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Sad. Reports that Hermain Cain has died -- nm* - ty97 Jul 30, 07:23 11
- AFter going to the Tulsa rally without a mask. -- nm - loosilu Jul 30, 07:40
- 74yr old cancer survivor. -- (link) - Will Hunting Jul 30, 07:39
- :-( That's terrible. -- nm - Krusty Jul 30, 07:35
- :( -- nm - Epiphany- Loathsome Cur Jul 30, 07:30
- He's been battling Covid-19 for over a month -- nm - decline Jul 30, 07:26 4
  - It sucks he died, because well, he was a person. But maybe this will help wake up some of the GOP? - sycor Jul 30, 07:39 3
    - He's too dark to matter to them. -- nm - Diva Jul 30, 08:36
    - Yes, and then no. -- nm - mafic Jul 30, 07:41 1
      - There's a good chance he got it at that Trump rally. -- nm - loosilu Jul 30, 07:41
- Damn. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 30, 07:25
- :( -- nm - the ice Jul 30, 07:24
Things I learned in Streaming into the Void podcast: David owns Box Office Prophets - Epiphany- Loathsome Cur Jul 30, 07:21 1
- Haha! -- nm - Krusty Jul 30, 07:36
Man, if Joe Kennedy could just get a break in life... -- (link) - spamlet Jul 30, 07:18 1
- C’mon Markey! -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 30, 07:26
FIRE EMOJI -- (link) - ty97 Jul 30, 07:17 3
- Trumps Postmaster General will shutdown mail service -- nm - the ice Jul 30, 07:22 1
  - this is my biggest worry -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 30, 11:36
- They're learnding! -- nm* - Reagen Jul 30, 07:20
So I haven't been keeping up much with news and tech lately. Just saw Fire devices are losing HBO this week. - sycor Jul 30, 07:14 7
- Then where am I supposed to not watch HBO now??? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 30, 07:40 3
  - If you haven't watched Barry you're missing out on one of the best shows of the last few years. -- nm - Krusty Jul 30, 07:43 2
    - I'm annoyed at how good an actor Bill Hader turned out to be. -- nm - Reagen Jul 30, 07:44 1
      - Right? I didn't see it from what he was on SNL -- nm - Krusty Jul 30, 07:47
- HBO is cutting their own throat these days -- nm - Epiphany- Loathsome Cur Jul 30, 07:20 2
  - Seems that way -- nm - sycor Jul 30, 07:39 1
    - I don’t think it is HBO. I think it is ATT driving those changes. Just like I don’t think that HBO wanted to be the branding for HBO Max -- nm - JD Jul 30, 07:46
"In essence, we wiped out five years of economic growth in a matter of months." -- (link) - decline Jul 30, 07:03
Tropical Storm Isaias (still too much uncertainty on the storm to determine if it will become a Hurricane) -- (link) - decline Jul 30, 06:55 2
- Like almost every storm track... ever (except Andrew?) It starts with a direct hit on FL and slowly turns sharper. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 30, 07:17 1
  - I’ve never been a fan of the cone map. They always try to project too far into the future because they all seem to require the same amount of plots. - Qale Jul 30, 07:30
we're getting amazing shots from the NHL games because they don't have to worry about where they put the cameras -- (link) - Reagen Jul 30, 06:41 6
- That's very cool. -- nm - loosilu Jul 30, 06:48
- because they don't need to work around fans in seats? -- nm - prayformojo Jul 30, 06:47 2
  - exactly. -- nm - Reagen Jul 30, 06:49 1
    - fans screw up everything -- nm - Dano Jul 30, 06:53
- yeah, I read an article the other day where a producer basically said "we'll never have this chance again, so we're going nuts." -- nm - mafic Jul 30, 06:43
- Wonder if they could thicken the boards and put some wide-angle cameras in there without damaging the integrity of them? -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 30, 06:43
This will be a fun morning. Visiting nurse will be here at 9:30, housecleaners at 10, then I have a zoom call at 10:30. - loosilu Jul 30, 06:26 14
- Don't worry. I won't start then next Ten in 10 until this afternoon per ty's request. -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Jul 30, 07:44
- I hope your pops is doing well. We haven't had any visitors and certainly not someone to clean the apartment. They wouldn't know where - Krusty Jul 30, 06:31 12
  - That's the one good thing about moving soon. I'll get to move in to a nice clean place and start from scratch. - sycor Jul 30, 06:51 3
    - Starting from scratch after a good purge is one of the best parts about moving to a new place. I dream about it on a regular basis. - Krusty Jul 30, 06:57 2
      - Yeah. Stupid landlords. -- nm - sycor Jul 30, 07:12 1
        
        :-) - Krusty Jul 30, 07:38
  - He's doing pretty great! Thanks for asking. It's a partial knee replacement, and he's doing good with the walker. -- nm - loosilu Jul 30, 06:32 7
    - Yay!! -- nm - Epiphany- Loathsome Cur Jul 30, 07:13
    - Awesome! -- nm - sycor Jul 30, 06:52
    - That's great to hear. I'm glad he's able to get around a bit and hopefully he bounces back completely. -- nm - Krusty Jul 30, 06:42 4
      - Though, he should probably limit how much he bounces around on his new knee. -- nm - Krusty Jul 30, 06:43 3
        
        Well, he's 81, has two hip replacements, and last summer could still do a 20 mile bike ride. -- nm - loosilu Jul 30, 06:46 2
        
        That's awesome! -- nm - Krusty Jul 30, 06:57
        
        damn I feel fat. I'm 42 and couldn't even come close to that if there any kind of hills. -- nm - sycor Jul 30, 06:52
Australia’s government plans to increase university tuition fees for humanities subjects and reduce them for ‘job-relevant’ STEM courses. -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 30, 06:18 9
- it’s a step on the road to deregulating fees, which they tried and failed to do 6 years ago, couched in market terms and with an ideological bent. - mafic Jul 30, 06:33
- “I think the idea that you can persuade the student who is interested in philosophy to go and become an engineer is just not how this is going to work -- nm - Krusty Jul 30, 06:30 7
  - The system is already doing a good job of pushing kids who are good at math and physics into those careers anyway. -- nm - Reagen Jul 30, 06:35 6
    - And limiting humanities to only those that can afford to pay the higher prices is likely to keep away people that would thrive in those areas. - Krusty Jul 30, 06:40 5
      - Student financing is different in Australia though - it's provided by the government, the interest rate is the rate of inflation, it's paid back - Roger More Jul 30, 06:54 4
        
        you mean there's a way to pay for higher education that doesn't beggar entire swaths of the population? -- nm - znufrii still hasn't gotten a haircut Jul 30, 06:59 2
        
        Wait until you learn about their healthcare and retirement income systems! -- nm - Roger More Jul 30, 07:02 1
        
        OPH YEAH! nm - ralph wiggum Jul 30, 07:03
        
        Interesting -- nm - Krusty Jul 30, 06:58
Windows 10 is already 5 years old -- (link) - the ice Jul 30, 06:15 22
- I'm not old, you're old. -- nm - oblique Jul 30, 06:27
- Cortana is stupid but it's the best Windows OS since 98SE. -- nm - Reagen Jul 30, 06:17 20
  - is it? I'm trying to remember which I liked. I think XP then 7. 8 was invented by Satan. -- nm* - loosilu Jul 30, 06:28 4
    - XP, 7, and 10 have all been great from my side of the house. 8 was a disaster. 98 and 98SE were pretty crash-tastic IIRC. And then there was Vista. - oblique Jul 30, 06:34 3
      - ME was designed by Satan himself. -- nm - Reagen Jul 30, 06:36 1
        
        Here's one explanation for Windows ME -- (link) - znufrii still hasn't gotten a haircut Jul 30, 07:29
      - Vista was the other one I hated. 98 is way back, but I do think I remember it was crashariffic. -- nm - loosilu Jul 30, 06:34
  - Just keep the Start Menu. Don't need Live Tiles and crud. -- nm - the ice Jul 30, 06:20 14
    - Who the fuck came up with those? Does anyone use them? -- nm - loosilu Jul 30, 06:33 4
      - The same guy who came up with Clippit, probably -- nm - Roger More Jul 30, 06:34 3
        
        (That was Melinda Gates) -- nm - loosilu Jul 30, 06:34 2
        
        So her charitable donations take on a different tone when you consider them penance for Clippy. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 30, 06:36 1
        
        As awesome as her work is, she still has a ways to go to make amends. -- nm - loosilu Jul 30, 06:38
    - Yeah, the start menu is fine but those live tiles need to go away. -- nm - Krusty Jul 30, 06:24 8
      - You can kill them with a registry tweak -- (link) - Reagen Jul 30, 06:33 7 1
        
        This just makes them un-live. What you can do is just right click each tile and choose "Unpin from Start" to clear up the menu altogether -- nm - oblique Jul 30, 06:42 4
        
        Hmmm, nothing comes up when I right click on them. -- nm - loosilu Jul 30, 06:49 1
        
        Hmmm... weird. It should be at the top of the list when you right click. I just right clicked on each tile and selected unpin. -- nm - Krusty Jul 30, 06:59
        
        I just did that and that's good enough for me. -- nm - Krusty Jul 30, 06:45
        
        I feel like I did both? I haven't had them for a while now. -- nm - Reagen Jul 30, 06:43
        
        Thanks! -- nm - Krusty Jul 30, 06:38
        
        You're going God's work. -- nm - loosilu Jul 30, 06:33
The article doesn't spell it out specifically, but it sounds like that Florida teen that almost got Zimmermanned was Titus O'Neil's kid -- (link) - Reagen Jul 30, 06:15
"Isaias is earliest 9th named Atlantic storm on record, and 2020 has tied record for most July storms." -- nm - prayformojo Jul 30, 06:15 1
- There is room for discussion on the fact our tech is getting so good that we’re discovering storms that would have slipped by unnamed. -- nm - Qale Jul 30, 06:32
tennis' Ash Barty has withdrawn from the US Open and other USTA events because COVID. She is #1 ranked female tennis player in the world. - Diva Jul 30, 06:10 1
- I would not have come up with this name in a million years. -- nm - Reagen Jul 30, 07:42
And now he's suggesting delaying the election. THIS IS FINE. -- nm - znufrii still hasn't gotten a haircut Jul 30, 06:07 10
- The first half of the tweet is way more damaging tbh. -- nm - spamlet Jul 30, 06:41 1
  - Right, but he's been saying that part for a while, that's nothing new. -- nm* - znufrii still hasn't gotten a haircut Jul 30, 06:51
- "Boss Pootin, Boss Pootin, what do I do now? My economy is bad." (NM) - Drumpf Jul 30, 06:30
- I mean he literally can't - it's up to the states. -- nm - Reagen Jul 30, 06:08 6
  - When he can or not is immaterial, the suggestion itself works to further undermine confidence in our democratic system. -- nm - znufrii still hasn't gotten a haircut Jul 30, 06:15 1
    - its all groundwork for when he disputes it all -- nm - Jovian Jul 30, 07:50
  - It's set by Congress and the constitution doesn't allow for a delay of the inauguration on Jan. 20th. -- nm - Krusty Jul 30, 06:10 1
    - Yeah, even if it were delayed, the Presidency passes on Jan 20th to the Speaker of the House. nm - ralph wiggum Jul 30, 07:01
  - I imagine it could somehow be up to the Supreme Court, but regardless, it probably is one of the most dangerous distractions in a long while. -- nm* - Qale Jul 30, 06:09
  - Evergreen -- (link) - Reagen Jul 30, 06:08
That Kodak stock info makes me sad. - sycor Jul 30, 05:55 4
- there was no reason to own Kodak stock. It's not a rational strategy and FOMO will get you killed in the markets. -- nm - Reagen Jul 30, 06:07 2
  - Yeah I know. And that's part of the reason I don't do stocks. - sycor Jul 30, 06:15 1
    - if you're investing for value, you'll do fine. If you're chasing a buck you'll always be driving yourself crazy over a pot of gold. -- nm - Reagen Jul 30, 06:16
- "haha Kojack with a Kodak" -- nm - the ice Jul 30, 05:57
Of course he is from Florida... -- (link) - oblique Jul 30, 05:54
Huh, I had a cold last week. I need a negative COVID test to go back to the office, or work from home for two weeks. Wonder what I’ll pick? - mafic Jul 30, 05:53
Fingers cross, I think we found a place to rent. We are waiting back to hear from the property manager. - sycor Jul 30, 05:47 1
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty Jul 30, 05:50
US Economy contracted by 32.9% from April to June. Worst quarter on record. -- (link) - Diva Jul 30, 05:43 9
- (annualized) -- nm - decline Jul 30, 07:00 1
  - Ah. OK that is not as bad as I thought. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 30, 07:29
- Wow. Interested in seeing what 3Q looks like. Down here, sales tax revenue has already pretty much bounced back to 2019 levels. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 30, 06:27
- “Consumer spending, the biggest driver of the US economy, declined at an annual rate of 34.6%” — Maybe we should try fixing being big ass consumers. -- nm - Qale Jul 30, 06:07
- Wow -- nm - prayformojo Jul 30, 05:50
- So let's get rid of unemployment for 20m Americans. Everything is fine. -- nm - GOP Jul 30, 05:49
- vs 34.7 expected though! BUY! BUY! BUY! -- nm - ty97 Jul 30, 05:47 2
  - (pssst. Don't buy) -- nm - ty97 Jul 30, 05:47 1
    - I've had a very good year with my investments, FWIW. -- nm - Reagen Jul 30, 06:12
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Jul 30, 05:39 [Attachment] 5
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Jul 30, 05:39 [Attachment] 4
  - Bonus question (attn Nathan!) -- (pic) - prayformojo Jul 30, 05:40 [Attachment] 3
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Jul 30, 05:41 [Attachment] 2
      - 1/2, stupid bears -- nm - rollo Jul 30, 07:19
      - He nailed it before I could list the options. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 30, 07:03
Unemployment: 1.43M New Claims, 17M Continuing -- (link) - the ice Jul 30, 05:37 2
- Initial jobless claims up for second week in a row. Not great. -- nm - ty97 Jul 30, 05:46 1
  - Wait until you see the number of homeless coming in the next few weeks if UI and the moratorium on evictions doesn't get renewed. -- nm - Krusty Jul 30, 05:53
Here’s the launch from our perspective. Into the sun so not great. The guy set up for live-streaming next to us had it set up wrong way - spamlet Jul 30, 05:02 3
- Did kiddo enjoy as much as she hoped? -- nm - loosilu Jul 30, 06:22 1
  - Definitely! Dad did as well. -- nm - spamlet Jul 30, 07:11
- This one has the rumble when it got to us but it’s better with headphones -- (link) - spamlet Jul 30, 05:13
Three of the 4 living ex-Presidents will attend John Lewis’ funeral. Clinton, Bush 43, and Obama. Given it’s in Georgia, I imagine Carter’s - Will Hunting Jul 30, 04:28
TV PSA: NBA, Cannonball, Holey Moley, Real HW, Killer Camp, Don't, Flip or Flop, Restaurant Impossible, Lost Resort, Alone, To Tell the Truth, other -- nm - stuff Jul 30, 04:00 1
- Frayed (HBO Max), In My Skin (Hulu), The Oprah Conversation (Apple TV+), Transformers: War for Cybertron trilogy: Siege (Netflix) -- nm - Beaker Jul 30, 04:03
I'm confused by people who would be swayed by a VP pick one way or the other. -- nm - Reagen Jul 30, 03:37 23
- I don't think it can really help, but I do think it can hurt. -- nm - Dano Jul 30, 06:27
- I think the number of people who will be swayed is minimal, but it's the news cycle right now -- nm - ty97 Jul 30, 05:43
- It's the whole Dems will not vote for you for 1 reason while Repubs only need 1 reason to vote for you thing. - Diva Jul 30, 04:15 5
  - 100%, as it applies to Trump/this election--In general, the VP choice does matter -- nm - Flavorize Jul 30, 05:16 2
    - I think it matters but it really shouldn't be a deal breaker either way. - Cuzzin Todd Jul 30, 07:45
    - In general it *should* matter for both parties on the ballot. It feels like we've gotten away from that sort of normalcy though - Diva Jul 30, 05:28
  - Omg that is such an accurate statement -- nm - Epiphany -Loathsome Cur Jul 30, 04:43
  - and tbf, I think all of these veepstakes stories are just inside baseball things leaking out into the world - Reagen Jul 30, 04:18
- she might have a vagina! -- nm - Beaker Jul 30, 03:58 1
  - Umpossible -- nm - Epiphany -Loathsome Cur Jul 30, 04:44
- Well, Sarah Palin for starters. -- nm - mafic Jul 30, 03:53
- When the guys winning the Presidency are in their late 70s, it matters. -- nm - Flavorize Jul 30, 03:53 11
  - But if you have made the choice to support him because you don't like Trump, what does it matter who's second in line to Biden - Reagen Jul 30, 03:58 10
    - he could run with a literal monkey as his VP pick and he should still get everyone's support -- nm - Beaker Jul 30, 04:03 9
      - If Biden drops out before the election and they replace him with a rancid sack of potatoes, I'm gonna be ride or die for TeamSpud 2020. nm - ralph wiggum Jul 30, 05:42 3
        
        I want this bumper sticker -- nm* - ty97 Jul 30, 05:44 2
        
        I want to take this opportunity to reaffirm to you that I am still EXTREMELY surly about the whole Elizabeth Warren debacle. nm - ralph wiggum Jul 30, 05:50 1
        
        surly to bed and surly to rise... -- nm - znufrii still hasn't gotten a haircut Jul 30, 06:24
      - that's not a very nice thing to say about Andrew Cuomo. -- nm - mafic Jul 30, 04:46
      - He could pick Dick Cheney and still win. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 30, 04:40 2
        
        At least we know that they’d know what government can do in a time of crisis. - Will Hunting Jul 30, 04:53 1
        
        ha! - Diva Jul 30, 05:32
      - This -- nm - Diva Jul 30, 04:10
Weather is 80% go this morning and they’ve begun fueling the rocket - spamlet Jul 30, 03:14 3
- Make rocket go now -- nm - rollo Jul 30, 07:16
- Whoooo -- nm - Epiphany -Loathsome Cur Jul 30, 04:45
- enjoy! -- nm - Beaker Jul 30, 04:26
Way you wear those dresses, the sun comes shinin' through I can't believe my eyes, all that mess belongs to you -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 30, 01:22

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