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Movie greatness obtained. -- (pic) - Shaun Dec 2, 09:25 [Attachment] 2
- If you're not going to use that code... :) -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly 🎅 Dec 2, 09:27 1
  - make with the code -- nm - budice Dec 2, 09:28
Krusty Alert - Are you interested in these dunks? Dunk Low Pro QS. Raffle registration is open for the next 30 min -- (link*) - JaxSean Dec 2, 09:24 2
- I sent the email, just in the off chance I get picked. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 2, 09:32 1
  - Thanks! -- nm - Krusty Dec 2, 10:07
This seems kind of weird. The 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E features a giant touchscreen, and at the bottom is a sizable knob for volume control -- (link) - decline Dec 2, 09:22 6
- What do you think 'propulsion sound' is ? -- nm - decline Dec 2, 09:31
- Volume knobs make sense as they are sometimes needed more urgently than others. It is odd to see it built in like that, though. - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 2, 09:30
- Too much is controlled on that touch screen. -- nm - sycor Dec 2, 09:26
- "Oh yeah? You're a sizeable knob!" -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 09:25 2
  - My 2010 Escape has a similar knob (minus the screen, of course). I sometimes get it confused with the heat knob and the fan knob. So many knobs. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 09:27
  - That doesn't look like a knob so much as... -- nm - Max Dec 2, 09:25
IN Daily totals: 3205, 3505, 2787, 3080, 2951, 3756, 4462, 4714, 5007, 4689, 4213, 4879, 5156, 6654, 5708, 8541, 6844, 5218, 5541, 6143, 7420, 6912, 6983, 6255, 5606, 5702, 6059 ,6434, 5700, 4535, 4335, 5713, 5518, 6655 -- (edited) - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 2, 09:19 1
- We were at 12.5k yesterday. Should get our numbers shortly -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly 🎅 Dec 2, 09:26
‘Euphoria’ Special Episode to Drop 3 Days Early: -- (link) - mud Dec 2, 09:16
Interesting read: The inside story behind the Pentagon’s ill-fated quest for a real-life ‘Iron Man’ suit -- (link) - decline Dec 2, 09:13 2
- I'm guessing its because they had Justin Hammer in charge - eag Dec 2, 09:16 1
  - Oh, snap. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 09:16
Missouri Gov won’t do a statewide mandate of anything because it should be done locally. Legislators want to ban local mandates. -- (link*) - spamlet Dec 2, 09:05
*googles Bombas* Oh no. Ya'll out yo mind spending that much on socks. -- nm - sycor Dec 2, 09:02 10
- Now you're going to see their ads EVERYWHERE -- nm - JaxSean Dec 2, 09:12
- You’re obviously not a podcast listener. -- nm - spamlet Dec 2, 09:06 1
  - I have not listened to a podcast since Adnan Syed. -- nm - sycor Dec 2, 09:13
- But see, they donate a pair for every pair you buy! -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 2, 09:03 4
  - Yeah that's awesome and all, but I can buy two packages of socks at walmart for less and donate one myself. -- nm - sycor Dec 2, 09:05 3
    - You should totally do that. - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 2, 09:07 2
      - I should. I also need to buy some toys for the tots. -- nm - sycor Dec 2, 09:08 1
        
        The year I quit selling toys I gave them 90% of what I had in the store. I always wondered if that surge was felt or if they simply needed it. -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 2, 09:21
- ohhhh, socks. -- nm - Max Dec 2, 09:02
- Only as gifts. :-) -- nm - mara Dec 2, 09:02
Four Seasons Total Landscaping talks about how that all went down -- (link) - znufrii Dec 2, 08:54 1
- I love that they're all wearing masks. -- nm - Diva🎅🏾 Dec 2, 09:11
UPS Slaps Shipping Limits on Gap, Nike to Manage E-Commerce Surge -- (link) - spamlet Dec 2, 08:51 5
- This must be why my Old Navy order of 1 pair of jeans and 3 shirts were split in to 3 shipments. - sycor Dec 2, 09:03 2
  - Good thing you did not buy socks! But seriously, *more* packages might be the opposite of why. -- nm* - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 2, 09:04 1
    - I'll be honest I didn't read before posting, I assumed it was a package weight thing. - sycor Dec 2, 09:07
- *laughs* -- nm - Amazon Dec 2, 08:53 1
  - I'm guessing this is the real reason they are doing their own logistics. -- nm - spamlet Dec 2, 09:00
I'm taking the subway to the city for the first time since March. 😬 -- nm - Krusty Dec 2, 08:50 12
- 🤞🤞 -- nm - Diva🎅🏾 Dec 2, 08:52
- Good luck! -- nm - znufrii Dec 2, 08:52
- Waiting for the train... -- (pic) - Krusty Dec 2, 08:51 [Attachment] 9
  - so no one taking the train? how are they getting around? -- nm - Pippy Dec 2, 08:57 8
    - I heard there was a pandemic? -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 2, 08:57 7
      - heh. but what are people doing instead? just staying home? I hope so but I expected it was going back to normal. - Pippy Dec 2, 08:59 6
        
        the only people out and about around here are folks who *have* to go out. the rest of us are working from home and stuff. -- nm - Diva🎅🏾 Dec 2, 09:10
        
        The only people really going out are essential workers and people running errands. There's no entertainment open so most stay home. Biking - Krusty Dec 2, 09:08
        
        Not everywhere is Texas, Pippy - spamlet Dec 2, 09:04 2
        
        Amateurs -- nm - Florida Dec 2, 09:13
        
        :/ -- nm - Pippy Dec 2, 09:12
        
        "I don't care... I love it." -- nm - Gov. Speed Racer Dec 2, 09:01
I think the Wednesday game broke Yahoo NFL pick 'em. Pitt/Balt gone and now the next week has games for December 31st showing -- (edited) - Beaker Dec 2, 08:41
Image and video from the Chinese moon probe that landed the other day -- (link) - kilbowl full of jelly 🎅 Dec 2, 08:40
Diva, did you end up creating an Instagram account? - Yuletide Callisto 🎄🎄 Dec 2, 08:36 12
- yes. -- nm - Diva🎅🏾 Dec 2, 08:44 5
  - and n*bbah accepted my follow request but didn't follow me back. n*bbah. -- nm - Diva🎅🏾 Dec 2, 08:47
  - *noted* -- nm - Bombas Dec 2, 08:45 3
    - heh -- nm - JaxSean Dec 2, 08:46
    - I love you and I hate you at the same time. -- nm - Diva🎅🏾 Dec 2, 08:45 1
      - I get that a lot. -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 2, 08:47
- this one? - kilbowl full of jelly 🎅 Dec 2, 08:37 5
  - That's not the one that followed me. Hmm. Shows kilbo and others following it. :( - Florida Dec 2, 09:16 2
    - yes. - Diva🎅🏾 Dec 2, 09:25 1
      - ok -- nm - Florida Dec 2, 09:26
  - yep. that's me. I'm trying to update the name but IG is fighting me on this. -- nm* - Diva🎅🏾 Dec 2, 08:45
  - always practice safe sax -- nm - budice Dec 2, 08:41
Here's what *really* happens when you constantly refresh the shipment tracker. Oh my. -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 2, 08:33
Netflix is updating metadata across the platform so any roles previously credited to Ellen Page will now read Elliot Page. -- nm - Beaker Dec 2, 08:32 15
- I was pleased to here Elliot will continue on Umbrella Academy. -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 2, 09:08 3
  - cool! -- nm - mud Dec 2, 09:10 2
    - Hear, even. -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 2, 09:18 1
      - here hear! -- nm - mud Dec 2, 09:22
- It's not my place, but that seems logically inconsistent. I guess the Oscars have updated engraved statues before though? -- nm - Max Dec 2, 08:37 8
  - Kid, your face is logically inconsistent. -- nm - Qale Dec 2, 09:02 4
    - I met Ellen at a screening for Juno and have her and Diablo's signatures on the mini poster card. So... now what? Do I toss it? - Max Dec 2, 09:06 3
      - It raises interesting questions for sure. -- nm - znufrii Dec 2, 09:16 1
        
        If it were me... - znufrii Dec 2, 09:30
      - Don't toss it, don't sell it. Maybe see it as a challenge, to get Elliot's signature on something new? 😂 -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 09:16
  - Have they done it for James Roday Rodriguez? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 08:44 1
    - (I tried searching in the app interface, but apparently he doesn't have enough netflix-hosted content to warrant a "titles related to" search) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 08:47
  - Makes sense to update the catalog info to reflect the name that users are more likely to search for going forward. -- (edited) - znufrii Dec 2, 08:39
- I heard that for UA they are even going to update the on-screen credits. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 08:33 1
  - Interesting. -- nm - znufrii Dec 2, 08:36
So if you use Microsoft 365 Family, this appears to be a half off deal for 1 year. Get $50 amazon gift card with $100 purchase -- (link*) - kilbowl full of jelly 🎅 Dec 2, 08:31
I get so many ads from Bombas I'm afraid what would happen if I actually purchased some. -- nm - Diva🎅🏾 Dec 2, 08:21 5
- Socks for people with way too much disposable income -- nm - Strongbad Dec 2, 09:13
- I sort of want a pair. Are they expensive? are they worth it? anyone know? -- nm - Pippy Dec 2, 08:43 1
  - I don't know. I can say the Duluth men's underwear is "worth" it, but they're super expensive. - JaxSean Dec 2, 08:46
- We’ll stop the ads if you buy something. Promise! *winky face* -- nm - Bombas Dec 2, 08:24
- I still get daily emails from the Cruise Lines after being on the Bacon Wedding one -- nm - budice Dec 2, 08:24
So companies are cashing in on the 5G conspiracy theories by selling 5G faraday cages. People are complaining you can't connect to wifi when you use one -- (link*) - decline Dec 2, 08:16 7
- God I love this. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 2, 09:14
- "My sides are in orbit."? -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 2, 08:56
- Huh, who would have guessed? -- nm - VMan Dec 2, 08:28
- Oh honey... -- nm - Mop Dec 2, 08:27
- Right. - znufrii Dec 2, 08:27
- I just effin' love this. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 2, 08:24 1
  - Yup. This brightened my day considerably -- nm - spamlet Dec 2, 08:28
Black Panther was mentioned in our team meeting today, mainly as we were discussing the availability of the new lead for another project. -- nm - LMS Dec 2, 08:10
I look forward to the usual debate if now is the time to talk about Pat Patterson's offenses or not. -- nm* - Qale Dec 2, 07:54 2
- Did he die? -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 2, 08:03 1
  - Yeah. It's been on Twitter for a couple of hours. -- nm - Qale Dec 2, 08:08
A match made in... -- (link) - Mop Dec 2, 07:50 1
- it's cute. -- nm - Andie Dec 2, 07:51
Fun connection between Taylor Swift and Def Leppard -- (link) - Reagen Dec 2, 07:47 21
- I'm only a little paying attention - is she re-recording her own copyrights because someone else owns the physical masters? -- nm - Max Dec 2, 08:11 18
  - Yes. She hates the owner of Big Machine that owns the masters (and actually just sold them to someone else) -- nm - spamlet Dec 2, 08:20 10
    - Someone bought masters that’s she re-recording? - Will Hunting Dec 2, 08:31 9
      - I have wondered about the logistics of the actual replacement of them, though. -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 2, 08:50 5
        
        I would assume she can't replace the albums on services like Spotify. She'd re-release as a "remastered" version? -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly 🎅 Dec 2, 08:52 4
        
        Maybe "Love Story (2020)" vs "Love Story (2008)" -- nm - Max Dec 2, 08:53 3
        
        so how does a business pick which one to use and thus to pay for the use? -- nm - Pippy Dec 2, 08:59 1
        
        Sync licenses are negotiated with rights holders so presumably you're either dealing with Taylor or the other guy -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly 🎅 Dec 2, 09:08
        
        Includes new epilogue verse! -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 2, 08:54
      - She's not going to sound 16 anymore. The new recordings will be different. -- nm - spamlet Dec 2, 08:44 1
        
        But see, that seems like it might be a *good* thing. Like, Def Leppard make a photocopy of Photograph, who cares? But if I am a fan of hers, I would - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 2, 08:52
      - They double-dog-dared her -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly 🎅 Dec 2, 08:33
  - So if her audio engineers become so good that the new records are nearly perfect copies, what's the likelyhood the courts ever side against her? - Max Dec 2, 08:20 4
    - As was noted here, Squeeze and Def Leppard have done so already. -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 2, 08:30 2
      - Things change. People change. Courts change. Interest rates fluctuate. -- nm - Max Dec 2, 08:35 1
        
        Climates change. -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 2, 08:37
    - Is this a case where she owns the rights to the songs, just not the masters of the recordings? -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly 🎅 Dec 2, 08:21
  - Yes. -- nm - David Dec 2, 08:15
  - Basically, yes. -- nm - Reagen Dec 2, 08:15
- Of note: Squeeze did this back in 2010 with their album Spot the Difference -- nm - Mr. Havens Dec 2, 08:02
- I mean, they *did* re-record just like her. But yeah, go with a Chappelle thing. -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 2, 07:57
LIR: Kitty update. Seems to have calmed down with anti-nausea. More x-rays later today to see if it is moving through his system. Doesn't appear to - kilbowl full of jelly 🎅 Dec 2, 07:45 4
- yay!! -- nm - Pippy Dec 2, 08:41
- oh kitty... -- nm - Diva🎅🏾 Dec 2, 08:20
- Cool. Good to hear -- nm - budice Dec 2, 07:48
- 🤞🤞 -- nm - Krusty Dec 2, 07:47
LYC: Got to set up an ATEM Mini and Elgato Streamdeck at church last night to interface with our Wirecast for livestreaming. Pretty cool little units - kilbowl full of jelly 🎅 Dec 2, 07:42
VMan re: B2. I've never seen the Hulk Hogan Santa movie. I just said a movie that exists only in my mind, as far as I know. It was a bad joke -- nm - crash davis Dec 2, 07:37 1
- So was mine. I have never made it through Santa With Muscles. -- nm - VMan Dec 2, 07:39
Age of Heroes (2020): In a year without Marvel movies, The Old Guard redefined the superhero blockbuster -- (link) - Beaker Dec 2, 07:28 20
- It was a decent Highlander-ish update. But it felt off at times. - Inigo Dec 2, 07:51 2
  - Yeah, it was... fine. -- nm - Reagen Dec 2, 07:52 1
    - Yeah, "fine" is a better way to put it. -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 2, 07:54
- Uhm, I wouldn't go *that* far. -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 2, 07:43 13
  - remember, it is 2020; so a netflix movie with 77 million views does kind of redefine what a blockbuster is compared to regular BO dollars -- nm - Beaker Dec 2, 07:45 12
    - Ah, I read it as in the make-up of the movie, not the form. -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 2, 07:51
    - Regardless of viewers it was better than anything Marvel has done in years. -- nm - MDH Dec 2, 07:50 10
      - *snork*. Just like comics, there are a lot of different types, and that is a good thing. It was good for what it was. -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 2, 07:53
      - When did you decide to turn villain? -- nm - Reagen Dec 2, 07:52 8
        
        Turn? I've been very vocal Marvel has been extremely overrated. But it's something no one wants to admit because everyone "has to like them" - MDH Dec 2, 07:54 7
        
        I might be with on this somewhat, but when you talk up Old Guard like it's something amazing or new, you lose me. - Inigo Dec 2, 08:14
        
        Yep.. -- nm - Marlowe Dec 2, 08:09
        
        Thor: Ragnarok was a lot of fun - Krusty Dec 2, 08:02 3
        
        Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy, Thor: Ragnarok, Ant-man, Cap 2 are all very different movies from what people argue are "typical Marvel". -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 2, 08:41 1
        
        mos def -- nm - mud Dec 2, 09:02
        
        That wasn't bad actually. -- nm - MDH Dec 2, 08:32
        
        You nailed it. I only like them because I have been told to. I guess I have yet to get an email telling me to like The Old Guard. -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 2, 07:59
- Watched it the other day, and loved it. -- nm - MDH Dec 2, 07:35 2
  - agreed. hope they do a sequel (or even a prequel or three) -- nm - Beaker Dec 2, 07:36 1
    - *puts on list to watch* -- nm - VMan Dec 2, 07:50

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