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Michael Cohen hired an IT firm to rig early polls for Trump (owner is the CIO at Liberty Univ., which now explains the Falwell/Evangelical support) -- (link) - MDH Jan 17, 06:22
Stock Exchange ticker symbol POT going to be awarded in Canada (via randomized lottery) in 2 weeks -- (link) - Beaker Jan 17, 06:20 1
- Wow, we never expected this to happen, but... -- nm - Potato Corporation of PEI Jan 17, 06:24
‘Trial and Error’ canceled after 2 seasons by NBC ; ‘Ellen’s Game of Games’ renewed for season 3 by NBC -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 06:11
I don’t think the 538 Personality Test is good for me since I’m on SSRIs. - Qale Jan 17, 06:10 [Image]
So, Joel McHale as guest "judge" on Masked Singer... contractual obligation? Needed a paycheck? He really looked like he didn't want to be there. -- nm - Baron Squirrelbane Jan 17, 06:04 3
- Isn’t that Joel McHale’s gimmick? Looking like he doesn’t want to be anywhere? -- nm - Qale Jan 17, 06:10
- who got unmasked last night? -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 06:05 1
  - (unsurprising spoilers) - Baron Squirrelbane Jan 17, 06:07
wap? Stephen King saves journalism -- (link) - prayformojo Jan 17, 05:59
The worldwide take of Aquaman is more than the combined worldwide gross of Bumblebee, Mary Poppins Returns and Into the Spider-Verse. - Inigo Jan 17, 05:56 4
- I'm not all that surprised at Mary Poppins being weak internationally. - Reagen Jan 17, 06:30
- Mary Poppins has to be considered a really big disappointment. But that's what happens when you made it "Mary Poppins and Jack." - MDH Jan 17, 06:28
- James Wan is the safest bet in Hollywood right now. - David Jan 17, 05:58 1
  - As long as it keeps him from making any more Insidious movies, that’s fine by me. -- nm - Qale Jan 17, 06:12
This is beautiful. - David Jan 17, 05:49 1
- It's just good value if you are going to pay them hourly and not by the job. May as well knock out a side project while I have you on the clock. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 17, 05:50
Brexit dad joke -- (link) - TWuG Jan 17, 05:22
Captain Marvel - JudeLaw character spoils -- (link*) - budice Jan 17, 05:15
Speaking on CNN on Wednesday night, Rudy Giuliani claimed he has only said Trump himself was not involved in collusion. -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 17, 05:12 11
- “Also, I don’t really know what crime is.” -- nm - Tim Jan 17, 06:28 1
  - I read every law book, there's no mention of "crime" as a crime. -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 17, 11:42
- Next: there was collusion but he wasn't part of it. There was collusion and he was part of it. There was collusion and his name is now President Vlad -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 06:14
- ... -- (pic) - David Jan 17, 05:50 [Attachment]
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- Feels like there isn't much more room in the corner for him to paint himself into. - Volnelk Jan 17, 05:23 3
  - I'm blown away by how bad he comes across on TV. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 17, 05:27 2
    - I agree, although I do think this could be intentional goalpost moving -- nm - ty97 Jan 17, 05:36
    - Agreed. You don't think to yourself for one second, 'Man, this guy is sharp.' You don't even think 'This guy knows the law.' -- nm* - Volnelk Jan 17, 05:29
- Next up "ok collusion. But collusion is good!" -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 05:21 1
  - Collusion. So? -- nm - Strongbad Jan 17, 05:26
A rowdy British family has been terrorizing basically the whole of New Zealand for the last month. -- (link) - Reagen Jan 17, 05:06
TV PSA: NBA, Ex on the Beach, Gotham, Grey's Anatomy, Supernatural, Titan Games, Big Bang Theory, Top Chef, Young Sheldon, Brooklyn 99, Orville, -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 04:51 6
- Flip or Flop, Million Dollar Listing, Million Little Things, Floribama, Good Place, Mom, Fam, HTGAWM, L&O SVU, Star Trek Discovery, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 04:54 5
  - 5. Nine-nine! -- nm* - Krusty Jan 17, 05:43
  - 3 -- nm - Strongbad Jan 17, 05:07
  - I should give orville a shot one of these days. I guess I could binge watch a season now. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 17, 04:55 1
    - IMO, it shouldn't take a season. Give it 3-4 episodes -- nm - Strongbad Jan 17, 06:01
  - 4: Supernatural for me, Grey's for the wife, BBT for me and the wife and Good Place for all 4 of us -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 04:55
poll: Will they announce a new Brexit referendum by March 1st? (revised cause LMS smacked me around). -- nm* - tRuMaN Jan 17, 04:46 16
- No, it needs at least 3 months to set up. -- nm - LMS Jan 17, 04:52 15
  - Article 50 is going to haveto be postponed, no? Juncker's told them there's no other deal to be had, and no one wants No Deal. -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 05:00 3
    - Parliament voting on the Plan B on the 29th Jan, if that gets rejected it's more likely they'll ask for an extension, which the other 27 countries -- (edited) - LMS Jan 17, 05:06 2
      - "We have to jump off this cliff, or else we'll look *stupid*" -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 05:10 1
        
        Don't be a pussy! Jump! Jump!! -- nm - Beaker Jan 17, 06:14
  - well fine, slap with me knowledge. I'll just revise my question then. - tRuMaN Jan 17, 04:54 10
    - Still no, I think they're going to try a get plans B, C or D agreed first (even though they don't exist yet), before admitting defeat. -- nm - LMS Jan 17, 05:13 9
      - Most importantly, what is the impact on the Premier League? -- nm - Volnelk Jan 17, 05:48 2
        
        Likely to hurt the pound, so... Some? -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 06:09 1
        
        Well there is an issue with players playing abroad, etc. Not sure if it helps or hurts the league. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 17, 06:29
      - Any chance for another referendum to say they want to take it all back and stay? Can that be done? -- nm - Krusty Jan 17, 05:46 4
        
        Only if they can stomach admitting stupidity -- nm - TWuG Jan 17, 05:48 3
        
        So it's possible but not likely? That's too bad. -- nm - Krusty Jan 17, 05:50 2
        
        Actually the possibility of a 2nd Ref is growing day by day, but they have to reject every other option first. - LMS Jan 17, 06:09 1
        
        Jeez, what a mess. -- nm - Krusty Jan 17, 06:11
      - well at least it could be worse -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 17, 05:31
The Predator gets a C. Mess. -- nm - prayformojo Jan 17, 04:29 1
- Mess. -- nm - Diva Jan 17, 05:49
Dark Horizons notable (but not necessarily good) films of 2019 is a very comprehensive list for films to have on your radar. -- (link) - LMS Jan 17, 04:14
Slack’s new logo is... unfortunate. -- (link) - mafic Jan 17, 04:02 5
- I read the description and was prepared for the worst, but I have to say I don't really see that. - Volnelk Jan 17, 05:18 3
  - I don't see it either. It's not a great logo but it's not what that person describes. -- nm - Krusty Jan 17, 05:49 2
    - It's also not shaped like a swastika. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 17, 05:52 1
      - Right. -- nm - Krusty Jan 17, 06:10
- Damn it, Richard -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 04:19
space photos of Las Vegas and Lake Mead growth/shrinkage as a time lapse gif -- (link) - zeitgeist Jan 17, 02:21
Colbert will start to sell coffee cups with the motto Don't even talk to me until I've had my paycheck -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 16, 23:44
We have a music festival coming this summer called 'Kaaboo'. Seems to be a something-for-everyone kind of deal. Some acts in the IM. - GregW Jan 16, 21:55 4
- (Alberta Boys list: 3) -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 03:23
- I’d go to this -- nm - Pippy Jan 17, 00:40 1
  - $325 for 3 day pass. Those fools are telling people temps are mid 80s in May in Dallas. Buwhaaaaaaa -- nm - Pippy Jan 17, 00:49
- Everyone over 25. But I like that, good assortment. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 16, 22:02
Stephen Curry hit 6 threes - Spawn Jan 16, 21:45 2
- That's nothing! -- nm - that pokerstars site Jan 16, 21:51 1
  - ("All reds!") -- nm - Beryllium Jan 17, 00:59
timely post from wil wheaton, who also lives with depression, etc. nm but: -- (link) - i.b! Jan 16, 21:38
*snork* the guy trying to be Australian Trump sent an unsolicited mass text message promising to ban unsolicited mass text messages. -- (link) - mafic Jan 16, 21:20 2
- If he follows the Trump playbook he'll deny any knowledge of it. -- nm - Meg Jan 16, 21:29 1
  - he sent several, but the one about text messages is done in an weirdly deniable way. URL takes you to an almost blank page registered to a staffer, - mafic Jan 16, 21:38
3 Days of the ... what the hell is going on -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 16, 21:09 2
- Fake news! -- nm - Spawn Jan 16, 21:50
- *splurt* -- nm - news printing presses Jan 16, 21:19
Brian Schatz is rapidly becoming my favorite Senator. This brief exchange is great. -- (link) - Tim Jan 16, 21:03 3
- I also had to look up DHYB -- nm - Beryllium Jan 16, 22:47
- did you see the follow-up? nm but: -- (link) - i.b! Jan 16, 22:42 1
  - Remember when Republicans were claiming her because she didn't know how taxes worked? -- nm - Reagen Jan 17, 04:23
Oh neat, I don't recall this happening before: one of my photos landed in Flickr's "Explore" section. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 16, 20:32 [flickr] 11
- (aka the global feed of popular photos) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 16, 20:33 10
  - Thanks for the reminder about flickr. - JaxSean Jan 16, 20:51 9
    - I forgot as well. turns out I have 957. sweet! -- nm - mafic Jan 16, 20:54 2
      - 4714 - but I've been pro for a couple of years at least. -- nm - Meg Jan 16, 20:59 1
        
        turns out I have pro until March anyway. I got several bonus years as a loyalty thing a while back. -- nm - mafic Jan 16, 21:21
    - Hmm, that doesn't sound right. There should be an option in the account settings to download all your data, up until the February deadline. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 16, 20:52 5
      - It said until Jan 8 you could download. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 16, 20:53 4
        
        eh, maybe after Jan 8 you couldn't upload anymore. - JaxSean Jan 16, 20:55 3
        
        The phrasing is a bit ambiguous there. If you wanted, the shiny new support team could likely reverse the payment and send you the download. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 16, 21:05 2
        
        (I initially wrote out a longer response, but I don't like to cross-pollinate work stuff with ST ... and some of the stuff I have to say about - Beryllium Jan 16, 21:06 1
        
        heh. no, i'm good, but thanks. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 16, 21:23
Research question: if Farrah Fawcett's 1976 poster is the best selling of all time, whose record did it break? -- nm - Max Jan 16, 20:01 15
- Max fails for not providing the answer. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 17, 05:47
- maybe there wasn’t a previous record -- nm - J Jan 17, 04:24
- Che -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 16, 23:43
- No idea, but the only one I had was Bruce Lee. (I was 16) -- nm - GregW Jan 16, 21:46
- Betty Grable -- nm - peglegpete Jan 16, 20:52
- Marilyn Monroe -- nm - budice Jan 16, 20:51 1
  - I agree with boo-dee-chay. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 16, 21:07
- I don’t know, but I had it in my room. -- nm - pmb Jan 16, 20:41
- with absolutely no data I'll say Raquel Welch. -- nm - mafic Jan 16, 20:21
- Urusla Andress? -- nm - prayformojo Jan 16, 20:16
- Raquel Welch -- nm - Amoxy Jan 16, 20:14 3
  - Or maybe Rita Hayworth. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 16, 20:21 2
    - She was a little before their time. -- nm - Spawn Jan 16, 21:51 1
      - Maybe it was a picturesque poster of Zihuatanejo? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 16, 21:55
- I don't know. -- nm - Hang In There Kitty Cat Jan 16, 20:10
A great cold opening to a TV episode? Travelers "17 Minutes" -- nm - Amoxy Jan 16, 19:46
Broooooklyn. Brooooooklyn. Wooooooo! Huge win over Houston! -- nm - Krusty Jan 16, 19:38
bassist for Germs ...Lorna Doom has passed.... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 16, 19:32
What could it MEAN -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 16, 19:28
I'm not sorry to bring this to another board because there were almost 100 people born last year in Alberta named some variant of Maverick. - mafic Jan 16, 19:28 [Attachment] 1
- Ugh, I guess the 'insert Y for vowel' isn't going anywhere. -- nm - Shaun Jan 17, 05:48
I'm kind of impressed by Domino's lately. - ReluctantCynic Jan 16, 19:28 3
- They are in our rotation. -- nm - Spawn Jan 16, 20:00
- Hevesh5 is the best Domino artist -- (link) - peglegpete Jan 16, 19:46 [youtube]
- We loved ourlast order and the cinnamon roles they have are like crack -- nm - Bacon Jan 16, 19:29
New laptop...who dis? Two computer questions inside: - JaxSean Jan 16, 19:26 25
- Microsoft is fine for security software. -- nm - Karl_S Jan 17, 04:00
- I go with Microsoft because it’s free and has the smallest footprint. Re: SSD... - Mop Jan 16, 19:30 19
  - well, crap. oh well. - JaxSean Jan 16, 19:36 18
    - Platters = spinning rust. I don't put those in portable machines, because they damage easier. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 16, 20:09 17
      - so back stuff up often. Got it. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 16, 20:10 15
        
        Yep. I hear good things about .... Arq, I think it's called? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 16, 20:12 14
        
        looks like Arq just Mac for now. - JaxSean Jan 16, 20:21 1
        
        blerg. stupid touch screen. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 16, 20:22
        
        looks like Arq just Mac for now. - JaxSean Jan 16, 20:19 11
        
        "Arq automatically backs up all your Macs and PCs to your own cloud account." - Beryllium Jan 16, 20:25 10
        
        But if I have purchased cloud storage somewhere, wouldn't i already get that? - JaxSean Jan 16, 20:32 8
        
        I have more data than dropbox allows me to store, so I use Amazon S3. It does not have a dropbox-style interface, it is purely raw storage. - Beryllium Jan 16, 20:35 7
        
        got it. thanks. - JaxSean Jan 16, 20:42 5
        
        The should be a function lock which will invert those keys back around -- nm - Karl_S Jan 17, 03:59
        
        There's usually a software setting to invert that. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 16, 20:52 3
        
        F5 ... that's refresh, right? Technically not necessary on SlackerTalk. Just press the period key (.). -- nm - Beryllium Jan 16, 20:53 2
        
        more for running sql -- nm - JaxSean Jan 16, 21:23 1
        
        Oh, fair point. I should use that more when I run my IDE tests ... usually I just use the mouse. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 16, 21:30
        
        Of course, I should also entertain the theory that it's not the right fit. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 16, 20:38
        
        ^-- this is for Arq Backup. Arq Cloud Backup has its own storage. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 16, 20:26
      - And what krusty said about boot drives is bang on. If storage is needed, spinning rust can bridge that gap - SSDs are for speed and wear/tear. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 16, 20:10
- I use Avast for security. -- nm - Krusty Jan 16, 19:27 3
  - And yes, SSD have no moving parts and are smaller and faster than HDD drives. They're more expensive and better suited as a boot drive and not - Krusty Jan 16, 19:31 2
    - Looks like Avast purchased AVG, so...huh. Thanks! -- nm - JaxSean Jan 16, 19:41 1
      - I've been using their free one for a few years and have no complaints. -- nm - Krusty Jan 16, 19:44
Smackdown...that Rey Mysterio/Aladre match was amazing. -- nm - Remlik Jan 16, 19:24 1
- Rumor is The Revival have asked for their release and/or may already be done with WWE. - Tim Jan 16, 19:27

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