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I'm watching Titans. I'm watching Alan Ritchson. All I can think about are his weird man boobs. -- (edited) - colin Oct 4, 18:50
Taunting? -- nm - budice Oct 4, 18:47
It's suddenly clear to me tonight who should be the next Bond. - mud Oct 4, 18:47
Whoa ... -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 4, 18:23
Physics HELP - Beaker Oct 4, 18:07 16
- Speed? Speed is given 196 m/s nowhere knows where. Final velocity is unknown? Is drop speed final velocity or something? Is drop straight down? - VMan Oct 4, 19:05 1
  - Damn!! Re-reading; I am now totally lost. -- nm - VMan Oct 4, 19:09
- .09903 m/s -- nm - colin Oct 4, 18:44 4
  - Oh. .4427m/s, yes? -- nm - colin Oct 4, 18:53 3
    - yeah, i think this was it -- nm - Beaker Oct 4, 18:54 2
      - I'll get the skinny tomorrow when they get up -- nm - Beaker Oct 4, 18:54 1
        
        I figured gravity was altered to something wacky, wrong units. -- nm - colin Oct 4, 19:01
- 0.098m/s? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 18:23 1
  - that was my try, but no -- nm - Beaker Oct 4, 18:23
- 0 it never says that the drop did drop, just the distance if it did drop. -- nm* - Peglegpete 65 Oct 4, 18:16 2
  - heh, my wife tried that and was wrong :) -- nm - Beaker Oct 4, 18:18 1
    - your wife and I are right. the people who wrote this are wrong, even if only for not including this as a viable answer. -- nm - Peglegpete 65 Oct 4, 18:20
- I'm confused on the context. -- nm - Reagen Oct 4, 18:14 3
  - As am I. But are they saying "drop speed" when they mean "drop acceleration"? Looks like Bery already tried that ... -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Oct 4, 18:26 1
    - sorry I was just getting the tail end of it; they got it done :) -- nm - Beaker Oct 4, 18:28
  - yeah I just had that. they figured it out as they were screwing up the the m vs um or some shit. -- nm - Beaker Oct 4, 18:17
It's way down the list of reasons Joe Manchin is annoying, but who owns a fucking yacht in West *fucking* Virginia? -- nm - Reagen Oct 4, 17:58 3
- It's not in WV, it's docked in DC. -- nm - MDH Oct 4, 18:03 2
  - which marina? -- nm - loosilu Oct 4, 18:14 1
    - One of the ones at The Wharf -- nm - MDH Oct 4, 19:02
Lining up for the kickoff -- nm - GregW Oct 4, 17:51
Netflix and Howard University establish $5.4 million scholarship in Chadwick Boseman's name -- (link) - Beaker Oct 4, 17:48
"unrealistic expectations" -- (link) - mud Oct 4, 17:47
An EFF person pours water on the "FB did it on purpose because of 60 minutes" idea -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 4, 17:41 10
- This one is made up, but kinda funny -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 4, 18:18
- Oh I certainly don't think FB purposely did this. Imagine if they were found out for it? They are publicly traded. Jail time. -- nm - ty97 Oct 4, 17:52 1
  - You may think you're above the law....but you're not above MY LAW!!! -- nm - Judge Spawn Oct 4, 17:55
- Heh, a series of explanations of what went wrong ... -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 4, 17:42 6
  - LOL, they needed an angle grinder to open the server cages -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 4, 17:44 5
    - He’s deleted the tweet and walked that back -- nm - spamlet Oct 4, 18:46 1
      - Yep, correction here: -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 4, 19:11
    - The biggest delay was sending someone to buy an angle grinder. -- nm - mafic Oct 4, 17:46 2
      - And now they're gonna get 500 ads for angle grinders in their feed. -- nm - Reagen Oct 4, 17:49 1
        
        Not to mention Grindr -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 17:50
R.I.P. Alan Kalter, 78 -- (link) - mud Oct 4, 17:24
MNF: Lightning Delay...in a Dome 855pm kickoff -- nm* - budice Oct 4, 17:18 1
- Not exactly a dome. It has a roof yes but is not fully enclosed (for some reason) -- nm - ty97 Oct 4, 17:51
Owners of the pipeline suggest a possible cause being an anchor from one of the container ships anchored off L.A. Harbor. -- nm - Meg Oct 4, 17:07 5
- Instagram photos go through a pipeline? Who knew! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 4, 17:09 2
  - The internet *is* a series of tubes! -- nm - mafic Oct 4, 17:32 1
    - who knew -- nm - mud Oct 4, 17:48
- Oooooh, that lines up nicely with all the other crises going on. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 17:08 1
  - Synergy. Buzzword. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 4, 17:16
I never say this, but....go Chargers? -- nm - prayformojo Oct 4, 17:04 1
- It's OK. Rivers is gone now. -- nm - Reagen Oct 4, 17:12
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees has voted in favor of a strike (150,000 members, 90% voted; 98% in favor of strike) -- (link*) - Beaker Oct 4, 17:01
Like a Monty Python skit - Jovian Oct 4, 16:54 3
- Now they’re just messing with Republicans. -- nm - mafic Oct 4, 17:25
- EEGAH! -- nm - Reagen Oct 4, 17:07
- The second A stands for Give Us More Money. -- nm - Qale Oct 4, 17:03
Luis Rojas will not be retained as Mets manager, to the surprise of absolutely nobody. -- nm - Tim Oct 4, 16:54
Now L.A. beaches are closed due to lightning. -- nm - Meg Oct 4, 16:52 1
- time for the metal detectorists to go treasure hunting :) -- nm - Peglegpete 65 Oct 4, 16:53
Today's phrase is: "performative sentiment" - ore-o Oct 4, 16:50
Aaaaaaaaand I’ve been summoned for federal jury duty. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 4, 16:46 3
- Why, yes. Yes I DO have strong opinions about Donald Trump! -- nm - Mop Oct 4, 18:12
- Congratulations on making the majors -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 16:59 1
  - This feels significantly different. Just from the paperwork. - Volnelk Oct 4, 17:04
Andrew Yang is such a clown. -- (link) - colin Oct 4, 16:38 2
- Thinks independently = clown - ore-o Oct 4, 17:27
- Oh noes! All *looks at hand* 4 of his diehard followers are no longer reliable Dem voters? Whatever shall we do? -- nm - TWuG Oct 4, 16:44
"Actually it was a typo." -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 4, 16:37
thank you everyone on the backboards for the birthday wishes. -- nm - Peglegpete 65 Oct 4, 16:33 5
- happy birthday! -- nm - loosilu Oct 4, 18:15
- happy birthday to you! :) - -- nm - i.b.! Oct 4, 17:52
- Happy Birthday!!!! -- nm - zunk xometimes Oct 4, 17:44
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Remlik Oct 4, 17:15
- Happy birthday! -- nm - The Allfather Oct 4, 16:45
a Bond villain in plain sight -- (link*) - Jovian Oct 4, 16:32
So apparently the bigger deal than FB having been down is that WhatsApp was down, which is widely used outside NA. I have never used it. -- nm* - Reagen Oct 4, 16:24 3
- Yep. It is THE mode of communication between people here, and it is what I use with my friends in Europe too. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 4, 18:33
- Its cross platform too. -- nm - Karl_S Oct 4, 16:54
- I use it for international messaging, except with FIL who insists on using Telegram. - mafic Oct 4, 16:37
My review of Pig: I thought there would be more Pig. -- nm - Reagen Oct 4, 16:22 1
- Pig, Lamb double feature? -- nm - Beaker Oct 4, 16:22
No Time to Die 83% (142/30), Lamb 86% (12/2), Mass 93% (62/5) -- nm - Beaker Oct 4, 16:20
Genuine question. What’s the fascination with lights that cycle through the colors of the rainbow? Like the LED lights? They’re in ads everywhere. - Volnelk Oct 4, 15:51 5
- Pretty sure all can be set on a single color. The rotation is just the ad showing what is available. - TWuG Oct 4, 16:42
- The credit goes to cannabis legalization. -- nm - zunk xometimes Oct 4, 16:24 1
  - *Alonzo nodding.gif* -- nm - Reagen Oct 4, 16:25
- I got one of those light up globes. I can make the earth any color I want but.... I don't. -- nm - crash davis Oct 4, 16:22
- I think it traces back to James Gunn. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 15:57
Biden Administration announces that federal workers need to be fully vaccinated by November 22 -- (link) - budice Oct 4, 15:50 1
- Hello from Norway - our "Fauci" used to be a close organisational colleague of mine (the national "corona general"). - ore-o Oct 4, 16:22
"The Athletic has tapped boutique bank LionTree to explore a sale of the company and it is looking for a price tag of more than $750 million." -- nm - The Allfather Oct 4, 15:46 5
- There is so much money out there right now it's truly staggering. -- nm - MDH Oct 4, 16:15
- Good for them but ugh. -- nm - spamlet Oct 4, 16:00 2
  - This is actually because they only have enough cash for eight more months. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 4, 16:16 1
    - I just reupped for the year, so they’ve got that! - spamlet Oct 4, 16:58
- Get out now boys!!! -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 4, 15:47
OK, Actual Statement from FB -- (link) - budice Oct 4, 15:42 1
- "Let me tell you about my dream house, Seth. Bear with me." "I am." "No, in my dream house I have a bear with me." - Max Oct 4, 15:48 [youtube]
I went to the store today but couldn't find the candy corn. Guess another trip to Target is in the offing. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 4, 15:40 4
- The supply made in 1932 is finally starting to run out? -- nm - Spawn Oct 4, 15:42 3
  - Impossible. They made nearly 1000 pieces of candy corn, enough to last centuries. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 4, 17:04
  - That's a great vintage! I'm keeping it in the cellar and saving it for a special occasion. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 4, 15:45 1
    - mmmmm... ! -- nm - mud Oct 4, 15:46
Statement from Facebook -- (link) - budice Oct 4, 15:38 16
- Can ST start reminding us of our families birthdays? -- nm - Spawn Oct 4, 15:41 15
  - Actually, I've been thinking about writing a book or something about the dos and donts of building a social network ... -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 16:12 2
    - DO: Stop that shit. DON'T: Build a social network. -- nm - Reagen Oct 4, 17:39 1
      - Any tool you build that allows two or more people to communicate will mature into a social network. - Beryllium Oct 4, 17:49
  - One of my hobby projects was intending to do this. But there's already a website for it: birthdayalarm.com ... why reinvent the wheel ... -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 15:49 11
    - Google calendar will do this for Contacts and you can also just add them as a repeating event -- nm - TWuG Oct 4, 16:47
    - Presenting... wheelbook -- nm - Reagen Oct 4, 16:08 7
      - hmmmm...Facebook....Heelbook -- nm - crash davis Oct 4, 16:16 4
        
        But that would just be full of foot fetishists! -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 16:17 3
        
        I was thinking of calm discourse about the Iliad due to the nature of Achilles's heel -- nm - crash davis Oct 4, 16:19 2
        
        Ooh. With lutes and lyres and pan flutes? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 16:20 1
        
        While I read my thesis "From Homer of Greece to Homer of Springfield: An Unbroken Narrative Line" -- nm - crash davis Oct 4, 16:24
      - "Where the most important thing is Family" -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 16:08
      - or would it be Wheelr -- nm - Reagen Oct 4, 16:08
    - You won’t sell our info? -- nm - spamlet Oct 4, 15:58 1
      - Even holding the info was concerning enough to me that I lost momentum on the project. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 16:00
"We're gonna make you dress up as Walter White, you don't have a choice." "One of those stickers on your laptop has to be about consent." -- nm - Classroom Transcripts Oct 4, 15:36 1
- You're the one who knocks a grade off test scores. -- nm - Max Oct 4, 15:37
You think the pizza on b2 was bad? I saw video of pizza with (I think) apple, onion and tomato. - the wrong element Oct 4, 15:36 4
- what about licorice? -- nm - mud Oct 4, 15:44
- "What are we doin' here, man?" -- nm - dejected Pitch Meeting Oct 4, 15:38
- That's a tart not a pizza. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 4, 15:38 1
  - Cheesy tarts not handled with pepperoni is no rational basis for pizza -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 4, 15:41
Britney Spears statement on the FreeBritney movement -- (link) - budice Oct 4, 15:24 1
- TIL: I shouldn't read a Britney Spears tweet right after griping about how some people use the English language. -- nm - crash davis Oct 4, 15:33
I got up to see what Minnie was doing - nope, heavy rain on the skylight :) -- nm - Meg Oct 4, 15:24
Southwest Airlines to Require Employees to Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19 -- (link*) - budice Oct 4, 15:16 1
- Yay! -- nm - psilotum Oct 4, 15:22
DTL: I think that's my first ever top 10 player of the game. - spamlet Oct 4, 15:15 2
- 2 teams still have a shot for first unbeaten season. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 4, 15:45
- The last minute of my game was crazypants. - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 4, 15:25
I am much more tolerant than my earlier days. But on the news right now, I saw a cop improperly use "alleged". That evidently still triggers me. -- nm - crash davis Oct 4, 15:15 14
- The jumper alleged precariously outside the window but we safely brought him back inside. -- nm - Max Oct 4, 15:39
- I'm still bothered by 'central median' in accident reports. -- nm - Meg Oct 4, 15:22 3
  - I've broken myself of the habit some people around here have of saying "PIN number' -- nm - crash davis Oct 4, 15:28 2
    - But you need to enter your PIN number to get money out of the ATM machine, duh -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 4, 15:30 1
      - Hmmm, maybe I shouldn't trigger someone who works for a gun store, just sayin -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 4, 15:34
- People opting to use "triggers" where "irks" would work better irks me some. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 15:18 5
  - People opting to use "triggers" where "irks" would work better triggers me. -- nm - Spawn Oct 4, 15:39
  - "You're being an annoying idiot, not triggering me. That's not an achievement; lots of people annoy me." -- nm - Reagen Oct 4, 15:35
  - (This came off harsher and more direct than I intended - Ah well) -- nm* - Beryllium Oct 4, 15:24
  - Triggers is much more visceral, so I hope you remain irked. -- nm - crash davis Oct 4, 15:23 1
    - I am a man of constant irkedness. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 15:24
- That's what I appreciates about you. -- nm - spamlet Oct 4, 15:16 2
  - I can let that go. Now if you had "curated" something in response to me.... -- nm - crash davis Oct 4, 15:18 1
    - allegedly curated you mean? -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 4, 15:25
“He screwed up the Batman franchise that I had made so solid.” -- (link) - mud Oct 4, 15:09 2
- I love Clooney. He’s got such a great deprecating sense of humor. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 4, 15:47
- STPOW! -- nm - Spawn Oct 4, 15:32
FB outage began when routine BGP update went wrong, blocking remote users from reverting the changes while people who were physically there no access -- (link) - budice Oct 4, 15:08 4
- They had to physically break into the server cages -- nm - decline Oct 4, 18:23
- What we didn't know then was that the virus needed a reboot to start propagating. The outage was just the tip of the iceberg. -- nm - Mop Oct 4, 15:35
- Bill Graham Presents flew a helicopter into a high voltage transmission tower, so intense it was welded to the tower, flash forward to the future? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 4, 15:28 1
  - this is the one reason I will remember Huey Lewis & the News. not for their songs. it was their show Uncle Bobo was flying home from -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 4, 15:38

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