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Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Mar 16, 13:50 [Attachment] 8
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Mar 16, 13:51 [Attachment] 7
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Mar 16, 13:51 [Attachment] 6
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Mar 16, 13:51 [Attachment] 5
      - 2/2 -- nm - decline Mar 16, 14:15
      - 2/2 -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 14:07
      - 2/2 -- nm - spamlet Mar 16, 13:56
      - 2/2 -- nm - Dano Mar 16, 13:55
      - 2/2 -- nm - Diva Mar 16, 13:53
ABC 7 has the fireworks story -- (link) - Peglegpete Mar 16, 13:49 1
- jeez, there's a huge crater there. how many houses blown up? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 16, 13:57
LYC: I spend $2.60 per day to get to work in tolls basically to save about 15 minutes of driving each way. That's $52/mo. roughly. -- nm - oblique Mar 16, 13:29 12
- I’m always amused at the toll express lanes on I-95 in Baltimore asking for $1.35 on the weekends when it’s completely empty. -- nm - znufrii Mar 16, 13:36 3
  - Most states - Strongbad Mar 16, 13:46
  - Toll Roads here implemented Surge Pricing a few years back. Over $10 for a one-way trip sometimes -- nm* - stim-mie Mar 16, 13:39 1
    - When we were in Dallas recently I set my Waze to avoid toll roads to go back and forth from the hotel to UNT. It was certainly interesting how it - oblique Mar 16, 13:46
- No traffic during the quarantine save any of that time? Count as a work expense? -- nm* - stim-mie Mar 16, 13:33 1
  - oh, the commute is definitely faster since they added lanes to I-90 and the pandemic. I presume that the side street/interstate balance stayed - oblique Mar 16, 13:34
- Is your time worth more than $5.20/hr? Then it’s the right decision. -- nm* - spamlet Mar 16, 13:31 5
  - sure... but you're not making money 24/7. i think it's better argument to talk about time with family and mental health. -- nm - colin Mar 16, 13:39 2
    - I have a randomly assigned hourly rate I use to determine "should I pay someone or do this myself?" my rate is $20/hour and has been for - amanda jeans Mar 16, 13:50 1
      - that's really smart. there are some things i want to do out of pride, but i should be better about valuing my time. -- nm - colin Mar 16, 13:53
  - This. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 16, 13:36
  - spamlet is smart -- nm - oblique Mar 16, 13:32
when someone says "next Thursday" on a Tuesday do they mean in two days, or nine days? -- (link) - mud Mar 16, 13:28 2
- this thurs = 2, next = 9 -- nm - Max Mar 16, 13:29 1
  - shorthand for (day) "of this/next week" -- nm - Max Mar 16, 13:30
Oh no Sharon Osbourne - ty97 Mar 16, 13:26 2
- I'm half mad about the intolerance, and half mad about how lazy she is in the words she chose to do it - Guigue Mar 16, 13:30
- gif: -- (link) - mud Mar 16, 13:30
An explosion reportedly involving fireworks has rocked a neighborhood in Ontario, California -- (link*) - stim-mie Mar 16, 13:24 2
- and continued -- (link) - stim-mie Mar 16, 13:28 1
  - NBC News report -- (link) - Meg Mar 16, 13:58
Challenge:All Stars coming to Paramount + in April. -- (link) - Volnelk Mar 16, 13:18 5
- All I see is some BIG HAIR. -- nm - Spawn Mar 16, 13:52
- Oh wow. They really went old school. Even I recognize most of the cast. -- nm - Dano Mar 16, 13:39
- No Josh? Wooooooooo hooooooooo! -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 16, 13:31 2
  - No. It’s people that are good. Some serious deep dives. And some 50-year olds. -- nm* - Volnelk Mar 16, 13:36 1
    - Yes Duffy takes me back. - Dark Callisto Mar 16, 13:38
"Here's a nebulous thing with no details that we promised a new customer. Is it a problem?" - spamlet Mar 16, 13:14 3
- Can our system do X? No, it's impossible to configure the system that way. Oh we just promised X to a customer. -- nm - Dano Mar 16, 13:41
- "can you make sure chatbot is in the budget for next year?" - amanda jeans Mar 16, 13:30
- [major psychotic effing hatred] -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 16, 13:17
Zack Snyder has your Excuse Slip for Thursday -- (link) - stim-mie Mar 16, 13:12 6
- I honestly cannot imagine a movie or piece of entertainment that I have less interest in. -- nm - MDH Mar 16, 13:17 3
  - I am going to try and get through it over the weekend. Does not help that Falcon and Winter Soldier drops Friday, though. - Spawn Mar 16, 13:56
  - it's the person that does it for me. -- nm - colin Mar 16, 13:21
  - I'll stick with my rewatch of Person of Interest, because John Reese is a better Batman - and because it's connected to the Nolanverse. - Beryllium Mar 16, 13:19
- Up And At Them -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 13:16
- “Does hubris have two u’s or just one?” -- nm - IAmQale Mar 16, 13:16
Now playing: Extras. Hilarious! It's gonna be leaving Netflix this month - con_carne Mar 16, 13:12
Writing a methods section is so boooooring. Screw it, I'm using the word "elucidate" here. -- nm - Baron on the Cairn Mar 16, 13:08
Worth a chuckle. Nice one, UNICEF -- (link*) - oblique Mar 16, 13:06
Ahh, New England. In the middle of a bunch of political polling questions, throw in a question about what the Patriots should do at QB. -- (link) - Dano Mar 16, 13:01
new study. more twins have been born in the past few decades, than prior. -- (link) - Peglegpete Mar 16, 12:42 1
- I mean .. -- nm - thanos Mar 16, 12:49
Tinder to send some users free covid home test kits for two -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 16, 12:40 2
- "Looking for a poke." -- nm - stim-mie Mar 16, 12:55 1
  - !!! -- nm - Bathtub Margot Mar 16, 13:03
I have my first vaccine appointment scheduled for Monday. That was easy, I don't become eligible until Friday. -- nm - Ender Mar 16, 12:38 3
- Yay!!! -- nm - Pippy Mar 16, 13:35
- Nice!! -- nm - Krusty Mar 16, 12:43
- Nice! -- nm - znufrii Mar 16, 12:40
What do we consider to be a good definition of "middle class" these days? - Fuzzy Mar 16, 12:30 9
- Sweden. -- nm - con_carne Mar 16, 13:46
- Median +/- 20%, state specific -- nm - Strongbad Mar 16, 13:33
- If there were five tiers: impoverished / under / middle / upper / elite, I would put middle at $50-125k individual. -- nm - Max Mar 16, 13:29
- 3.5M is not 'middle class' -- nm - Andie Mar 16, 12:50
- I'd suggest $3.5M is well above the wealth of the middle class. $3.5M was also where the exemption level was in 2009 - and it was $675K in 2001 - Roger More Mar 16, 12:41 3
  - 4% of US households have a net worth of above $3.5M. One general definition of middle class is the band between the lower 20% and upper 20%, which right -- (edited) - Roger More Mar 16, 13:00
  - Arguably, it *could* widen the gap between the far upper middle class (if you want to call it that) and the uber-wealthy. HOWEVER. - ty97 Mar 16, 12:58 1
    - I would say instead that we should be making sure that everyone has the opportunity to improve their financial standing - Fuzzy Mar 16, 14:02
- You pay all of the taxes, get none of the stimulus money -- nm* - zeitgeist Mar 16, 12:36
Bipartisanship -- (link) - oblique Mar 16, 12:15 11
- Right. - znufrii Mar 16, 12:43
- As opposed to.......????? -- nm - ty97 Mar 16, 12:43
- I'm fine with the make them talk the whole time for a filibuster option as a first step. - Dano Mar 16, 12:43 2
  - Yeah. I also like the idea of the number of votes needed for cloture reducing over time. Their "argument" is that they want to be included in the - pmb Mar 16, 12:55 1
    - I don’t like the idea that in order to win all you need to do is run out the clock without compromising though. - znufrii Mar 16, 13:22
- But lets get ACB thru SCOTUS at the last second -- nm - stim-mie Mar 16, 12:42
- "This f**king guy." -- nm - Tony Montana Mar 16, 12:40
- We're not the party of majority in either house but if you don't do everything we say anyway nothing will get done! And oh yeah, - Diva Mar 16, 12:36
- Flame On -- nm - stim-mie Mar 16, 12:17
- What are they gonna do, refuse to hold hearings for a Supreme Court Judge? -- nm - Reagen Mar 16, 12:16 1
  - Basically they will use every procedural option at their disposal to shut things down. Think of MTG who every day moves for adjournment. In a 50/50 - pmb Mar 16, 12:27
Edelman: "Boston TE Party" -- (link) - stim-mie Mar 16, 12:08
I was yesterday years old when I realized that Dr. Strange and Mrs. Maisel have a movie opening on Friday. -- nm - Diva Mar 16, 11:59 1
- Multiverse of Madness has taken a turn -- nm - stim-mie Mar 16, 12:00
Interesting. If BYU makes the Sweet 16, the NCAA will flip the schedules of the East and Midwest regions so they don't have to play on a Sunday. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 16, 11:59 5
- You would think they would have thought of that during seeding. -- nm - Spawn Mar 16, 12:24 3
  - I think BYU has stricter rules on seeding. -- nm - Qale Mar 16, 12:27 2
    - 1 branch, 2 berries, fertile soil? - oblique Mar 16, 12:27 1
      - I mean, they encourage planting in multiple fields by one farmer. -- nm - pmb Mar 16, 12:29
- frowny face for the one jewish kid on the squad.... -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 16, 12:22
Going back to an earlier conversation that my job so rudely interrupted: there are a ton of things I need Margot Robbie to explain to me - crash davis Mar 16, 11:50 6
- I remembered another poker film yesterday for your list. 5 Card Stud with Robert Mitchum. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 16, 11:59 1
  - thanks! -- nm - crash davis Mar 16, 12:02
- And I can guarantee her my fullest attention, in these matters. -- nm - Spawn Mar 16, 11:53 3
  - I would take a tip from the Portland protesters and bring a leaf blower to her bubble bath. -- nm - Max Mar 16, 12:04
  - I can’t guarantee as such due to blood pressure issues. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 16, 11:55 1
    - Might depend on the full agenda. - Spawn Mar 16, 11:57
I get the annoying "I have a question." on Discord all the time, but I think it comes from courtesy, offering a salutation first. - Max Mar 16, 11:44 28
- Note: I am okay with "I have a question" as long as you go ahead and then ask the question! - Dark Callisto Mar 16, 11:47 21
  - I need to know you’re listening and available to provide an answer, so I’m not left hanging. -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 16, 12:03 13
    - So, I may have 5 chats at once. I answer them in the order I receive them. By the time I get to you, you may not be available... - Dark Callisto Mar 16, 12:31
    - The annoying one for me is when I just get voice Skyped out of the blue without so much as a heads up via chat. -- nm - znufrii Mar 16, 12:07 9
      - "McFly!" -- nm - Max Mar 16, 12:12
      - I don't mind this as much. It's like a phone call basically -- nm - oblique Mar 16, 12:12 7
        
        Also a pet peeve for me. - Dark Callisto Mar 16, 12:32 3
        
        One of my favorite George Carlin quotes, "I don't have pet peeves - I have major psychotic fucking hatreds." -- nm - Spawn Mar 16, 12:39 2
        
        I'm going with that from now on. -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 16, 12:57 1
        
        I leave out the f-ing part, but yes, I have used it on numerous occasions. -- nm - Spawn Mar 16, 13:04
        
        It always happens when I don’t happen to have my headset plugged in, though. -- nm - znufrii Mar 16, 12:15 2
        
        This -- nm - spamlet Mar 16, 12:19
        
        That is one advantage of having an office. I use a Sennheiser speaker/mic device so every call is just a speakerphone call and I close my door -- nm - oblique Mar 16, 12:17
    - See, what bothers me about this is that say I return and read your chat but you are away. Now I'm like "Sure, what's your question" -- (edited) - oblique Mar 16, 12:06
    - 2min later: "No? Okay thanks for nothing." -- nm - Max Mar 16, 12:05
  - I do "Quick question when you have a second: what isblahblah..." then I give them time to answer -- nm - JaxSean Mar 16, 12:01
  - I don't mind when they ask "Have time for a question?" via IM. - Cuzzin Todd Mar 16, 11:50 2
    - I have no desire to to unduly burden you, but could I possibly bother you with a question? -- nm - Spawn Mar 16, 11:52 1
      - Burden me with another one? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 16, 11:59
  - heh, yes -- nm - Max Mar 16, 11:48 2
    - "Query: ..." -- nm - Spawn Mar 16, 11:49 1
      - *that* one. I have responded plenty of times "Is your question a query or a demand?" - Max Mar 16, 11:52
- Relatedly, "Can I ask you a question?" annoys me greatly. Cause they just did. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 16, 11:45 5
  - "Can you blow me where the pampers is?" -- nm - Max Mar 16, 11:51
  - "You just did!" -- nm - Spawn Mar 16, 11:45 3
    - I'll often reply with either that or "Another one?" -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 16, 11:49 1
      - "You just did! Without permission, I might add." -- nm - Spawn Mar 16, 11:50
    - Can I ask you two questions? - Beryllium Mar 16, 11:47
ESPN headline earlier today: Minnesota fires Richard Pitino. ESPN headline now: New Mexico hires Richard Pitino. - Baron on the Cairn Mar 16, 11:33
Is there an actor named Reggie Jackson too? -- nm - David Mar 16, 11:33 10
- You're thinking of Wesley Snipes, the pale Englishman. -- nm - Roger More Mar 16, 11:43 1
  - "He's the one whose name makes no sense!" -- nm - Reagen Mar 16, 11:44
- In some quick research, this appear to be legit - Reagen Mar 16, 11:39 4
  - So, the Take on Me chick was almost in Starfleet? -- nm - David Mar 16, 11:40 3
    - Also, the Predator and the co-creator of the Biggest Loser -- nm - Roger More Mar 16, 11:47 2
      - Harvey Weinstein? -- nm - crash davis Mar 16, 12:04
      - (at the same time) -- nm - Spawn Mar 16, 11:49
- Is he also trying to kill the queen? -- nm - Baron on the Cairn Mar 16, 11:34 2
  - He's not living in a gated community in NJ with his father Larry Bird and mom Jackie Joyner-Kersee? -- nm - Krusty Mar 16, 11:37
  - "My father went the same way" -- nm - prayformojo Mar 16, 11:36
New York's hottest club is OHIO. It has everything. Sports-themed ironic beverages. Lazy peanut river. Cleveland Steamers. Beige. And ... - Beryllium Mar 16, 11:17 3
- stadium mustard? -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 16, 11:22 2
  - One of the bevvies, I'd imagine. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 11:32 1
    - chili and shredded american cheese on *everything* -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 16, 12:18
Poker Face: Rian Johnson is making a TV series with Natasha Lyonne -- (link*) - stim-mie Mar 16, 11:15 3
- not O-Face? -- nm - Beaker Mar 16, 11:30
- Lady Gaga is the villain? -- nm - Spawn Mar 16, 11:28 1
  - Puts on a Pokerface -- nm - stim-mie Mar 16, 11:29
Hey ST... are you there? I have a post I want to make. -- nm - Dano Mar 16, 11:09 6
- My Skype shows in a phone call when in a call. Only 1 user takes this as a sign to call...repeatedly. - Will Hunting Mar 16, 11:49
- My status shows "In a meeting!" -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 16, 11:17 4
  - Your status always shows In a Meeting! -- nm - Dano Mar 16, 11:24 3
    - No, it always shows Busy! - Dark Callisto Mar 16, 11:44 2
      - (and 16 of them are, "Can I ask you a question?") -- nm - Spawn Mar 16, 11:45 1
        
        8 are that, 8 are "hi" -- nm - Dark Callisto Mar 16, 11:47
Snyder Cut Thursday. Falcon and Winter Soldier Friday. Nice. -- nm - Shaun Mar 16, 11:09
The Forbidden Dance and Lambada both moved their way into theaters on this day in 1990. -- (link) - stim-mie Mar 16, 11:06 4
- Which one will reach the top of the streaming movies list next week? -- nm - Mop Mar 16, 11:14 1
  - Snyder Cut -- nm - Spawn Mar 16, 11:31
- "It makes sex look like a church!" -- nm - Reagen Mar 16, 11:07 1
  - Take me to church.... -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 16, 12:21 [youtube]

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