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Oxford trial has resumed -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 12, 08:13 1
- Good. -- nm - znufrii finally got a haircut Sep 12, 08:13
The oldest living WWII veteran, Lawrence Brooks, is turning 111 today. -- (link) - prayformojo Sep 12, 07:20
Not ominous at all: Oregon braces for a "mass fatality incident" as wildfires rage in western states -- (link) - Mopsy Sep 12, 07:14 1
- And with the dense fog alert up here, we have now moved from living out Bladerunner to jumping into The Mist. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 12, 07:45
Giri/Haji won't be getting a second series. -- (link*) - LMS Sep 12, 07:12 3
- that's too bad, though I don't think another one was necessary. -- nm - prayformojo Sep 12, 07:16 2
  - That's my thinking too, it had a satisfying ending. - LMS Sep 12, 07:24 1
    - agreed -- nm - Remlik Sep 12, 08:01
My Xbox likes to turn itself on all the time. I haven't used it since yesterday evening but just now I noticed it's on. This happens constantly and - Krusty Sep 12, 06:58 8
- Instant On with automatic updates? -- nm - Qale Sep 12, 08:15 5
  - I thought that and checked but nope. A Google search says it can happen from static if there's a buildup of dust which in this place could be - Krusty Sep 12, 08:25 4
    - That’s one powerful heater! I had the X plugged into the Ethernet, I should check to make sure the S actually is using that connection. -- nm - Qale Sep 12, 08:27 3
      - I know! I also have an old Vizio TV that is like the surface of the sun when it's on. On hot days I can't watch TV or play games until the sun has - Krusty Sep 12, 08:31 2
        
        I was in NYC once during one of those infamous heat waves. Place I was staying had no AC. I was like, lol whut? I embraced naturism that visit. - Qale Sep 12, 08:35 1
        
        Ha! Good call on heading out there. - Krusty Sep 12, 08:53
- It's pretty obvious why. - Cuzzin Todd Sep 12, 07:01 1
  - Ghost robots! -- nm - Mopsy Sep 12, 07:04
Damn. This made me snort. -- (link) - Will Hunting Sep 12, 06:44
Good news, everybody! They’re remaking She’s All That and they’ve cast a TikTok star in the lead! -- (link) - Mopsy Sep 12, 06:35 2
- Better than them remaking All That, I suppose. -- nm - Qale Sep 12, 08:16
- 60 million followers. -- nm - Remlik Sep 12, 08:14
Odd timing, but here we go. Wednesday at 1pm Pacific. -- (link) - Shaun Sep 12, 06:33 10
- Do you think they go lower than Xbox on their price? I'm getting the feeling that they need to make a big splash to counter the recent Xbox news. - Krusty Sep 12, 06:38 9
  - No. There is almost zero chance for XBOX to beat PlayStation in any so-called console war. -- nm - Qale Sep 12, 08:25
  - I do actually. At worst, imo, the disc based PS5 will be the same price as the X. I'm hoping they undercut though. -- (edited) - Shaun Sep 12, 08:09 3
    - I'm legit on the fence right now but that payment plan makes getting the Xbox so much less of a burden so I'm leaning that way. - Krusty Sep 12, 08:14 2
      - Yeah man that XAA program is pure 🔥. A 0% 24 month loan that also comes with a 24 month Game Pass Ultimate code? Good lord. -- nm - Shaun Sep 12, 08:18 1
        
        I'm just waiting to hear about the fine print to see if there's any catch to the deal. - Krusty Sep 12, 08:27
  - Frankly, if I had to choose one right now, at similar price it would be the PS5. First-party MS games generally do not appeal to me. (NM) - Marlowe Sep 12, 07:52 3
    - They do seem to have a rather strong lineup and I'd love to play a few of their exclusive games. With the payment plan for the Xbox the option to get - Krusty Sep 12, 08:12 2
      - You need some Spider-Man in your gaming life 😁 -- nm - Shaun Sep 12, 08:19 1
        
        Yes I do! -- nm - Krusty Sep 12, 08:32
TV PSA: NHL, NBA, UFC Fight Night, Animal Babies, Love Island, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Sep 12, 06:15
"...among undecided voters or voters who plan to vote for someone other than Trump, a mere 7 percent say a pre-election vaccine would make them - Reagen Sep 12, 05:45 1
- I can see the “more likely” argument. I’m a little befuddled by the “less likely”. I guess they see it as a ploy? -- nm - Mopsy Sep 12, 07:28
Green Party and Wisconsin supreme court causing chaos with absentee ballots. -- (link) - TWuG Sep 12, 05:19 1
- Well.. - Marlowe Sep 12, 06:17 [Backboard]
Is there anything that still works like IFTTT since they are limiting free users to three applets? - spamlet Sep 12, 04:04 1
- Zapier, maybe? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 12, 08:06
Either Kim's Convenience really kicks in after a half season, or whiskey really helps. -- nm - Ender Sep 12, 01:16
Sergio Leone would've had an awful time making YouTube videos. - Beryllium Sep 11, 23:25
TIL: Former Trump NSA H.R. McMaster was commander of the armored division that decimated the Iraqi Republican Guard during the Battle of 73 Easting. -- (link) - Mopsy Sep 11, 22:44 [youtube]
"Yeah yeah, that's his partner, Methuselah Honeysuckle, which makes me Old Scratch Johnson" -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 21:58 1
- "I feel ridiculous." "Speak for yourself - I've got this shirt at home." -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 22:06
Tonight, I fell in love with the Hindley Street Country Club. -- nm - David Sep 11, 21:41
I keep getting Rick and Morty confused with Spin and Marty :/ -- (link) - Meg Sep 11, 21:04 3
- Won’t the kids be surprised when you sit them in front of the TV! -- nm - Mopsy Sep 11, 21:16 2
  - And I have no clue when I watched the Mickey Mouse Club. Possibly in Australia in the early 60s. We didn't have TV before that. -- nm - Meg Sep 11, 21:28
  - Indeed. -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 11, 21:21 [youtube]
that was a quality series -- nm - prayformojo Sep 11, 20:50
Allie Brosh has a new book coming -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 11, 20:47 2
- :( -- (link) - Tim Sep 11, 20:53 [Backboard] 1
  - Yes, I suspected it had already been posted :) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 20:55
25 recommendations for fall TV series from Washington Post -- (link) - prayformojo Sep 11, 20:42 1
- Had to reach #12 to find something on network TV (PBS). -- nm - Mopsy Sep 11, 21:29
Apparently Astra has a launch that is currently T-5 Minutes but I can't find the stream -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 11, 20:16 [youtube] 7
- I am unfamiliar with Astra. -- nm - Mopsy Sep 11, 20:29 3
  - Brad Pitt -- nm - Wakanda Forever Sep 11, 21:49
  - A picture of tonight's launch -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 11, 20:44
  - A small newcomer to orbital delivery, they initially wanted to launch rockets from the bay area. Or at least did some tests there. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 20:43
- Live tweeting it. Heh. -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 11, 20:20 1
  - Ah, darn, sounds like it had a rapid unplanned disassembly event in the first stage burn. -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 11, 20:28
- No live video planned, that feed says, and that the launch is from the Pacific Spaceport/Alaska - Beryllium Sep 11, 20:17
I got a chuckle on a slack today for saying "Mitt Romney is the token vertebrae of the GOP" -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 20:14
DM from daughter that she was Googling the museum to show someone where her Mom volunteered "and there she is, in that video" !!😀 -- (link) - Meg Sep 11, 20:13 [youtube] 4
- THIS IS EPIC ... I'm posting it to my face book page - my famous friend Meg - at Walt Disney's place of humble beginnings!' -- nm - JenBro Sep 12, 11:10
- That’s awesome -- nm - Epiphany- Sep 11, 21:20
- That guy just got more views on his video than he’s ever had. -- nm - Mopsy Sep 11, 20:28
- Neat! -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 20:14
What's the coolest condition that one can die from? - JD Sep 11, 20:11 3
- Corner. -- nm - . Sep 12, 00:05
- yes -- (pic) - Jovian Sep 11, 20:25 [Attachment] 1
  - Knew what this was without clicking. Clicked anyway. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 20:27
MLB Playoffs bubble plan is set -- (link) - budice Sep 11, 19:59 1
- I don't get why they're going into a bubble now after being out all season. They're making is so no one can play on their home field, which ends up - jnine Sep 11, 20:41
M6.1 earthquake offshore of Japan (Shindo 4 when felt onshore) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 19:54
Isles/Ning turned into DWTS -- nm - budice Sep 11, 19:45
I remember back when conspiracy theories were fun, like how the CIA hired Deep Purple to write Space Truckin' to fight the Russians -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 19:41
btw, I watched Irresistible and found it very humorous. I'll recommend it. -- nm - crash davis Sep 11, 19:33
"The root cause is that he was not an ordinary thief, he was an exceptional thief" -- nm - crash davis Sep 11, 19:27
Victoria's smoke numbers & graph for the past 30 days -- (pic) - Beryllium Sep 11, 19:27 [Attachment]
Pringles debuting new 'Rick and Morty'-inspired flavors -- (link) - budice Sep 11, 19:26 2
- Sterilizing drugs sprinkled in the can. -- nm - Reagen Sep 11, 19:33
- In other pringles news ... -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 11, 19:29
How has nobody claimed this handle yet? -- nm - get bent, smooth brain Sep 11, 19:24
this game has had some *swings*. it's swingin', baby! -- nm - prayformojo Sep 11, 19:20
David around? Disney+ price hike coming? notfabio posted a link on HSX saying likely... -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 19:17 7
- He's got good sources, but I haven't heard anything. A disproportionately large number of customers have three-year subscriptions anyway. -- nm - David Sep 11, 19:39
- What’s the link? -- nm - Mopsy Sep 11, 19:39 5
  - I didn't want to give it credence, cause it seems like some dude is just throwing shit at a wall and notfabio posted it.... -- (link) - Beaker Sep 11, 19:40 4
    - Having read the quote, this is pure speculation on someone's part. - David Sep 11, 20:23
    - Prices will always increase, but less than year before launch? -- nm - Mopsy Sep 11, 19:51
    - I mean for the amount we watch it with the limited content being added i'd dump it in heartbeat if it jumped 30% (after our annual buy ended). -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 19:42 1
      - I mean, it's got 20 times the content of CBS All-Access but costs 30% cheaper. That imbalance won't last. -- nm - David Sep 11, 20:24
MAGAbros are just about as dumb as you suspect -- (link) - TWuG Sep 11, 19:08 1
- That’s too perfect not to be a joke. -- nm* - znufrii finally got a haircut Sep 11, 19:12
Taken as a whole, Kyle, Fred, Norm, Serge and Pascal are not intimidating names. -- nm - Reagen Sep 11, 19:07 12
- "Serge" on its own could be terrifying. I've met at least one Serge who I am pretty sure would know how to get rid of a body. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 19:24 11
  - I don't know what Reagen is talking about but those five names together sound like hockey -- nm - crash davis Sep 11, 19:26 10
    - Raptors! -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 19:27 9
      - I can't name five paleontologists -- nm - crash davis Sep 11, 19:28 8
        
        Dr Grant, Dr Satler, Professor .. Actual Factual .. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 19:31 7
        
        Oh and I forgot about Dr Gellar -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 19:32 6
        
        Indiana Jones and his father... -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 19:32 5
        
        Archaeologist and a professor of literature, c'mon man! -- nm - crash davis Sep 11, 19:36 4
        
        Oh, by that level of precision, Dr Sattler was actually a paleobotanist ... :) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 19:37 3
        
        who was Sattler? was that Laura Dern? -- nm - crash davis Sep 11, 19:42 2
        
        yup...more a botanist though -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 19:43 1
        
        *paleo* botanist -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 19:51
from the overnight board, there was a LOT of anti-muslim violence, though half the ones murdered were Sihks, I think a dozen... - zeitgeist Sep 11, 19:04 1
- I remember seeing anti-muslim graffiti on local shops in Brooklyn. -- nm - loosilu Sep 11, 19:57
So... this is something -- whoops, wrong scandal. Atlantic, not Woodward. -- (link*) - Reagen Sep 11, 19:03
This creation just slid down my throat - con_carne Sep 11, 18:54 [Attachment] 2
- “yellow cheese” - Mopsy Sep 12, 07:33
- hmm, so what you're saying is that it's not Torta Musubi. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 19:24
House violated that bubble for HOURS! He should put that on his dating profile. -- nm - David Sep 11, 18:53 1
- They were playing Madden. -- nm - Sam SeaBaron Sep 11, 18:59
ha ha, JD recognizes the town name of Forks because that is where the Twilight novels are set -- nm - crash davis Sep 11, 18:53 1
- oddly, Forks is nowhere near Eatonville -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 11, 23:52
huh, Usenet still exists. And you have to pay to use it. Are there any STers who use it? -- nm - Max Sep 11, 18:51 5
- if you read my MySpace page, you would know -- nm - crash davis Sep 11, 19:07 1
  - Send it to me on Friendster. -- nm - Reagen Sep 11, 19:08
- I miss alt.sysadmin.recovery -- nm - Sam SeaBaron Sep 11, 18:58 1
  - alt.wesley.crusher.die.die.die -- nm - Beryllium Sep 11, 19:04
- usenet exists only as a board hosted on a web site. no more pirate mpg, jpg, mp3...usenet.is.dead.dead.dead -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 11, 18:55
I couldn’t find the hockey game... USA Network?! -- nm - Mopsy Sep 11, 18:51 1
- CBC or Sportsnet -- nm* - Beaker Sep 11, 19:00
Yup, Canadian citizen who lives in Texas but returned -- (link) - Reagen Sep 11, 18:51 18
- With ironic pro-Trump graffiti. -- nm - Mopsy Sep 11, 19:38 1
  - It reminds me of an SNL skit "Politically Incorrect Private Detective". "Looks like they left your 'Baby Killers' sign alone." -- nm - Reagen Sep 11, 19:52
- he still has to quarantine for 2 weeks, right? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 11, 18:56 1
  - if only there were an article to read. I guess we'll never know. -- nm - Reagen Sep 11, 18:57
- "I'll never come back here!" "oh noes" -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 18:52 13
  - I don't think I'm taking a bold stance against vandalism of vehicles just for being from a place. -- nm - Reagen Sep 11, 18:56 12
    - Even Calgary? -- nm - Dano Sep 11, 19:08 3
      - I still have my dealer plate thingy on so I'm gonna side heavily on the anti-vandal side here. -- nm - Reagen Sep 11, 19:11 1
        
        *gets the eggs ready* -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 19:18
      - much better than Lethbridge from what I hear -- nm - crash davis Sep 11, 19:11
    - depends, was he flaunting the rules and finally people said enough -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 19:01 6
      - but... he wasn't? -- nm - Reagen Sep 11, 19:02 5
        
        meh, Americans get what Trump has served for them (and I don't endorse vandalism at all) -- nm* - Beaker Sep 11, 19:12 4
        
        I've lost track in this thread. I thought we were talking about a Canadian -- nm - crash davis Sep 11, 19:13 3
        
        This reminds of me of the stories of natural born citizens being told to go back to where they're from or where they were born - JD Sep 11, 20:08 1
        
        Well..it's Duluth. -- nm - . Sep 11, 21:51
        
        there was only ever one person, so yes. -- nm* - Reagen Sep 11, 19:14
    - It is bold but I'll stand with you so the hill isn't so lonely. -- nm - crash davis Sep 11, 19:00
If we're watching space movies, I nominate the first 2/3 of Sunshine. -- nm - Sam SeaBaron Sep 11, 18:51 4
- The American Astronaut -- nm - Dano Sep 11, 19:11 2
  - man, that was weird -- nm - prayformojo Sep 11, 19:15 1
    - "It was round and soft, now get back to work." -- nm - Reagen Sep 11, 19:32
- completely accurate -- nm - Jovian Sep 11, 19:03
In light of the international protests against police violence ... does it seem fair for a cop to shoot a suspect that pepper sprayed him? -- (link*) - Beryllium Sep 11, 18:47 7
- Tangent: I’ve recently been contemplating the idea that any police action resulting in death should be considered a systemic failure and require - znufrii finally got a haircut Sep 11, 19:19 3
  - The system is nominally set up for that as it currently stands. But it's a farce. That's what "Justified" was about. -- nm* - Beryllium Sep 11, 20:03
  - "The root cause is he killed Mel Gibson's girlfriend and then claimed diplomatic immunity" -- nm - crash davis Sep 11, 19:23
  - "The root cause is go fuck yourself" -- nm - Reagen Sep 11, 19:21
- if you are being pepper sprayed then you are in danger for sure...OTOH, how can you aim, how can you make sure there's no innocents in the background -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 11, 19:08
- sure, the pepper spray could of been followed up with any kind of attack. -- nm - Beaker Sep 11, 18:49
- My thinking is ... - Beryllium Sep 11, 18:48
I've applied to talk at conferences in the past, but always been rejected. Nowadays it's not something I'm interested in as a career component. -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 11, 18:45 [Backboard]
Padres/Giants postponed due to positive COVID test -- nm - budice Sep 11, 18:40
Candace Cameron Bure trending cause her husband of 24 years and father of her 3 children touched her boob in a pic - Beaker Sep 11, 18:39

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