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Never thought I'd have to SSH tunnel over our VPN to work around an IPv6 incompatibility but kinda impressed that Windows now has all that built in -- nm - oblique May 22, 11:43 5
- Crazy to think most of the tech for tunneling, IPv6 and the like has been around for ages. -- nm - budice May 22, 11:56
- I still can't bring myself to use Windows, but I like what they're doing with making it developer-friendly. -- nm - Beryllium May 22, 11:52
- Quit that. -- nm - David May 22, 11:44 2
  - I jiggle the cable? -- nm - oblique May 22, 11:49 1
    - Jiggity! -- nm - Spawn May 22, 11:52
"Kudos to Jeff Mason" -- (link) - mud May 22, 11:31 2
- more -- (link) - mud May 22, 11:33 1
  - and the stupid OAN "reporter" asked about Obama being pardoned, for "unmasking" Flynn -- nm - mud May 22, 11:34
I may be the only person that actually likes it, but I just realized ‘Greek’ is on Hulu and I’m ecstatic. - Volnelk, Caveman and Survivor # Picking Champion. May 22, 11:24
LA Vehicle Pursuit livestream -- (link) - budice May 22, 11:23 6
- not that exciting - he's just driving around town -- nm - decline May 22, 11:28 5
  - although somebody just gave them a bottle of booze -- nm - decline May 22, 11:31 4
    - Just passed a Prime van -- nm - budice May 22, 11:46 3
      - I stand correct on the not interesting bit. Even with the low speeds at at the end, I was riveted -- nm - decline May 22, 11:51 2
        
        Me too. Cops not practicing social distancing in their takedown of the suspects. -- nm - Loyola May 22, 11:52 1
        
        Whole truck running on an axle for that long was something -- nm - budice May 22, 11:58
God of War is $10 on Amazon if you somehow don't have it yet. -- (link) - Shaun May 22, 11:21
Poll! Does your workplace let you out early ahead of holiday weekends? - prayformojo May 22, 11:19 11
- Yes but I don’t think that will apply today. -- nm - spamlet May 22, 11:57
- No. -- nm - Loyola May 22, 11:53
- 59 minute rule. -- nm - loosilu May 22, 11:37 3
  - ? -- nm - prayformojo May 22, 11:38 2
    - It's a military thing. You clock only one minute of your last hour. -- nm - loosilu May 22, 11:56
    - Can not leave an hour early, but... -- nm - Spawn May 22, 11:46
- Technically yes. "You can leave early today but make sure x,y, and z are done." -- nm - Dano May 22, 11:32 1
  - More accurate is probably "make sure x is done but I know I'm going to regret it Tuesday morning if I don't get y and z done before I leave." -- nm - Dano May 22, 11:34
- about an hour early - although occasionally I'll let people go earlier than that if it's really slow. - decline May 22, 11:22
- I was reminded that today is a half day so my work day officially ends in 10 minutes -- nm - JD May 22, 11:21
- Sometimes, if they remember to tell us. -- nm* - znufrii, silly old man May 22, 11:21
plane crash in Karachi Pakistan, 98 on board, almost reached airport when it crashed into a neighborhood..... -- (link) - zeitgeist May 22, 11:18 1
- Latest I heard was a potential rumour of three survivors -- nm - Beryllium May 22, 11:19
Here's the Top 5 for Yahoo Sports' Top 25 under 25 years old list. You can also find the rest of the list there as well. -- (link) - Shaun May 22, 11:15 1
- Christian Coleman was really good on Top Chef last night. - David May 22, 11:49
updating Meg's post from yesterday: still NO calendar for next week at HSX -- nm - Peglegpete May 22, 11:14 1
- Well, there are NO employees of HSX so.... -- nm - Will Hunting May 22, 11:27
Judging by the mall crowds we are seeing, Avengers Endgame will break the opening weekend record. - David May 22, 11:08
T-minus 5 days to launch. -- nm - Beryllium May 22, 11:06
Looks like Trump is in fine form this afternoon. -- nm - znufrii, silly old man May 22, 11:06 4
- Must have had his hydroxychloroquine. -- nm - Spawn May 22, 11:07 3
  - They're probably just giving him a mentos every day and telling him it's hydra -- nm - Beryllium May 22, 11:08 2
    - Hydroxychloroquine: the fresh maker. -- nm - POTUS May 22, 11:09 1
      - "Hail Hydroxychloroquine" - POTUS -- nm - Beryllium May 22, 11:18
Mrs. Colin Robinson (nee Birx) is droning on and on with a LOT of irrelevant data, in her pretty charts, again. -- nm - mud May 22, 11:01
Interesting HOA tactic. -- (link) - Beryllium May 22, 10:51 2
- It’s gonna be 5G and you know people wanna set those on fire lately. -- nm - Qale May 22, 11:43
- lol -- nm - tRuMaN May 22, 11:00
"At 60, she moved to NYC to care for her dying son. Instead of returning home, she dedicated herself to AIDS patients during the worst of the epidemic -- (link) - ty97 May 22, 10:46
Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande debut new song/video: Rain on Me -- (link) - MDH May 22, 10:28 [youtube] 6
- kinda meh, but I like seeing Ariana's hair down -- nm* - ty97 May 22, 10:41 5
  - Agreed. That said super happy it’s uptempo since all the midtempo pop in the last few years was awful. -- nm - MDH May 22, 10:51 2
    - True, but it's kind of ironic or something to release a club dance song when people can't go to clubs. Making me miss the Xtina/Britney era. -- nm - Max May 22, 11:55
    - How's Carly Rae's new album? -- nm - Shaun May 22, 11:07
  - Agreed, on both points, though this track might grow on me. -- nm - ReluctantCynic May 22, 10:46 1
    - yeah, I could see that. It's not bad, it just doesn't grab me / doesn't feel distinctive, but it's fine dance pop -- nm - ty97 May 22, 10:54
It's still early in the day, I guess, but none of the POC I follow on Twitter have commented on the Biden comment. - TWuG May 22, 10:28 13
- That’s what I was kind of getting at. That forum is unique. He kept it 💯 -- nm - Qale May 22, 11:44
- This guy's a good follow -- (link) - Reagen May 22, 10:49 3
  - Like context ever matters now. -- nm - David May 22, 10:55
  - (I had completely forgotten about the Clinton hot sauce thing) -- nm - Reagen May 22, 10:54 1
    - I don't even think I knew it was a thing. -- nm - znufrii, silly old man May 22, 10:54
- Oh God ... what did I miss? - ReluctantCynic May 22, 10:47 4
  - It's unlikely to make any difference, but Biden said something black people can say that he shouldn't (no, not THAT) -- (edited) - ty97 May 22, 10:55
  - Biden said something obvious. Desperate right wingers are trying to make it a thing. - David May 22, 10:49 2
    - Thank you. - ReluctantCynic May 22, 10:56 1
      - No, but I have to laugh at the attempts to make that a thing with a rapist in the White House. -- nm - David May 22, 11:06
- I've seen much discussion on it from POC (from both sides of the argument) -- nm - ty97 May 22, 10:32 2
  - Same. Most of it along the lines of "white people, shut up, this isn't your time to pipe up." -- nm - Beryllium May 22, 10:44 1
    - Yeah, I've kept my mouth shut, it's not my topic to have an opinion on really (though the minute I heard he said it, I groaned) -- nm - ty97 May 22, 10:56
I can't believe COVID burned that church to the ground... -- nm* - Beaker May 22, 10:25 1
- It was Atheist Gangs! You know, as they do. -- nm - Reagen May 22, 10:36
Anybody have a ninja foodi grill? If so, what do you think of it? -- nm - Diva May 22, 10:25 2
- Too hard to find. - Spawn May 22, 10:26 1
  - see what you did there -- nm - oblique May 22, 10:32
Here's my calorie intake for the last few weeks -- (pic) - prayformojo May 22, 10:13 [Attachment] 8
- This is the moment where NCIS gets suspicious that you were seemingly born yesterday. Or maybe you were in hibernation. Late riser?? Which is it!? -- nm - Max May 22, 11:58
- Are you crazy? Meg knows too much now! -- nm - David May 22, 10:18
- 5/15 was a good day -- nm - decline May 22, 10:14
- ...and here's my sodium intake. Can you guess what happened on the two days I blew past the goal? -- (pic) - prayformojo May 22, 10:14 [Attachment] 4
  - Ate prepared food, either restaurant/fast food or something like a frozen pizza -- nm - JD May 22, 10:16 2
    - yup, you both got it. Lobster from Outback the first day and takeout pizza the other -- nm* - prayformojo May 22, 10:17 1
      - I've got a microwave pizza in the freezer and I've been afraid to cook it. -- nm - Meg May 22, 10:48
  - Pizza? -- nm - Beryllium May 22, 10:16
We are hammock positive, I repeat, hammock positive. -- nm - Reagen May 22, 10:08 12
- Who's going in it to get spun upside down first? -- nm - Max May 22, 11:59
- How folded up do you have to get? -- nm - Spawn May 22, 10:27
- Has the cat claimed it yet? -- nm - Open Baron May 22, 10:18
- Netflix and Chill upgraded -- nm - budice May 22, 10:14
- Did you get one of those hammock thrones? -- nm - oblique May 22, 10:12 1
  - it's an IKEA stand. -- nm - Reagen May 22, 10:14
- Starting your own Hammock District! I like it! -- nm - David May 22, 10:12 1
  - Looks like District 14 has its tribute. -- nm - budice May 22, 10:13
- Nice. - znufrii, silly old man May 22, 10:11
- did you have to clear space between the snow drifts to put it up ? -- nm - decline May 22, 10:10
- "That's on Third...." -- nm - prayformojo May 22, 10:10 1
  - It's sadly not a Business Hammock, though I also don't have to be specific about the H in WFH. -- nm - Reagen May 22, 10:12
Costa Rica has been testing Nicaraguan truck drivers crossing the border. 61 have tested positive. Nicaragua claims only 25 total cases. -- (edited) - spamlet May 22, 10:05 1
- Costa Rica said not today mutha f*ckers -- nm - Pippy - blinky May 22, 10:11
"Dark Universe, 6.0! Let's get with it!" -- nm - 2032 May 22, 09:53
krusty, for the record this is what I ordered. - tRuMaN May 22, 09:52 8
- I'm curious what you think of it. What thickness did you get? - Krusty May 22, 09:56 7
  - the 8inch version. -- nm - tRuMaN May 22, 09:59 4
    - oh HELLO -- nm - Pippy - blinky May 22, 10:11 3
      - heh. -- nm - tRuMaN May 22, 10:50
      - ...and that's diameter (thickness) -- nm - JD May 22, 10:14
      - I was about to send out a search party. -- nm - Reagen May 22, 10:12
  - Get a king. They are the best. -- nm - Shaun May 22, 09:56 1
    - Ugh, in NYC the smaller the better. -- nm - loosilu May 22, 10:24
Here's the latest "kilbo is a dork" story for you. So I received my new hair clippers yesterday to give myself a haircut. My normal cut is just a #3 - oblique May 22, 09:51 9
- Anderson Cooper did the same. -- nm - Spawn May 22, 10:30
- I did that last week trimming my beard -- nm - Peglegpete May 22, 10:04
- That's been the End Story for a couple of my beards. -- nm - Reagen May 22, 09:59 3
  - Seriously I don't know what to do with this beard. This is literally the first time I've ever let it grow to this extent. And it's scraggly in a few - pmb May 22, 10:09 2
    - "I don't shave because it's less work" is the greatest lie in the history of the universe. -- nm - Reagen May 22, 10:10 1
      - LOL My personal corollary: I shaved my head as it would be less work -- nm - JD May 22, 10:12
- Haha! :-) - Krusty May 22, 09:58
- This is a very untypical story for an investment guru. -- nm - Loyola May 22, 09:58
- 8-) I feel for you. This is totally what I had in mind that I would do so I made the decision to just cut it all off - JD May 22, 09:57
In this day and age, though, is there even an industry that could benefit from the pool of unskilled labor that an FDR-style works program might generate? -- nm* - znufrii, silly old man May 22, 09:50 21
- Pretty much any job in the construction industry can use unskilled labor -- folks starting out as apprentices. -- nm - ReluctantCynic May 22, 10:54
- A lot of small restaurants have went under. Waiters gotta work. -- nm - Spawn May 22, 10:32
- the federal parks system, bridge & road repair -- nm* - Peglegpete May 22, 10:05 3
  - To your first point, I did see an article mentioning conservation efforts would be a good way to put people to work. -- nm - znufrii, silly old man May 22, 10:13 2
    - we're starting fire season in the west. 5000 extra people trimming everything back would be great -- nm - Peglegpete May 22, 10:49 1
      - only 38,995,000 more jobs to go! :) -- nm - znufrii, silly old man May 22, 11:01
- I think it would look different but spending it on trade training and paying people to take it would be similar. - spamlet May 22, 09:56 1
  - Combine 'em. Construction requires office staff, skilled trades, technicians, etc. Employ and train. Extra skills = Extra flexability for them. -- nm - VMan May 22, 10:13
- I think that infrastructure (similar to FDR) would still benefit from unskilled labor - JD May 22, 09:55 10
  - Consider the amount of technological progress over the past 75 years, though - znufrii, silly old man May 22, 09:57 9
    - I mean it could if you want a jobs program. -- nm - spamlet May 22, 10:06 2
      - Sure. We could hire people to dig holes and fill them back up again, if we want a jobs program just for jobs' sake. :) -- nm - znufrii, silly old man May 22, 10:08 1
        
        I'd settle for just filling holes (potholes) which would be an incredible benefit and create a bunch of useful jobs -- nm - JD May 22, 10:11
    - Though the maintenance kind of does? And I've yet to see a completely automated dam builder and Michigan just showed that those need work - JD May 22, 10:01 1
      - + truck drivers + the people working to produce the materials necessary -- nm - Reagen May 22, 10:04
    - maybe not *as many*, but it's still manual labour of some stripe - Reagen May 22, 09:58 3
      - Right, it's a question of scale, not that there wouldn't be any work to be done. -- (edited) - znufrii, silly old man May 22, 10:03 2
        
        There's a political question in there - Reagen May 22, 10:05 1
        
        That's the flip side of it, yes. -- nm - znufrii, silly old man May 22, 10:06
- space force -- nm - tRuMaN May 22, 09:52
- Moonshots -- nm - David May 22, 09:52
Lunch Poll: Chex Mix - Best piece is? -- (pic) - budice May 22, 09:49 [Attachment] 11
- N/A -- nm - Spawn May 22, 10:34
- Corn chex -- nm - Dark Callisto May 22, 10:08 2
  - Yup, scrumptious. -- nm - con_carne May 22, 10:40
  - Seconded. -- nm - Open Baron May 22, 10:39
- Rye chip -- nm - decline May 22, 10:01
- Step 1: Remove pretzels. Step 2: eat -- nm - oblique May 22, 09:52 2
  - This. -- nm - kelly May 22, 10:20
  - you're a monster and deserve your Frankenstein haircut -- nm - Reagen May 22, 09:59
- Rye Chip -- nm - JD May 22, 09:49 2
  - I mean, why even ask the question, right? -- nm - znufrii, silly old man May 22, 09:50 1
    - for reals - poll over after that answer -- nm - Pippy - blinky May 22, 09:55
Happy: World GOTH Day to everyone -- nm - Peglegpete May 22, 09:43 2
- Happy World Goth Day! Hear a playlist of goth classics -- (link) - JD May 22, 09:48
- what.ever. -- nm - JaxSean May 22, 09:44

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