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Something that reminded me of the impressive nature of humanity... - The Gossip King Nov 4, 15:16 2
- Agree. I'm seeing that more and more lately - but maybe because I'm seen as a frail old lady ;-) - Meg Nov 4, 15:58
- Wow, I've never seen that happen in the same situation. That's great -- nm - prayformojo Nov 4, 15:21
"How much deeper would the ocean be if there were no sponges?" - The Gossip King Nov 4, 15:12 5
- Trump: I've got an idea to stop rising sea levels! -- nm - pmb Nov 4, 15:24
- Did Kim get a fortune cookie or did Kim get a question cookie? -- nm - crash davis Nov 4, 15:18 1
  - I guess that's up to your interpretation, Crash. Self-determination is a thing, Crash. -- nm - The Gossip King Nov 4, 15:20
- No change. Perhaps the volume of water in said oceans would change - JD Nov 4, 15:14 1
  - Nobody asked you, Poindexter. -- nm - The Gossip King Nov 4, 15:16
are some rides at Disney not in genie+? like you have to do the virtual line for some and use genie for others? - Beaker Nov 4, 15:06 4
- Correct. Some aren't available in the program. Off my head, I know that the PeopleMover is one. -- nm - The Gossip King Nov 4, 15:12 3
  - we may just skip genie altogether, just need to research the rides. The wife is stoked to start planning :) -- nm - Beaker Nov 4, 15:15 2
    - I wouldn't. We would have had a disastrous trip without Genie+. -- nm - The Gossip King Nov 4, 15:18 1
      - send me the details :) -- nm - Beaker Nov 4, 15:19
Tennessee +9.5? yes please! -- nm - Beaker Nov 4, 14:57
Oprah weighs in on PA Senate -- (link*) - Reagen Nov 4, 14:48 3
- I'm waiting on Dr Phil -- nm - Beaker Nov 4, 14:51 2
  - She'll endorse his opponent too. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Nov 4, 14:54 1
    - heh -- nm - Beaker Nov 4, 15:20
all my pretty snow has turned to rain -- nm - crash davis Nov 4, 14:36 8
- we wore shorts and a t-shirt on a walk here after work. 20C. When it is usually coat and hat weather.... -- nm - Beaker Nov 4, 14:38 3
  - It's November 4 and we haven't had a frost yet. Maaaaybe next week. -- nm - Reagen Nov 4, 14:42 2
    - We had one a couple of weeks ago. It was one of our earliest ever. -- nm - spamlet Nov 4, 15:25
    - people are wishing they hadn't drained their pools. it is fucking bonkers -- nm - Beaker Nov 4, 14:52
- What Tori Amos song is this? -- nm - Reagen Nov 4, 14:37 3
  - I heard Chrissie Hynde in my head. ~ ay, oh, way to go Idaho ~ -- nm - Max Nov 4, 16:07
  - ha! -- nm - prayformojo Nov 4, 14:46
  - 🎵 and they said they would never talk to me again -- nm - JD Nov 4, 14:42
Keto pizza might be the worst fucking thing I have eaten in my life. -- nm - Beaker Nov 4, 14:35 13
- heh, wife just walked downstairs "you hate me" "why?" "you made me eat that fucking pizza" -- nm - Beaker Nov 4, 15:05
- Costco has a cauliflower crust pizza that is actually very, very good (not keto, but at least it's gluten free) -- nm - JaxSean Nov 4, 15:02 2
  - This -- (link) - JaxSean Nov 4, 15:03 1
    - it was not this. it was all cheese and bacon -- nm - Beaker Nov 4, 15:07
- Is that the chicken skin crust stuff? -- nm - spamlet Nov 4, 14:58 4
  - I wish, that sounds like heaven. we've done a pizza with flattened chicken as crust and it is to die for. This was something the wife got at Costco -- (edited) - Beaker Nov 4, 15:02 3
    - But it was keto beers? -- nm - JD Nov 4, 15:03 2
      - ha, no. the wife was on a keto kick for a while and this fucking pizza was in the freezer -- nm - Beaker Nov 4, 15:05 1
        
        I'm getting the impression that you think that the only resemblance that the keto pizza had to a pizza is that it was round ;-) -- nm - JD Nov 4, 15:09
- Except for keto pizza with pineapple. -- nm - Dano Nov 4, 14:40 2
  - no -- (link) - Beaker Nov 4, 14:46 [youtube]
  - This -- nm - JD Nov 4, 14:41
- But you HAVE eaten it -- nm - Jack Sparrow si Nov 4, 14:39
Students on a field trip to the local arboretum got more than they expected when some bears decided to check it out. Everyone evacuated. -- (link) - jnine Nov 4, 14:28 1
- I'm glad the bears got to experience the arboretum in peace -- nm - crash davis Nov 4, 14:51
Wow, what a photo from last night's game -- (link) - Reagen Nov 4, 14:15 [Image]
Eek: Ravens TE Mark Andrews (knee/shoulder) did not practice yet again today. (WR Rashod Bateman already season-ending injury) -- (link*) - budice Nov 4, 14:12
You know how there's those anthropological studies about how the introduction of a new, novel object can upset or destroy a society - Reagen Nov 4, 14:10 2
- Well to be fair, they shouldn't have spent any time in bars - JD Nov 4, 14:13 1
  - TGMBC is exactly the reference I used at school. -- nm - Reagen Nov 4, 14:15
Happiest place on Earth unless you're a fugitive -- (edited) - JD Nov 4, 13:51
HBO canceled Westworld. Time to put it out to pasture. -- (link) - budice Nov 4, 13:35 7
- Indeed. It went way off the rails after season 2. -- nm - Jovian Nov 4, 14:03 5
  - agreed. each season got worse than the previous -- nm* - Peglegpete Nov 4, 14:39
  - I keep hearing s4 was a return to form. -- nm - Reagen Nov 4, 14:08 3
    - I only skimmed, but it made no sense. -- nm - The Gossip King Nov 4, 14:11 1
      - It was very very hard to follow. - Jovian Nov 4, 14:31
    - I barely knew what was happening in Season 4. I gave up after episode 3. -- nm - Jovian Nov 4, 14:10
- They realized that they could never do anything as good as the Simpsons parody this past weekend. -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 4, 13:37
sitwap, sugar recall in a bunch of states. 3.5lb tubs of C&H and Domino. nm but: -- (link) - b. Nov 4, 13:29 2
- sugar, sugar, you are my ecoli and you got me flushing youoooo -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 4, 13:36
- note to self, dont buy the 3.5lb tub -- nm - budice Nov 4, 13:31
that battery reconditioning is amazing - 8 hours after it finished charging, the battery's at 84% -- nm - prayformojo Nov 4, 13:26 2
- What phone do you have -- nm - spamlet Nov 4, 13:44 1
  - Samsung S10e -- nm - prayformojo Nov 4, 14:22
Nov. 4th birthdays: Jeff Probst (61), Ralph Macchio (61), Matthew McConaughey (53), Sean Combs (53), Steven Ogg (52) - Max Nov 4, 13:26 [youtube] 1
- "How Jeff Survived this along Ill never know" -- nm - budice Nov 4, 13:55
TIL the Faroe Islands have an underwater roundabout -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 4, 13:23 [youtube]
SCOTUS declines to block Biden's student loan relief -- (link) - budice Nov 4, 13:22 2
- Shadow docket! -- nm - spamlet Nov 4, 14:59
- Good. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 4, 13:42
I keep thinking back to Elon winning his libel suit against someone who called a ‘pedo guy.’ And how emboldened that must make him now. -- nm - Qale Nov 4, 13:19 1
- He's a precursor to the Klept -- nm - Beryllium Nov 4, 13:24
Got my debit card for my California Middle Class Tax Refund. No way to activate online, have to call. Called, sat on hold - - Meg Nov 4, 13:15 4
- Mine was direct deposited to my bank account. -- nm - jnine Nov 4, 13:44 1
  - Now I know what people go through with their unemployment and welfare cards. -- nm - Meg Nov 4, 13:48
- Im lucky to see anything before December -- nm - budice Nov 4, 13:16 1
  - I was hoping for electronic but I guess I didn't get a refund last year. -- nm - Meg Nov 4, 13:23
Bruins are getting bashed on Boston sports radio for this. - Todd Manning Nov 4, 13:10 7
- Boston fans? -- nm - JD Nov 4, 13:43 2
  - Yes. -- nm - Todd Manning Nov 4, 13:54 1
    - Players didn't want him either. It's incomprehensible. -- nm - Reagen Nov 4, 14:03
- How does Boston feel about Mark Wahlberg? -- nm - Mop Nov 4, 13:37
- kid wa 14...I did a lot of stupid shit when I was 14 and would hate to be have it held against me the rest of my life -- nm - Beaker Nov 4, 13:19 2
  - It's beyond the pale. He doesn't deserve an NHL job. -- nm - Reagen Nov 4, 13:56
  - That was my first thought. But, people have dug deeper than the Bruins seem to have. According to the victims mother it was many years of abuse. -- (link) - Todd Manning Nov 4, 13:42
At this point, should the opportunity arise, I would definitely make the call to de-orbit Starlink. - Beryllium Nov 4, 13:07
Life after Putin - Some among Russia’s elite are starting to think the unthinkable (from The Economist) - crash davis Nov 4, 12:56 3
- open window? -- nm - Max Nov 4, 13:04 2
  - for a cold country they sure like open windows in the winter -- nm - crash davis Nov 4, 13:12 1
    - WHO left this damn window open again, jeez let me reach out annnnnnnnddd....... -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 4, 13:38
Speedrunning the content moderation learning curve -- (link) - Reagen Nov 4, 12:48 4
- Gotta respect that website for never updating it's look and feel from its initial launch -- nm - oblique Nov 4, 13:10
- I need this for game development to enlighten gamers on why "just give us everything we ask for for free" doesn't work. -- nm - Max Nov 4, 13:07
- Couldn't someone have warned me about this *BEFORE* I bought the company?! -- nm - Elon Musk Nov 4, 13:04
- Level 19 is grrrrreat. -- nm - The Gossip King Nov 4, 13:00
Twitter: the entire Human Rights team has been cut from the company -- (link) - decline Nov 4, 12:36 26
- Never thought I would see a large social media platform burning down in real time. And I like Twitter. - Walt_Disney Nov 4, 13:32 1
  - It's extremely weird to see someone rip into the carcass of a fresh kill and feast on the entrails so gleefully -- nm - Beryllium Nov 4, 13:43
- I glanced briefly at the #TwitterLayoffs hashtag. It made me sad, not because it was full of people posting about being laid off but - oblique Nov 4, 13:04 9
  - I looked at #oneteam earlier, much nicer. -- nm - b. Nov 4, 13:23
  - why would they celebrate someone losing their job? -- nm - St. Epiphany Nov 4, 13:13 7
    - Because some conservatives knew the power of Twitter and are rejoicing because it is being destroyed in real time. -- nm - Jovian Nov 4, 14:06
    - They never progressed beyond the random cruelty of junior high. In a related note, ask me how my week went - Reagen Nov 4, 13:58
    - Miserable people spread miserableness -- nm - Strongbad Nov 4, 13:43
    - STICKIN' IT TO THE LIBS -- nm - JaxSean Nov 4, 13:37
    - Basically they are happy the people responsible for "stifling their free speech" are sacked. Also see: XL Pipeline -- nm - oblique Nov 4, 13:29
    - Because the people doing it are hateful bullies lacking empathy. -- nm - The Gossip King Nov 4, 13:14 1
      - Yep, saw a lot of the same jackholes celebrating our most recent round of layoffs. -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 4, 13:29
- so much ick. nm but: -- (link) - b. Nov 4, 12:49
- I think Elon thinks that all it takes to run the company is him and the phone number of the Geek Squad. -- nm - pmb Nov 4, 12:47 7
  - At least he'll get a new laptop out of it. -- nm - Dano Nov 4, 13:09 2
    - heh -- nm - prayformojo Nov 4, 14:46
    - YEAH!!! -- nm - The Gossip King Nov 4, 13:09
  - I'm pretty sure he never planned to buy. Then, once he got trapped, he had allies puffing him up about how he should really do it. - The Gossip King Nov 4, 13:02 3
    - But doesn't *have* to be. - Spawn Nov 4, 13:04 2
      - He’s incapable of not being the alpha, even when he has no clue what he is doing. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 4, 13:05 1
        
        Alphas lead from the rear. Most people ‘in charge’ forget that. -- nm - Qale Nov 4, 13:26
- Those who were laidoff were apparently given 90-day paid windows before termination takes effect. Effectively to comply with WARN -- (link*) - budice Nov 4, 12:42
- They lasted this long? -- nm - crash davis Nov 4, 12:42 1
  - No doubt that Mulan just discovered them. -- nm - Spawn Nov 4, 12:43
- Same for accessibility, and AI ethics -- nm - Beryllium Nov 4, 12:40 1
  - Makes sense. Ethics of power: Anything that might fetter the will of the powerful must be eliminated. -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Nov 4, 12:45
CNBC says this saturday jackpot should be over 1.6 billion and the largest ever -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 4, 12:27 6
- spot me $10 please. Owe you $50 now -- nm - Beaker Nov 4, 13:15 1
  - ok -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 4, 13:34
- You don't have to hype it, I already sent my $10!!! - Spawn Nov 4, 12:28 3
  - Start planning your future. I will finally join in and bring you good luck. -- nm - crash davis Nov 4, 12:43 2
    - Look at last night's boards. The Phillies were losing 3-1 when I started actively rooting for them and they only lost 3-2 - crash davis Nov 4, 12:45
    - ::dances:: -- nm - Spawn Nov 4, 12:43
Reminder - Clocks go back this weekend (one extra hour!) -- nm - Andie Nov 4, 12:26 7
- Reminder: the sun will set Sunday at ~ 5PM and it'll be almost 80°F outside -- nm - decline Nov 4, 12:31 1
  - It was 75 at lunch and I seriously considered closing down my office for a Heat Emergency. -- nm - Spawn Nov 4, 12:34
- We gonna win the lottery and NGAF! -- nm - Spawn Nov 4, 12:31
- #@%&@&! -- nm - Cats One Hour Before Dinner Time on Sunday Nov 4, 12:29 3
  - when I had a photo studio off Market St San Fran I noticed there was day shift clockwise and a night shift sun time, DLS brought the 2 together -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 4, 13:43
  - I am not hungry but I have not been fed according to the prescribed ritual time. Oh well. Nothing to do.......except go ape-sh!#. -- nm - Pippin Nov 4, 12:40
  - You are not wrong. -- nm - The Gossip King Nov 4, 12:33
not to put Elf Kelly on the spot, but are we doing SS this winter? Should we do a theme to shake it up? -- nm - Andie Nov 4, 12:17 3
- Xmas...er...*holiday* cards? -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 4, 13:45
- related: I was Stalked!! Thanks so much the shirt looks awesome -- nm - Beaker Nov 4, 13:16
- Oh sorry! I totally lost track of time. Want me to set up a sign up? -- nm - kelly Nov 4, 13:03
Why Flightline, the Breeders’ Cup favorite, is the fastest horse you’ve never heard of - crash davis Nov 4, 11:56 2
- because it's a horse, of course, of course -- nm - Beryllium Nov 4, 12:08 1
  - Beta is beta, of course, of course -- nm - Spawn Nov 4, 12:21
Things that seem archaic in 2022 - voice mails that say "if you wish to include a fax, please press 3" and it was not a law firm :D -- nm - Walt_Disney Nov 4, 11:48 1
- ... press 5 for carrier pigeon... - Spawn Nov 4, 12:24
This seems like a perfectly clear explanation of why mass layoffs can (and likely will) result in service instability. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 4, 11:37 10
- DNS. It is always DNS -- nm - oblique Nov 4, 12:09 1
  - Or Cable jiggle -- nm - budice Nov 4, 12:16
- Lol, oops. -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Nov 4, 11:54
- and it'll be some log file someone was monitoring to try to track down some bug and the coder forgot to turn off the logging for it and it'll eat the - decline Nov 4, 11:41 1
  - Yeeeeeep. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 4, 11:42
- what's an SRE ? -- nm - decline Nov 4, 11:38 4
  - Senior Repeating Eeyore -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 4, 11:40
  - Site (or System) Reliability Engineer -- nm - Beryllium Nov 4, 11:40 2
    - Shit Removal Engineer, when someone says Oh Shit, you call an SRE -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 4, 11:43 1
      - Kinda like an LRM. - Spawn Nov 4, 12:07

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