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the over-the-shoulder shot showing the instrumentation panels is cool -- nm - prayformojo May 27, 11:17 1
- but without a windshield how can they see to drive the thing? -- nm - decline May 27, 11:18
If I were to cosplay, I'd cosplay as one of those numbered SpaceX "ninjas" helping the crew. -- nm - TWuG May 27, 11:14
Physics Girl!!! That was a cool surprise - prayformojo May 27, 11:13
19 hours from launch to arrival at ISS. -- nm - TWuG May 27, 11:12 5
- are they taking the scenic route? -- nm - decline May 27, 11:12 4
  - I think that may be relatively quick. -- nm - JD May 27, 11:18 2
    - I know that part of the mission proposed timeline is to allow the crew to manually maneuver Dragon as part of this first manned flight -- (edited) - JD May 27, 11:21
    - they're gonna get real tired of driving -- nm - decline May 27, 11:18
  - The not-being-a-bug-on-the-windshield route. -- nm - Beryllium May 27, 11:14
Tornado warning near KSC. Hmm. -- nm - Beryllium May 27, 11:04 1
- It’s north of them. They loaded early and I wonder if it’s because of the thunderstorm. -- nm - spamlet May 27, 11:08
I'm looking forward to seeing Dragon fitted out with the full complement of 7 seats. - TWuG May 27, 11:04 7
- Six feet! -- nm - Max May 27, 11:16
- 4 dead > 7 dead -- nm - mud May 27, 11:13 2
  - That math doesn't work! Oh, nevermind. -- nm - Beryllium May 27, 11:15
  - I don't think that's the reason. It might be an ISS capacity issue, now that I think on it. -- nm - TWuG May 27, 11:15
- Better gas mileage. -- nm - VMan May 27, 11:07 2
  - Also if you want to get those long IKEA packages in there. -- nm - Reagen May 27, 11:10 1
    - No way, hoser. Less room for the back bacon and beer. Although I suppose you could place them under the Coleman stove. -- nm - VMan May 27, 11:11
a university with whom I have some familiarity is telling staff "continue working from home as long as you can/until further notice." - amanda May 27, 11:02 3
- Sounds great. I want to work from home. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) May 27, 11:16
- our work just announced everyone back June 8th... -- nm - oblique May 27, 11:02 1
  - my office building just sent out reopen guidelines (masks in common areas, etc). We haven't gotten gov't word on when we can reopen, but I expect 2-3 weeks -- nm* - decline May 27, 11:10
i'd like to think that even if HSX dies and withers away, we'll always still have 312.50 …. -- nm - call me ishmael May 27, 10:55 3
- My tombstone! - Spawn May 27, 11:01 1
  - We can ingrave it on the urn with your ashes -- nm - eag May 27, 11:04
- BUY PINK2!!! -- nm - VMan May 27, 11:00
Just tuning in to the SpaceX feed, I see they're sending up David Letterman, and he's finally shaved. -- nm - Max May 27, 10:54
I was hoping they would push and jostle a little. Me first, you hosehead! -- nm - VMan May 27, 10:54
Chronological list of every scene in the MCU -- (link) - oblique May 27, 10:52 15
- I must be missing something or not understanding the rules. The scenes in Endgame where... (spoilers, I guess?) - Mop May 27, 11:24
- When does the chronological marathon supercut drop? -- nm - znufrii, silly old man May 27, 11:05 1
  - *That* is what theaters need to reopen with. They can COVID test us all to gain entry. -- nm - Spawn May 27, 11:06
- Pretty sure I have already found an error. -- nm - Spawn May 27, 11:04
- Does he win a " nerd" prize? -- nm - Pippy - the pippiest May 27, 10:54 10
  - no, the person(s) who read it all and point out mistakes should though (assuming they are correct of course) -- nm - Beaker May 27, 11:01 3
    - SHUT UP! -- nm - Spawn May 27, 11:06
    - *taps you on both shoulders with a sword* Go to it, pal! -- nm - Reagen May 27, 11:02 1
      - you gotta think there are dozens of people out there pissed they didn't finish theirs first and are looking for errors -- nm - Beaker May 27, 11:03
  - I think most nerds are even like "Whoa dude, that's too far" -- nm - oblique May 27, 10:55 5
    - And there's me being an old school nerd and where the hell is the actual list. Text MF have you heard of it? the whole list would be a fraction of -- (edited) - JD May 27, 10:59 3
      - do you even Tweet, bro? -- nm - oblique May 27, 11:02 1
        
        Absolutely and utterly not. I am the ultimate lurker on that platform -- nm - JD May 27, 11:07
      - like how when you see a 20 tweet thread and go, "whoa, that's a lot of clicking" and it's really like 500 words. -- nm - Reagen May 27, 11:01
    - "This will set back nerd marriage by decades." -- nm - Max May 27, 10:58
I just grabbed a handful of almonds for a snack, and counted them first. 9 1/2 Almonds. - Beryllium May 27, 10:50 5
- Al the King's Monds. -- nm - Ba'rona Beast May 27, 11:14
- Almond and Juliet -- nm - Loyola May 27, 10:55 3
  - An Almond Too Far -- nm - VMan May 27, 11:01 2
    - 28 Nuts Later -- nm - zeitgeist May 27, 11:14 1
      - A Fistfull of Almonds & For A Few Almonds More. D'oh, and of course, The Almond Josey Wales -- nm* - VMan May 27, 11:18
NB: Our latest 3 cases are because someone travelled and then didn't self-isolate. Fucking idiots. Back to Orange for that zone. -- nm - Shaun May 27, 10:49 4
- that moron who went to Quebec to get beer I assume -- nm - Beaker May 27, 10:59 3
  - It was a *HEALTH CARE WORKER* who lied about why they were crossing into Quebec and then didn't self-isolate. Holy fuck. -- nm - Shaun May 27, 11:02 2
    - fire their ass (out of a cannon) -- nm - Beaker May 27, 11:03 1
      - We can only hope. -- nm - Shaun May 27, 11:04
lol cats man -- (link) - Jovian May 27, 10:44 2
- from the comments: Its a portal directly to the Vatican -- nm - Pippy - the pippiest May 27, 10:53
- He's a witch! -- nm - Max May 27, 10:46
Clever boys. Never would have thought of the Blues Brothers elevator muzak for the ride up. -- nm - VMan May 27, 10:40 3
- that was inspired -- nm - prayformojo May 27, 10:48 1
  - Indeed. I was immediately visualizing it and laughing inside. -- nm - VMan May 27, 10:50
- bob and doug are on a mission for elon -- nm - zeitgeist May 27, 10:45
Achievement Unlocked: Shave and a Haircut. -- nm - Ba'rona Beast May 27, 10:34 4
- 2 bits -- nm - Peglegpete May 27, 10:34 3
  - In which Pete self-identifies as a Toon. -- nm - Ba'rona Beast May 27, 10:35 2
    - th-th-th-th-that's all folks! -- nm - Peglegpete May 27, 10:39 1
      - Care for a dip? -- nm - Judge Doom May 27, 10:41
58% of Brazilians want Bolsonaro impeached -- (link) - Reagen May 27, 10:30 6
- 29% Bolsonaro is a dictatorial demagogue while 29% believe he's not dictatorial enough. -- nm - Mop May 27, 11:19
- So, still smarter than Americans? -- nm - JackDawson May 27, 10:31 4
  - I thought we were over 50%? -- nm - Spawn May 27, 10:31 2
    - hovering at. -- nm - Reagen May 27, 10:32
    - let's put a pin on it and see if "over 50%" of us vote to throw him out, then we can decide :-) -- nm - JackDawson May 27, 10:32
  - marginally so! -- nm - Reagen May 27, 10:31
REB2, ty97 surprises me. Tension should be higher since we have already lived through it. So much worse than we dreamed it could be. -- nm - Spawn May 27, 10:26
Question: Will the COVID crisis make America rethink how we care about our seniors? -- nm - JackDawson May 27, 10:24 24
- To get to that rethink, we'd be rethinking healthcare first, and that's not likely to happen either. -- nm - Max May 27, 11:21
- I doubt it. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) May 27, 11:17
- If you ask Trumpers, we should just let COVID take its course. Those folks are going to die anyway. -- nm - loosilu May 27, 10:34 1
  - Trump should lead by example here. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd May 27, 11:08
- it is the prequel to Logan's Run. The age of caring will just start moving to younger and younger people -- nm - Beaker May 27, 10:28 2
  - At least Logan's Run pretended and there was Carousel -- nm - JD May 27, 10:46 1
    - Carousel = pool party in the Ozarks -- nm - Beaker May 27, 11:02
- Putting them behind glass and not visiting them? - Spawn May 27, 10:27 5
  - This reminds me to look into when I can get on the waiting list for Bayview Landing -- nm - JD May 27, 10:50
  - Or, you know, caring for them at home ? - JackDawson May 27, 10:28 3
    - *shrugs* My grandfather had to go into a home due to being uncontrollable with Alzheimers. He also had leukemia and other illnesses causing issues at - Spawn May 27, 11:22
    - Or improving conditions at nursing homes, because some old people can't be taken care of at home? -- nm - loosilu May 27, 10:34 1
      - Yeah, I mean, for those that can't of course -- nm - JackDawson May 27, 10:36
- No. I also heard the "we'll all need to get it, if old people die, oh well" from a woman who is way more liberal than I am. - TWuG May 27, 10:27 1
  - :-( -- nm - Meg May 27, 10:34
- For the rest of this year or beyond that? - Cuzzin Todd May 27, 10:26
- I'm not hearing much outrage on the topic...which is maddening. -- nm - David May 27, 10:26 7
  - Old people gotta die to reopen the economy. It's a trade off. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd May 27, 10:26 6
    - You say trade off, I say win-win! -- nm - Soylent Food Co. May 27, 10:32
    - I've seriously seen at least 50 posts that say almost exactly this. -- nm - David May 27, 10:31 4
      - My brother in law said something similar this morning. My sister claims he doesn't watch Fox News. -- nm - loosilu May 27, 10:35
      - My f*cking PARENTS have said almost exactly this. I then explain to them they're old people. - Cuzzin Todd May 27, 10:33 2
        
        ye ghads -- nm - Pippy - the pippiest May 27, 10:38
        
        Eek. -- nm - David May 27, 10:37
Longtime AIDS activist Larry Kramer dies at 84. -- (link) - Diva May 27, 10:16 1
- oh no -- nm - JackDawson May 27, 10:22
LIR - Spawn, Jen is in touch with CC and keeps me up to date on his news. He indicated he'd be back but hasn't happened yet. -- nm - Meg May 27, 10:15 2
- Awesome. Was a bit worried. - Spawn May 27, 10:17 1
  - Don't be:) I'll see if I can rattle his cage. -- nm - Meg May 27, 10:33
My bike is uncomfortable to ride for long distances (i.e., 8km+) - it's a mountain bike with front shocks. I think the main issue is the seat, but -- (edited) - Beryllium May 27, 10:12 22
- How to fit yourself on a mountain bike -- (link) - . May 27, 11:08 3 1
  - With better pics -- (link) - . May 27, 11:10 2
    - And a video -- (link) - . May 27, 11:12 1
      - Thanks! -- nm - Beryllium May 27, 11:13
- padded bike shorts + smaller seat - oblique May 27, 10:54 1
  - If he doesn't have padded shorts can he just stick a pillow down his pants? -- nm - decline May 27, 10:56
- Where is the discomfort? -- nm - psilotum May 27, 10:39 4
  - Butt. Hands. Back. -- nm - Beryllium May 27, 10:54 3
    - The handles need adjusting too. -- nm - . May 27, 11:04
    - RE: back pain, get a set of aero bars. I had some on my road bike when I did the long distance rides and they were great for varying your position - oblique May 27, 10:57
    - The middle of the Australian desert? -- (link) - Reagen May 27, 10:55
- Make sure the seat is the right height and not too big/cushy. - Cuzzin Todd May 27, 10:16 8
  - How does one determine the optimal height? -- nm - Beryllium May 27, 10:20 5
    - No expert, but as I recall: Sit on seat. Peddle at bottom of cycle. Should have slight bend to your knee. -- nm - VMan May 27, 10:26
    - I learned the seat should be high enough that on your down-pedal, you have a slight bend in your knee. Don’t lock it out, but not a big bend. -- nm - Will Hunting May 27, 10:25
    - When you're on the seat at a stop, you should be able to "stand" just barely up on your tippy toes. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd May 27, 10:25 2
      - If I could touch both toes simultaneously, my seat would be too low. -- nm - psilotum May 27, 10:38
      - this. -- nm - Reagen May 27, 10:27
  - Hmmmmm. I think I added a padding layer to it a while back, maybe I should remove that. -- nm - Beryllium May 27, 10:20 1
    - just remove the whole seat and it'll get rid of the problem -- nm - decline May 27, 10:28
- bike shorts. -- nm - Reagen May 27, 10:13 1
  - You're not wrong -- nm - JD May 27, 10:36
For Reagen mostly, if you haven't already seen or realized. -- (link) - Shaun May 27, 10:06 2
- Which, what a cold second half of the season Neal had. - Reagen May 27, 10:12 1
  - And iirc, he had a 3 and a 4 goal game in there, so not exactly consistent. -- nm - Shaun May 27, 10:33
Cate Blanchett is so *fire emoji* -- (link) - Shaun May 27, 10:03
In case you need the Bioshock Collection on a Switch. -- (link) - Shaun May 27, 10:01 2
- I have it on PC, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. Actually, I think I have it on iOS too. So, sure... why not? -- nm - Mop May 27, 10:23
- Kim's already told me not to talk to her this weekend. -- nm - David May 27, 10:05
Meanwhile, in Philadelphia -- (link) - decline May 27, 09:49
The excuse is that Texas isn’t New York. Yesterday we ran right along side them in number of new cases. 1051 vs 1128. Meanwhile GA new record... - Qale May 27, 09:44 5
- I mean, Texas *isn't* New York. If you do one size fits all strategies for this, you are doomed to failure, just logically. -- nm - JackDawson May 27, 10:24
- Indiana is shocking me. Three days in a row, shrinking number of cases. 348 is the newest -- nm - Spawn May 27, 10:16 3
  - Your testing numbers are comically low, unless it's just lag from Memorial Day. -- nm - Reagen May 27, 10:37 1
    - Also, the "reopening" is only at about of 10% of previous capacity, according to stuff I'm seeing. - Reagen May 27, 10:48
  - So what you're saying is that "if you reopen you all die" line was not true? I'm so shocked. -- nm - JackDawson May 27, 10:32
Hong Kong is no longer autonomous from China, per Sec. Pompeo. -- nm - znufrii, silly old man May 27, 09:44 1
- South China Morning Post called this about three weeks ago. I'm really impressed with them. -- nm - David May 27, 09:57
Dear people, why you gotta make work so hard? - Spawn May 27, 09:43 2
- She alright? -- nm - zeitgeist May 27, 10:06 1
  - I hope. -- nm - Spawn May 27, 10:19
Bob and Doug are literally going to take off, eh. -- nm - VMan May 27, 09:42 1
- "Lift off, eh! It's a beauty way to go!" -- nm - TWuG May 27, 09:45
the shot of the suit-up room is pretty badass -- nm - prayformojo May 27, 09:41 2
- Yup. And those suits are so cool looking. -- nm - TWuG May 27, 09:42 1
  - Yes. Yes they are. -- nm - znufrii, silly old man May 27, 09:42

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