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PC Home Computer Poll: %-wise, How often do you use Desktop vs Laptop/Tablet? (ex. 70/30) -- nm* - BBud-8 Dec 12, 08:16 31
- no tablet, laptop is well over 10 years old and barely used then, so 60=70% 'couchtop' and cell phone (almost a mini tablet) - zeitgeist Dec 12, 10:56
- 100% desktop. Unless a Kindle used only for reading counts as a tablet. -- nm - TWuG Dec 12, 08:29
- 60% tablet, 35% desktop, 5% laptop. -- nm - pmb Dec 12, 08:27
- Queen zunk, Princess zunk, and me, laptop 100%. Prince zunk desktop 100% (gaming system). -- nm - zunkskunk Dec 12, 08:27
- I'm 90% on my iPad Pro (sometimes my phone). When I get out my laptop or sit at the desktop, you know I'm serious. -- nm - Mop Dec 12, 08:26
- That said I'm 100% laptop, don't own a tablet -- nm - ty97 Dec 12, 08:24 2
  - Good point. I have a laptop at work and there are two in my house, and they still get that 0.1% use. -- nm - Spawn Solo Dec 12, 08:25 1
    - I switched back to a desktop at work -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 12, 08:27
- Did not see tablet. I would say desktop: 69.9%, tablet: 30%, laptop: 0.1% -- nm - Spawn Solo Dec 12, 08:22
- I was 30% desktop and 70% phone until recently when I got a laptop and stopped using the desktop. The desktop needs upgrades. -- nm - Krusty Dec 12, 08:22
- Currently, all I have I a laptop. But I'll soon have a gaming desktop to add to the media center. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 12, 08:21
- 95% iPad, 5% desktop and only for Magic Arena. -- nm - Qale Dec 12, 08:20 2
  - I got myself an iPad for my birthday. I still mostly use my phone and rarely use the iPad even though I can do the same things with both -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 12, 08:21 1
    - I got the nicest one back in Nov 2018. I still love it a lot a lot. -- nm - Qale Dec 12, 08:30
- I do all my gaming, bill paying, etc. on my Desktop. I have a laptop I use for my Treasurer duties for our booster club and sometimes to buy - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 12, 08:20
- I haven't had a desktop in years - 99% tablet now (1% laptop) - decline Dec 12, 08:20
- Who the hell still has a desktop?! -- nm - Ender Dec 12, 08:18 12
  - Use a desktop as my plex server and to encode my movies for said server. -- nm - sycor Dec 12, 08:55
  - If I had an office area in my house, I totally would. - Reagen Dec 12, 08:28
  - Me. When I have to work from home it is still far easier to do it on a desktop than a laptop. The larger screen makes a significant difference and - pmb Dec 12, 08:26 4
    - Who the hell still prints documents!? -- nm* - Qale Dec 12, 08:38
    - My Christmas gift "from my wife" is a 32" UHD screen for my desktop - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 12, 08:28 2
      - Yeah. I have a 27" at home. It means I can put full size documents up side by side to work on. Makes life much easier. -- nm - pmb Dec 12, 08:30 1
        
        I will still have the two 22" monitors :) - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 12, 08:31
  - There are *at least* 7 computers in my house (in addition to all the phones and tablets). 3 of those are desktops. -- nm - Mop Dec 12, 08:26 2
    - 4. - Mop Dec 12, 08:27 1
      - the guy can't take a dump without an Ap -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 12, 11:31
  - *raises hand* -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 12, 08:20
  - [moved and corrected] -- nm* - Spawn Solo Dec 12, 08:19
- I haven't had a desktop in forever -- nm - ty97 Dec 12, 08:18 1
  - I have the parts of a desktop and the tower serves as a place for me to stack my magazines. -- nm - JD Dec 12, 08:19
Cool. Our company is adding 401k matching (.50 on $1 up to 6%/$3k) and keeping the profit sharing contributions to our 401k too - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 12, 08:08 10
- That's pretty awesome. Rare to find companies doing both these days. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 12, 08:21 8
  - Check my math. Obviously the optimal salary is $100k so that your 6% results in you hitting the 6%/$3k maximum - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 12, 08:25 4
    - your optimal strategy is to put away as much as you possibly can - decline Dec 12, 08:32 1
      - Yeah, we have lots of other investments going on. I'm just trying to max the matching -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 12, 08:32
    - Looks right to me. And thanks for the reminder. - ReluctantCynic Dec 12, 08:31
    - kilbo needs a monocle. -- nm - Spawn Solo Dec 12, 08:26
  - not that rare anymore and making a comeback (early 2000s a lot of employer contribs were dropped or suspended). Probably 50%-60% of my clients do both -- nm - decline Dec 12, 08:23 2
    - That's good to know. - ReluctantCynic Dec 12, 08:29 1
      - Our stopped sending paper statements a few years ago. I hadn't looked at my employer one for years until a few months ago. I was happy to find it's - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 12, 08:35
- Nice! -- nm - znufrii, human scum Dec 12, 08:15
LOL -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 12, 07:57 2
- "I'm an anarchist. I'm voting Labour." It's all you need to know. -- nm - Mop Dec 12, 08:28
- Run boy, run. -- nm - Spawn Solo Dec 12, 07:59
Rian Johnson's Internet yesterday -- (link) - BBud-8 Dec 12, 07:53
Big shake up in the Oscar Best Picture odds this week with nominations coming out. Irishman still leads, but... - Name Withheld By Request Dec 12, 07:50 8
- Alright, fine, if Joker wins best picture, I'll watch it. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 12, 07:54 3
  - Do you remember when it got an 8 minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival? - Spawn Solo Dec 12, 08:01 2
    - 8 minutes is middling in a big festival. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 12, 08:11 1
      - For a comicbook movie? -- nm - Spawn Solo Dec 12, 08:17
- Are these odds for a nomination or a win? -- nm - Roger More Dec 12, 07:51 3
  - Win -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 12, 07:53 2
    - Ah yeah, no way Knives Out is winning. - Roger More Dec 12, 08:15 1
      - I should hope not. -- nm - Spawn Solo Dec 12, 08:17
Remember the chimney sweeps that went to the wrong city on Monday? I wish I had time to tell you the series of errors that I continue to deal with. -- nm - Spawn Solo Dec 12, 07:48
The Nintendo Switch has system updates and whatnot like other consoles right? - Tim Dec 12, 07:48 5
- Yes, when they start the system it will run the updates. - Dark Callisto Dec 12, 08:13 1
  - Dammit! Did they brick my boot loader again? -- nm - Mop Dec 12, 08:29
- Yes. Some games need to be, at least, updated, too. - Marlowe Dec 12, 07:53
- Yes there are updates and you can either get cartridges or digital games. - spamlet Dec 12, 07:52 1
  - I suppose the idea is lots of people will be attempting to update Christmas morning, making it take longer. -- nm - Tim Dec 12, 07:54
I have returned from a brief visit to 2050 with footage of future Reagen -- (link*) - Roger More Dec 12, 07:45 1
- That's an awesome professor! -- nm - Krusty Dec 12, 07:51
Why do health ins companies get free legal care when it comes to fraud? They should have to pay for that. No socialism! That's their motto, right? -- nm* - Beryllium Dec 12, 07:42 4
- Related to this NFL news -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 12, 07:45 3
  - submitted false claims for equipment like hyperbaric oxygen chambers, ultrasound machines used in women's health exams and electromagnetic therapy devices used on horses -- (edited) - decline Dec 12, 07:50 2
    - And why should the insurers get free legal care from the gov't? Buncha freeloaders. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 12, 07:53 1
      - because it's a criminal investigation -- nm - decline Dec 12, 08:00
WTF is happening in the UK? -- nm - Mop Dec 12, 07:21 7
- Anarchy, obvs -- nm - Beryllium Dec 12, 07:33
- It’s a decision between Brexit and Corbyn and Brexit is winning. - spamlet Dec 12, 07:33 4
  - Massive voter turn out favors Corbyn. Johnson had it in the bag yesterday. Suddenly it's a toss up. -- nm - Mop Dec 12, 07:38
  - If they lose today, it's a done no-deal. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 12, 07:34 2
    - *whacks the Bery to make him post good* -- nm - con_carne Dec 12, 07:37 1
      - Ain't nuthin gonna happen -- nm* - Beryllium Dec 12, 07:43
- Our canine neighbors across the sea will decide on the next government -- nm - decline Dec 12, 07:26
Rick Porcello to the Mets on a 1yr deal -- nm - Krusty Dec 12, 07:03 1
- didn't want him anyway, he can go to the Mets, thats fine. - groiny Dec 12, 07:34
I'm amazed Trump actually made it 2 days before making a snide comment about Greta Thunberg. She, of course, is on point -- (link) - decline Dec 12, 06:54 2
- I would have written "A teenager working on her anger about climate mismanagement but sure, her version is cool too. -- nm - Max Dec 12, 07:00 1
  - She's managed to make it read in the Spongebob font without using it. -- nm - Reagen Dec 12, 07:07
In the Heights Trailer -- (link) - LMS Dec 12, 06:34 [youtube] 14
- nice. Spielberg's West Side Story remake is next year as well> -- nm - Remlik Dec 12, 08:46
- *splurt* -- nm - znufrii, human scum Dec 12, 07:32
- OK, color me interested, all of a sudden. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 12, 07:23
- Wait, Daphne Rubin-Vega is in it?! -- nm - ty97 Dec 12, 07:18
- huh. Stephanie Beatriz from Brooklyn Nine-nine is playing Carla -- nm - ty97 Dec 12, 07:16
- Local news show just showed it. Looks great! -- nm - zunkskunk Dec 12, 07:07
- Take all my money now -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 12, 06:38
- Two beeeeeeelion dollars. -- nm - Dark Callisto Dec 12, 06:37 6
  - I remember going to see this in Chicago as part of our subscription having no idea about it. It was *shocking* how good it was and this was 2009 - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 12, 06:45 5
    - I remember going to see this in Boston having no idea what is was about and seeing Diva and the cast just blow me out of my seat. -- nm - ty97 Dec 12, 06:57 4
      - that was so awesome that you guys could come. -- nm - Diva Dec 12, 07:44 2
        
        You and the whole show were awesome! Loved every second of it and you killed it! -- nm* - Krusty Dec 12, 08:23 1
        
        thanks so much. that was really a wonderful weekend. :) -- nm - Diva Dec 12, 08:25
      - Yup -- nm - Krusty Dec 12, 06:58
Old article but I finally remembered where I had heard of Brandeis University (one of the colleges that we visited with my daughter in early Nov) -- (link) - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 12, 06:28
Trailer for Promising Young Woman -- (link) - LMS Dec 12, 06:28 [youtube]
Happy Birthday Zeit! Happy Birthday TFox! Happy Birthday JenBro! -- nm - JaxSean Dec 12, 06:26 8
- Happy Birthday Z, T, and J! -- nm* - Andie Dec 12, 07:42
- Happy birthday to my son, too! Time to take him to the DMV for his learner's permit! -- nm - Mop Dec 12, 07:39 3
  - Happy birthday to your son! -- nm - Krusty Dec 12, 07:43
  - man, you're old -- nm - decline Dec 12, 07:41 1
    - Yes. Yes I am. -- nm - Mop Dec 12, 08:35
- Happy Birthdays! -- nm - LMS Dec 12, 06:35
- Happy birthday to all! -- nm - decline Dec 12, 06:33
- Happy birthday! Woo hoo!!! -- nm - Krusty Dec 12, 06:27
Finland's new Prime Minister and her cabinet -- (link) - decline Dec 12, 06:12 4
- Super awesome. -- nm - Volnelk, Captain Caaaaaaaveeemaaaaaaaan Dec 12, 09:01
- L-to-R: 4,4,7,8 -- nm - BBud-8 Dec 12, 06:14 2
  - The two in the middle are the very hottest, so, no. -- nm - Facto Dec 12, 12:48
  - Katri Kulmini will accept your apologies for giving her a "4" now. -- (link) - Mop Dec 12, 07:42
Happy Dogs At Polling Stations Day everyone! -- (link) - LMS Dec 12, 06:00 5
- Your dog votes a straight Belly Rub ticket. -- nm - Baron-pum-pum-pum Dec 12, 07:07
- That's awesome and so cute! We're not allowed to bring the dogs in to the polling places. -- nm - Krusty Dec 12, 06:33 3
  - I love that you already know this -- nm - con_carne Dec 12, 07:22 2
    - Heh. :-) I was going to bring Maude but I had to bring her back home first. :-( - Krusty Dec 12, 07:42 1
      - Only service dogs are allowed inside so they advise bringing a voting buddy to wait with the dog outside -- nm - LMS Dec 12, 07:58
Here are the movies I've seen this decade, ranked within each year -- nm - Max Dec 12, 05:44 21
- Damn Max. Good job. How long did it take you? -- nm - Amoxy Dec 12, 07:41 1
  - About a decade. -- nm - Spawn Solo Dec 12, 08:02
- 2019 - Max Dec 12, 05:50 3
  - I'm interested in seeing like a dividing line on Great - Good - Okay - Meh - Bad - Awful - Will Hunting Dec 12, 07:33 1
    - Yeah I was doing that in the early part of the decade but got lazy with it. -- nm - Max Dec 12, 15:17
  - Uh oh. Don’t let those Internet Man-Babies see the bottom of this one. -- nm - Qale Dec 12, 06:01
- 2018 - Max Dec 12, 05:49
- 2017 - Max Dec 12, 05:49
- 2016 - Max Dec 12, 05:48 3
  - The list in which Max reveals that they are a furry. -- nm - Qale Dec 12, 06:00 2
    - Wait, which one's the furry movie? -- nm - Max Dec 12, 06:41 1
      - Zootopia. -- nm - Qale Dec 12, 06:45
- 2015 - Max Dec 12, 05:48
- 2014 - Max Dec 12, 05:47 1
  - Interesting. The one you have last is in my top 5 of the year -- nm - Amoxy Dec 12, 07:37
- 2013 - Max Dec 12, 05:46
- 2012 - Max Dec 12, 05:46
- 2011 - Max Dec 12, 05:45
- 2010 - Max Dec 12, 05:45 2
  - I can’t really argue with that Top 10. -- nm - Qale Dec 12, 05:58
  - Bottom 2 are dead on. -- nm - Reagen Dec 12, 05:50
You know who's the worst? People. -- nm - Reagen Dec 12, 05:44 1
- Hell is other people. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 12, 07:32
Survivor last night (major spoilers) -- (link) - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 12, 05:38 19
- One other thing about last night - and this is assuming they survive this and get more seasons (spoils) - Dr. Luthor Swann Dec 12, 06:28 2
  - I said during the episode (spoilers) - kilbowl full of jelly Dec 12, 06:29 1
    - Oh, she's getting that Sia money. Make no mistake. nm -- nm - Dr. Luthor Swann Dec 12, 06:33
- I'm actually surprised the entire cast hid this until last night's episode. - Strongbad Dec 12, 06:12 1
  - Didn't Kellee et al use the touching and resulting sympathy as a smokescreen to make their own big move? It appears they were as cynical as could be. -- nm - con_carne Dec 12, 07:09
- Kill it with fire. - Will Hunting Dec 12, 05:44 10
  - What? Now? Everyone’s talking about Survivor again! -- nm - CBS, probably Dec 12, 06:08
  - Also - I'd wager there are some lawsuits pending out there right. Everything they've released sounds like it's been scrubbed thoroughly through legal. -- nm - Dr. Luthor Swann Dec 12, 05:53 7
    - Agreed. -- nm - Dark Callisto Dec 12, 06:04 6
      - Which, I guess is understandable. But would it kill Jeff to say something like... - Dr. Luthor Swann Dec 12, 06:21 5
        
        He's an Executive Producer. He'll have another chance to say that on Finale night but I'm not holding my breath. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 12, 06:40
        
        That sounds like an admission of guilt to a lawyer -- nm - spamlet Dec 12, 06:25 3
        
        Guilt and innocence went out the door when it was video and they let him stay. - Will Hunting Dec 12, 06:38 1
        
        It’s the same reason a doctor never tells you they effed up. It brings on additional liability. -- nm - spamlet Dec 12, 06:45
        
        I guess - but ultimately, pulling him from the game is pretty much the same thing. They are gonna really need All Winners to be amazing - Dr. Luthor Swann Dec 12, 06:26
  - I think it was Randy Bailey on Twitter that asked Probst how he felt abut firing Lynne Spillman now. -- nm - Dr. Luthor Swann Dec 12, 05:52
- This season is a shit show mixed with a cluster fuck all thrown into a dumpster fire. nm -- nm - Dr. Luthor Swann Dec 12, 05:40 2
  - I know, isn't it great?? -- nm - con_carne Dec 12, 06:47
  - Yep. - Dark Callisto Dec 12, 05:49

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