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I know you are all waiting to hear. I had pigs in a blanket last night. They were yummy. -- nm - sycor Dec 14, 06:32 1
- Condiments? -- nm - Baron Please Come Home Dec 14, 06:43
BF Vampirates playoff bracket: - Baron Please Come Home Dec 14, 06:21 2
- Flipped my entire roster and made it -- nm - budice Dec 14, 06:52
- Astro - spamlet Dec 14, 06:48
Curse of Oak Island spoilers - Beaker Dec 14, 05:55
Quebec entrepreneur, 93, donates cherished island after protecting it from city sprawl -- (link) - Beaker Dec 14, 05:51 1
- BULLDOZE IT!! -- nm - The Oak Island guys, probably. Dec 14, 06:23
Hockey team apologizes for the cash and grab they did with the teachers in South Dakota. Will give an extra $500 to each applicant -- (link) - Beaker Dec 14, 05:48 4
- No. They gave the apology non-apology. "We deeply regret and apologize to all teachers for any embarrassment this *may have* caused." - Qale Dec 14, 08:33
- Yeah that was absurd. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 14, 06:01 2
  - this was plan C; Plan A was the students fight to the death; Plan B the teachers but fucking legal wouldn't allow it. Damn Government. -- nm - Beaker Dec 14, 06:05 1
    - Thanks Biden! -- nm - Mop Dec 14, 06:25
NYC's "unemployment rate of 9.4 percent is more than double the national average", and people are dropping out of the workforce -- (link) - ty97 Dec 14, 05:46 1
- If you can not make it there, you can not make it anywhere. -- nm - Spawn Dec 14, 05:48
TV PSA: NBA, WWE NXT, I Can See Your Voice, Bering Sea Gold, Flash, Bachelorette, FBI x 2, Voice, Riverdale, Oak Island, Gordon Ramsay's Road Trip, -- nm* - Beaker Dec 14, 05:40 1
- Last OG, Grand Crew, Top Gear, Queens, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Dec 14, 05:42
Kronos (timekeeping, payroll, HR provider) offline for weeks. It starts... -- (link) - oblique Dec 14, 05:35 16
- Holy crap. There’s a lot of panicking small businesses today. -- nm - spamlet Dec 14, 05:38 15
  - Yea. The timing couldn't be worse for the PR company and their clients. Not just paying employees but Kronos probably tax files for most clients. - zunk xometimes Dec 14, 06:51 2
    - We use Kronos but apparently not the affected products. Ours is still online. -- nm - oblique Dec 14, 06:55 1
      - I was wondering if that's how you saw it. -- nm - spamlet Dec 14, 06:56
  - so what's the issue? dumb it down for someone who hasn't read anything about this please -- nm - Beaker Dec 14, 06:15 11
    - A java logging library has a vulnerability. Basically ANY end user data logged by a system can cause the library to do a "java thing" and ask a - oblique Dec 14, 06:18 10
      - Not dumb enough for me. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 14, 06:19 9
        
        heh, word -- nm - Beaker Dec 14, 06:31 1
        
        The master key to the bank vault door is available online, so they cemented the door to the bank instead. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 14, 06:35
        
        bad code lets bad people steal all the personal sh!t from lots of sites or shut those sites down using ransomware -- nm - decline Dec 14, 06:24 4
        
        you just described the entire internet -- nm - oblique Dec 14, 06:25 3
        
        Right? This seems like a very level one type of problem. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 14, 06:31 2
        
        There’s an exploit found in one of the foundational languages of the Internet. Everyone with Java is highly vulnerable, so just about e’eyone. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 14, 06:43 1
        
        Don't mind me. I knew we were all fucked. -- nm - e’eyone the donkey Dec 14, 08:39
        
        Any data written to a log can cause the logging server to ask to be taken over - oblique Dec 14, 06:23
        
        Everything done in a system is logged. The logs have a vulnerability. You do something, it’s logged, it executes anything you want it too -- nm - spamlet Dec 14, 06:22
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo Dec 14, 04:43 [Attachment] 2
- Le cake jape - classy french phrase for a pie fight -- nm - VMan Dec 14, 04:53
- That's the first one where I saw the 10 letter word immediately. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 14, 04:49
Room suddenly very dusty -- (link) - LMS Dec 14, 03:40 2
- Nice! I hope he ended up making some new friends as well. :-) -- nm - Krusty Dec 14, 04:55
- That's solid. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 14, 04:16
"We needed the hold space... would you like to see something shiny?" -- nm* - Jack Rackham Dec 14, 00:59
First names in my kid’s kindergarten class include: Fox, Wolf, Bowie, and Keanu. -- nm* - mafic Dec 14, 00:53 2
- What does Fox say? -- nm - Dano Dec 14, 04:18
- Sounds like a children's book. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 14, 04:17
Keanu Reeves on Colbert and Steven basically explains the Matrix to him -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 14, 00:09
First 24 reviews for No Way Home are live. They're all fresh. So it's at 100% right now. - The Allfather Dec 13, 23:34
MGM sells operations of Mirage to Hard Rock. Hard Rock wants to build a guitar shaped hotel on the Mirage site. -- (link) - Peglegpete Dec 13, 22:51 2
- 1 - is the Mirage already at the end of its usefulness? 2 - Hard Rock JUST SOLD their hotel and now they're buying one?! -- nm - Mop Dec 14, 06:25 1
  - 1 - it’s 30+ years old (iirc 1989)…so likely. From what I remember, it wasn’t aesthetically a great hotel relative to the newer stars - Will Hunting Dec 14, 06:45
A new approach to covid treatment, a molecule that attaches itself to the virus making it unable to use its spikes to attack cells -- (link) - zeitgeist Dec 13, 22:49 2
- The largest covid test lab says this week omicron is now 13% of all positive tests, up from 3% a few days ago. (tv news) -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 13, 23:29 1
  - UK annouces first omicron death, brits rush vax centers for boosters -- (link) - zeitgeist Dec 14, 00:29
I'm not quite sure what to make of this. -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 13, 21:59 4
- Sounds like someone has already solved the puzzle. -- nm - Qale Dec 13, 22:17 2
  - the replies are a mixture of people being disgusted that he's a conservative and people accusing him of being a communist - Beryllium Dec 13, 22:31 1
    - I saw something yesterday, a store priced everything at $951 but had coupons to get it at normal price -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 13, 22:39
- in case it gets deleted ... -- (pic) - Beryllium Dec 13, 22:00 [Attachment]
The circle is unbroken: China finds omicron -- (link) - zeitgeist Dec 13, 21:56
mass layoffs via zoom: a youtube video -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 13, 21:39 [youtube]
Billie Eilish has emotions! (because Kate McKinnon causes her to break character.) -- (link) - Tim Dec 13, 20:44 [youtube] 3
- She was one of the best hosts they have had in a long time. -- nm - Spawn Dec 14, 05:46
- Heh, “Magic:The Gathering tournament” - spamlet Dec 14, 03:47 1
  - It’s funny cause it’s true. - Tim Dec 14, 06:51
Watch Power On: The Story of Xbox -- (link) - Max Dec 13, 20:37 [youtube]
Zendaya at the Spiderman NWH Premiere -- (link*) - budice Dec 13, 20:24 1
- That’s an awesome dress! Really cool design—if she had worn that, to the Oscars, it would’ve been a hit/best of -- nm - flavorize Dec 13, 22:08
M7.6 quake near Indonesia - they expect a regional tsunami, but none for the North American west coast -- nm - Beryllium Dec 13, 19:42
I'm wishing all of you a happy holiday season, especially Dignan and Chris, if that is actually them. - crash davis Dec 13, 19:38 1
- they do make a lovely couple :) -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 13, 19:40
OTD: Bee Gees release Stayin Alive -- (link) - Remlik Dec 13, 19:20 [youtube] 1
- Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk I'm a woman's man, no time to talk -- (link) - zeitgeist Dec 13, 20:55
Cheaper is good. Email I received: - Spawn Dec 13, 18:45 5
- They're spelling it out: linear TV is dead. Subscribe to this on demand bundle instead. -- nm - Mop Dec 13, 21:18
- That's interesting that they refer you to the Disney bundle at the end -- nm - prayformojo Dec 13, 18:50 1
  - We checked, and you can watch ESPN live on ESPN+. It doesn't have DVR features, though. -- nm - The Allfather Dec 13, 19:30
- Frick. The Rookie is ABC. -- nm - Spawn Dec 13, 18:49 1
  - I stopped watching. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 13, 18:56
DTLSI: Hartford 88, Starkville 81. Hartford 83, Corpus Christi 73 - Will Hunting Dec 13, 18:40 1
- Rather amazing shooting disparity, congrats on the win -- nm - rollo Dec 13, 21:43
Kyler's dash to set up the FG before half was pretty terrific -- nm - prayformojo Dec 13, 18:39
Why is there no more Resident Alien. Resident Alien would be excellent viewing for the holidays. - Max Dec 13, 18:31 1
- it returns on january 26 -- nm* - Beryllium Dec 13, 18:32
Has the death of Vincente Fernandez been such a big deal anywere else as it is in SoCal? -- (link) - Meg Dec 13, 18:11 10
- I didn't know he was so tight with Big Boi from Power 106 and they have held several on air bilingual interviews over the years. - con_carne Dec 14, 05:39
- I saw it mentioned, I think on Today, and I was vaguely aware of who he was. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Dec 14, 05:15
- It's been on the news here. He was pretty big in Chicago. Played the larger venues and always got a good crowd. -- nm* - .📯 Dec 14, 01:07
- nothing on the news I watch. the other stations, no idea. -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 13, 21:01
- I haven't heard on local tv nor msnbc -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 13, 20:57
- I expect perhaps Texas as well? I didn't even know the name when President Biden tweeted it, I had to google -- nm - ty97 Dec 13, 18:14
- this is the first I'm hearing of it -- nm - prayformojo Dec 13, 18:13 3
  - Same. Also, first I'm hearing of him. -- nm - Krusty Dec 13, 18:19 2
    - Checking the news sources here, and I watch mostly NBCLA and their partner is Telumundo so they have a strong Hispanic influence. Other sites mention - Meg Dec 13, 18:23 1
      - Also contrary to New Yorker belief, Central and South America is not composed entirely of Puerto Rico🤣 -- nm - con_carne Dec 14, 06:49
dear cow orker -- (edited) - znufrii Dec 13, 17:53
Meadows. Contempt of Congress. 9-0 -- (link) - Volnelk Dec 13, 16:55 1
- next yup Double Secret Contempt where even less will happen! -- nm - Beaker Dec 13, 16:58
I've gotta hand it to Jimmy carr, "his dark material" is a great name for a comedy show -- nm - Beryllium Dec 13, 16:53
But but but January 6th was just tourists and not a big deal……. -- (link) - Volnelk Dec 13, 16:53
Larry David is just killing it this season -- nm - Jovian Dec 13, 16:38
What says ST about this Pedro Pascal film? -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 13, 16:27 15
- I really liked it -- nm - prayformojo Dec 13, 16:45
- Her take is spot-on. It's great. nm - Dignan Dec 13, 16:44 13
  - Man, I was just thinking about you yesterday. nm - ralph wiggum Dec 14, 06:38
  - Blue Bombers! -- nm - Beaker Dec 13, 17:46
  - christ, this fucking guy again . . . - hollywood big shot Dec 13, 17:29 6
    - Good lord. What board IS this? -- nm - JaxSean Dec 13, 19:34
    - Leafs suck! -- nm - Beaker Dec 13, 17:43 2
      - the first-place Toronto Maple Leafs? - hollywood big shot Dec 13, 17:48 1
        
        I believe they were in first place last year when they faced Les Habs in the playoffs. -- nm - crash davis Dec 13, 19:42
    - :-) - Krusty Dec 13, 17:37
    - pixie ! -- nm - mud Dec 13, 17:31
  - Yayyy! -- nm - Dark Callisto Dec 13, 17:08
  - It's good to see you. I was worried. -- nm - The Allfather Dec 13, 16:48
  - Dignan! -- nm - mud Dec 13, 16:47
  - Love and Monsters was fun. I hope they make a sequel. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 13, 16:45
Witness the birth of a new meme format -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 13, 16:25 1
- "I gave you a spoon, Stephanie" -- nm - Reagen Dec 13, 16:37
This week, I was confident, friendly and optimistic. - The Allfather Dec 13, 16:16 3
- they can have my unnecessary ellipsis when... I think of an alternative. -- nm - Reagen Dec 13, 16:21 2
  - Don't get me started on the Oxford ellipsis! -- nm - prayformojo Dec 13, 16:22 1
    - Is that when someone adds two sets to a sentence to depict ... hesitation ... of some sort? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 13, 16:26
Las Vegas' MCCarran airport officially changes its name to HARRY REID airport tomorrow -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 13, 16:09 2
- "McCarran was one of few Democrats to oppose FDR and reject the New Deal. He was also remembered for his racism, antisemitism, and xenophobia." - ty97 Dec 13, 16:23
- The actor? He's awfully young to have an airport named after him. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 13, 16:13
DTL: the only kid that looks decent and wants to stay home is a PG that’s scored 59 points and had 1 assist through the first two games. - spamlet Dec 13, 15:48 4
- That sounds like a prime SG. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 13, 15:53 3
  - 7 TOs as well so definitely not sticking at PG. -- nm - spamlet Dec 13, 16:14 1
    - Oh and dumb as a stump. -- nm - spamlet Dec 13, 16:24
  - Yup, maybe even a SF depending on height. -- nm - The Allfather Dec 13, 15:55
I’ve offered DRLSI scrimmages to Dano and RC. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 13, 15:38
Man, that Amanda Huber writing really was great. Cody and Big E are such good guys. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 13, 15:31 1
- Yup. My one regret is that she listed Breeze and Spears as his best friends. - The Allfather Dec 13, 15:53
Those are certainly mostly real words. -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 13, 15:09 5
- Patient Zero. -- nm - Mop Unleashed Dec 13, 17:57 1
  - Look, I'm not saying that he had intercourse with a pig while on a trip to China... -- nm - Mop Unleashed Dec 13, 17:58
- I think it may be missing a comma or two. -- nm* - .📯 Dec 13, 17:23
- What a terrible headline. It makes it sound like he died in the hot tub because he was being sued. - Krusty Dec 13, 15:21 1
  - To be fair, the headline is "Such and such, something whatever, is dead at 62". Or something. The tweet is where it is effed up. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 13, 16:04
Here's tye story with rankings on UConn.... -- (link) - .📯 Dec 13, 15:08
DTLSI: Hartford 83, Branson 72. Current rankings, Hartford 25, Branson 24. What kinda Michigan, Michigan State is this shit? -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 13, 14:49 5
- My DTLSTI scrimmages have now been offered -- nm - rollo Dec 13, 15:26 3
  - Did you shoot me a DTLSI or just a random? -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 13, 15:38 2
    - DTLSI ... I didn't see a schedule so I just offered - doesn't matter to me -- nm - rollo Dec 13, 15:42 1
      - Sorry, I’ve been using the same one as the others. I’ll try to post before season starts. - spamlet Dec 13, 15:45
- It's not often you can hold an opponent to 35% shooting and lose by double digits, but we found a way! - Baron Please Come Home Dec 13, 15:05
I want wieners and beans and toast for dinner. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 13, 14:49 2
- Are you preggers, bery? -- nm - Spawn Dec 13, 16:03 1
  - No, just lazy & sore. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 13, 17:32
nmb Meg - Beaker Dec 13, 14:47 4
- I got Meg's card today as well! I also forgot to sign up but just posted cards to everyone that I have an address for. -- nm - zork Dec 13, 20:11
- Oh no!! I had nightmares about something like that happening. Consider the message and not the names ♥♥ -- nm - Meg Dec 13, 15:12 2
  - Me too! I hope they're all correct. -- nm - Dark Callisto Dec 13, 17:08
  - same to you! -- nm - Beaker Dec 13, 15:19

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