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oh, we apparently have robot police dogs now. That's not terrifying or anything -- (link) - ty97 Apr 13, 13:32 17
- To be fair, I trust Officer RoboFido’s decision making more than Officer Racist McShooter’s. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 13, 13:52 1
  - On the other hand a robodog would think a taser does *more* damage than a gun, so... -- nm - Spawn Apr 13, 13:54
- Though more seriously it is 'just' an evolution (walking) of the ROV's that have been occasionally used. - JD Apr 13, 13:49
- Now prance! Prance dog! Prance I said! -- nm - IAmQale Apr 13, 13:43
- Meanwhile, the NYPD (no dog from what I can see) has been at an apartment on my floor for several hours now. -- nm - ty97 Apr 13, 13:41
- They're testing them and are only supposed to be used in apartment buildings where going up the stairs can be dangerous. - Krusty Apr 13, 13:37 7
  - They are to take away the insurmountable advantage of high ground. -- nm - Spawn Apr 13, 13:46 2
    - Plus they're not well maintained and often the lights are out so they're dark, narrow stairways. -- nm - Krusty Apr 13, 13:51
    - *quietly files trademark for Robi-wan Kenobi* -- nm - rollo Apr 13, 13:50
  - you don't want to be f*cked up high when *that* breaks down the door. -- nm - Diva Apr 13, 13:41 1
    - That would really mess your head up. Not being sure if it's real life or you just fell asleep on the couch and you're dreaming it all. -- (edited) - Krusty Apr 13, 13:48
  - Let's test them right back to the manufacturer (they cost $75,000 each BTW. Imagine what we could do with that money!) -- nm - ty97 Apr 13, 13:38 1
    - Oh, I'm not in favor of that sci-fi nightmare. Especially at that cost. But I like the idea of sending something up ahead of the officers - Krusty Apr 13, 13:47
- Sit Ubu sit -- nm - Jovian Apr 13, 13:37
- WTF happened to it's head? -- nm - Spawn Apr 13, 13:34
- that's the Black Mirror episode come to life. Nope. -- nm - Diva Apr 13, 13:34
- I saw that Black Mirror episode -- nm - JD Apr 13, 13:33
Oh, they are framing yesterday’s departure as a “retirement” but it took them a day to figure out everyone’s reporting structure. - spamlet Apr 13, 13:29 4
- Edelman? - Diva Apr 13, 13:37
- Police chief? Is this another taser/gun thing? -- nm - Spawn Apr 13, 13:35 2
  - I don't think so -- (link) - JD Apr 13, 13:39 [Backboard] 1
    - Ah. Sorry. -- nm - Spawn Apr 13, 13:46
Yukon Election: 8 Yukon Party, 8 Liberals, 2 NDP and the 21st seat is tied 78 to 78 between Libs and NDP...after recount winner drawn from hat -- (link*) - Beaker Apr 13, 13:22 3
- something something potato -- nm - Dano Apr 13, 13:30
- It's the Yukon. I say they draw cards or pistols. -- nm - Mop Apr 13, 13:25
- I believe the last vote goes to Kevin Costner. -- nm - Reagen Apr 13, 13:25
Arizona Cardinals sign ex-Pittsburgh Steelers running back James Conner -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 13:10
Today's episode of "things we get for the Barn Sale." The Barn Sale director was all for trashing it but maybe there'll be a buyer. - Meg Apr 13, 13:06 [Attachment] 3
- not a photo? kinda messes with the composition and theme of it by cutting it up in to 5 pieces -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 13, 13:09 1
  - Besides the practicality of moving it as smaller pieces, I think that's kind of the point. That it could've been kind of abstract with just the five - JD Apr 13, 13:24
- oooh a biggie. -- nm - colin Apr 13, 13:06
"Coinbase (COIN) direct listing scheduled for April 14, 2021: What you need to know" - ty97 Apr 13, 13:02 4
- Should I shelter in place? -- nm - Mop Apr 13, 13:26
- "The coins are not filled with chocolate." -- nm - Max Apr 13, 13:21
- I'd rather buy Coinstar. That's more my speed. -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 13, 13:13
- They’re going public, apparently, but not raising any capital by offering new shares, so it’s not an IPO. -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 13, 13:07
This article about Joey Votto in The Athletic is wonderful -- (link) - Krusty Apr 13, 12:58 2
- He sounds like the hitter version of Zack Greinke 8-) -- nm - JD Apr 13, 13:07 1
  - A bit, yeah. More easy going and friendlier though. -- nm - Krusty Apr 13, 13:08
Hitman's Wife Bodyguard: Red Band Trailer -- (link) - budice Apr 13, 12:52
Here’s how Americans rank the 50 states, per YouGov. (MDH Signal: DC too!) -- (link) - ty97 Apr 13, 12:39 33
- Florida? That is way too high unless it's just about weather. -- nm - jnine Apr 13, 18:58
- I somewhat expected this. When I travel for work, more often than not people doubt I live in DC. "Only politicians live there." -- nm - MDH Apr 13, 13:30 1
  - except, they live outside. -- nm - loosilu Apr 13, 13:31
- Now we know which Dakota is the best. -- nm - Dano Apr 13, 13:28
- I finally clicked. Methodology: 1,211 US adults were asked to choose the better of two states from a list of the 50 US states and Washington, - Spawn Apr 13, 13:25 2
  - “North Dakota or South Dakota?” “Fuck you, trick question.” - Will Hunting Apr 13, 13:54
  - That goes a long way to explaining Hawaii's ranking -- nm - JD Apr 13, 13:32
- New Jersey gets such a bad rap -- nm - decline Apr 13, 12:59 19
  - Everyone in Florida is from New Jersey, so take from that what you will. - JaxSean Apr 13, 13:31 1
    - NY is well represented and I know that because my whole family either moved there or are snowbirds. Ugh! -- nm - Krusty Apr 13, 13:33
  - All I Really Need To Know About New Jersey I Learned Watching The Sopranos. -- nm - mud Apr 13, 13:28
  - Just a tad. I can literally go to a Target, Walmart, a major mall, Chipotle, Smash Burger, 5 Guys, a dozen diners, Shake Shack, Blaze Pizza, a dozen - Jovian Apr 13, 13:21 7
    - This is why I wouldn't want to live there. :-) - Krusty Apr 13, 13:27
    - I thin the difficulty in these polls is are they comparing *states* or cities within the states? - Spawn Apr 13, 13:23 3
      - It's just a popularity contest -- nm - rollo Apr 13, 13:26 2
        
        Then how did Kentucky do so as well as they did? -- nm - Spawn Apr 13, 13:36 1
        
        Alcoholics and degenerate gamblers made up 813 of the 1211 respondants -- nm - rollo Apr 13, 13:45
    - although if I'm asking about a state, "what chain restaurants are nearby" is not really on my list of questions. -- nm - Reagen Apr 13, 13:23 1
      - Oh I agree. I was trying to make point that NJ (at least here in the north) has pretty much every single store thats mentioned on ST regularly. - Jovian Apr 13, 13:33
  - Yup. The jokes make people think it's not as nice as it is. I bet most people that voted haven't visited the state or just passed through it. - Krusty Apr 13, 13:17 6
    - Same for Illinois vs Indiana vs Ohio vs Kentucky vs Tennessee. - Spawn Apr 13, 13:21
    - To be fair, NJ is like 3-5 different zones, most quite nice. Northern NJ casts its pall over the entire state. -- nm - rollo Apr 13, 13:20 4
      - and even then, its just a few townships in N Jersey that do. - Jovian Apr 13, 13:24 3
        
        And the more I think about it, any state that deals with urban v. rural also has the same issues -- nm - rollo Apr 13, 13:27
        
        not to say that Garfield or Lodi are great. They arent. But thats where all the eastern european, Russian and Ukrainian strippers go to live when they - Jovian Apr 13, 13:27 1
        
        the ratio of schools to strippers is a vital statistic to rank a regions liveability potential -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 13, 13:30
  - I was just thinking this ... and PA, DE, and NJ are all in different spots on the list but very similar. DE with no sales tax should be higher. -- nm - rollo Apr 13, 13:01
- Rhode Island in the middle is perfect. -- nm - Reagen Apr 13, 12:53
- I would like to know *where* these respondents resided. - Spawn Apr 13, 12:41 4
  - in America. -- nm - ty97 Apr 13, 12:42 3
    - A little more specificity. -- nm - Spawn Apr 13, 12:43 2
      - The United States of -- nm - rollo Apr 13, 12:55 1
        
        Not very, if this is how they feel. -- nm - Spawn Apr 13, 13:01
A fun accessibility setting for macos -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 13, 12:21
From b2: Parts of Louisiana, dry as a bone when it comes to alcohol. Other places, if it has the straw wrapper on it, you’re good to go! Drink up! -- nm - IAmQale Apr 13, 12:13
cool helmet or too GI Joe looking? - colin Apr 13, 12:13 2
- “Oh... bikers. I’m an idiot.” -- nm - IAmQale Apr 13, 12:17
- Knowing is half the battle. -- nm - Storm Shadow Apr 13, 12:14
One of China’s all-time blockbuster bonanzas is hiding in plain sight on Netflix (The Wandering Earth) - anyone watch it? -- (link) - Beaker Apr 13, 12:12 1
- i started it but got distracted and havent gone back to finish it yet. -- nm - tRuMAN Apr 13, 12:27
I think I like the idea of Debris, but I find both leads totally lacking in charisma... -- nm - Ender Apr 13, 12:04 1
- That was what was funny about this week's. spoil - Spawn Apr 13, 12:05
Ugh. Apparently Angie’s List is now just Angi, and is no longer a list. - znufrii Apr 13, 12:03 8
- This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it. -- nm - Mop Apr 13, 12:38
- Where will it lead us from here? -- nm - Reagen Apr 13, 12:16
- do we have a new pronunciation? - colin Apr 13, 12:04
- Come on, only a pro can dye that bear. -- nm - Spawn Apr 13, 12:04 4
  - Nah, looking for a fence guy, who can also replace a retaining wall. - znufrii Apr 13, 12:36 3
    - fence guys and retaining wall guys are very different job skills -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 13, 13:11 1
      - My three are a wiz at both, but yes, they can be. -- nm - Spawn Apr 13, 13:17
    - I actually have three I work with. - Spawn Apr 13, 12:37
Check this fake looking kitty that lives with my sister. -- (pic) - amanda jeans Apr 13, 12:00 [Attachment] 9
- How dare you bother me while I observe all -- nm - Jovian Apr 13, 12:19
- It looks like one of those butterflies that disguises itself as something else to fool predators. -- nm - Reagen Apr 13, 12:15
- I love those weird-faced kitties. -- nm - mara Apr 13, 12:04 3
  - It looks like a flag on a pole. -- nm - Spawn Apr 13, 12:13 2
    - or a cleaver. ! -- nm - Max Apr 13, 12:26 1
      - Plus some truly fabulous eyeliner. -- nm - mara Apr 13, 12:40
- Fake because skinny? -- nm - Spawn Apr 13, 12:02 2
  - because it says nice things to your face and then gossips about you behind your back -- nm - rollo Apr 13, 12:05 1
    - No, that makes it a real cat. -- nm - Spawn Apr 13, 12:05
Come hang and listen to music in turntable! -- (link) - JaxSean Apr 13, 11:45 1
- nm -- (edited) - JaxSean Apr 13, 12:07
A street artist has started a picture on a street round the corner from my flat -- (pic) - LMS Apr 13, 11:44 [Attachment] 6
- beautiful -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 13, 12:58
- Very nice. -- nm - loosilu Apr 13, 12:21
- beauty -- nm - mud Apr 13, 12:07
- Very nice! -- nm - Krusty Apr 13, 11:57
- very cool -- nm - JaxSean Apr 13, 11:56
- nice -- nm - budice Apr 13, 11:47
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Apr 13, 11:33 [Attachment] 10
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Apr 13, 11:34 [Attachment] 9
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Apr 13, 11:34 [Attachment] 8
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Apr 13, 11:35 [Attachment] 7
      - 1/2 I missed the first one -- nm - Lex Luthor Apr 13, 13:00 1
        
        See now, this is why mad scientists are generally less desirable than your common or garden variety scientist. -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 13, 13:17
      - 2/2 -- nm - Meg Apr 13, 12:51
      - 1/2 -- nm - rollo Apr 13, 11:44
      - 1/2 -- nm - oblique Apr 13, 11:38
      - 2/2 -- nm - Dano Apr 13, 11:37
      - 2/2 -- nm - decline Apr 13, 11:35
LIR: So I rabbit-holed a home automation project related to my LED strips question from yesterday. Seems my biggest challenge is that I have three - oblique Apr 13, 11:33 18
- when I put LED strips under my cabinets, I just extended the runs between the cabinets by soldering on cable. -- nm - tRuMAN Apr 13, 12:05 3
  - Yeah. The way our kitchen is, it is three totally separate areas. See attached - oblique Apr 13, 12:42 [Attachment]
  - this is honestly the easiest.. get them all up and out of view, tie them together. -- nm - colin Apr 13, 12:31 1
    - yeah, I ran them that way and into one power source, which was connected to a smart switch on the wall. -- nm - tRuMAN Apr 13, 12:49
- you using hass.io? -- nm - colin Apr 13, 11:49 9
  - I have NO idea :) I just have a Raspberry PI in the box at home that I realized I could use. I was looking at Home-Assistant.io. Those particular -- (edited) - oblique Apr 13, 11:52 8
    - same thing :) community is fantastic for these questions. - colin Apr 13, 11:56 2
      - yeah, the sensors is what caught my eye. like "if someone opens this door after 11pm, slowly bring up all the kitchen lights" -- nm - oblique Apr 13, 11:59 1
        
        the way people use low-powered USB sensors is fantastic... tracking whether a bike is at home, plant soil moisture sensors, etc. -- nm - colin Apr 13, 12:03
    - I went looking for how to attach LED strips to a Pi a couple days ago, and it was daunting. 12V DC and such. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 13, 11:56 4
      - the MOSFETs are the key to that control if you want to skip over z-wave control -- nm - colin Apr 13, 11:59
      - Everything I'm looking at is WiFi based. The PI is, as I understand it, just running the Home Assistant docker container as a coordinator -- nm - oblique Apr 13, 11:59 2
        
        z-wave is going to be a lot easier and def cheaper for the strips themselves - colin Apr 13, 12:02 1
        
        maybe amazon isn't the best source? I don't see anything there z-wave that is cheaper than the $24/16ft. It seems that a lot of the z-wave stuff is - oblique Apr 13, 12:22
- This is what I did for under counter lighting -- (link) - rollo Apr 13, 11:42 1
  - Yeah, that's basically the kind of thing I have now - oblique Apr 13, 11:44
- sounds like a cool/fun project but will a jerry-rigged lighting scheme help sell the house? -- nm - decline (bubble burster) Apr 13, 11:38 1
  - That's a very interesting question. How much of the home automation in general stays or goes. Like my Nest, or the smart bulbs, etc. - oblique Apr 13, 11:40
Lesson learned. When searching for rainbow polar bears, searching on gay pride polar bear stuffed animal can lead to some unexpected results. -- (link) - Dano Apr 13, 11:32 2
- I am so not clicking that link -- nm - oblique Apr 13, 11:33 1
  - BADASS PENIS BEAR, penis teddy bear, bear with penis, teddy rocker bear, mature bear, bear lover, white bear, xrated bear, gay bear, penis - Spawn Apr 13, 11:39
The Machine - Bert Kreischer (in case you've never watched it; can't wait for the movie!) -- (link) - Beaker Apr 13, 11:31 [youtube] 1
- OMG. There's a fucking movie. -- nm - Mop Apr 13, 13:27
There's a polar bear version of that backlit? internally lit bear -- (link) - JD Apr 13, 11:31 2
- I think this non musical version is cuter -- (link) - JD Apr 13, 11:32 1
  - Finally, a polar bear! -- nm - Spawn Apr 13, 11:40
From now on, all firsts should be DMs to me or people asking me for favors. Rollo, don't forget you have pickleball at 5 today - rollo Apr 13, 11:29

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