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DTL: With 3 games left in his career, my big C had his first rank up (at Shooting, interestingly). - Baron Enero Jan 19, 10:39 1
- These guys that pour in 40+ points and take like 30+ shots ... they must be at 9/9 right? -- nm - rollo Jan 19, 11:04
Bronx native Cardi B partners with NYC mayor to cover funeral costs of Twin Parks fire victims -- (link) - ty97 Jan 19, 10:35 1
- Can’t say I’m a fan of her music but it’s hard to dislike her. -- nm - Tim Jan 19, 10:36
RIP Andre Leon Talley. 😢 -- nm - Diva Jan 19, 10:31 4
- I read his recent memoir last year, I really enjoyed it. -- nm - MDH Jan 19, 10:41
- :-( - Krusty Jan 19, 10:39
- damn. RIP. -- nm - colin Jan 19, 10:33
- awww, dammit -- nm - prayformojo Jan 19, 10:32
I'm getting a ....paper W-2 in the mail from former employer. - ty97 Jan 19, 10:24 10
- I receive a paper W-2 every year. And it's unfortunately pages long since I file in so many states -- nm - MDH Jan 19, 10:42
- Your employer sends them the information and your return has to match it. -- nm - Meg Jan 19, 10:33
- You don't need to send them a paper copy. You don't have to submit it at all. -- (edited) - Krusty Jan 19, 10:28 4
  - that's right, you're a sovereign citizen and the government is illegally collecting taxes from you! -- nm - colin Jan 19, 10:31 1
    - Haha! Yeah! -- nm - Krusty Jan 19, 10:33
  - Thanks. It's been many years since I received a physical W-2 -- nm - ty97 Jan 19, 10:31 1
    - they're just a check that i, employer, am reporting income and you, employee are reporting the same and there's no shenanigans. - colin Jan 19, 10:32
- Tell us more about the Baltimore Opera Hat Company. -- nm - Baron Enero Jan 19, 10:28
- scan it, shred it. -- nm - colin Jan 19, 10:27
- Tax Software allow you to scan it in or type in the info -- nm - budice Jan 19, 10:26
So yeah, my eldest just started his last semester at college. *what?* -- nm* - oblique Jan 19, 10:21 9
- loud applause! -- nm - prayformojo Jan 19, 10:30
- get his room ready, he's moving back in. -- nm - colin Jan 19, 10:24 7
  - ha! Highly unlikely. He has a very juicy job offer for when he graduates already. Just helped him today to negotiate a bit more $ - oblique Jan 19, 10:25 6
    - G'son could likely have returned home (4 miles from his job) but chose to get his own place. Guess Garman pays a reasonable starting salary :) -- nm - Meg Jan 19, 10:38
    - get his invoices ready, time to recoop those 18 years of living expenses. -- nm - colin Jan 19, 10:26 4
      - but in all seriousness, that's amazing. well done, you and mrs kilbo. -- nm - colin Jan 19, 10:26 2
        
        👍 Thanks. We gave ourselves a bit of a high-five when he told us about the offer originally. Combine that with the fact our college savings for him - oblique Jan 19, 10:27 1
        
        that cost of college is huge.. i can't imagine what it's like to try and make that decision any more. - colin Jan 19, 10:28
      - Now you're talking! -- nm - oblique Jan 19, 10:26
Wow -- (link) - ty97 Jan 19, 10:16 21
- I see that said in DC but it doesn't solve the issue of visitors arriving by car and not able to find parking to reach transit. - Max Jan 19, 10:27 2
  - Enforcement has to come with the creation of these bus and bike lanes otherwise drivers will just ignore it and park wherever they want. - Krusty Jan 19, 10:36 1
    - Self-driving/connected cars. If every car can communicate with each other you eliminate backs and could communicate lack of parking. -- nm - Max Jan 19, 10:47
- there's a ton of research that shows that adding lanes to existing highways does nothing to alleviate traffic. the only good solution is mass transit - colin Jan 19, 10:20 16
  - Induced demand. It happens with every road that gets widened. It won't alleviate traffic to add more lanes. Adding public transit that works well - Krusty Jan 19, 10:23 2
    - our bike lanes they made a huge deal about here are now filled with dead leave, branches, trash, and then abruptly are just not there -- nm - colin Jan 19, 10:28 1
      - *smh* That's basically as good as not having built them. They must be maintained just like the maintain the roads. NYC bought small plows so - Krusty Jan 19, 10:30
  - I'd go further and suggest that mass transit is only a portion of the solution. It works best when paired with pedestrian & bicycle infrastructure. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 10:21 12
    - And culturally, we just don't mind living far away from our jobs. Automobile interiors have only gotten nicer and nicer. -- nm - con_carne Jan 19, 10:29 3
      - Well, I did mind. But I also sorta liked the period of time where I was taking mass transit. Gave a nice prologue and epilogue to the work day. - Beryllium Jan 19, 10:33 2
        
        Spoils -- (edited) - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 19, 10:34 1
        
        Oh! Thanks -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 10:38
    - Checks temp. 20F - oblique Jan 19, 10:22 7
      - That doesn't stop many people. I see a lot of people on bikes throughout the day and I don't mean delivery people. I'm not doing it but - Krusty Jan 19, 10:25
      - Amsterdam would like a word -- nm - ty97 Jan 19, 10:24 5
        
        But everyone there is either high or post-orgasmic euphoric. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 19, 10:26 3
        
        And how is that a problem? -- nm - Krusty Jan 19, 10:33 2
        
        Not a replicatable issue when we don’t allow many dispensaries or legal hookers. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 19, 10:35 1
        
        I'm all in favor of many dispensaries and legal sex work over building more roads or creating more parking. Give me weed, hookers and a bike lane! -- nm - Krusty Jan 19, 10:38
        
        Is the word Brrrr? -- nm - oblique Jan 19, 10:25
- Art. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 10:19
Shane Carruth, 'Primer' and 'Upstream Color' Director, Arrested on Domestic Violence Allegations -- (link) - LMS Jan 19, 09:57 2
- goddammit. i liked his stuff. -- nm - colin Jan 19, 10:22
- Yeah, it's clear he's whackadoo. -- nm - Reagen Jan 19, 10:17
Ooh, I always forget my Social Security comes on the 3rd Wednesday. Nice little boost for 2022. -- nm - Meg Jan 19, 09:54 2
- Meg's buyin -- nm - budice Jan 19, 09:54 1
  - Ooh, right! That's what I forgot on the grocery list ;) -- nm - Meg Jan 19, 10:19
On the subject of metaverse ... -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 19, 09:50 10
- just so it's not a new thread - large company i work with tested this concept. a full half had nausea so bad they had to leave work, one person had - colin Jan 19, 09:54 9
  - Everything I've seen of VR - even going back to the 90s - tells me that it'll still be one or more decades before it's mature enough for wide use. - Beryllium Jan 19, 10:00 8
    - I don't think VR becomes really popular until you can do pull it off without a headset or glasses. -- nm - Inigo Jan 19, 10:08 7
      - How would that work? Contacts? -- nm - JD Jan 19, 10:12 6
        
        Retinal implants. -- nm - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 19, 10:34
        
        In the anime Belle that I just saw, they do it with - con_carne Jan 19, 10:16 1
        
        I was hoping for tentacles that go in the vajayjay. -- nm - Qale Jan 19, 11:58
        
        We already have the technology. It's digital projections like Disney does with its fireworks presentations. - David Jan 19, 10:16 1
        
        Fireworks presentations? They don't use real fireworks? -- nm - Krusty Jan 19, 10:42
        
        Something like the dot you attach to the side of your head in Black Mirror. Maybe? - Inigo Jan 19, 10:15
A quick look at the backboards tells me it is truman's birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRU!! 🐱‍👤 -- nm - crash davis Jan 19, 09:44 3
- Happy Birthday! - ReluctantCynic Jan 19, 10:19
- Happy birthday, my friend! -- nm - David Jan 19, 10:16
- nice. HB T! -- nm - colin Jan 19, 09:49
Houston’s farm club team The Sugar Land Skeeters being renamed to Space Cowboys. Which is awful. -- nm - Qale Jan 19, 09:39 3
- Farm club is where hipsters share land and give each other vegetables, right? -- nm - con_carne Jan 19, 10:24
- We'll just call them Maurice. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 19, 09:48
- Hey! -- nm - Spike Spiegel Jan 19, 09:46
PSA: Been using Keeper password locker for my business (MSP provides it). By far, the best locker I've found. Family plan is $6/month for 5 accounts. - colin Jan 19, 09:31 1
- Have you used BitWarden? If so, how do they compare? - Krusty Jan 19, 10:41
The Batman poster. -- (link) - Shaun Jan 19, 09:24 14
- Are they contractually obligated to reboot these every X years? How many gritty Batman reboots do we need? -- nm - spamlet Jan 19, 09:37 10
  - I'm just disappointed they aren't following the Zorro lock-step tradition -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 09:40 3
    - It's hilarious that in The Joker, he'll be inspired by George Hamilton. -- nm - Reagen Jan 19, 09:52 2
      - I've never seen that movie, but it sounds very funny. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 09:54 1
        
        It used to play on TV and for years was my only Zorro frame of reference -- nm - con_carne Jan 19, 09:58
  - I get what you mean, but it's been 10 years since the last true Batman movie. - Inigo Jan 19, 09:39 5
    - Yeah, was going to say that Snyder f-ed up the character so we had to go back. At least this is to year 2, not origin. -- nm - Spawn Jan 19, 09:40 4
      - No pearls?!?!?!?!?? -- nm - spamlet Jan 19, 10:06 2
        
        Flashback! -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 19, 10:27
        
        *gasp!* -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 10:20
      - Oh! Good. I take back my Zorro complaint, then. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 09:44
- is this the Robby P version? -- nm - colin Jan 19, 09:32 1
  - Yes -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 09:32
- Nice tiny, skin-colored font on the release date. -- nm - Inigo Jan 19, 09:31
We help stock/maintain our local free fridges (we have 9 now!). To reduce food waste, some companies give food that's close to expiry. We got 400 lbs - colin Jan 19, 09:21 8
- Can you trade with a local restaurant? -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 19, 12:29
- I’ll occasionally do it in the air fryer, and then toss it with stir fry broccoli, with your sauce of choice. -- (link) - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 19, 09:32 4
  - I made air fry tofu for my wife this weekend. Turned out great. Used this recipie -- (link) - oblique Jan 19, 09:34 2
    - oh dang that looks good -- nm - colin Jan 19, 09:35 1
      - I don't even eat tofu normally and I thought it was delicious :) -- nm - oblique Jan 19, 09:36
  - i don't have an air fryer, but been wanting to try air-fried tofu.. sounds good. -- nm - colin Jan 19, 09:33
- good on you1...but -- (link) - Beaker Jan 19, 09:23 [youtube] 1
  - the tofu tacos were excellent. not making them vegan either.. - colin Jan 19, 09:25
STIS: How can someone Kickstart a Marvel Zombie game? They wouldn't have the rights to this would they? -- (link) - Beaker Jan 19, 09:09 8
- Cappie? -- nm - Spawn Jan 19, 10:13
- it's being done by a board game studio that has other licensed products, including Marvel, already. - colin Jan 19, 09:25 5
  - Just make sure you don't forget about the basic idea of the game, the cones. -- nm - Reagen Jan 19, 09:32 1
    - The *essence*. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 19, 09:47 [yarn]
  - Publicly traded, annual revenue of $17m -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 09:29
  - cool, it looks fun -- nm - Beaker Jan 19, 09:28 1
    - there are some cool variants to the original zombicide game that look fun. -- nm - colin Jan 19, 09:29
- Their game has Marvel characters who go "RAAAA!" My game has Marvel characters who go "gurhrhhrrrr." It's totally different. -- nm - Vanilla Ice Jan 19, 09:13
Hunting, here's an interesting opinion piece and you may be right (and I'm wrong). This guy thinks Activision games will continue on PS, but only with a MS Game Pass subscription -- (link*) - decline Jan 19, 09:07 5
- This is about the metaverse. They could care less about the current consoles. -- nm - The Allfather Jan 19, 09:19 3
  - Stop saying metaverse! -- nm - Qale Jan 19, 09:38 1
    - You can’t make time stop! -- nm - The Allfather Jan 19, 09:53
  - Geez, by the time PS9 finally arrives, it won't even be worth buying one. - Beryllium Jan 19, 09:23
- Just fyi, I don’t have strong feelings one way or the other…just companies like money. That’s a lotta money. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 19, 09:14
Potential for another virtual learning day tomorrow because of the weather. F*cking just give them a snow day already. -- (edited) - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 19, 09:06 3
- it's only gonna be a dusting - roads will be fine -- nm - decline Jan 19, 09:09 2
  - Looks like the changeover from rain is not happening here until around 7am, so yeah. Less worried now. -- (edited) - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 19, 09:11 1
    - Although that, to me, is the worst. That bottom layer of rain freezes and it gets really treacherous driving. -- nm - pmb Jan 19, 09:21
Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock, streaming January 21 on Apple TV+ -- (link) - budice Jan 19, 09:06 1
- love it -- nm - Jovian Jan 19, 10:11
‘Heat 2’ Novel Has August 9 Pub Date And Will Detail Lives Of Characters Before & After 1995 Crime Classic -- (link) - budice Jan 19, 09:03 4
- Mann talked about it in the Heat episode of Rewatchables he was on. The backstory he had on every character was crazy. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 19, 09:05 2
  - Just learned the other day: Heat was a remake of a 1989 Michael Mann TV movie/failed pilot, LA Takedown -- nm - con_carne Jan 19, 09:51 1
    - Yep. That pod was really interesting. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 19, 09:53
- cool. -- nm - mud Jan 19, 09:04
San Antonio Spurs' Bryn Forbes traded to Denver Nuggets in 3-team deal -- (link) - Beaker Jan 19, 09:03
next year: ".. oh, but we're totally going to do it now anyway." -- (link) - mud Jan 19, 08:57 2
- oh for sure. The republic gets fully dismantled once they retake power. - Jovian Jan 19, 09:00 1
  - yeah, but maybe they won't. -- nm - mud Jan 19, 09:01
First look at 'Derry Girls' Season 3 -- (link) - budice Jan 19, 08:55 2
- So looking forward to this, it's the final series. -- nm - LMS Jan 19, 09:59
- i love this show so so so so much. -- nm - Andie Jan 19, 09:28
Not making this up: the first six derivatives of position are velocity, acceleration, jerk, snap, crackle, and pop. -- nm - Baron Enero Jan 19, 08:43 6
- According to Wiki, the cereal came first. -- (link) - Volnelk Jan 19, 09:04
- So, Kellogg was a physics nerd who was really into elves. -- nm - Inigo Jan 19, 08:58 2
  - JD? -- nm - spamlet Jan 19, 09:12 1
    - It seems so obvious now. -- nm - Inigo Jan 19, 09:47
- Yup. I share this all the time when I'm teaching forces. -- nm - Reagen Jan 19, 08:57
- Kellogg's Rice Krispies -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 08:49
I might make snow cream if we get enough snow. Anyone have a good recipe? -- nm - sycor Jan 19, 08:40 2
- oddly enough - yes. I just watched it on Tik Tok last night - St. Epiphany Jan 19, 10:12 1
  - I found a couple that were similar. One called for a little salt. Another said sweetened condensed milk instead of milk and sugar. - sycor Jan 19, 10:19
"crime" as a verb always cracks me up. -- (link) - mud Jan 19, 08:39 1
- "How the f*ck can this country vote for such a f*cking asshole?" -- (link) - mud Jan 19, 09:00
Early renewed our mortgage on a 5-year variable closed for 1.45%. Probably could've done better, but there'd be too much hassle to switch everything. -- nm - Shaun Jan 19, 08:39 6
- You went variable too? We did in October and have been nervously watching. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 19, 08:46 5
  - Variable would have won every time since I've owned a house. But this time, for sure! -- nm - Reagen Jan 19, 08:58 1
    - Us too. We did variable in 2011 and did great. In 2016, the spread was only .35% so we fixed, looked great at first and then ended up out. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 19, 09:36
  - Yeah. I'm fine with keeping an eye on things. -- nm - Shaun Jan 19, 08:50 2
    - Our offer spread was almost a full point. I figure every two week payment is buying me time to absorb the difference. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 19, 08:55 1
      - A 5-year fixed would've been 2.45%, so same. We pay weekly. -- nm - Shaun Jan 19, 09:10

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