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Depp/Heard: " We talked about the cocaine and ecstasy. Lets talk about the Vodka" -- (link) - budice Apr 21, 11:51 [youtube]
I’m probably the only one in the world this bothers, but Russian Doll s2 spoils -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 21, 11:32 10
- Geographical inconsistencies will drive me to distraction when I'm aware of them. - Dark Callisto Apr 21, 11:42 2
  - I can’t not look for them in anything set in NYC. Also spoils - znufrii Apr 21, 11:44 1
    - Same. Theresa and I will pause shows to comment about how something isn't right. -- nm - Krusty Apr 21, 11:50
- I haven't started yet but I'm looking forward to diving in this weekend. I really liked S1 -- nm - prayformojo Apr 21, 11:33 1
  - Two episodes in and I’m really liking the direction they went in for the new season. -- nm - znufrii Apr 21, 11:35
- Swwet. Forgot this dropped. (did not read spoils) -- nm - Spawn Apr 21, 11:33 4
  - I think the spoils would be 100% irrelevant to someone who doesn't live in New York, but that's just my opinion. - Beryllium Apr 21, 11:39 3
    - Probably, just taking an abundance of caution. -- nm - znufrii Apr 21, 11:53
    - You tend to be rather trustworthy, but I will go ahead and wait just the same! -- nm - Spawn Apr 21, 11:49
    - Correct. It doesn't spoil anything about the show. It will just annoy NYC people. -- nm - Krusty Apr 21, 11:48
What could go wrong? Cousins are going to plane swap in mid-air. Pilot,simultaneously skydive into the other's plane, restart them and land them. I -- (edited) - jnine Apr 21, 10:53 10
- I was sure they would mention co-pilots, but they are single engine planes -- nm - loosilu Apr 21, 11:31
- I'm sure they're following this story very closely -- (link) - Roger More Apr 21, 11:04 2
  - "you recovered and then disposed of the wreckage"? Does he work for Jed Bartlet? How do you hike in and hike out with a plane-ful of wreckage? -- nm - Max Apr 21, 11:31
  - A year doesn't seem like enough. -- nm - jnine Apr 21, 11:09
- I miss college. -- nm - Spawn Apr 21, 11:01
- They'll either get it right, or they'll get it wrong -- nm - prayformojo Apr 21, 10:59 1
  - It's either the pinnacle of his career, or the chasm. -- nm - Max Apr 21, 11:00
- assume they have wing suits, and the planes are rigged to circle it could happen -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 21, 10:57 2
  - We're trying to make the airplane fly straight down at a reasonable speed, and kind of making it so it works for our needs… - JD Apr 21, 11:17
  - It says the plane brake is engaged. Not sure if that means it circles. -- nm - jnine Apr 21, 11:07
ST Poll: What are the chances there's a french fry in your car? - TWuG Apr 21, 10:46 16
- Yesterday? 100% now probably 10% -- nm - Jovian Apr 21, 11:29
- 5% -- nm - loosilu Apr 21, 11:19
- Zero -- nm - Krusty Apr 21, 11:13
- 0. No eating in the car! -- nm - jnine Apr 21, 11:10
- Zero. I do not eat in the car. -- nm - Baruno Apr 21, 11:07
- 1% (no car, but there's a chance) -- nm - ty97 Apr 21, 11:03 1
  - I hereby change my answer to 1%. A bird carrying a fry might get attacked by a hawk and accidentally drop it into the back while I am driving. -- nm - Spawn Apr 21, 11:05
- 0%. But I actually have a tote lid I use as a table with edges when I eat in the car, so no fries or even crumbs escape. -- nm - Spawn Apr 21, 11:02
- ~0% -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 21, 10:59
- Same. We eat in the car when traveling. -- nm - spamlet Apr 21, 10:55
- Not 0, but low... I'd say 5%. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 21, 10:54
- 5% I very very very rarely eat in the car. -- nm - Qale Apr 21, 10:54
- 0% -- nm - MDH Apr 21, 10:54
- 70% -- nm - Beryllium Apr 21, 10:51
- zero -- nm - decline Apr 21, 10:50
- I rarely fast food, usually a taco truck, so chances of a FF are slim -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 21, 10:48
Josh Brolin is hard core on Hot Ones. -- (link) - Mop Apr 21, 10:44 [youtube] 4
- One of my profs was known for going to the Thai restaurant and ordering his food "Thai hot" and saying it in Thai so they'd know he was serious -- nm - Baruno Apr 21, 11:10 2
  - What if what he was saying in thai was actually "tell them it's hot but actually give me mild"? - Beryllium Apr 21, 11:36 1
    - "please act impressed in front of my tablemates." -- nm - Max Apr 21, 11:37
- Inevitable. -- nm - Spawn Apr 21, 11:03
FL - Disney - Bill to Dismantle Reedy Creek Improvement District Passes House, Sent to Governor DeSantis -- (link) - budice Apr 21, 10:38 6
- my understanding is this pops an average $2200 in property taxes per person in the surrounding area... massively damaging. -- nm - colin Apr 21, 10:47 5
  - It's also not legal without a vote in favor from the district itself. This doesn't stand up to a legal challenge. -- nm - Mop Apr 21, 10:50 1
    - He’s begging to get sued so he can cast himself as the victim of a “woke” corporation running amok over American “values”. -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 21, 11:00
  - how many of those would be Disney employees i wonder? -- nm - Beaker Apr 21, 10:49
  - it's also a huge cover for removing two majority Black congressional districts. -- nm - colin Apr 21, 10:49 1
    - This -- nm - Diva Apr 21, 11:41
Depending on how the insurance ends up billing it, my treatment of my thumb tendonitis could cost me about $1,700 which will be just lovely. - Qale Apr 21, 10:37 3
- try to get it covered by worker's comp ins -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 21, 10:49 2
  - I believe I'm past the point where I could do that. -- nm - Qale Apr 21, 10:55 1
    - well you didn't get it hitch hiking -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 21, 10:58
The Northman 90% (145/17), The Bad Guys 87% (61/9), The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent 89% (93/11) -- nm - Beaker Apr 21, 10:37 1
- Everything above 85 is impressive. -- nm - Max Apr 21, 10:40
crowdsourcing lingo: is there a standard term in science/math/philosophy for approaching troubleshooting by reducing or isolating variables? -- nm - Max Apr 21, 10:19 8
- Controlling for independent variables. -- nm - znufrii Apr 21, 11:01
- Reductive reasoning? (Kidding) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 21, 10:44
- Control? -- nm - Dano Apr 21, 10:24
- mitigation? (we mitigate risks by doing such and such an action) -- nm - Beaker Apr 21, 10:23 2
  - I think "mitigation" is a good option. "Screening out variables" is also a term I used to use as a bench scientist. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 21, 10:42 1
    - Dr. Hans Zarkov was rejected as a mad scientist after he proposed reducing the number of bench variables from four legs to two. -- nm - Max Apr 21, 10:54
- Elimination ? -- nm - Andie Apr 21, 10:22
- segmentation, isolation, compartimentalization -- nm* - budice Apr 21, 10:21
New siding/soffit/fascia/trim/gutters/downspouts complete. Made final payment today. -- nm - Dano Apr 21, 10:19
DTL STI: Starkville 79, Buffalo 58 ... Hartford 81, Buffalo 70 -- nm - Dano Apr 21, 10:15 3
- Noted, thanks -- nm - spamlet Apr 21, 10:17 2
  - I swept again? -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 21, 10:24 1
    - Oh-oh-oh -- nm - Phil Collins Apr 21, 11:34
Matt Levine is doing the math on Elon's funding -- (link) - spamlet Apr 21, 10:12 3
- Can I get my bank to loan me $13 billion? I'll buy a company, too. -- nm - Mop Apr 21, 10:31 2
  - do you have $62.5 Billion in stock that they can hold as collateral? -- nm - decline Apr 21, 10:35 1
    - Buy CNN+ for $10M -- nm - budice Apr 21, 10:36
Paid attendance for the A’s Wed was: 2,703 On Tuesday it was: 3,748 -- (link) - budice Apr 21, 10:12
Prince - 6 years since his passing -- (link) - budice Apr 21, 10:09
Rhys Darbie as Austin Powers, after Dr Evil (Myers) has stolen the secret to the fifth force - Mojo, baby! - and plans to ransom it to the UN - Beryllium Apr 21, 10:03 1
- How does having the world's sexiest accent affected Rhys Darby's life. -- (link) - Mop Apr 21, 10:44 [youtube]
So, don't want to jinx it but it looks like I am picking up *another* good-sized client. If I do I have decided (99%) that I am going to get a new - Spawn Apr 21, 10:00 10
- FYI, my highschool grad gift of a 71 Toyota was 1,600 TOTAL...4 years later after I wrecked it, same everything with 50k was 3X that, oil embargo -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 21, 10:52
- Gas prices put increased pressure for fuel-efficient vehicles -- nm - budice Apr 21, 10:03 8
  - True. Tangent: I did the math driving in today and realized my total hours spent on my annual commute is just over 3 WEEKS. - Spawn Apr 21, 10:07 3
    - Had my first commute to the new office this week. 45 minutes with no traffic. Hated every minute of it. -- nm - znufrii Apr 21, 11:06 2
      - just wait until it 2 hours in snow with traffic! -- nm - decline Apr 21, 11:14 1
        
        Uphill. - Spawn Apr 21, 11:25
  - Speaking of - my neighborhood Shell station is down to $5.49. Mobil and Chevron, a mile down the road, are considerably higher. -- nm - Meg Apr 21, 10:07 3
    - It's about tree-fiddy here. -- nm - Qale Apr 21, 10:19
    - 5.15 arco here 5.25 common -- nm - budice Apr 21, 10:07 1
      - I'll get $1 off with my fuel points next fill-up so I'm happy with that. -- nm - Meg Apr 21, 10:11
CNN+ lasted 1/6th of a Quibi -- nm - decline Apr 21, 09:51 2
- That's good. I'm stealing that. -- nm - Mop Apr 21, 10:18
- Almost as long as a DicaprioGF. -- nm - Spawn Apr 21, 09:52
Guys! Breaking News!! Today is Thursday, not Wednesday - decline Apr 21, 09:50 3
- Tomorrow is Friday aka 2 A.N. (After-Netflix) -- nm - budice Apr 21, 09:52
- and I am off tomorrow! woo! -- nm - Andie Apr 21, 09:51
- That CNN+ subscription is worth it afterall -- nm - rollo Apr 21, 09:51
I'm meeting with my boss at 1 and leaving for the day at 2. #peaceoutpennstate -- nm - amanda Apr 21, 09:43 10
- and then tacos with fire sauce? -- nm - Max Apr 21, 10:26
- "what are your career goals here at your job for life?" -- nm - Beaker Apr 21, 09:52
- 2 Snaps and a Z -- nm - budice Apr 21, 09:49
- Does she know yet? Legit, I'm wondering if she reads her e-mail or not. -- nm - ty97 Apr 21, 09:47 3
  - ohhhh so she reached out to my unit leadership about something about me yesterday afternoon and jen was like "mary resigned. what are you talking abou - amanda Apr 21, 09:53 2
    - "The real treasure was the stress we made along the way." -- nm - Max Apr 21, 10:27
    - 'missed' -- nm - decline Apr 21, 09:55
- Has there been an acknowledgment? -- nm - spamlet Apr 21, 09:47
- Like a boss! -- nm - Spawn Apr 21, 09:47
- bye penn state! -- nm - colin Apr 21, 09:45
does anybody have facebook marketplace that could search for a Yamaha XT250 in virginia? - colin Apr 21, 09:36 2
- I see an XT350 and XT550 and 250 but no mention of XT. - Max Apr 21, 09:40 1
  - Specifically a 2013 or newer XT250... the others are too big, older aren't fuel injected. it's slim pickings, people don't sell them often. - colin Apr 21, 09:41
B2: related: Venom 2: Let There Be Carnage drops on Amazon up here tomorrow -- nm - Beaker Apr 21, 09:36 2
- At least it's short, clocks at less than 1h30min iirc. -- nm - Shaun Apr 21, 09:37 1
  - merciful. -- nm - colin Apr 21, 09:39
Happy birthday Miss Pippy! -- nm - Tim Apr 21, 09:34 8
- This needs a CrazyNakedBirthdayTurtleStravaganza. -- nm - Spawn Apr 21, 09:46 5
  - B3 ;) -- (link) - Meg Apr 21, 09:54 [Backboard] 4
    - Son of a bitch! - Spawn Apr 21, 09:56 3
      - It was a super good one too! -- nm - Qale Apr 21, 10:17 2
        
        Finally met his match ;-) -- nm - Meg Apr 21, 10:26 1
        
        there will be...stuff -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 21, 11:02
- Hapippy birthday! -- nm - loosilu Apr 21, 09:39
- Happy Birthday Pippy! -- nm - Max Apr 21, 09:36
Large Hadron Collider is restarting in quest to discover possible fifth force of nature -- (link) - znufrii Apr 21, 09:31 15
- Maybe this is what we've been overlooking. When was the last time this thing was online? Ah ha! 2018! We need this thing back! -- nm - Qale Apr 21, 10:18
- Also: Large Hadron Collider is restarting in quest to destroy mankind. -- nm - Mop Apr 21, 10:01
- Love. -- nm - Max Apr 21, 09:36 2
  - Get him! -- nm - rollo Apr 21, 09:54
  - moolti pass -- nm - Beaker Apr 21, 09:52
- On a highway emerging from the Swiss Alps, a team traveling in five identical black vehicles race to stop them -- nm - prayformojo Apr 21, 09:36 1
  - [snork] -- nm - mud Apr 21, 09:37
- Ah yes... the elusive mojo force. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 21, 09:33 2
  - so close, it's actually moxy -- nm - colin Apr 21, 09:40
  - That's worth praying for. -- nm - Dano Apr 21, 09:39
- What could possibly go... *radio silence* -- nm - Spawn Apr 21, 09:33 2
  - a multiverse of madness! -- nm - mud Apr 21, 09:35 1
    - “Things just got out of hand.” -- nm - znufrii Apr 21, 09:35
- the fifth force of nature is... lies. -- nm - colin Apr 21, 09:32 1
  - Or…IS IT CAKE? -- nm - znufrii Apr 21, 09:33
is that all? That's less than half! c'mon! -- (link) - mud Apr 21, 09:22 3
- That data is 8 years old. I don't know if we can really read anything into that other than to say, 8 years ago, things weren't all that fair. -- nm - Mop Apr 21, 09:29 2
  - i think we can say that little has changed with respects to Harvard over an 8 year period and probably has gotten worse. -- nm - colin Apr 21, 09:31
  - Harvard isn't exactly renowned for moving away from legacy and donor admissions - unless I missed that report on CNN+ -- nm - Max Apr 21, 09:30
The next Call of Duty Warzone event has been revealed! -- (link*) - Shaun Apr 21, 09:18 1
- Ooh, I hope they do something similar in CoD Mobile. There's one area in the Isolation battle royale map that could host a kaiju. - Beryllium Apr 21, 09:24
Anish Kapoor brings Vantablack to Venice -- (link*) - znufrii Apr 21, 09:17
Wherein I have to format a Mac, get pissed that someone put an iCloud account on it, then discover... - Mop Apr 21, 09:10 2
- I have a mac I need to format that I don't have the password for. I know it's pretty easy really but I am so lazy about it. -- nm - amanda Apr 21, 09:22
- Oh, Mop. -- nm - Spawn Apr 21, 09:15
DTL: LOL, I've jumped from 12x to 10 in the last three games. - spamlet Apr 21, 09:07

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