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Bettor has 5 team championship parlay Dodgers are the 4th leg the 5th are the Jets -- (link*) - eag Oct 31, 13:49 1
- That's unfortunate. - zunk takes things literally Oct 31, 14:22
Re: Dyatlov victims without clothes. Turns out many hypothermia victims engage in "paradoxical undressing." - loosilu Oct 31, 13:48
Here are Paste's Top 100 Horror Movies (some variance from the Variety list) - Dark Callisto 🦊 Oct 31, 13:37 10
- 52 -- nm - Jovian Oct 31, 14:14
- Glad to see American Werewolf not only on the list, but in the top 10. -- nm - Inigo Oct 31, 14:02 1
  - Word. Really a fantastic movie. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Oct 31, 14:06
- I get 52, but it could be as few as 45. -- nm - David Oct 31, 14:01
- Much much better list. The Stuff! -- nm - Jovian Oct 31, 14:01 1
  - Society -- nm - JD Oct 31, 14:19
- 50 -- nm - Dano Oct 31, 13:56
- 24, -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 31, 13:53
- 23 on that list. I like this one better. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Oct 31, 13:50
- only 40 -- nm - prayformojo Oct 31, 13:48
ROFL -- (link) - Jovian Oct 31, 13:19
While many companies are backing out of their DEI and LGBTQ support, definitely not Zenimax/Bethesda. ESO Director responds! -- (link) - Qale Oct 31, 13:06 1
- Additionally the pansexuals have been unleashed in BioWare’s Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Out today. -- (link) - Qale Oct 31, 13:10
I nearly missed a black cloak on a scooter in the shadow of a building just now. Drive slow tonight! - Max Oct 31, 13:00
The Cross series looks good. - Spawn Oct 31, 12:58 1
- does it make you jump.. jump? -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 31, 13:08
SQL question. I can wind up exporting to Excel and doing it that way but trying to learn. - Dano Oct 31, 12:49 5
- I would do a LEFT JOIN to the other table. - JaxSean Oct 31, 13:03
- I think something like - oblique Oct 31, 12:55 3
  - Thanks! The CONCAT option worked -- nm - Dano Oct 31, 13:12
  - I like your first option but prefer a join - Bayronmax Oct 31, 12:59 1
    - *high five* -- nm - JaxSean Oct 31, 13:05
after working in my office all afternoon I just got up to get something from the kitchen. The door to the basement, which is just opposite my office - prayformojo Oct 31, 12:39 4
- Shhh. No one tell pfm that I've taken up residence in his basement. -- nm - Dano Oct 31, 12:56 2
  - Is he going to be your new baby? -- nm - Spawn Oct 31, 12:59 1
    - boop -- nm - Dano Oct 31, 13:48
- This is how my Netflix true crime stories start. -- nm - loosilu Oct 31, 12:41
Sounds like someone you want in a crisis... -- (link) - Reagen Oct 31, 12:37 17
- As least he wasn’t so panicked that he forgot to gather up his wife’s kids and take them with him. -- nm - Roger More Oct 31, 13:30
- Oh no! Anyway… -- nm - Qale Oct 31, 12:50
- As if secret service wasn't there to take him... -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 31, 12:39 14
  - This was before he was the VP choice. He likely didn’t have protection yet. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 31, 12:42 13
    - So did he know he would be the pick? And by fleeing, was he making a public admission? - loosilu Oct 31, 12:45 10
      - I would bet money none of that actually happened (other than he went home because that would make sense to do when you're being considered for VP). -- nm - pmb Oct 31, 14:08
      - It was down to two by then. -- nm - Roger More Oct 31, 13:31 7
        
        Still, nobody knew but Trump’s team. Why would anyone target him? -- nm - mara Oct 31, 13:33 6
        
        It comes down to his feelings and perceptions, why look for a rational explanation? -- nm - Roger More Oct 31, 13:41 5
        
        Because it sounds like a very weird thing to do. -- nm - mara Oct 31, 13:45 4
        
        "it's a weird thing to do" is the explanation IMO. He's paranoid that liberals and lefties are out to get him. -- nm - Roger More Oct 31, 13:51 2
        
        it comes down to him being a fascist and everything he says and does is for his audience of like minded fascists. -- nm - Jovian Oct 31, 14:46
        
        I think he's telling a story (a) to make him and all MAGA types also a victim and (b) to make himself look tough for loading his guns and waiting for - pmb Oct 31, 14:10
        
        What have we learned about Vance? -- nm - loosilu Oct 31, 13:49
      - The article has details. He did not know he was the pick yet. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 31, 13:01
    - Which also means you really had no reason to be afraid yet he acted like a scared little b****. -- nm - Spawn Oct 31, 12:44 1
      - Oh, Spawn, he went home grabbed his guns and stood watch! - Will Hunting Oct 31, 13:01
Venom: The Last Dance Pitch Meeting -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Oct 31, 12:34 [youtube]
The 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time -- (link*) - Beaker Oct 31, 12:31 18
- 25 -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 31, 13:56
- I'm not really a horror fan. 25. -- nm - pmb Oct 31, 13:03
- 43 -- nm - Jovian Oct 31, 12:57
- At least 46. Possibly as many as 56. Some of them run together. But I didn't like a lot of the ones I've seen. -- nm - David Oct 31, 12:56
- 19. Some of those are certainly not horror films in the standard sense, which is probably how I got a higher number. Like how did Salo even end up here. It’s repulsive, but definitely not horror. -- nm* - Qale Oct 31, 12:56 1
  - on the top ten no less!! And the only one out of this top 15 Ive never seen. -- nm - Jovian Oct 31, 13:10
- 55 -- nm - Dano Oct 31, 12:56
- 100-50): 9. 49-1: 21 (and all of the top 5). And I don't like horror movies at all. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 31, 12:55
- 44/100 -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Oct 31, 12:45
- 34, but that's a pretty terrible list with tons of old movies (The Thing at 45 is a disgrace) -- nm - decline Oct 31, 12:42 5
  - Let The Right One In is only barely a horror film. It’s a coming-of-age romance! -- nm - Qale Oct 31, 13:04
  - lol yes, I mean I just got to #77 - The Blob. Seriously? The Blob? - Jovian Oct 31, 12:44 3
    - Too low? - Spawn Oct 31, 12:48
    - ahhh yes, # 73 Blood for Dracula - with much incest and the rape of a teenage girl. I guess that is actually horror. - Jovian Oct 31, 12:46 1
      - oh yes, and the rape happens not by Dracula, but by the protagonist of the film. -- nm - Jovian Oct 31, 12:47
- I do love that Event Horizon always gets some love - Jovian Oct 31, 12:39
- Only 25 for me. Horror's just not my bag baby. nm - Turd Ferguson Oct 31, 12:39 1
  - I love scary (not gory) and only get to 32. -- nm - Bayronmax Oct 31, 13:04
Halloween last minute costume -- (pic) - Jovian Oct 31, 12:18 [Attachment] 2
- His face is more orange than the vest. -- nm - pmb Oct 31, 12:33
- 2 spoopy 4 me -- nm - Qale Oct 31, 12:21
ST Poll: Is Trump in garbage truck = Dukakis in Tank moment -- nm - Tony Hitchcliffe Oct 31, 12:18 7
- Nah - he's teflon when it comes to this shit. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Oct 31, 13:37
- It's a neat parallel, but I don't see the same consequences in the media. -- nm - mara Oct 31, 13:13
- Nothing sticks, 1000s of things would have killed anyone else campaigning -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 31, 13:10 1
  - This. -- nm - loosilu Oct 31, 13:23
- That was litter-ally my first thought. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 31, 12:41
- Shut up, Tony! -- nm* - Qale Oct 31, 12:21 1
  - 🤣__forgot to change my nickname back -- nm - Trending Oct 31, 12:23
Jorge Soler to the Angels -- nm - David Oct 31, 11:52 4
- (There is no offseason in sports anymore.) -- nm - David Oct 31, 11:52 3
  - Angels are so envious of Ohtani getting a WS ring, they made a trade already—what’s next, stalking him on FB and seeing if he has any pics of them in - Trending Oct 31, 12:21 2
    - They'll sign Muncy to a 4 year, 150 Million contract - JD Oct 31, 12:26 1
      - 🤣—Reminds me of when the Rockies traded Nolan Arenado and then signed a clearly washed Kris Bryant for exactly the same $$$ -- nm - Trending Oct 31, 12:33
Three more Lego movies on the way -- (link) - LMS Oct 31, 11:50 1
- Live action Lego movie makes me laugh. -- nm - Spawn Oct 31, 12:45
So depending on the state if someone wanted to mess around with the slate of electors it would have to be the Governor and/or Sec of State, right? -- nm - Dano Oct 31, 11:48 8
- Each state follows a procedure set down by its own legislature. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 31, 13:38
- Dano's nefarious plan to become Governor must be stopped. -- nm - Max Oct 31, 12:20
- I think this is generally correct, but there may be some states that are exceptions and have a different official in charge. -- nm - VMan Oct 31, 11:50 5
  - Was just skimming who’s in these offices in the states that might be contested and it does at least seem that specific shenanigan is off the table. - Dano Oct 31, 12:00 1
    - I mean they could still try to send fake electors and certifications like last time. -- nm - VMan Oct 31, 12:03
  - This is a little help. -- (link) - VMan Oct 31, 11:56 2
    - Can't seem to find a breakdown by state. -- nm - VMan Oct 31, 11:59 1
      - I did find this -- (link) - Dano Oct 31, 12:01
Tonight's movie is Heretic. -- nm - LMS Oct 31, 11:34 8
- nice -- nm - budice Oct 31, 13:30
- I tried to watch Hereditary for the second time last night. That scene near the beginning happens and i turned it off again. Watched - Andie Oct 31, 12:20 5
  - Oh, it's highly disturbing. Midsommar is not quite as rough but the opener is devastating. -- nm - Bayronmax Oct 31, 12:23 3
    - it is, but it doesn't get me as badly. -- nm* - Andie Oct 31, 12:30
    - oooff the Midsommar opening is *rough* -- nm - Jovian Oct 31, 12:24 1
      - Indeed. If it were a standalone short film, it would've won all the awards. -- nm - Bayronmax Oct 31, 12:34
  - Yup. the scene at the end still gives me nightmares -- nm - Pippy aka Desparada Oct 31, 12:22
- That was a damned good trailer and I was immediately pulled in. -- nm - Bayronmax Oct 31, 11:52
I agree with Andie. I hate 2FA (for any unimportant things). But, can someone explain passkeys? - JaxSean Oct 31, 11:32 10
- I don't know passkeys but I hate changing a password every time I want to access an app. Hotels and Ticketmaster are the worst. - Pippy aka Desparada Oct 31, 12:23
- I have a movie point app and it is the worst. The app won't open if it is not kept up to date and there's a new update every week or two. - Roger More Oct 31, 11:46 6
  - Scene? mine logs out every single time. I could open it 10 minutes apart and i have to log back in. Hate it. -- nm - Andie Oct 31, 11:52 5
    - I put it in Google Wallet. -- nm - Reagen Oct 31, 12:38
    - I collect the points using the physical card, but I only open the app once in a blue moon. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 31, 12:04 2
      - I try and keep physical cards to a minimum. I don't want an inch-thick wallet -- nm - Roger More Oct 31, 12:31 1
        
        I've got the Costanza Special -- nm - Beryllium Oct 31, 13:44
    - Yes. The only reason I persevere is because I figure it's deliberately unworkable to prevent points collection, and using it is my protest -- nm - Roger More Oct 31, 11:59
- Passkeys are essentially software implementations of FIDO2 hardware keys. They do cryptographic stuff that is bound to the device when authenticating - oblique Oct 31, 11:36
- After using classified networks, everything else feels like I'm committing a crime. -- nm - loosilu Oct 31, 11:34
Looking at random cat memes and immediately thought of Chubbers. -- (pic) - Bayronmax Oct 31, 11:29 [Attachment] 3
- Not a coincidence that "meow" is in the middle of "homeowner" -- nm - prayformojo Oct 31, 11:36 1
  - whoa. -- nm - loosilu Oct 31, 11:37
- Wow, this is really a job performance evaluation kind of look, isn't it. -- nm - mara Oct 31, 11:33
LIR: now that the snakes ate all the birds... what do they eat now to survive? - zeitgeist Oct 31, 11:25 7
- Why people go to Guam: Asians go there for spring break, weddings (big industry), and American laws. In other words, -- (edited) - loosilu Oct 31, 11:31 2
  - It's been off my list ever since hearing about the brown snakes decades ago. - Bayronmax Oct 31, 12:22 1
    - In 10 days I saw one. -- nm - loosilu Oct 31, 12:31
- Roast Pig - JD Oct 31, 11:29
- the garbage -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 31, 11:28
- They should be eating the spiders. -- nm - loosilu Oct 31, 11:27
- the people -- nm - decline Oct 31, 11:26
Ooh! Free fries on my next visit to Shake Shack. #winning -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 31, 11:19
I just read a short nonfiction ebook in one sitting about the Dyatlov Pass incident that has a very plausible theory. Free today only. -- (link) - mara Oct 31, 11:18 21
- Spoiler on the plausible theory? -- nm - con_carne Oct 31, 11:33 9
  - Okay, here's the whole thing. - mara Oct 31, 11:50 8
    - The Dano-approved theory. -- nm - con_carne Oct 31, 12:04
    - Interesting! thoughts (short) -- (edited) - loosilu Oct 31, 11:55 6
      - additional thoughts - loosilu Oct 31, 12:06 5
        
        She agree about the missing body parts. Also she thinks they slept in their long underwear in the puppy pile, apparently to distribute body heat more quickly? -- nm* - mara Oct 31, 12:38 4
        
        Is this something we know for sure they were taught to do? - loosilu Oct 31, 12:43 3
        
        No, it sounds like speculation. She has no citations. I found the relevant passage: - mara Oct 31, 13:01 2
        
        Although keep in mind this was 1959, and possibly there was misinformation about this then? -- nm - mara Oct 31, 13:03 1
        
        All that matters is whether there's proof they were taught. - loosilu Oct 31, 13:25
- I am currently listening to the Preston & Child audio book 'Dead Mountain' that is loosely based on this. This story absolutely fascinates me - decline Oct 31, 11:25 7
  - I have the Dead Mountain Donnie Eichner book…it’s a really weird case. - Will Hunting Oct 31, 11:31 4
    - Her explanation actually makes a lot of sense, at least to somebody who has only read her explanation. :-) -- nm - mara Oct 31, 11:34 3
      - I’ll check it out. - Will Hunting Oct 31, 11:39 1
        
        no aliens or lizard people? -- nm - loosilu Oct 31, 11:45
      - the explanation I mentioned made sense, the way they told it. I'm interested in reading this. -- nm - loosilu Oct 31, 11:35
  - Cool, please do get it and let me know what you think. -- nm - mara Oct 31, 11:26 1
    - 👍👍 -- nm - decline Oct 31, 11:28
- The real reason... -- (pic) - Bayronmax Oct 31, 11:25 [Attachment]
- is this the spoiler - loosilu Oct 31, 11:21 1
  - Nope, it's a little more complex than that. (I'm deleting the "fully dressed" comment because I want to be accurate. It's complicated!) -- nm* - mara Oct 31, 11:25
Boom! -- nm - Remlik Oct 31, 11:18
Shohei Ohtani Reverse Tungsten-Arms His Way Into A World Series Ring By Kathryn Xu - JD Oct 31, 11:18

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