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My only thing is, if you're not carrying green letters into your next guess, you are giving up the chance to win in that round -- nm - rollo Jan 8, 08:24 2
- That's a meta game. Does mastermind have that rule? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 8, 08:26 1
  - Oh, I see. Not a rule, just a strategy. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 8, 08:27
No. No no no no. No. -- (link) - TWuG Jan 8, 08:00 1
- When will HSX introduce a crypto you use to bet on movie release grosses? -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 8, 08:13
Djokovic had Co-Vid, last month and that’s how he got his stupid exemption to play (originally)—Sorta knew as they were tap dancing around how he got - Flavorize Jan 8, 07:50 1
- a few other players got the same excemption -- nm - Beaker Jan 8, 08:23
Space telescope is about 2 hours from completing the latch down of its fully deployed mirrors. That's the hard stuff done. -- (link) - TWuG Jan 8, 07:49
Either good news, or bad news: Turkmenistan to close its "Gateway to Hell" -- (link) - prayformojo Jan 8, 07:46 2
- The article says the president asked for the same thing in 2010 so I'm guessing it's going to keep burning for a while longer. -- nm - Krusty Jan 8, 07:50
- Well, try to. They have tried before and failed. -- nm - spamlet Jan 8, 07:49
Weekend project -- (link) - prayformojo Jan 8, 07:44 1
- Now I have an Akon earworm -- nm - Dano Jan 8, 07:46
Who here has done TSA Precheck? What do I need to know about signing up? -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 07:11 7
- Get both Pre-Check and Global Entry. It’s like $15 more. - spamlet Jan 8, 07:33 6
  - It's my understanding that Global Entry takes longer for the background check. -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 08:10 1
    - I have no idea but the first time you’re stuck in the customs line you’ll wish you paid the $15 -- nm - spamlet Jan 8, 08:14
  - Yup this. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 8, 07:58
  - 100% Agree. Easiest thing ever. And despite always saying "all interviews are booked" you walk in and it takes 5 minutes. -- nm - MDH Jan 8, 07:49 2
    - Yep. They didn’t require an interview when I renewed last year. -- nm - pmb Jan 8, 07:53 1
      - They don’t for renewals but still require it for new users AFAIK. -- nm - spamlet Jan 8, 08:09
Happy FA Cup weekend and cheers to Boreham Wood, Kidderminster Harriers, and Harrogate Town among others. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 8, 06:49 10
- I feel like the FA Cup is England's equivalent to the NCAA basketball tournament, only crazier. -- nm - Baron Enero Jan 8, 08:04 3
  - Far crazier. It’s like if the NCAA tournament included D1, D2 and D3 schools but also neighborhood teams. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 8, 08:23 2
    - But enough about Northwestern. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 8, 08:27
    - Yup. -- nm - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 8, 08:23
- Hartlepool! Oh, they're called the Monkey Hangers, I bet there's a funny origin for... - Reagen Jan 8, 06:52 5
  - It's the only thing Hartlepool is known for. -- nm - LMS Jan 8, 10:04
  - wow -- nm - prayformojo Jan 8, 07:02 3
    - Every sentence of that paragraph gets worse. -- nm - Reagen Jan 8, 07:03 2
      - Or better depending on your nationalistic viewpoint. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 8, 07:08
      - Alas, it was a simpler time. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 8, 07:06
TV PSA: Who's Line is it Anyway?, The Repair Shop, World's Funniest Animals, A Discovery of Witches, NFL, NHL, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Jan 8, 06:23
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo Jan 8, 06:06 [Attachment] 7
- Powe_Ball - Sorry, missed the r. You lose. Next week's jackpot is estimated at $100 million. -- nm - VMan Jan 8, 08:25 1
  - Papa Weeble Wobble - Head of the clan. -- nm - VMan Jan 8, 08:26
- PALEO BOWL - New year new diet -- nm* - rollo Jan 8, 08:20
- WALLOP BOWE: Gameplan when fighting Riddick -- nm - rollo Jan 8, 08:18
- WALLA WALLA: BOWWOW ALLOWABLE - headline reporting the city council permits the rapper's concert -- nm - prayformojo Jan 8, 08:09
- PAPAWEBELO, den father for a pack of young boy scouts -- nm - Baron Enero Jan 8, 07:45
- BEEWALLOP - "Hey, there's a bee on you!" -- nm - Reagen Jan 8, 06:17
Bengals WR all appear to have leveled up in Halo. -- (link) - Volnelk Jan 8, 06:03
Tension: - Reagen Jan 8, 05:01 19
- 6 - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 8, 08:29
- Mine - Beryllium Jan 8, 08:23
- similar but different - rollo Jan 8, 08:14
- Since y’all post about this daily I decided to join. Is it an app or a website? -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 8, 08:12 3
  - It's a website -- nm - Beryllium Jan 8, 08:18 2
    - Link here -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 8, 08:18 1
      - Cool. Me try to word. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 8, 08:19
- Boom. - Baron Enero Jan 8, 07:47
- Whoo boy - spamlet Jan 8, 07:36
- Ok, here we go: - kelly Jan 8, 06:52
- Took me all the guesses today - Krusty Jan 8, 06:26
- Mine - Will Hunting Jan 8, 06:16
- How do you all get the blank pics? I got it in 3 but can’t figure out how to share it without showing the letters/my guesses. - kelly Jan 8, 06:12 2
  - the share link from the results pop up -- nm - Reagen Jan 8, 06:17
  - When you get the result, there should be a share button (lower right corner) -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 8, 06:16
- Thought I might get it in 2 today. Alas, 3. - mafic Jan 8, 06:09
- Mine - prayformojo Jan 8, 06:05
- Not dissimilar. - Marlowe Jan 8, 06:00
- I am 4. Always 4. - Andie Jan 8, 05:29
Why am I awake already? -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 8, 03:49
I just realized I don’t play Wordle the same as everyone else. I pick a word and keep working off the results. I don’t put in a brand new one… - Qale Jan 7, 22:52 6
- Yeah, I try to whittle down the letterspace by using words that don't have any overlap. Easy mode, I guess. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 8, 08:26
- My strategy depends on how the first word turns out. -- nm - Dano Jan 8, 06:59
- That’s how I do it. Technically you’re playing hard mode. - mafic Jan 8, 06:12
- Isn't that the only way? You use results to choose next answer? -- nm - Andie Jan 8, 03:00 2
  - Some people will use a new word without any of the right answers in the hope of seeing if they can get more correct letters. - Krusty Jan 8, 05:01 1
    - It worked for me the last time I played. I tried keeping the letter I had, got no matches, decided to go all new, got no matches twice. - Marlowe Jan 8, 05:19
Wow. Ted Cruz kissing Tucker ass was something. -- nm - Spawn Jan 7, 21:23 4
- You watch Tucker Carlson? I'd rather have my eyes and ears removed before doing that. -- nm* - Krusty Jan 8, 05:01 2
  - there are clips going around of how ass cruz was kissing as TC was calling him a rino -- nm - Remlik Jan 8, 07:43 1
    - Ahh. -- nm - Krusty Jan 8, 08:20
- He’s gonna get diabetes too. -- nm - Qale Jan 7, 21:28
CDC looking into Covid related increase in diabetes in teens -- (link) - zeitgeist Jan 7, 21:21 1
- MANY people I know with type 1 diabetes received a diagnosis shortly after catching a virus. So this is not surprising to me. - kelly Jan 8, 05:48
The Minion's campaigning for me to go back upstairs and turn on the electric blanket. Not gonna happen ;) - Meg Jan 7, 21:00
Don’t Look Up, A-. Spot on satire and also entirely f*cking depressing. -- nm* - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 7, 20:55
Mom puts covid sick kid in trunk of car on drive to test site (i dunno seemed like a good idea to isolate the kid) but she gets arrested -- (link) - zeitgeist Jan 7, 20:33
Now Playing: Scream and it’s on Peacock. -- nm - Qale Jan 7, 19:51 3
- Haven't heard of that one. Is it new? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 7, 19:55 2
  - No. But also yes. -- nm - Qale Jan 7, 20:02 1
    - Could become a whole franchise. "Scream and it's on Tiktok!" -- nm - Beryllium Jan 7, 20:06
Umm is this new or did I miss this on backboard? Fallout tv series going to Primne -- (link*) - Jovian Jan 7, 19:33 1
- Oooh! -- nm - Mop Jan 7, 19:46
WA state covid toll passes 10,000 -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 7, 19:22
I have a bunch of home Covid tests here…now I’m not sure if they’re effective at all. My brother has Covid and told me every home test he’s taken has - kelly Jan 7, 19:21 7
- Is he only doing nose swabs or is he doing throat swabs too? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 7, 19:29 6
  - The BinaxNow instructions are to swab both nostrils, nothing about throat -- nm - ty97 Jan 7, 20:34 2
    - THROATBOMB -- nm - prayformojo Jan 7, 20:38
    - (not sure about other tests) -- nm - ty97 Jan 7, 20:34
  - Ooh. I don’t know. -- nm - kelly Jan 7, 19:36 1
    - Throat then nose is the recommendation I've heard. (aka "You never go nose to throat!") -- nm - Beryllium Jan 7, 19:40
  - Same question I have as I have seen a lot about it showing up in saliva before the nose now. -- nm* - AJRimmer Jan 7, 19:31
AEW: Cody has covid...Dustin Rhodes filling in for Cody Rhodes for the interim TNT Title against Sammy Guevara. COVID protocol has sidelined Cody -- nm - Remlik Jan 7, 19:17
Mop, your stadium implosion made the local news. -- nm - Meg Jan 7, 19:15 3
- F*CK YEAH! -- nm - Mop Jan 7, 19:17 2
  - USA Today has *MY* live stream on their site! -- (link) - Mop Jan 7, 19:29 1
    - Woot! -- nm - Pippy Jan 8, 06:38
When amanda jones is back… The Verge has some nice CES wrap up videos. - Mop Jan 7, 19:13 [youtube]
Hmm papa johns has NY style crust. Hmm. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 7, 19:03 4
- it's decent. we should send some to krusty -- nm - Remlik Jan 7, 19:05 3
  - You should save your money for a trip here - Krusty Jan 7, 19:13 2
    - SBARROS! -- nm - Remlik Jan 7, 19:15 1
      - Brooklyn's finest! -- (edited) - Krusty Jan 7, 19:19
WWE/Impact: Forbidden Door has opened...Impact Womens Champ Mickie James to be in the Royal Rumble -- (edited) - Remlik Jan 7, 18:05 4
- They could get Santina Morela. We haven’t seen her in many years. 🙄 -- nm* - Qale Jan 7, 18:29 1
  - Don't give them bad ideas. They've got plenty enough of their own. -- nm - The Allfather Jan 7, 20:02
- What a joke. They cut a dozen women and can’t even fill out a 30-person roster. - Will Hunting Jan 7, 18:24 1
  - yeah it's cool Mickie will be there. But yeah they're going to scrape the barrel to fill it out -- nm - Remlik Jan 7, 18:27
Got boosted. On one of the coldest days so far, wearing eight layers. So much easier when wearing a short sleeve shirt. -- nm - .💭 Jan 7, 18:05 5
- We're gonna need a bigger needle -- nm - Nurse Jan 7, 19:12
- conga rats! which booster? -- nm - loosilu Jan 7, 18:25 1
  - Moderna all the way. -- nm - . Jan 8, 04:33
- VNB (very nice boosting!) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 7, 18:21
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty Jan 7, 18:19
Okay. My stalker went mad! - Andie Jan 7, 17:55 [Attachment] 3
- Wouldn’t that have made more sense if it said “FIENDS”? -- nm - Mop Jan 7, 19:14
- I know who your stalker is... spoiler -- (edited) - Krusty Jan 7, 18:26
- desperately searching for a "like" -- nm - loosilu Jan 7, 17:57
FA Cup: Root for Chesterfield from your chesterfield! -- nm - Baron Enero Jan 7, 17:52 1
- Against Chelsea? Definitely. -- nm - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 7, 19:12
I'm not exactly expecting long form tweets about policy from the GOP Texas Twitter account, but seriously people. Goddamn. -- (link) - Qale Jan 7, 17:51 12
- I hate this place so much sometimes -- nm - Pippy Jan 8, 06:41
- This is dumb even for a Republican. -- nm - mafic Jan 8, 06:16
- White areas you can probably walk in and out in 15m... 'urban' areas hours and hours and hours and NO water hand outs -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 7, 18:06
- ... the basic point is just that there shouldn't be lines for either one. Demand, yes. But the systems shouldn't require long lines as a feature. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 7, 17:57 8
  - Also from a practical standpoint you can't really "mail COVID test". -- nm - Reagen Jan 7, 17:58 1
    - Vote by mail. Spit by mail. - Beryllium Jan 7, 18:00
  - The GOP are the reasons for both. -- nm - Qale Jan 7, 17:58 4
    - It's "If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball" applied to politics. -- nm - Reagen Jan 7, 17:59 3
      - Uhhhh -- (link) - MDH Jan 7, 18:06 1
        
        I could be a pundit! -- nm - Reagen Jan 7, 18:20
      - Can we not, like, throw anything, plox? -- nm - Qale Jan 7, 18:01
  - (Oh, for testing? Well, it would be nice if it there was less demand for that. I guess.) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 7, 17:58
Boba Fett E2: uh, OK. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 7, 17:45 8
- we loved it -- nm - Beaker Jan 7, 19:20 5
  - Yeah—I’m enjoying it. -- nm - Flavorize Jan 7, 19:56 4
    - Is it any better than the first? -- nm - Spawn Jan 7, 20:14 3
      - I think so—some nice story telling—couple big surprises -- nm - Flavorize Jan 7, 20:31 2
        
        I don't recall surprises... -- nm - Ender Jan 7, 20:44 1
        
        some would be for fans of the comic stuff. the HUGE one is spoilers -- (edited) - Beaker Jan 8, 06:31
- It’s starting to feel a lot like one of those “try not to think about it too much” shows. -- nm - Mop Jan 7, 19:16
- Spoilers. - Volnelk Jan 7, 17:58
"The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!" (1966) -- A (I am biased, per full story inside) - psilotum Jan 7, 17:42 5
- Maybe we should do a 50 movie challenge like the 50 book challenge! -- nm - Max Jan 7, 17:54 1
  - This is a fantastic idea -- nm - Pippy Jan 8, 06:42
- yup a charming movie and that was my favorite bit too, and I lived in Cocoa beach at the time -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 7, 17:44 2
  - Is that where it was filmed? The name in the movie seems to be fictional. -- nm - psilotum Jan 7, 17:54 1
    - I thought it was shot in Florida somewhere BUT it was filmed at Ft Bragg CA -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 7, 18:09
Omicron is ruining everything. For the second time, my days off request was denied. I am moving next Wednesday regardless. So yanno, that's a thing. -- nm - Qale Jan 7, 17:28
Major US Speed Skating Trials Spoils - MDH Jan 7, 17:26 4
- oof -- nm - ty97 Jan 7, 17:27 3
  - Spoils - MDH Jan 7, 17:28 2
    - The worst part… - MDH Jan 7, 17:30 1
      - agreed, but there was a mediocre skateboard half piper who had a bland unchallenging routine that got in because she built up points and didn't fall -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 7, 17:43

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