ST Alpha - Backboarding

SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ

Search Dr. S. Talk
TT/ST Wiki
How Well Do You Know ...

RSS Feed

Hosting by DigitalOcean

Support ST on Ko-Fi

Welcome to SlickerTalk ▲

Kick your heels up, settle in, and get ready for a raucous discussion. The topic is anything and everything: movies, television, politics, music, breaking news, recycled news, orange-colored prediction markets, etc.

Join the Conversation

Suggestions and requests can be sent to team @ slackertalk.com. Or, please use this form to submit a bug report.

Recent News ▲

BlueSky Starter Pack for STers
This is a list of automatic follows when creating a BS account. Special thanks to Kim for setting it up! To bridge your account to the Fediverse, follow @ap.brid.gy (per the Bridgy docs)
the pack

[ SlackerTalk / Beta ] [ SlickerTalk ] [ Dr. S. Talk ]

Live

Down to Post

< Newer

Older >

Posts: 151

MLB is pushing back Opening Day until at least mid-May. -- nm - decline Mar 16, 11:22 1
- Someone just told me they're bracing for an 81-game season. -- nm - David Mar 16, 11:22
Washington Post: Coronavirus exposes Internet inequality among U.S. students as schools close their doors -- (link) - prayformojo Mar 16, 11:18
30 additional cases & 3 new deaths in BC, sounds like -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 11:16 2
- All these cases sound like plenty of opportunity for Jessica Fletcher. But then again, no. -- nm - Max Mar 16, 11:19
- We're at 103 cases total right now -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 11:18
Have we seen this? (not virus related!) -- (link) - ty97 Mar 16, 11:07 1
- "If you can dodge a wrench..." -- nm - Max Mar 16, 11:11
Looks like MRNA was the lottery ticket today. +28% on news of human vaccine trials starting today -- (link) - oblique Mar 16, 11:06
has sheri gotten back to mary yet? 3h 5 minutes. NO. -- nm - amanda Mar 16, 11:05 4
- She should've been gone, knowing how she made you feel. And she should be gone, after all your words of steel. -- nm - Max Mar 16, 11:08 3
  - 212 PM sent second email. "It's important to answer messages in a timely fashion while we are WFH unless you are taking sick or vacay time." - amanda Mar 16, 11:15 2
    - you're scary -- nm - decline Mar 16, 11:20
    - Maybe you should have a contractor system like Microsoft. My contact had two people like this and canned them. - Max Mar 16, 11:17
If he gets fired, I’m going to ask Bill O’Brien to be in my dynasty fantasy league. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 16, 11:04
The US Economy -- (link) - prayformojo Mar 16, 11:00 1
- heh, "Coachella" -- nm - mud Mar 16, 11:02
So my board is now flipping out and wants to do the board meeting virtually. What would ST use for this? - spamlet Mar 16, 10:59 23
- We use Teams -- nm - Walt_Disney Mar 16, 11:38
- skype or maybe zoom -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 16, 11:09
- We already have something we use internally, but I keep hearing about ZOOM during this crisis? -- nm - ty97 Mar 16, 11:08 2
  - Zoom seems to be the one everyone is going with that doesn't have one set up but there are literally dozens and dozens of services like this available. Pick one. -- nm* - oblique Mar 16, 11:13 1
    - That’s why I’m asking! -- nm - spamlet Mar 16, 11:25
- Go with your ecosystem. Have Office 365? Teams (or Skype for Business if you must). Google shop? Hangout -- nm - oblique Mar 16, 11:07
- Teams. By far. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 16, 11:05 2
  - Do you need it recorded? Teams Free vs Teams (paid) link. Teams free is up to 300 users, but no recording is probably the big thing. -- (link) - JaxSean Mar 16, 11:09 1
    - Not at all but that shows conference calls are only paid items -- nm - spamlet Mar 16, 11:20
- Wait, they're demanding that people come to the office, but *they* won't meet in person? -- nm - David Mar 16, 11:03 1
  - Two different groups, sorry. This is for the non-profit. - spamlet Mar 16, 11:07
- Audio only? Xbox app for Win10 party chat. -- nm - Max Mar 16, 11:03
- teams call. -- nm - amanda Mar 16, 11:01 8
  - Does everyone need Office for this? -- nm - spamlet Mar 16, 11:02 7
    - I don't think so -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 11:02 6
      - We have 365 and therefore teams just never used it before. - spamlet Mar 16, 11:03 5
        
        Just have them all test it in advance so you don't waste 20 minutes for everyone figuring out how to make it work -- nm - ty97 Mar 16, 11:09
        
        I love teams call so much. zoom is so 2016. -- nm - amanda Mar 16, 11:04 3
        
        I can't figure out how to generate a number for it though. - spamlet Mar 16, 11:19 2
        
        Dial-in service is a totally different thing. People would need to use their PC with a microphone/speaker or join the meeting on their phone using - oblique Mar 16, 11:22 1
        
        Oh yeah people are gonna flip more if I tell them that. - spamlet Mar 16, 11:25
- Skype? Conference call and emailed materials? -- nm - Beaker Mar 16, 11:00
- Google Hangouts. -- nm - Shaun Mar 16, 11:00
Interesting. Never noticed ‘WIC’ on grocery price tags before. But they’re there. -- (pic) - Volnelk Mar 16, 10:56 [Attachment] 3
- yup -- nm - prayformojo Mar 16, 10:58
- so your saying I should buy all of it and mark up the prices? -- nm - Beaker Mar 16, 10:58
- Great info, though. -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 16, 10:57
This is why what we all do today matters so much: - Andie Mar 16, 10:55 2
- This was the math I was checking overnight. -- nm - David Mar 16, 11:13
- The power of compound mutual interest. -- nm - Max Mar 16, 10:58
I have my issues with JT but man, what a contrast to what it could be. -- nm - Reagen Mar 16, 10:53 12
- no one asked after Sophie?! -- nm - mud Mar 16, 11:05
- These reporters aren't fans of the US exemption. -- nm - Shaun Mar 16, 10:59 5
  - Nor should they be. I'm taking back some of my credit. -- nm - Reagen Mar 16, 11:00 4
    - We're sorry, Canada. The real pandemic in America is stupidity. -- nm - David Mar 16, 11:04
    - [nods] -- nm - mud Mar 16, 11:01 2
      - I hope, *hope*, it's just because of the logistics of moving goods. -- nm - Reagen Mar 16, 11:03 1
        
        Seems to be what he's reiterating. -- nm - Shaun Mar 16, 11:03
- Oh please, Trump just told the Governors of the States to buy the ventilators themselves, don't wait for help. Now THAT is leadership to live by my fr - JackDawson Mar 16, 10:57 2
  - "Like fuck, why do you guys keep asking me?!" -- nm - Reagen Mar 16, 10:58 1
    - Exactly! "Go ask Canada or something!" -- nm - JackDawson Mar 16, 11:00
- same for NB. This whole thing probably saved Higgs' Govt after the whole ER shitshow. And they've handled it very well so far imo -- nm - Beaker Mar 16, 10:57
- This is like me and Cuomo. Not a fan generally, but man he's stepping up well on this. -- nm - ty97 Mar 16, 10:54
Colts: going after Philip Rivers. -- nm - Remlik Mar 16, 10:52 2
- I'm so sorry. -- nm - David Mar 16, 11:03
- ha ha -- nm - nelson Mar 16, 10:55
Got the expected email this morning. County libraries closed completely until at least the end of the month. -- nm - Meg Mar 16, 10:51 1
- Those two boxes of sugar cubes and bottle of sweet tea I was planning to deliver today will likely go to the food pantry across the street. - Meg Mar 16, 11:06
Commodities are taking a huge hit today. Futures for unleaded gas at .70/gal, oil under 30/bbl and silver under 13/oz. -- nm - GregW Mar 16, 10:51 1
- Free Gas is good -- nm - budice Mar 16, 10:55
Saskatchewan schools done for year March 20th -- (link) - Beaker Mar 16, 10:50 1
- "students will be given a grade based on their current mark" Hope you handed in your shit! -- nm - Reagen Mar 16, 10:55
SEC question. Heh. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 16, 10:46 2
- The defense would argue that if it was so obviously false that the information was available for correction, then there was no materiality and no reas - JackDawson Mar 16, 10:51 1
  - Sounds more like the reason corps carry Errors & Omissions insurance. -- nm - Max Mar 16, 10:53
"Don't touch your face" - decline Mar 16, 10:44 3
- Maybe ST could profiteer by marketing some personal Face Scratcher on Ebay and Amazon. -- nm - Max Mar 16, 10:48
- ~I can't feel my face when I'm with you~ "Yes! But also with anyone, really." -- nm - Reagen Mar 16, 10:46
- I never realized how much I apparently love to touch my face. -- nm - ty97 Mar 16, 10:45
JT talking now. -- nm - Shaun Mar 16, 10:41
Canada closing the border to non citizens and non permanent residents. -- nm - Reagen Mar 16, 10:41 7
- Thanks for joining us in pointless politics. -- nm - spamlet Mar 16, 10:52
- Does not apply to goods. -- nm - Reagen Mar 16, 10:44 5
  - Does not apply to US citizens. - Reagen Mar 16, 10:58 3
    - It's the last fucking helicopter out of Saigon. -- nm - Mop Mar 16, 11:16
    - shit -- nm - Beaker Mar 16, 10:58 1
      - Yes. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 11:01
  - Only bads? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 10:49
a couple bars are having last minute parties as the closure doesn't start till 12:01 midnight -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 16, 10:41 2
- that seems smrt -- nm - Beaker Mar 16, 10:42 1
  - Which made me realize, I stayed home the last 2 weeks, so this period of isolation hasn't even *started* yet and I'm already cabin feverish -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 16, 10:52
My assumption is that the globe is going to go "on pause" over the next 2-4 weeks (minimum), do you agree? - JaxSean Mar 16, 10:41 11
- minimum - oblique Mar 16, 10:44 2
  - ours did online only yesterday. was very well done -- nm - Beaker Mar 16, 10:45 1
    - We streamed our service for the first time yesterday also. It worked. We're not really going for quality here though. Was just glad to see it go - oblique Mar 16, 10:46
- as loosi said, it would have to be 8 weeks, 2 wks means it would just start up again, I don't see 3rd world countries complying adequately - zeitgeist Mar 16, 10:44 5
  - My 2-4 week assumption was "global." I think the US is very much-so going to shut down mostly for 6-8 weeks. - JaxSean Mar 16, 10:46 4
    - Unless the news reports are off, it seems to me that Europe is just now shutting things down and taking similar measures to what we're seeing in the - oblique Mar 16, 10:50 2
      - from the stuff I've seen I think we are about 2 weeks behind Italy in terms of cases (and further behind in testing) -- nm - decline Mar 16, 10:55 1
        
        Yeah, looks like we're right at about 11 day lag -- (link) - oblique Mar 16, 11:02
    - a lot of the world is still behind us - like South America, Africa, it's a long road ahead. -- nm - Andie Mar 16, 10:49
- without question. -- nm - Andie Mar 16, 10:42
- fuck that! we'll beat it by staying together and doing everything like we always do!! -- nm - US STRONG! Mar 16, 10:42
"Effective tomorrow, we are taking the unprecedented step of moving our operations to mission critical work only until further notice." -- nm - Beaker Mar 16, 10:39
Whataburger Delivers Food To H-E-B Workers Working Long Hours to Keep Shelves Stocked -- (link) - Mop Mar 16, 10:38
I've got a cinema screening of ep 1 of The Mandalorian tomorrow - I should skip it right? -- nm - LMS Mar 16, 10:30 10
- i mean, yes. -- nm - Andie Mar 16, 10:49
- I've got tickets to a screening of Fifth Element Wednesday I'll probably be skipping. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 16, 10:42 1
  - you're going to multipass on that opportunity? -- nm - prayformojo Mar 16, 10:47
- Would definitely skip -- nm - ty97 Mar 16, 10:39
- I think the Mandalorian works better streamed back to back anyway, which I did. One at a time, not sure I would have continued past Ep1. -- nm - Max Mar 16, 10:34
- WTF? It's on streaming! What is wrong with these people? -- nm - Mop Mar 16, 10:34 1
  - UK launch of Disney plus on the 24th (and I'm not getting it). -- nm - LMS Mar 16, 10:42
- you can just illegally download it. it's not very good anyway. -- nm - amanda Mar 16, 10:32 1
  - WHAT!? -- nm - Beaker Mar 16, 10:33
- I would -- nm - decline Mar 16, 10:31
Man, the new Animal Crossing's PVP combat was unexpected! -- nm - Mop Mar 16, 10:26
Fucking come *on*! -- (link) - Andrew Yang Mar 16, 10:24 1
- to be fair the yangster wanted to send everyone 1k *every* month not just once, -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 16, 10:28
More than anything, the price gouging shows that pure capitalism is nightmarish. -- nm - David Mar 16, 10:23 1
- everything about this outbreak -- nm - JackDawson Mar 16, 10:50
Why cobble together piecemeal chaotic emergency people supports, when you could just have people supports all the time? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 10:23 2
- (Socialism needs to be rebranded in corporate speak for America) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 10:23
- I mean... -- nm - Reagen Mar 16, 10:23
Eating in the car, watching people try to enter BK. - Spawn Mar 16, 10:18 3
- I had BK mozz sticks randomly past week. they're pretty terrible. I'd eat them again. -- nm - amanda Mar 16, 10:19 2
  - *ding* -- nm - spamlet Mar 16, 10:20
  - This is correct. -- nm - Mop Mar 16, 10:20
one of my employees is WFH (obvs). I sent her two questions via teams at 11 am exactly. I emailed them to her at 1215. what time am I allowed to get - amanda Mar 16, 10:18 11
- she really needs to work on her "working from home" skills. You keep your email open at all times for a quick response while watching TV, reading, - Beaker Mar 16, 10:41
- I've already gotten the "Can we monitor when people log in from home and what they do?" question - oblique Mar 16, 10:38 3
  - Can’t you log the VPN? -- nm - spamlet Mar 16, 10:51 2
    - We have a machine (not user) level VPN and yeah, while I can see what machines are connected that isn't answering the question the guy was asking - oblique Mar 16, 10:58 1
      - ~logs in at 8AM...goes and plays video games for 6 hours...logs out~ -- nm - decline Mar 16, 11:00
- 11:30 am (or 12pm if you have hour lunches). I would be texting them at that point. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 16, 10:38
- I would imagine some people are unclear on the concept of *working* from home -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 16, 10:37
- Given it's lunchtime, 1:30pm. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 16, 10:23
- Is teams an IM thing? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 16, 10:23
- WFHunting!!! -- nm - Spawn Mar 16, 10:19
- 3pm Wednesday -- nm - decline Mar 16, 10:19
Wrestling: NWA Powerr suspended -- nm - Remlik Mar 16, 10:17
Cards trading DJ to the Texans. Austin Hooper to the Browns. -- nm - Shaun Mar 16, 10:16 10
- Texans trading Hopkins to Cards. -- (link*) - Shaun Mar 16, 10:28 6
  - someone take the keys away from O'Brien, he's shitfaced again -- nm - Beaker Mar 16, 10:32 1
    - Ha!! -- (link) - Shaun Mar 16, 10:36
  - Deshaun Watson gonna have a rough year -- nm - decline Mar 16, 10:30 3
    - Seriously. -- nm - Shaun Mar 16, 10:32 2
      - just a 2nd, swap 4ths AND taking on his salary? Jesus fucking Christ -- nm - Beaker Mar 16, 10:43 1
        
        I mean, even without Hopkins the trade was a killer for the Cards just to get out from under his contract, but with Hopkins, holy crap -- nm - Beaker Mar 16, 10:44
- I wonder what O'Brien gave up in return. Every team should be on the phone to try and fleece him. -- nm - Beaker Mar 16, 10:28
- Hooper agreed to a deal an hour into being able to talk? - Will Hunting Mar 16, 10:23 1
  - word to the im -- nm - Beaker Mar 16, 10:24
Word. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Mar 16, 10:16

Post a message top

< Newer

Older >

(Disclaimer: This website uses cookies to store identifying information. Please practice safe password usage.)