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Chicago expanding reopening including allowing fans for Bulls and Blackhawks at United Center. - zunk xometimes Apr 29, 09:28
I’m trying to get to the Trash Pandas, but Will doesn’t wanna visit Huntsville sooooo 🤷🏻‍♀️ -- nm - kelly Apr 29, 09:27 1
- to be fair, Huntsville sucks... -- nm - colin Apr 29, 09:32
Are there any betting sites that will take bets on if the Jaguars *don't* take Trevor Lawrence 1st tonight? - JaxSean Apr 29, 09:19 7
- If you win you get season tickets! - Spawn Apr 29, 09:26
- I found this in a google search. It's gotta be a hoax, though. -- (link) - David Apr 29, 09:25 5
  - I found this Forbes article listing FanDuel Sportsbook odds - JD Apr 29, 09:27
  - With a max $5 bet, it's just replacing a deposit bonus and gets new customers in with a positive feeling about betting. Kind of savvy, really -- nm - Reagen Apr 29, 09:27 3
    - They're all doing this. Basically like the crack dealer who gives the first hit for free. -- nm - pmb Apr 29, 09:31
    - Yeah, I've been hearing similar promos for weeks now. Bet a $1 on a team to get a hit, or a boxer to land a punch or a team to hit a 3pt. shot and - Krusty Apr 29, 09:30
    - Ah. That explains it. -- nm - David Apr 29, 09:27
Ryan Miller will be retiring at the end of this season, his 18th -- (link) - Reagen Apr 29, 09:14 1
- Jason Spezza tied Rocket Richard with 966 career points -- nm - budice Apr 29, 09:16
OTD 1983 Cubs manager Lee Elia unleashed an epic rant to a small gathering of beat reporters. - zunk xometimes Apr 29, 09:13 1
- Partial transcript. - zunk xometimes Apr 29, 09:16 [Attachment]
Sweet Tooth Netflix teaser trailer -- (link) - Beaker Apr 29, 09:06 [youtube] 1
- giggity -- nm - Beaker Apr 29, 09:08
I realize some of it is deliberate ignorance, but it's amazing the number of people you see online who can't put the 2 + 2 of - Reagen Apr 29, 08:59
Saints tryna to trade up to Top 10. -- (link*) - budice Apr 29, 08:51 1
- Come up to #4, Belichick. You know you wanna... -- nm - David Apr 29, 09:00
OTD 40 yrs ago: "Fair Warning" released -- (link) - mud Apr 29, 08:44 5
- It came out of nowhere -- nm - ty97 Apr 29, 09:33
- This is my favorite of their discography. -- nm - Max Apr 29, 08:51 3
  - it was all downhill after their debut album. -- nm - mud Apr 29, 08:53 2
    - HAHAHAHAHAHA! - Remlik Apr 29, 09:08
    - *quietly closes ST* -- nm - Spawn Apr 29, 08:56
"Boxing superstar Canelo Alvarez said he had to negotiate by telephone the release of one of his brothers, who had been kidnapped in Mexico, .... -- (link) - prayformojo Apr 29, 08:38
Chipotle is giving away free burritos to healthcare professionals today -- (link) - budice Apr 29, 08:37 2
- After all they’ve been through? That’s just cruel. -- nm - IAmQale Apr 29, 08:43
- kilbo searching for a stethoscope right about now -- nm - budice Apr 29, 08:39
Why is there a school bus parked in the red zone outside my window? -- nm - Meg Apr 29, 08:37 1
- “No, the white zone is for loading and unloading of passengers only...” -- nm - znufrii Apr 29, 08:38
Question. I asked owners to submit a "Bio" for the Board election. All owners did so. But one owner also submitted a vitae. Would you consider that - Spawn Apr 29, 08:24
Apr. 29 Birthdays: Stephen Goldblatt (76), Phillip Noyce (71), Nora Dunn (69), Jan A.P. Kaczmarek (68), Jerry Seinfeld (67), Kate Mulgrew (66) - Max Apr 29, 08:20
Oklahoma woman finds out she has a felony warrant out in Texas for her roommate not returning a Sabrina the Teenage Witch VHS in 1999. -- (link) - spamlet Apr 29, 08:20 2
- embezzlement is a weird description of what happened. - Reagen Apr 29, 08:22 1
  - Agreed on both counts. -- nm - spamlet Apr 29, 08:38
Get gas when you can this summer. It may not be there when you really need it. -- (link) - Meg Apr 29, 08:12 4
- the same drivers we were all so worried about when the talk of auto-driving trucks happened a couple years ago? -- nm - oblique Apr 29, 09:15
- Always with the fear! -- nm - IAmQale Apr 29, 08:33 1
  - .....and a gun. Get gas AND a gun. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 29, 08:41
- I use Shell, but most stations in my area switched away. I had already been thinking about switching. This may force it. - Spawn Apr 29, 08:29
Just wanted to point out that Dreamworks Animation's Madagascar: A Little Wild Season 3 will be premiering on Peacock *AND* Hulu. - Mop Apr 29, 08:09
Long Duck is long -- (link) - Reagen Apr 29, 07:53 5
- fuck you little brother -- nm - Canada Goose Apr 29, 09:28
- Manute Fowl. -- nm - pmb Apr 29, 08:18 1
  - very nice -- nm - prayformojo Apr 29, 08:26
- Great, now he's going to be kidnapped. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 29, 08:06
- We need a reaction GIF, stat. -- nm - Spawn Apr 29, 07:55
It's gonna go: Whitson, Castro, Woodson, Rofofsky. Unless you know something about Tommy Castro's knees -- nm - prayformojo Apr 29, 07:49 1
- "You and me both, sailor man!" -- nm - David Apr 29, 07:49
JFC Melbourne. Apparently I’m posting real estate links today. -- (link) - mafic Apr 29, 07:34 7
- How does a unit like that happen in an apartment building? Did they divide a bigger unit into smaller ones? -- nm - Mop Apr 29, 08:21
- $400k for that? At least show if there's a view...though I'm guessing there's not. - JaxSean Apr 29, 08:08
- It's fascinating in a fun house sort of way. -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 29, 07:42
- No place for a fridge? -- nm - mara Apr 29, 07:41 3
  - There’s a built-in bar fridge above the kitchen counter. -- nm - mafic Apr 29, 07:42 2
    - Because that makes sense. -- nm - znufrii Apr 29, 08:38
    - Oh, right. -- nm - mara Apr 29, 07:44
Terrible people are terrible. And apparently bad shooters. -- (link) - Mop Apr 29, 07:27 3
- Yep. This entire story is just awful. - Jovian Apr 29, 08:41 2
  - Zero chance they return their shopping carts. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 29, 08:42 1
    - 50/50 whether they gun them down after use -- nm - Beaker Apr 29, 09:04
This is hilarious. What's an appropriate first date movie? -- (link) - LMS Apr 29, 07:04 25
- I went on a movie first date with a girl who really liked Nicolas Cage at the time. Guess what movie of his was showing at the theatre? -- nm - Shaun Apr 29, 08:38 1
  - Wicker Man? Face/Off? - Beryllium Apr 29, 08:46
- The answer here is Don't Be A Menace To South Central While Drinking Your Juice In The Hood. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 29, 08:23 1
  - (Although *my* answer is apparently The Talented Mr Ripley.) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 29, 08:25
- Not a date but arranging to meet a The-Trades writer for the first time at the (2006?) documentary about Deep Throat. -- nm - Max Apr 29, 08:09 1
  - Did you get lucky? -- nm - Spawn Apr 29, 08:14
- When i was young, a friend and i met a couple male friends for a movie matinee. We bought tickets to something else then snuck into the Pia - Andie Apr 29, 07:54 1
  - "BARTON FINK! BARTON FINK!" -- nm - Reagen Apr 29, 08:03
- friend of mine took a first date to Zodiak ... because it was what she wanted to see ... *head desk* -- nm - JenBro Apr 29, 07:50 4
  - True Romance sneak was my best movie first date. -- nm - Spawn Apr 29, 07:52 3
    - excellent. -- nm - mud Apr 29, 08:35 2
      - I miss college. spoilers -- (edited) - Spawn Apr 29, 08:44 1
        
        you were trying to .. - mud Apr 29, 08:52
- 50 First Dates of course. -- nm - Walt_Disney Apr 29, 07:37
- 12 years a slave was the first movie I saw with my wife. Probs 4th date tho. -- nm - mafic Apr 29, 07:30
- It isn’t South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut. Especially when you’re 19 on a date with a 16 year old. We failed to get in. -- nm - IAmQale Apr 29, 07:29 2
  - Which might be ironic given the plot line of the movie -- nm - JD Apr 29, 08:11 1
    - It was so stupid the level of enforcement because it was South Park. -- nm - IAmQale Apr 29, 08:35
- Jungle Fever -- nm* - budice Apr 29, 07:25
- I still think I win with Capturing the Friedmans. -- nm - Reagen Apr 29, 07:23 1
  - I was about to invoke this. -- nm - mafic Apr 29, 07:28
- Birth of a Nation should be perfect! -- nm - Krusty Apr 29, 07:11
- I went on "dates" with 2 women in HS. With one our first two dates were to see Kill Bill Volume 1 and Gothika. -- nm - MDH Apr 29, 07:10
- Clearly the correct answer is Get Out. -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 29, 07:07 1
  - My suggestion would have been Hidden Figures -- nm - JD Apr 29, 08:07
SITWAP: NFT explained. -- (link) - Shaun Apr 29, 07:01 19
- Jokes aside, I've been trying to distill the answer of "What is an NFT?" for a while, and isn't it just the copyright to a digital item? - Mop Apr 29, 07:28 16
  - But it's not? It's the right to a bunch of ones and zeroes that perhaps are associated with something. - JD Apr 29, 08:15
  - You don’t necessarily have copyright or distribution/reproduction rights. Plus blockchain! -- nm - mafic Apr 29, 07:38
  - I don't think that's it (in a broader sense), though I could be wrong. I don't think the purchaser gains access to any revenues from the use of the - pmb Apr 29, 07:37 3
    - I also believe this to be correct, unless otherwise specifically expressed in the sale. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 29, 08:17
    - Well, if that's the case, that's extra stupid. So "Disaster Girl" still holds the right to revenue from her famous photograph? -- nm - Mop Apr 29, 07:52 1
      - As far as I know (not that I think she actually sees revenue from people using it in a meme). -- nm - pmb Apr 29, 07:58
  - I mean, yes and no. But with digital, what's the point? - JaxSean Apr 29, 07:34 9
    - Movies and music... even photographs... what's the "physical" medium here? A thumb drive? A CF card? -- nm - Mop Apr 29, 07:51 8
      - “Physical medium”, lol. -- nm - znufrii Apr 29, 08:06 7
        
        That's my point. Jax is trying to juxtaposition an NFT vs. a digital movie, song, or photograph. But how are they different? -- nm - Mop Apr 29, 08:08 6
        
        No, I'm saying a physical medium is different. Owning "the original" digital medium is, essentially, worthless. - JaxSean Apr 29, 08:15 5
        
        But by this reasoning, a photographer whose entire photo library is digital doesn't actually own anything at all. -- nm - Mop Apr 29, 08:19 4
        
        They own the rights to their images. Unfortunately there is no ironclad way of enforcing them once they are shared. -- nm - znufrii Apr 29, 08:35 3
        
        This. Imagine going to Disney and claiming that they don't own the latest Marvel movie cause it doesn't physically exist -- (edited) - JD Apr 29, 08:37 2
        
        Meanwhile NFTs strike me as nothing more than the right to comment “First!” on the ‘original’*. -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 29, 08:43 1
        
        I'm pretty sure that this is exactly it. Whether the buyer's completely understand this is another question -- nm - JD Apr 29, 08:49
- Accurate -- nm - JaxSean Apr 29, 07:27
- Spot on. -- nm - pmb Apr 29, 07:27
Reading this article makes the idea of Fields falling to potentially be the 5th QB taken as simply absurd. -- (link*) - Volnelk Apr 29, 07:00 3
- I've never liked him or Lance as much as everyone else. Both of them should go in the second half of the first round. - David Apr 29, 07:06 2
  - Curiously, what about Fields don't you like? -- nm - Volnelk Apr 29, 07:17 1
    - The history of OSU QBs is an NFL graveyard, and he only throws one pass especially well, the 15-yard out. - David Apr 29, 07:36
More Q1 subscriber loses. Dish Network lost 230,000 subs while their streaming service, Sling, lost 100,000. -- nm - Mop Apr 29, 06:49 15
- in other news: Sling is a streaming service that exists -- nm - Beaker Apr 29, 06:51 5
  - Really? I know it pretty well as it is the one I typically subscribe to for MLB post-season (well, not recently) - oblique Apr 29, 06:55 3
    - Canada has Crave, D+, Amazon and NF as far as I am aware -- nm - Beaker Apr 29, 06:59
    - Remember when Sling was a box you attached to your TV so you can watch it when you were away? -- nm - Mop Apr 29, 06:56 1
      - I do indeed. I may still have one of those boxes on a shelf here at work too -- nm - oblique Apr 29, 06:58
  - ...not for long. -- nm - Mop Apr 29, 06:54
- Meantime, how many subscribers do you think Comcast lost in Q1? -- nm - Mop Apr 29, 06:49 8
  - Comcast's Peacock up to 42 million subs, from 33 last quarter. Losses of operating the service down to $277mil. -- (link) - Mop Apr 29, 07:23 1
    - It should be noted that Comcast *ADDED* 461,000 broadband subscribers in the same quarter. -- nm - Mop Apr 29, 07:41
  - 2.3M -- nm - JaxSean Apr 29, 06:50 5
    - Not quite. 491,000 subscribers lost in Q1 of 2021. And, bucking a trend, that’s higher than Q1 of 2020, where they lost 2020. - Mop Apr 29, 06:55 4
      - They're might make a little extra money from us this month. I'm at 1040GB for the month (out of 1229GB) as of 12am. - JaxSean Apr 29, 07:05 3
        
        With a day to go, you'll make it. -- nm - Mop Apr 29, 07:21 2
        
        No streaming for us tonight or tomorrow. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 29, 07:28 1
        
        *starts downloading the Fallout '76 update* -- nm - Mop Apr 29, 07:53
Two new cell phone questions: - Beaker Apr 29, 06:48 7
- Generally speaking, yes. For the phone OS, you're looking to do a backup/restore. The number goes with the SIM. - oblique Apr 29, 07:00 1
  - Bookmarking this. Thanks! -- nm - mara Apr 29, 07:03
- What kind of phones? (iOS or Android) -- nm - spamlet Apr 29, 06:58 2
  - each I think. kids got Apple 11's; wife and I got Samsung something or others -- nm - Beaker Apr 29, 06:58 1
    - For the Apple devices as long as you’re backing to iCloud the new phone should restore from the backup when you sign in. -- nm - spamlet Apr 29, 07:27
- Who dis? - Mop Apr 29, 06:52
- Funny cell phone story: our Rogers was down for a few hours Monday. The wife called to make sure they knew about t. At the end the Rogers guy asked - Beaker Apr 29, 06:50
Turntable sent out a request for feedback email including questions about a possible future app -- nm - Dano Apr 29, 06:44 11
- I've seen this discussion about turntable, but really have no idea what it is. Brief summary? -- nm - pmb Apr 29, 07:33 7
  - And if too many people downvote a song, it gets skipped for whoever's next up. -- nm - con_carne Apr 29, 08:14
  - A turn-based version of Among Us without the stabbing but everyone's musical taste is suspect. -- nm - Max Apr 29, 08:02 1
    - 80s Max is sus -- nm - JaxSean Apr 29, 08:05
  - A "room" for socially playing music. Up to 5 "DJs" take turns playing songs from their "queue" (which is just a list of songs). - JaxSean Apr 29, 07:40
  - Listen to music with a group of people in a chatroom. Lots and lots of tracks available, some music videos too. Up to 5 people take turns choosing. -- nm - mara Apr 29, 07:37 2
    - And... AVATARS!!! -- nm - Spawn Apr 29, 07:41 1
      - And virtual stickers on your virtual laptop! -- nm - mara Apr 29, 07:42
- I’d love that. It’s just unusable on iOS in browser. -- nm - spamlet Apr 29, 06:57 1
  - Yes. I had the same experience. -- nm - Dano Apr 29, 07:06
- I haven't tried it on mobile yet, but I still gave some other ideas/suggestions. The discord channel is a good place to put stuff too, tho. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 29, 06:46
Is it soup yet? -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 29, 06:41 1
- the vaccine takes about 4 months to soupify someone. -- nm - Beaker Apr 29, 06:42

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