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Mary Elizabeth Winstead is trending for Kate. -- (link) - Max May 14, 10:06
Delaying the second shot 12 weeks appears to increase immune response -- (link) - Reagen May 14, 10:06 1
- I don't think this will matter all that much if we end up needing boosters regardless. -- nm - IAmQale May 14, 10:08
China is about to attempt a highly ambitious landing on Mars -- (link) - oblique May 14, 10:03 3
- They can't even land a booster rocket on Earth! -- nm - Mop May 14, 10:07 1
  - Less gravity to worry about on Mars -- nm - Dano May 14, 10:10
- Mars Robot Fight! -- nm - Dano May 14, 10:05
Peacock: we tried Intergalactic last night and wow was it bad. -- nm - Remlik May 14, 09:56
"Geriatric millennials" (born between 1980 and 1985) are best positioned to lead teams that will thrive in the hybrid workplace," writes @ericadhawan -- (link) - Remlik May 14, 09:54 2
- Is ty97 a geriatric millenial? -- nm - Max May 14, 09:56 1
  - that would make him a young boomer. -- nm - Remlik May 14, 09:57
Everyone always complains about the post office, but damn do I hate when something I ordered is shipped FedEx or UPS. - Cuzzin Todd May 14, 09:51 1
- Thats what makes Prime Shipping so good -- nm - budice May 14, 09:53
2nd vaccination booked, but it's not due for a couple more weeks (11 weeks after first jab for AZ) -- nm - LMS May 14, 09:49
T-minus 1 hour and I should be microchipped -- nm - Beaker May 14, 09:36 3
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty May 14, 10:00
- We know. -- nm - Microsoft May 14, 09:38 1
  - Ah ha! The reason for micro chipping via vaccine is that Google and Apple cornered the mobile market. MSFT feels left out. -- nm - Beryllium May 14, 09:39
sitwap: This is great. Capybara obstacle course -- (link) - JaxSean May 14, 09:33
Happy Birthday Loosilu! -- nm - Pippy May 14, 09:33 9
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - pmb May 14, 10:03
- Happy BDay -- nm - budice May 14, 09:47
- Happy Birthday weekend! -- nm - Max May 14, 09:41
- cheers ! -- nm - mud May 14, 09:40
- Happy Birthday, loosi! -- nm - Dano May 14, 09:40
- Happy Birthday!!! -- nm - Jovian May 14, 09:38
- happy birthday! -- nm - JaxSean May 14, 09:36
- Happy birthday! -- nm - Beryllium May 14, 09:34
- Have a great birthday, Loos! -- nm - prayformojo May 14, 09:34
How the bank shot became the signature move of Tim Duncan’s singular NBA career - JD May 14, 09:29 1
- It never occurred to me that the founder of dunkin donuts could be a basketball player, but that would have been a great corporate story ... -- nm - Beryllium May 14, 09:34
LYC: We have an iPod shuffle that is connected to our phone system that has continuously been playing the same playlist for music on hold for 8 years - oblique May 14, 09:25 16
- As I was cleaning out my office last week I realized that I still had a "boombox" with Ipod docked in it that was a very early 10GB Ipod. Still works. - pmb May 14, 10:09
- How many songs in the playlist? what's the most played song? -- nm - Remlik May 14, 09:33 3
  - heh. I have no idea. I'm not even sure how we would figure that out. I'd be surprised if it connected properly to iTunes anymore :) - oblique May 14, 09:45 2
    - *crashes the entire phone system* -- nm - Dano May 14, 10:01
    - it'd be kind of interesting to see. -- nm - Remlik May 14, 09:51
- I have a shuffle and I still use it to this day when running. They can take it from my cold dead hands. -- nm - MDH May 14, 09:31 9
  - They still sell iPod Touches. Likely seen as a pre-Phone option for pre-teens perhaps. -- (link) - IAmQale May 14, 10:07 1
    - That's exactly why they're sold. They're essentially no contract (well, cause no phone) iPhones. Welcome to the ecosystem -- nm - JD May 14, 10:11
  - I still have a 128 classic that rocks the store playlist. -- nm - Remlik May 14, 09:51
  - I still have a zune mini. It still worked at least through the last time I checked. - JaxSean May 14, 09:38
  - But which shuffle? I'm guessing not the one that looked like a jacket pull and had no controls - JD May 14, 09:35 4
    - that's the one we're using. The very tiny square one -- nm* - oblique May 14, 09:45 3
      - Not that one. At least I don't think so. I think the one you're referring to is basically sized by a click wheel. Well a non-click, non-wheel, - JD May 14, 09:51 [Attachment] 2
        
        Yup, that's the one -- nm - oblique May 14, 09:57 1
        
        That's the bounce back from the one that I'm pretty sure nobody still has. The version where Apple found out it was possible to go too small -- (edited) - JD May 14, 10:01 [Attachment]
- impressive, most impressive -- nm - budice May 14, 09:29
"I regret I wasn’t more explicit." -- (link) - mud May 14, 09:10
Just for the record, those messages introduced by the prosecution in the Trumper trial... they're from Signal. You know... the uber secure messaging platform. -- nm* - Mop May 14, 08:57 4
- It's secure in the middle. Each of the ends are insecure in their own ways. -- nm - Beryllium May 14, 09:00 3
  - The classic if one has access to the physical device then all bets are off -- nm - JD May 14, 09:02 2
    - Reminds of an article from the deepest days of Napster which had at its core "at some point you have to play the music". -- nm - Reagen May 14, 09:04 1
      - Which at that point in time was a Rio for me -- nm - JD May 14, 09:14
What is the best (simple and cheap) index fund or ETF you would recommend and how would a novice investor buy into it? Asking for a friend. - GregW May 14, 08:56 12
- Fidelity and Vanguard have no-fee index funds. I got 30% return last year on Fidelity. It's hard to lose with those. Everything else has fees. -- nm - colin May 14, 09:50
- *just.don't.short.anything* -- nm - Max May 14, 09:42
- I started last year with a rollover at Charles Schwab. I also set up a Roth IRA account which is very easy. -- (edited) - Max May 14, 09:34 [Backboard] 4
  - I’m assuming by sectors, you mean asset classes (domestic equity, foreign equity, fixed income, etc.)? -- (edited) - znufrii May 14, 09:44 3
    - I don't think he should be scared of investing in sector funds. If I had to invest in only one thing, I'd probably choose tech over broad market. -- nm - Max May 14, 09:55 2
      - for example, VGT's 10 year growth on $10k is $64k, vs $37k for VTI. - Max May 14, 10:14
      - Gotcha. -- nm - znufrii May 14, 10:00
- SPY - S&P 500 with a 0.09% expense ratio. - Reagen May 14, 09:00
- IVV is one of my ETF holdings, tracks the S&P 500 index and has a 3 basis point expense ratio. Simple place to start. - znufrii May 14, 09:00 1
  - Fidelity also offers zero expense ratio index funds. -- nm - znufrii May 14, 09:05
- Suggest your friend talk to a fiduciary financial advisor. At 52 there are many additional considerations vs. someone in their 20s starting to invest -- nm - oblique May 14, 08:58 1
  - And this. -- nm - znufrii May 14, 09:02
I bet that glass elevator in NYC costs $100/ticket and at night is rented out as a $1200/month apartment. -- nm - Mop May 14, 08:55
Today is new St. Vincent day, new Black Keys day *and* new Juliana Hatfield day. -- nm - Reagen May 14, 08:34 11
- meh, meh, meh. - JaxSean May 14, 09:21 1
  - I loved St. Vincent's Masseduction and Masseducation albums. Play them all the time. - pmb May 14, 10:12
- Spotify has presented me with the at least new to me: Ida Maria, Erasure and Book of Love - JD May 14, 08:55
- also new live orchestral version of limbo by royal blood day. (I think). -- nm - tRuMAN May 14, 08:55
- They were better with The Grenadines. -- nm - Mop May 14, 08:52
- I've heard of 2 out of 3 of these! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd May 14, 08:46 4
  - I've been a JH fan since the Blake Babies days, thanks to the cool clerk I was crushing on at the used record shop I frequented in high school. - rollo May 14, 08:50 3
    - The Hatfield is real good so far. -- nm - Reagen May 14, 09:11 1
      - I really liked her Olivia Newton-John cover album -- nm - Dano May 14, 09:20
    - one of my fave albums of the last 10 yrs is the one she did w/Westerberg - the I Don't Cares -- nm - mud May 14, 08:52
- woah -- nm - rollo May 14, 08:39
Just remember.... -- (link) - Dano May 14, 08:33 [youtube]
May 14 Birthdays: George Lucas (77), Joseph Zito (75), Robert Zemeckis (70), David Byrne (69), Tim Roth (60), C.C. DeVille & Danny Huston (59) - Max May 14, 08:31 [youtube] 6
- “Ooh would we call her chubby??” - Will Hunting May 14, 08:38 4
  - She should have had a bigger career. -- nm - Max May 14, 08:52 3
    - She was never going to top a character who got crushed to death by a giant wheel of cheese. -- nm - LMS May 14, 09:04 2
      - I did not know that. That looks like a fun show -- nm - JD May 14, 09:07 1
        
        Never seen an episode -- (link) - LMS May 14, 09:14 [youtube]
- oh god, it's going to be so long before zuck is dead. -- nm - colin May 14, 08:32
AMC is the new GME -- (link) - Andie May 14, 08:25 9
- It's the exhibitors, but I bet the cable giant gets a bump as well because of this nonsense. -- nm - Mop May 14, 08:51
- A few months back they surged the stock price high enough that AMC wiped out $600M in debt for stock. -- nm - MDH May 14, 08:35
- It's kind of been treated that way by the WallStreetBets folks for awhile now - JD May 14, 08:29 5
  - their response to getting that bump has been.. disappointing? i'm still hoping for a Disney buy out. -- nm - colin May 14, 08:30 4
    - My guess is that Disney would wait for AMC to completely crater before they would consider buying. Though I guess there could be some 4D chess move - JD May 14, 08:39 3
      - Disney seems to want to be the media monopoly. they have to get to a theater chain before Amazon does. -- nm - colin May 14, 08:45 2
        
        Huh. I'd never thought about Amazon and taking on a bunch of buildings would seemingly to be much more their thing. - JD May 14, 08:52 1
        
        Bezos has a weird fetish for the film industry. Amazon has so much real estate and physical assets, they hardly resemble a tech company. -- nm - colin May 14, 08:53
- brrr.money -- nm - colin May 14, 08:28
In other news, Brexit seems to be going well -- (link*) - znufrii May 14, 08:12
Tracy Flick elected GOP Conference Chair -- nm - Jovian May 14, 08:02 1
- that's so unfair to Tracy -- nm - mud May 14, 08:40
djRuMan is in turntable this morning. -- nm - tRuMAN May 14, 07:57 3
- i'll be over soon -- nm - JaxSean May 14, 08:28
- i'm intruding, sorry -- nm - colin May 14, 08:03
- It was giving me trouble, so I had to bail. Hopefully it'll work for me tonight when I do my usual dance stuff. -- nm - IAmQale May 14, 08:01
“The entire industry preys on desperation.” -- (link) - znufrii May 14, 07:55 5
- Can JaxSean explain again about how tipping works in restaurants in Florida? Because I really feel I misunderstood the last time. -- nm - Mop May 14, 08:52 3
  - Huh? 20% essentially -- nm - JaxSean May 14, 09:25 2
    - isn't that normal? - Pippy May 14, 09:29 1
      - Yeah, 15% is normal, but I just always do 20%. It's easier mathwise, and better for the wait staff. -- nm - JaxSean May 14, 09:33
- Before in the industry you could paint over your heartbreak with cigarettes, substance abuse, and indiscriminate sex with co-workers. - IAmQale May 14, 08:02
We apparently know nothing about fish sex -- (link) - oblique May 14, 07:52 1
- Eels, in particular, are a puzzle to scientists. -- nm - Mop May 14, 08:53
LIR:TWuG... a friend said that repair relationships have to cost something. - colin May 14, 07:49 1
- It's very hard to break out of toxic relationships, especially when family is involved. I hope things work out for you both. -- nm - TWuG May 14, 07:54
Hey yo, sign up and enter your ST NHL Stanley Cup Playoff bracket. - Shaun May 14, 07:45
agreement reached on Jan. 6 commission ..(?) -- (link) - mud May 14, 07:44 3
- Democrats agreed to two weeks of interoga-- testimony from Hillary Clinton on her involvement. -- nm - Mop May 14, 08:54 1
  - bad Mop! Bad! [swats your nose with rolled-up newspaper] -- nm - mud May 14, 08:56
- more -- (link) - mud May 14, 08:08
Weekend plans? - znufrii May 14, 07:38 27
- Why is this day exactly like every other day....2 scenic weddings and garden work, yard work -- nm - zeitgeist May 14, 10:56
- new neighbors are having a backyard concert ( 1 guy with an acostic guitar LOL) I've looked forward to it all week, fence building -- nm - Pippy May 14, 09:20 2
  - Is it anyone in particular, or just a friend? -- nm - JaxSean May 14, 09:25 1
    - local person who broke off from a band. ? no one I recognized. I don't even know what genre. I'm just all..wahooo live music! -- nm - Pippy May 14, 09:30
- amish market, amish greenhouse, new bar and new taco place with Dan. mow 1/3 of lawn. plant. -- nm - amanda jeans May 14, 08:22 1
  - I wonder what Amish tacos would be like... -- nm - Cuzzin Todd May 14, 08:31
- Sidewalk sale at the library this afternoon and tomorrow. Museum tour tomorrow. -- nm - Meg May 14, 08:13
- replace a fuel pump, gotta drain and drop the tank, swear a lot, drink a lot. stupid old trucks. - colin May 14, 07:55
- Mass Effect and other normal weekend stuff. Maybe mattress shopping. -- nm - Strongbad May 14, 07:49
- Dentist on saturday (cracked filling replacement). Church stuff. Maybe belt sand the tree stump in the backyard. -- nm - oblique May 14, 07:48
- And making a quiche - znufrii May 14, 07:48
- Not much, rain forecast so got The Chain to read and Scandi-noir to watch on TV. -- nm - LMS May 14, 07:46
- Bike ride or two, licking random doorknobs with wild abandon, assemble my new office chair, more doorknobs. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd May 14, 07:43 1
  - do we need to stage an intervention? or can you quit whenever you want to? -- nm - Pippy May 14, 09:21
- Also, need to finally file my f*cking taxes. -- nm - znufrii May 14, 07:42 3
  - Oh yeah, I need to do this too. Dammit -- nm - JaxSean May 14, 08:00
  - Oops, I guess this is what I'm also doing on Sunday -- nm - Krusty May 14, 07:46
  - Oh, yeah, this too. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd May 14, 07:44
- Tonight just relaxing but tomorrow I'm heading to my favorite pizzeria and then Coney Island for a nice birthday day out. Sunday I'm going on my - Krusty May 14, 07:42
- Hockey Friday and Sunday, first full(ish?) concert (outdoors "As If 90's Fest" with Coolio, Sister Hazel) Saturday - JaxSean May 14, 07:42
- Putting in a pollinator/native plants garden at the local art association. -- nm - TWuG May 14, 07:41
- Get most of the vegetables planted. Walk. The end. -- nm - Andie May 14, 07:40 2
  - whatcha got going in? - colin May 14, 08:29
  - Yup, we will be planting ours as well. -- nm - znufrii May 14, 07:41
- sleep. maybe video games. maybe movies. - tRuMAN May 14, 07:39 2
  - Playing anything in particular? -- nm - Shaun May 14, 07:42
  - This, plus books. (NM) - Marlowe May 14, 07:41
Shrooms. Friday! -- nm - IAmQale May 14, 07:36 4
- Get ready to get wasted! -- nm - colin May 14, 07:45 2
  - It made $1,849 domestically. -- nm - IAmQale May 14, 07:49 1
    - more than it deserved -- nm - colin May 14, 08:37
- Let's go to Cirque du Soleil! -- nm - Barontronic May 14, 07:37
fri-yay? -- nm - tRuMAN May 14, 07:30

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