I even got a Logitech thing that works with Alexa for controlling AV equipment - oblique Apr 20, 08:04
    - THIS IS WHAT I NEED. - mafic Apr 20, 07:54 8
      - I use tp-link smart plugs in my place -- (link) - decline Apr 20, 07:57 7
        
        I have zero plug-in lights. All switch only. Nurts. -- nm - mafic Apr 20, 08:03 4
        
        they've got you covered -- (link) - decline Apr 20, 08:04
        
        you can get those too -- (link) - oblique Apr 20, 08:04 2
        
        But... are they good? -- nm - mafic Apr 20, 08:05 1
        
        Dunno. See the link above. I imagine if those "smart plugs" work fine, the same brand smart switches would be cool -- nm - oblique Apr 20, 08:05
        
        The security guys hate those. The "no hub" thing means hackable to them -- nm - oblique Apr 20, 07:58 1
        
        *shrug* someone would have to crack my firewall first so I'm not too worried about it -- nm - decline Apr 20, 08:00
  - Did Mr Robot teach you nothing?! -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 07:47 1
    - No, because Australia still has terrible television service. -- nm - mafic Apr 20, 07:49
- what if you lose your phone ? -- nm - decline Apr 20, 07:46 10
  - you have to blow the door off with C4 -- nm - groiny Apr 20, 07:49
  - keypad on back. -- nm - amanda jones state university Apr 20, 07:46 8
    - then why not just use the keypad all the time? -- nm - decline Apr 20, 07:47 7
      - it's less cool? -- nm - amanda jones state university Apr 20, 07:52
      - because this is faster ? -- nm - Andie Apr 20, 07:50 5
        
        Not just faster, instant. You walk up and pull. The first time, I did not believe it was actually locking so I turned off my bluetooth. -- nm - Spawn Apr 20, 07:52 2
        
        I'm all for new tech, but this seems as silly as an internet enabled toaster -- nm* - decline Apr 20, 07:54 1
        
        We wanted to be able to track if things go wrong again. - Spawn Apr 20, 07:58
        
        because Spawn really needs that extra 5 seconds to toss his garbage -- nm - decline Apr 20, 07:52 1
        
        Plus, the other two offices tend to have a quick turn-over. This way we can easily revomve access from old users and give to new. -- nm - Spawn Apr 20, 08:02
- what do you have it on ? (it;s cool) -- nm - Andie Apr 20, 07:44 4
  - seriously. I just set a FW topic alert for it so I can buy for my garage. -- nm - amanda jones state university Apr 20, 07:46 2
    - it's a $90 padlock -- nm - decline Apr 20, 07:53 1
      - Got it for about half that on amazon a while back. Looks like they have a lot of options now. -- nm - Spawn Apr 20, 07:55
  - Our trash dumpster here at work. We got tired of people dumping their trash so now only the three offices have access. -- nm - Spawn Apr 20, 07:45
In news only mafic will likely understand: they're fixing Crowchild! -- (link) - Reagen Apr 20, 07:24 5
- ~Ooh-oo Crowchild / Things are gonna get easier / Ooh-oo Crowchild /Things'll get brighter~ -- nm - Starlord Mixtape Apr 20, 07:40
- Oooh, tunnel. I should sell them software. Also: that was terrible when I lived in Calgary like 20 years ago. About time. -- nm* - mafic Apr 20, 07:31 3
  - I feel like the original design was by auto body shops. -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 07:33 2
    - We had a road here that seemed to be sponsored by an auto glass shop. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 07:39 1
      - maybe its another 420 joke -- nm - budice Apr 20, 07:42
The kids are calling it White Honey. They try it on the schoolbus, and next thing they know they're lapping milk off an airport runway. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 07:16
Well whoever called Trumps first tweet of the day would be calling NY Times fake news for comparing Patriots pics was right. -- nm - Jovian Apr 20, 06:54 7
- It appears he's correct tho -- nm - rollo Apr 20, 07:42 2
  - Yeah, they got caught in a big lie!!! -- nm - Spawn Apr 20, 07:51
  - Yes and no - there's at least 20 less players. -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 07:45
- Because Americans can't count to 20. -- nm* - Mop Apr 20, 07:27
- TOM BRADY HAD FAMILY OBLIGATIONS GUYS! JEEZ! -- nm - mafic Apr 20, 07:11
- He's had it up to here with their proof and knowledge! -- nm - Da5id Apr 20, 07:04
- it's not like he's got anything more important to talk about. -- nm - Andie Apr 20, 06:55
Interesting: Mastercard begins testing fingerprint sensors on cards, plans global rollout by end of 2017 -- (link) - decline Apr 20, 06:46 67
- America will see them in use by 2037. Seriously, there's nowhere else in the world I still have to sign a credit card receipt. -- nm - mafic Apr 20, 06:50 65
  - we can't even get places to convert completely over to chip readers -- nm - Epiphany Apr 20, 06:51 64
    - Because they're a terrible solution and businesses know it. - Da5id Apr 20, 07:03 19
      - Oh man, I love chip readers. - Reagen Apr 20, 07:20 18
        
        since paywave I've occasionally forgotten mine. I don't buy a lot of things over the paywave limit. - mafic Apr 20, 07:23 6
        
        Yup. "Wait, that one? ... No, it's the other code. Ah, wait." -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 07:25 5
        
        I can get money from the ATM with my phone. I have no need for PINs. That's valuable brain space! -- nm - mafic Apr 20, 07:27 4
        
        The phone thing isn't quite here yet. -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 07:46
        
        wells fargo now has the ATM thing with your phone. I have yet to try it -- nm - decline Apr 20, 07:35 2
        
        I've actually only used it like twice when I forgot my wallet. You still have to press almost as many buttons on the machine near my office. -- nm - mafic Apr 20, 07:44
        
        Do it while you are walking your dog. -- nm - Spawn Apr 20, 07:35
        
        Swiping was vastly superior, but fingerprints would be great, too. - Da5id Apr 20, 07:22 10
        
        How the hell was swiping & signing better than tap to pay? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 07:26 9
        
        I'm now wondering how long some of you take to sign your names. - Da5id Apr 20, 07:27 8
        
        Some have gotten better, but I can't understand why the process is slower for the chip (though it definitely is). - pmb Apr 20, 07:56 3
        
        The chip is an entire computer that has to boot up Linux. - Beryllium Apr 20, 07:58 2
        
        So drumpf's ten year old can hack it? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 20, 08:12
        
        Wow. I had no idea. -- nm - mafic Apr 20, 08:04
        
        Well, my signature is done in pointillism. - mafic Apr 20, 07:35
        
        ?? Tap and walk away. iPhone makes it a bit more complicated because I have to use a fingerprint, -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 07:34 2
        
        Tap's below. We're still talking chip readers here. -- nm - Da5id Apr 20, 07:46 1
        
        Chip and pin and tap-to-pay are tied up in my mind as requiring the same technological rollout. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 08:05
    - I still don't get what the holdup is. -- nm - amanda jones state university Apr 20, 06:53 43
      - Same reason you still have dollar bills. You give people the choice, they'll tend to stay with the familiar. - mafic Apr 20, 07:07 4
        
        pennies. they have pennies. - Andie Apr 20, 07:08 3
        
        Yeah, lets just do away with all the coins. -- nm - Spawn Apr 20, 07:42
        
        I have some American pennies in my backpack. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 07:40
        
        *shudder* -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 07:26
      - Answer: The holdup is cost of the EMV devices and the need for Internetworked connection to the readers -- nm - budice Apr 20, 07:01 1
        
        Short answer: People are cheap. -- (edited) - budice Apr 20, 07:03
      - In my experience the holdup is the eternity it takes to actually process the chip. -- nm - Ender Apr 20, 07:00 30
        
        Even with slow Australian internet it doesn't take longer than signing, there's just more idle time. -- nm - mafic Apr 20, 07:14 13
        
        A swipe and sign takes maybe 20% of the time of a chip reader. - Da5id Apr 20, 07:16 12
        
        Here it takes seconds. The best part is that at the places that have self-check out it is even faster as you do not have to wait and select credit and - Spawn Apr 20, 07:33
        
        i think that's just you. -- nm - Andie Apr 20, 07:23 1
        
        Y'all are just shills for Big Chippa. -- nm - Da5id Apr 20, 07:26
        
        Paywave is definitely faster - that's like tap, 2 seconds, approved - but even the chip only takes like 10 seconds. -- nm - mafic Apr 20, 07:21 3
        
        Yeah. A 10second max wait doesn't bother me. -- nm - kelly Apr 20, 07:23 1
        
        I mean it's like 10 seconds of awkward silence with the cashier, but I'm fine with that. -- nm - mafic Apr 20, 07:26
        
        They were a bit buggy at first but are generally excellent now. -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 07:22
        
        I'm pretty sure around here it takes the same amount of time. - decline Apr 20, 07:19 4
        
        I'm not even talking about a low-rent business. *Kroger* is unbearable. -- nm - Da5id Apr 20, 07:21 3
        
        I agree with you, I can't stand the delay on chip readers, although Walgreens system seems to be faster than most. -- nm - groiny Apr 20, 07:48
        
        I kind of feel like this, but maybe it;s because I'm idle where previously I was moving (signing)? definitely some are faster than others, too. -- nm - amanda jones state university Apr 20, 07:28 1
        
        I'm sure a part of it is that it still has my card during the approval. - Ender Apr 20, 07:39
        
        dudes, you need to get with the tap. -- nm - Andie Apr 20, 07:03 15
        
        tap to pay? is there a pin there? -- nm - amanda jones state university Apr 20, 07:17 13
        
        nope, it's like this. (like Reagen says, we have to PIN over $100) -- (link) - Andie Apr 20, 07:27 [youtube] 11
        
        I love this and want this now! How cool is that? -- nm - Epiphany Apr 20, 07:47
        
        does mcdonalds have this here? I think maybe. -- nm - amanda jones state university Apr 20, 07:29 9
        
        I would say we are up to 70% of retailers having it (including McDs). -- nm - Spawn Apr 20, 07:34 5
        
        Scratch this message. I missed this was a tap part of the thread. I have no idea about tap. -- nm - Spawn Apr 20, 07:39
        
        you guys have tap (no PIN) ? -- nm - Andie Apr 20, 07:36 2
        
        Yeah, it's just that 80% of banks don't put it on the card itself. Most modern phones can do it though. -- nm - Ender Apr 20, 07:40 1
        
        yeah, we don't do as much with our phones, because we can tap with our card. -- nm - Andie Apr 20, 07:43
        
        this is not my experience at all. I have been shopping a lot at lowe's home depot, ace, walmart, target, ollie's etc bc kitchen and I don't think any - amanda jones state university Apr 20, 07:35
        
        very, very few places have it -- nm - decline Apr 20, 07:33
        
        it's every where here. -- nm - Andie Apr 20, 07:30 1
        
        Yep, it's everywhere here in BC too -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 07:41
        
        No, but it's generally only good for transactions below$100. -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 07:21
        
        I'd love to. The people who actually manufacture my cards are not so much. -- nm - Ender Apr 20, 07:06
      - It's been shown that while not as easy to skim, once you shim one it's impossible to detect without taking the box apart -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 20, 06:59
      - I don't even care, just pick one and stick with it. I shouldn't have to figure out if I'm sliding, sticking or flinging this card at the clerks head - Epiphany Apr 20, 06:58 2
        
        what annoys me are the companies that slide for debit but chip for credit -- nm - decline Apr 20, 06:59 1
        
        yeah that is wonky -- nm - Epiphany Apr 20, 07:00
      - cost of hardware/software integration. -- nm - decline Apr 20, 06:55
- growing up my parents would always give me their CC to gas up the car/truck. So much for that I guess -- nm - Beaker Apr 20, 06:48
This woman does NOT look 70 years old. (first woman to run Boston marathon ran it again, 50 years later.) -- (link) - Andie Apr 20, 06:41 1
- My mom turned 79 earlier this week. - Mop Apr 20, 07:27
Did everyone leave out milk and cookies for Snoop Dogg last night ? -- nm - decline Apr 20, 06:35 3
- isn't this all just a little presumptuous? I mean, are we certain that he has ever *done* pot? -- nm - prayformojo Apr 20, 06:40 2
  - He injects a whole pot like every day. -- nm - Krusty Apr 20, 07:16
  - I'm pretty sure if you cut him, he bleeds sticky icky -- nm - Epiphany Apr 20, 06:50
This American Life is not up to their usual standard this week. First act is basically the 9/11 truther episode of Russian politics. -- (edited) - mafic Apr 20, 06:34
yeah, I'm super-ready for this work week to be over. but at least I got to watch 'Unforgettable' last night so I've got that going for me. -- nm - Diva Apr 20, 06:30 12
- No.Way. -- nm - Epiphany Apr 20, 07:00
- oh you went? *and?* -- nm - Andie Apr 20, 06:38 1
  - please see my review of all the pertinent and salient points of the film beneath maj's post. -- nm* - Diva Apr 20, 06:42
- best movie of the year, right ? -- nm - decline Apr 20, 06:35
- how was it? was heigl's hair bad throughout? -- nm - amanda jones state university Apr 20, 06:31 7
  - terrible, awful schlocky fun. Best when enjoyed with cocktails. Her hair remained the same throughout. - Diva Apr 20, 06:41 6
    - excellent. (i hope this doesn't hurt Rosario.) -- nm - Andie Apr 20, 06:44 5
      - me too. the film is junk but she's really good in it. -- nm - Diva Apr 20, 06:46 4
        
        Why doesn't she work more? I enjoy her work. - Epiphany Apr 20, 07:01 3
        
        Also - where has Michael C Hall been lately? -- nm - Epiphany Apr 20, 07:06 2
        
        Lumberjacking -- nm - rollo Apr 20, 07:24 1
        
        L3! -- nm - Epiphany Apr 20, 07:59
Rings engraved with "11-2" -- (link*) - Strongbad Apr 20, 06:25 3
- Seahawks don't get superbowl rings for the bad penalty that gave the game to the steelers -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 20, 06:57
- On the side of the ring, does it have an engraving of a toddler holding his breath and stomping his feet? -- nm - volnelk Apr 20, 06:34
- Or, you know, he could stop being a child. -- nm - mafic Apr 20, 06:28
Urgent Exit Required -- nm - LMS Apr 20, 06:25

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