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Oh fun, Starlink is filling the sky with mercury that, in a manner of speaking, will rain down on earth ... -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 29, 11:11 1
- I'm kinda interested in seeing the physical damage a mercury rainstorm could do on cars and houses. -- nm - Max Mar 29, 11:14
Why were the sides in the Nigerian Civil War so weird? -- (link) - Beaker Mar 29, 11:09 [youtube] 1
- Oh wait. No. It was oil. -- nm - Dano Mar 29, 11:16
I don't want to follow you on The Gram. I don't want to listen to your band. -- nm - Dano Mar 29, 11:06 1
- How about some green eggs? -- nm - Spawn Mar 29, 11:10
FDA authorizes fourth Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccine doses for people age 50 and older -- (link) - Remlik Mar 29, 11:01 2
- Hear that, ty? - Spawn Mar 29, 11:05 1
  - he needs to turn his hearing aids up -- nm - Remlik Mar 29, 11:41
The drive to Idaho was through some of the most beautiful country I’ve ever seen. - Mop Mar 29, 11:00 5
- it's very cool. we're heading from Spokane to Bozeman soon looking forward to that drive. -- nm - colin Mar 29, 11:20
- I want to stay in a cabin at Lake McDonald Lodge at least once -- nm - gort Mar 29, 11:19 1
  - if you stop in Wallace - they filmed dantes peak there -- nm - gort Mar 29, 11:21
- Yes, going from Idaho to Montana through Glacier national park was awesome, especially with dark sky and sun flooding from horizon -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 29, 11:03
- I might get to go to that resort, if I decide it's worth risking covid for a company trip -- nm - Beryllium Mar 29, 11:00
Poll -- (pic) - ty97 Mar 29, 10:54 [Attachment] 41
- 7, if we count airports. -- nm - Ender Mar 29, 15:16
- 3 -- nm - Krusty Mar 29, 12:05
- 13 -- nm - Diva Mar 29, 11:35
- 6 -- nm - JaxSean Mar 29, 11:35
- 19 -- nm - pmb Mar 29, 11:27
- 20. -- nm - Marlowe Mar 29, 11:12
- 29 -- nm - colin Mar 29, 11:11
- 12 -- nm - Strongbad Mar 29, 11:06
- 4 -- nm - Shaun Mar 29, 11:05
- 4 -- nm - Dano Mar 29, 11:02
- 35 -- nm - ty97 Mar 29, 11:01 1
  - daaaang -- nm - colin Mar 29, 11:11
- 6 plus one airport plane change -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 29, 11:01
- 3 (I assume changing planes in NY does not count as a visit) -- nm - Beaker Mar 29, 11:00 10
  - Did you at least get some sushi at LaGuardia? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 29, 11:01 2
    - Sbarro at the airport would count as NY pizza. -- nm - Spawn Mar 29, 11:26
    - raw fish is for hippies -- nm - Beaker Mar 29, 11:02
  - You haven't been to NYC?! -- nm - ty97 Mar 29, 11:00 6
    - also when they have a Disney I will be first in line -- nm - Beaker Mar 29, 11:01 4
      - Putting the happiest place on earth inside New York City could rupture the fabric of reality. - Beryllium Mar 29, 11:03 3
        
        Meh, wait Mickey meets the representatives of the Pizza Rats union, they'll be singing a different tune, kapish -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 29, 11:17
        
        I live a few blocks from the Ghostbusters building. -- nm - ty97 Mar 29, 11:09 1
        
        Are you the Keymaster? -- nm - Spawn Mar 29, 11:26
    - I hear crime is bad -- nm - Beaker Mar 29, 11:01
- I'm gonna hold this spot here for mafic when he wakes up -- nm - ty97 Mar 29, 11:00
- 1 city, Bob. -- nm - Baruno Mar 29, 10:59
- 16 -- nm* - JD Mar 29, 10:59
- 19 -- nm - Roger More Mar 29, 10:58
- 2.5 (the .5 is Los Angeles which I wouldn't say I fully visited, just made a couple of stops) - Beryllium Mar 29, 10:58
- That I can admit? 7. No, 8. - Spawn Mar 29, 10:58 1
  - Treadstone? -- nm - Max Mar 29, 10:58
- 6 -- nm - decline Mar 29, 10:57
- 6 -- nm - Max Mar 29, 10:57
- 11 not counting layovers -- nm - spamlet Mar 29, 10:57 3
  - I've connected in Delhi and ever stayed overnight there once on connection at a hotel, but I'm not counting it. -- nm - ty97 Mar 29, 10:58 2
    - I was north of Sao Paolo for work (Campinas area) and then flew out of GRU but also not counting Sao Paolo. -- nm - ty97 Mar 29, 10:59 1
      - Our old offices were in town so I get to count that. - spamlet Mar 29, 11:04
- 10 -- nm - MDH Mar 29, 10:57
- 15 -- nm - Volnelk Mar 29, 10:56
- 8 -- nm - znufrii Mar 29, 10:56
- 5 -- nm - prayformojo Mar 29, 10:56
Honest Trailers | Spider-Man: No Way Home -- (link) - Beaker Mar 29, 10:50 [youtube] 1
- Aunt Man! -- nm - Max Mar 29, 10:56
IYC: I live literally 50 feet from a music venue in DC. There's 3 tour buses there currently. Nick Cave is performing tonight. -- nm - MDH Mar 29, 10:49 2
- you should stop by and say hi -- nm - decline Mar 29, 10:50 1
  - We joke but I walk (try to daily) around the block and end up seeing musicians behind the venue sometimes -- nm - MDH Mar 29, 10:53
woohoo! Blue lava! Swimming pool of pure acid! -- (link) - prayformojo Mar 29, 10:43 2
- "SO HOSTILE. THE SMELL." -- (link) - Max Mar 29, 10:50 1
  - Things you'd say about Oscar the Grouch. Cooking fish in the work microwave. Bad reviews for an Uber driver. -- nm - Pyramid contestant Mar 29, 10:59
not just Bon Appetit, but ALL OF CONDE NAST is now Unionized! Incredible work!!!! -- (link) - colin Mar 29, 10:40 2
- *initiates a lockout* -- nm - Conde Nast Mar 29, 10:44
- And an article. -- (link) - colin Mar 29, 10:43
Amy Adams and Patrick Dempsey on the set of 'DISENCHANTED' - budice Mar 29, 10:39 4
- Well, she's not Tiabeanie or Dagmar or even Oona. Could she be playing Zog's mom? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 29, 10:44
- they're turning that matt groening show into a movie? weird. -- nm - colin Mar 29, 10:41 1
  - (Sadly, no, of course. But I'd watch that.) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 29, 11:02
- Nice try, judging by the arms those are action figures. -- nm - Max Mar 29, 10:40
FA QB Cam Newton is reportedly looking for a Super Bowl contender that will give him a fair chance at the starting job. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 29, 10:37 2
- Dear Cam: if they were a Super Bowl contender you wouldn't be getting a fair chance at starting unless existing QB was hit by a bus -- nm - Beaker Mar 29, 10:41 1
  - Dear Cam: If *you* were a SB contending QB you would not be looking for a team. -- nm - Spawn Mar 29, 10:54
Happy Moon Knight Eve everyone! What are you doing to celebrate? -- nm - Beaker Mar 29, 10:37 3
- Day 1 of 2 of boring virtual training on stuff I already know. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 29, 10:39
- Saving it for when I finish Wanda and Loki! -- nm - Baruno Mar 29, 10:38
- Crunching numbers to forecast a large batch processing job. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 29, 10:38
Sorry got distracted. Thanks for the help on B2. Could she use a regular TV then? - spamlet Mar 29, 10:31 13
- My main Desktop PC has 2x55in QLED TVs as monitors -- nm - budice Mar 29, 10:37 3
  - fancy-pants -- nm - decline Mar 29, 10:44
  - That seems like...overkill?...for a dorm room -- nm - spamlet Mar 29, 10:44 1
    - budice runs several... businesses out of his dorm room. -- nm - Spawn Mar 29, 11:09
- Basically every TV these days is just a giant monitor. The "issue" with doing that tends to be around the quality of that monitor relative to PC - oblique Mar 29, 10:33 8
  - right. it basically comes down to resolution -- nm - decline Mar 29, 10:44 4
    - So what do I need to look for? -- nm - spamlet Mar 29, 10:45 3
      - probably any 4k tv will work for her, just make sure the cables match up. Does her laptop have hdmi or is it display port or usb-c? - decline Mar 29, 10:49 2
        
        We don't have the laptop yet. Waiting for the new ROG Zephyrs to come out (they have a built in webcam) - spamlet Mar 29, 10:56 1
        
        that makes it easier and should give you more TV options -- nm - decline Mar 29, 10:58
  - I don't think she'll be doing much "computer work" on it. Mostly gaming and watching stuff. -- nm - spamlet Mar 29, 10:34 2
    - I thought this but regretted not getting a monitor-suitable TV almost instantly. buy for the future. laptop screens are bad for equations etc. -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 29, 10:50 1
      - So if you were doing it again, what would you get? -- nm - spamlet Mar 29, 11:01
I agree with Whoopi -- (link) - rollo Mar 29, 10:24 6
- Sort of related to whoopi (Picard spoilers) - Beryllium Mar 29, 10:37 4
  - what continuity thing? -- nm - Remlik Mar 29, 10:44 2
    - Spoils - Beryllium Mar 29, 10:46 1
      - "We don't like to talk about it." -- nm - Worf Mar 29, 10:50
  - yep -- nm - Max Mar 29, 10:39
- We're all at the mercy of our minds and bodies; Jada affected physically, Will by emotion, Chris by the instinct to tell jokes. - Max Mar 29, 10:33
I bet you're all wondering how I was able to edit a podcast while traveling with my kids and organizing a conference -- (edited) - Mop Mar 29, 10:17 4
- I guess I'm wondering how you got there. -- nm - Max Mar 29, 10:23 1
  - Let the water hold me down -- nm - rollo Mar 29, 10:25
- Speaking of, have you seen this? -- (link) - oblique Mar 29, 10:21 1
  - I did test this and it didn't really appeal to me. -- nm - Mop Mar 29, 11:05
DTLSTI results for Starkville - rollo Mar 29, 10:15 3
- I have no idea what my team is doing on defense. - Baruno Mar 29, 10:18 2
  - to me it seems you're way undersized, have you considered zone? -- nm - rollo Mar 29, 10:28 1
    - We were almost exactly the same size last year, just more experienced in the frontcourt. - Baruno Mar 29, 10:36
New Top Gun trailer -- (link) - Max Mar 29, 10:11 7
- Love Tom Cruise, don't care much for Top Gun 1, but will be at this opening night. -- nm - MDH Mar 29, 10:48 2
  - Hate Tom Cruse, Top Gun was okay, but will be there opening night. -- nm - Spawn Mar 29, 11:17
  - It was probably a top three movie taped off of tv during my childhood in terms of frequency. - znufrii Mar 29, 10:55
- F*ck yes. -- nm - znufrii Mar 29, 10:42
- Vince gif. - Will Hunting Mar 29, 10:27 1
  - Aha! I couldn’t place the smiling guy in the first scene…he was John Glenn in Hidden Figures. - Will Hunting Mar 29, 10:35
- Beaker will watch it. And so will I. -- nm - Spawn Mar 29, 10:13
Canadian PSA: Lotto Max is $70 Million with 26 $1M prizes (lump sum, tax free) -- nm - Beaker Mar 29, 10:11 1
- that's my damn yacht fund, I'd better win it -- nm - Beryllium Mar 29, 10:11
It's curious how not-actually-funny this tweet is. (obviously from a parody account) -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 29, 10:09 2
- *maybe* that works on April Fool's Day. barely. -- nm - Max Mar 29, 10:43
- that's weak. -- nm - colin Mar 29, 10:24
oh great, now nielsen is going to be ruined and turned into a soulless husk -- nm - Beryllium Mar 29, 09:59 2
- HAW-HA-- oh, Nielsen. -- nm - Mop Mar 29, 10:09
- Pretty much. -- nm - znufrii Mar 29, 10:03
ST #SITV Have you ever watched Ozark? -- nm - oblique Mar 29, 09:58 23
- Yup—caught up and took me a couple times to start -- nm - Flavorize Mar 29, 10:53
- First episode and then noped out -- nm - spamlet Mar 29, 10:38
- nope -- nm - colin Mar 29, 10:25
- Just the first episode. -- nm - Krusty Mar 29, 10:16
- Up the S4 pt1 -- nm - budice Mar 29, 10:13
- All caught up, but man is it bleak. -- nm - Inigo Mar 29, 10:08
- never got through S2 -- nm - decline Mar 29, 10:06 2
  - too up-with-people for you? -- nm - prayformojo Mar 29, 10:30 1
    - short attention span -- nm - decline Mar 29, 10:31
- s1: loved s2: eh s3: v good s4.1: great -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 29, 10:05 2
  - also every time SITV is like "who's watching this?" I am agog because everyone on my team watches, I've heard people talking about it at bars, etc. nm - amanda jeans Mar 29, 10:13 1
    - I hang out with the wrong people. -- nm - Tim Mar 29, 10:40
- The first season. Never really care much for it. (NM) - Marlowe Mar 29, 10:03
- 2 episodes I think. I stopped when - spoilers - Beaker Mar 29, 10:02 2
  - Yeah—lame part, but important because it looped in a very important character -- nm - Flavorize Mar 29, 10:55
  - that was (spoilers) - Beryllium Mar 29, 10:07
- Up to but not including the current season -- nm - prayformojo Mar 29, 10:02
- oh hell yes. -- nm - mud Mar 29, 10:01 1
  - this is me also -- nm - oblique Mar 29, 10:03
- all of it that has aired so far. -- nm - Andie Mar 29, 10:00
- Nope. -- nm - MDH Mar 29, 10:00
- First handful of episodes, yes. It was a bit too dark for me, but good. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 29, 10:00 1
  - Maybe bleak is a better word? I might get back to it. Laura Linney was freaking awesome from what I saw. - Beryllium Mar 29, 10:01
Saints signing QB Andy Dalton to a 1yr $6M deal -- nm - Strongbad Mar 29, 09:57 1
- well, maybe 2023 will be a better year for the Saints. -- nm - colin Mar 29, 10:26
And sorry to Amanda. I haven’t checked touring news today! -- nm - MDH Mar 29, 09:55 2
- it's the national! how can you not check the national??? -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 29, 09:57 1
  - I just signed up for cherry tree if anyone wants to use my login for presale. there's no way I'm not going to harrisburg. -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 29, 10:04
Maybe mdh should do my taxes -- nm - ty97 Mar 29, 09:52 5
- I will sit and listen and nod my head if you pay my hourly bill rate. -- nm - MDH Mar 29, 10:01
- I don’t do individual! -- nm - MDH Mar 29, 09:55 3
  - Heh me neither -- nm - spamlet Mar 29, 10:28
  - snob. -- nm - Andie Mar 29, 09:55 1
    - :-) the number of question I get every year from friends cracks me up. I have a niche client base ya’ll! -- nm - MDH Mar 29, 09:56
You owe me $40 in the Metaverse -- nm - rollo Mar 29, 09:52 2
- ok, but due to the inflation over there, it's only costing me $3.57 here -- nm - prayformojo Mar 29, 10:04
- Can I pay you in FaceCoin? -- nm - budice Mar 29, 09:52

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