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Modern to complete application for final approval this month -- (link) - oblique Aug 5, 13:52 2
- Classic still in the dark ages -- nm - Epiphany Aug 5, 14:05 1
  - new wave coming for the 2nd wave - zeitgeist Aug 5, 14:32
In today's "Wait, what?" Paramount+ orders 14 South Park movies. -- (link) - Mop Aug 5, 13:49 1
- South Park remains independently owned by Matt & Trey's company, Park County. - Mop Aug 5, 13:53
NASDAQ listed bitcoin mining firm mined 13 BTC per day (July) powered by 69 megawatts of 99% clean hydro-power -- (link) - oblique Aug 5, 13:47
ST, are we ready to plan a Star Wars cruise yet? -- nm - David Aug 5, 13:46 8
- You couldn't pay me the cost of staying in that Star Wars hotel to set foot on a cruise ship -- nm - oblique Aug 5, 13:47 7
  - Your wording confuses me. You understand it's not a real ship, right? -- nm - David Aug 5, 13:50 6
    - If "Star Wars cruise" does not equal "cruise ship" then you sir have confused me -- nm - oblique Aug 5, 13:51 5
      - I honestly cannot decide if you're messing with right now or not. -- (link) - David Aug 5, 13:58
      - On some levels, it could be claimed that it will be even more immersive than simply getting on an ocean going vessel - JD Aug 5, 13:56 2
        
        Ren Faire, Star Wars edition. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 5, 13:59
        
        in that case, hell no. -- nm - loosilu Aug 5, 13:57
      - or a trip into space to another solar system or 3 and then and back home -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 5, 13:56
*89%* of Canadians support a 1% wealth tax -- (link) - Reagen Aug 5, 13:44 2
- They just don't have a context of how much (or how little) it actually adds. - Name Withheld By Request Aug 5, 13:59
- it's our communist gene. -- nm - mud Aug 5, 13:50
I watched the women's 10 Meter platform diving finals live last night. IT IS AMAZING. This is some of the best diving you may ever see. -- nm* - Peglegpete Aug 5, 13:29 1
- Yeah, just the best diving I've ever seen. - Krusty Aug 5, 13:32
"How I Review 2,000 Olympics Photos and Deliver 25 Right Away" -- (link) - Mop Aug 5, 13:15 3
- Related: It was interesting reading how camera aficionados were scouring the Olympic EXIF data to get specs on those as-of-yet unreleased Canon models -- (link) - oblique Aug 5, 13:20 2
  - Ha! This article is about the same guy, Jeff Cable. -- nm - Mop Aug 5, 13:24 1
    - Hurry Up Cable, we need to get this on the wire! -- nm - ty97 Aug 5, 13:27
Anyway, this craze jumped the shark several years ago -- (link) - ty97 Aug 5, 13:12 7
- Pumpkin spice is a worse fad than Manifest. -- nm - David Aug 5, 13:51 2
  - Pumpkin Spice Manifest, now trending #1 at NFLX -- nm - rollo Aug 5, 13:51 1
    - The spice plane has landed! -- nm - Beryllium Aug 5, 13:53
- What flavor shark? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 5, 13:21
- *throws up in his mouth a little bit* -- nm - znufrii Aug 5, 13:19 2
  - *puts it in a cup* -- nm - Mop Aug 5, 13:22
  - That is pretty much what it looks like, yes -- nm - ty97 Aug 5, 13:20
I have been stalked! - ReluctantCynic Aug 5, 13:09 5
- I'm beginning to think I'm the only one to send a single shirt! .. - mud Aug 5, 13:12 4
  - I almost always send two but never expect more than just one t-shirt. - Krusty Aug 5, 13:30 2
    - I haven't even bought my shirt - most things are so limited and i haven't been out much to get anything. need to get on that this weekend. -- nm - Andie Aug 5, 13:31 1
      - Lots of places still closed? I had planned to get other shirts but I wasn't going to the places I thought I would and had to adjust. -- nm - Krusty Aug 5, 13:37
  - Quality over quantity! :-) -- nm - Meg Aug 5, 13:21
great comic! - mud Aug 5, 13:08 2
- It was a different ti... oh. -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 13:09 1
  - oh, another derisive dig at CANADIANS .. Megan Rapinoe must've read this. -- nm - mud Aug 5, 13:24
Also, apparently there are f-words in Matt Damon's Hot Ones, just not *that* f-word. -- nm - Mop Aug 5, 13:06
Bradley University just emailed. Masks indoors, regardless of vaccination status -- nm - oblique Aug 5, 13:01 2
- even in the dorm rooms? -- nm - decline Aug 5, 13:07 1
  - Indoor public spaces including classrooms. Not dorms and not faculty alone in their offices. -- nm - oblique Aug 5, 13:08
Ok, this isn't funny but... -- (link) - oblique Aug 5, 12:58 14
- Never heard of this site before so was hoping it might be one of those spoof news sites that thinks it’s clever. :( -- nm* - znufrii Aug 5, 13:29 1
  - That's the "new" news site rebranded from WGN America -- nm - oblique Aug 5, 13:31
- That's horrible. -- nm - loosilu Aug 5, 13:25
- that poor family -- nm - Andie Aug 5, 13:08
- that's awful :( -- nm - ty97 Aug 5, 13:06
- I had a case where a teenager on a bike followed his friend around the crossing gates. His friend made it across, he didn't. The train has a camera -- (edited) - jnine Aug 5, 13:04 8
  - It's only human to feel guilty. Poor guy. -- nm - loosilu Aug 5, 13:25
  - My brother-in-law is a conductor. He's seen a lot of things he wishes he hadn't. Awful, awful stuff. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 5, 13:13 5
    - I was *this* close to reporting to become a NYC subway train operator. I can only imagine what they have to go through. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 5, 13:20 3
      - I remember when you were all excited about that. -- nm - Meg Aug 5, 13:33 1
        
        :) - znufrii Aug 5, 13:34
      - We really need those door guards that some other cities have -- nm - ty97 Aug 5, 13:29
    - :( -- nm - ty97 Aug 5, 13:13
  - horrible -- nm - Andie Aug 5, 13:11
huh, Judo and Karate at the Olympics were being held at the Budokan. -- nm - Reagen Aug 5, 12:57 4
- Just learned that Karate was new this year. -- nm - Mop Aug 5, 13:03 2
  - And it will be gone in Paris. I watched some of it last night, I can't say I will miss it. Also, the broadcasters here were - Marlowe Aug 5, 13:11 1
    - It was no All-Valley Karate tournament. -- nm - Mop Aug 5, 13:13
- It took this Olympics to give me any context about Live at the Budokan decades later. -- nm - Max Aug 5, 13:01
last night I posted a link to Daniel Radcliffe's song & dance from his show Miracle Workers. YOU MUST SEE IT. BEST WORK EVER. WET YOUR PANTS FUNNY!! -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 5, 12:54 [Backboard] 6
- I admittedly skipped this yesterday because I loathe that song but this is so SO GREAT!! He is selling it!! - Epiphany Aug 5, 13:44
- That's pretty amazing -- nm - JaxSean Aug 5, 13:11
- What's Miracle Workers? -- nm - decline Aug 5, 13:02 3
  - I had to research. a comedy about angels trying to convince God not to destroy earth on TBS. season 3 ep 4 with this airs next on sunday -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 5, 13:19 2
    - that's only season 1 -- nm - Remlik Aug 5, 13:56
    - Got through the first half of S1, it was funny enough but we never finished it for some reason. -- nm - znufrii Aug 5, 13:23
Watching Linus Tech Tips play the Halo Infinite tech preview is painful. -- (link) - Mop Aug 5, 12:46 [youtube]
Here's the Cobra Kai S4 teaser you all needed. -- (link) - Mop Aug 5, 12:40 [youtube]
Alright ST, lets all just chip in on this and then we can just take turns two or four at a time. - Jovian Aug 5, 12:40 4
- It's going to end up being cheaper to really go to space on Branson's flight than to stay there. -- nm - jnine Aug 5, 13:00
- I mean, you do get to go to space and back, right? - nm - JaxSean Aug 5, 12:50
- This was on ST along with the price yesterday and I will not even look at it. -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 12:48 1
  - dude. its obscene. a 2-night package. $5k -- nm - Jovian Aug 5, 12:50
Masks back on in the office, effective immediately. -- nm - Mop Aug 5, 12:35 5
- Yeah, Amy's library did it, for employees. - Spawn Aug 5, 12:45
- yep. they put ours back into effect on Monday -- nm - Jovian Aug 5, 12:40
- we did yesterday. -- nm - amanda jeans Aug 5, 12:39
- "Oh, uh, not for COVID, I was just warning people." -- nm - Beans for lunch Bill Aug 5, 12:37
- "Release the gas" -- nm - Reagen Aug 5, 12:36
new shoesies in my mailbox!!! doing the "new shoesies in my mailbox" desk chair dance. -- nm - amanda jeans Aug 5, 12:34 1
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty Aug 5, 12:53
"Did the NFL player get a COVID vaccination?" is my new shorthand test for avoiding players in fantasy. It's the new Wonderlic. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 5, 12:34 6
- odds are good they'll be gone for 2-4 weeks at some point. -- nm - Reagen Aug 5, 12:35 5
  - Don't sleep on "He's just a dumbass," as being sufficient to gauge. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 5, 12:37 4
    - it's so fucking beyond me how people are jumping on the "it's such a personal and private decision" answer - Reagen Aug 5, 12:51 3
      - Someone told me her step-daughter wasn't getting vaccinated because she was having health issues. I knew it was really because she was a big Trump - jnine Aug 5, 13:09 2
        
        Didn't know they were putting the vaccine in a breadstick. -- nm - Reagen Aug 5, 13:32 1
        
        I know, like I said, ridiculous. -- nm - jnine Aug 5, 13:52
Omnium sounds like a way cooler event than the reality of it. -- nm - Reagen Aug 5, 12:25
Seattle couple track items stolen from car to a homeless camp, try to retrieve them, get beaten car smashed with a machete...with 2yo in back -- (edited) - zeitgeist Aug 5, 12:22 2
- The currency for the homeless here is bikes. People on nextdoor are always telling people who had their bikes stolen which encampments they should - jnine Aug 5, 13:56
- Maybe don't take your 2yo on a stake-out? -- nm - Mop Aug 5, 12:36
So my daughter's new artist name is now officially out there with this press release (that also is timed with her just having officially signed with - pmb Aug 5, 12:20 26
- The only name I recognize in there is boards of canada, but given the genres at play, I bet I would like many of them. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 5, 12:51 1
  - Khurangbin play instrumental chill-funk -- nm - rollo Aug 5, 13:42
- Congrats!! I hope she does well -- nm - Epiphany Aug 5, 12:38 1
  - Thanks! -- nm - pmb Aug 5, 14:15
- Whereas Nao is clearly a reference to nanaimo bars. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 5, 12:38
- I'm lost. Is her name not Nao? -- nm - David Aug 5, 12:37 6
  - Nao is actually a "star". She's really good too (grammy nominated). -- nm - pmb Aug 5, 12:41
  - Softmax. -- nm - pmb Aug 5, 12:39 4
    - Oh, that's gonna be so confusing if she ever posts on ST. -- nm - David Aug 5, 12:43 3
      - Not to mention the heartstrings pull if "Swedish singer-songwriter Tex" ever posts -- nm - JD Aug 5, 13:32
      - Touch it softly, Max! -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 12:46
      - Shut up! -- nm - Max Aug 5, 12:46
- Ok, yeah, I’m lost. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 5, 12:29 1
  - This article is about the smooth approximation of one-hot arg Max. -- nm - Max Aug 5, 12:33
- I had to look that up, but it's past what I would have ever had to use. -- nm - Reagen Aug 5, 12:24 6
  - Neato. I've never had to do multinomial, but I use logistic all the time for propensity scores. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 5, 12:38
  - I couldn't understand the explanations I found that began with "to put it simply . . .". -- nm - pmb Aug 5, 12:26 4
    - Lots of data. Data big mess. Odds of data? *magic wand* Now data between 0-1. -- nm - Reagen Aug 5, 12:31 3
      - That is simpler than the other explanations I found. -- nm - pmb Aug 5, 12:38 2
        
        also I'm guessing it has application in producing synth functions? -- nm - Reagen Aug 5, 13:04
        
        I'm probably leaping over important stuff. -- nm - Reagen Aug 5, 12:41
- For a second I thought you were saying it is Reagan. -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 12:20 4
  - "Nice Pipes" -- nm - budice Aug 5, 12:21 3
    - No one has said that about me unless it is about actual pipes. -- nm - Reagen Aug 5, 12:32 1
      - Sweet u-bend -- nm - rollo Aug 5, 12:34
    - A little pitchy, dog. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 5, 12:32
Oregon State University built a robot that can run a 5k (why do they always make robots with backwards knees?) -- (link) - decline Aug 5, 12:12 5
- We shall call it QwopBot. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 5, 12:53
- *flexes* -- nm - Mop Aug 5, 12:34
- What was its time? It looks pretty slow. I could beat it. -- nm - Dano Aug 5, 12:21
- Backwards knees make more sense for propulsion, really. -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 12:13
- Those are its ankles, not its knees, it’s running on tiptoe. -- nm - znufrii Aug 5, 12:13
New release of a Million Stolen Credit Card #s has made it to the Dark Web -- (link*) - budice Aug 5, 12:11 5
- where can I go to type in my credit card number to see if it is in the list? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 5, 12:47 3
  - just type it here and we'll check for you -- nm - decline Aug 5, 12:49
  - you put that integration right into the subject lines here, right? -- nm - Reagen Aug 5, 12:47 1
    - Recalling yesterday's conversation, Discover actually scans the dark web for their numbers and lets you know. -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 12:49
- I blame Trump Card. -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 12:12
Didn't Messi get some front office guy fired and that was contingent on him staying with Barca? - Diva Aug 5, 12:03 1
- This news got front paged on the main Olympics site, which is hilarious. -- nm - Reagen Aug 5, 12:05
Walmart stock lasted *maybe* ten seconds. -- nm - David Aug 5, 12:01
You can now search Yelp for "Proof of vaccination required" and "All staff fully vaccinated" -- (link) - decline Aug 5, 11:55
If you are looking, Walmart.com is supposed to have PS5/XSX consoles in 5 minutes. -- nm - Shaun Aug 5, 11:55
"Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist" lives on! The deal, which is still being finalized, is for a movie but in success, it could potentially lead to another season -- (link*) - decline Aug 5, 11:52 2
- LOL! "Saved by Roku" is the new "Saved by Netflix." -- nm - Mop Aug 5, 12:37
- I've still got half-a-season on my DVR. -- nm - Mop Aug 5, 12:37
PC people: A Plague Tale: Innocence is free on the Epic Games Store right now. - Shaun Aug 5, 11:47 4
- I started it but haven't gotten past the opening - decline Aug 5, 12:12
- Hmmmm, Ive had this bookmarked on my xbox wish list for awhile. May have to check this out when it goes on sale there. -- nm - Jovian Aug 5, 12:12 1
  - Not a Game Pass person? It's on there. -- nm - Shaun Aug 5, 12:20
- Very PC of you. -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 11:50
Maybe for once, someone will call me ‘sir’ without adding ‘You’re making a scene’. -- nm - rollo Aug 5, 11:47 1
- "Sir, this is a Wendy's" -- nm - spamlet Aug 5, 12:22
Leave a good looking corpse - ... damn it -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 11:46 1
- It helps confuse the cops that are on your trail. -- nm - znufrii Aug 5, 11:49

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