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DJs (who don't spin vinyl) debating whether AI can replace them. of course it can you dum dums -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 4, 10:14 5
- J.D.’s view - DJing is a form of live, performance-based art, and good DJs know how to read a room - JD Oct 4, 10:16 3
  - AI knows how to read a room -- nm - ty97 Oct 4, 10:22 1
    - (seriously, throw a couple of facial recognition cams up and AI can figure it out) -- nm - ty97 Oct 4, 10:23
  - eh. once you go fully digital it's all on autopilot to greater or lesser degrees. and why not just feed AI every Tiesto mix ever, it'll figure out - mr mooch Oct 4, 10:19
- Train it on WKRP -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 10:15
I reaaaaaallly want to go out to dinner tonight bc I've worked super hard all week BUT it's a home football weekend so... - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 4, 10:07 1
- road trip! -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 4, 10:08
Logged in to try to get Oasis tickets. I'm 137,555 in the queue. I don't think I'm getting them. -- nm - pmb Oct 4, 10:06 5
- go to the Rose Bowl show. 100k seats, they'll be cheap on stubhub eventually -- nm - mr mooch Oct 4, 10:10 2
  - I wouldn't bet on it. I think it's going to be a super hot ticket (assuming they last until the show). -- nm - pmb Oct 4, 10:24
  - It's now 2 x 100K seats (Sat / Sun). You bring up an excellent point. Should I try to wait till day of show Sun and count on tickets being dumped? -- nm - JD Oct 4, 10:18
- You're probably like the 27th human in line. -- nm - David Oct 4, 10:08 1
  - Sale is over with still 126,000+ ahead of me. -- nm - pmb Oct 4, 10:22
newsweek: Ted Cruz Faces GOP Rebellion in Texas as Republicans Back Opponent -- (link) - mud Oct 4, 09:55
Adele Lim will direct Prince33 Diarie3 -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 4, 09:53 3
- She's got a strong track record, starting with Xena and including Life on Mars and Raya the Last Dragon. - David Oct 4, 09:59 2
  - Adele is good. just hope Anne Hathaway isn't still a 40-year old princess -- nm - mr mooch Oct 4, 10:04 1
    - also probably means the cold open is Julie Andrews kicking the bucket to pass the torch -- nm - mr mooch Oct 4, 10:07
Big Brother HoH spoilers - Jovian Oct 4, 09:52
every accusation a confession -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 4, 09:49 1
- you know milania was a refugee from a communist country and therefore that makes her a migrant that needed help, lotsa help -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 4, 10:04
Happy New Version of Salem's Lot on Max Day, everyone! What are you doing to celebrate??? -- nm - prayformojo Oct 4, 09:48 1
- Watching it. I'll make it one of our movies for the night. -- nm - Krusty Oct 4, 09:55
Dossier-completing-poll: What % of the liveable space (so, no unfinished basements) in your dwelling has the following floor coverings: - prayformojo Oct 4, 09:39 11
- 10/0/0/75/15 -- nm - Dano Oct 4, 12:28
- 90% hardwood. Some sort of composite material in kitchen, tile in bathroom. -- nm* - ty97 Oct 4, 10:24
- Our basement has carpet on top of two layer of tile, do I need to count each layer? -- nm - znufrii Oct 4, 10:11
- 5-bath 0 carpet (we do have throw rugs aka trip haz) 40-lino the whole basement 40 wood maybe 50 if the pergo kitchen is considered wood -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 4, 10:02
- 70/30/0/0/0 -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 4, 09:57
- 100/0/0/0/0 -- nm - Krusty Oct 4, 09:56
- 15/85/0/0 -- nm - Max Oct 4, 09:51
- 30/10/0/60/0 -- nm - mud Oct 4, 09:46
- 5/60/0/35/0 -- nm - Volnelk Oct 4, 09:45
- Bathrooms are all tiled (so I'll say 10), basement is carpeted so I'll say 30, rest is hardwood. -- nm - pmb Oct 4, 09:43
- 5/0/0/95/0 -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 4, 09:42
About to find out if a ghost can donate platelets. -- nm - Tim’s Ghost Oct 4, 09:36
Joker 2 did $7 million in previews. Probably a $45 million weekend. Doing a pretty good The Marvels impersonation. - Inigo Oct 4, 09:20 1
- Down $100H in the last month. The graph is steeeeeeep. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 4, 09:24
Mark Kermode reviews Megalopolis -- (link) - LMS Oct 4, 09:15 [youtube]
you'll never guess who actually killed that goose in Springfield OH -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 4, 09:04 4
- RFKjr? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 4, 09:34 1
  - someone named Bubba even if he ain't -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 4, 10:05
- Climate change? -- nm - Barony Bunch Oct 4, 09:12
- Shock font. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 4, 09:06
Solar panels + landfills? Uh oh -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 4, 08:39
yo, 97 - $8 for a Master ball? Are they high? -- nm - Turd Ferguson Oct 4, 08:33
Along with the below post, our neighbor posted yesterday. I went to grab the listing but it's already pending. They got 4 above ask offers in 10 hrs - Volnelk Oct 4, 08:31 3
- see the opposite is happening here i think. neighbor down the street has the same house as mine, mostly - tRuMaN Oct 4, 08:33 2
  - Another in our neighborhood recently had to lower their price before it sold after about 3 months and I thought the tide had turned. Apparently not. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 4, 08:35 1
    - some friends bought a smaller house in a gated community and, but her old house hasn't sold in 6 months. - zeitgeist Oct 4, 10:07
This house is contingent and I have questions -- (link) - ty97 Oct 4, 08:18 4
- needs a lot of work -- nm - mr mooch Oct 4, 09:46
- "very walkable" (needs work but really gorgeous.) -- (link) - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 4, 09:39
- I actually quite like it. -- nm - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 4, 09:38
- you gotta respect the green carpet... right? - tRuMaN Oct 4, 08:27
STIS—Would you adopt this cat? (2-year-old) —I’m going to look/meet at lunchtime - Trending Oct 4, 07:46 [Attachment] 14
- Honey...or hazel(nut) -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 4, 15:53
- That looks like a serious podcast host kitty. -- nm - Max Oct 4, 08:46
- " it’s 5% Trex"..scrolls..I can see that..scrolls...Nice Senior picture pose...scrolls...Nearly falls over laughing - JD Oct 4, 08:32 3
  - Name definitely has to change 🤣 -- nm - Trending Oct 4, 08:58 1
    - That name is perfection -- nm - Fuzzy Oct 4, 09:07
  - "Hi, I'm Carrot! So let's dive into this jobs report..." -- nm - Podcat Oct 4, 08:47
- What a noble face! -- nm - David Oct 4, 08:30
- My wife put you up to this to entrap me, didn't she? -- nm - Fuzzy Oct 4, 08:28 1
  - If so, my wife and your wife are in cahoots…my wife usually targets the ones missing a leg or an eye -- nm - Trending Oct 4, 09:00
- Orange tabbies are the best. (Really all kitties are the best, but orange tabbies are cool.) -- nm - Dano Oct 4, 07:53 1
  - Lolcats.com claims all orange cats share a single brain cell :) -- nm - Meg Oct 4, 08:44
- Monochrome kitty!!! -- nm - amanda Oct 4, 07:50
- Awesome eyes. Would come down to the vibe for me. If it feels right, it's right. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 4, 07:49
- Heck yeah! Such a cute cat! -- nm - Krusty Oct 4, 07:48
Not sure how long this has been up. The 100 best television episodes of the century. Interesting list. -- (link) - Volnelk Oct 4, 07:44 10
- 43 -- nm - Krusty Oct 4, 09:00
- 40. The Ringer is so terrible. They only picked a show's best episode like three times, and one of those, Lost, was a gimme. - David Oct 4, 08:53
- Blink is criminally ranked way too low. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 4, 08:33 1
  - agreed -- nm - prayformojo Oct 4, 08:52
- 36 -- nm - prayformojo Oct 4, 08:11
- Little too eclectic—each series has 1 entry—includes Jeopardy and Price is Right. The variety is refreshing but also “wrong” as it pertains to “best” -- nm - Trending Oct 4, 08:08 1
  - Yeah, it's which episodes had the "best television" rather than "these were the best episodes" - Roger More Oct 4, 08:23
- I didn't watch most of those shows, I was just looking for what turned out to be #1. Also - Survivor makes the top 10. Nice/ -- nm - Turd Ferguson Oct 4, 08:01 1
  - Also - I've only seen 10 of these. -- nm* - Turd Ferguson Oct 4, 08:39
- 16 (Wow - I really don't watch a lot of TV. More like I watch and rewatch a lot of the same TV.) -- nm - Dano Oct 4, 07:52
The Substance (2024) -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 4, 07:40 5
- Ozempic working wonders -- nm - Trending Oct 4, 07:43 2
  - nearly everyone regains weight after stopping GLP-1 medication. this, like any diet, is not a long term solution. -- nm - colin Oct 4, 08:13 1
    - Yup. The key is while getting the shots, you absolutely MUST make lifestyle changes. nm - Turd Ferguson Oct 4, 08:16
- Ozempic! -- nm - Dano Oct 4, 07:42 1
  - might bankrupt medicare at current prices -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 4, 07:45
Music this morning: Digging the album from indie/alt supergroup The Hard Quartet (Pavement/Superwolf/Ty Segall/Dirty Three) -- nm - Dano Oct 4, 07:29 1
- Stephen Malkmus is the man. Hey, the group doesn't even have a wiki page. Look at us, we're too hip for ourselves -- nm - con_carne Oct 4, 08:39
"good, good .. so you know what I'm saying is true." -- (link) - mud Oct 4, 07:23
DC can finally go after the MD/VA traffic scofflaws -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 4, 07:21
here comes the closer -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 4, 07:18 1
- excellent. -- nm - mud Oct 4, 07:20
Hakeem Jeffries, staunch defender of Eric Adams -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 4, 07:16 3
- He's entitled to defend himself but he needs to resign because being mayor is difficult enough without having to deal with both - Krusty Oct 4, 07:24 2
  - the thing is (for Hochul too) he's already at 25% support and all indications this is just the first of more indictments coming down - mr mooch Oct 4, 07:48 1
    - Yup. It's only going to get worse and there's no way he can handle the job and the investigations. People should avoid him at all - Krusty Oct 4, 08:52
I've only been playing Balatro a short time, but The Mouth is definitely my nemesis. -- nm - Barony Bunch Oct 4, 07:05
Joker down to 39% on RT -- nm - Trending Oct 4, 07:05 1
- Still about 40pp too high. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 4, 07:29
Here, ST, stare into the face of madness. -- (link) - David Oct 4, 07:00 3
- scales/eyes -- nm - prayformojo Oct 4, 07:05 1
  - It's got all the TT classics, too. He replies dozens of times and starts a fake account to agree with himself. -- nm - David Oct 4, 07:06
- nm -- nm* - Barony Bunch Oct 4, 07:04
Jobs report: 254k jobs added for September, unemployment at 4.1% (down 0.1%), July and August revised up 72k. - Inigo Oct 4, 06:35 2
- Also should have been part of Tim Walz' response when Vance kept arguing that undocumented immigrants are stealing American jobs. Even before this - pmb Oct 4, 07:34
- nailed it Fox: "probably going to be a disappointing report" -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 4, 07:27
sad (not really) things in life. the KC Chiefs and KC Royals both have a game monday. My office just announced an "wear whatever you want to support - tRuMaN Oct 4, 06:31 7
- A team logo socks b. tshirt under suit n tie c. tie with team logo or colors -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 4, 10:12
- Nobody knows what you've got on underneath. ^^ -- nm - Barony Bunch Oct 4, 07:15
- Maybe the Client would find it amusing if you explained the office “dress party” as it were? -- nm - VMan Oct 4, 07:07
- There's always you speedo. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 4, 06:35 1
  - no means no mop. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 4, 06:36
- Could you change clothes after leaving your client's office? - ReluctantCynic Oct 4, 06:33 1
  - I mean I guess so, but I would be just driving home, so I could just change when I get home. but that isnt the same, you know. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 4, 06:34
Submitted for your amusement, here is Mom's artistic Wordle chart this morning. - Barony Bunch Oct 4, 06:30 3
- my god.... it's full of stars! -- nm - prayformojo Oct 4, 06:56
- 5 - rollo Oct 4, 06:55
- heh -- (pic) - JaxSean Oct 4, 06:36 [Attachment]
The dilemma: Do I drink a Red Bull now to get through the day and risk being up all night, or do I try to trudge through the day? -- nm - Dano Oct 4, 06:28 13
- I say just water. I don't like the idea of relying on things like coffee or energy drinks to give me energy or wake up. -- nm - Krusty Oct 4, 07:20 3
  - To trudge the slow, weary, depressing yet determined walk of a man who has nothing left in his life except the impulse to simply soldier on -- (link) - con_carne Oct 4, 08:21 [youtube] 2
    - Ha! What's the from? -- nm - Krusty Oct 4, 08:53 1
      - One of those 2000s comedies that's better than it has any right to be, A Knight's Tale! -- nm - con_carne Oct 4, 09:20
- I haven't had caffeine in like 15 years. I periodically wonder what would happen if I drank a Red Bull. Never had one. - Volnelk Oct 4, 07:07 2
  - I don't have caffeine either and a few years ago I had a coupon for a free soda at the movies and decided to get it. I was shaking - Krusty Oct 4, 07:22
  - Ever taken B vitamin supplements? -- nm - con_carne Oct 4, 07:21
- Decision was made to fulfill the immediate need and worry about consequences later. It’s been a week. -- nm - Dano Oct 4, 07:00
- drink enough water today and it'll be fine -- nm - rollo Oct 4, 06:54 1
  - This -- nm - Krusty Oct 4, 07:20
- what if you only drank like half of it? -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 4, 06:51
- Anything special about tomorrow that you need to be awake/alert for? Fridays are always my Get Out Of Caffeine Jail Free day. - con_carne Oct 4, 06:48
- The earlier you drink it, the less likely it will keep you up tonight. -- nm - Barony Bunch Oct 4, 06:31
every time someone in my neighborhood association gets a scam email or text or phone call, they send an email to the mailing list. it's a lot. -- nm - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 4, 06:08 1
- Lots of people posting the classic "THIS IS TRUE. It starts at noon tomorrow. If you change this and this...." on Facebook lately. - Volnelk Oct 4, 06:15
PYBG - mud Oct 4, 05:39 2
- BYGP - VMan Oct 4, 06:43
- GYPB - ReluctantCynic Oct 4, 06:25
I also would like a 62% raise -- nm - prayformojo Oct 4, 05:30 2
- I'll accept 50%! -- nm - ty97 Oct 4, 05:36 1
  - I'm predicted to get 2.5% -- nm - Meg Oct 4, 07:26
Williams was tipping his pitches in the 9th yesterday. -- (link) - Krusty Oct 4, 04:54 [youtube] 6
- We had the same thing happen with in our playoff series. -- nm - David Oct 4, 06:04 4
  - I'm fascinated by how they're able to pick up in real time such minor differences. I also can't imagine how difficult it can be - Krusty Oct 4, 06:12 3
    - That overlay of Skenes throwing four completely different pitches with the exact same action and arm angle is bonkers. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 4, 06:16 2
      - This one. -- (link) - Volnelk 🍊 Oct 4, 06:19 1
        
        This is why Pitching Ninja is such a great follow. Most guys in MLB can do this with at least two pitches. - David Oct 4, 06:32
- His hand is so deep in the glove because that's where he keeps the Oreos. -- nm - Barony Bunch Oct 4, 05:59
Murdle: 5:36 - this was nicely in my comfort zone - prayformojo Oct 4, 04:51 1
- 4:03 - Fuzzy Oct 4, 06:14
Happy birthday, Peglegpete! Woo hoo!!! 🥳🎂 - Krusty Oct 4, 04:50 5
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 4, 10:15
- MANY THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 4, 09:45
- Happy birthday -- nm - decline Oct 4, 06:43
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - ty97 Oct 4, 05:16
- cheers! -- nm - mud Oct 4, 05:12

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