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I started watching The Sinner. Not at all what I expected, and I suppose much of what's really going on is shrouded in mystery, but I like Pullman -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 12:47
This cannot possibly end well. -- (link) - Fozzie Baron Feb 16, 12:44 1
- The next update will be that we've lost contact with several scientists. -- nm - David Feb 16, 12:46
huh. Brooke Baldwin is leaving CNN -- (link) - decline Feb 16, 12:36 1
- Surprised she stayed there after she was pulled from the elections. -- nm - Spawn Feb 16, 12:58
Vegas renaming McCarran International Airport after former US Senator Harry Reid. -- (link*) - budice Feb 16, 12:35 7
- Isn't that rude to Senator McCarran? -- nm - Max Feb 16, 12:38 2
  - I think, deep down, all Senators recognise that they're not really worthy of having major airports named for them. -- nm - Roger More Feb 16, 12:47 1
    - What about naming their favorite bathroom for them. -- nm* - zeitgeist Feb 16, 13:45
- so it'll be the Harry International Airport now? -- nm - decline Feb 16, 12:37 1
  - yes, updated linkage -- nm - budice Feb 16, 12:37
- Why not after Ben Siegel? -- nm - Roger More Feb 16, 12:37 1
  - Or Fredo Corleone? -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 16, 12:39
Vaccine #s: 12% have received at least 1 dose, 4.5% received both (up 2/1.1% from Thurs). Expected 50% vaccination date 6/27, 70% date 9/3, 90% 11/10 -- nm - MDH Feb 16, 12:34 1
- Highest 7 day average of total doses delivered yet: 1.72M, and that's including a "0 doses" for Monday as a result of weekend/holiday reporting. -- nm - MDH Feb 16, 12:36
WPost: "At least 39.9 million people have received one or both doses of the vaccine in the U.S. This includes more than 15.2 million people who have - prayformojo Feb 16, 12:21 18
- 15.2m fully vaccinated. That's 30.4m shots. That means another 24.7m gotten only 1 dose. That's a total of 55.1m. Where's the other 16.6m? - Mop Feb 16, 12:41 9
  - The national average for doses used is 77% of those distributed. We still have a ways to go there. -- nm - MDH Feb 16, 12:44 4
    - Example: State/% of doses used, the top: NM 99%, ND 95%, WV 92%, UT/LA/MT 88% and the bottom: NH 67%, DC 65%, RI 63%, AL 63% -- nm - MDH Feb 16, 12:46 3
      - Yay, PA isn’t last! -- nm - znufrii Feb 16, 12:46 2
        
        They are 68% of doses used (right before NH). -- nm - MDH Feb 16, 12:50 1
        
        *smh* -- nm - znufrii Feb 16, 12:51
  - "more than" and "at least" ;) -- nm - Meg Feb 16, 12:43 2
    - Spoken like someone who's got something to hide. -- nm - Mop Feb 16, 12:43 1
      - Spoken as someone who writes reports on archaeological lectures. I use a lot of "it is believed" or "Dr.(xx) suggests" :) -- nm - Meg Feb 16, 13:00
  - They got sent to Richmanistan. -- nm - znufrii Feb 16, 12:42
- But for heaven's sake don't tell anybody you got it! -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 16, 12:28
- Rumor mill says our "1C" group in IL may start around the 25th. That's where I am in line apparently -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 12:25 5
  - I just checked the IL website and they only have 1A and 1B information now. Everything after that is gone. -- nm - pmb Feb 16, 13:06
  - *checks PA* yup, still in 1A -- nm - znufrii Feb 16, 12:49 1
    - yeah, my mom is in 1A and can't even get an appointment yet -- nm - decline Feb 16, 12:53
  - but you're Group 1A in our ❤s -- nm - prayformojo Feb 16, 12:33
  - My wife had an appointment yesterday to cross state lines and get it since MO hasn’t started teachers yet. - spamlet Feb 16, 12:31
- Gotta get all those awards show stars prepped for airtime. -- nm - Max Feb 16, 12:24
Looks like Colorado's got it pretty good. -- (link) - Mop Feb 16, 12:16 5
- *opens mouth* *points at it* -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 16, 12:27
- I'd like the Poutine dog with the fries on the side. Just cover the dog in gravy and cheese. -- nm - crash davis Feb 16, 12:25 1
  - also, the COutine, substitute tortilla chips for the fries...and call it Nacho-poutine -- nm - crash davis Feb 16, 12:28
- MichaelScottNO.gif -- nm - Max Feb 16, 12:17 1
  - Especially since that is where he lives now. -- nm - Dano Feb 16, 12:19
“Oh freak!” - znufrii Feb 16, 12:15 6
- Wait 'til she writes it on the playground in chalk :/ -- nm - Meg Feb 16, 12:39
- That's one of our favorite memories. E had a drawer that would stick. My wife would say "shit!" when it wouldn't open. - spamlet Feb 16, 12:38 1
  - I’m torn whether the better option here is to eventually try and tell her not to curse, or to teach her how to do it appropriately. -- nm* - znufrii Feb 16, 12:46
- Start using genuine frontier gibberish. -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 16, 12:18
- I learned it from watching you!!!! -- nm - Dano Feb 16, 12:16 1
  - Then do it right next time! -- nm - znufrii Feb 16, 12:17
LOL there's an ETF called SPAK for SPACs -- nm - ty97 Feb 16, 12:12 3
- I knew a Jason Spak in college. He should get involved with those. -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 16, 12:15
- Of course there is. -- nm - spamlet Feb 16, 12:14 1
  - This. -- nm - znufrii Feb 16, 12:16
Why are salads so much better when someone else makes them? -- nm* - znufrii Feb 16, 11:58 11
- Also: Cocktails -- nm - rollo Feb 16, 12:25 1
  - Nah, I can make myself a pretty nice cocktail. -- nm - znufrii Feb 16, 12:47
- It truly is one of the world's great mysteries -- nm - ty97 Feb 16, 12:09
- I don't know! -- nm - Pitch Meeting Guy Feb 16, 12:08 2
  - "Why chop and mix them when I could just eat the veggies separately?" "Because they're attractive together and I need this to start the dinner." -- nm - Max Feb 16, 12:23
  - Fair enough. -- nm - Pitch Meeting producer Feb 16, 12:21
- It's the viruses and bacteria from their coughing and breathing on your food. Yum. -- nm - Mop Feb 16, 12:07 1
  - Oh Debbie -- nm - crash davis Feb 16, 12:17
- true -- nm - Max Feb 16, 12:00 2
  - I don't think that is the correct answer -- nm - crash davis Feb 16, 12:01 1
    - true -- nm - Max Feb 16, 12:02
my laptop had a hard crash & restart a few minutes ago. That ... doesn't bode well. - Beryllium Feb 16, 11:42 12
- Maybe it's just dirty. You should put it in the dishwasher and give it a quick wash -- nm - decline Feb 16, 11:57
- STACKS 9,256 be sure to load EMM386.EXE -- nm* - budice Feb 16, 11:53 6
  - We were QEMM gods back in the day. Screw you Doom. Screw you right in your 638kb of RAM -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 11:58 5
    - Load up Trumpet Winsock and Kali. Go cruise the Net back in the day on the USR modem -- nm* - budice Feb 16, 11:59 4
      - Outside of running a Fidonet hub for a BBS, one of my early forays into email was connecting a Netware server to a local ISP to deliver mail to a TSR -- (edited) - oblique Feb 16, 12:02 3
        
        First FFL Team was done using a Compuserve Acct back in the 80s. Jerry Rice, Dan Marino, Joe Montana, others. -- nm - budice Feb 16, 12:04
        
        man, you're old -- nm - decline Feb 16, 12:02 1
        
        anyone who knows what TSR stands for is :) -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 12:04
- Ours isn’t even that old but I’m basically the distracted guy meme with it at this point. - spamlet Feb 16, 11:51
- Could be dust. You know how to clear dust, don't you? You just put your lips together over the vent and inhale quickly. -- nm - Max Feb 16, 11:49
- Those M1 macs are super tempting. We don't have any Macs in our house but I'm eyeing on for my wife's laptop replacement - oblique Feb 16, 11:48 1
  - yeah, I need one for video editing, my 2014 13" MBP can't handle it. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 11:48
Hey did we know there is a New Orleans Film Festival? This year happens 11/5 through 11/21 - NOFF STravaganza anyone? - JenBro Feb 16, 11:41 1
- oops - forgot to give a link ... -- (link) - JenBro Feb 16, 11:42
"I’m right on target." -- (link) - mud Feb 16, 11:38 2
- Say hi to V-ger for me. -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 16, 11:41 1
  - "V-ger" -- (pic) - Ilia Feb 16, 11:44 [Attachment]
A foolproof plan! -- (link) - Reagen Feb 16, 11:30 3
- I can't believe it didn't work. -- nm - crash davis Feb 16, 12:30
- Uncanny! -- nm - Mop Feb 16, 12:08
- He can honestly say that Barack Obama never stole his gun. -- nm - Inigo Feb 16, 11:40
I went outside to clear off my car and let it idle for a few minutes so the battery could charge up. That's enough exercise for the day I think. -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 16, 11:22 2
- You've earned a beer and a nap. -- nm* - Krusty Feb 16, 11:57 1
  - I've got hot coffee and a creepy book I want to finish. That'll do. -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 16, 12:12
It took me a minute to see it -- (link) - decline Feb 16, 11:16 17
- I actually had the opposite reaction. Saw it immediately and had to force myself to not see it. -- nm - Dano Feb 16, 12:15
- I logicked out where the person had to be but still couldn't see it until I did the trick. Now can you help me with those stereograms. - Fozzie Baron Feb 16, 12:14 1
  - "You said keep your eyes out of focus, which is misleading. You want DEEP focus!" -- nm - Mr. Pitt Feb 16, 12:23
- Pretty cool until you start bumping into your invisible hiking companion every five minutes. -- nm - Max Feb 16, 11:52 2
  - Doing shots with the Predator is not recommended. -- nm - Mop Feb 16, 12:14
  - With sexy results. -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 16, 11:54
- I fail. :-( -- nm - mud Feb 16, 11:40 3
  - Spoilers - Spawn Feb 16, 13:00
  - spoilers -- (link) - ty97 Feb 16, 11:44 1
    - ! -- nm - mud Feb 16, 11:46
- Well done! -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 11:36
- Whoa. -- nm - znufrii Feb 16, 11:22
- I would have been here next Tuesday trying to find the 4th person if I didn't - prayformojo Feb 16, 11:19 3
  - C u next Tuesday, indeed. -- nm - con_carne Feb 16, 12:02
  - I think I would have gotten it way faster if they said 4 people's arms. (spoils) - Inigo Feb 16, 11:38
  - so...camo actually works -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 16, 11:29
- It broke my brain for 2/3 minutes but. Now I can’t not see it. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 16, 11:17
Rick Beato just told me The Pretty Reckless hold the top two rock songs on Spotify. That's pretty cool. One of them feature Kim Thayil and Matt - con_carne Feb 16, 11:06 [spotify] 1
- Oh, maybe it's not a chart of any kind. Oh well -- nm - con_carne Feb 16, 11:07
Tenet is $9.99 at iTunes. #SAD -- nm* - Mop Feb 16, 11:04 3
- I still haven't watched it. Wonder how cheap I can get a "UV" code now -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 11:17 2
  - The answer is $7.94. $10.79 for UHD -- nm* - oblique Feb 16, 11:21 1
    - Or save yourself 80 cents and buy it on iTunes (or Vudu) as it's $9.99 for the UHD version. -- nm - Mop Feb 16, 11:46
During a DOS attack, what are the factors letting some users through? -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 16, 10:55 5
- Generally speaking, a DOS attack overloads the processing queue of a system with excess requests. Really who gets through is just blind luck of which - oblique Feb 16, 10:58 2
  - Yep, like trying to get through a turnstile amidst a crush of passengers -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 11:38 1
    - (Except more random, as if the turnstiles could pop up anywhere in the crowd) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 11:39
- HIMEM.SYS -- nm - budice Feb 16, 10:57 1
  - this is a family board -- nmbi -- (edited) - oblique Feb 16, 10:57
Shovelling snow found to be number 1 cause of Canadians and Americans muttering ‘fuck this fucking shit’ over and over -- (link) - Beaker Feb 16, 10:48 10
- God. Bless. Snowblowers. -- nm - spamlet Feb 16, 11:21
- This is a change from 2020. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 10:55 1
  - Heh. -- nm - con_carne Feb 16, 11:09
- shoveling snow is also one of the gravest heart attack risks, not only from sheer physical labor while out of condition, but cold increases hazard -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 16, 10:53
- #2 (for this year anyway) is probably trying to terraform a rounded pond or river in frickin Animal Crossing. -- nm - Johnny Lawrence Feb 16, 10:50 5
  - I dunno. We’re like 40ish days away from Zipper’s Revenge. -- nm - IAmQale Feb 16, 10:53 1
    - Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooo!!! -- nm - Johnny Lawrence Feb 16, 11:18
  - Haha! -- nm - Dark Callisto Feb 16, 10:51 2
    - For the last month or so, we've been working on a complete re build of our island. We've moved every animal, all of our houses. - Johnny Lawrence Feb 16, 11:20 1
      - I have a fresh island, basically. I gotta send you all my new friend code. - Dark Callisto Feb 16, 11:38
I pulled ERCOT's tax return (it's public they are a nonprofit), here's their mission statement: - MDH Feb 16, 10:47 13
- #FAIL -- nm - Pippy Feb 16, 10:57 11
  - *tosses several additional heavy blankets at Pippy* -- nm - ty97 Feb 16, 11:08 3
    - Did we run out of Trump ballots to burn already? -- nm - Mop Feb 16, 11:10 2
      - Let’s hope not -- nm - Pippy Feb 16, 11:14 1
        
        I mean there are apparently a.couple of million of them in various abandoned vehicles or warehouses that were never counted -- nm - eag Feb 16, 11:39
  - We were wanting an update on you - eag Feb 16, 11:05 6
    - We are fine. Stowed away in a La Quinta til Friday morning. Rolling black outs every hour here. We are warm. Pipes froze at the house but it’s pex so - Pippy Feb 16, 11:13 5
      - I'm glad to read you're all okay! -- nm - Krusty Feb 16, 13:01
      - I envy your rolling blackouts. Here is has been mostly out with a couple hours of on. -- nm - Qale Feb 16, 12:22
      - How's the neighbor? -- nm - JD Feb 16, 11:26 2
        
        He said he slept well in his room down the hall. He ended up catching a ride back to his house with SM so he could have his truck to smoke in. Lol! - Pippy Feb 16, 11:32 1
        
        8-) -- nm - JD Feb 16, 11:36
- That sounds as terrible as my resume opener: - IAmQale Feb 16, 10:52
Infinity War, for me—Similar to Two Towers (LOTR)—I like it better when shit is going down (Ditto Empire Strikes Back) -- nm - Flavorize— Feb 16, 10:39
I am not a conspiracy theory guy. So that’s why I am bringing this to the collective. Plausible? -- (link) - IAmQale Feb 16, 10:35 9
- Is it related to the people that specifically signed up for such rates? - spamlet Feb 16, 11:47 1
  - Basically yeah. paying market price works until it doesn't -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 11:48
- Capitalism and regulation is defined by "this is why we can't have nice things". - Mop Feb 16, 11:07
- Enjoy your $1000kwh rates. -- nm - Mop Feb 16, 10:54
- After ENRON, anything is plausible. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 16, 10:49
- Related: Electricity retailer Griddy’s unusual plea to Texas customers: Leave now before you get a big bill -- (link) - JD Feb 16, 10:39 3
  - The market is perfect, so clearly it's Texans that have failed it. -- nm - Reagen Feb 16, 11:08
  - that's kinda remarkable -- nm - prayformojo Feb 16, 10:45
  - Fuck Griddy. That, at least to me, was an easily identifiable on the surface grift. -- nm - IAmQale Feb 16, 10:41
"The mind of the subject will desperately struggle to create memories where none exist..." - David Feb 16, 10:35 1
- So THAT explains the Sinbad genie movie. -- nm - Johnny Lawrence Feb 16, 10:47

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