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Connections 130 - toughie - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 18, 21:16
so, is that snake oil show any good? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 21:15 3
- It's the best! -- nm - snake oil show PR Oct 18, 21:17 2
  - i think i'm gonna need a second opinion. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 21:20 1
    - It's also a great value! -- nm - snake oil show PR Oct 18, 21:23
Narwhal, an iOS app used to read Reddit, is on the cusp of rolling out subscriptions at $3.99 a month. Will not count your API usage, no ads. -- (link) - Qale Oct 18, 20:43 1
- As a comparison, Reddit Premium is $6.99 a month* which will stop the ad flow, but isn’t customizable. Well, there’s avatars, I guess. -- (edited) - Qale Oct 18, 20:46
now *here's* a place for a compound. 2.9 million hectares of pastoral lease in Western Australia. just need to round up like a billion dollars. -- (link) - mafic Oct 18, 20:37 2
- Normally I would prefer not to lease ... but for an ST-SHTF compound, a lease might make sense. - Beryllium Oct 18, 20:56
- OTOH, you could probably bury any number of dead bodies on that property, and nobody'd evvvvvvvvvver find them.... -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 18, 20:43
Timeless Toni Storm presents Gone with the Storm. -- (link) - David Oct 18, 19:53
RIP Paulie aka Burt Young from the Rocky Movies passed away chalk this one to i thought he had already passed away -- (link) - eag Oct 18, 19:45
dear NYT: please resolve the error accessing the xword so I can do it and go to bed -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 18, 19:09 9
- holy heck. it took me 31:34 (goes under mafic's post below) -- nm* - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 18, 19:54
- also now it's weirdly changing my stats page times for this week. finished today in 15:47, but stats says 14:07. - mafic Oct 18, 19:49
- I just finished the Wednesday puzzle. Didn't encounter a problem - Fuzzy Oct 18, 19:16 2
  - BUT WHERE'S THE THURSDAY PUZZLE FUZZY? WHERE'S THE THURSDAY PUZZLE? - mafic Oct 18, 19:18 1
    - It's right there -- (link*) - Fuzzy Oct 18, 19:32 [Attachment]
- srsly. what else am I supposed to do at 10am, my job? -- nm - mafic Oct 18, 19:10 3
  - hoo boy. I shoulda gone to bed. -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 18, 19:37 2
    - I didn't hate it. -- nm - mafic Oct 18, 19:44 1
      - it *ONLY* redeems itself because of 9Across -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 18, 19:48
Oh and since I’m telling you things you should check out, Omnivore is a fantastic open source read later (and note taking) app. -- (link) - spamlet Oct 18, 18:07 4
- Well, I now know what I'm going to be doing for the next few hours. - ReluctantCynic Oct 18, 18:17 3
  - You can import from Matter or Pocket (I think) directly. Instapaper takes some work but is doable. -- (edited) - spamlet Oct 18, 18:20 2
    - They have a Discord? - ReluctantCynic Oct 18, 18:28 1
      - Yup -- (link) - spamlet Oct 18, 18:30
This is a pretty good write up about the differences between helping the Palestinian people and helping the Palestinian cause. -- (link) - spamlet Oct 18, 17:51
Bethesda's Pete Hines leaving the company. -- (link) - Qale Oct 18, 17:38
Netflix added 9 million subs in Q3 of the year. Increasing prices. -- (link) - Qale Oct 18, 17:22 12
- I'm going to sign up for december only. I think my Netflix plan is to join for a month once or twice per year (or to house sit for people with NF more -- nm - amandaphone Oct 18, 17:43 7
  - this reminds me I need to cancel apple TV+ today before it renews. -- nm - mafic Oct 18, 19:09
  - I think Netflix is the one I continually want when I don't have it, and use the most when I do. At least the price increase is less than Centerpoint's - Qale Oct 18, 17:53 2
    - $100 a month is cheap down here -- nm - Karl_S Oct 18, 19:09 1
      - But it's a 1 bedroom 600ish sq feet apartment. *whines* -- nm - Qale Oct 18, 20:28
  - I have a couple of offers for AppleTV, which sure there's a bunch of stuff, but I have like an hour and a half a day of free watch time - Reagen Oct 18, 17:45 2
    - It's true that I'll neve catch up. But everyone I know is travelling for Nov and Dec while I have to work so I will have some primo - amandaphone Oct 18, 18:13 1
      - Corner Gas! -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Oct 18, 18:18
- I was almost one of them. thought I’d delay until at least more new british baking show eps are available. are there ever deals for netflix? - i.b! Oct 18, 17:29 3
  - only deals I ever see are external, like a mobile company will give it to you with a contract. netflix tends not to do them, don't really need to. -- nm - mafic Oct 18, 17:33
  - I don't recall any deals other than bundled with services like cell phone plans. -- nm - Qale Oct 18, 17:31 1
    - thanks, gents! it seems they don’t need to do them or gift cards through ccs. — nm - i.b! Oct 18, 17:36
Decided to try watching LOST with my son. The first episode (half of pilot) went well, so, I have a decision to make. - psilotum Oct 18, 17:22 5
- Do Hulu. I've watched and completed so many series on there, even though it's been a couple years. -- nm* - con_carne Oct 18, 19:40
- I missed this earlier, I like hulu even with ads (they nicely tell you how long they are); and, if you can wait a bit, they usually have black friday/ - i.b! Oct 18, 19:14 [hulu]
- I’d do Hulu— -- nm - Flavor-izm Oct 18, 18:20
- I loved it, I say do it. Jeff Liebver wrote the pilot and he is my friend -- nm - loosilu Oct 18, 17:50
- I loved LOST. sure they dragged it out at the start, but once they had their end date it was gangbusters with some of my all-time favorite TV stuff -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Oct 18, 17:29
Don't Threaten Europe With a Good Time - Reagen Oct 18, 16:44 5
- HITSAT? (NM) - Marlowe Oct 18, 18:32
- "Downloads and usage are down in almost every country the app operates in." -- nm - Qale Oct 18, 17:00
- "How to Burn $44 billion in 6 Easy Steps" by E. Musk -- nm - TWuG Oct 18, 16:55
- "You lost an entire.....continent?" -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 18, 16:48 1
  - hey, it worked out well for England! -- nm - elmo Oct 18, 16:54
US vetoed a UN resolution to call for a humanitarian pause in fighting... -- (link) - zeitgeist Oct 18, 15:58 4
- it was a direct shot at Israel -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Oct 18, 16:02 3
  - and no mention of an a specific call in it for hamas to release the hostages. -- (edited) - i.b! Oct 18, 17:13
  - srsly. -- nm - mafic Oct 18, 16:53
  - As always -- nm - spamlet Oct 18, 16:20
amandupdate: I win my CFPB claim!!! They're sending me a check. -- (link) - amandaphone Oct 18, 15:58 [Backboard] 3
- Did you find out what the problem was? I wonder if it's a calculated risk, hoping most folks just give up, say f it. -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 18, 19:16 1
  - No I filed the complaint and they sent me a check. No correspondence at all. -- nm - amandaphone Oct 18, 19:30
- Nice - decline Oct 18, 16:06
Jets trade WR Mecole Hardman Jr. and a 7th to the Chiefs for a 6th -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Oct 18, 15:40 3
- It's good for him as he wasn't getting on the field with us. -- nm - Krusty Oct 18, 15:54
- Whatever happened to Jake Bobo anyway? -- nm - The Allfather Oct 18, 15:41 1
  - Here. Notice he holds on. -- (link) - jnine Oct 19, 23:34
how Friday Night Lights actually works in the real world -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 18, 15:33 2
- Coach Taylor would never. - Reagen Oct 18, 15:38
- the devil you say -- nm - mafic Oct 18, 15:37
I created a Truth Social account solely to follow one other account. Wanna guess which one? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 18, 15:32 8
- Dean Cain -- nm - Roger More Oct 18, 19:04
- You are supposed to actually reveal. -- nm - loosilu Oct 18, 17:51 1
  - (I think it was one of those heavily-implied things, that it was the Biden campaign) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 17:52
- Got the hots for Laura Loomer, huh? I get it. -- nm - VMan Oct 18, 17:36
- Malcolm Gladwell? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 18, 16:43
- Kissinger. -- nm - loosilu Oct 18, 16:41
- finally went MAGA, huh? - decline Oct 18, 15:34 1
  - He does look good in red. -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 18, 15:53
Ken Cheseboro (and Sidney Powell and the rest) should probably just plead now -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 18, 15:30 2
- all aboard the 2025 pardon train -- nm - mafic Oct 18, 15:47 1
  - Ha, the Donald doesn't like losers, hates people who make him look bad. They deserve prison for what they did to him. -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 18, 15:56
Bret Baier is selling his home in DC. List price...$31.9M -- (link) - MDH Oct 18, 15:00 8
- Are those solar panels on the roof? - pmb Oct 18, 16:31
- that's a lot of white -- nm* - decline Oct 18, 15:36
- who? -- nm - psilotum Oct 18, 15:06 3
  - Fox News "journalist", I see. Is he switching roles, or just tired of those mortgage payments? -- nm - psilotum Oct 18, 15:08 2
    - Bought a more expensive home in Palm Beach. -- nm - MDH Oct 18, 15:10 1
      - At least 10x more expensive. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 18, 15:24
- This link is easier to navigate. -- (link) - MDH Oct 18, 15:06 1
  - I don't want to say anyone shouldn't be making that kind of money, but for a 'journalist' that's kind of disgusting (imo) - Max Oct 18, 15:12
My second offer was initially a $10k pay cut to work 100% from home. Would you take that cut to continue working your arrangement? - loosilu Oct 18, 14:51 12
- I actually got a hefty salary bump for my work-from-home arrangement ... but that was nearly seven years ago. - Beryllium Oct 18, 20:53
- There's a difference between the value to the employee and the negotiated salary. -- nm - psilotum Oct 18, 17:46 1
  - that's what my question is about! -- nm - loosilu Oct 18, 17:52
- I do about 50:50 now. I might take that for full time WFH. commuting and tax savings, and not buying lunch all the time would even a lot of it. - mafic Oct 18, 15:53 1
  - something like this for me. those additional costs, plus commute time, and things like - i.b! Oct 18, 17:23
- nope -- nm - decline Oct 18, 15:28
- Hell no. -- nm - znufrii, vice president Oct 18, 15:28
- "How about you pay *ME* to work from home, so you don't have to pay for the rent and utilities and other overhead required for me to work in office?" -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 18, 15:25
- Nope. That's too much. -- nm - Krusty Oct 18, 14:58
- yeah 10K is to much, unless you were spending that in parking and travel to and from work. -- nm - Remlik Oct 18, 14:54 2
  - this. good cavaet on the costs to get into work. -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Oct 18, 15:13 1
    - And hours of commute -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 18, 15:51
Below -- nm* - zunk takes things literally Oct 18, 14:35
Based on their trade offers, I think Musubi and Samara were separated at birth. -- (edited) - David Oct 18, 14:28
DTL: 9/12/36/60. A lot of work ahead. -- nm - spamlet Oct 18, 14:27 5
- 2/NR/NR -- nm - Dano Oct 18, 14:40
- 3/33/47/NR -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 18, 14:37
- 2/5/15 -- nm - rollo Oct 18, 14:32 2
  - 13/27/NR/NR. Not too bad. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Oct 18, 14:38 1
    - Esp. consider I'm trying for talls and that's always more competitive. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Oct 18, 15:06
in Australia: Tourist vs Kangaroo -- (link) - Jovian Oct 18, 14:23 [youtube] 2
- They're lucky that is a juvenile. Otherwise they'd be F'ed. --nm - howie Oct 18, 15:05
- Nice. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 18, 14:40
Green Day to play 800 person capacity venue in Vegas ahead of When We Were Young festival -- (edited) - JD Oct 18, 14:21 1
- They played Chicago Metro last year during Lollapalooza. Metro can stuff about 1,100 in there. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Oct 18, 14:37
NWA: Billy Corgan signs a deal with the CW for his wrestling company to air - Remlik Oct 18, 14:16
Today in Assumptions: My MIL is on our cell phone plan, and she had one of the cheapest Samsungs that she broke. We got her a new Galaxy A14 - JaxSean Oct 18, 14:06 8
- The Samsung A-series phones have plastic backs so they can't do Qi charging. Need a glass/metal back for that. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 18, 14:41
- I would go so far as to say that most do not have wireless charging. It seems that a lot of android developers moved away from it. -- nm - sycor Oct 18, 14:11 6
  - Yup. None of the Pixel phones have it and I don't see it mentioned in most of the phones I read about. -- nm - Krusty Oct 18, 14:35 5
    - My 7 does. -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 15:40
    - Samsung S# phones do, but weirdly the Samsung tablets do not -- nm - decline Oct 18, 14:44
    - I think most of the Pixels have had it. Just not the A line. But other than that, most Androids don't seem to care about it. Personally it's not - sycor Oct 18, 14:44 2
      - Heh, ironic. I find that cheapo cables are so shite that wireless is more reliable -- nm* - Beryllium Oct 18, 15:48
      - I prefer it, but I had to take my case off, now the glass is cracked after a drop -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 18, 14:46
SCAD Atlanta has more of the really cool toys, but Savannah has some cool film stuff, too. - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 18, 14:06
"President Biden's campaign has surpassed former President Trump's in followers on Truth Social." -- (link) - JaxSean Oct 18, 13:58 7
- MAGAheads follow Trump's account, not his campaign's. -- nm - mara 🍂 Oct 18, 14:30 3
  - Good reality check. -- nm - loosilu Oct 18, 14:42 2
    - The numbers will still sting idiots ego. -- nm - VMan Oct 18, 14:45 1
      - absolutely. end of the day, more people following a Biden campaign account then his own campaigns is going to more than sting his enormous ego. -- nm - Jovian Oct 18, 14:49
- Who's cooler - Dan or Casey? -- nm - rollo Oct 18, 14:24 1
  - "That's a Rose Bowl-and-a-half full of people!" -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 18, 14:49
- That's fucking hilarious. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 18, 14:01
Plot twist: Third prospective employer comes back with a question from the developers. -- nm - loosilu Oct 18, 13:54 2
- "So who was the better NCIS agent Ziva or Bishop?" -- nm - Remlik Oct 18, 14:06 1
  - HA! how much would they have to pay me? -- nm - loosilu Oct 18, 14:13
to the point on b2 re: curation, someone I’ve followed for more than a decade just posted that shaun king is a must follow about gaza. - i.b! Oct 18, 13:47 1
- That sucks. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 18, 13:58
"Is the Atlantic Ocean the ocean that's around us?" - Classroom Transcripts Oct 18, 13:29 7
- That's Panthalassa. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Oct 18, 13:52
- Bzzt, no. You're referring to the Sea of Fundy. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 13:47
- "Now the answer to that question is ummm No. But for extra credit can any of you name the ocean/s and the nation/s that would actually be true for?" -- nm - Jovian Oct 18, 13:40
- oh c'mon! that's a great question! -- nm - mud Oct 18, 13:37 3
  - Define "around' ;) -- nm - Meg Oct 18, 13:47 2
    - uhh, you know .. [gestures] "around" -- nm - student Oct 18, 14:03 1
      - that's sort of accurate. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 14:20
I'm really hoping it's just the weather change, but sinuses are starting to feel a bit off. And a slight cough is starting. - sycor Oct 18, 13:20 2
- definitely sinus issues for me, hoping that’s it for you, too! (and that they go away soon!) — nm - i.b! Oct 18, 13:25 1
  - Thanks! Hope you feel better too. Debating on on going to get a test, but will probably wait until tomorrow to see how I feel. - sycor Oct 18, 13:27
RC & Crash. here's the new Fake or Fortune. -- (link) - Peglegpete Oct 18, 13:04 [youtube]

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