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Well, this is nice for (reasons: including pandemic/changing policy/grandfathered agreements), I apparently have been entitled to an extra week of - Andie Feb 3, 13:29 5
- Heh, such an "Andie" thing :) -- nm - Meg Feb 3, 13:33
- Boat money! -- nm - CinnaBaron Feb 3, 13:32 3
  - (This is an expression the father of one of my friends uses for money he won at a riverboat casino. - CinnaBaron Feb 3, 13:33 1
    - excellent rule. -- nm - Andie Feb 3, 13:33
  - costa rica money! -- nm - Andie Feb 3, 13:32
Amazon is raising the price of its annual Prime membership to $139 from $119 -- (link) - budice Feb 3, 13:13 2
- nmbfa! - Qale Feb 3, 13:26
- Lol at that after hours trading. -- nm - znufrii, 2 days Feb 3, 13:15
i will give any one of you $50 to bring me an ice cold Coke Classic, in a glass bottle, to my desk right now. -- nm - Andie Feb 3, 12:42 5
- Glass bottle. Been a while. -- nm - Spawn Feb 3, 13:12 2
  - rare, but not unheard of to find. -- nm - Andie Feb 3, 13:21 1
    - they seem pretty common here, american and mexican versions. — nm - i.b.! Feb 3, 13:39
- Ice cold I can do, but I'm not sure I can get out of my driveway, let alone to Canada before close of business -- nm - TWuG Feb 3, 12:43 1
  - that's a defeatist attitude! -- nm - Andie Feb 3, 12:52
UCLA students protest in-person classes by gathering in one place. - CinnaBaron Feb 3, 12:39
4 aides to Boris Johnson have resigned today, so far. -- nm - LMS Feb 3, 12:29 6
- At this rate he's going to be living at 2 Downing -- nm - Beryllium Feb 3, 13:04
- those are senior aides at that, so he's down to... no senior aides? -- nm - colin Feb 3, 12:34 1
  - this is fine -- nm - previous administration Feb 3, 13:44
- how many aides does he have? -- nm - decline Feb 3, 12:30 2
  - 4 less than yesterday, please keep up -- nm - Beaker Feb 3, 12:34
  - Well, it's not like he does any work himself. -- nm - LMS Feb 3, 12:33
What’s the GOAT donut in your mind? -- (link*) - budice Feb 3, 12:29 32
- Sugar -- nm - JD Feb 3, 13:06
- I don't see paczkys anywhere on there. -- nm - Reagen Feb 3, 12:50 6
  - [googles] .. eww -- nm - mud Feb 3, 12:56 2
    - I am afraid to know what results you ended up with, but that reaction indicates they were incorrect. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 3, 13:02 1
      - strange twisted innards like creams and custards blecch -- nm - mud Feb 3, 13:06
  - Or those. -- nm - spamlet Feb 3, 12:51 2
    - they were what "doughnuts" were, growing up. -- nm - Reagen Feb 3, 13:04 1
      - I'm just glad I found a local supplier. Though it's the last year the kid is going to get up with me at 5am to run up there and grab some before skool -- nm - spamlet Feb 3, 13:52
- why do 'original' and 'powdered' even exist? -- nm - ty97 Feb 3, 12:47 3
  - Entemann's has a box that contains plain, powdered and cinnamon and they are melt-in-your-mouth delicious -- nm - decline Feb 3, 12:53 2
    - Yup! Love 'em! -- nm - Krusty Feb 3, 13:03
    - I like those 3, and anything chocolate. Sometimes just a plain with coffee is nice. -- nm - mud Feb 3, 12:54
- Maple bacon long john at Hurts Donut. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 3, 12:44
- Chocolate frosted with sprinkles but it's not my favorite of all time. That's strawberry frosted with sprinkles. -- nm - Krusty Feb 3, 12:40
- Glazed Chocolate would probably be my first choice -- nm - oblique Feb 3, 12:38 2
  - This is the correct answer. -- nm - Todd Manning Feb 3, 12:43 1
    - Who are all these donuts with fillings people? -- nm - oblique Feb 3, 12:50
- Boston Cream. Runner-up: chocolate glazed (like a chocolate cake donut that is then glazed) -- nm - ty97 Feb 3, 12:35
- buttermilk bar. sour cream is about the closest. or a molasses cake donut from Tony's in PWM. -- nm - colin Feb 3, 12:35
- Boston Creme. But, as I can't really eat the creme any more, I'll say sour cream glazed. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 3, 12:34 1
  - (From what I can tell, the custard in Boston creme is heavily egged, to which my esophagus says "I KEEL YOU") -- nm - Beryllium Feb 3, 12:36
- Of those, sour cream. Our local shop does a filled doughnut with wedding cake icing and that’s clearly the GOAT. -- nm - spamlet Feb 3, 12:34
- Boston Cream -- nm - Beaker Feb 3, 12:34
- who puts choco on a damn cruller? what the hell? -- nm - amanda jeans Feb 3, 12:32 2
  - i do, of course. It's cruel to be kind, in the right measure -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 3, 13:37
  - yeah, I don't think I've ever seen that -- nm - decline Feb 3, 12:32
- Of those, the jelly filled, but the best is a cream filled long John. - TWuG Feb 3, 12:32
- Local: blueberry chip. In general: sour cream. -- nm - CinnaBaron Feb 3, 12:31
- Glazed -- nm - eag Feb 3, 12:30 3
  - Only acceptable response. -- nm - Spawn Feb 3, 13:13
  - Yep. -- nm - pmb Feb 3, 12:36
  - this -- nm - decline Feb 3, 12:32
I'm starting to think Moonfall isn't the latest James Bond film. -- nm - con_carne Feb 3, 12:23 1
- You're thinking of that Adele song. -- nm - Max Feb 3, 12:24
enjoying Civ 6, but holy shit is there ever a high learning curve, and I've been playing Civilization games for 32 years! -- nm - Beaker Feb 3, 12:15 15
- Yeah, t took me a while to get the hang of where to put everything. - znufrii, 2 days Feb 3, 12:22 2
  - placing new cities is the worst part so far. Civ 4 I knew every time where I wanted to go, this is harder. Also, not really a fan of the multiple - Beaker Feb 3, 12:24 1
    - It’s a challenge for sure, especially planning out wonders with adjacency requirements. Also remembering to clear land with a worker before beginning -- (edited) - znufrii, 2 days Feb 3, 12:35
- I played quite a bit of Humankind recently I think the AI really needs some work. But this weekend I bought Old World (lunar sale + $10 coupon) - oblique Feb 3, 12:22
- I should have got this game already. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 3, 12:22 6
  - Or you could re-live college -- (link) - spamlet Feb 3, 12:56 3
    - I somehow skipped 2. -- nm - Reagen Feb 3, 13:21
    - I know someone who still plays this. -- nm - znufrii, 2 days Feb 3, 13:11 1
      - Not gonna lie. I downloaded it to see if I could get it to work. - spamlet Feb 3, 13:22
  - It was very much on sale on Steam for Lunar New Year but not sure if the sale is still going. -- nm - spamlet Feb 3, 12:23 1
    - ends today I think. -- nm - Beaker Feb 3, 12:24
- You may want to try games with the vanilla setting to get a handle on the basics and then 'graduate' to the expansions -- nm - Roger More Feb 3, 12:19 1
  - Also, there's a YouTuber called Potato McWhiskey who does tutorials -- nm - Roger More Feb 3, 12:19
- Buy God of War and play a real game on your PC!! -- nm - Shaun Feb 3, 12:17
- Time to go all Rain Man -- nm - budice Feb 3, 12:16
Started watching The Afterparty last night and have one very important question spoils -- (edited) - znufrii, 2 days Feb 3, 12:14
Somehow, Xavier Musk is the most normal named Elon spawn of the half dozen kids he’s had. - Will Hunting Feb 3, 12:12 2
- all of his kids are dudes. -- nm - amanda jeans Feb 3, 12:19
- nm -- nm* - Flavorize Feb 3, 12:19
"Source: New York Giants set to hire Mike Kafka as offensive coordinator" - David Feb 3, 12:00 6
- "Guys, guys, listen, "metamorphosis" is too long for catchy headlines. Please stop." -- nm - TWuG Feb 3, 12:02 5
  - They'll accuse him of being on staff but refuse to specify the position. -- nm - CinnaBaron Feb 3, 12:03 4
    - *golf clap* -- nm - zork Feb 3, 12:18
    - I'm just now realizing that NFTs are like Kafka as a business model. -- nm - David Feb 3, 12:06 2
      - heh. you're right! -- nm - prayformojo Feb 3, 12:27
      - "Kafka-esque" -- nm - budice Feb 3, 12:09
Low center of gravity is very helpful in crashes like this - TWuG Feb 3, 11:57 1
- sorry that page doesn't exist -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 3, 13:46
Has Ted Cruz headed to Mexico yet? -- (link) - decline Feb 3, 11:40
AMZN down 7% pre-earnings. Guess traders don’t want to risk another FB surprise. -- nm - znufrii, 2 days Feb 3, 11:24 3
- All about that bridge. -- nm - Spawn Feb 3, 11:30 2
  - can I take it to the bridge? Can I take it to the bridge? Take it to the bridge? hit me..... -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 3, 13:47
  - no treble -- nm - prayformojo Feb 3, 11:31
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Feb 3, 11:23 [Attachment] 7
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Feb 3, 11:23 [Attachment] 6
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Feb 3, 11:24 [Attachment] 5
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Feb 3, 11:24 [Attachment] 4
      - 2/2. -- nm - i.b.! Feb 3, 11:44
      - 1/2 -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 3, 11:40
      - 2/2 -- nm - JD Feb 3, 11:34
      - 2/2 -- nm - decline Feb 3, 11:25
Emma Watson's body double, for the HP films, is trending. I'm going to say this photo explains the Tom Felton stuff - Flavorize Feb 3, 11:23
I dig Cannons' dreamy cover of Dancing in the Dark -- (link) - prayformojo Feb 3, 11:20 [youtube] 1
- Funny, my daughter did a version of that for me for Father's day a couple of years ago that sounded very much like that. -- nm - pmb Feb 3, 12:27
SpaceX had 3 successful launches and recoveries this week. - TWuG Feb 3, 11:20 3
- When does their rocket smash into the Moon? -- nm - decline Feb 3, 11:21 2
  - at John Bradley O'clock! -- nm - prayformojo Feb 3, 11:29
  - Supposedly sometime in March. I think it'll be hitting the dark side, so unless China's rover is placed to see it, it won't be very exciting. -- nm* - TWuG Feb 3, 11:27
CNN is in some city named Indianapolis showing the weather -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 3, 11:15 2
- It is a fun day. -- nm - Spawn Feb 3, 11:29
- With new reporter Kim Jantori -- nm - CinnaBaron Feb 3, 11:18
The Future of Work begins March 7th. -- (edited) - znufrii, 2 days Feb 3, 11:14
xkcd -- (link) - znufrii, 2 days Feb 3, 11:05 3
- haha. is there no cursor-over note? — nm - i.b.! Feb 3, 11:36
- If I were in the office, this would go on my wall right next to his handy chart of p values. -- nm - CinnaBaron Feb 3, 11:19
- how is he 2500 comics in and still so good. -- nm - colin Feb 3, 11:07
I know Ive stopped posting these. But this one is just too deranged to not post. Former guy having a very normal one today.. -- (link) - Jovian Feb 3, 11:00 1
- reading or listening to people who follow his line of name calling, phrasing, and weird terms is like listening to some weird pidgin english - colin Feb 3, 11:06
Tell you what, if there is a dude who needs time....away...... {doing the head nod thing at him while he's not looking} -- nm - prayformojo Feb 3, 10:59
The Team Canada hockey uniforms are *BITCHIN’*. I appreciate the “how can we be even MORE intimidating?” philosophy. - Mop Feb 3, 10:58 5
- I bought the Team Canada long winter coat yesterday. The men's - i liked the cut better. This one. -- (pic) - Andie Feb 3, 11:16 [Attachment] 3
  - I'm deeply concerned that the jackets my kids have won't keep them warm when we visit in March. -- nm - Mop Feb 3, 11:22 2
    - March? That's shorts weather! -- nm - decline Feb 3, 11:24
    - March? Throw on a wool sweater underneath, good merino wool socks and a hat, they'll be fiiiiiiiine. IF it's cold. -- nm* - Andie Feb 3, 11:23
- The shoulder spikes are a bit excessive -- nm - CinnaBaron Feb 3, 10:59
the Olympics are really reaching for new sports... -- (link) - Beaker Feb 3, 10:54 3
- How about we give guns to people on skis? -- nm - Mop Feb 3, 10:55 2
  - This is never as exciting as you expect it to be. -- nm - Mop Feb 3, 10:58 1
    - they need to make it more like a combination of paintball and Thunderdome -- nm - Beaker Feb 3, 11:00
Tesla recalls another 800K vehicles -- (link) - decline Feb 3, 10:53 24
- People hear "recall" and think every car has to go in for service. This is a software update. They can fix this with the next OTA update. -- nm - TWuG Feb 3, 11:12 14
  - Make them give you your rolling stops back. -- nm - CinnaBaron Feb 3, 11:20 2
    - I get why that roll back is happening, but it was a very natural, human-like process. -- (edited) - TWuG Feb 3, 11:31
    - that's why they're fixing the seatbelt warning - to distract you from the minor traffic violations the car performs -- nm - decline Feb 3, 11:22
  - It's pretty cool actually. Musk is still an insufferable prick and I'll never give him a dime. -- nm - Pocket Jones Feb 3, 11:18 10
    - He's an ass. But there aren't many CEOs who aren't. Bezos is moreso, but gets half the attention. - TWuG Feb 3, 11:26 9
      - He tucks me in at night! -- nm - CinnaBaron Feb 3, 12:00 2
        
        Musk or Bezos? Because I would not want Bezos's face to be the last thing I see before sleep. -- nm - TWuG Feb 3, 12:04 1
        
        Bezos. - CinnaBaron Feb 3, 12:12
      - nah, in my experience, there are *many* CEOs who aren’t. not being one gets more people farther than the opposite. it’s usually flash-y start-up - i.b.! Feb 3, 11:43 5
        
        Billionaire CEOs might be a better qualification of my statement. -- (edited) - TWuG Feb 3, 11:54 4
        
        I think this is fair-ish and totally agree that he's on the spectrum. but I'm not giving a dime to the kind of guy who touts covid - amanda jeans Feb 3, 12:25 3
        
        No judgement of you meant. I'm uncomfortable with some of the ways in which businesses I frequent behave. - TWuG Feb 3, 12:37 2
        
        I appreciate your stance. I wish he were not such a jerk because I fully admit that he's done great things for furthering EVs. -- nm - amanda jeans Feb 3, 12:41 1
        
        I'm glad that you and mop and Reagen are all able to get EVs from other builders. I want every car builder to succeed - TWuG Feb 3, 12:47
- that's as many cars as tesla -- nm - colin Feb 3, 10:57 8
  - Pretty close, yeah. Wikipedia says 930K. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 3, 10:59 6
    - That's the 2021 figure. They've sold over 2 million vehicles. - TWuG Feb 3, 11:14 5
      - sold sure, but delivered? -- nm - ty97 Feb 3, 11:58 4
        
        Yes. They don't build cars on spec. All cars (minus a handful for showrooms) have a buyer. - TWuG Feb 3, 12:13 3
        
        Your IM got to my point. If people are (still? I dunno) waiting 6-12 months for a car they've bought, then sales > delivered -- nm - ty97 Feb 3, 12:30 1
        
        Yeah, Tesla is very supply constrained. It's why I'm bullish on the stock. - TWuG Feb 3, 12:42
        
        More directly to your point: When Tesla announces sales figures it is always "delivered" with a separate "built" number also reported. - TWuG Feb 3, 12:17
  - heh, was just thinking this -- nm - Beaker Feb 3, 10:58
For those watching Critical Role campaign 3 (episode 12 is tonight), they dropped an early 3 minute video just now -- (link) - Beaker Feb 3, 10:49 [youtube]
You and me, baby, ain't nothin' but mammals -- nm - CinnaBaron Feb 3, 10:48

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