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According to a recent patent filing, Apple is exploring a touchscreen for its AirPod cases - decline Apr 6, 12:52 1
- Can't you control audio on an Apple watch? I can on Android. - zunkskunk Apr 6, 13:00
Beaker, here's your Five Seconds of Summer Tour Dates. Arenas and amphitheaters. - MDH Apr 6, 12:51 7
- Dallas!! -- nm - Pippy the Gifted Apr 6, 13:00
- yeah, they are in the oldest's room right now starting to plan the Boston trip -- nm - Beaker Apr 6, 12:56 1
  - New rule: When a famous band is your child's room, you need to share that with us. -- nm - ty97 Apr 6, 12:57
- September isn't Summer, MDH -- nm - decline Apr 6, 12:52 3
  - Uhm, the majority of it IS, decline. -- nm - Spawn Apr 6, 13:11
  - It is now, bitch -- nm - Climate Apr 6, 12:52 1
    - I chuckled at this. -- nm - MDH Apr 6, 13:00
probably should stop adding more coal capacity to the grid -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 6, 12:43
Sounds like Bragg is getting quite tired of their BS -- (link) - Jovian Apr 6, 12:28 3
- defunds the DOJ -- nm - GOP Apr 6, 14:41
- Love it. -- nm - Pippy the Gifted Apr 6, 12:37
- 👏 -- nm - JD Apr 6, 12:30
A library patron told me that it is National Burrito Day which solves my dilemma on what to have for dinner. - crash davis Apr 6, 12:08 9
- Sorry, we had Tacos last night. -- nm - Spawn Apr 6, 13:12
- That sounds like a good plan. -- nm - zunkskunk Apr 6, 13:01
- National Burrito Day 2023: Taco Bell, Chipotle, Del Taco, Moe's have deals, free food Thursday -- (link) - JD Apr 6, 12:17 3
  - TB - get a free grilled cheese burrito with a $20 minimum order. How am I going to eat $20 worth of Taco Bell food? -- nm - crash davis Apr 6, 12:21 2
    - WTH is a grilled cheese burrito? -- nm - JD Apr 6, 12:27 1
      - something that doesn't look too appealing to me -- (link) - crash davis Apr 6, 12:34
- I had half of one for lunch (because it was ginormous). -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 6, 12:16 2
  - did you get the rest to go to continue celebrating NBD into the evening? -- nm - crash davis Apr 6, 12:21 1
    - I could! I shared that it was NBD with my team this morning, too. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 6, 12:22
Guy with no coding experience uses GPT-4 to build a working Javascript basic video game -- (link) - oblique Apr 6, 11:56 [youtube] 13
- I can't imagine this should shock anyone. That's the point of AI. -- nm - Mop Apr 6, 12:18 1
  - Your glorified autocomplete accelerated rather quickly -- nm - oblique Apr 6, 12:20
- Cool! -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 11:58 10
  - "GPT4: Build me a chat website with 150 post page limits" - oblique Apr 6, 11:59 9
    - "God no. Last thing I want is to enable more social media." - Beryllium Apr 6, 12:04 8
      - "GPT4: Run my IT Dept" -- nm - budice Apr 6, 12:09 7
        
        GPT4: help me take over the world -- nm - Strongbad Apr 6, 12:58
        
        Yeah, that's already being done too -- (link) - oblique Apr 6, 12:17 [youtube]
        
        Chatgpt, plan and write my presidential campaign -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 6, 12:11 3
        
        Tell me how I can plan my country's 500th anniversary, and a wedding, and the murder of my wife, and frame my enemies for it without getting swamped. -- nm - Max Apr 6, 12:18
        
        My brutha. -- nm - Spawn Apr 6, 12:13
        
        "1. Score PR wins by exploiting vulnerable migrants. 2. Get embarrassed by one of the world's biggest corporations. 3. Persecute all opponents." -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 12:12
        
        "GPT4: Run my White House" -- nm - Spawn Apr 6, 12:11
DeSantis continues to use state power to punish the woman who refused to cover up Covid stats. Had her son arrested -- (link) - TWuG Apr 6, 11:55 6
- NM -- nm* - Strongbad Apr 6, 13:01
- To be fair, he did post a meme that said he was feeling silly and he might shoot up a building. - Jovian Apr 6, 12:55 2
  - DeSantis may shoot up a building? -- nm - Spawn Apr 6, 13:13
  - I've only seen this one. -- (link) - zunkskunk Apr 6, 13:09
- I hope this destroys him. -- nm - Mop Apr 6, 12:05
- I was just looking at this. Terrifying. -- nm - zunkskunk Apr 6, 11:59
Good news from SCOTUS regarding trans rights -- (link) - TWuG Apr 6, 11:51 1
- Thomas was so shamed by the ProPublica story that he resigned on the spot? -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 6, 11:56
Lance Reddick had heart disease (don't ignore your cardiac care folks) - hollywood big shot Apr 6, 11:27 12
- and clearly not weight-related in his case. -- nm - Max Apr 6, 12:04 2
  - some of it is just the genetic lottery -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 6, 12:10 1
    - Cause I'm old, I think of Hank Gathers when you put it like that - JD Apr 6, 12:24
- I choose to believe his awesomeness overwhelmed his body. - David Apr 6, 11:31 5
  - Could you imagine him and Andre Braugher remaking Grumpy Old Men? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 11:35 3
    - (Seems like my brain is still skipping ahead 3 or 4 levels in the dialog tree. Hopefully that calms down soon.) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 11:39
    - not anymore! -- nm - mud Apr 6, 11:36 1
      - :( -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 11:38
  - 👍👍👍 -- nm - prayformojo Apr 6, 11:33
- I called to schedule my annual a few weeks ago. First opening: October. -- nm - Spawn Apr 6, 11:28 2
  - thankfully, my doctors office called me - first opening was in June -- nm - crash davis Apr 6, 12:10
  - you have no heart - hollywood big shot Apr 6, 11:29
Apple TV+ Original ‘Suspicion’ to Hit the Sales Block at MipTV -- (link) - Remlik Apr 6, 11:26
TIL pharmacies say 30% of prescriptions are not picked up, several join UBER to offer delivery -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 6, 11:16
Md and Va in a big ol dick swinging contest over the new FBI headquarters location (just keep it in downtown DC, dummies) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 6, 11:15 3
- And don't name it after Hoover. -- nm - TWuG Apr 6, 11:22 2
  - A guy who wore dresses? He'd be a criminal in Florida. -- nm - Mop Apr 6, 12:20
  - Malikah Shabazz Building -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 6, 11:23
James Gunn talks a potential Marvel/DC crossover: "I would be lying to say we haven’t discussed it, -- nm - budice Apr 6, 11:09 26
- "I've discussed it. They laughed hard and then said NO!" -- nm* - David Apr 6, 11:32 3
  - This. -- nm - Mop Apr 6, 12:21
  - "We" = him and the DC people. -- nm - Spawn Apr 6, 11:42 1
    - oh I'm sure he and Feige were nerding out. -- nm - Remlik Apr 6, 11:59
- JLA vs Avengers. adapt the Kurt Busiek/George Perez series -- nm* - Remlik Apr 6, 11:27
- “….and prayed they’d throw us a bone” -- nm - spamlet Apr 6, 11:15
- Who Framed Howard The Duck? -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 6, 11:12 3
  - That could already be done. Disney = Who Framed . Marvel = Howard the Duck -- nm - Remlik Apr 6, 11:28 2
    - well you would still need all the other WB heroes like Looney Tunes -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 6, 11:30 1
      - Oh very good point. -- nm - Remlik Apr 6, 11:32
- Batman vs Iron Man - Beryllium Apr 6, 11:10 15
  - Batman vs Moonknight. Iron Man vs Blue Beetle. Thor vs Superman. Deadpool vs the DCU. -- nm* - Spawn Apr 6, 11:13 14
    - the Deadpool crossover would be fantastic with Reynolds/Gunn doing it. -- nm - Remlik Apr 6, 11:29
    - Batman vs. Spawn. Batman vs. Constantine. -- nm - Reluctant Cynic Apr 6, 11:22 12
      - Batman vs John Wick -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 11:27 10
        
        Rick vs Joel -- nm - Jovian Apr 6, 12:15
        
        Melisandre vs Galadriel - mud Apr 6, 11:34
        
        Deadpool vs John Wick. - Spawn Apr 6, 11:33
        
        Wherein he wrestles with the ethics of just letting John do his thing, versus his no-killing stance. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 11:28 6
        
        I face a foe that doe nothing but uses guns to kill. I will not have to violate my own rule as the man *can not* be killed. -- nm - Batman Journal Entry Apr 6, 11:30 5
        
        "Dear Batdiary: Superman saved a planeful of innocent passengers with the tip of his finger (again!). WAAAAH why can't I get superpowers like him" - Emo Bruce Apr 6, 11:34
        
        nice -- nm - mud Apr 6, 11:31
        
        It's like Batman vs Punisher, but more fun -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 11:31 2
        
        1994, Deadly Knights, apparently -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 11:33 1
        
        that was the second one, the other was this one -- (link) - Remlik Apr 6, 12:00
      - ***SSSPPPLLLUUURRRTTT*** -- nm - Spawn Apr 6, 11:25
but CNN isnt trying to out-Fox the Murdochs or nothin -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 6, 11:08 1
- oh yea, they even got crack journalist Poppy to interview one of the Wall Street Kings -- (link) - Jovian Apr 6, 13:01
Tennessee house to vote soon on whether to expell 3 democrats for joining gun control advocates -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 6, 11:03
Want to fall into a meta rabbit hole? Microsoft has a github repository named JARVIS for a language connecting LLM (GPT-4) to AI models to solve - oblique Apr 6, 10:57
Yesterday Othani had pitch clock violations as both a pitcher and a batter so cross that off the first time list. - JD Apr 6, 10:55
Hockey players are built different -- (pic) - spamlet Apr 6, 10:45 [Attachment] 1
- 'Tis just a scratch! -- nm - Mop Apr 6, 12:22
Emily Ratajkowski Quit Acting, Fired Her Team Because 'Hollywood Is F---ed Up': 'I Felt Like a Piece of Meat -- (link) - budice Apr 6, 10:42 14
- Her treatment is crap, but wrong agents doesn't mean she's right in thinking starring roles in movies is the only avenue for acting. -- nm - Max Apr 6, 12:51
- You know who did well in this area: Carmen Electra. 96 roles as an actress. That is impressive for a former model with limited acting experience/abili - Pippy the Gifted Apr 6, 12:14 1
  - Yep. I watched a trash 80s movie on Rifftraxx last night. Called The Journey: Absolution starring Mario Lopez and Richard Grieco. You know who else -- (edited) - Jovian Apr 6, 12:19
- As opposed to modeling… -- nm - Flavorize Apr 6, 11:27
- That's a really well-considered argument from her in the article. - David Apr 6, 10:58
- the woman who's entire existence is posing for pictures wearing barely anything, has a problem with being treated like a piece of meat. -- (edited) - Jovian Apr 6, 10:50 8
  - Man, screw her for giving shitty men what they want. -- nm - Reagen Apr 6, 12:03
  - Was the Thicke video her first work? Because that was even *more* so. -- nm - Spawn Apr 6, 11:05 6
    - She was a model prior to that -- nm - spamlet Apr 6, 11:14 5
      - Ah. But still, appearing in that video... like that, will... leave a mark. -- nm - Spawn Apr 6, 11:16 4
        
        though... does that mean she deserves to be treated badly by men? - Dark Callisto Apr 6, 11:20 3
        
        Oh, I agree. I did not click but just saying that sadly, once Put in a mold, Hollywood sucks. -- nm* - Spawn Apr 6, 11:26 1
        
        (Kim's politely asking the men of ST to do better on stuff like this.) - David Apr 6, 11:35
        
        when you dress like that, apparently - hollywood big shot Apr 6, 11:22
I grabbed a sammich from the campus CFA for lunch. Walking back to the office I thought the bag felt heavy. - Easter Baron Apr 6, 10:39 1
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty Apr 6, 10:46
Krusty - sent you an email re:britbox -- nm - JaxSean Apr 6, 10:37 1
- I just saw it. Thanks!! - Krusty Apr 6, 10:45
80 years after we turned the St Louis back to Germany with a boat full of future Auschwitz victims, our border policies haven’t gotten any more humane -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 6, 10:36
Boston folk: what is the Music Hall at Fenway? not the park I assume but somewhere close? -- nm - Beaker Apr 6, 10:32 2
- wife and girls already planning the trip in August for 5SOS -- nm - Beaker Apr 6, 10:33 1
  - will drive to Portland and take the train this time though. fuck flying -- nm - Beaker Apr 6, 10:39
YDC: I'm a full size smaller in New Balance sneakers. I'm a 12 in Nike but an 11 in NB. -- nm - Krusty Apr 6, 10:31 1
- A European 12! -- nm - Mop Apr 6, 10:34
Sean Dyche: "I thought at one point he might have snapped his [Kane’s] eyelash, which would have been tragic, but he seemed to be responding OK." -- (link) - JD Apr 6, 10:26 1
- IMO This one ups the above for entertainment value: Frank Lampard: Chelsea name ex-manager as boss until end of season -- (link) - JD Apr 6, 10:27
Masters spoils - budice Apr 6, 10:24 1
- Will Zalatoris has withdrawn -- nm - budice Apr 6, 10:38
*waves from Grand Cayman* - znufrii Apr 6, 10:20 5
- 😺 -- nm - crash davis Apr 6, 12:12
- Enjoy! 🌞 -- nm - Krusty Apr 6, 10:47
- Did you remember to pick up that duffel full of cash left for you in an airport locker? - Easter Baron Apr 6, 10:44
- fun! -- nm - Andie Apr 6, 10:32
- Nice, but you do realize you are missing rainy weather with a low on Saturday of 35°F, right? -- nm - decline Apr 6, 10:29
Jets got their QB -- (link) - budice Apr 6, 10:19
I guess the other shareholders at Twitter have such small stakes they can't really do anything about Elon's antics, right? -- nm* - Andie Apr 6, 10:17 4
- I mean his interest payments on the debt are $1b a year alone so something will eventually have to give -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 6, 10:25
- This analysis shows Musk controlling 78% but it may be six months old. -- (link) - Max Apr 6, 10:22
- Most of the money Elon used to buy Twitter was loans. You’d think those stakeholders would be alarmed. I bet they’re alarmed. -- nm - Mop Apr 6, 10:18 1
  - Maybe they'd be happy to get the collateral he used? -- nm - Krusty Apr 6, 10:48
House GOP can't even agree on the best way to shoot their only hostage. cool -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 6, 10:00 4
- I have always believed that breaking faith with the dollar would throw us into a depression China has already started trading yuan -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 6, 10:24 2
  - but it wouldn’t be a “real” default like Argentina or anything. just a dumb avoidable car crash that doesn’t really change the $ fundamental strength -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 6, 10:28 1
    - "I just want to default on stuff I don't like" -- nm - Reagen Apr 6, 10:50
- winning! -- nm - mud Apr 6, 10:23
Caption this -- (link) - prayformojo Apr 6, 09:56 7
- I can't match these answers. kudos to all! -- nm - loosilu Apr 7, 06:26
- With Hermes new self driving luxury goods your divorce settlement will spend itself. You'll never have to leave the spa again -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 6, 10:30
- Oscar Myers rolls out its new uncircumsized weiner mobile -- nm - Dano Apr 6, 10:24
- "When I said 'an inconspicuous getaway car,' that's not at all what I meant." -- nm - JaxSean Apr 6, 10:22
- In hot purse-suit -- nm - rollo Apr 6, 10:19
- Riding in Coach -- nm - David Apr 6, 10:05
- When I said "pop the clutch" that is not what I meant. -- nm - Easter Baron Apr 6, 10:00
Okay, so, let's say you're emailing your school district about your kid. You'd assume that that information was private and would be treated as such? - Beryllium Apr 6, 09:55 11
- I assume this is handled differently from state to state. -- nm* - Strongbad Apr 6, 10:59 1
  - Quite likely. Province to Province, as well. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 11:08
- whoa -- nm - prayformojo Apr 6, 10:31
- Did they identify you or your kid? Because i would be livid if they did that. -- nm - Andie Apr 6, 10:16 6
  - Not quite, but the email contained a bunch of extra information that shouldn't've been published openly. - Beryllium Apr 6, 10:17 5
    - Also, because it's on the agenda, it might get read aloud at tonight's meeting. And published in video form forever. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 10:38 1
      - Decompressed the PDF and was able to confirm that it didn't contain sender information, so that's something at least -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 10:41
    - At minimum let them know your feelings and get clarity on how communications like that are handled. TBH I feel your feedback would be appreciated. -- nm - zunkskunk Apr 6, 10:21 1
      - Yep, this. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 6, 10:23
    - that should have been made very clear, that responses might be shared. -- nm - Andie Apr 6, 10:20
- Yes. Yes, I would. -- nm - Qale Apr 6, 10:00

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