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Mom's frequent complaint is that she needs to pee several times a night,like 5 6 times...now we're at the lab...she can't pee -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 3, 11:35 1
- It's not night! -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 11:36
Sounds like they moved to the second ballot. -- (link) - spamlet Jan 3, 11:34 7
- Previous Speaker fights during Day 1 -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 3, 11:41
- and they'll have a 3rd (Jordan is picking up more votes!!) -- nm - decline Jan 3, 11:37 2
  - Not a surprise, really. Scalise is about to have some very interesting conversations. -- nm - znufrii Jan 3, 11:40
  - Seen enough on the 2nd Ballot -- (link) - budice Jan 3, 11:39
- ChatGPT to narrate today’s House events in the style of Marv Albert -- (link) - budice Jan 3, 11:36 2
  - I look forward to the moment the internet realizes Chat GPT is an Elon Musk venture. -- nm - David Jan 3, 11:38 1
    - I already have. I do not have an account with them. (And this makes me sad, because Whisper seems like promising tech from them) -- nm* - Beryllium Jan 3, 11:38
Melting Eyeballs News: ASUS announces First 540Hz gaming monitor -- (link) - budice Jan 3, 11:32 1
- I'll still suck at Halo Infinite, but the game will look beautiful as I die repeatedly. -- nm - David Jan 3, 11:36
Who got votes other than Jeffries, McCarthy, and Biggs? I see 10 votes listed as "Others." Crossing my fingers that I got a vote. -- nm - Dano Jan 3, 11:29 3
- Sorry to burst your bubble -- (link) - spamlet Jan 3, 11:31
- Biggs: 10, Jordan: 6, Banks: 1, Zeldin: 1, Donalds: 1 -- nm - decline Jan 3, 11:30
- 6 for Jordan -- nm - mud Jan 3, 11:30
Gaetz nominated Jordan and threw a mountain of shit on McCarthy -- nm - mud Jan 3, 11:27 2
- there it is. Jordan up to 5, there will be a 3rd ballot. -- nm - mud Jan 3, 11:36
- (after Jordan was browbeaten into nominating McCarthy) - znufrii Jan 3, 11:29
Sasha Banks: Bayley headed to Japan to be with her friend on Wednesday. -- nm - Remlik Jan 3, 11:25 1
- I don't seem to be able to order this on Fite.tv. So I guess I'm re-adding my 1972 subscription. -- nm - David Jan 3, 11:35
BBC News - Kelly Monteith: US comic who had own UK show dies at 80. I think he was the first stand up I ever saw live. -- (link) - LMS Jan 3, 11:20
SBF has plead not guilty to all charges, because he's innocent. Trial Date => 10/2/2023 - (Right to Speedy Trial not so speedy) -- (edited) - budice Jan 3, 11:08 12
- have his parents been charged with anything yet? -- nm - judge amanda jones Jan 3, 11:28 3
  - they quit Stanford Law, fwiw - hollywood big shot Jan 3, 11:32 2
    - retired to their 14 resorts they own in the Bahamas...totally not associated with their son of course -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 11:33 1
      - and at Stanford, it's stiff competition for billionaire faculty simp of the year -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 3, 11:36
- Then why didn't he plead innocent? - Beryllium Jan 3, 11:14 1
  - To the IM: Aliens gave him the idea, once he reveals Aliens do exist and political donations were geared towards it. It will be chaos. -- nm* - budice Jan 3, 11:17
- hasn't he basically been confessing for weeks? -- nm - Andie Jan 3, 11:12 3
  - Not to my understanding. Fraud requires a finding of intent, and everything he’s “admitted” to so far only serves to muddy the waters in that regard, afaict. -- nm* - znufrii Jan 3, 11:22 1
    - there are different ways of evidencing fraudulent intent (legally) both explicit and inferred -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 3, 11:27
  - and yet, even the stupid have the right to the presumption of innocence and forcing the government to prove guilt -- nm - ML Jan 3, 11:18
- is he self representing like a big boy? -- nm - colin Jan 3, 11:09 1
  - No, he hired representation -- nm - budice Jan 3, 11:10
I really hope today is an easier day at work than yesterday. But I’m not counting on it. -- nm - Qale Jan 3, 10:59 4
- Me too -- nm - spamlet Jan 3, 11:10
- I hope it is easier for you as well. Good Luck! -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 11:01 2
  - word -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 11:04
  - Ditto! -- nm - ty97 Jan 3, 11:04
Is there a schedule for a second (and subsequent) Speaker vote? -- nm - prayformojo Jan 3, 10:58 5
- "ok, who ordered the House special with no Whip" -- nm - budice Jan 3, 11:09 1
  - Anti-McCarthy ralling around Jordan. -- nm* - budice Jan 3, 11:11
- They'll decide but they can't adjourn without a majority vote... - spamlet Jan 3, 10:59 2
  - See my comment below as well. The clerk is presiding, so would also need to agree to allow the vote to happen in the first place. -- nm* - znufrii Jan 3, 11:02 1
    - I'd imagine that's just a formality? -- nm - spamlet Jan 3, 11:11
NFL now saying Mondays game won’t be made up today or anytime this week. TBD on a future date -- nm - Flavorize Jan 3, 10:56 2
- The NFL is gonna fix KC's next game even worse than the Tampa and GB games this year. -- nm - David Jan 3, 11:16
- DOUBLE HEADER! -- nm - NFL Jan 3, 10:56
The interesting thing will be if they go immediately into the next vote or try to delay. -- nm - spamlet Jan 3, 10:55 1
- Just saw a note that they would need the clerk to put a recess to a vote, and I’m not sure what the procedural requirements for that would be - znufrii Jan 3, 10:59
So what are people using instead of LastPass? 1password? keepass? bitwarden? Other? -- nm - JaxSean Jan 3, 10:52 23 1
- my brain -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 3, 11:08 1
  - me too, aka "click here if you've forgotten your password" -- nm - rollo Jan 3, 11:20
- NordPass -- nm - Fuzzy Jan 3, 11:02
- Lastpass (I guess I'm silly for continuing but...) -- nm - oblique Jan 3, 11:00 3
  - Once I put together that they either knew the lockers were stolen and waited until no one was paying attention to announce it or *didn't* know for - spamlet Jan 3, 11:10 2
    - I read through this last week, and while all of it is a bit too technical for me, the unencrypted part is very concerning. - JaxSean Jan 3, 11:23 [mastodon] 1
      - Yeah, I read that and a fair amount of the other commentary. He's not wrong about not wanting to support them further. Some of the concerns aren't -- (edited) - oblique Jan 3, 11:46
- Keeper. Has great sharing options, ties into your MS domain, good browser plugins and app. - colin Jan 3, 10:54
- I'm going to go with 1pass because Bery -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 10:54
- I just write all my passwords on a sticky note attached to my monitor -- nm - decline Jan 3, 10:54 8
  - i am super old school - i have a note book at home with them in it. -- nm - Andie Jan 3, 11:13
  - So slightly more secure than LastPass -- nm - JaxSean Jan 3, 10:56 5
    - Honestly, for some use cases, written passwords are more secure than any cloud-based solution. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 3, 10:57 4
      - i never have a problem with a written password at home.. if someone is physically in front of your computer, you have other problems. -- nm - colin Jan 3, 10:59 3
        
        The only downside is that it encourages password reuse & short passwords, whereas the software managers encourage unique complex passwords - Beryllium Jan 3, 11:06 1
        
        i have my locker password written down in an odd place where it just looks like other text. it's a long sentence. - colin Jan 3, 11:09
        
        yup -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 11:00
  - If I ever found a sticky note that lasted.... - crash davis Jan 3, 10:55
- We moved to 1Password. They have an import tool from LP and it was easy peasy. - spamlet Jan 3, 10:54 2
  - Yeah, mrsjax doesn't love (tech) change either, so that's a selling point. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 3, 10:57 1
    - The only thing that didn't come over were the expiration dates on the saved credit cards. It seems to be a general issue. - spamlet Jan 3, 10:58
- BitWarden for me, as stated below and many other times. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jan 3, 10:53 1
  - ditto -- nm - psilotum Jan 3, 12:45
If you like baking shows, the Dr. Seuss baking show on Amazon Prime was excellent. Super cute and the Seuss creations were amazing -- nm - oblique Jan 3, 10:50 2
- Also, if you like dancing competition shows, Dance Monsters on Netflix is an intriguing twist on the format. -- nm - znufrii Jan 3, 10:52
- I’ll have to tell A about this, she loves them. -- nm - znufrii Jan 3, 10:51
has Wasserman seen enough yet? -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 3, 10:43 3
- First time in 100 years -- (link) - budice Jan 3, 10:45 1
  - shoulda gone to Hamilton with Mike Pence - hollywood big shot Jan 3, 10:47
- In fact, yes, 34 minutes ago -- (link) - ty97 Jan 3, 10:44
Okay Bery, going a different route would cost me $81 more over two year but I guess I can afford that. PLUS -- (edited) - crash davis Jan 3, 10:41 14
- Well, in the case of the VPN, my main reason for recommending that one is because it helps to fund the Mozilla Foundation. And also because it works. - Beryllium Jan 3, 10:47 5
  - I'd go with NordVPN because it is cheaper than Mozilla and it sponsors Critical Role. David and zeit were sillier in that thread than me just now -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 10:49 4
    - That's a fair choice & reasons. - Beryllium Jan 3, 10:55
    - What do you want to do with the VPN? - spamlet Jan 3, 10:50 2
      - I'm going to do some travelling in the future, but the totalitarian state that is Canada blocked me on something I wanted a while back -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 10:53 1
        
        You'll likely be happy with it. They also have a password manager but I've never used it. -- nm - spamlet Jan 3, 10:57
- mulvad is 5 euro a month, keeper is $2.92 a month, windows security is free. -- nm - colin Jan 3, 10:43 3
  - the offer from McAfee is $35/yr for two years, so yeah that is 120 euros more. -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 10:47 2
    - ..i still wouldn't take it, but i get it. -- nm - colin Jan 3, 10:48 1
      - i will say, i only pay for Mulvad when i need a VPN, so about 2 or 3 times a year. it's a good option for occasional access, like during a sporting ev -- nm - colin Jan 3, 10:55
- windows security not an option? it is free -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 10:41 3
  - It is an option. It is the VPN and pass manager that cost -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 10:42 2
    - I am very, very happy with BitWarden for a password manager and it's free. - Krusty Jan 3, 10:49
    - gotcha -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 10:42
With $446 million domestically, Avatar is now the second-best box office performer released in 2022. - David Jan 3, 10:41 5
- They keep increasing the expected China box office as well. -- nm - MDH Jan 3, 11:15
- as generic as the plot is, Sigourney as a sulky blue teen genuinely slaps -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 3, 10:44
- making it the highest-grossing movie featuring a rebel pacifist space whale in film history -- nm - ML Jan 3, 10:44 2
  - Speaking of McAfee... -- nm - spamlet Jan 3, 10:45 1
    - that would have added a whole 'nuther layer to things -- nm - ML Jan 3, 10:46
Trending: #118thCongress, #evildeadrise, house Republicans -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 3, 10:37
Are the Caveperson and Vampirates games settled, or were they depending on MNF? -- nm - David Jan 3, 10:36 2
- Vamps is over (I lost). Caveman was Burrow and a 3 point lead or so vs Allen, Mixon and Knox. as posted below I conceeded -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 10:39 1
  - unless the NFL shits the bed and plays the game somehow -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 10:39
Santos should vote for himself and go out in a blaze of glory -- nm - Tim Jan 3, 10:33 2
- I assume he carries a luchador mask at all times for just such a purpose? - Beryllium Jan 3, 10:42 1
  - Oh, maybe that's Santos Escobar ... or perhaps even El Santo. -- nm* - Beryllium Jan 3, 11:30
The Menu is now streaming on HBO Max. Enjoy. Savor. -- nm - budice Jan 3, 10:30 6
- Awesome news. Thank you! -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 11:04 2
  - seriously!?!? -- nm - TV PSA Jan 3, 11:06 1
    - I've been wanting to see it and I am guessing I missed your post. Many many apologies! -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 11:09
- I'm not sure whether to suggest watching on a full or empty stomach (depends if you're on a diet or not). - LMS Jan 3, 10:53
- in Canada it is on? -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 10:33
- Bon appetite? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 3, 10:33
Ovation for Pelosi voting for Jeffries -- nm - znufrii Jan 3, 10:29 10
- not sure what they're saying after, but mccarthy and jordan talking, mccarthy looks pissed, jordan looks concerned. - colin Jan 3, 10:45
- who is the person counting the votes? -- nm - colin Jan 3, 10:37 3
  - There are four reps appointed as tellers for the vote sitting at the lower desk, don’t recall who. I also missed who is the one calling the roll. -- (edited) - znufrii Jan 3, 10:40 2
    - “Abagnale. Abagnale? … sorry typo…Santos?” -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 3, 10:42
    - gotcha, thanks. -- nm - colin Jan 3, 10:42
- Rosendale makes 17 GOP -- nm - budice Jan 3, 10:31 4
  - 19 votes opposing McCarthy. -- nm - budice Jan 3, 10:35 3
    - If he gets more than 20 no votes I don't see him making it -- nm - Eag Jan 3, 10:36
    - I demand you continue to keep us posted--vote by vote, if possible -- nm - ML Jan 3, 10:35 1
      - word -- nm - budice Jan 3, 10:37
NFL says Bills-Bengals game will not resume play this week. -- (link) - budice Jan 3, 10:28 9
- Glad I'm not Commish of any FF leagues that had $ championship games this week. - Strongbad Jan 3, 10:36 4
  - just divy up the money based on the projected odds going into MNF - ML Jan 3, 10:37 2
    - for money this makes sense. -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 10:44 1
      - Gamblor must be fed -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 3, 10:45
  - Caveman is Volnelk's. Whether the points scored stand (they shouldn't) or the game is wiped he got it. Congrats! -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 10:37
- Does the NFL or the Bills have the right to Hamlin's medical information? Even the NFLPA? - Mop Jan 3, 10:32
- Does this now set a precident for canceling a game when there is a catastrophic injury. -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 3, 10:31 2
  - Recent emphasis on Player Safety would seem to indicate -- nm - budice Jan 3, 10:32 1
    - *rolls Tua off the field while he fences so the game can keep going* -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 10:33
Star Trek DS9: Happy 30th! -- (link) - Remlik Jan 3, 10:27 14
- I started Lower Decks S3 last night. Sooooo tempted to jump right to the DS9 episode! -- nm - Jovian Jan 3, 10:36 4
  - such a fun series. so many call backs -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 10:37 3
    - oh its fantastic. so so many callbacks. -- nm - Jovian Jan 3, 10:38 2
      - if I was starting to post I'd probably go with the name "Peanut Hamper" -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 10:43 1
        
        A mathematically perfect name. -- nm - AGIMUS Jan 3, 10:48
- I remember exactly where I was sitting in the dorm tv room with 20 others who all went absolutely silent when the commercial breaks ended. -- nm - Max Jan 3, 10:30 1
  - heh. we always rushed back from supper to watch TNG. Had a bunch of couches but two chairs on bottles with one higher than the other - Beaker Jan 3, 10:35
- I like the solar sail episode, though I'm not sure I'd call it my favourite. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 3, 10:29 5
  - Trials and Tibble-ations is another good one -- nm - Beryllium Jan 3, 10:35 2
    - yup. All the Mirror Universe stuff too. I liked the Ferengi comedy stuff as well (The Magnificent Ferengi is awesome) -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 10:36 1
      - Nog and his PTSD not so funny (but a great couple of episodes) -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 10:37
  - "Explorers" -- nm - Beryllium Jan 3, 10:32
  - that's really good. -- nm - Remlik Jan 3, 10:32
- 2 of the best Trek episodes of all time: In The Pale Moonlight and Duet -- nm - Beaker Jan 3, 10:29

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