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Hockey Night in Canada! -- nm - Beaker Nov 9, 16:01
The Twenty is updated with new songs from AWOLNation, Highly Suspect, Otherwise, and my favorite imaginary friend, Slow Magic. -- (link) - Qale Nov 9, 15:58 [spotify]
Camera 3, find me a bleach blonde white girl who's biting her nails. - Mop Nov 9, 15:52
Boston Celtics forward Gordon Hayward fractured his left hand during Saturday's game at the San Antonio Spurs - Beaker Nov 9, 15:47
#Tank4NajeeHarris -- nm - budice Nov 9, 15:39
If the Earth were the size of a nickel, according to NASA, Mercury would be the size of a blueberry. -- nm - Dano Nov 9, 15:22 11
- the world is FLAT!!!! -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 9, 15:34 2
  - just like a nickel!!! -- nm - Beaker Nov 9, 15:41 1
    - exactly -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 9, 15:42
- and the sun would be the size of a volkswagen. -- nm - mud Nov 9, 15:29
- But some larger blueberries can approach the size of a nickel. There's really no standard blueberry size. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 9, 15:28 2
  - ^ this. Plus, nickels are flat. Planets aren't flat, NASA. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 15:34 1
    - Except Earth of course. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 9, 15:38
- Fitting: 1) Carl Sagan's bday today 2) Just finished binging The Expanse -- nm* - budice Nov 9, 15:26
- ... and still, POTUS is unable to understand. -- nm - Spawn Nov 9, 15:25 2
  - Well, his brain is the literal size of a nickel. (NM) - Marlowe Nov 9, 15:27 1
    - Dime :/ -- nm - Meg Nov 9, 15:53
1982: The Young Ones was first broadcast -- (link) - Remlik Nov 9, 15:15
Mebbe not catch that one? -- nm - JD Nov 9, 15:06
Project BOOM VANG is progressing nicely. - Beryllium Nov 9, 15:01 1
- Basically it just self-funded. 11 tickets gets me nearly to the end of the project. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 15:11
hearing scheduled Monday in DC re: House subpoena power, sounds like it may be important I dunno .. -- (link) - mud Nov 9, 14:43
Indianapolis Marathon had 22 women qualify for Olympic Marathon trials, nearly double of what pitiful New York could manage... -- (link) - Remlik Nov 9, 14:42 1
- Though the NYC course is difficult and known for not being fast due to definitely not being flat - JD Nov 9, 14:52
Catch is confirmed 😆 -- nm - JD Nov 9, 14:15 6
- Whatever they pay for the ‘rules analysts’ is a total waste of money. They add nothing to the broadcast because they are wrong 75% of the time. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 9, 14:24 2
  - Though good gig if you can get it -- nm - JD Nov 9, 14:27 1
    - One step short of being VAR official for Premier League 😏 - JD Nov 9, 14:28
- I like it when Alabama is losing -- nm - TWuG Nov 9, 14:20 2
  - LSU-Ohio State should be something else. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 9, 14:23 1
    - Let's get past Penn State, Michigan, and Minnesota before worrying about LSU -- nm - TWuG Nov 9, 14:39
Current status: Importing the slackertalk database into a test cluster. Cluster storage consumed so far: 22% -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 13:17 9
- At one point it was inserting 14,000 rows per second. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 13:34 2
  - Now it's pretty consistently at 1000 or so rows per second. That's not good. It's already been nearly an hour. - Beryllium Nov 9, 13:59 1
    - 1 hour 23 minutes. Eep. At least it's finished now. Too bad I have to do it twice ... :D -- nm* - Beryllium Nov 9, 14:33
- Reticulating splines... -- nm - Reagen Nov 9, 13:21 1
  - In this case it seems to be recalculating BTREEs. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 13:32
- don't fuck around, bery!!! -- nm - mud Nov 9, 13:20 3
  - hmm? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 13:29 2
    - something something "skynet" -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 9, 13:49 1
      - :-] -- nm - mud Nov 9, 13:59
Geaux Tigers -- nm - JD Nov 9, 12:56
huh, I was sooooo sure Penn State was going to score there -- nm - prayformojo Nov 9, 12:23 1
- yup -- nm - Beaker Nov 9, 12:47
LSU / Alabama WHO YOU GOT??!! -- nm - Beaker Nov 9, 12:20 1
- LSU! -- nm - Bacon Nov 9, 12:22
knew this would happen as soon as they started saying Minnesota was starting to try and run out the clock...with 9 minutes left in the 3rd quarter -- nm - Beaker Nov 9, 12:16 2
- awesome! my reverse jinx worked!! -- nm - Beaker Nov 9, 12:20
- Get conservative and lose the game -- nm - Bacon Nov 9, 12:17
Doordash just tried to deliver me a pizza...should have accepted it :) -- nm - Meg Nov 9, 12:15 2
- Congratulations you passed our secret test. -- nm - Weight Watchers Nov 9, 12:22 1
  - I would have tried to help him but his English was so bad I wasn't sure we could communicate :/ -- nm - Meg Nov 9, 12:34
The Ohio State game announcers are at the point where they're calling the game as an afterthought to a Chase Young discussion - TWuG Nov 9, 12:09
Cat saves baby that escaped from her crib from falling down steep stairs.... -- (link) - zork Nov 9, 11:58
Chinese Crested Lab... - . Nov 9, 11:56 [Attachment] 5
- Huh -- nm - zork Nov 9, 11:58 4
  - He's a puppy without hair, except a mohawk, and looks like he'll be lab sized or close. - . Nov 9, 12:01 3
    - Get that dog an acting agent. :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 12:15 2
      - This -- nm - zork Nov 9, 12:20 1
        
        an instagram account -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 9, 13:47
so that viral video of the beluga whale frolicking with people? Looks like the whale was part of a Russian Training program..... -- (link) - Remlik Nov 9, 11:39 1
- And even if not ... kind of a bad thing to do with wildlife. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 11:49
I love Greer's cover ID in S2 of Jack Ryan - spoiler - crash davis Nov 9, 11:16 2
- yeah, that made me laugh -- nm - prayformojo Nov 9, 11:41
- Yep, that was perfect :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 11:21
Hmm, looks like $50/mo to go with a managed database with 2 nodes ... $15/mo for a single node (which is basically what we have now, for $5/mo) - Beryllium Nov 9, 10:52 1
- I'm pretty sure we could come up with $600/year between all of us to cover that cost, no hesitation. - JaxSean Nov 9, 10:57
LSU +6 (58%) Alabama -6 (42%) Over 64.5 (44%) Under 64.5 (56%) -- nm - budice Nov 9, 10:37
Go Minnesota Gophers! -- nm - prayformojo Nov 9, 10:14 1
- So which team is PJ Fleck going to be coaching next year? -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Nov 9, 10:25
So, yeah. - David Nov 9, 10:11 6
- The family friend is also a.....wait for it...registered agent. - Bacon Nov 9, 11:24
- The NCAA’s Rulings on James Wiseman and Chase Young Remind Us Why It Should Not Exist -- (link) - Beaker Nov 9, 10:13 4
  - If the NCAA makes them sit out then the NCAA should not recieve any money from their images. -- nm - . Nov 9, 12:11
  - Meh. Wiseman has no basis here. His coach gave him 11k to move. - Will Hunting Nov 9, 10:25 2
    - he wasn't the coach when he did it, he was his high school coach (so unless the NCAA does high school too) - Beaker Nov 9, 10:53 1
      - His entire reason for being at Memphis is he’s their big alumni. Nothing here is clean. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 9, 13:30
Amazon Prime members will now be able to get two-hour grocery delivery for free. -- (link) - budice Nov 9, 10:09 3
- whoa -- nm - JaxSean Nov 9, 10:46 2
  - yeah -- nm - prayformojo Nov 9, 10:47 1
    - ~kickstart my heart give it a start~ -- nm - con_carne Nov 9, 10:48
the perfect Five Guys shake: malted milk, salted carmel an and Oreo creme -- nm - prayformojo Nov 9, 10:05
Which do you prefer: XM 65, XM 70, or XM 73? - David Nov 9, 09:47 1
- Whoops -- nm* - Tim Nov 9, 10:09
Here. we. go. -- (link) - ty97 Nov 9, 09:28 5
- It’s a local tree! - Tim Nov 9, 10:16
- We saw this at Magic Kingdom. -- (link) - David Nov 9, 09:51 [youtube]
- Tree no look too good -- nm - budice Nov 9, 09:36 2
  - It's been on a flat bed for a while -- nm - ty97 Nov 9, 09:37 1
    - The fluffers will perk it up. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 10:25
Don't fuck with this mom -- (link) - Amoxy Nov 9, 09:17 2
- Oof! She has more balls than some people I know. (NM) - Marlowe Nov 9, 15:15
- ...... AHH! -- nm - Max Nov 9, 09:51
Colts QB Jacoby Brissett is OUT this week -- nm - budice Nov 9, 09:12 2
- *hits Chad Kelly's music* -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Nov 9, 11:30
- ugh...he was gameday....but hey it's Miami... -- nm* - Remlik Nov 9, 09:13
FYI: UFC Fight Night is on right now, live from Moscow -- nm - Beaker Nov 9, 09:03
8-0 Penn State vs 8-0 Minnesota - WHO YOU GOT??!! -- nm - Beaker Nov 9, 09:03 2
- picked Penn State, hoping for Minnesota -- nm - Beaker Nov 9, 09:03 1
  - nice! -- nm - Beaker Nov 9, 09:15
Day 31 — It’s *happening*. Rough-in is complete, time to start laying some floor tile. -- (pic) -- (link*) - znufrii, human scum Nov 9, 07:39 [Attachment] 1
- Also, because we’ve been staying with my in-laws since demo started, my phone now thinks their house is “Home”. *sigh* -- (edited) - znufrii, human scum Nov 9, 07:56
Davies! -- nm - JD Nov 9, 07:05
For only the second time in NBA history did two guys score 50+ for their team and for both teams to lose their game. Lillard went off last night for - Krusty Nov 9, 06:53
26 years ago today two classic hip hop albums dropped. Midnight Marauders from ATCQ and 36 Chambers by the GOATs Wu-Tang Clan. -- nm - Krusty Nov 9, 06:39
Ian Rapaport: Bears cutting RB Mike Davis. Expect interest on the waiver wire. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Nov 9, 06:05 1
- he was obviously holding Mitch back! -- nm - Beaker Nov 9, 09:57
PS4 Black Friday deals: Borderlands 3 $28, Kingdom Hearts 3 $15, RDR2 $25, Monster Hunter World + Expansion $35, Spiderman GOTY Edition $15 -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Nov 9, 06:02 4
- Don't forget the 1TB PS4 Slim bundle with God of War, Horizon Zero Dawn, and The Last of Us Remastered for $199. -- nm - Shaun Nov 9, 07:14 1
  - Yes, and a couple of other VR packages. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Nov 9, 07:23
- Oops, just realized it's PS4. :-( I hope Xbox has a deal for KH3 -- nm* - Krusty Nov 9, 06:29
- HZD Complete Edition $10 -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Nov 9, 06:03
TV PSA: College Football, UFC Fight Night, Planet Earth, Live PD, HNIC, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Nov 9, 05:01
During the Raptors game last night one of the TSN guys farted and everyone lost it on set -- (link) - Beaker Nov 9, 04:56 1
- Missed it. Didn't tune in until the fourth quarter -- nm* - zork Nov 9, 12:21
This is a monocle dropping thread -- (link) - Reagen Nov 9, 02:56 1
- That’s...wow. -- nm - znufrii, human scum Nov 9, 06:02
But like, *why* did they think it was him? Are they just picking random Obama staffers to hassle and threaten now? - Reagen Nov 9, 02:43 2
- Who? Probably? -- nm* - znufrii, human scum Nov 9, 06:03
- I'll go with the latter. -- nm - . Nov 9, 04:16
I remember when the Berlin wall fell, it was like Aquarius, peace and love abounding, harmony and understanding -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 9, 01:54 1
- my dad was in the air force during the Berlin Airlift, it was complicated dance of landing, unloading, flying out - zeitgeist Nov 9, 02:00
election night it seemed like a complete rout of progressives, but as late ballot tallies come in, Sawant, the Bernite went from behind to winner -- (edited) - zeitgeist Nov 9, 01:40
Hmm -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 8, 22:25 1
- The motto's not too great either. -- nm - . Nov 8, 22:30
I wonder if I could turn a corner of my garage into a podcast studio - Beryllium Nov 8, 21:41 9
- You can, but it won't help your resale value at all - Mr. Havens Nov 9, 14:36
- a recording studio, with sand filled walls (or whatever they do now) might be attractive to some -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 9, 11:13
- yes, and to your IM, no not exactly. - colin Nov 9, 06:43
- If you made a youtube channel and documented the work you might be able to make money on that way too. -- nm - sycor Nov 9, 06:39
- I can say this. This stuff works great, from experience. - Bacon Nov 8, 23:03 1
- Is there more demand out there for a sound booth over a workshop? -- nm - Meg Nov 8, 21:55 3
  - With condos, yes, but probably not with townhouses like mine. - Beryllium Nov 8, 22:00 [flickr] 2
    - Vise. Okay I guess that's the US spelling. You're good. -- nm* - . Nov 8, 22:29 1
      - No, you're right, I spelled it wrong. From what I can tell, in Canada, it's supposed to be vise. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 00:05
Yesterday I had my semi-annual blood work. How long will it take my Doc to tell me it's all good - or not? 🙄 -- nm - Meg Nov 8, 20:53 13
- 12 proof -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 8, 21:30
- Not sure, but monday is Veterans Day. That could affect things. :( -- nm - Beryllium Nov 8, 20:56 11
  - Eh, seems to me it was a couple of weeks last time - but I have the results online and everything looks good to me. -- nm - Meg Nov 8, 21:09 10
    - True story, when I got Obama care, and into a good clinic, the doc called me, you got to get to the ER blood test shows you're having a heart attack - Geist Nov 8, 21:20 2
      - Did you go to the ER or have the heart attack? -- nm - Max Nov 8, 21:23 1
        
        No, called doc back about the pumpkin seed thing, came in for another blood test a week later and everything was normal - Geist Nov 8, 21:37
    - Nice! -- nm - Krusty Nov 8, 21:19
    - Did you have to ask for any tests they normally don't run? I'm getting ready for my appt on Monday. -- nm - Max Nov 8, 21:09 4
      - No, I think they test for just about everything except Vit.D and that was done recently when I had my bone density test. All the basics... - Meg Nov 8, 21:14 3
        
        wine-blood content ...? ;p -- nm - Max Nov 8, 21:23 2
        
        I've had friends tell me their doc has ordered "no alcohol" for 2-3 days ahead of the test. Mine's never mentioned it. -- nm* - Meg Nov 8, 21:31 1
        
        I have a procedure in a couple weeks with no alcohol 24hrs before and after. That, uh, won't be a challenge, though. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 8, 21:37
    - nice! -- nm - Beryllium Nov 8, 21:09
Hmm, interesting but not entirely unexpected (and it took me quite a while to think to look for it): FireTV's remote API is undocumented. - Beryllium Nov 8, 20:47

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