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Bobby Ryan, left hockey in Nov to fight addiction (alcohol)...he's 100 days sober, comes back to play hockey again, and this happens - Flavorize Feb 28, 07:43 1
- That's so great! -- nm - Krusty Feb 28, 07:53
Tool tickets for Orlando and Tampa secured. Gawd, I hate Ticketmaster. - JaxSean Feb 28, 07:34 2
- Awesome! -- nm - Pippy - Boom! Feb 28, 07:37
- nee-chay -- nm - mud Feb 28, 07:35
2 new posters for the Monster Hunter movie. -- (link) - Shaun Feb 28, 07:30 2
- Oh that might be ok...September 4th. Oh. Never mind. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 28, 07:36
- That sword *might* be too big for her. -- nm - Reagen Feb 28, 07:31
think Barr's response will be anything but a "nyet"? -- (link) - mud Feb 28, 07:29
Querstion for the ST stock people. I know little about the market - prolly why I'm broke. Anyway - the market had been going gangbusters for a bit... - Turd Ferguson Feb 28, 07:24 13
- Simple answer: nobody knows. More nuanced: if you ascribe to the theory of irrational exuberance as I do, then it’s just expectations and nothing else -- nm - JackDawson Feb 28, 07:44
- Thanks kids, appreciate the answers -- nm - Turd Ferguson Feb 28, 07:32
- A little of A, a little of B -- nm - spamlet Feb 28, 07:30 1
  - This is the correct answer. - Bardi Gras Feb 28, 07:47
- My hunch is that the market had been wanting to turn for a while, it just needed some excuse to kick it off as no one wanted to be the first one out. -- nm - znufrii, Italian baseball player Feb 28, 07:28 3
  - Not to say there isn’t going to be fundamental impact, but my guess is that it’s overstated in the near term at least by the current market moves. -- nm - znufrii, Italian baseball player Feb 28, 07:36 1
    - At its low today, the Dow wiped out all of last year’s 22% gain -- nm - decline Feb 28, 07:44
  - *ding* -- nm - mud Feb 28, 07:30
- Pretty much triggered by the virus - decline Feb 28, 07:26 4
  - But things were probably overpriced to begin with. - Reagen Feb 28, 07:29 3
    - oh certainly -- nm - decline Feb 28, 07:37 2
      - This is one of those times where it'd be nice to be able to drop interest rates, but *shrug* -- nm - Reagen Feb 28, 07:38 1
        
        Market implied probability of a Fed rate change -- (link) - decline Feb 28, 07:42
Horizon Zero Dawn is 3 today. -- (link) - Shaun Feb 28, 07:22 2
- I hope the sequel is gonna be ready shortly after PS5 launch? -- nm - Strongbad Feb 28, 07:34 1
  - Hopefully it's a proper launch title. That would be excellent. -- nm - Shaun Feb 28, 07:37
"How can it not know what it is?" - mud Feb 28, 07:18
-1000 thank you DOW may I have another? -- nm - Bacon Feb 28, 07:04 3
- Coffee futures are up 2% -- nm - decline Feb 28, 07:07
- It's money well spent to make Trump look like the fucking moron he is. -- nm - Reagen Feb 28, 07:07
- *buys more and thinks of 2035* -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 28, 07:07
Do we have anyone that has a CR subscription that could look up one thing for me? -- nm - spamlet Feb 28, 06:59 1
- I always go to the library when I need to look up CR - zeitgeist Feb 28, 10:37
If you're looking for a great podcast Tunnel 29 is 10 x 15 min episodes. There was a recent bidding war for the tv/film rights. -- (link) - LMS Feb 28, 06:53 1 1
- Sweet! I'm always looking for a good new podcast -- nm - Krusty Feb 28, 07:51
App -- nm - Bacon Feb 28, 06:52 1
- Heh, an app that shows you how close you are to a Corona Virus patient. Really? -- (link*) - Bacon Feb 28, 06:53
It's the 10 year anniversary of the Golden Goal. -- (link) - Shaun Feb 28, 06:26
Bloomberg, talking about Stacy Abrams. "I may be her biggest supporter or funder; I'm certainly one of, for her whole initiative to get out the vote" -- nm - Strongbad Feb 28, 06:03
Hong Kong quaratines pets after Dog test positive for corona -- (link) - eag Feb 28, 05:15
"So call this a table of values, not a t- chart." "I'm gonna stop call it that because it sounds like teacher." "Umm, it's THC, not THR." -- nm* - Classroom Transcripts Feb 28, 05:02
Sell sell sell. Dow Futures -400. -- (link*) - budice Feb 28, 03:00 26
- I continue amused at those trying to time the market. Please keep at it ! -- nm - JackDawson Feb 28, 04:53 25
  - I agree with you in theory. But I got out last Thursday saved $8,450 as of last night, and plan to use that extra $ to buy many more shares than I - Bacon Feb 28, 06:45 7
    - What you describe *is* timing the market though. And you got lucky this time, which is great, but it's still ultimately gambling to try and time. -- nm - ty97 Feb 28, 07:36 5
      - Meh. Don’t time the market is a lazy way of saying be ignorant. - Will Hunting Feb 28, 07:39 4
        
        Meet Bob, the world’s worst market timer... -- (link) - znufrii, Italian baseball player Feb 28, 07:42 3
        
        Great story bro. Let's use the following idea: Small adjustments to each story. - Will Hunting Feb 28, 07:54
        
        Triple post? -- nm* - Will Hunting Feb 28, 07:48
        
        Triple post -- (edited) - Will Hunting Feb 28, 07:48
    - And even if you miss a percent or two on the way back, you're still fine. -- nm - Reagen Feb 28, 07:08
  - Never catch a falling knife. -- nm - Reagen Feb 28, 06:41 2
    - I like this. -- nm - zunk, man of means by no means Feb 28, 06:48 1
      - Lesson learned -- nm - Man missing several fingers Feb 28, 06:50
  - It just torks me off because I literally just put a big chunk of money that previously was in savings into a brokerage account - oblique Feb 28, 06:33 1
    - feels very crypto investment days don't it? sorry. - Pippy - Boom! Feb 28, 07:43
  - The NYT did good yesterday (IMO) -- (link) - ty97 Feb 28, 06:06 1
    - Nmbty, this goes for you too, if you’re around -- (link) - znufrii, Italian baseball player Feb 28, 06:14 [Backboard]
  - I just keep buying index funds while they're on sale. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 28, 05:16
  - If only you’d tip us to what is going on with the secret cabal at the SEC that controls everything, we wouldn’t have to guess! -- nm - znufrii, Italian baseball player Feb 28, 04:58 8
    - If he did that, he'd have to prosecute himself. And presumably defend himself. It would be an interesting trial. -- nm - Bardi Gras Feb 28, 05:57 3
      - Oo, even better, offer himself a plea deal, which he then rejects. -- nm - Bardi Gras Feb 28, 06:05 2
        
        Only after he makes himself cry in the deposition. -- nm - znufrii, Italian baseball player Feb 28, 06:06 1
        
        "Objection, you're harassing the witness." "He bawled through the answer like he was on Lost Island. I couldn't understand a word of it!" -- nm - Bardi Gras Feb 28, 06:16
    - Also nmbJack - znufrii, Italian baseball player Feb 28, 04:59 3
      - I’m going to be with breeders at a home dinner in Brooklyn - where are you going to be? -- nm - JackDawson Feb 28, 05:06 2
        
        West Village, probably -- (edited) - znufrii, Italian baseball player Feb 28, 05:14 1
        
        Ok I’ll keep you posted and text -- nm - JackDawson Feb 28, 05:45
Pope Francis sick a day after supporting c19 virus sufferers -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 28, 02:38
Nigeria, Estonia, New Zealand and Lithuania join 'the list' -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 28, 01:41 7
- Recovered patients may test positive but are not carrying/spreading the virus -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 28, 01:43 6
  - President of Mongolia and his staff are placed in quarantine after trip to china -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 28, 01:45 5
    - K-pop group BTS cancels their concert is Seoul -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 28, 01:48 4
      - Pilgrimage to Mecca cancelled, Japan closes schools -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 28, 01:50 3
        
        stock market winners, Netflix and peloton -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 28, 01:52 2
        
        Clorox -- nm - Krusty Feb 28, 04:36 1
        
        and 3M - makers of surgical masks -- nm - decline Feb 28, 05:59
Not satisfied with deporting undocumented 'criminals' with a parking ticket, the INS now has a "Denaturalization" dept to strip citizenship -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 28, 01:34 1
- First up, Justin Bieber. -- nm - Bardi Gras Feb 28, 06:06
Was in southbound traffic when this was happening. A true dumpster fire! -- (link) - . Feb 27, 22:53
Remember when we wondered what Donny would eat in India? apparently nobody in the entourage touched a single thing at the palace banquet -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 27, 22:31 2
- A huge breach of etiquette. -- nm - . Feb 27, 22:56
- Padma Lakshmi, said simply: “Trump is the broccoli samosa of people.” -- nm - Max Feb 27, 22:48
Garth Brooks wears a Barry Sanders jersey...the internet explodes with fury - Flavorize— Feb 27, 21:51 6
- They're so dumb. -- nm - Diva Feb 28, 06:55
- Though that's still kind of provocative. -- nm - Reagen Feb 28, 02:39 4
  - I just want to know when Garth wasn’t provocative. The Thunder Rolls, Standing Outside the Fire...he’s pushed more non-traditional country ideas than - Will Hunting Feb 28, 04:22 1
    - That's what I'm saying. He knew what he was doing, and had plausible deniability. -- nm - Reagen Feb 28, 06:55
  - Though it was a Detroit show. -- nm - Dark Callisto Feb 28, 03:32 1
    - And he always (?) wears a local teams football jersey from what my wife tells me. If you’re doing a Lion who else you gonna pick? -- nm - spamlet Feb 28, 05:41
Now watching: Altered Carbon season 2. Spoilers about the “last season” recap... - Mop Feb 27, 20:59 6
- Also, "sleeve" is like the coolest word for what they are in this case. -- nm - Shaun Feb 28, 06:16
- Mackie is a much better lead than the last Kovacs. Kinnaman was slow and lumbering. Not a good stunt fighter. -- nm - Mop Feb 27, 21:56 4
  - Kinnaman is where charisma goes to die. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 27, 22:45 3
    - Yeah, I like how well he does accents (especially on The Killing), but his face has no expression. -- nm - Inigo Feb 28, 05:44
    - Suicide Squad refers to the people who watch his acting performances. -- nm* - David Feb 27, 23:08
    - That seemed to be true of pretty much everyone who worked on The Killing. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 27, 22:49
Locke and Key spoiler - Mop Feb 27, 20:42 2
- Spot on in your IM -- nm - Pippy-with a side eye Feb 27, 20:58 1
  - Poor man. -- nm - Mop Feb 27, 20:59
Bob Chapek's second day on the job: Jungle Cruise boat sinks with passengers on it, Tokyo Disneyland closes indefinitely, Beach Club calls SWAT team. - David Feb 27, 20:19 2
- Clarabelle Cow is missing. Huey, Dewey & Louie's clothes have been found in the Club 33 trash, and duck is their dinner special. -- nm* - Peglegpete Feb 27, 20:25 1
  - Goofy now head of the CDC, Mr Magoo the WH National Security advisor -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 27, 22:29
Pet peeve of the day - stores that advertise a weekly special on Wednesday and are out of stock by Thursday. I should have thought of this when I - Meg Feb 27, 20:11 2
- should ask for a rain check -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 28, 00:19
- Even better when it is an item you always buy and were fine paying full price for it. -- nm - Spawn Feb 27, 20:43
So, spending the last three weeks in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, with a 3 hour layover in a Chinese airport going there, and another coming back to - Bacon Feb 27, 20:02 4
- The sacramento woman with no obvious point of transmittion? the evac plane landed in Fairfield, HHS sent workers without training nor safety suits... - zeitgeist Feb 28, 00:18
- they should at least self-quarantine. -- nm - mafic Feb 27, 20:10 2
  - If we are leaving it up to people to do this? We aren't serious as a country to stop it's spread -- (edited) - Bacon Feb 27, 20:23 1
    - they're doing it here. people from Wuhan and the cruise ship are quarantined in a facility. elsewhere in China have been asked to self-quarantine. -- nm - mafic Feb 27, 21:39
Geek Deal: Very Decent PC Rig for $1000 - Ryzen 3700x, Radeon 5700XT, 16GB DDR4, 1TB SSD, 3TB HDD - budice Feb 27, 19:59
Ruggs ran a 4.28 and a 4.31. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 27, 19:54 2
- Claypool was pretty impressive —probably pushes his stock up -- nm - Flavorize— Feb 27, 20:23
- and some weirdos are painting it as a disappointment since he didn't break the record. -- nm - David Feb 27, 20:00
here's the whole 'weaponized HIV' article - zeitgeist Feb 27, 19:34 4
- So, in the late 70’s, this dumb article writer said smoking is bad but they say it took 30 years for science to confirm this. Like 2010... - Will Hunting Feb 27, 19:37 2
  - math is hard...70+30=100 not 110...right around then smoking was getting to be illegal in bars and restaurants. -- nm* - zeitgeist Feb 28, 00:20 1
    - Late 70’s. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 28, 03:32
- But ... why? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 27, 19:37
The problem with watching Picard is that now I have to wait a week to watch the next one. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 27, 19:33 4
- I'd forgotten how good Alison Pill looks in a tank top. -- nm - Max Feb 27, 22:21
- I am waiting to binge them all. -- nm - Spawn Feb 27, 19:54
- Today's is really, really good. -- nm - David Feb 27, 19:33 1
  - yep -- nm - mud Feb 27, 19:34
LIR A jacked Mackie in Altered Carbon 2? You don’t say? - Pippy-with a side eye Feb 27, 19:23 4
- Captain America -- nm - Spawn Feb 27, 20:18 3
  - Hmmmmm mmmm. If we can’t have a bearded Cap, a jacked one is a great addition -- nm - Pippy-with a side eye Feb 27, 20:35 2
    - Well, he is bearded in Altered Carbon. -- nm - Spawn Feb 27, 20:45 1
      - SAY WHAT ?! - Pippy-with a side eye Feb 27, 21:06
Run Grodd, run. -- nm - Spawn Feb 27, 19:18
Tokyo Disney Resort Closed Until March 15th Due to Coronavirus Outbreak -- (link) - budice Feb 27, 19:07 5
- But we are still having the Olympics -- nm - Japan Feb 27, 19:59
- Official Statement translated -- (link) - budice Feb 27, 19:28
- Yeah, that's a big deal. -- nm - David Feb 27, 19:12
- It's times like this where I'm glad I'm a recluse with no planned trips. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 27, 19:10 1
  - people at my company are travelling all the time. luckily I'm not going anywhere international until April, when it will probably be at its peak. yay! -- nm - mafic Feb 27, 19:12
my LA cousin forwarded me this crazy conspiracy article about how the c19 is an escaped weaponized HIV like virus etc , but has these preventative tip - zeitgeist Feb 27, 19:06 6
- I would respect that person more if they were a flat earther. -- nm - Bacon Feb 27, 19:58
- That seems like a lot of work. It'd be easier to just succumb. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 27, 19:11 1
  - "Too many vials! Lord, just take me now." -- nm* - Beryllium Feb 27, 19:15
- entirely snake oil. wash your hands and don't touch your face. -- nm - mafic Feb 27, 19:10 2
  - It's *essential* snake oil. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 27, 19:11 1
    - Well played. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 27, 19:11
Remember this? 2 years ago today... -- (link) - Strongbad Feb 27, 18:54 4
- Truly surprised that this hasn’t been the outcome. For all of those there’s the “remember when we said we’d become authoritarian” and do, so... - JackDawson Feb 27, 19:04
- Yes, but what they claim in that tweet is not what was lost. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 27, 18:56 2
  - Or rather, it's one of many potential negative outcomes of the decision, most of which have yet to be realized (thankfully) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 27, 18:57 1
    - it took 30 years for the cable companies to start charging providers for space on their limit channel capacity, it will take awhile for them... - zeitgeist Feb 27, 19:25
so like... what did N make out of a potato? the entire solar system? -- nm - mafic Feb 27, 18:50 5
- Here: -- (pic) - kelly Feb 28, 05:59 [Attachment]
- A hammerhead shark from Shark School - Will Hunting Feb 27, 19:02 1
  - Oh, I had my money on Raskolnikov -- nm - Roger More Feb 27, 19:15
- Potato Big Bang, the primary character in one of noted children's author Stephen Hawking's books? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 27, 18:53 1
  - ^ not a joke, fwiw. He actually was a children's author. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 27, 19:21
b2 answer: 6 times in 43 elections, but three of those were essentially two-party elections. - mafic Feb 27, 18:42 1
- cool. thx -- nm - mud Feb 27, 19:17

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