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World snooker final, Kyren Wilson wins, eventually. -- nm - Loyola May 6, 14:12
Sony backed down from requiring PSN accounts from Helldivers 2 PC players, so it's back up to 65% positive. -- nm - Tim May 6, 14:00 3
- The tipping point sounds like it was when Steam started offering full game refunds. - David May 6, 14:13
- As one does -- nm - con_carne May 6, 14:02 1
  - two Steam friends changed their positive reviews to negative and then back to positive again -- nm - Tim May 6, 14:06
Flight LM0705 Depart 15:52 Arrive 15:54 (same day) -- (link) - JD May 6, 13:23 1
- ty97's dream. -- nm - LFG May 6, 13:34
David Rubenstein will enter the Splash Zone this Friday -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 6, 13:03
FAA investigating whether Boeing employees falsified aircraft records -- (link) - budice May 6, 12:56 5
- those employees soon to have " mystery illnesses" -- nm - Pippy Shark May 6, 13:48 1
  - Or falling out of windows. - LFG May 6, 13:50
- Everyother bolt was actually theoretical. -- nm - LFG May 6, 13:17
- Specific to how wings join the fuselage on the 787 Dreamliner. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 6, 13:16
- Meanwhile...Boeing Starliner is hours away from launching 2 astronauts on long-awaited mission -- (link) - oblique May 6, 13:05
MetGala carpet -- (link) - budice May 6, 12:51 5
- Nice looking rug. -- nm - LFG May 6, 12:54 4
  - Matches the drapes -- nm - zeitgeist May 6, 13:19
  - I don't think you can say that anymore. -- nm* - David May 6, 12:54 2
    - And we were neck-and-neck for Most Improved Poster. - LFG May 6, 12:56 1
      - Ruiner. -- nm - ReluctantCynic May 6, 13:44
Y'all realize the truth, right? Einstein wasn't a genius. - David May 6, 12:39 25
- Side Einstein note, my uncle had a letter from Albert Einstein. When he was a kid he wrote a letter to Einstein about a math problem nobody in his - pmb May 6, 13:00 8
  - Then everyone clapped -- nm - con_carne May 6, 13:12
  - eat shit, ChatGPT -- nm - hollywood big shot May 6, 13:07
  - Wow. Did he understand the solution? -- nm - David May 6, 13:04 1
    - I don't know if I ever asked him that question. I'm not sure. -- nm - pmb May 6, 13:11
  - that's pretty cool -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 6, 13:03
  - sweet. -- nm - mud May 6, 13:01 2
    - Sadly, his dad noted the solution, burned the letter and went to class the next day and solved it. -- nm - LFG May 6, 13:08 1
      - genius. -- nm - mud May 6, 13:22
- Just leave the Israeli/Palestinian hostage swap up to Colin, we should be good -- nm - con_carne May 6, 12:56
- I saw a documentary that showed he was responsible for inventing rock and roll and putting bubbles in beer, so just for that he has my respect. -- nm - Reagen May 6, 12:52 3
  - Probably the most famous Tasmanian ever, after The Mentalist -- nm - Roger More May 6, 13:00
  - WORD -- nm - LFG May 6, 12:53
  - Yeah, but you've always been soft on patent-related murder. -- nm - David May 6, 12:53
- Albert Einstein, Patent Hunter, coming from A24 this Fall. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 6, 12:44
- *dons chapeau* -- nm - Oppenheimer May 6, 12:44
- This is akin to saying Elon Musk is a genius, a true pioneer and Renaissance Man. -- nm - Jovian May 6, 12:42 2
  - I mean, everyone says The Simpsons can predict the future, but it also did an entire episode devoted to Musk being a genius. -- (edited) - David May 6, 12:43 1
    - heh. for the record. 7-8 years ago, that is exactly what I thought Elon was as well. -- nm - Jovian May 6, 12:48
- "So your elevator pitch is Einstein meets Dexter? I'm intrigued, keep going young man" -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 6, 12:42 1
  - *nods* -- nm - David May 6, 12:42
- This would make sense for Edison, but not for Einstein. -- nm - Beryllium May 6, 12:40 3
  - effin' Edison. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 May 6, 14:13
  - Look into your heart. -- nm - David May 6, 12:41 1
    - I'm saying, maybe he was in cahoots. -- nm - Beryllium May 6, 12:45
Amazing what Republicans are fed day in and day out. - Jovian May 6, 12:37
Oh sweet jeebus, Hades II on Steam Early Access -- nm - Tim May 6, 12:29 6
- *plotz* -- nm - Baron Kills World May 6, 12:53 2
  - I got genuinely emotional when I finished that game. - Baron Kills World May 6, 12:57 1
    - Me too. But I also got emotional in another way when the Big Bad I couldnt defeat for the longest time and I finally did. And then shortly safter - Jovian May 6, 13:14
- BOP's Edwin was joking that it timed perfectly with the start of his post-NFL Draft vacation. - David May 6, 12:36 1
  - Ha! -- nm - Tim May 6, 12:53
- Goddamnit. As if Balatro wasn’t enough of a time suck. -- nm - znufrii May 6, 12:35
reB2: I can't help but wonder if the Supercharging network is going to end up in the hands of another corporation - crash davis 😺 May 6, 12:22 5
- I think he's going to get independent contractors bid on it regionally, cuts liability -- nm - zeitgeist May 6, 13:25
- Tesla has a strong incentive for its own customer base to make Supercharging as good as possible. the rest of the BEV world gets Chargepoint shit - hollywood big shot May 6, 12:34
- but what I dont get wouldnt that mean Telsa would give up a large revenue stream, and then couldnt control the benefits for Telsa owners vs non-owners -- nm - tRuMaN May 6, 12:28 1
  - It preemptively saves them from having it nationalized. -- nm - Beryllium May 6, 12:30
- i imagine any "energy" company that has a gas station chain or maybe Ford would be interested. -- nm - colin May 6, 12:25
“Netanyahu and the war cabinet have not appeared to approach the latest phase of negotiations in good faith” and are still planning to proceed with Rafah invasion, per U.S. official. -- (edited) - znufrii May 6, 12:20 4
- Does Bibi approach *anything* in good faith?? - Jovian May 6, 12:23 3
  - sabotaging Joe’s reelection chances this November -- nm - hollywood big shot May 6, 12:35 2
    - Nah. DJT probably hates him more than Joe. And besides, Bibi and his despotic pals in Saudi Arabia and Russia will do all that heavy lifting. -- nm - Jovian May 6, 12:39 1
      - 45 had said that Netanyahu should just finish it, meaning that is the final solution. -- nm - zeitgeist May 6, 13:22
"Hey look, I really didnt think it was such a big deal what that kid did. But I guess a bunch of other people did." - this statement essentially -- (pic) - Jovian May 6, 12:20 [Attachment]
Help me brainstorm something I'm over thinking. - Dano May 6, 12:15 6
- I think "all other states", as it's easier to train people on. - Roger More May 6, 12:38
- All Other States -- nm - colin May 6, 12:25
- 3 -- nm - Peglegpete May 6, 12:18
- NA would be best, especially if you're able to notate that NA=27 -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 6, 12:18 1
  - North Alberta? -- nm - zeitgeist May 6, 13:17
- I'd probably choose either "--" or "*" where there was an explanation elsewhere on the page as to what it meant if needed -- nm - oblique May 6, 12:17
Since using Grammarly, I've made 107,162 mistakes according to the app. - David May 6, 12:13 7
- Mistake #107,163 was giving us the fuel to taunt you. -- nm - Baron Kills World May 6, 12:52
- seems low -- nm - hollywood big shot May 6, 12:18
- grammarly does a lot of misunderstanding though, so i'd cut yourself some slack. - colin May 6, 12:15 2
  - Bro, I think you are supposed to take these constant updates in a clinical, nonjudgmental way -- nm - con_carne May 6, 12:18 1
    - oh. well, carry on then -- nm - colin May 6, 12:26
- David for Most Improved Poster! -- nm - LFG May 6, 12:14 1
  - I hope. That's always my goal. -- nm - David May 6, 12:19
In what country did a judge say this: - Jovian May 6, 12:10 4
- Good ole US of A -- nm - Pippy Shark May 6, 12:25 3
  - heh. no, we are bad but husbands don't officially own their wives just yet. This was in India. -- nm - Jovian May 6, 12:28 2
    - Afaik, the concept of spousal rape is new to our generation, hell wife beating wasn't a crime till the 70s -- nm - zeitgeist May 6, 13:30
    - Don't *still* own their wives :/ -- nm - Meg May 6, 13:03
SITV: That Pretty Little Liars Summer School thing that supposedly premiers on HBO Max on 5/9 is nowhere to be found in the app - oblique May 6, 12:09 2
- Season 1 is Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin. - Dark Callisto 🦊 May 6, 12:13 1
  - Now I can't remember if I watched Original Sin or not... -- nm - oblique May 6, 12:15
I know all of you care as much as I do. There will be no reunion for The Valley season 1 on Bravo. -- nm - Strongbad May 6, 12:06
College Football: The Arizona Bowl, previously sponsored by Barstool Sports, will now be known as - Strongbad May 6, 12:05
"Timberwolves' Rudy Gobert questionable for G2 after 1st child born" - David May 6, 11:53
Hamas is sharing broad outline of ceasefire agreement it claims to have accepted. -- (edited) - znufrii May 6, 11:28 16
- "The second phase mandates that Israel completely withdraw from Gaza." -- nm - MDH May 6, 11:52
- to clarify, Israel hasnt accepted anything, right? -- nm - tRuMaN May 6, 11:40 1
  - As far as I can tell, no. - znufrii May 6, 11:45
- what's the issue with the prisoner swap term? - colin May 6, 11:34 12
  - Maybe it’s a pointless semantic quibble, but I would expect Israel to take exception to hostages being referred to as “prisoners” - znufrii May 6, 11:43 11
    - I doubt that's the issue. Prisoners for hostages was part of the first cease fire and Hamas will call it whatever they want regardless of the - pmb May 6, 12:06 1
      - Fair point. -- nm - znufrii May 6, 12:09
    - hostages vs prisoners of war is kind of semantics, yes. hostages makes them sound more terroristic, for sure. -- nm - colin May 6, 11:46 8
      - As opposed to…what exactly? -- nm - znufrii May 6, 11:54 7
        
        as opposed to a military that has prisoners. i'd argue that russia is terroristic as well, but we don't generally refer to POWs there as "hostages" - colin May 6, 12:01 5
        
        The difference is combatants versus civilians and the circumstances in which they were taken. -- nm - pmb May 6, 12:05 1
        
        true. -- nm - colin May 6, 12:15
        
        Russia is "relocating" children, though. -- nm - LFG May 6, 12:03 2
        
        that's kidnapping, yeah? not sure the right term there. -- nm - colin May 6, 12:14 1
        
        Pretty sure the correct term is genocide. (And I'm specifically talking about russia vs ukraine, don't apply this to any other current warcrimes …) -- nm - Beryllium May 6, 12:25
        
        Guests, znu. -- nm - LFG May 6, 11:56
I've been playing this on repeat for a few days now leavemealone - Fred again.. ft. Baby Keem -- (link) - colin May 6, 11:27 [youtube]
Oh, we had bb gun wars which was a lot of fun n games till someone lost an eye (almost literally, needed surgery and eye patch) -- nm - zeitgeist May 6, 11:25
Mexican singer Ana Gabriel: 50th Anniversary in music arena tour - MDH May 6, 11:22
also Beth Behrs is married to Paul Kinsey?! - hollywood big shot May 6, 11:11
1) Roman candle fights 2) In-traffic car tag 3) Off-roading attempts to tip the van - David May 6, 11:09 23
- It is absolutely a miracle that we lived past our childhoods. I think that's why this generation of parents are more helicopter parents. - pmb May 6, 12:09 1
  - I think that's right. Our parents didn't know any better, but we do. -- nm - David May 6, 12:13
- I miss bottle rocket fights, too. -- nm - ReluctantCynic May 6, 11:33
- Is it because it's rural or because of the state where you live? (hint: we all think it's because of the state where you live) -- nm - con_carne May 6, 11:33 5
  - I dunno. We had the same roman candle fights in Illinois and fireworks were illegal here. -- nm - oblique May 6, 11:34 4
    - They were bottle rockets for us. -- nm - pmb May 6, 12:07 1
      - We did both. Candles were much better for chasing, though. -- nm - LFG May 6, 12:13
    - It's because of Tennessee. Thank you -- nm - con_carne May 6, 11:40 1
      - Word. -- nm - ReluctantCynic May 6, 11:53
- Lawn darts! -- nm - Strongbad May 6, 11:28 1
  - this was my answer - decline May 6, 11:34
- did you use metal trashcan lids as shields too? - oblique May 6, 11:14 11
  - No because we had plastic trashcans. So, that would have made things worse. -- nm - David May 6, 11:14 10
    - We "invented" a game of tag on bicycles modeled after Tron where we would throw frisbees at each other while riding - oblique May 6, 11:15 9
      - that's fairly metal -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 6, 11:43
      - We had active bb gun fights. -- nm - Will Hunting May 6, 11:22 3
        
        we used to have pine cone fights. The hard ones threw the best so they hurt a lot. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 6, 11:35 1
        
        heh, we had rock fights. - LFG May 6, 11:52
        
        It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye -- nm - oblique May 6, 11:24
      - I wish we had video from when I was a kid. The stuff I survived while playing Evel Knievel would be great to watch. -- nm - LFG May 6, 11:17 1
        
        See also: Jarts -- nm - oblique May 6, 11:20
      - Did anybody ever get derezzed? -- nm - David May 6, 11:17 1
        
        We probably should've called the many accidents that occurred 'derezzing' but alas we were stupid -- nm - oblique May 6, 11:21
Hulu: Disney & Comcast seeking 3rd bank to determine Hulu Valuation. Disney buying Comcast's 33%. Disney-JPM has Hulu @ $27B while Comcast-MorganStanley @ $42B -- (link*) - budice May 6, 11:09 13
- if disney buys out comcast for hulu, does comcast have to keep giving hulu NBCU content? or couldn't they just say "go to peacock, pals"? -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 May 6, 11:57 1
  - The clock is ticking on NBCU content on Hulu. I believe most of it is already exclusively Peacock. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 6, 13:20
- Disney has already paid $8B which is the agreed upon minimum based on their $27B number -- nm - budice May 6, 11:16 1
  - Comcast could be looking at another $5B -- nm - budice May 6, 11:19
- Hulu: When the walls Fell - tRuMaN May 6, 11:11 1
- In a huge, shocking twist, the Disney people said $27 billion, while the Comcast people said $42 billion. - David May 6, 11:10 2
  - "The valuations were within 10% when the deal was made, now far apart" -- nm* - budice May 6, 11:14 1
    - Comcast is currently working deals with the NBA/WBD, Paramount, and Disney. It’ll be hysterical if they get shut out of everything. - David May 6, 11:16
- lol -- nm - hollywood big shot May 6, 11:10
- Disney: Hulu -- nm - Dave May 6, 11:09 3
  - Or just Dulu -- nm - Strongbad May 6, 11:11 2
    - Disnu -- nm - budice May 6, 11:12 1
      - Huney -- nm - Beryllium May 6, 12:01

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