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I think she was in only 6 episodes, but the Nicole Wallace character has a 90% chance of being in a L&O: Criminal Intent episode if I see one on TV - TWuG Aug 3, 09:40
Cuomo to respond at top of the hour -- (link) - mud Aug 3, 09:40
Gov Cuomo in his own words from a couple years back -- (link) - budice Aug 3, 09:36
LYC: I started dollar cost averaging into bitcoin today - oblique Aug 3, 09:32 2
- I wish I had the nerve to day trade irl like I did on HSX. I see a stock that goes up and down $30 every day in a consistent pattern, ending the day - jnine Aug 3, 09:51
- "I just did an Iron Condor. So Cool" :) -- nm* - budice Aug 3, 09:39
So, let it be said: Bold letters: Baron fears Hunting. - Will Hunting Aug 3, 09:31 4
- Rollo and I are one game away from a tournament matchup. If we both win or both lose today, we will play tomorrow. -- nm - Dano Aug 3, 09:38
- 75% FT shooter. Best player on the team. Clang, clang went the trolley of my dreams. - Baron of the Rings Aug 3, 09:36 2
  - BFH - Will Hunting Aug 3, 09:37 1
    - Oh yeah? You come over to my side of the bracket and say that! :P -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 3, 09:40
Canon project. Six photographers asked to take a picture of one man. Each is told a different thing about the man's background. -- (link) - Mop Aug 3, 09:24
Colts: Quenton Nelson has the same foot injury as Carson Wentz. He’s scheduled to have surgery in Indy later today with the same doctor as Wentz. - Remlik Aug 3, 09:17 3
- I hope the Colts are getting a 2 for 1 deal from the surgeon. -- nm - Dano Aug 3, 09:22
- Sadly, he also tripped on a covid vaccination. -- nm - Spawn Aug 3, 09:19
- it's an epidemic of broken feet! -- nm - decline Aug 3, 09:17
Lol. Today had Biles and team live in person. The hosts thought they'd surprise them with a sushi platter, but it was a hard pass from all of them. - con_carne Aug 3, 09:11 12
- To your IM, IMO they're not wrong to pass on that one -- nm - JD Aug 3, 09:28
- C'mon...if you were ever gonna try sushi I think Japan would be the best, no? -- nm - SyrDragon Aug 3, 09:22 3
  - they may have been eating it all along and are tired of it. - Diva Aug 3, 09:45
  - They ate the 97 In Japan Diet, pure Subway Cold Cut Combos for two weeks straight -- nm - con_carne Aug 3, 09:27
  - Picked up fresh from offshore Fukushima. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 3, 09:24
- “We ate last week. We’re good.” - Will Hunting Aug 3, 09:19 1
  - true to your IM -- nm - SyrDragon Aug 3, 09:21
- Caleb Dressel was on this morning as well. In an earlier interview they had asked what he was going to get for himself after the Olympics. They gave - pmb Aug 3, 09:16 4
  - Ah, I think they're doing a replay of that now -- nm - con_carne Aug 3, 09:33
  - Ooooooh....though I guess it reframes the price of the Lego Falcon. Win multiple swimming gold medals or just suck it up and buy the damn thing -- nm - JD Aug 3, 09:30
  - Tell me he picked (3) -- nm - SyrDragon Aug 3, 09:20 1
    - He got all 3. -- nm - pmb Aug 3, 09:37
FYI - the great James Gunn classic Slither is on Prime. -- nm - sycor Aug 3, 09:03 5
- Is Slither great and a classic, or is Games Gunn great and Slither is a classic? -- nm - Mop Aug 3, 09:09 4
  - Slither is a classic that proved Gunn was great and someone to watch out for. -- nm - Jovian Aug 3, 09:30
  - Why not both? -- nm - sycor Aug 3, 09:22
  - We don't talk about Games. - Spawn Aug 3, 09:12 1
    - Tim is - ironically - the straight man in that trio. -- nm* - Mop Aug 3, 09:12
As someone who paid off his own student loan debt, and his wife's, and has 3 kids who will graduate college debt-free, well let's just say I'm against - rollo Aug 3, 09:01 18
- As someone who 100% paid for college and law school by working and getting scholarships, I think community colleges and State colleges should be free. - jnine Aug 3, 09:47
- i also paid off my school debt. i would be happy for everyone else to not have that burden. -- nm - chicken daddy Aug 3, 09:37
- I don't get this reasoning. At all. - JaxSean Aug 3, 09:32 2
  - Probably none. It's usually hard on people to have their closely held beliefs challenged, even just rhetorically. -- (edited) - con_carne Aug 3, 09:45
  - Suffering builds character. - znufrii Aug 3, 09:33
- "As someone who survived cancer, and had insurance, and paid off all the treatment bills, I'm against curing cancer." -- nm - TWuG Aug 3, 09:27 3
  - No one chooses to get cancer ... horrible analogy, you should be ashamed -- nm - rollo Aug 3, 09:28 2
    - You should be ashamed to choose the "I suffered, so should you" path. -- nm - TWuG Aug 3, 09:30 1
      - Who said I suffered? -- nm - rollo Aug 3, 09:35
- For me, go get the predatory shit, and maybe give a small foregiveness overall but people need to account for their own choices at some point. - Will Hunting Aug 3, 09:21 2
  - yup -- nm - Beaker Aug 3, 09:49
  - Agree ... in line with my response below to kilbo -- nm - rollo Aug 3, 09:28
- I don’t know what the right answer is here, but I’m pretty sure this is the wrong one. :) -- nm - znufrii Aug 3, 09:19
- As a parent, you did right by your kids and their future. As a country, I'm of the mind we should do right by our citizens and their future - oblique Aug 3, 09:12 2
  - "No other options" ... community college can be a great bargain, knocking out core/elective classes before you go elsewhere to pay for a name school - rollo Aug 3, 09:27 1
    - Shit guys… Tennessee has a program to handle this. 2 years free for trade / community college. Tennessee! -- (link) - Will Hunting Aug 3, 09:35
- But that's just the price of being an early adopter, eh? -- nm - Max Aug 3, 09:10
- As someone that dropped out largely due to finances, so was I. But I want the country to be a better place and if free tuition and canceling it can - Spawn Aug 3, 09:07
I have a tech question. If I’m used to running MS Access front ends to back end databases, what language would I need to build a better front-endGUI? -- (edited) - Will Hunting Aug 3, 08:57 11
- Why not web? Web = desktop. Plus you eliminate having to support/upgrade desktop installs when making changes. -- nm - oblique Aug 3, 09:08 6
  - It’s all local…? - Will Hunting Aug 3, 09:16 5
    - Bery would probably know better. Web doesn't have to mean online to the world. Just as a UI -- nm - oblique Aug 3, 09:19 4
      - Ok, are we saying JS/Python? I don’t really like Php as an option. I’m replacing the Access stuff. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 3, 09:43 1
        
        javascript won't do it. python has an odbc api that might work (you'd have to do some research) -- nm - decline Aug 3, 09:44
      - Yeah, I run PHP locally all the time - and depending on the intent of the database, it could be a stepping stone to making it more widely accessible. - Beryllium Aug 3, 09:33 1
        
        (Also, php's way of accessing Access might not be the most exercised corner of the language ...) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 3, 09:34
- you can use php to make calls to an Access database - decline Aug 3, 09:07 3
  - I am now in SQLServer backends because Access is limited. I see the apps our team at work do and I know I could do it. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 3, 09:23
  - asp.net and C# is another alternative -- (link) - decline Aug 3, 09:11 1
    - I have done this with little hassle -- nm - SyrDragon Aug 3, 09:16
Something I was surprised to hear - Kaiser Permanente is the largest none-government employer in L.A. County. - Meg Aug 3, 08:48 2
- That's pretty much true most counties -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 3, 10:17
- It's too bad Kaiser Temporeramente never took off -- nm - con_carne Aug 3, 09:14
WWE announces Ric Flair’s departure…doesn’t give him the normal “wish him well in his future endeavors” so I guess he pissed Vince off. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 3, 08:47 6
- he was bitching and texting Vince complaining about storylines -- (edited) - Remlik Aug 3, 09:15 2
  - Yep. Even WWE’s spin says Vince is a petulant whiny bitch. - Will Hunting Aug 3, 09:18 1
    - He will probably outlive us all Will -- nm - eag Aug 3, 09:35
- Well did he really have any official function with them ? - eag Aug 3, 08:52 2
  - He was an on-camera guy worthy of a tweet announcing his release. They omitted the normal niceties. He’s on the Mt Rushmore of pro wrestling - Will Hunting Aug 3, 08:53 1
    - Well nobody is doubting that - eag Aug 3, 09:08
Chase Rewards adds a new transfer partner: Air Canada's Aeroplan -- (link) - oblique Aug 3, 08:45
Now you can have Master Chief's voice as navigation in Waze -- (link) - oblique Aug 3, 08:40 7
- My Waze is muted but I may turn it on for that. Thanks. -- nm - Spawn Aug 3, 08:45 6
  - Wait, my icon can be a Ghost now? Sweet! -- nm - Spawn Aug 3, 08:46 5
    - I think I'm a cat -- nm - oblique Aug 3, 08:47 4
      - I'm a sort of rainbow van. Still PISSED the Batmobile is gone. - Spawn Aug 3, 08:49 3
        
        A funny footnote, my on map batmobile, when they took it away instead of defaulting to my old, my car was a blank on the map. - Spawn Aug 3, 08:50 2
        
        So they upgraded your batmobile to WW's invisible jet -- nm - rollo Aug 3, 08:56 1
        
        neechay -- nm - Spawn Aug 3, 09:03
Evander Kane betting allegations: What we know and what we don't -- (edited) - crash davis Aug 3, 08:37
Bolivia's second-largest lake has vanished: -- (link) - mud Aug 3, 08:30 21
- To the best of my determination, I believe this was the plot to Quantum of Solace. -- nm - Mop Aug 3, 09:12
- anyone under 50 might as well tell your grandchildren not to bother having any kids because this planet will be uninhabitable. -- nm - mud Aug 3, 08:41 11
  - This is less climate change and more people being assholes about resource usage. See also: Aral Sea -- nm - Reagen Aug 3, 09:15 1
    - It's all connected! Haven't you seen Day After Tomorrow? -- nm - mud Aug 3, 09:18
  - Too late, my youngest great grandchild just turned 80 -- nm - con_carne Aug 3, 08:47
  - Nah I'm sure the next generation will fix it. - sycor Aug 3, 08:46 3
    - People are working on shit. It's gonna get worse before it gets better, certainly, but things are tipping in the direction of action - Reagen Aug 3, 09:21
    - "the newsroom s03e03 climate change interview" -- (link) - mud Aug 3, 08:50 [youtube] 1
      - Never watched Newsroom. But yeah, I really hope we aren't quite to that point. - sycor Aug 3, 08:56
  - I'm very glad (as a soon to be 50 year old) that I don't have any grandchildren to speak to :) -- nm - oblique Aug 3, 08:43 3
    - Environmental collapse is already messing with our ability to do math, look! -- nm - con_carne Aug 3, 08:49
    - obviously I didn't mean for anyone to do this today. -- nm - mud Aug 3, 08:46 1
      - god no, not on a Tuesday. You have to bury that sort of thing in a Friday news dump. -- nm - Max Aug 3, 08:48
- Also the second silliest lake name in Bolivia -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 3, 08:39
- Sounds like something Gru would do. -- nm - sycor Aug 3, 08:32 2
  - Agreed. Carmen Sandiego would only take the largest lake, and then only if it had historical significance. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 3, 08:37 1
    - (Unless there was a ranking discrepancy by surface area versus volume, then all bets are off) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 3, 08:38
- so long and thanks for all the fish -- nm - Max Aug 3, 08:31 3
  - someone needs to teach me how to embed a gif here. -- (link*) - amanda jeans Aug 3, 08:45 [Image] 1
    - nailed it -- (link*) - Max Aug 3, 08:46 [Image]
  - :-] -- nm - mud Aug 3, 08:42
Panther's WR Keith Kirkwood had to be taken to the hospital after getting hit by undrafted safety J.T. Ibe in practice. Ibe was kicked off the team -- (link) - decline Aug 3, 08:29 2
- Terrible angle…that doesn’t look bad at all. Like his shoulder hit a taller guy. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 3, 08:44 1
  - I'm reading that he hit him on the side of the head and it's worse than it looks in that video. It was bad enough that he was waived before lunch. -- nm - Krusty Aug 3, 08:59
Let's be honest. We all know Pippy is really just asking if hot guys are going to spray her with cool water and fan her while she is on vacation. -- nm - sycor Aug 3, 08:20 20
- I was hoping to see the cocktail boy again on Saturday but the bartender said he was there on Friday. -- nm - Meg Aug 3, 08:29 1
  - :( -- nm - Pippy Aug 3, 09:41
- worst kept secret ever! - Pippy Aug 3, 08:26 7
  - Watersports? ✔️ -- nm - budice Aug 3, 08:31
  - that is definitely a job for groiny - oblique Aug 3, 08:29 1
    - "Hey mister, bring your hose over here and douse me." -- nm - Max Aug 3, 08:30
  - Would calling it a "cooling center" help the search? Those have misters -- nm - con_carne Aug 3, 08:28 2
    - I'm not sure if there are cooling centers or not, I just know the building awnings didn't have the misters - ty97 Aug 3, 08:29 1
      - Let's all imagine your body getting sprayed with water in slow mo a bit more just to be safe. -- nm - con_carne Aug 3, 08:54
  - yeah that's a very unsexy reason. -- nm - sycor Aug 3, 08:28
- a Mr. mister? -- nm - oblique Aug 3, 08:23 9
  - I hate you. -- nm - David Aug 3, 08:31 3
    - *takes you on* -- nm - oblique Aug 3, 08:31 2
      - That's A-Ha! J'accuse! -- nm - David Aug 3, 08:33 1
        
        My heart is broken - oblique Aug 3, 08:34
  - Mr. Spritzer? -- nm - sycor Aug 3, 08:28 1
    - Mr. Mist-her. There is it. I think we have a business name! -- nm - sycor Aug 3, 08:28
  - the band really missed a cross-promotional opportunity: the Mr. Mister mister - prayformojo Aug 3, 08:27 2
    - It comes in 3 varieties: The Mr. Mister Mr. Mister, the Mr. Mister Ms. Mister, and the Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Mister -- nm - rollo Aug 3, 08:51 1
      - the Mr. Manny Mister, exclusively sold at MannyFair -- nm - Max Aug 3, 08:53
NY AG finds NY Gov Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women. -- (link) - mud Aug 3, 08:14 5
- Also Can only imagine the extent of this with other State/Fed Politicians (Gov, Reps, Senate) -- (edited) - budice Aug 3, 08:29
- If he had an ounce of decency, he’d resign by lunch. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 3, 08:19 2
  - Instead he'll stay, run for another term and win by 20+ points. - Krusty Aug 3, 08:20
  - Which we all know he doesn't/won't. -- nm - ty97 Aug 3, 08:20
- more -- (link) - mud Aug 3, 08:15
From B2, I think the argument has been that most(?) student debt is tied to grad school, and people with graduate degrees tend to be higher earners. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 3, 08:08 13
- The only debt that the government can cancel is government loan dept, right? Cancel it. I don't care which individuals benefit, because it's a net go - TWuG Aug 3, 08:27 3
  - My only concern would be canceling it without addressing any of the structural issues in higher Ed that created the problem in the first place. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 3, 08:37 2
    - pff. Some people decided to pursue advanced degrees and get saddled with hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt. That was their choice! -- nm - Max Aug 3, 08:38 1
      - Eh. I’ll accept the edge case as a cost of doing the most right thing for the most people. -- nm* - znufrii Aug 3, 08:40
- Here is a broad breakdown from a Fed report last year. - Baron of the Rings Aug 3, 08:23 1
  - Thx! -- nm - znufrii Aug 3, 08:26
- Free service is one thing but the way he was talking sounded like "we're gonna have to tax the poor to make up for the exoneration." which is bs -- nm - Max Aug 3, 08:22 1
  - In regards to the initial tweet, yes. 100% pure, high-grade bullshit there. -- nm - znufrii Aug 3, 08:26
- Is it possible to delineate undergraduate debt only? -- nm - ty97 Aug 3, 08:10 4
  - That would be one possible solution, no idea how feasible it might be though. -- nm - znufrii Aug 3, 08:13 3
    - esp for people who have consolidated. -- nm - amanda jeans Aug 3, 08:30 1
      - Just get the accounting grads to figure out a prorate! -- nm - con_carne Aug 3, 08:36
    - Isn't this when politicians would resort to calling them both "the middle class?" Done and done. -- nm - con_carne Aug 3, 08:18
LIR - ty97, they *say* weather and 'operational challenges" -- (link) - Meg Aug 3, 08:07 [Backboard] 2
- 'operational challenges' is so vague. I mean, we all agree that cancellations are an operational challenge! -- nm - ty97 Aug 3, 08:10 1
  - Weather delays, crews stranded in the wrong places. They should be getting this figured out by now. -- nm - Meg Aug 3, 08:16
I like how even almond milk's commercial jingle has to have soul now:) -- nm - con_carne Aug 3, 08:04 1
- I wish TacoBell anime was a real thing -- nm - SyrDragon Aug 3, 09:20

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