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658 perfect brackets remaining -- nm - psilotum Mar 16, 22:17
I was watching a show that started with a person opening a chest freezer - JD Mar 16, 22:14
Shocked at the pop prices at the store tonight. Only the Dr Pepper was less than $6.99 for a 12-pack. - Ender Mar 16, 21:18 9
- The companies saaaaay that demand is strong even with the price increases. But they sure aren’t getting my cashola at full price for cola. -- nm - Qale Mar 16, 22:26
- I used to only buy when it was $2/12 - psilotum Mar 16, 22:14
- Coke - $8.99. Pepsi - $7.99 ($3.99 on a weekly coupon) - Meg Mar 16, 21:36
- 2L here is $2.50 -- nm - budice Mar 16, 21:20 4
  - $2.99-$3.49 here. -- nm - Ender Mar 16, 21:28 3
    - (Excluding Big K.) -- nm - Ender Mar 16, 21:31 2
      - Big K - $3.99 ($2.99 on sale this week) -- nm - Meg Mar 16, 21:50 1
        
        Ah, that's the 12-pack. 10 for $10 on the 2L. -- nm - Meg Mar 16, 21:52
- Also the ketchup, I'm brand loyal but 32oz of Heinz was $5.99 and 38oz of Hunt's was only $3.29, so looks like I'm eating Hunt's. -- nm - Ender Mar 16, 21:20
decide my shirt tomorrow. do I want green as the main or accent color? -- (pic) - Peglegpete Mar 16, 20:52 [Attachment] 9
- middle as well, though any will make it difficult to estimate your range, speed, and heading. -- nm - mafic Mar 16, 21:41
- Middle. -- nm - Ender Mar 16, 21:21
- Love the green and orange one - guess I should pull out my orange shirt for the morning ;-) -- nm - Meg Mar 16, 21:08
- stick with the green -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 16, 20:56 1
  - which one? Cthulhu or aliens. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 16, 21:15
- I like the right one the most -- nm - Krusty Mar 16, 20:54
- Middle one -- nm - Flavorize Mar 16, 20:54
- close up of CTHULHU on the middle shirt -- (pic) - Peglegpete Mar 16, 20:54 [Attachment] 1
  - What a piss-poor depiction of Cthulhu. I'm barely even a raving lunatic now. -- nm - Ender Mar 16, 21:22
We need offense. -- nm - David Mar 16, 20:49 1
- Your mother smells of elderberries -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 16, 20:50
Picard spoiler - Mop Mar 16, 20:35 1
- But spoiler - Mop Mar 16, 20:37
I qualified for that satellite to the WSOP main event seat… a chip and a chair. - Will Hunting Mar 16, 20:29 13
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Mar 17, 04:42
- I mean, that’s how you’ll end up here too. - Qale Mar 16, 22:27
- Get it! -- nm - psilotum Mar 16, 22:13
- Yay!!! Go all the way!! -- nm - Pippy Mar 16, 22:09
- Congrats! -- nm - MDH Mar 16, 22:07
- WTG! Good luck! -- nm - zunkskunk Mar 16, 21:05
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty Mar 16, 20:55
- Whoa! Congrats! Stellar run! Keep it going! -- nm - Flavorize Mar 16, 20:55
- Nice! -- nm - Marlowe Mar 16, 20:53
- super -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 16, 20:43
- Congrats! -- nm - David Mar 16, 20:41
- nice! -- nm - Remlik Mar 16, 20:34
- NICE! -- nm - Mop Mar 16, 20:34
the competition is stiff these days but Tennessee really bringing it’s a-game -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 16, 20:19
it's 10:45 and we've gained reception and an IT contractor. I think 5 is the number for the day. -- nm - mafic Mar 16, 19:44
Qale I actually get paid to do those. it's so dumb. but I'll cash those checks. -- nm - Remlik Mar 16, 19:37 1
- Oh! I thought you were being sarcastic! Oops. -- nm - Qale Mar 16, 22:26
AEW announces its biggest signing ever. -- (link) - David Mar 16, 19:12 2
- Kratos? -- nm - Mop Mar 16, 19:14 1
  - A small one, yes. - David Mar 16, 19:20
Barkley Marathons is now complete with three finishers. -- nm - Dano Mar 16, 19:08 2
- that's impressive, dang. -- nm - colin Mar 16, 19:35
- The time limit to complete all five loops is 60 hours. The 3rd finisher this year finished in 59:53:33. -- nm - Dano Mar 16, 19:12
These Cajuns are not current Ragin' -- nm - ty97 Mar 16, 19:05 1
- Follow me for more quality content like this. -- nm - ty97 Mar 16, 19:06
Picard spoiler - Remlik Mar 16, 18:59 5
- I am (spoils) - Jovian Mar 16, 19:41 1
  - Lolol (spoils) - Jovian Mar 16, 19:43
- that was fantastic. wow. -- nm - Remlik Mar 16, 19:36 2
  - I just finished. (Spoils) - Jovian Mar 16, 20:22 1
    - Terry Matals the showrunner just endorsed this new name for the Picard family.... -- (link) - Remlik Mar 16, 20:28
the best part about DST is that I get my crossword an hour earlier. -- nm - mafic Mar 16, 18:55 2
- After finishing Friday's, I have my best cumulative week time ever by about 6.5 minutes. I'll need a lightning-fast (for me) Saturday, though. -- nm - prayformojo Mar 16, 19:31 1
  - that was me last week until Friday. this week is about average. -- nm - mafic Mar 16, 20:06
That only took 30-40 minutes to figure out, but we have basketball! - ty97 Mar 16, 18:46
Mop, I found your reaction to MLS Season Pass News. David, I'd like to hear more business analysis. - psilotum Mar 16, 18:39 2
- I fear that blackouts may become more common. - Mop Mar 16, 19:00
- Yikes. How are we still using that URL? I need to fix that. -- nm - Mop Mar 16, 18:54
Can't win them all -- nm - crash davis Mar 16, 18:24 11
- Yay! -- nm - .☕ Mar 16, 19:04
- The cat said GO CATS and so they did. Hey, it's unusual to have an Illinois team in the Big Dance at all so a win is sweet! -- nm - zunkskunk Mar 16, 18:52
- I had them in the Sweet 16 because I love you. - David Mar 16, 18:38 4
  - I appreciate the moral support, but I knew it was a long shot. 😺 -- nm - crash davis Mar 16, 18:44
  - It sounds like being picked in your bracket is a death curse -- nm - ty97 Mar 16, 18:39 2
    - I use analytics, ty. You're not questioning my analytics, are you? -- nm - David Mar 16, 18:46 1
      - I have *no* questions about your analytics. -- nm - ty97 Mar 16, 18:46
- if you're Boise State you can't win any of them! hey-o! -- nm - mafic Mar 16, 18:37 1
  - take it to open mic night at the milk bar -- nm - crash davis Mar 16, 18:45
- you or the cat??? -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 16, 18:37 1
  - my cat will not face up to it, currently he is running full speed from room to room for no discernable reason -- nm - crash davis Mar 16, 18:43
Sanofi is cutting the list price of Lantus, its most widely prescribed insulin in the US, by 78% and establishing a $35 monthly.... - Remlik Mar 16, 18:22 1
- Is California govt still going to manufacturer insulin given the drops? -- nm - colin Mar 16, 18:24
Barkley Marathons had four people go out for the 5th (final) loop. 2 have finished, 1 dropped out, 1 still on the course. -- nm - Dano Mar 16, 18:16 1
- geez -- nm - prayformojo Mar 16, 18:18
My brother's Youtube Live TV doesn't come with NCAA basketball :( -- nm - ty97 Mar 16, 18:13 13
- I don't see how that's possible... -- nm - Ender Mar 16, 18:17 3
  - I don't either. -- nm - David Mar 16, 18:39 2
    - Yeah. Confirmed. TBS, TNT, and Tru (were the games are shown) are on the basic plan on YouTubeTV. -- (link) - Mop Mar 16, 19:03
    - With YoutubeMaxHBO, anything is possible. -- nm - Max Mar 16, 18:56
- No TNT, TBS, or Tru? Aren't those in the basic plan? -- nm - Mop Mar 16, 18:15
- Is this different than YouTube TV? - psilotum Mar 16, 18:15 6
  - He told me it's YouTube TV. It's through his Roku. All the games say 'requires digital subscription' -- (edited) - ty97 Mar 16, 18:22 3
    - Is he subscribed? Can he watch other channels? -- nm - psilotum Mar 16, 18:29 2
      - I dunno, maybe he's calling his Roku Live TV 'Youtube TV' but it is something different - ty97 Mar 16, 18:35 1
        
        It sounds like he's searching Roku for the games, it's telling him it's available on YouTube TV, but he doesn't actually pay for YouTube TV. -- nm - Ender Mar 16, 19:03
  - what about youtube red? or youtube family? how many youtube subscriptions are there? -- nm - mafic Mar 16, 18:16 1
    - I have at least 3. -- nm - psilotum Mar 16, 18:17
- yeesh. really?!? -- nm - prayformojo Mar 16, 18:14
I competed in an ultimate tournament at Colgate. I picked them in my friend's pool that adds the seed for each correct pick. -- nm - psilotum Mar 16, 18:12
^&$%$#@%$*^%(*$!!!! Battlebots is a rerun this week & next. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 16, 18:11
it's 9am, I've been in the office for 2 hours. how many of the other ~25 employees are here? -- nm - mafic Mar 16, 18:06 10
- *you're not IN your office!* -- nm - prayformojo Mar 16, 18:14 1
  - The posts are coming from inside the house! -- nm - Mop Mar 16, 20:10
- 37, and everyone is pretending to know one another -- nm - ty97 Mar 16, 18:10 3
  - I mean this *could* happen. we have several thousand employees at the mines, and there might be reasons they'd come to Perth? -- nm - mafic Mar 16, 18:13
  - “Now everyone go to your offices, we’re going to have a zoom meeting.” -- nm - Flavorize Mar 16, 18:11 1
    - hahaha offices -- nm - mafic Mar 16, 18:13
- 2, one of the bosses (other bosses) and one employee who is a constant complainer…and is always in early (so they can leave early) -- nm - Flavorize Mar 16, 18:08 1
  - *ding* me, GM finance, and general counsel. -- nm - mafic Mar 16, 18:12
- -1 -- nm - budice Mar 16, 18:08
- None -- nm - spamlet Mar 16, 18:07
NFL-WAS: Snyders have cleared out of the Commanders facility, and there's a belief in the building that a sale is imminent. -- (link) - budice Mar 16, 18:02
if you wanted to deduct your boat as office space here you'd have to have a separate room in the boat you didn't use for any boat-related activity. -- nm - mafic Mar 16, 18:00 5
- The storage container companies, in the US, have containers you can rent/buy with separate, insulated office space inside -- nm - Flavorize Mar 16, 18:10
- 🤔 I'm going to need a bigger boat. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 18:08 2
  - I don't currently deduct any WFH expenses, mostly because it feels like it wouldn't be worth the hassle to calculate everything -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 18:11 1
    - there's a simplified alternative here. 67 cents/hour. actual expense method is a real pain. - mafic Mar 16, 18:21
- Same in the US -- nm - spamlet Mar 16, 18:07
I was doing rough math with my son the other day. Filling out one bracket per second it would take billions of years to fill out all combinations. - psilotum Mar 16, 17:58 5
- yeah. like 292 billion. -- nm - mafic Mar 16, 18:01 1
  - Chat GPT-4, please create 2^63 email accounts and submit a unique ESPN bracket for each. -- nm - psilotum Mar 16, 18:05
- His math teacher had them fill out brackets. - psilotum Mar 16, 17:59 2
  - People, on social media, are posting their 3 and 4-year-old’s perfect brackets (so far)—there’s a lot of random to these Brackets -- nm - Flavorize Mar 16, 18:07
  - My best youth basketball coach was a math teacher. -- nm - psilotum Mar 16, 18:00
Top seeds for covering 1st half spreads is a cheat code…3-0 today on those (Kansas, Bama, Texas) -- nm - Flavorize Mar 16, 17:45
so it begins. the K-pop group PIXY is starting the US tour here in Indianapolis. CJ and Sara want to go. I guess we're going. -- nm - Remlik Mar 16, 17:37 8
- Contact me when you decide to sell all your rock and replace it with K-POP -- nm - crash davis Mar 16, 17:45 7
  - hmmm -- (link) - Remlik Mar 16, 17:49 [youtube] 6
    - Have fun at the concert! -- nm - crash davis Mar 16, 18:13 2
      - we got her a selfie package so she can take pictures with them -- nm - Remlik Mar 16, 18:19 1
        
        👍 -- nm - crash davis Mar 16, 18:55
    - ugh -- nm - mud Mar 16, 17:57 2
      - I almost went to go see Nektar tonight.... -- (link) - Remlik Mar 16, 18:16 [youtube] 1
        
        a blast from the past! -- nm - mud Mar 16, 18:32
Just a big heaping spoonful of pink slime ... -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 17:34 2
- I'd love that so I could sniff at it a few times and then walk disdainfully away. -- nm - Pippin Mar 16, 17:44 1
  - I'd do the full movie retch. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 16, 18:07 [youtube]
Physics help please - Beaker Mar 16, 17:33 12
- I have literally no idea. Physics was not my strong suit -- nm - ty97 Mar 16, 17:55 1
  - Maybe I'll take physics at community college when I retire. -- nm - ty97 Mar 16, 17:56
- Does this assume no air friction? Only loss of energy is from the contraction/expansion of ball? -- nm - psilotum Mar 16, 17:49
- Partial answer - Reagen Mar 16, 17:40 8
  - ST is awesome. thanks guys -- nm - Beaker Mar 16, 17:49
  - for a) I went mgh = 1/2 mv^2. m is mass, g is gravity, h is height. plug height in for both 1.0 and 1.2, set equations equal, solve for v. - mafic Mar 16, 17:47
  - C) -- (edited) - Reagen Mar 16, 17:47
  - formula for b? (also thanks!) -- nm* - Beaker Mar 16, 17:41 4
    - c) a = (v2 - v1)/t -- nm - mafic Mar 16, 17:47
    - (she had the A answer, just wasn't sure how you came up with B) -- nm - Beaker Mar 16, 17:44 2
      - Same equation, just sub in 1m for d -- nm - Reagen Mar 16, 17:46 1
        
        Just derived it myself and I agree with Reagen on all counts. -- nm - St. Louis BaronHawks Mar 16, 18:41
c'mon BSU, get your litter together -- nm - Pippin Mar 16, 17:27 1
- srsly -- nm - rollo Mar 16, 17:28
AEW makes a great hire and add Sarah Stock to the coaching staff -- (link) - Remlik Mar 16, 17:24 2
- I'm so glad and relieved. Remember her "living in a van" videos during the pandemic? -- nm - David Mar 16, 18:17 1
  - yup. -- nm - Remlik Mar 16, 19:54
WDE -- nm - budice Mar 16, 17:23

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