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I'm ->.<- this close to either disabling Chrome sync or blacklisting all extensions via group policy in our domain - oblique Sep 12, 12:18 1
- meanie -- nm - decline Sep 12, 12:19
Escaped prisoner now has a rifle -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 12, 12:15 2
- shush! you're gonna scare znufrii's wife -- nm - decline Sep 12, 12:16 1
  - #prankideasgonewrong -- nm - Max Sep 12, 12:17
Nice compliment from my boss: "In an ideal world we'd have two of you, but that's not possible." ... or is it #maxiplicity -- nm - Max Sep 12, 12:12 8
- We never stopped to think if we should. -- nm - Qale Sep 12, 13:14
- Nice!!! -- nm - Krusty Sep 12, 12:31
- 😺😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 12, 12:19
- Super Max, Multi Max -- nm - budice Sep 12, 12:18
- Maximum Doubledrive -- nm - 99 Luftbaron Sep 12, 12:18
- I'm gonna eat a dolphin! -- nm - Max #4 Sep 12, 12:14
- Jurassic Max -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 12, 12:13
- 👏👏👏👏 -- nm - JD Sep 12, 12:13
Dodgers remove Julio Urías’ locker and murals featuring pitcher around Dodger Stadium - JD Sep 12, 12:11
best four-movie run by a canine actor in film history? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 12, 12:06 2
- Precious was an outstanding role and received its due outstanding acting by Darla. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 12, 12:22
- Don't you hurt my dog -- nm - rollo 🐙 Sep 12, 12:18
iOS 17 will be available as a free update on September 18 -- nm - budice Sep 12, 11:51
Bills owner Terry Pegula made racist comment, lawsuit alleges -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Sep 12, 11:51
The most Rorschach I have ever been. I should eat a can of beans for lunch. -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 12, 11:48 [Backboard] 2
- they are the magical fruit -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 12, 11:51
- No -- nm - whisper Sep 12, 11:50
Can I ask a rollover IRA question 🙋🏼‍♂️? Which one of these would be better - Flavorize Sep 12, 11:44 [Attachment] 7
- The Sweep is basically a savings account whereas the Cash Reserve is an actual mutual fund. Basically interchangeable in an IRA so as Spamlet said - decline Sep 12, 12:05
- What spamlet said. Basically it’s asking if you want your spare cash sitting in a bank account or money market mutual fund. -- nm* - znufrii, vice president Sep 12, 11:58
- Yes, you won't be able to take cash out of the rollover IRA until retirement age (without penalties). - spamlet Sep 12, 11:46 4
  - You should be able to take out your contribution basis at any time though right? Does that option terminate with a rollover? -- (edited) - Max Sep 12, 12:07 2
    - yes to your IM. only Roths, not standard -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 12, 12:08 1
      - does 457b has early w/d option? I thought it did (w/taxes, no fees). -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Sep 12, 12:38
  - Awesome! Thanks! -- nm - Flavorize Sep 12, 11:56
Currently reading: The Moonstone (1868). What is the oldest book or short story you've read since the conclusion of your formal education? -- nm - 99 Luftbaron Sep 12, 11:39 21
- Beowulf, I think? -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Sep 12, 12:18
- Crime and Punishment -- nm - Jovian Sep 12, 12:09 3
  - Supposedly I'm currently reading this -- nm - rollo 🐙 Sep 12, 12:17 2
    - i got about halfway through once, a few years ago -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 12, 12:19 1
      - I started to read it twice. I finished it zero times. -- nm - Dano Sep 12, 12:34
- I don't know an exact date, but probably the early-mid 1800 as I've read a little Edgar Allen Poe. -- nm - sycor Sep 12, 12:06 1
  - I also have some HP Lovecraft I hope to have time to read soon, not as old of Poe, but still old. -- nm - sycor Sep 12, 12:08
- Hmm. Jules Verne, maybe? Ah! No, probably Dickens. David Copperfield. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 12, 12:05
- Oedipus at Colonus. The Odyssey. (both because of some plays I did in the last 10 years or so) -- nm - Diva Sep 12, 12:02
- Sr year I took a course on Arthurian legend, and accidentally bought the 1485 edition of Le Morte d'Arthur instead of the more modern translation - rollo 🐙 Sep 12, 12:01 2
  - Funny that the price of textbooks makes it so you don't even blink when you accidentally buy a first edition 600 year old book -- nm - Beryllium Sep 12, 12:04 1
    - not first edition, but a good joke -- nm - rollo 🐙 Sep 12, 12:05
- Cat's Cradle -- nm - St. Epiphany Sep 12, 11:56 1
  - That was my first and remains my favorite Vonnegut. -- nm - 99 Luftbaron Sep 12, 12:05
- The Bible. -- nm - Spawn Sep 12, 11:45 1
  - Clever Spawn. I thought someone might say that. :) -- nm - 99 Luftbaron Sep 12, 11:52
- Hmmm..I guess things like Little Women and Jane Austin Novels -- nm - JD Sep 12, 11:45 1
  - P&P is prolly my earliest novel, off the top of my head -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 12, 11:50
- Cookbook? Phillip Marlow -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 12, 11:45
- Shakespeare plays -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 12, 11:42 1
  - same. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 12, 11:46
Parking garage collapse in Jacksonville -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 12, 11:35 [mastodon] 1
- Whoa. At least they were close to a hospital. -- nm - Spawn Sep 12, 11:47
Just cause, I've always thought that Britney Spears' Lucky was underrated -- (link) - JD Sep 12, 11:26 [youtube]
hell is other pedantists -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 12, 11:03 1
- pedants -- nm - rollo 🐙 Sep 12, 13:19
We get it. The phone is good. -- nm - David Sep 12, 10:58 10
- Sounds more like Mr. Garrison every day -- nm - budice Sep 12, 11:22
- Time Lord Art! -- nm - Remlik Sep 12, 11:19
- eliminates lightning port (thanks EU) is the topline so far for most users -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 12, 11:11 2
  - (I can't wait to get a non-iphone in october.) is there magsafe usbc? -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Sep 12, 11:15 1
    - Probably just me but when typed like that I think of bowling -- (link) - JD Sep 12, 11:32
- Oh, wait. You can play Resident Evil 4 and Village? TELL ME MORE!!! -- nm - David Sep 12, 11:10
- They got time to fill when everything leaks and it’s all iterative updates anyway. -- nm - spamlet Sep 12, 11:08
- Titanium! *drinks another shot* -- nm - budice Sep 12, 11:00 2
  - But..is it *turbo* -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 12, 11:08 1
    - Turbo+ -- nm - zunk takes things literally Sep 12, 11:09
i'm all for robust antitrust enforcement but Google's attorneys raising the Bing Defense seems ominous for the DOJ's case -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 12, 10:53 2
- "It’s also been of interest to entertainment industry lobbyists, who long have called on Google to take greater steps to curb piracy" - JD Sep 12, 11:36
- their TV Guide's were actually going to Ms Chanadler Bong? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 12, 11:22
Mets hire ex Brewers GM David Stearns as their first ever president of baseball operations. - Tim Sep 12, 10:43
It too the better part of two days, but I finished cataloging all my custom scripts that I added/changed since the last cataloging (8/22!) Please, - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 12, 10:38
I'm really conflicted about this. RBC is my bank! -- (edited) - mud Sep 12, 10:34 2
- I think most if not all banks have big investments in oil. When a crisis hits economy hard, oil soars, a financial flywheel -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 12, 11:07 1
  - but what this protest presupposes is what if they didn't? -- nm* - hollywood big shot Sep 12, 11:08
Saturday morning cartoons died on this date in 1992 -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 12, 10:32
believe the bosses when they say the quiet parts with their chests out -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 12, 10:27
"Breaking: Tim Scott discovers he's been in the Republican Party all this time." -- (pic) - mud Sep 12, 10:26 [Attachment] 2
- if you're not creative enough to beard up for the election like Cory Booker, can i really trust you with the nuclear codes? -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 12, 10:51
- I look forward to his next very spirited and energetic debate appearance.. - Jovian Sep 12, 10:29
This is pretty cool: Jets DB Jordan Whitehead needed 3 interceptions this season to earn a $250K bonus…He had 3 interceptions last night. -- (link) - JaxSean Sep 12, 10:19 4
- football is so many days now. monday, sunday, thursday? -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Sep 12, 11:14 2
  - ~ happy days ~ -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 12, 11:55
  - And Saturday! For all the bandwagon Colorado Buffs fans—of which 8.9 Million people watched last week’s game -- nm - Flavorize Sep 12, 11:19
- he should take the rest of the season off -- nm - decline Sep 12, 10:28
We know that conviction in the Senate ain't happening, but there might not even be the votes in the House to impeach. - Dano Sep 12, 10:18 6
- The problem is you think the nut jobs are thinking strategically outside of their own districts. -- nm - spamlet Sep 12, 10:44
- He doesn’t even have the votes to launch an inquiry at this stage, let alone pass articles of impeachment, so he’s decided that vote for the former isn’t actually needed after all. -- (edited) - znufrii, vice president Sep 12, 10:25
- make no mistake. they will find the votes in the House to make it happen. its the whole point of the entire exercise. ie To dumb down Impeachment -- nm - Jovian Sep 12, 10:22 2
  - hmm .. don't think so. -- nm - mud Sep 12, 10:28 1
    - wait for it. -- nm - Jovian Sep 12, 10:29
- "But her emails" => "But he's being impeached." -- nm - JaxSean Sep 12, 10:20
Meanwhile, my wife is convinced we are going to be murdered in our sleep. -- (link*) - znufrii, vice president Sep 12, 10:10 1
- it's a really long walk from Chester county to your neck of the woods -- nm - decline Sep 12, 10:15
Lovely. Our mayor started getting death threats last week. -- (link) - Strongbad, Champ Champ Champ Sep 12, 10:02 1
- Yikes. I hope they are okay. - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Sep 12, 10:21
Cold War Kids-"20 Years Tour" Club venues early 2024 - MDH Sep 12, 09:58 1
- why everyone skipping KC now... sad. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 12, 11:03
‘The Challenge’ season 39 Cast: -- (link) - mud Sep 12, 09:58 9
- I don't know how it works -- will this be on paramount plus? -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Sep 12, 10:51 1
  - Definitely Paramount+. Not sure if it will air on CBS or MTV though as well. Itll be one or the other of those two. -- nm* - Jovian Sep 12, 11:00
- So then...Spoilers for Challenge USA - Volnelk Sep 12, 10:49 1
  - lol yep 100% -- nm - Jovian Sep 12, 11:01
- When did Brad start looking like Ciampa? -- nm - David Sep 12, 10:21 1
  - heh. thats been his look for a couple years now. -- nm - Jovian Sep 12, 10:22
- Nicey. Matches the casting that was spoiled a few months ago. Besides some of these Vets returning (they will probably only compete as 'Mercs') - Jovian Sep 12, 10:04 1
  - Great choice of Vets to appear as Mercenaries too. Psyched to see Cara's return. And happy to see Big Brad as well. - Jovian Sep 12, 10:06
- (will premiere Oct. 25) -- nm - mud Sep 12, 09:59
Apple yadda-yadda in 5 mins -- (link*) - budice Sep 12, 09:56 [youtube] 4
- Apple is hell bent on killing my fingerprint reader/home button. No sign of a successor to the iPhone SE3 and no "mini" mainline iPhone. - oblique Sep 12, 10:58 3
  - They had an SE on the final slide but no idea if it's "new" -- nm - spamlet Sep 12, 11:25
  - I think they do the SE via press release, not during the main presentation. -- nm - spamlet Sep 12, 11:20 1
    - They usually announce them in March. They didn't this year -- nm - oblique Sep 12, 12:15
Keane- 20th Anniversary of Hopes & Fears Tour (Fall 2024) - MDH Sep 12, 09:55 2
- All of the venues are somewhere only they know. -- nm - Dano Sep 12, 10:00
- those were four or five great songs -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 12, 09:57
Gaetz threatens daily votes to oust McCarthy if .. -- (pic) - mud Sep 12, 09:55 [Attachment] 13
- Would any demo vote for k this time just to shut Matt up? Pelosi was bullet proof because she managed to get rep votes -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 12, 11:43
- couldn't the Dems tell the crazy GOP that their is a big Trump rally in Georgia and then sneak a vote in to elect a new Chairperson? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 12, 09:58 1
  - "He's paying legal costs for the first ten Congresspeople that show up!" -- nm - Roger More Sep 12, 09:59
- I dig when hateful people make each other miserable. -- nm - Diva Sep 12, 09:57 8
  - I don’t think they’re actually miserable tho - hollywood big shot Sep 12, 10:18 6
    - right exactly. Like who thinks Gaetz or MGT or who have you are actually miserable? -- (edited) - Jovian Sep 12, 10:26 2
      - I actually think they're miserable. I just don't think they know the difference anymore. -- nm - pmb Sep 12, 11:14 1
        
        this. I think McCarthy is miserable and deserves to be so...good. -- nm - Diva Sep 12, 11:16
    - I promise you Kevin wishes he’d never campaigned so hard for the job -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Sep 12, 10:23 2
      - only in the sense that they cut his balls off on day one rather than waiting the customary six months to a year they gave Boehner and Ryan - hollywood big shot Sep 12, 10:26 1
        
        he licks it every day. he loves it. this is who he is. and who congressional republicans are. - Jovian Sep 12, 10:30
  - me too. -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Sep 12, 10:06
- Who could possibly have seen this coming. -- nm - pmb Sep 12, 09:56
George Strait/Chris Stapleton with Little Big Town opening, stadium tour 2024 - MDH Sep 12, 09:51 1
- Tickets are $ 5000 - probably. LOL -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Sep 12, 10:06
interesting framing of the question presented on the fast-tracked Meadows appeal to 11th Cir. -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 12, 09:47
Big John is shook y'all -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 12, 09:45
Correction: Musk didn’t intentionally turn off starlink to thwart a Ukrainian attack, he just intentionally didn’t turn it on. -- (link) - znufrii, vice president Sep 12, 09:42 3
- This story has literally changed 76 times already. - Jovian Sep 12, 09:45 2
  - mainly because Walter Isaacson keeps kissing his ass in the press -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 12, 09:46 1
    - Well yea, like all modern day fascists, they all require their sycophants. -- nm - Jovian Sep 12, 09:47
I'm only 1% aware of who Pat McAfee is, but that 1% makes me happy about the other 99% -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 12, 09:42 1
- Idiot kicker. -- nm - Spawn Sep 12, 11:47
Parents are putting in an offer on a house in Tampa area today. -- nm - ty97 Sep 12, 09:40 5
- i feel like your parents just move every few years if they get bored! -- nm - Andie Sep 12, 09:41 4
  - They've been in the current house for seven years if you'd believe it! - ty97 Sep 12, 09:45 2
    - We've looked at so many houses, they're all starting to look the same. - JaxSean Sep 12, 10:19
    - LOL to the IM -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Sep 12, 10:08
  - Do they even bother to unpack? -- nm - Roger More Sep 12, 09:45
So, ESPN led like 200 Sports Centers and Pardon the Interruptions with Rodgers speculation, only for his season to end in four plays. - David Sep 12, 09:37 7
- Hard to believe Hard Knocks is the Jets this season. -- nm - whisper Sep 12, 12:12
- feel bad for Krusty and other Jets fans. -- nm - Remlik Sep 12, 09:57 1
  - This. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 12, 10:23
- Boomer Esiason this morning (ya know, that Jets fan...): "Well Coach Saleh is just going to have to get it done with Zach. And at least Jets fans - Jovian Sep 12, 09:52
- I imagine Stephen A. is curled up in a corner in the fetal position. -- nm - Diva Sep 12, 09:49
- Next up for Rodgers - moving into the Arconia -- nm - rollo 🐙 Sep 12, 09:43
- LOL !! -- (edited) - Munn, Patrick & Woodley Sep 12, 09:42
Only in DC: Liquor Lobbyists Now Have Their Own Capitol Hill Cocktail Bar -- (link) - MDH Sep 12, 09:36 2
- It's got everything: an original letter written from George Washington to his nephew about the popularity of his whiskey, FEC compliance, the winner - JD Sep 12, 09:44
- First - Jammed Uzi Sep 12, 09:37

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