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Happy Veterans Day to all STers that served! Thank you! -- nm - Krusty Nov 11, 08:07 1
- Ditto! -- nm - ty97 Nov 11, 08:07
This is really neat: Space launch start-up just used a giant centrifuge to fling a projectile into the upper atmosphere -- (link) - decline Nov 11, 07:50 10
- It's a tiny capsule and you're definitely going to make yourself an omelet -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 11, 11:38
- No video? -- nm - Volnelk Nov 11, 08:33 1
  - ... You have to click. -- nm - Spawn Nov 11, 10:17
- Totally random, but I counted 62 people in their group shot, and only 1 appeared to be a woman. That's not great when looking at VC funding. -- nm - MDH Nov 11, 08:13
- "Plenty of Space Cadets here on Earth" -- nm - budice Nov 11, 08:07
- Trump should go up in one of these. -- nm - Trump Nov 11, 08:07
- Florida Man Scientist Enters Space Without Launch Vehicle -- (link*) - Max Nov 11, 07:58 [Image]
- *waits for the space elevator* -- nm - Spawn Nov 11, 07:54
- Wow -- nm - mara Nov 11, 07:53
- Project Hail Mary! -- nm - prayformojo Nov 11, 07:51
As expected the trailer for Being the Ricardos is being completely overtaken by the fact Debra Messing should have played Lucy. -- nm - MDH Nov 11, 07:45 7
- Elizabeth Olsen did aight in Wandavision -- nm - budice Nov 11, 08:06
- You really misspelled Emma Stone. -- nm - Krusty Nov 11, 07:58 4
  - I heart Emma Stone (Easy A for life). I could see her as Option 2 behind Debra. -- nm - MDH Nov 11, 08:14
  - Emma or Debra would have been fantastic -- nm - Remlik Nov 11, 08:11 1
    - Agreed. There are so many better options than what they went with. -- nm - Krusty Nov 11, 08:13
  - Why do you all hate Jessica Chastain? -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 11, 08:02
- But since the movie is on Amazon Prime it means no one will watch it, and maybe Debra can still play the role in a biopic in a few years. -- nm - MDH Nov 11, 07:45
'Wilson' volleyball head from Cast Away film sold for $308,000. -- (link) - budice Nov 11, 07:31
Seems like a pretty good deal to me -- (link) - decline Nov 11, 07:22 1
- I want to go to there. -- nm - Spawn Nov 11, 07:55
MINTCOIN - the hot new trend of manufacturing physical representations of digital currency -- nm - prayformojo Nov 11, 07:21
Cam Newton to meet with Carolina Panthers -- nm* - budice Nov 11, 07:16 2
- and he's now vaccinated! -- nm - decline Nov 11, 07:35
- At last we meet again for the first time for the last time. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 11, 07:24
The Great S2 trailer (3 wks ago). Warning: this trailer actually tells you what the season is going to be about. Oh no! -- (link*) - con_carne Nov 11, 07:02 [youtube]
FWIW Cillian Murphy's radio show on 6Music is a very relaxing listen. -- nm - LMS Nov 11, 06:47 2
- Scarecrow gassed you. -- nm - Spawn Nov 11, 07:45
- TIL he turned down a record deal with his band to pursue acting -- nm - con_carne Nov 11, 07:08
MoviePass may be coming back... -- (link) - decline Nov 11, 06:45 4
- Gawker is back too? -- nm - Qale Nov 11, 07:39
- It will surely work this time! -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 11, 06:46 2
  - I’m sure it’s learned it’s lesson -- nm - Pippy Collins Nov 11, 06:49 1
    - They lose money on every transaction but make up for it in volume. -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 11, 06:58
Welcome to Aston Villa, Steven Gerrard. -- (link) - budice Nov 11, 06:41 1
- Congrats, Steve. Keep em in the league. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 11, 07:19
Unity Software to buy Weta VFX studio ($1.63B) -- (link) - oblique Nov 11, 06:27 1
- This is an interesting one. Pete Jackson sold enough of it to retire on and retains enough control for pet projects -- nm - budice Nov 11, 06:31
This song never fails to get cranked for me when it comes on the radio -- (link) - Reagen Nov 11, 06:16 [youtube] 3
- I like this band! thanks for the reco! -- nm - amanda jeans Nov 11, 08:23
- 👍 - Surprised they never made The Verge playlist. (It's a little harder than The Verge usually does, but they play PUP and Death from Above -- nm - Dano Nov 11, 06:39
- Something more recent from them -- (link) - Reagen Nov 11, 06:28 [youtube]
Finally, a good use for Crocs -- (link) - budice Nov 11, 06:15
Speaking of dead or alive, I would have lost the "Is Jerry Lee Lewis alive or dead" challenge. -- nm - Reagen Nov 11, 06:06 2
- Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee had his years listed at the end of it. -- nm - Spawn Nov 11, 08:08 1
  - Jerry Lee Lewis != Jerry Lewis -- nm - Reagen Nov 11, 09:13
DC folks, Arlington flyover happening any minute. Apaches and C130s -- nm - loosilu Nov 11, 06:00 1
- Actually multiple flyovers. It's the centennial of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. -- (pic) - loosilu Nov 11, 06:02 [Attachment]
So if Elon Musk doesn't sell shares, he pays for stuff (mortgages, credit card bills, stuff he buys) by simply borrowing? Then pays off loans with new loans? -- nm* - mara Nov 11, 05:57 7
- Yes, because using appreciated assets as collateral for a loan isn’t considered as realizing the gain on those assets for some reason. -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 11, 06:57
- Just think of him as owning a really, really big farm. -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 11, 06:37
- Sure, because unrealised gains aren’t taxable. -- nm - mafic Nov 11, 06:25
- Yep. Minimal actual salary. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 11, 06:15
- Yes that way he doesn’t pay capital gains. -- nm - spamlet Nov 11, 06:14
- I’m reminded that Zuck took out like a 9-figure mortgage to buy his house. - Will Hunting Nov 11, 06:02
- that's how all the billionaires are doing it -- nm - decline Nov 11, 05:58
FW deKlerk, the last Apartheid leader of South Africa, has died at 85 -- (link) - spamlet Nov 11, 04:58 2
- File under I had no idea he was alive. -- nm - loosilu Nov 11, 05:51 1
  - 85 seems young. He looked like he was 85 back in the 1990s. -- nm - Mop Nov 11, 06:18
ha! "Everything I've learned about Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly has been against my will" -- nm - prayformojo Nov 11, 04:51
Silent Night trailer -- (link) - Reagen Nov 11, 04:35 [youtube] 1
- 👍👍👍 -- nm - prayformojo Nov 11, 04:37
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo Nov 11, 04:22 [Attachment] 5
- MOLTICOIN - The new crypto for snakes. -- nm - pmb Nov 11, 06:59
- Moctillion, a phony debutante ball -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 11, 05:47
- Timcoln - a new scent from the same folks that gave you Timbits. -- nm - . Nov 11, 05:33
- Tonic mill - old time carbonation method -- nm - VMan Nov 11, 04:50
- Climnot - what the yearly weather conditions aren't going to be -- nm - Reagen Nov 11, 04:27
Christopher Walken painted over a genuine Banksy on the set of The Outlaws. -- (link) - LMS Nov 11, 04:10 5
- picturing the crew frantically scrubbing off the wet paint. -- nm - loosilu Nov 11, 05:55 3
  - I mean it's 100% that Banksy understood what was going to happen and is 100% in support of the gag. -- nm* - Reagen Nov 11, 07:14
  - I find it hilarious that some are reporting it was valued at £10 million. -- nm - LMS Nov 11, 06:49 1
    - The accountants for the studio will surely use that figure when calculating net points. -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 11, 06:58
- Ha! Nice! -- nm - Krusty Nov 11, 04:15
TV PSA: NFL, Station 19, Grey's Anatomy, Walker, Young Sheldon, Blacklist, United States of Al, Legacies, L&O x 2, B Positive, Big Sky, Bull, -- nm - Beaker Nov 11, 04:00 2
- The Game (Paramount+), Ragdoll (AMC+), Lost Symbol (Pcock), Doom Patrol (HBO Max), Star Trek Prodigy (Paramount+), Young Justice (HBO Max), Ghosts, -- nm - Beaker Nov 11, 04:03 1
  - The Challenge All Stars (Paramount+), Dr Brain (Apple), Problem with Jon Stewart (Apple), Remembrance Day/Veterans Day shows, Desus & Mero, Tacoma FD, - Beaker Nov 11, 04:05
That YouTube announcement on hiding dislikes is going to kill one of the best organic internet jokes -- (link) - Reagen Nov 11, 03:28 [youtube]
The whole internet is boring tonight. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 11, 00:11 1
- I want one of these. Not for me, but for the main character in my book. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 11, 00:26
Seattle PD offering $25,000 signing bonus for new officers/transfers, 3 retired cops resigned. -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 10, 23:05 4
- Re-signed? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 10, 23:08 3
  - Thank you! - Krusty Nov 11, 04:16
  - Re upped -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 11, 00:58 1
    - Re-bastardized -- nm - Qale Nov 11, 07:40
Just watched Furious 7 for the first time. If I hadn't known, I never would have guessed one of the leads was dead for half the movie. - Ender Nov 10, 21:32 2
- They had a significant amount of his stuff filmed…it was iirc only 6 months from release. Not knowing what was actually re-done - Will Hunting Nov 11, 05:00
- They had more technology and a much bigger budget than that Bela Lugosi movie -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 11, 00:59
Happy 10th Anniversary to Skyrim. May you finally get to that Cloud District. -- nm - Qale Nov 10, 21:18
lowtax is dead and twitter is ... well, not rejoicing or celebrating, but maybe "fittingly acknowledging"? -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 10, 20:39 10
- Somebody doesn't understand parts of speech. -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 11, 05:40
- Apparently shot himself, which sure feels like that was inevitable. -- nm - Reagen Nov 11, 03:53
- Heh -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 11, 02:36
- You'll have to give us some background here. -- nm - Mop Nov 10, 20:44 6
  - lowtax founded SomethingAwful. Is that enough context? - Beryllium Nov 10, 20:47 5
    - Founded what? -- nm - Ender Nov 10, 21:27 4
      - 4chan's mother. -- nm - spamlet Nov 11, 06:43 1
        
        Son of a bitch! -- nm - Qale Nov 11, 07:41
      - The Mos Eisley of the Internet. -- nm - Reagen Nov 11, 03:52
      - Goon Central Station. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 10, 22:19
2023 Star Trek Film Moves To December -- (link) - Remlik Nov 10, 20:30 5
- Oh no. Anyway... - Beryllium Nov 10, 20:35 4
  - If they gender-flipped Chekov... that could be pretty hot actually -- nm - con_carne Nov 10, 20:59 3
    - If they replaced Chekov vs if they recast Chekov ... hell, they could even species-swap. Off screen incident with a Trill ... -- nm - Beryllium Nov 10, 21:04 2
      - Of course the fans would be all "why did they pull an Ezri for Chekov???" -- nm - Beryllium Nov 10, 21:10 1
        
        (They would be less polite than "why") -- nm - Beryllium Nov 10, 21:10
Sorcery! -- (link) - Mop Nov 10, 20:25 [youtube]
I put all my crochet hooks in a 'safe place' so I could find them when I needed them - Yeah, right :/ - Meg Nov 10, 20:17
Where's JD/Qale? I'm listening to ABBA radio and heard a banger I'd never heard before. - MDH Nov 10, 20:17 12
- This is the song: -- (link) - MDH Nov 10, 20:21 [youtube] 4
  - oh, on ABBA radio but not an ABBA song? -- nm - Max Nov 10, 20:22 3
    - Yeah, they've done a few of the solo songs, pre-ABBA groups, and 1 cover (A Teens) -- nm - MDH Nov 10, 20:26 2
      - I have seen the A Teens live. - ty97 Nov 10, 20:33 1
        
        Jealous. This could be a good thread of best "random/unexpected" acts seen live. -- nm - MDH Nov 10, 20:45
- any lyrics? -- nm - Max Nov 10, 20:19
- See, you admitted yourself that you're old. And since I'm a vampire, I remain in tune with the youth who are like ABBA who? -- nm - Qale Nov 10, 20:18 5
  - They came on the scene with Waterloo at Eurovision sporting epaulets and just mastering English. You objectively gotta love that, man! -- nm - con_carne Nov 10, 20:24
  - I haven't listened to the new album yet, but their back catalogue is DEEP. -- nm - MDH Nov 10, 20:21 3
    - They've been making music for a long time. They're almost as old as Dawson. -- nm - ty97 Nov 10, 20:44
    - I'm obviously kidding. But honestly my musical tastes have trended away from the genre. I blame not clubbing. -- nm - Qale Nov 10, 20:23 1
      - The poor Dua Lipa, Jessie Ware, and Kylie albums suffered from the lack of clubbing. -- nm - MDH Nov 10, 20:26
NFT content -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 10, 20:16
Todd "It Just Works" Howard of Bethesda did an AMA and naturally when he mentioned that Starfield will be inclusive, gamers lost their shit. - Qale Nov 10, 20:00 3
- Forza does this now, and got the expected pointless griping (especially among Steam players). But what I don't get was something that came up today - Max Nov 10, 20:09 2
  - Microsoft are real dicks about letting you change stuff sometimes (but I don’t know about this in particular). - mafic Nov 10, 21:49
  - There's likely some corner cases where some can't, I suppose. Being more accommodating is great and should be commended. But perfection is demanded. - Qale Nov 10, 20:13
I wasn't around this afternoon, but it does seem quite obvious that Rittenhouse will be easily and quickly acquitted. - ty97 Nov 10, 19:59 8
- I think that's why the prosecution made an "error" that could result in a mistrial. They know they're losing and they want another shot at him. -- nm - jnine Nov 10, 20:16 1
  - defense wants a mistrail with predjudice so he can't be retried -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 10, 21:57
- (I'm basing this on info from news folks who are following the trial. I haven't followed the trial personally) -- nm - ty97 Nov 10, 20:00 5
  - I didn't follow the trial because my news brain can only hold so many at once. -- nm - Qale Nov 10, 20:06 4
    - I didn't follow the trial because we are surrounded by people who are following the trial. -- nm - con_carne Nov 10, 20:10 3
      - I didn't follow the trial because American gun culture repulses me and so does the courtroom-as-entertainment format. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 10, 20:13 2
        
        Thread win! -- nm - con_carne Nov 10, 20:18 1
        
        Hit us right with the double-barrel maple syrup attack! -- nm - Qale Nov 10, 20:20
TWuG: the grift is making it seem like he has a choice about selling stock when he really just needs cash. - colin Nov 10, 19:42 3
- Fair enough. That doesn't feel like grift to me, just ego. -- nm - TWuG Nov 10, 20:03
- gotta pay for the stupid symbol baby. -- nm - mafic Nov 10, 19:44 1
  - stupid symbol babies need the most love, mafic -- nm - Beryllium Nov 10, 20:05
Arby's has french fry flavored vodka -- (link) - Peglegpete Nov 10, 19:41 1
- Your move, Colonel Sanders. -- nm - Archer Nov 11, 05:46
You guys do love a pile on... -- nm - Ender Nov 10, 19:38 7
- Especially shirtless, when it gets hot and sweaty -- nm - Mop Nov 10, 19:58
- I mean we got "raucous" at the top of every ST page, people! -- nm - con_carne Nov 10, 19:50 5
  - tbh I've been thinking of redoing that -- nm - Beryllium Nov 10, 20:01 3
    - How about... multilayered? Okay, I've been watching baking shows, but it's one way to describe how we deal with information now... - con_carne Nov 10, 20:35 2
      - Multifaceted. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 10, 20:36 1
        
        Yes. Kaleidoscopic. Colorful. Everything that happens, or that even gets mentioned now has the capability to be viewed through more contexts than ever. -- nm* - con_carne Nov 10, 20:39
  - Comfortable in the knowledge that once a board resets, those posts are never seen again. -- nm - Mop Nov 10, 19:59
Have you ever heard of Wallops Island? -- nm - loosilu Nov 10, 19:33 4
- No? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 10, 19:46 3
  - Me neither. I just learned a few minutes ago that it is a significant NASA launch site. Eastern shore of Virginia. -- (link*) - loosilu Nov 10, 19:53 2
    - And now the Russians know, loosi-lips! -- nm - Mop Nov 10, 19:57 1
      - Then I guess they're gonna Wallop us! -- nm - loosilu Nov 11, 05:51

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