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Exciting! There's a chance my backpack will arrive before I have to head downtown to drop the car off & work mobile. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 09:23 2
- Like, with rockets in it? -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 09:24 1
  - You're thinking of a jet pack, maybe? No, this is a peak design camera+laptop+travel bag. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 09:25
As awful as these taunts were, "you live in Miramichi" would be an uncounterable response. -- (link) - Reagen Aug 30, 09:22
iPhone users, you been hacked -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 30, 09:17 5
- Terribly uninformative article is terrible and uninformative. -- nm - Qale Aug 30, 09:33 1
  - The project zero pages are an extremely detailed technical breakdown of the vulnerabilities and exploits. So technical that it's over my head. - Beryllium Aug 30, 09:57
- They still don't say what the nature of the websites was. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 09:25 1
  - foxnews dot com -- nm - decline Aug 30, 09:25
- *5* separate exploit chains -- nm - decline Aug 30, 09:19
Im up.Will make last pick in SF -- nm - amoxy Aug 30, 09:17 1
- SF draft is done -- nm - amoxy Aug 30, 09:27
‘ZeroZeroZero’ - this looks great -- (link) - mud Aug 30, 09:07
I agree - NBA 100% of the time. -- (link) - Reagen Aug 30, 08:56 7
- For $1m I might risk my fingers in a bunt attempt. -- nm - Max Aug 30, 10:12
- I think part also depends on how motivated your teammates are for you to accomplish the feat. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 30, 09:23 2
  - But it just says "hit a pitch." It doesn't say make it to base. - JaxSean Aug 30, 09:34
  - Yeah, you could be Rudy'd into a first down on like a 2nd and 1 situation. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 09:26
- If you're a 5 year old kid, I think the NFL one is the easiest. I've seen those videos of crumb-crunchers puttering along with all the miss tackles. -- nm - Baron Universe Aug 30, 09:14
- Posting my strategy before I've read the article, step 1: get fouled, step 2: score on the free throw. -- nm - Roger More Aug 30, 09:03 1
  - one of the suggested tactics, yes. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 09:09
DARPA has put out a call for underground lairs and tunnels. -- (link) - Mop Aug 30, 08:53 1
- (see B7) -- nm - mud Aug 30, 08:57
Disney+ said a total of 10 registered devices? Never mind that what we said. -- (link) - Mop Aug 30, 08:50 9
- As much as I dislike Disney, I signed up for the D23 deal for 3 years just now. - JaxSean Aug 30, 09:02 6
  - Is there a threw year deal? Can you link? -- nm - amanda Aug 30, 09:31 1
    - You have to sign up for D23.com, then a day or 2 later they add it to your account. Might want to do it today, I think it ends Sept 2? -- nm - JaxSean Aug 30, 09:35
  - Netflix and Amazon *aren't* the devil but Disney is??? - David Aug 30, 09:08 3
    - It's like different layers of hell. - JaxSean Aug 30, 09:12 2
      - Which layer is Jalen Ramsey? -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Aug 30, 09:17 1
        
        Every receiver's nightmare. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 30, 09:31
- Update in IM. - Shaun Aug 30, 08:53 1
  - Right. Ergo the "never mind..." part -- nm - Mop Aug 30, 08:54
Why host a yard sale on a Friday? Many people are working! - Will Hunting Aug 30, 08:50 6
- Same here, but most for almost all not just a quarter. And not including Sunday... which I always found strange. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 30, 08:55
- Take your fancy money to retail, Mr. Gainfully Employed! -- nm - Max Aug 30, 08:51
- Maybe because this Friday is before a long weekend and people take the day off? -- nm - Roger More Aug 30, 08:51 2
  - Not just this weekend. Every. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 30, 08:57 1
    - Ah, checking it out - people who take it seriously, like antique dealers, eBayers - seem to go yard-sale shopping on Fridays - Roger More Aug 30, 09:10
- 25%? Here I would say 95%. - Spawn Aug 30, 08:50
why don't we talk more about amazon q&a here?? "Q: How are apart are the feet on the 50" model?" - amanda Aug 30, 08:46 6
- Some people just answer the question they are asked without knowing the context. - Super Daddy Princess Aug 30, 08:50 4
  - People answer consumer surveys?? Now I've heard everything - Reagen Aug 30, 08:52 3
    - Some people just don’t have anything better to do with their time. My favorite are “local guides” responding to questions about a local establishment - Super Daddy Princess Aug 30, 08:56 2
      - “Try calling them” is perfect. Stop crowd sourcing shit that can be answered with a phone call. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 30, 08:59 1
        
        That too. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Aug 30, 09:03
- they just want to help!!! -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 08:49
Have I mentioned I am evicting the guy that went to Italy instead of paying his rent? - Spawn Aug 30, 08:43 9
- you're just mean -- nm - decline Aug 30, 08:46 1
  - Well, yeah. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 08:48
- Even if you did work for him, he is literally not paying you! -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 08:45 1
  - Because he's trying to evict me! -- nm - Effin R. Enter Aug 30, 08:47
- Do you get to throw all his stuff out an upper window? -- nm - Max Aug 30, 08:44 4
  - Might as well! - Spawn Aug 30, 08:47 3
    - Didnt you say that he paid you before he left or something like that -- nm - eag Aug 30, 08:54 2
      - Yeah, might have not notated it here. He paid one month but remained a month behind. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 08:57 1
        
        Ah gotcha -- nm - eag Aug 30, 08:58
It's been pointed out by others but the most hilarious part of Bret Stephens and "bedbugs" is that the prof he called out -- (link) - Reagen Aug 30, 08:35 3
- Is this dude really gonna keep his job at the NYT? -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Aug 30, 08:47 1
  - He's a diversity hire, which is an irony he'd never understand. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 09:15
- Does he mean that Stephens will have a new nickname to replace Bedbug? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 08:40
"A black vote for Trump is mental illness" -- (link) - mud Aug 30, 08:29 5
- Baptists against Trump? That's uncommon. -- nm - Mop Aug 30, 08:49
- That's cute but if I ran the IRS I'd give them the choice between the sign and their tax exempt status. -- nm - Max Aug 30, 08:31 2
  - Exactly! -- nm - POTUS Aug 30, 08:31 1
    - ...after I came for your churches first. -- nm - Max Aug 30, 08:32
- What have you got to lose? - Spawn Aug 30, 08:29
so, it's Friday, that means... Weekend Plans Poll! -- nm - Andie Aug 30, 08:28 27
- Archaeological curation tomorrow, museum tour on Sunday. -- nm - Meg Aug 30, 08:49
- Friend over for supper tonight. Super low-key wedding tomorrow and in-laws arrive. Prepping for oldest's 1st day of Kindergarten on Tuesday. -- nm - Shaun Aug 30, 08:48 6
  - Tuesday's gonna be exciting! Are you going to cry? -- nm - decline Aug 30, 08:50 5
    - Unknown. Wife will 100% cry. That's easy money. -- nm - Shaun Aug 30, 08:51 4
      - Youngest's first day is Thursday. We will also cry, but for different reasons -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 08:54 3
        
        Wasn't it just a couple of months ago you were out here at Disneyland?!? -- nm - Meg Aug 30, 08:59 1
        
        right? -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 09:15
        
        will the tears be accompanied by screams of 'freedom' ? -- nm - decline Aug 30, 08:55
- Been at the shore all week. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Aug 30, 08:44 2
  - Has the water been warm enough to stay in? -- nm - Max Aug 30, 08:45 1
    - Hasn’t been warm enough to even get to the beach yet, until today. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Aug 30, 08:47
- Normal grocery shopping today baseball game tomorrow then vacation next week - eag Aug 30, 08:43
- Going to St. Louis to see the in-laws. -- nm - pmb Aug 30, 08:39
- Not much. Party tomorrow, clean some, etc. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 30, 08:37 2
  - (probably watch as much of The Dark Crystal and Mindhunter S2 as possible) -- nm - JaxSean Aug 30, 08:38 1
    - you have a hurricane coming!! -- nm - decline Aug 30, 08:43
- Undecided. Might go to Salt Spring Island, might go up to the kids train place in Duncan, might go to the movies. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 08:36
- I have a wedding to go. I'm still debating if I am going. - Marlowe Aug 30, 08:35 5
  - !!! why are you considering not? -- nm - Andie Aug 30, 08:37 4
    - A couple of reasons.. - Marlowe Aug 30, 09:14 1
      - Agreed on all counts. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 09:26
    - Because then he'll be married to her forever! -- nm - Max Aug 30, 08:39 1
      - heh -- nm - mud Aug 30, 08:40
- Dave's DC cousin arrives today till Tuesday. Probably go to Sauble Beach Sunday-Monday. Nephew coming over to swim tomorrow because - Andie Aug 30, 08:31 1
  - 'Til Tuesday -- (link) - mud Aug 30, 08:35 [youtube]
- Seeing the Matrix tonight, Going to Grand Central Market tomorrow morning -- nm - JD Aug 30, 08:30
- Sleeeeep. I mowed last night so I don't even have to do that! -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 08:28
Are Netflix ads common on broadcast TV? I saw a Dark Crystal ad during Ninja Warrior. -- nm - Mop Aug 30, 08:20 7
- I seem to see them fairly regularly -- nm - decline Aug 30, 08:59
- Yes. Like lately I have seen The Boys advertised. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 08:21 4
  - ... that's Prime ... -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 08:25 3
    - Oh yeah. Trying to think what ones but have seen ads for a few Netflix (because I don't have Netflix I recall thinking, "Damn it!"). -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 08:27 1
      - Stranger Things is the first one I can think of. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 08:31
    - It's all pipes! -- nm - George Costanza Aug 30, 08:26
- ish. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 08:21
"Storm will park itself on/near FL coastline and unleash hell for a long duration beginning late Labor Day Monday." -- (link) - decline Aug 30, 08:07 1
- Stalling hurricanes are the new hotness. -- nm - Qale Aug 30, 08:48
DOW Alert: Nearly up for the month of August! -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 07:42 9
- Thank god the president released false and misleading reports to manipulate the markets!! -- nm - decline Aug 30, 07:49 8
  - Along those lines, I'm about 80% convinced that Trump keeps the trade war going with China, even if it causes a recession, until about March or April - pmb Aug 30, 08:07 6
    - I recall a documentary about Napoleon talking about how he lost a battle but came back to France and just told everyone he'd won it. - Max Aug 30, 08:27 1
      - But now we have the media! - Spawn Aug 30, 08:28
    - Oh gee that sounds like nafta -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 08:25
    - yup. -- nm - Remlik Aug 30, 08:20
    - Yeah, had that exact conversation with someone this week. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 08:09
    - very plausible -- nm - decline Aug 30, 08:08
  - He has such an epic negotiating style! -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 07:49
[Edit: Nope, I'm dumb.] -- nm* - Name Withheld By Request Aug 30, 07:38 11
- Title needs changed one more time. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 30, 07:46 1
  - ~One more time a celebration, you know we're gonna do it right~ -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 07:51
- We love you anyway, ruiner. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 07:42
- I thought it was on truman and have been waiting on him. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 30, 07:40 7
  - I'm just catching up. I read the title at the top of the post I'm editing. (Sorry, head's mush this morning.) -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 30, 07:40 6
    - Okay, I used Truman's draft card from yesterday. Already email JFields to let him know we're starting again. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 30, 07:47 3
      - Now we're 3 from the end. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 30, 07:50 2
        
        While we wait on the final two picks, let me just say how proud I am of the group this year. 15 rounds in about 48 hours. - Name Withheld By Request Aug 30, 07:57 1
        
        Thanks for running it and to ML and everyone else that helped out. -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 08:01
    - I think that was the issue for truman as well. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 30, 07:44 1
      - Yep. Corrected that as well. It was my error on assigning it yesterday. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 30, 07:47
So, MTI (Michael The Intern) is already bugging me. He's here to do a bunch of easy stuff so i can actually do my real job. He's having printer issues - Andie Aug 30, 07:36 3
- "You're supposed to be a helper monkey! This isn't helping!" -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 08:28
- Ugh. Keep redirecting him, it’s the only way he will learn to problem solve -- nm - Pippy Biltmore Aug 30, 08:16
- Sure his name isn't Charlie? -- (link) - Amoxy Aug 30, 07:39
Okay. I'm finally in front of a desktop for the first time in about 18 hours. I'll update SuperFeud as much as I can. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 30, 07:30
Do you remember where you were and what you were doing when you heard the SuperFeud draft crashed? -- nm - Baron Universe Aug 30, 07:30
my plane movies next week are worst. what should I take with me? I was thinking maybe boys on amazon, shazam, yellowstone, detective pikachu? -- nm - amanda Aug 30, 07:23 15
- The Boys can be gory, it might cross your limit. But I liked it a lot. -- nm - Max Aug 30, 08:20
- Some shows I've been enjoying: The Tick. Final Space. Alone. The Expanse. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 07:49 2
  - Still annoyed Tick is done. - Spawn Aug 30, 07:51 1
    - Same. Sorry. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 08:24
- Boys is the only one I know. It's good, but tough to watch at times -- nm - Amoxy Aug 30, 07:30
- Poms, obviously. -- nm - Qale Aug 30, 07:29
- I've heard good things about Yellowstone -- nm - rollo Aug 30, 07:29
- i tried to watch The Boys, didn't grab me. -- nm - Andie Aug 30, 07:27 1
  - Yeah, it's a show that either immediately grabs you with both hands ... or doesn't. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 07:46
- That new Carnival Row show drops on Amazon this weekend I think, it looks intriguing. Plus Dark Crystal (to prep for the upcoming series). -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 30, 07:27 5
  - I think both of those were released last night. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 30, 07:31 4
    - Oh, I though DC wasn't until later in the fall. Looks like weekend plans are made! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 30, 07:33
    - Yeah I got the Netflix email about The Dark Crystal being available now. -- nm - Shaun Aug 30, 07:32 2
      - *twitch* -- nm - oblique Aug 30, 07:33 1
        
        No, Twitch is WoW. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 08:10
Reagen, that's an impressive & excellent rundown of a fruitful era of Canadian rock. -- nm - mud Aug 30, 07:04 3
- Still a big trove to come, IMO. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 08:17 1
  - The sea change in the 00s is interesting too. I was brainstorming a bunch of H.M.s only to realize that "nope, 2002", etc. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 08:19
- (not just B2, of course. The other threads as well) -- nm* - mud Aug 30, 07:07
does anyone know how to get hold of crash? there's a fantasy draft held up because he's not responding -- nm - ML Aug 30, 06:59 3
- Just take the SeaHawk. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 30, 07:07 2
  - Or this year's version of Shockmain Davis. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 30, 07:21
  - I nominate Doug Baldwin. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Aug 30, 07:14
Volunteers polish giant’s erection by hand -- (link) - TWuG Aug 30, 06:54

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