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Yeah we have moved in a handful of boxes and theoretically got the WiFi set up. -- nm - David Jun 15, 10:17 15
- any pics of the Funko Room? (I assume there is one...or do you call it the Stitch Room?) -- nm - Beaker Jun 15, 10:23 3
  - It’ll be at least two weeks. We have only had the keys for less than 24 hours. - The Allfather Jun 15, 10:28 2
    - prioritize! -- nm - Beaker Jun 15, 10:31 1
      - WE ARE!!! -- nm - The Allfather Jun 15, 10:32
- What's the Internet? -- (link) - budice Jun 15, 10:21 [youtube]
- Well, this is gonna be a thing. - David Jun 15, 10:19 7
  - Do you use the login form to log in, or do you supply your credentials with every post? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 15, 10:26 5
    - Login form that’s previously saved.. - The Allfather Jun 15, 10:29 3
      - On your post form, does it say "Logged in as: David"? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 15, 10:29 2
        
        Yes. -- nm - The Allfather Jun 15, 10:30 1
        
        Thanks. That gives me an approximate idea of what is tripping up their system/how sensitive they are. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 15, 10:32
    - Also, a Vpn would probably circumvent this. I recommend Mozilla VPN. -- nm* - Beryllium Jun 15, 10:26
  - you could try whitelisting the site (if you haven't already) -- nm - decline Jun 15, 10:21
- Nice! -- nm - Beryllium Jun 15, 10:19
- Woohoo! -- nm - spamlet Jun 15, 10:18
In a shocking twist, the compromise gun bill is facing a holdup in the Senate over unresolved issues. -- (edited) - znufrii Jun 15, 10:17 2
- (Watering down the requirements for red flag law funding and tailoring the definition of domestic violence for restricting gun purchases as narrowly as possible, apparently) -- nm* - znufrii Jun 15, 10:23
- A holdup ... or a stickup, eh? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 15, 10:17
Allez cuisine! -- nm - Beryllium Jun 15, 10:14
Quordle was dumb today 5 4 6 7 - oblique Jun 15, 10:05
Lunch errand success: Dropped off AT&T router so I don't get charged. Picked up T-Mobile Tuesday gay socks (last one in the store). CFA lunch. - oblique Jun 15, 09:49
Billy Crystal, Barry Levinson to do 'Before' series for Apple -- (link) - mud Jun 15, 09:44
Kenobi V. Solid. -- nm - Volnelk Jun 15, 09:41
has Rep. Loudermilk been arrested yet? .. how about now? ..... now? -- (link) - mud Jun 15, 09:41 1
- lol as if. He literally just double downed. -- (link) - Jovian Jun 15, 09:43
WATCH THIS! Watch this until the end! Past the credits! This video game trailer has an end-credits scene! -- (link) - Mop Jun 15, 09:31 [youtube] 1
- oh very nice! just don't let Crash fly it! -- nm - Remlik Jun 15, 10:21
Did you hear about the bear attacking the campsite the other day? My brother is staying there today. -- nm - The Allfather Jun 15, 09:25 19
- Your brother's a bear? -- nm - Swilcan Baron Jun 15, 10:03
- Tell him to watch out for chiggers. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 15, 09:48
- (This was for Hunting.) -- nm - The Allfather Jun 15, 09:28
- A bear never attacks the same campsite twice. - Mop Jun 15, 09:28 3
  - They euthanized the bear. :( - The Allfather Jun 15, 09:29 2
    - If they had dog food, they had a dog…so they had double the bear food. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 15, 09:49
    - Frozen Bear Corpse Falls From Cargo Plane, Crushes Camper At the Same Camp Site It Previously Attacked -- nm - DailyMail Jun 15, 09:30
- Okay, ST is acting up. - The Allfather Jun 15, 09:28 11
  - Also, wooohooooo! - Will Hunting Jun 15, 09:48 1
    - I’ll hold back my whoo until they confirm -- nm - spamlet Jun 15, 10:01
  - Test. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jun 15, 09:33
  - Are you using the HTTPS version of the site? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 15, 09:33 7
    - Test. -- nm - The Allfather Jun 15, 09:34 6
      - Okay, I wasn’t but that change worked. Sorry. -- nm - The Allfather Jun 15, 09:35 5
        
        Well, that's good, it means your ISP isn't doing deep packet inspection and SSL spoofing on all your page loads. Just the HTTP ones. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 15, 09:36 4
        
        (I'm not sure exactly what would cause it to be so paranoid about the html, but it's probably related to the login form) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 15, 09:46 3
        
        probably as simple as a form in a http site - decline Jun 15, 10:22 2
        
        Yes, I should, but the unofficial domains complicate matters. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 15, 10:25 1
        
        Spitballing - decline Jun 15, 10:32
Monkeypox is getting a new name because it was giving monkeys a bad reputation -- (link) - decline Jun 15, 09:22 9
- Bonobo Pox -- nm - 343i Jun 15, 10:06
- NFT Monkeypox -- nm - Swilcan Baron Jun 15, 09:56 1
  - Poxxed Apes -- nm - rollo Jun 15, 09:59
- Modelovirus -- nm - rollo Jun 15, 09:39 2
  - Dosequisvirus -- nm - Beryllium Jun 15, 09:45 1
    - No good - offensive to horses -- nm - rollo Jun 15, 09:59
- foodchempox? -- nm - prayformojo Jun 15, 09:28
- ButtStuff Pox -- nm - Qale As Folk Jun 15, 09:25 1
  - MonkeyCovid -- nm - Spawn Jun 15, 09:26
Kraken (not the hockey team) deciding to take a dip in some hot water -- (link*) - Beryllium Jun 15, 09:17
First look at Ryan Gosling as Ken in Greta Gerwig’s Barbie -- (link) - budice Jun 15, 09:05 9
- The fact that Aqua’s Barbie Girl is not going to be in the movie immediately drops this a notch. -- nm - MDH Jun 15, 09:29 3
  - Boo! -- nm - znufrii Jun 15, 10:06
  - mmmhmmm -- nm - amanda Jun 15, 10:04
  - this surprises me. Maybe Greta didn't care for it. -- nm - mud Jun 15, 09:37
- Is it supposed to be middle aged Barbie and Ken? -- nm - ty97 Jun 15, 09:24 1
  - Isn't Ken, like, 60 years old?. -- nm - Spawn Jun 15, 09:25
- i expect this to be *great*. -- nm - Andie Jun 15, 09:14 2
  - There’s no middle ground on this imo. It’ll be great or Wtf? -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 15, 09:50 1
    - based on cast and director i think it will be pretty great and unexpected. -- nm - Andie Jun 15, 10:00
I am an animal. Amy and Logan are going away for the weekend so I am seeing TWO movies! -- nm - Spawn Jun 15, 09:00 7
- lemme guess, Lightyear & Jurassic? -- nm - mud Jun 15, 09:17 6
  - 1/2 - Spawn Jun 15, 09:21 5
    - You haven't seen Doctor Strange yet? Weird. If you wait a week you can just watch it on D+ -- nm - decline Jun 15, 09:23 4
      - I am bummed that none of the two week horror movie releases are not playing. I like seeing those as a second movie. - Spawn Jun 15, 09:24 3
        
        Black Phone isn’t out yet? -- nm - Qale As Folk Jun 15, 09:26 2
        
        100% after 18 reviews -- nm - Beaker Jun 15, 09:28
        
        Nope. It and Elvis are next week. -- nm - Spawn Jun 15, 09:27
I do not want to alarm anyone but this will be a very special episode of The Boys. -- nm - Spawn Jun 15, 08:54 1
- Starlight shower scene? - Jovian Jun 15, 09:04
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Jun 15, 08:48 [Attachment] 4
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Jun 15, 08:49 [Attachment] 3
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Jun 15, 08:49 [Attachment] 2
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Jun 15, 08:50 [Attachment] 1
      - 2/2 -- nm - decline Jun 15, 08:51
from June 9th: if you have a good mount, it's easy. - colin Jun 15, 08:46 1
- Yep. I did our 65” myself once the mount was up. 85” would be a two person just for peace of mind. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 15, 08:47
Sometimes the charities that I deal with do things i find kind of crappy - Andie Jun 15, 08:45 4
- Naming rights ain't cheap. -- nm - Spawn Jun 15, 08:54
- (note - it's not my money, so, *shrug*) -- nm - Andie Jun 15, 08:51 2
  - Yeah, grifting. My dad gets a lot of requests to donate to the College he attended since hes alumni -- nm* - budice Jun 15, 08:54 1
    - oh, sure, we get those all the time, i just find "we did this nice thing. here's the bill." -- nm - Andie Jun 15, 08:57
... I've had an idea for a crypto musical in the style of Dr Zaius on the Simpsons. - Beryllium Jun 15, 08:44
My Policeman trailer (Harry Styles, Emma Corrin) -- (link) - budice Jun 15, 08:34
TMNT: Shredder's Revenge is scoring very well so far. I am excited to play this! -- nm - Shaun Jun 15, 08:29
China found Aliens! -- (link) - decline Jun 15, 08:16 1
- THESE ALIENS SPEAK RADIO INTERFERENCE!!! -- nm - Spawn Jun 15, 08:25
ty97 news network: Poll time! PA edition -- (edited) - decline Jun 15, 08:10 1
- Certainly very early, but those Oz favorables are wow -- nm - ty97 Jun 15, 08:32
I’ve been sitting in the waiting room of the surgery center listening to people talk about produce they’ve been growing. - kelly Jun 15, 08:09 12
- They’re 10 feet apart and are louder than the entire rest of the office. It’s insanity. - Will Hunting Jun 15, 08:18 11
  - Kelly’s back in the room so y’all get the commentary. Lady just told a story about the time she got chiggers and poison ivy on her - Will Hunting Jun 15, 08:27 9
    - OMG -- nm - kelly Jun 15, 08:37 1
      - You are missing out. I shouldn’t be laughing and rooting for the bears in these stories. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 15, 08:39
    - You can love your cukes, but you shouldn't *love* your cukes -- nm - rollo Jun 15, 08:32
    - i can only assume that happened peeing in the woods. - Andie Jun 15, 08:30 1
      - I didn’t want to hear the first part…I damn sure didn’t want to hear more. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 15, 08:32
    - We’ve moved onto the bears hiding in cherry trees spooking these two. - Will Hunting Jun 15, 08:29 3
      - Wild boars have entered the conversation! We have wild boars. - Will Hunting Jun 15, 08:45 2
        
        Also where she got those chiggers, I'll bet. -- nm - Spawn Jun 15, 08:57
        
        Let me guess - znufrii Jun 15, 08:53
  - The best part? - Spawn Jun 15, 08:26
RIP Internet Explorer -- (link) - decline Jun 15, 08:08
Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical | Official Teaser | Netflix -- (link) - Beaker Jun 15, 08:04 [youtube]
Holy crap, crypto is such a scam Coinbase edition. They consider custodially held assets to be part of their assets. So in bankruptcy account holders become creditors -- (link*) - decline Jun 15, 08:04 13
- Meanwhile El Salvador holding onto Bitcoin as their currency -- (link) - budice Jun 15, 08:27 3
  - Loosing 50% of the value in a month is still better than the inflation of the local currency -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 15, 11:08
  - Things are going well there. (RP) -- (link) - znufrii Jun 15, 08:28
  - price paid doesn't matter! -- nm - Beaker Jun 15, 08:28
- More like Coinbase is a scam. Guess I should probably look at setting up a wallet and moving my stuff off of them. Shitty company doing shitty things -- nm - oblique Jun 15, 08:06 7
  - Meta mask and then hardware wallet -- nm - Dark Callisto Jun 15, 08:36
  - Coinbase and pretty much everything else that’s built on it, as far as I can tell. -- (edited) - znufrii Jun 15, 08:30
  - yup -- nm - budice Jun 15, 08:12
  - If I were you I certainly would -- nm - decline Jun 15, 08:07 3
    - Sooner than later. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 15, 08:16 2
      - Guess I'll have to do it tonight. Of course my authenticator code is on my old phone which I still have powered off at home - oblique Jun 15, 08:36 1
        
        Well, be careful and ensure some kind of recovery path. Or multiple recovery paths. - Beryllium Jun 15, 08:41
- Yeah, that’s a big no-no. -- nm - znufrii Jun 15, 08:05
Please, please, please if you are going to watch Love, Victor (especially from the beginning) do it on Disney+ instead of Hulu. Thank you. -- nm - Qale As Folk Jun 15, 07:45 6
- I will meet you half way, and not watch it. -- nm - Spawn Jun 15, 07:46 2
  - I mean sure. I don’t see you watching a wholesome show. Like, ever. -- nm - Qale As Folk Jun 15, 07:52 1
    - Needs more lasers and stuff. - Spawn Jun 15, 08:07
- how come? -- nm - decline Jun 15, 07:46 2
  - Disney originally was supposed to air the show, but switched it to Hulu. Now with parental controls and their DeSantis fight, they’ve brought it over. -- nm - Qale As Folk Jun 15, 07:48 1
    - gotcha -- nm - decline Jun 15, 07:50
MLB's youngest player is batting .423 and slugging .846 in his last 7 games. - Strongbad Jun 15, 07:43 4
- The logical endpoint of this trend is an infant who hits 800 homeruns -- nm - rollo Jun 15, 08:02
- he should retire now so he can regale his grandchildren down the line with those numbers -- nm - decline Jun 15, 07:46 1
  - He's so young he can regale his grandparents instead -- nm - rollo Jun 15, 08:02
- better ship him to the minors quick to keep those extra cheap contract years in place! -- nm - Beaker Jun 15, 07:44
Groceries: Currently, if it doesn’t have our notorious yellow coupons on it, I have to really justify buying it. That doesn’t mean I’m eating poorly. -- (edited) - Qale As Folk Jun 15, 07:38 1
- I'm spending more on groceries but eating out a lot less. also, working from home has actually saved me a fair bit even though I didn't really go out - amanda Jun 15, 07:52
Google Chrome Has a Hidden Search Sidebar -- (link) - budice Jun 15, 07:27 1
- Funny. Microsoft Edge (chromium based) does this if you right click and do "Search bing in sidebar". If you right click and do "Search web" it does a - oblique Jun 15, 07:36
And apparently I’m in charge of managing the app for our Disney trip in October. Guess I should figure out how Genie+ works. - znufrii Jun 15, 07:27 7
- Paying extra money to ride rides. in a nutshell -- nm - budice Jun 15, 07:28 5
  - Yup, I get the concept, just need to nail the execution. -- nm - znufrii Jun 15, 07:30 4
    - There’s videos. Let me find you a good one. -- nm - Mop Jun 15, 07:37 3
      - Here. These guys are great. -- (link) - Mop Jun 15, 07:39 [youtube] 2
        
        Thanks! -- nm - znufrii Jun 15, 07:41
        
        Thanks! I'm sure David and Kim have some tips and tricks too -- nm - Beaker Jun 15, 07:41
- take good notes please, we might be going again this coming March :) -- nm - Beaker Jun 15, 07:27
B2: the smaller packaging for same or slightly different price is something we have noticed a lot recently -- nm - Beaker Jun 15, 07:25 7
- Anytime you see a package with X% more free! It means the next one you’re getting will be that much smaller. - spamlet Jun 15, 07:55
- I was helping Amy put away groceries and I thought the cereal box was a joke and asked her if it was the display model. I swear the box was half as... - Spawn Jun 15, 07:45 3
  - Even the Sam's Club sized cereal is noticeably smaller. - sycor Jun 15, 07:59
  - a bit cheaper though, right .. ? - mud Jun 15, 07:51 1
    - I guess you pay for it taking up less pantry space? -- nm - Spawn Jun 15, 08:24
- That’s been a thing for years, I’ve heard it referred to as “shrinkflation” - znufrii Jun 15, 07:28 1
  - I was annoyed when Premiere magazine did this in the 90s. I used to cut out the movie poster ads for my wall, and then the sizes didn't match. -- nm - Max Jun 15, 07:38
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Jun 15, 07:22

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