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an on-air radio dj I follow posted this listener letter. the handwriting is just this side of manifesto, no? nm but: -- (pic) - i.b.! Apr 7, 14:59 [Attachment] 1
- Bery, this is the new font we need for this site. -- nm - Qale Apr 7, 16:07
I'm positive that this boat has been for sale before. And I wanted to buy it then. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 7, 14:56 2
- Hard to tell if it's the same owner or what, but it looks like the photos have been 'shopped to the point of being misleading about the hull decor -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 15:15
- Yeah, here it is last august. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 7, 14:57
DTL: Good news/Bad news - Baruno Apr 7, 14:40 2
- Brutal loss. Up 1 shooting 2 FT with 8 seconds left. Miss both, Norfolk makes a layup with 2 seconds left, lose by 1. -- nm - rollo Apr 7, 14:54
- I'd be shocked if we beat Austin so I think you're safe from us. - spamlet Apr 7, 14:48
There are two reasons to try and curry favour with the secret service, and one of them is horrifying. The other is just sneaky. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 7, 14:24 1
- Crazy that this only came about because a postal worker was assaulted in a building where they owned multiple apartments and they were interviewed as - Roger More Apr 7, 15:03
interview this aft: disaster. third and fourth with resultant tomorrow and tuesday. that's pretty good I think. - amanda Apr 7, 14:08
MLB.tv won't let us watch the St. Louis Cardinals game because we're in the home market and thereby blacked out. - David Apr 7, 13:55 3
- Tell us about it -- nm - Iowa Apr 7, 13:58
- Boy have we got a proposal for you! -- nm - San Diego Padres Apr 7, 13:58
- Maybe you were going to drive 7 hours daily both directions to see the games! -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 13:57
Since we are discussing it: We are apparently moving shortly from Webex to Teams. What do I need to know? -- nm - ty97 Apr 7, 13:44 23
- They're not the same product. It's like moving from Excel to Word for spreadsheets. So... good luck. - Mop Apr 7, 15:01
- I look a lot better on camera in Teams than I do in Zoom or Webex -- nm - Roger More Apr 7, 14:49 2
  - Ditto, everyone I know says the same thing. I'm not sure why, but everyone thinks it. -- nm - MDH Apr 7, 14:51 1
    - It's the filter, I look older and pinker. It may just be a white person thing, but it's also advice that will be valuable to ty. -- nm - Roger More Apr 7, 14:58
- It's a front end to SharePoint. Go to SharePoint and offline your teams groups as traditional folders. So much easier. -- nm - colin Apr 7, 14:48
- Together mode is useless but funny. - Fuzzy Apr 7, 14:24
- Ask for more RAM. I found it to be a big memory (and sometimes CPU) hog. -- nm - zork Apr 7, 14:13 1
  - I was just about to add this. memory hog, makes oldish laptop sound like a jet engine is revving to take off and causes overheating issues. - i.b.! Apr 7, 14:17
- I much prefer Teams over WebEx. Massively. - ReluctantCynic Apr 7, 14:01 1
  - "It's a pleasure to use even for unpleasant meetings." yes exactly. -- nm - amanda Apr 7, 14:06
- We are changing from GoTo (or sometimes Zoom) to Teams soon. -- nm - Andie Apr 7, 13:54
- Teams is pretty easy, honestly. - JaxSean Apr 7, 13:45 6
  - I hate teams. I prefer Skype much more. Mainly because I have to share screens a lot and Teams is clunky. - sycor Apr 7, 13:53 5
    - zoom is the worst of them, I think. -- nm - amanda Apr 7, 14:07
    - My Teams lets me do both. -- nm - znufrii Apr 7, 13:55 3
      - Same. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 7, 13:56
      - Maybe my Teams is just dumb then. Or maybe I am. Could go either way. -- nm - sycor Apr 7, 13:56 1
        
        When I screen share, my first two choices are Desktop Screen #1 and #2 -- nm - con_carne Apr 7, 14:41
- We went from Skype for business to Teams and it was 100% better. - spamlet Apr 7, 13:45 4
  - We did the same transition last year(?), though I think it still uses a webex backend for any external connections. -- nm* - znufrii Apr 7, 13:54
  - I'm the opposite. Skype is much better than teams. -- nm - sycor Apr 7, 13:54
  - Wait, Skype and Teams are...different? -- nm - ty97 Apr 7, 13:46 1
    - Yes they deprecated Skype for Business (not Skype) for Teams - spamlet Apr 7, 13:51
Hurricane Season is now May 15th, not June 1st. Change was made last year and I’m surprised TWC’s Abrams forgot? -- nm* - Qale Apr 7, 13:34 1
- Nobody told me it was *permanent*. -- nm - Abrams Apr 7, 13:36
I just opened up a case of Apple keyboard and mice, "new old stock", so I can ship it all out to our Surplus department. - Mop Apr 7, 13:17
“For tomorrow’s meeting with (boss’s boss), “cameras on” is preferred.” - znufrii Apr 7, 13:16 28
- I can't tell you the last time I've had a call/meeting without video. It's probably been 1.5-2 years? -- nm - MDH Apr 7, 14:53
- We always have to have our cameras on for meetings. Backgrounds are fine, but we have to show our faces for some reason. -- nm - sycor Apr 7, 13:33 1
  - To make sure you aren't actually two lab mice who joined the meeting as part of an intricate plot to take over the world. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 7, 14:52
- Companies are asking for this more and more. I've read some business articles about it lately. -- nm - David Apr 7, 13:28 18
  - Last month I had my *first* meeting that a person did *not* have their camera on. There was a general unrest amongst the rest of the participants - Spawn Apr 7, 13:46
  - It’s an interesting contrast, because my wife is always on camera for calls. - znufrii Apr 7, 13:31 1
    - Kim's probably 50/50. There's an expectation on some calls but not that many. -- nm - David Apr 7, 13:38
  - I hate IT! its pointless. -- nm - St. Epiphany Apr 7, 13:30 3
    - It's about control. There's no business justification for it. -- nm - David Apr 7, 13:38 1
      - Exactly -- nm - Epiphany! Apr 7, 14:33
    - I'm getting better at " my camera doesn't seem to be working" though. -- nm - St. Epiphany Apr 7, 13:30
  - I don't really like 'letting work into my home' like that. It's silly, I'm sure, but it feels invasive -- nm - ty97 Apr 7, 13:29 10
    - (I guess if I had an 'office' in my place it might be different, but my office is my living room) -- nm - ty97 Apr 7, 13:33 9
      - At least you have a living room ;-) - JD Apr 7, 13:39 2
        
        I pay a lot for the privilege of a bedroom and a living room that are separate rooms! -- nm - ty97 Apr 7, 13:43 1
        
        and conversely I get the cost benefit of only renting a room - JD Apr 7, 13:47
      - You don't use a generic background instead of your home? -- nm - David Apr 7, 13:37 4
        
        I want people to see how nice and clean the one corner of my house visible on camera is! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 7, 14:20
        
        Anytime someone else uses one of those backgrounds, if they move the background fades away temporarily IME so what's the point? -- nm - ty97 Apr 7, 13:42 2
        
        Depends on camera quality. Potato cameras get bad quality backgrounds. -- nm - spamlet Apr 7, 13:52 1
        
        I’ve seen enough things/people that weren’t meant to be visible that I have continued to refuse to do it - I don’t have a spare bedroom or - i.b.! Apr 7, 14:30
      - ditto -- nm - Max Apr 7, 13:36
- That’s what backgrounds are for. -- nm - spamlet Apr 7, 13:24 5
  - They're not going to care about the background when they see I'm shirtless laying in bed. -- nm - Ender Apr 7, 14:06
  - I wouldn’t know, because I’ve spent the last two years working remotely not having to be on camera. -- nm - znufrii Apr 7, 13:28 2
    - Most of mine are not on camera but everyone once in a while I do (other than Japanese class). At some point my company finally made some for us to use - spamlet Apr 7, 13:41
    - Yeah, 99% of my meetings are no camera. We currently have one meeting (to review Manager training) where they want video on. - JaxSean Apr 7, 13:31
  - They seem to fizzle out the moment you move though -- nm - ty97 Apr 7, 13:27
CGC 9.2 copy of Fantastic Four #1 just went for $1.5 Million -- (link) - Remlik Apr 7, 13:12 2
- Comics #1 San Francisco Pedigree CGC NM 9.4 sold for a world-record $3.12 million -- (link) - Remlik Apr 7, 13:42 1
  - (plus 5k) -- nm - Spawn Apr 7, 13:48
I just sent out an email to STers that are in/near the cities that we're going to see Biffy Clyro in this month (Boston, Toronto, NYC and Philly). - JaxSean Apr 7, 13:10 9
- Got it and added it to my calendar. I'll get back to you about making some plans to meet up. Can't wait to see you two! -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 14:30
- :( didn't get it. but.. -- (edited) - Andie Apr 7, 13:17 3
  - Yup! Boo! - JaxSean Apr 7, 13:19 1
    - i can't believe you are going to be in town and it's the only plan i have to be away until the fall! -- nm - Andie Apr 7, 13:19
  - Made up band, made up email! -- nm - Spawn Apr 7, 13:18
- No DC? -- nm - MDH Apr 7, 13:16 3
  - While *I* would go to all of them, the fact that my wife is willing to go to 6 total (we're going to some out west too) is awesome. - JaxSean Apr 7, 13:21 2
    - Six! That's pretty epic -- nm - JD Apr 7, 13:25 1
      - We'll be in Vegas May 4! Come see them with us! :D - JaxSean Apr 7, 13:45
I'm the only person in my part of the office now. The rest of my team left. It's a little creepy. -- nm - sycor Apr 7, 13:10 1
- But it is also the best. -- nm - Spawn Apr 7, 13:25
I find it a bit strange that Avis sends me a reminder e-mail about rentals a month before the rental date, but I don't mind this one - ty97 Apr 7, 12:51 3
- AT&T keeps sending me texts. "Your installation date of 4/29 is coming!" - oblique Apr 7, 13:14 1
  - Is time still moving? yes -- nm - Spawn Apr 7, 13:29
- Anybody can just take a reservation. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 7, 13:01
Israel requests all residents with gun licenses to carry their weapons, shootings at multiple locations kills 2 injures dozen on Ramadan eve -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 7, 12:50 1
- My sister was staying near that area as of last Sunday. (NM) -- (edited) - Marlowe Apr 7, 13:35
Riot Games is asking employees at its LA headquarters to return to the office, without requiring masks or COVID-19 vaccines, -- (link) - Remlik Apr 7, 12:44 10
- See Diva and I discussing this for our companies on a BB, it's what's happening now. -- nm - MDH Apr 7, 13:17 1
  - it's technically what we have here since last month. but most people still opt to wear them if they are moving around the office. -- nm - Andie Apr 7, 13:21
- At this point I'm fine with that. -- nm - Ender Apr 7, 13:12
- A game dev company making bad decisions about employees? Noooooo -- nm - colin Apr 7, 13:10
- so basically what my office has been doing since June 2020... - oblique Apr 7, 13:04 2
  - your office gave up masks in June 2020? that's crazy early. -- nm - Andie Apr 7, 13:18 1
    - To be fair, it wasn't "no masks" (my sarcasm jumped the gun). It was "when you can't social distance, mask" primarily. Seems like forever ago so I - oblique Apr 7, 13:23
- big NOPE -- nm - St. Epiphany Apr 7, 12:57
- That's close to where I live. There's been a lot less traffic with them gone. -- nm - jnine Apr 7, 12:54
- *rio... oh -- nm - employees Apr 7, 12:47
I fully expected to despise that Gen-X list, but it was shockingly accurate. -- nm - David Apr 7, 12:44
nice putt. -- nm - mud Apr 7, 12:43
Ok, I'm sorry I complained about ironic mullets. The ironic 80s moustache needs to die like immediately. -- nm - spamlet Apr 7, 12:36
I don't think I ever shared this here, here's a movie related piece of art I made between 2018 and 2020 - Guigue Apr 7, 12:32 [Attachment] 42
- Wish I could come up with a unique descriptor to convey how great this is. -- nm - zork Apr 7, 14:11
- Wow!! -- nm - Diva Apr 7, 13:35
- Wow, awesome! (NM) - Marlowe Apr 7, 13:34
- this is *nuts*. exceptional work! -- nm - prayformojo Apr 7, 13:34
- If Rick were made of spare parts, he would be Nick from Fallout 4. - Qale Apr 7, 13:32
- How did you plan that out? I assume you had to have some kind of plan to generate the image you had in your head -- nm - oblique Apr 7, 13:14 2
  - It's actually a real promo image for Casablanca that I printed to the right size, then i used a nail to punch the contours of the different sections - Guigue Apr 7, 13:21 [Attachment] 1
    - Crazy impressive. -- nm - znufrii Apr 7, 13:29
- wow! -- nm - Remlik Apr 7, 13:09
- That's crazy good. -- nm - Max Apr 7, 13:08
- wow. wow!! awesome work!! — nm - i.b.! Apr 7, 13:05
- very cool -- nm - decline Apr 7, 13:03
- Dang, this is awesome! -- nm - JaxSean Apr 7, 13:01
- Wow, very interesting! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 7, 13:00
- Wow - that's awesome -- nm - Dano Apr 7, 12:50
- Nice. -- nm - budice Apr 7, 12:44
- no only it is well done, beautiful, good use of the medium...but dang that's detirmination and commitment...how many hours would you say? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 7, 12:43 1
  - I would say somewhere between 500 and 1000 hours. Did it over such a long period of time that it's hard to estimate. - Guigue Apr 7, 12:46
- Looks great! Your eyes must have been bleeding by the time you were done. -- nm - jnine Apr 7, 12:43 1
  - My fingers mostly :P -- nm - Guigue Apr 7, 12:50
- That's spectacular! -- nm - David Apr 7, 12:41
- Thanks for the nice comments! I've been hiding it (from the internet) for a while because it was missing a frame. Finally got it this week, so glad - Guigue Apr 7, 12:40
- This is truly, truly incredible -- nm - MDH Apr 7, 12:40
- amazing. I've never seen anything like it. -- nm - St. Epiphany Apr 7, 12:40
- How did you get a 4km long thread? - sycor Apr 7, 12:38 5
  - Spools are surprisingly long! They're 5000+ yards for the bigger ones -- (link) - Guigue Apr 7, 12:44 2
    - Duh, makes sense. I guess the km threw me off. It wasn't in freedom units so I got confused. That and the art blew my brain a little bit. -- nm* - sycor Apr 7, 12:48
    - (I estimate 4km+ based on what's left, but it's hard to say really) - Guigue Apr 7, 12:48
  - He found a 5 km long thread and cut off a bit. -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 12:42
  - That was my first question -- nm - MDH Apr 7, 12:40
- fantastic -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 7, 12:38
- Stunning. Amazing. Seriously, my jaw is on the floor. -- nm - Baruno Apr 7, 12:38
- sweet -- nm - mud Apr 7, 12:36
- that is way cool. great job -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 12:36
- Exquisite! -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 12:35
- Nice! -- nm - znufrii Apr 7, 12:34
- whoa! -- nm - Andie Apr 7, 12:33 3
  - Did you see this? -- (link) - jnine Apr 7, 12:35 [Backboard] 2
    - I did not see that! - Andie Apr 7, 12:55 1
      - nmbA - jnine Apr 7, 13:00
- 312.50 - Spawn Apr 7, 12:33
- More photos -- (link) - Guigue Apr 7, 12:32
Morbius Pitch Meeting -- (link) - Beaker Apr 7, 12:29 [youtube] 1
- Oh really? -- nm - Mop Apr 7, 14:00
I don't wanna -- nm - Spawn Apr 7, 12:28 1
- ~I don't wanna .. I don't think so~♪ -- (link) - kim gordon Apr 7, 12:35 [youtube]

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