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Peloton is sinking faster than the Titanic -- (link) - decline Nov 5, 08:34 9
- Pandemic should have helped sales so whats the issue -- nm - eag Nov 5, 08:41 5
  - Cost of the bike, cost of the yearly membership and cost of the fitness programs. It's a damn good service. But it's to expensive -- nm - Remlik Nov 5, 08:48
  - Household staff began to refuse to move the bike to the other bay window as the light moves -- nm - prayformojo Nov 5, 08:44 2
    - omg -- nm - Diva Nov 5, 08:45 1
      - funny because true -- nm - Spawn Nov 5, 08:47
  - Just a point that a pandemic winner can't sustain that growth - here's a list of similar stocks -- (link) - decline Nov 5, 08:42
- Yikes. Do they at least have deck chairs they can rearrange? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 5, 08:39 2
  - *plays Nearer My Carb To Thee* -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 5, 08:44 1
    - **snort***giggle***chortle -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 5, 10:13
The House has been stuck on a GOP Motion to Adjourn for 3.5 hours (normally dispatched quickly) according to the webcast I'm on about the tax changes. -- (edited) - spamlet Nov 5, 08:32
wondering the reason behind releasing those Edward Durr tweets only after he was elected. -- nm - Diva Nov 5, 08:15 9
- I had read an argument that Sweeney being gone wasn't a bad thing for Democrats (especially Progressive Democrats). - Dano Nov 5, 08:50 1
  - The analogy seems to be imagine if Joe Manchin were the Majority Leader in the Senate. -- nm - Dano Nov 5, 08:53
- I'm assuming the NJ DEM considered him a 'joke candidate' and didn't bother to look at him closely -- nm - decline Nov 5, 08:17 6
  - He spent 153 dollars. He didn’t take himself seriously. The only similar corollary is something like Dave Brat beating Eric Cantor…and Brat spent - Will Hunting Nov 5, 08:39
  - So...no one looked into this guy? -- nm - Diva Nov 5, 08:34 2
    - Other than getting his name on the ballot, his entire campaign was a bag of donuts - decline Nov 5, 08:39 1
      - Right, it's not like this was some carefully selected candidate by the party. He was a rando running in a sacrificial lamb slot. -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 5, 08:46
  - Well, he was until he wasn't. -- nm - spamlet Nov 5, 08:29
  - I'm assuming that too, and preparing a meme where Patrick says "joke candidates can't win" and Spongebob points to a series of counter-evidence. -- nm - Roger More Nov 5, 08:21
Eternals made $9.5 million last night. Shang Chi made $8.8 million. Black Widow made $13.2 million. -- (link*) - Inigo Nov 5, 08:11 8
- I did before Shang-Chi. But now I know we are *hungry* for more Marvel escape. -- nm Posted by Spawn Oct 20 '21, 11:43 -- nm - Spawn Nov 5, 08:12 7
  - Context? -- nm - Inigo Nov 5, 08:15 3
    - bery thought it was going to fizzle at the box office. -- nm - Spawn Nov 5, 08:16 2
      - Strongly thought it would, yes. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 5, 08:26
      - Bery is a fizzle - eag Nov 5, 08:19
  - I put it closer to 80. -- nm - Spawn Nov 5, 08:15 2
    - It's got a really tough road to that number. Middling review and average word of mouth. The walk ups for this won't be as high as other Marvel films. - Inigo Nov 5, 08:23 1
      - I had not looked at the running time. 157 minutes is longer than I expected. Might nudge that down to 75m. -- nm - Spawn Nov 5, 08:46
Has anyone here booked hotels through travelup.com? -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 5, 07:56 1
- If I'm paying cash I typically will book through hotels.com because they have a rewards program. Otherwise I'm using Hyatt direct or Chase's portal - oblique Nov 5, 08:00
TFW you send 60 minutes wrestling with a SQL query and you're still not even sure why it works now (geek overload) - oblique Nov 5, 07:46 6
- You are correct in that the first one yields a list of IDs which are not themselves Parent_IDs, but that's not what you want. - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 5, 08:33
- on the first one your join is on id to parent_id. "where id not in [parent_id's]". And wouldn't a left join work? - JaxSean Nov 5, 08:03 4
  - it's a weird limitation of the system I'm working with - oblique Nov 5, 08:18 2
    - ah. It could be because there's blanks (non-NULLs) so it joins on those? dunno. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 5, 08:23 1
      - I suspect it some weird thing with uniqueidentifiers because that's what those IDs are - oblique Nov 5, 08:29
  - Yep, that checks out to me -- nm - Beryllium Nov 5, 08:17
OTD 50 yrs ago, "Madman Across the Water" released: -- (link) - mud Nov 5, 07:19 3
- "Tiny Dancer" - -- (link) - mud Nov 5, 07:20 [youtube] 2
  - Whoosh. “You are home.” -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 5, 07:41
  - "Hold me closer, Tony Danza" -- nm - TWuG Nov 5, 07:21
NFL waiver order—OBJ relevant - flavorize Nov 5, 07:17 [Attachment] 4
- Why are the Jets on there twice? (I kid, but it would be only fair.) -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 5, 07:47 1
  - Because there is the Jets that played the Bengals and then there is the other Jets. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 5, 07:48
- gotta eat a big cap hit though won't they? -- nm - Beaker Nov 5, 07:23 1
  - I was reading they could reduce his salary, to the minimum and make the rest a signing bonus -- nm - flavorize Nov 5, 08:04
WWE has a new CFO after only 15 months. - Will Hunting Nov 5, 07:15 3
- announcement - Remlik Nov 5, 07:40
- Hall of Fame and NXT Takeover not listed with WM packages -- nm - Remlik Nov 5, 07:39 1
  - Anyone buying this is buying a pump and dump operation. They are destroying their future value and fan goodwill. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 5, 07:51
The winner of the inaugural ST Invitational on DTL is: rollo! - spamlet Nov 5, 07:07 8
- Honest question, with how detailed this game is, this has to take an immense amount of time I assume? - MDH Nov 5, 07:24 6
  - You can definitely go down the rabbit hole if you want, but you can be successful without a huge time investment. - Dano Nov 5, 07:39
  - It doesn’t take all that much time except maybe an hour up front and then a minute or two daily. They have 4 leagues, probably 150-250 players total. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 5, 07:26 4
    - I'd say it depends on how "into it" you get, especially with recruiting. I'd say a couple of hours of time per week for me. - spamlet Nov 5, 07:29 3
      - Yeah, my database/PowerBi took a weekend up front so yeah. Now, it’s like an hour. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 5, 07:30 2
        
        And that's the full nerd effort. :P - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 5, 07:39 1
        
        I don't get the spreadsheet so I do the scan and pluck technique. - Dano Nov 5, 07:44
- Sure. I’m in -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 5, 07:08
Netflix Movie - The Harder They Fall - Western. I tried, I couldn't finish it. The script is significantly lacking. non spoilers - Pippy Nov 5, 07:06 6
- rats -- nm - prayformojo Nov 5, 07:10
- I want to watch that (love westerns, so will give it a go), Army of Thieves and Red Notice from the past week on NF -- nm - Beaker Nov 5, 07:10 4
  - I quite enjoyed Army of Thieves. -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 5, 07:42
  - I fell asleep watching Army of Thieves the other night. It's pretty mindless -- nm - decline Nov 5, 07:18 2
    - how can an army of thieves be mindless?? -- nm - Beaker Nov 5, 07:22 1
      - I mean, it's based on a story by Hack Snyder.. (NM) - Marlowe Nov 5, 07:55
YDC: The Billboard Hot 100, Top 10 for this week in 1999 - MDH Nov 5, 06:41 10
- Just for fun, here's the same thing but for 2000 (looking at peak pop music years here). And for Dano, 1 artist with 2 songs. - MDH Nov 5, 07:05 7
  - Even in 2000, music sucked. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 5, 07:11 5
    - With the exception of songs 1 and 3, all of those songs are bangers. -- nm - MDH Nov 5, 07:22 4
      - I meant Madonna being a thing. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 5, 07:26 3
        
        !!!!!! -- nm - FedEx Nov 5, 07:44 2
        
        Have we ever seen FedEx and MDH in the same room? -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 5, 07:53 1
        
        *Friday meme* - spamlet Nov 5, 08:33
  - And 2001: - MDH Nov 5, 07:09
- The current Top 10 looks fairly traditional. It seems like it's when a major artist releases an album that it becomes a mess. - Dano Nov 5, 06:51 1
  - Interesting on this week's Top 10 and would agree about it looking more traditional! -- nm - MDH Nov 5, 07:00
ty97: 401k contribution limits for 2022 are out. - decline Nov 5, 06:38 17
- I was going to sign-up for my company’s 401k… - flavorize Nov 5, 07:18 1
  - heh -- nm - Pippy Nov 5, 07:19
- ooh! -- (link) - Max Nov 5, 06:58 [youtube]
- *updates his spreadsheets* -- nm - znufrii Nov 5, 06:47
- IRA contribution limits unchanged :( -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 5, 06:40 12
  - And the BBB Act bans back door contributions. -- nm - spamlet Nov 5, 06:47 11
    - NNNNOOOOO....... -- (edited) - ty97 Nov 5, 07:07 4
      - If you have a traditional you really can't back door without tax leakage. I had to roll mine into my 401(k) to be able to do it. -- nm - spamlet Nov 5, 07:12 3
        
        Side effects of Kyndryl may include tax leakage. Do not take Kyndryl if you are allergic to Kyndryl. -- nm - znufrii Nov 5, 07:58
        
        Exactly. That's why I avoided having traditional but I want to do something with this (small) pension account, and traditional IRA seems the answer - ty97 Nov 5, 07:13 1
        
        (also, I need to confirm if I really am eligible to roll this pension accounts) - ty97 Nov 5, 07:14
    - F*ck. -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 5, 06:47 5
      - I would imagine but I haven't looked specifically. - spamlet Nov 5, 06:56 2
        
        Yup. - znufrii Nov 5, 06:58 1
        
        We just got a Roth option last year. I just split contributions 50/50 and didn't look further. - spamlet Nov 5, 06:59
      - Also banned as a back door contribution. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 5, 06:50 1
        
        Mega backdoor. - znufrii Nov 5, 06:53
The wild thing about this poster is that the names actually match who is below them -- (link) - Reagen Nov 5, 06:29 [Image] 2
- Jeffrey Tambor is in that movie? -- nm - Roger More Nov 5, 06:43
- Analysis: True. -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 5, 06:34
Roofing guy was supposed to come “around 9am” today. What time will he actually show up? -- nm - znufrii Nov 5, 06:28 6
- Monday -- nm - Spawn Nov 5, 07:56
- noon -- nm - decline Nov 5, 06:42
- He already moved his clock back, so 10:30 -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 5, 06:40
- Based on how ours went this summer, sometime around lunch -- nm - spamlet Nov 5, 06:39
- If it’s for a payment, he’ll be there on time. If it’s for a preliminary discussion, he’ll be 30 minutes late (gotta get McDonalds) then 20 more as he - flavorize Nov 5, 06:35 1
  - This was right on the nose, except he knocked before setting up the drone. -- nm - znufrii Nov 5, 06:48
NYC is like 'LA car chases? Old news. We've got ...helicopter chases?' - ty97 Nov 5, 06:24 1
- THat's a really expensive helicopter. Weird it would be that one landing in Crown Heights. - loosilu Nov 5, 07:25
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo cast as leads in 'Wicked' movie adaptation -- (link) - oblique Nov 5, 06:11 3
- I love the Erivo casting here, that seems pretty perfect. And Ariana's voice fits Glinda quite well (just unknown how her acting is?) - ty97 Nov 5, 06:19 2
  - Ariana was on a Disney show for years and is on The Voice now (not saying good or bad; but she has experience) -- nm - Beaker Nov 5, 06:40 1
    - she started on stage doing theatre and can handle this role. -- nm - Diva Nov 5, 07:34
Eternals: B (semi-spoilerish) -- (edited) - oblique Nov 5, 05:28
DraftKings reveals year to date net losses at $1.19 Billion. -- (link) - ty97 Nov 5, 05:28 7
- Is this because they are a tech company, not a gambling company, and therefore required to lose money? -- nm - colin Nov 5, 06:24
- Gotta spend money to make money. -- nm - VMan Nov 5, 05:49
- I get being in the red when you start out but they've added a lot of states over the last couple of years. It seems like they should be doing very - Krusty Nov 5, 05:36 3
  - Them and BetMGM are literally every third billboard and mobile ad in TN. That’s money. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 5, 07:31
  - All those “risk free bets” add up, I guess? -- nm - znufrii Nov 5, 06:12
  - That's the thing. New markets means ramp up costs. I'd wager (ha!) the established markets are just peachy - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 5, 05:57
- Make. It. Rain. -- nm - Spawn Nov 5, 05:36
TV PSA: SWAT, Penn & Teller, Shark Tank, Smackdown, Gold Rush, Magnum PI, Nancy Drew, UnXplained, Blue Bloods, AEW Rampage, Dickinson (Apple), -- nm - Beaker Nov 5, 04:42 7
- UK has Dalgleish (Jeremy Irvine is also in it), Gogglebox, Graham Norton (Miriam Margolyses and Paul Rudd alert!) - LMS Nov 5, 05:43 1
  - Every time I see the name of that first show I think it’s a biopic about the former Liverpool player and manager. -- (link*) - znufrii Nov 5, 06:18
- Big Mouth (NF), Foundation (Apple), Great British Bake-Off (NF), Narcos Mexico (NF), Hello, Jack! The Kindness Show (Apple), The Unlikely Murderer (NF -- nm - Beaker Nov 5, 04:44 4
  - Animaniacs (Hulu), A Man Named Scott (Amazon), The Electric Life Of Louis Wain (Amazon), Love Hard (NF), Finch (Apple), I Know What You Did Last Summe - Beaker Nov 5, 04:45 3
    - Invasion (Apple), Morning Show (Apple), other stuff -- nm - Beaker Nov 5, 04:47 2
      - 1: Foundation. (I'll watch Finch, too, but not today) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 5, 07:41
      - 2: Narcos and Finch (Tom Hanks movie) -- nm - Beaker Nov 5, 04:48
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo Nov 5, 04:35 [Attachment] 7
- TEDXCAVE -fine, I'll do the talk -- nm - Reagen Nov 5, 06:25
- EVACXTED: to be evicted from your apartment for not being vaccinated -- nm - rollo Nov 5, 06:18
- CAVATAXED, hit by an excise tax on sparkling wine. -- nm - znufrii Nov 5, 06:17
- TAXCAVED, describing your monthly budget after an unexpected bill from the IRS -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 5, 05:49
- AXECAVATED - to dig a hole with an axe -- nm - Reagen Nov 5, 05:36
- Vexed Cat - Like, the band didn't play my favourite song, man. :( -- nm - VMan Nov 5, 05:30
- VAXCAT - a new comic book hero designed to spread general goodwill and support for COVID vaccinations while fighting crime -- nm - Strongbad Nov 5, 05:00
covid brain fog: its real, could be permanent, chronic condition, the virus enters the nasal passage and settles into the nervous system, your immune -- (link) - system won't/can't attack neuron cells Nov 5, 02:33 3
- Well, it might be real, anyway. " not all experts agree that the findings offer definitive proof" -- nm - mara Nov 5, 06:09
- Possible that pixie was the first ever case. -- nm - Spawn Nov 5, 05:24
- so keep wearing your mask OVER your nose....don't be a dickface or you might end up as a foghead for life. -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 5, 02:35
Oops, stayed up far too late writing. Now it's 1:30am and I need to sleep. - Beryllium Nov 5, 01:28
CLE: Browns releasing OBJ on Friday -- (link) - budice Nov 4, 23:56 5
- Bucs? Rams? -- nm - Strongbad Nov 5, 02:04 4
  - Chiefs? -- nm - Strongbad Nov 5, 02:45 3
    - alot will depend on what he wants $$-wise vs a potential Ring and whether they have the cap room -- nm - Beaker Nov 5, 05:30 2
      - Saints we’re trying, hard, for the trade.Brady has been trying to get OBJ since March—Colts should try, as they are starting to ⬆️ but probably won’t -- nm - flavorize Nov 5, 06:40 1
        
        Green Bay really needs him, both to play and to cover PR issues -- nm - flavorize Nov 5, 06:44
local tv news: seattle's main hospital ICU is full of 30's unvaxxed, only one is older -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 4, 23:18
Bery asked awhile back, but just saw Army of Thieves--MUCH better than Army of The Dead (spoilers for Army of the Dead) - Flavorize Nov 4, 23:12
Oh, yes, good point. Very true, I'm sure. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 4, 22:16
Doug. the world's biggest potato. -- (link) - Peglegpete Nov 4, 21:51 1
- 17 pounds? I'll give you $15. -- nm - Ender Nov 4, 22:04
Back in September I saw this book featured, bought it, and thoroughly enjoyed it. -- (link) - Meg Nov 4, 21:44 1
- Tonight I stumbled on this video on the Archaeological Conservancy website. -- (link) - Meg Nov 4, 21:45
Nia Jax was released in part due to not being vaccinated. Others were as well but they weren’t named. -- (edited) - Will Hunting Nov 4, 21:21 1
- Also im guessing Vince doesnt want to get fined under the new mandate - eag Nov 4, 22:30
Roland Emmerich's Making Contact is a messed up movie. -- nm - Ender Nov 4, 21:04 3
- Prime example - Ender Nov 5, 00:53 2
  - And then the world blew up? -- nm - sycor Nov 5, 06:34 1
    - And then the r2d2 knockoff became sentient and the evil ventriloquist's dummy attacked. -- nm - Ender Nov 5, 16:46
Neolithic era chalk plaque art found near Stonehenge decades ago are being re-examined for new significance -- (link) - Peglegpete Nov 4, 20:50
Goodnight. -- nm - znufrii Nov 4, 20:50

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