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Krusty -- (link) - decline Nov 3, 08:35 2
- Sadly it doesn't appear to be real. :-( -- nm - Krusty Nov 3, 08:37 1
  - I still have my fingers crossed someone brings them back with a new site. -- nm - Krusty Nov 3, 08:38
VLIR: Pippy. Our local groceries (Jewel/Walmart) stock it pretty regularly (the Kool-Aid). I would easily drink 2-3 32-oz bottles of my water bottle - oblique, SuperFeud Champion and Tenth Astronaut Nov 3, 08:34 1
- gracias. I will keep checking. -- nm - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 3, 08:38
Rolled my change last night: PIRR: How much did I end up with? - Beaker Nov 3, 08:26 11
- No guess but I ran over $74 through Coinstar on Wednesday. Bookstore change :) -- nm - Meg Nov 3, 08:34
- $3.01 -- nm - volnelk Nov 3, 08:28
- $124 -- nm - Krusty Nov 3, 08:28
- $ 1 Bob! -- nm - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 3, 08:28
- $136. If you have a swear jar, quad it. -- nm - Shaun Nov 3, 08:28
- $45 -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 08:27
- $76.45 -- nm - CQ Nov 3, 08:27
- 312.50 -- nm - Spawn Nov 3, 08:27 2
  - as we are about to Roll, Spawn is closest. $371. -- nm* - Beaker Nov 3, 08:34 1
    - Why ST think you so poor? -- nm - Spawn Nov 3, 08:38
- 3 dollars -- nm - decline Nov 3, 08:27
From below, many of these Ivy/high endowment schools offer free tuition for students with low parental income. - MDH Nov 3, 08:25 3
- Also keep in mind that a not insignificant portion of these endowments may be restricted based on donors’ instructions -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 3, 08:33 2
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    - I’m more thinking of people who make multi-million dollar gifts to endow scholarships, professorships, etc. - znufrii Nov 3, 08:38
This will certainly bring about derision in Canada... "Teaching the Residential Schools Story" (on Chanie Wenjack) -- (link) - Name Withheld by Request Nov 3, 08:22
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- If it’s malarone you’re probably fine. If it’s lariam, why aren’t you taking malarone? -- nm - mafic Nov 3, 08:33 1
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- Are you taking Malarone? I did a bit of drinking with it, and I know others on our group did a fair bit more. -- nm - pmb Nov 3, 08:29
- nope no drinkin' allowed -- nm - decline Nov 3, 08:26 3
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    - Isn't that what ty97 came down with? -- nm - Spawn Nov 3, 08:31 1
      - My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Ty pass out at - TWuG, neck model Nov 3, 08:38
- Ok in moderation. Excessive drinking could limit the body's uptake of the medication - JD Nov 3, 08:24 1
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- You may drink alcohol in moderation whilst taking malaria tablets. However, heavy alcohol consumption within 24 hours of a dose of Mefloquine (Lariam) - Beaker Nov 3, 08:23 1
  - But lariam does that anyway, so really... -- nm - mafic Nov 3, 08:35
Photo people. I tried getting a shot of the moon last night, just as a test, and I couldn't get it in focus. - sycor Nov 3, 08:12 12
- tough to do with less than a 200mm lens. -- nm - Reagen Nov 3, 08:32
- If we're talking full moon, I go anywhere from f9-f11. 1/125 and iso 100 -- nm - CQ Nov 3, 08:21 2
  - manual focus and tripod obvie -- nm - CQ Nov 3, 08:21 1
    - Of course, these setting change depending on the situation, heh -- nm - CQ Nov 3, 08:24
- It should work if you have a manual exposure mode, in which you dial in the aperture and shutter speed separately. -- (link) - mara Nov 3, 08:21 2
  - I do have manual mode. I don't think my f-stop goes that high though. I'll see what I can figure out though. -- nm - sycor Nov 3, 08:31
  - But if your camera is a true point-and-shoot with just a bunch of scene modes to choose from, you won’t have much luck shooting the moon. -- nm - mara Nov 3, 08:21
- It’s difficult. My lenses don’t have an easy-to-hit infinity focus point (I don’t know if that would even help). If it’s just a blob, though... - Beryllium Nov 3, 08:16 1
  - I'll try bumping up my F and lowering my shutter speed. This is the first time I've tried something like this though so the camera may not be able to - sycor Nov 3, 08:33
- You need to get closer. -- nm - Spawn Nov 3, 08:14 2
  - I'll try my step ladder next time. That should help. -- nm - sycor Nov 3, 08:30
  - ~fly me to the moon~ -- nm - decline Nov 3, 08:17
blogger/tweeter influencer Jenna Abrams outed as a Russian Troll... -- (link) - Remlik Nov 3, 08:12
I'm dying without Gothamist and DNA Info. I don't know of other sites that do a good job with local news. - Krusty Nov 3, 08:06 6
- Gotham was new last night, if that helps. -- nm - Spawn Nov 3, 08:07 5
  - Nope. I dropped the show a long time ago. -- nm - Krusty Nov 3, 08:10 4
    - Then you are the reason Gothamist went away!* -- nm - Spawn Nov 3, 08:11 3
      - It was a local news site that had sister sites like Chicagoist and LAist. They were really informative for all things local. I read it multiple times - Krusty Nov 3, 08:13 2
        
        Like... a newspaper's site? -- nm - Spawn Nov 3, 08:15 1
        
        Kind of but much better. The local papers here are terrible and they don't do well with the local things like music, art, theater, street fairs, etc. -- nm - Krusty Nov 3, 08:25
Destiny 2 Faction Rally returns next week. Can't wait for the emo knobs to make DO win again so we can buy a grenade launcher. - Shaun Nov 3, 07:54 5
- Nah, we got enough shaders last time. Now it is about which faction has the best looking armor to use them on. -- nm - Spawn Nov 3, 07:57 4
  - do you have 3 characters now, or just 2? -- nm - groiny Nov 3, 08:05 3
    - Just 2. -- nm - Spawn Nov 3, 08:07 2
      - Not sure why you'd want to run 2 hunters. -- nm - Shaun Nov 3, 08:25 1
        
        Yeah, that would be two too many. -- nm - Spawn Nov 3, 08:28
Krusty, go to bls.gov and click on the news release, it has dozens of data charts about the labor situation. - znufrii Nov 3, 07:51
Mary Jane is a playable character in the new Spider-Man. -- (link) - Shaun Nov 3, 07:44
PS+ 1 year subs for $39.99. -- (link) - Shaun Nov 3, 07:41
How DO we know that Reagan's house isn't being negatively impacted by Chemtrails though? -- nm - Beaker Nov 3, 07:41
So homeowners question (related to what, you might ask!): - Reagen Nov 3, 07:41 41
- Recent experience has shown me that if I could do the last 20 years over again I would have cleaned out my P trap lines annually. - Max Nov 3, 08:39
- we had some slight issues with backflow preventers this fall -- nm - crash davis Nov 3, 08:21 1
  - but for your poll, at home - a & b: n/a, c - yes, d - no, only when there is an issue, the last of which was 12 years ago -- nm - crash davis Nov 3, 08:25
- I have C and have the plumber clean it out when things start backing up. -- nm - Ender Nov 3, 08:00
- you really need to just tell them to take the house as is or you are rescinding the sale offer and relisting the home at 5pm -- nm - decline Nov 3, 07:52 8
  - contract expires at 9 tonight. -- nm - Reagen Nov 3, 07:58 7
    - Yeah, they’re stalling. I am sorry this will cost you money, but it means somebody better will live in your old home. -- nm - David Nov 3, 08:01 6
      - Not sure about Canada, but here it'll cost the buyers their earnest money. Which amounts to a few thousand dollars. -- nm - TWuG, neck model Nov 3, 08:18 5
        
        in theory possible, in practise never happens. He might be able to, but a legal battle would almost certainly ensue. -- nm - mafic Nov 3, 08:28 2
        
        Tying a couple of frustrations together, my MIL actually did on the sale of her farm house - Reagen Nov 3, 08:30
        
        Yeah, anything short of, "We just changed our mind." ends up being a fight. -- nm - Spawn Nov 3, 08:29
        
        Not if the buyer is not complying with the purchase request. (sorry R.) -- nm - Spawn Nov 3, 08:19 1
        
        Yeah, I'm not honestly certain which side of the line this falls on - Reagen Nov 3, 08:22
- We did at our old house, but we were on septic. Here, we have city. -- nm - CQ Nov 3, 07:52
- My answers are a) yes, of course b),c) no d) wtf are you talking about why would you do that -- nm - Reagen Nov 3, 07:50 3
  - Isn't your sewer clean out just an access point for easier roto-rooting if necessary? (Otherwise, maybe I'm thinking of the wrong thing.) -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Nov 3, 07:53 1
    - you're thinking of the right thing but it's under our sub-floor. -- nm - Reagen Nov 3, 07:56
  - With a city sewer, agreed on all counts. Septic system is a different set of answers. Any chance the buyers are used to septic and not sewer? -- nm - Spawn Nov 3, 07:52
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- Related: came across this story a few weeks ago. -- (link*) - znufrii Nov 3, 07:46 1
  - And no, I don’t have (or at least don’t know about) any of those things you mentioned. -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 3, 07:47
- uhhhhh... I think no? -- nm - mafic Nov 3, 07:46
- a what? -- nm - groiny Nov 3, 07:45
- I doubt I have one (no basement) or that my dude has one (his house is pretty much on the highest point anyway). -- nm - mara Nov 3, 07:45 1
  - Yeah. I’m on a hill and houses here almost never have proper basements. I have a bit of a cellar, but it’s nowhere near water/sewage. -- nm - mafic Nov 3, 07:48
- A) In Winnipeg, you're foolish not to if your basement is finished. B) Yes. C) Yes. D) Nope. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Nov 3, 07:44 3
  - I was gonna say. After the big flood in ‘97(?) that’s all my aunt would talk about. - mafic Nov 3, 07:49 2
    - Yep, 1997. (Good pull btw.) Winnipeg is built on a river flood plain. Gots to know what the water is doing. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Nov 3, 07:51 1
      - I only really remember because I drove through on my way home from university, and I thought one of the first times. - mafic Nov 3, 07:55
- Are you on a city sewer line? -- nm - Spawn Nov 3, 07:44 8
  - We were, we had issues, SM fixed them cause the city didn't do anything about it. But yearly maintenance? no. -- nm - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 3, 08:00
  - Exactly, if you are not on a septic system, who gives a fuck about the sewer system? It works or you use a plunger to get it to work -- nm - Bacon Nov 3, 07:45 2
    - ... it stops your neighbor’s excrement from flooding your house under certain circumstances. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 3, 08:00 1
      - (depending where your water line is) - Reagen Nov 3, 08:02
  - yes. -- nm - Reagen Nov 3, 07:44 3
    - Then, as you know, these buyers are asshats. -- nm - Spawn Nov 3, 07:47 2
      - Where is the closet to store our asshats? -- nm - Buyers Nov 3, 07:47 1
        
        heh -- nm - Beaker Nov 3, 08:22
- I don't even know what that is -- nm - decline Nov 3, 07:43
- Don't know, Don't know, Don't Know, No -- nm - Bacon Nov 3, 07:42
- e) no idea -- nm - Beaker Nov 3, 07:41
Per the Chronicle of Higher Ed, here are the schools impacted by the 1.4% endowment tax (yes, linking through my twitter) -- (link) - MDH Nov 3, 07:41 41
- damn, those first 4 have a combined endowment of $100B -- nm - decline Nov 3, 07:49
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- First I'm hearing about this proposal and on the surface, I don't hate it. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Nov 3, 07:43 38
  - I would be much more comfortable with it if it were the excess investment income over what they spend, instead of all their net investment income. - znufrii Nov 3, 08:12
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    - Revenue generation. - Name Withheld by Request Nov 3, 07:49 9
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        This isn't robbing the local State U of school supplies Jack. These endowments have experience exponential growth in the last 25 years. - Name Withheld by Request Nov 3, 08:02 7
        
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        I would much rather take the equivalent revenue from this source than many other tax sources. - Name Withheld by Request Nov 3, 08:08 5
        
        they absolutely expected huge endowments. Maybe not tens of billions, but billions are not outlandish. -- nm - mafic Nov 3, 08:17 3
        
        Go on... I'm open-minded. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Nov 3, 08:25 2
        
        The only university I really know about is the one I went to. It has an annual operating budget of around $500million. - mafic Nov 3, 08:46 1
        
        I was thinking far longer back than when you or I were going through our schooling. But Roger's post on B1 actually makes a good example here. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Nov 3, 08:58
        
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  - Could you explain why? Just curious. -- nm - MDH Nov 3, 07:47 25
    - Revenue generation from a source that would result in low to minimal impact. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Nov 3, 07:50 24
      - Plus in a vacuum, why shouldn't they pay tax on investment income? -- nm - Roger More Nov 3, 07:58 21
        
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        For sure there's a political dimension to it, and I think that's really what's driving the objections (why tax this thing you don't like, but not - Roger More Nov 3, 08:09
        
        I agree that coming from who it is coming from adds a layer of suspicion. My comments are more directed towards the endowment policies in general. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Nov 3, 08:06 2
        
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        All I had for details when commenting was 1.5%, $100K/student and 140 institutions. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Nov 3, 08:16
        
        Seriously! -- nm - Hedge Funds Nov 3, 08:01
        
        Chairtable organization, funds used for those purposes -- nm - MDH Nov 3, 07:59 14
        
        They're not really charitable orgs though, they're educational institutions. - Roger More Nov 3, 08:04 13
        
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        Because students at Princeton, Harvard, Stanford, Yale etc on average come from families with above average incomes - Roger More Nov 3, 08:18
        
        College demographics are a pretty well-defined measurable at this point. Sure, lower-income kids attend too, but "Mom and Dad went to college" is... - Name Withheld by Request Nov 3, 08:11 10
        
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        A university would have less money for a lot of things tho. If getting lower income students is so important, would they make the cuts in those areas? -- nm - Roger More Nov 3, 08:19 7
        
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        I think cuts would have a lumpier impact - eg a university might decide not to build a new building, but extend the life of an old one by a few years - Roger More Nov 3, 08:38 1
        
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        "The trends are reversing over the last 20 years..." Are you sure about that claim? Not saying "Aha, you're wrong!" but it isn't what I've seen/read. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Nov 3, 08:29 3
        
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        So what's the percentage of low-income freshmen is Yale citing? -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Nov 3, 08:48 1
        
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        A down and dirty Google search just found this UCLA study from 2007 that cited 2007 freshmen came from families with 60% higher family incomes. -- (link) - Name Withheld by Request Nov 3, 08:13
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      - Decreasing college funds, and less used for student aid... -- nm - MDH Nov 3, 07:52
I’ve done “no diet drinks or artificial sweeteners” all my life. What do I win? -- nm - Mop Nov 3, 07:40 6
- A guest staring spot on my next video -- nm - Bacon Nov 3, 07:43 3
  - I'd pay money for you to jump out and RAWR! at Mop on camera. -- nm - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 3, 07:57 2
    - Oddly enough, you can Paypal bacon at my email address. -- nm - Spawn Nov 3, 08:00
    - Done!!! -- nm - redmond Nov 3, 07:59
- a diet coke -- nm - decline Nov 3, 07:41
- Type 2 diabetes? -- nm - mafic Nov 3, 07:41
TV PSA: Andi Mack, Blindspot, Crazy Ex-GF, OUAT, MacGyver, Bellator MMA, Gold Rush, Hawaii 5-O, Jane the Virgin, Inhumans, Z Nation, Exorcist, -- nm - Beaker Nov 3, 07:38 1
- Blue Bloods, Bill Maher, Superstition, Lavell Crawford, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Nov 3, 07:39
Depressing fantasy triple header for the last day: 1) Lose Watson for the year 2) Opponent played Tyrod 3) Actively added Brissett to my roster - Shaun Nov 3, 07:34
Hit it, Pepsi Max! -- nm - mafic Nov 3, 07:33 1
- This (recently relabeled Pepsi Zero Sugar) is my poison of choice as well - Tim Nov 3, 07:36
Advanced computer model loves Eagles and Seahawks for week 9 -- (link) - decline Nov 3, 07:32 1
- “All modes are wrong, but some are useful.” -- (link) - mafic Nov 3, 07:35

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