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For all of the ST Accountants: a look into accounting in the crypto world (a thread) -- (link) - decline Nov 17, 10:57 5
- #1 sounds like a slack integration, or at least it would be in a professional company. The sort of thing Salesforce wants Slack to deliver to business -- nm - Beryllium Nov 17, 11:09
- the poop emoji is what they used to reject an expense claim -- nm - Beaker Nov 17, 11:01 1
  - In theory anyway. They never actually reject any expense claims. -- nm - Sub-baroner Nov 17, 11:04
- #1 is for spamlet -- nm - decline Nov 17, 10:57 1
  - *makes sign of the cross* -- nm - spamlet Nov 17, 12:06
Not just Pelosi, but the entire Democratic leadership in the House will be turning over, apparently -- (link) - znufrii Nov 17, 10:42 5
- From combined ages of 247 to 154. - Tim Nov 17, 11:02
- Good -- nm - spamlet Nov 17, 10:48
- uncontested. the old guard is just installing their younger proxies, Politburo style -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 17, 10:44 2
  - The last thing Biden needs is to referee a leadership fight within the party, given what he can expect from the other side over the next two years. -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 17, 10:48 1
    - it doesn't much matter when they're in the minority but all of these feckless assholes would have punted on impeachment and oversight if they could've -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 17, 10:57
Interesting local taboo: no planting onions. They eat them, just not allowed to grow them. -- nm - mafic Nov 17, 10:37 5
- LA taboo: stopping fully for a right turn on red -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 17, 10:39
- um, why? -- nm - Andie Nov 17, 10:37 3
  - No idea! They didn’t expand on it. Also crocs and pythons are sacred, so no killing them. -- nm - mafic Nov 17, 10:38 2
    - but what if you find a croc planting onions? -- nm - crash davis Nov 17, 10:40 1
      - You put it in the circus. -- nm - Sub-baroner Nov 17, 11:05
"John Ford Coley Makes Grand Ole Opry Debut" - The Gossip King Nov 17, 10:37
ST Christmas Card signup is above. DO IT NOW! -- nm - Beaker Nov 17, 10:29
Today's project. Writing some glue to sync information in our HR system (Workforce Ready) to Active Directory. Not has bad as I thought - oblique Nov 17, 10:26 1
- All the fun with Maiden / Preferred Nicknames. How updates are handled -- nm - budice Nov 17, 10:28
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Nov 17, 10:25 [Attachment] 7
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Nov 17, 10:25 [Attachment] 6
  - 0 -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 17, 10:47
  - 1/1 - Dark Callisto Nov 17, 10:46
  - 0/1 -- nm - decline Nov 17, 10:44
  - 0/1 -- nm - Krusty Nov 17, 10:40
  - 0/1 -- nm - The Gossip King Nov 17, 10:34
  - 1/1 -- nm - Beryllium Nov 17, 10:29
ty97 news network: Frontier Airlines is offering an unlimited flights annual pass for $600, for the first year. -- (link) - decline Nov 17, 10:21 2
- But you have to fly frontier -- nm - spamlet Nov 17, 10:32
- . -- (pic) - ty97 Nov 17, 10:28 [Attachment]
Dutch Court Convicts 3 Men in Case of 2014 Flight Shot Down Over Ukraine - crash davis Nov 17, 10:08 3
- Navalny says he is now in permanent solitary confinement. - crash davis Nov 17, 10:10 2
  - Ukraine attacks deeper into Russian-occupied territory. - crash davis Nov 17, 10:13 1
    - Russian attacks on Ukraine’s power grid are endangering its nuclear plants, a U.N. agency warns. - crash davis Nov 17, 10:16
Secret Stalker assignments will be going out by Saturday. -- nm - kelly Nov 17, 09:55 4
- Aww, man. Is it too late? - The Gossip King Nov 17, 10:09 2
  - kelly, I'd also sign up. Soooooooo sorry. - Dark Callisto Nov 17, 10:42 1
    - Sounds like we have an easy match then - spamlet Nov 17, 10:49
- STALKER - something to file away if you get me -- (link) - Beaker Nov 17, 10:06
I am planning to rebuild my photography site to emphasize buying photos. Other photographers do this under the banner of "Fine Art" - Beryllium Nov 17, 09:51 4
- How about just, Art? - sycor Nov 17, 10:11
- I saw fine and I was thinking of sandpaper for some reason. So Medium Grit Art? -- nm - crash davis Nov 17, 10:00 2
  - I got yer medium grit art right here -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 17, 10:12 [flickr] 1
    - a good eye for gray, plus a possible comment on society - nice -- nm - crash davis Nov 17, 10:15
It's Millie Bobby Brown... but blonde! -- (link) - Mop Nov 17, 09:51 [youtube] 2
- i guess that's how Henry Cavill likes it -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 17, 11:02
- Much more of a Bongiovi girl, now. -- nm - Spawn in his a mastodon costume Nov 17, 11:01
I see that the aptly named Callisto Protocol is coming out in December. It's Bioshock meets Dead Space. -- (link) - Mop Nov 17, 09:50 [youtube] 6
- oh great. A new game that will prob only be available on the next gen consoles. -- nm - Jovian Nov 17, 10:09 4
  - There's... a solution to that. - Strongbad Nov 17, 11:06
  - Why don't they make games for the Genesis any more?! -- nm - Mop Nov 17, 10:26 2
    - Close enough? -- (link) - The Gossip King Nov 17, 10:56
    - really? You're comparing an Xbox One or a PS4 with a Genesis? -- nm - Jovian Nov 17, 10:52
- I am very much looking forward to playing this -- nm - decline Nov 17, 09:55
more stressed in December: Kevin McCarthy or Lionel Messi? -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 17, 09:48 2
- Why would Kevin be nervous? All he has to do is let DJT or MGT jump on his back, take over the reigns and go where they lead. -- nm - Jovian Nov 17, 10:11 1
  - MAGATatooie -- nm - Beryllium Nov 17, 10:13
Alright, fine, I’ll turn on the radiators. -- nm - znufrii Nov 17, 09:31 1
- Thank you! -- nm - the cat Nov 17, 10:20
ooh, work score. Someone pre-ordered a whole bunch of pizzas for a big meeting Monday, but the pizza place messed up and sent them all today. - Andie Nov 17, 09:23 7
- Great day! -- nm - Krusty Nov 17, 10:26
- This brings back memories of delivering. -- nm - Qale Nov 17, 09:40
- goddamn, can't wait for that big pizza meeting on monday . . . -- nm - andie's coworker at home Nov 17, 09:31
- and then cold pizza for Monday! -- nm - Max Nov 17, 09:29
- niiiiiice -- nm - prayformojo Nov 17, 09:29
- andie! -- nm - Diva Nov 17, 09:26
- heh -- nm - mud Nov 17, 09:25
i LOVE the snow icon added to Yahoo FF. -- nm - Spawn in his a mastodon costume Nov 17, 09:15 2
- Someone say "snow"? -- nm - Hunter Biden Nov 17, 09:33
- mastodon costume? -- nm - mud Nov 17, 09:24
Firefox just informed that privacy is the gift of the season. So I guess that means we don't have to buy gifts and we just stay home? -- nm - Spawn in his a mastodon costume Nov 17, 09:07 2
- "Santa sees you. Even when you're sleeping. Merry Christmas." -- nm - rushed Hallmark cards Nov 17, 09:12 1
  - Unless you use Mozilla VPN! -- nm - Beryllium Nov 17, 09:21
IFC Films Acquires Owen Wilson Vermont Painter Comedy ‘Paint’ - worth clicking just for the promo picture. -- (link) - LMS Nov 17, 09:06 3
- Oh yeah. -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 17, 10:02
- I'm in. -- nm - Mop Nov 17, 09:26
- that promo picture just sold me on the film -- nm - crash davis Nov 17, 09:10
Amanda! About 1,000 people have been evacuated from Bethlehem, Penn. after a tanker truck crashed, spilling about 6,000 gallons of gasoline. -- (link) - decline Nov 17, 09:03 5
- it will pollute several hotels/motels and next month the only room available in Bethlehem will be a manger (described as rustic on AirBNB) -- nm - crash davis Nov 17, 09:13 4
  - nice -- nm - mud Nov 17, 09:43
  - /r/AngryUpvote -- nm - Qale Nov 17, 09:41
  - Hallmark on line 1. -- nm* - The Allfather Nov 17, 09:31
  - STPOW! -- nm - Spawn in his a mastodon costume Nov 17, 09:14
Ya don't say -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 17, 09:03 [mastodon] 5
- is that website a total dog or just me? -- nm - oblique Nov 17, 10:21 1
  - It's been a bit slow the past couple days, yes. I think the hosting location is part of the issue (the Mastohost servers might be in France) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 17, 10:22
- who? -- nm - Spawn in his a mastodon costume Nov 17, 09:09 2
  - Just a fellow PHP coder. I just mean, the argument has legs. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 17, 09:21 1
    - Ralph Wiggum is a coder? -- nm - Spawn in his a mastodon costume Nov 17, 09:25
Pretty much. -- (link) - znufrii Nov 17, 09:00 5
- What a terrible article. It’s like they wrote it two weeks ago and never updated. -- nm - The Allfather Nov 17, 09:31 4
  - … -- (link) - znufrii Nov 17, 10:36 2
    - F- article. Wouldn't recommend. -- nm - The Gossip King Nov 17, 10:40 1
      - I’m sure the moderate GOP will show up any day now to prove the article wrong. -- nm - znufrii Nov 17, 11:01
  - LOL yep. I had to check the date on it. I was like this had to be written before last week. -- nm - Jovian Nov 17, 09:36
Critic's Pick - ‘She Said’ Review: A Quiet Thriller That Speaks Volumes - crash davis Nov 17, 08:55 17
- I loved "The Post", "Spotlight", "All The President's Men" but I can't think of any other movies right now to call it a subgenre -- nm - crash davis Nov 17, 08:58 13
  - Bombshell -- nm - Andie Nov 17, 10:37
  - The Insider? Erin Brockovich? -- nm - Beaker Nov 17, 10:07 1
    - Pelican Brief? -- nm - Beaker Nov 17, 10:08
  - Medical procedural, cop procedural... journalism procedural! IMO -- (link) - con_carne Nov 17, 09:09
  - I think a ton of movies are based on like an investigative article but the reporters are written out/just left out. -- nm - con_carne Nov 17, 09:04 1
    - I think you are quite correct -- nm - crash davis Nov 17, 09:08
  - State of Play -- nm - LMS Nov 17, 09:03 4
    - ah, thanks, I tend to think of the TV series version rather than the movie -- nm - crash davis Nov 17, 09:08 3
      - The TV version is much better. -- nm - LMS Nov 17, 09:25 2
        
        See also Scottish mini series Fields of Blood about a cub journo. -- nm - LMS Nov 17, 10:19 1
        
        And Press Gang, Stephen Moffat's first ever series. -- nm - LMS Nov 17, 10:25
  - Shattered Glass -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 17, 09:01 1
    - I forgot that one. That was so good. Thanks! -- nm - crash davis Nov 17, 09:03
- I found it boring. -- nm - LMS Nov 17, 08:57 2
  - bummer, but I will probably check it out when it hits one of my streaming services eventually -- nm - crash davis Nov 17, 08:58 1
    - a generation from now who won't know who Harvey is might find it fascinating, but you don't really learn anything new. - LMS Nov 17, 09:03
Shiny -- (link) - decline Nov 17, 08:51 2
- I dunno. One of those accounts is official. But the other isn't. I doubt the savory-ness of this news. -- nm - Mop Nov 17, 09:44
- well done on your subject line sir -- nm - crash davis Nov 17, 09:00
What's the 2020s version of Rock The Vote? - con_carne Nov 17, 08:51 1
- Vote Or Die -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 17, 08:53
GOP not even waiting to be sworn in before they tackle inflation head on, as repeatedly promised -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 17, 08:48 2
- this is probably the best way to fight inflation, high gas prices and the recession the GOP has been promising for the last year. -- nm - Jovian Nov 17, 08:58
- ".. and it's spectacular." -- nm - mud Nov 17, 08:49
Latest look at WalMart vs Target -- (link) - budice Nov 17, 08:43
Seattle Mariners acquire Teoscar Hernández, get ‘dangerous offensively’ - crash davis Nov 17, 08:42
I don't have a LinkedIn, so this is the sort of recruiter spam I get -- (pic) - Beryllium Nov 17, 08:42 [Attachment] 2
- what sort of skill set does one have to be eligible for both Tyler Perry & Glock? -- nm - crash davis Nov 17, 08:43 1
  - Oh, you know the kind. -- nm - Liam Neeson Nov 17, 08:44
Imani Perry Wins National Book Award for ‘South to America’ Tess Gunty received the fiction prize for her debut, “The Rabbit Hutch.” Art Spiegelman, t - crash davis Nov 17, 08:37
Joseph Goebbels spotted heading into Göring's office just now. -- (link) - mud Nov 17, 08:37 1
- well played -- nm - Spawn in his a mastodon costume Nov 17, 08:50
Email subject: "URGENT - Want free crypto?". Boy, do I! What are we talking here? Diffie-Hellman? Elliptic curves? Quantum? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 17, 08:35 1
- I like cryptozoology -- nm - crash davis Nov 17, 08:56
ha ha holy shit -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 17, 08:34 8
- Can we cancel Girls5eva again? -- nm - Mop Nov 17, 09:27
- I really hope they explore inter-dimensional travel with this iteration of the franchise -- nm - decline Nov 17, 08:47 2
  - "You built a time machine out of a DeLorean??" -- nm - Roman Nov 17, 08:56 1
    - :-D -- nm - mud Nov 17, 09:21
- The only thing that can stop Dom and crew is budget constraints -- nm - JD Nov 17, 08:37 3
  - "We're going to break the fourth wall so we can heist the fifth wall, into the Fifth Third Bank vault!" -- nm - Beryllium Nov 17, 08:40 2
    - I've never seen any of those pix, do the characters break the 4th wall? -- nm - mud Nov 17, 08:42 1
      - F&F? No, they just sometimes venture into seeming parodical -- nm - Beryllium Nov 17, 08:45
Indicted Texas Attorney Ken Paxton, U.S. Reps. Troy Nehls, and Wesley Hunt only those so far willing to throw their support to Twice Impeached Trump. -- nm - Qale Nov 17, 08:32 5
- Boot-licker Stefanik also has. -- nm - spamlet Nov 17, 08:35 1
  - New York. -- nm - Qale Nov 17, 08:37
- Dont forget that gem of integrity Paul Gosar -- nm - Jovian Nov 17, 08:34 2
  - He's in Arizona. These are Texans. Also: Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick all but said he'll be chairing his next campaign again, Sen. Cornyn said primary... - Qale Nov 17, 08:37 1
    - Cruz is just waiting for him to call his daughter a dog before endorsing -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 17, 08:38
Would we expect Switch Lite sales on BF? -- nm - spamlet Nov 17, 08:31 3
- ... Blood Feud? -- nm - Spawn in his a mastodon costume Nov 17, 08:43
- Very unlikely. Nintendo is the only console that said they weren't raising prices. So the sales will probably be only on the software. -- nm - Qale Nov 17, 08:33 1
  - Ok, thanks. -- nm - spamlet Nov 17, 08:34

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