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French Open guess results through quarterfinals: Men 4/8, Women 3/8 -- nm - Dano Jun 3, 17:41
My hotel from Ventura Pier. And yes, it is that gloomy today. Welcome to June on the California coast. - Meg, Road Scholar Jun 3, 17:28 [Attachment]
I feel like there's an SNL skit to do about this St Louis anthem singer. -- nm - Reagen Jun 3, 17:23
In another year, god only knows what QAnon will be selling. - Jovian Jun 3, 17:18 8
- there's a man who is blissfully confident in his little story. -- nm - mud Jun 3, 17:59 1
  - Happiness -- (link) - mud Jun 3, 18:01 [youtube]
- I’m glad I have no idea what he’s talking about, probably. -- nm - Qale Jun 3, 17:37 4
  - Whaaaargaaarble -- nm - Reagen Jun 3, 17:48 3
    - +3 Qale Points for the classic meme use. -- nm - Qale Jun 3, 17:51 2
      - ? -- nm - mud Jun 3, 17:57 1
        
        I love the classics. -- (link) - Qale Jun 3, 18:33 [Image]
- In what seems like an unrelated notion, I'm starting to understand how there are people who don't see through that private jet preacher. -- nm - Reagen Jun 3, 17:26
Disaster relief bill passes the House 354-58 -- (edited) - Super Daddy Princess Jun 3, 16:56
There it is! Famed lacrosse prospect Adley Rutschman picked #1 overall by the Baltimore Orioles. -- (link) - Mop Jun 3, 16:19 1
- I’m sorry. -- nm - Dano Jun 3, 17:58
Lol "tremendous crowds" -- (link) - Shaun Jun 3, 15:42 2
- I hope this isn't a shot taken 3 hours too early -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 3, 16:20 1
  - That would be lame, yes. I checked TinEye and Google Reverse Image Search and it at least does not appear to be an old photo. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 3, 16:44
You'll be able to use bluetooth capable Xbox controllers on Apple TV and on your iPhone/iPad. -- (link) - Mop Jun 3, 15:34 2
- Is a standard XB1X controller Bluetooth? I honestly don’t know the answer to this. -- nm - Qale Jun 3, 17:40
- PS4 as well -- nm - Guigue Jun 3, 15:37
91 year old Chilean woman is a UNESCO living treasure, the last speaker of a language going extinct when she dies. -- (link) - peglegpete Jun 3, 15:11 1
- "10,000-year-old language" is an awfully bold claim. -- nm - Max Jun 3, 15:26
a Viking era Lewis chessman has been found. est. at $1m for it's sale in an upcoming auction -- (link) - peglegpete Jun 3, 14:20 1
- that looks awesome....like LOTR artifact -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 3, 14:52
David, have you read these reports about a train line between MCO and WDW? - Mop Jun 3, 14:04 3
- Whatever they're building, as long as it includes - Strongbad Jun 3, 14:28 1
  - when I hear that IM is exactly when I know I am truly in WDW. -- nm - Jovian Jun 3, 14:46
- Seen and written about them. A client's son will start at Miami in the fall, so it's a huge deal for them. - David Jun 3, 14:08
I will go home and mow my lawn now. -- nm - amanda Jun 3, 13:54 1
- I just finished mowing my lawn -- nm - prayformojo Jun 3, 14:34
Creepy AF. YouTube algorithm delivers home videos of kids to pedophiles -- (link) - oblique Jun 3, 13:48 10
- I've mentioned this before, but I discovered that the pictures of my kids on Flickr - ralph wiggum Jun 3, 17:52
- You’d have to be a pretty lame pedophile to have to resort to watching countless hours of fluff on YouTube. -- nm - Qale Jun 3, 17:42
- "The video of Christiane’s daughter was promoted by YouTube’s systems months after the company was alerted that it had a pedophile problem." - Mop Jun 3, 14:48
- that saves them a trip to wallmart -- nm - peglegpete Jun 3, 14:45
- wasn't that a plot point of a Hamibal Lector series novel, the psycho worked in a mail order film processing lab.... -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 3, 14:43
- I'm more of the "why the heck are people putting family videos on YT in the first place???" persuasion - con_carne Jun 3, 14:06 2
  - Well, yes, of course. But people don't know that they can do this on Flickr and SmugMug and Google Photos, so ... they upload into the great miasma. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 3, 14:14 1
    - (I mean, to be clear, google and amazon are the proper home for this for 99% of folks - and even though YT is owned by google, it's not the same) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 3, 14:33
- Algorithms are insatiable and their outputs are not tempered by morality or ethics. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 3, 13:57 1
  - YT doesn't want to take "I don't want any recommendations as an answer." -- nm - Reagen Jun 3, 13:58
Apple kills off iTunes, but only on the Mac -- (link) - oblique Jun 3, 13:43 2
- Sounds like a google move from what I've read. Kill iTunes to launch multiple other apps. -- (edited) - sycor Jun 3, 14:46
- Where would one go to buy digital content in this new paradigm? -- nm - Mop Jun 3, 14:17
Looks like the Blues have the Seal of approval for tonight's Game 4. LGB!!! -- (link) - Hercules Mulligan Jun 3, 13:16
Ooh, new Neal Stephenson tomorrow. -- nm - Reagen Jun 3, 13:04 8
- REAMDE 2? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 3, 13:22 2
  - Pretty much, yeah. Also, a new James Ellroy. You know where to find me for the next 1500 pages. (NM) - Marlowe Jun 3, 13:31
  - Or maybe a recipe book. - Beryllium Jun 3, 13:22
- SevenEves sequel?! -- nm - mud Jun 3, 13:09 4
  - We wish. -- nm - Jovian Jun 3, 14:41
  - Naw, that got taken as far as it needed to. -- nm - Reagen Jun 3, 13:16 1
    - It did, but it did lay groundwork for a sequel into the far future with the different races and such. -- nm - Jovian Jun 3, 14:44
  - Eighth Gie. -- nm - Brightbaron Jun 3, 13:14
Yes, the Queen controls the weather. -- (link) - Spawn Jun 3, 12:59 3
- why do his hands look so tiny? -- nm* - decline Jun 3, 13:22 1
  - Unfiltered view! -- nm - Spawn Jun 3, 13:23
- why else be Queen? -- nm - Reagen Jun 3, 13:05
Yay? -- (link) - ty97 Jun 3, 12:50 4
- :-( It's killing me as we're looking for a place. - Krusty Jun 3, 13:23 2
  - Are you under rent control? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 3, 13:45 1
    - Nope. My rent doesn't get raised and we don't ask them to do anything. I fix everything that isn't major like plumbing. -- nm - Krusty Jun 3, 15:39
- TRUMP! -- nm - Spawn Jun 3, 12:52
Also Lisa Loeb has a son? -- (link) - budice Jun 3, 12:49
Big Hill says Haaaaaay -- (link) - budice Jun 3, 12:45 1
- Big, if true. -- nm - Spawn Jun 3, 12:45
Trailer for Bob Dylan’s 'Rolling Thunder Revue,' Martin Scorsese’s Netflix Doc -- (link) - con_carne Jun 3, 12:35 1
- the last Bob Dylan tour worth going to see. excellent band, and Blood on the Tracks Bob's new album -- nm - peglegpete Jun 3, 16:01
Ask Dr Ruth (documentary on Hulu) was a lot of fun to watch. I'm still smiling. TIL: She'll be 91 tomorrow. -- nm - Harry Tuttle Jun 3, 12:31
Not saying we shouldn't have caught Mark McGuires steroid use before... -- (link) - Amoxy Jun 3, 12:30
Read too quickly and you see "next House Judiciary hearing with my daughter" -- TWuG -- nm - ty97 Jun 3, 12:10 7
- "Don't ask me, congressman; she planned the whole thing." "Dad!!" -- nm - Max Jun 3, 12:13 6
  - Funnily enough, she's taking poli-sci and criminology in college with an eye toward being active in politics. - TWuG Jun 3, 12:26 5
    - I was an arch-conservative at 18. -- nm - Reagen Jun 3, 12:38 4
      - I was an anarchist-yippie at 18. -- nm - mud Jun 3, 12:52 2
        
        I was... pretty much the way I am now. -- nm - Spawn Jun 3, 12:55 1
        
        well, my ideological centre has shifted at least twice since 1972. -- nm - mud Jun 3, 13:05
      - She's saying a lot of things I said at her age, and it comes from a lack of broader experience, so I have hope. -- nm - TWuG Jun 3, 12:49
A very rare photo of me with my daughter -- (link) - TWuG Jun 3, 12:07 4
- So great. Congrats -- nm - budice Jun 3, 12:37
- She has a very consistent unimpressed smirk. -- nm - Reagen Jun 3, 12:19 2
  - She is judging you. -- nm - Spawn Jun 3, 12:24
  - She comes by it naturally. My smile is lopsided and looks smirky. -- nm - TWuG Jun 3, 12:23
next House Judiciary hearing, entitled "Lessons from the Mueller Report: Presidential Obstruction and Other Crimes," on June 10 -- (link) - mud Jun 3, 12:07 3
- They need to call Mueller (despite his protests) and ask him that given that Barr has publicly stated that he and the Justice Dept. did not agree - pmb Jun 3, 14:07
- We are prepared to sue the House Judiciary Committee. -- nm - Rudy Jun 3, 12:45
- 1st witness : .. John Dean? -- (link) - mud Jun 3, 12:43
Mac Pro starts at $5999. -- nm - Shaun Jun 3, 11:51 7
- I looks crazy though. For a workstation, this is a normal price - Guigue Jun 3, 12:17 2
  - the mac mini isn't enough, no ... -- nm - Beryllium Jun 3, 12:19 1
    - It's not expendable, so it's not really for the pro market - Guigue Jun 3, 12:24
- I had a trashcan Pro for a while. Was given the opportunity to buy it at a discount after leaving the company I was at, and ... declined. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 3, 12:04 1
  - (Do I regret that? Not for one moment.) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 3, 12:04
- such a bargain -- nm - decline Jun 3, 12:02
- I WANT ONE! -- nm - Mop Jun 3, 11:59
LIR: Jeopardy hasn't aired here yet. Today's ep was posted on some torrent sites yesterday. -- nm - GregW Jun 3, 11:50 2
- From Jeopardy James... (spoil) -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Jun 3, 11:53 1
  - LOL! -- nm - Mop Jun 3, 11:59
How many rules of etiquette do you think Donald Trump breaks at the State dinner at Buckingham Palace? (so fancy) -- (link) - Andie Jun 3, 11:47 25
- Just as an example, Canada's Governor General was reprimanded because he touched her elbow on a stair case a couple years ago. -- (link) - Andie Jun 3, 13:22 2
  - That pic of Theresa May looks like she's about to launch at the Queen. (Or the Queen has mad ninja wrist submission skills) -- nm - Max Jun 3, 13:49
  - Just wait til Trump grabs her by the... let's say "corgi." -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 3, 13:33
- Depends on how many there are. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 3, 13:17
- ALL OF THEM. -- nm - Mop Jun 3, 12:12
- "Where's the fast food?" -- nm - decline Jun 3, 12:05
- All we need now is hypnotized Reggie Jackson -- nm - con_carne Jun 3, 12:03
- Let's try counting the ones he meets (or is even aware of) -- nm - ty97 Jun 3, 12:02
- "It's big, sure, but they had it easy. I worked for my wealth. If you want to really be impressed you should see Trump Tower." -- nm - Max Jun 3, 12:00
- All of them? -- nm - pmb Jun 3, 11:51
- Most of them. For starters, by asking the Queen to turn on FoxNews on TV. - Marlowe Jun 3, 11:50 3
  - I wonder if they know they can just stream it? "Now, about this block on porn sites. Can you help me with this, or should I be asking your grandson?" -- nm - Mop Jun 3, 12:16 1
    - Hee -- nm - con_carne Jun 3, 12:17
  - He of course already started insulting (one of) his hosts, the Mayor of London. (NM) - Marlowe Jun 3, 11:52
- Oh please please please let them serve him a Burger King Whopper while everyone else eats normally -- nm - oblique Jun 3, 11:49 8
  - FWIW, the chef generally tries to accommodate the diet of the guest, so get ready for burnt steak and Diet Coke, everyone! -- nm - Mop Jun 3, 12:11 3
    - As a special treat, there will also be Mayochup. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 3, 12:17 2
      - THAT'S where it all went! -- nm - Mop Jun 3, 13:05 1
        
        Of course! It all makes sense now! -- nm - Beryllium Jun 3, 13:21
  - you *know* the conversation is more like 'let's show him what class ACTUALLY looks like.' -- nm - Andie Jun 3, 11:50 3
    - does a pig notice if he's being served on silver? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 3, 11:57 2
      - Not if all he respects is gold. -- nm - Spawn Jun 3, 11:58
      - We will know after dinner tonight, I suppose. (NM) - Marlowe Jun 3, 11:58
- 312.50 -- nm - Spawn Jun 3, 11:48 1
  - minimum. -- nm - Andie Jun 3, 11:49
The updated CarPlay looks pretty nice. Side-by-side apps like Maps and Music -- (link) - oblique Jun 3, 11:47 3
- My Samsung has been doing side by side apps for like 3 years -- nm - con_carne Jun 3, 11:59 2
  - More like 4 IIRC. -- nm - Spawn Jun 3, 12:00 1
    - But good for them! :) -- nm - con_carne Jun 3, 12:01
Quest Diagnostics (yes, the medical testing place) says 12 million patients may have had their personal information exposed -- (link) - oblique Jun 3, 11:42 1
- good lord -- nm - JaxSean Jun 3, 11:44
New season of ‘My Next Guest Needs No Introduction’ with Letterman. Kanye is a different cat, man. Whoa. -- (edited) - Volnelk Jun 3, 11:36 1
- The Kanye one was surprisingly good and I'm not a fan of his at all. - Krusty Jun 3, 12:05
Causation vs correlation: CBS Marketwatch has a list of towns with the least work hours and biggest paychecks. - Mop Jun 3, 11:25 4
- Washington DC -- nm - Spawn Jun 3, 11:32 3
  - Just moved to Washington D.C. and become a Senator! -- nm - Mop Jun 3, 11:42
  - I'm on vacation today! -- nm - Max Jun 3, 11:35 1
    - uh huh -- nm - Spawn Jun 3, 11:36
I finished my first playthrough of Detroit: Become Human. spoils - Shaun Jun 3, 11:23 3
- I need to go back and do a more aggressive playthrough. -- nm - Ender Jun 3, 11:39 2
  - Yeah I want to go full scorched earth with Marcus to see where that takes me. -- nm - Shaun Jun 3, 11:49 1
    - Get a room. -- nm - Spawn Jun 3, 12:00
School’s officially out. Celebrated the first day by hitting up the movie theater. Booksmart is an A. -- nm - Volnelk Jun 3, 11:19 4
- I got unofficial permission to stop giving a crap about my lazy-ass 12s who can't be bothered to work anymore, so I've got that goin' for me. -- nm - Reagen Jun 3, 12:59
- I really need to get out and see this -- nm - oblique Jun 3, 11:20 2
  - It almost lost me. It wasn’t entirely what I expected but it’s excellent. Non-spoilers. - Volnelk Jun 3, 11:26 1
    - I'd want young teens to see it for several reasons but it has some rated R sex type scenes. so no go. It was a smidge Sausage Party - Epiphany Jun 3, 11:41
Forbes article on Jay-Z. They state he's now a billionaire -- (link) - decline Jun 3, 11:14 1
- Big pimpin'. -- nm - Spawn Jun 3, 11:15
zoom zoom -- nm - Spawn Jun 3, 11:11 1
- Let's go back to my room -- nm - Brightbaron Jun 3, 11:12

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