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Text message from my daughter: "Got Covd" - prayformojo Nov 20, 08:36 6
- heh -- nm - Pippy aka Desparada Nov 20, 09:33
- You’re not supposed to text *while* getting it, silly. -- nm - Qale Nov 20, 08:40
- lol -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 08:39
- harsh! -- nm - mud Nov 20, 08:38
- You make me complete - Spawn Nov 20, 08:37
- 😏 -- nm - JD Nov 20, 08:37
Amazon unveils 21" Echo Show -- (link) - oblique Nov 20, 08:25 [BS] 7
- We just got a 15" Skylight. It arrived yesterday. Haven't even set it up yet. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 20, 09:15
- I've had the Show 15 since it was launched. The screen size is great (and bigger is cool). The problems it has are the interface and content. The - decline Nov 20, 09:02
- Finally a smart idea -- nm - budice Nov 20, 08:30 4
  - Also how I feel about small review monitors for Refs at football/basketball games -- nm - budice Nov 20, 08:33 3
    - You want refs to be able to turn on the lights at their house while they're doing the reviews? -- nm - Spawn Nov 20, 08:36 2
      - Some of the mobile screens they look at are phone-sized. How to see stuff like that. At least be tablet sized if not kilbo's 20-inches -- nm - budice Nov 20, 08:37 1
        
        *ahem* 21 -- nm - oblique Nov 20, 08:44
"Mother Earth is expecting. Alien: Earth. Summer 2025. Only on Hulu." -- (link) - mud Nov 20, 08:19 [youtube] 5
- Resident Alien but with a xenomorph? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 20, 08:24 4
  - and sexier! -- nm - mud Nov 20, 08:26 3
    - Harry Vanderspeigle is a sexy beast! -- nm - Spawn Nov 20, 08:30 2
      - Sydney Chandler played Chrissie Hynde in Pistol! -- (pic) - mud Nov 20, 08:36 [Attachment] 1
        
        Hell yes she did! -- nm - Spawn Nov 20, 08:36
Pay up, Elmo! WGA authorizes strike against PBS. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Nov 20, 08:15
SAG-AFTRA sues indie company for moving productions overseas during the strike. - Mop🧹 Nov 20, 08:15
Apple has spent $20b on original content but nobody's watching. -- (link) - Krusty Nov 20, 07:59 14
- There are far worse vanity projects out there, I’m sure. -- nm - Qale Nov 20, 08:42
- What's the news here? - Mop🧹 Nov 20, 08:24
- I think they're my fave: - mud Nov 20, 08:15 3
  - I like a few of their shows but they don't justify the cost of another streaming service for me. -- nm - Krusty Nov 20, 08:17 2
    - It's a real problem. THere aer way too many. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 08:37
    - I think that's a big part of the issue - they are seen as "another" streaming service, rather than the original (Netflix/HBO) or something you get as - Roger More Nov 20, 08:30
- not markedly different than any other streamer -- nm - mr mooch Nov 20, 08:09 6
  - It's a bit surprising to see them fail at this when they've done so well with their phone and computer divisions. So many people use Apple products - Krusty Nov 20, 08:16 5
    - It's weird. They've got a lot of sci-fi stuff and that's my bread an butter, but for some reasons the shows just don't 'hook' me. -- (edited) - decline Nov 20, 08:22 2
      - I liked Silo after watching the first few episodes but didn't feel compelled to go back. I still want to watch it so I'll give it a go again soon. -- nm - Krusty Nov 20, 08:26 1
        
        Many books are better as books. -- nm - Spawn Nov 20, 08:39
    - the quality can be hit or miss for me but they just don't market at a studio level -- nm - mr mooch Nov 20, 08:17 1
      - I rarely see ads for their shows. They've really dropped the ball with this. -- nm - Krusty Nov 20, 08:20
- Hollywood digs the big paychecks. -- nm - budice Nov 20, 08:01
Greatest Albums of All Time listening update: now with more Wu-Tang Clan and Simon and Garfunkel -- (edited) - con_carne Nov 20, 07:57 18
- I love this! I've been using the Paste list to do a similar listen and it has really given a cool variety of albums, including international artists. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Nov 20, 08:20 2
  - Wow, thanks for the mention! I've been so play list-based lately I needed to take a fresh look at playing albums just from beginning to end. - con_carne Nov 20, 08:32 1
    - Yeah, there has been some cool Asian albums from the 70s and 80d I never would have known existed! -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Nov 20, 08:42
- Catch me up. Are you going off a list? Which one? -- nm - zunk takes things literally Nov 20, 08:09 6
  - Also NME did a copycat 500 Greatest list and they of course bring the British take on things. -- (link) - con_carne Nov 20, 08:21 1
    - Better link (the top comment actually lists all 500) -- (link) - con_carne Nov 20, 09:17
  - Not for these specifically, but here's where it started. I believe this RS link was from the 2012ish list? -- (link) - con_carne Nov 20, 08:11 3
    - Thanks. Actually the link takes us to a (minor) update last December. Boy, I could get lost in that list. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Nov 20, 08:22 1
      - I know. One pro tip way I made fun and easy for me was to start at the bottom. -- nm - con_carne Nov 20, 08:24
    - This Spotify play list is based on an earlier version of the RS list from 2005 -- (link) - con_carne Nov 20, 08:14 [spotify]
- Going to add the Concert in Central Park to my list of vinyl to pick up. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 20, 08:06 1
  - That's the one! -- nm - con_carne Nov 20, 08:39
- 12-year old me was always amused at their shout out to the guys selling loose joints -- nm - rollo Nov 20, 08:02
- Nice! Liquid Swords is a phenomenal album. Shadowboxin' is easily my favorite off the album. -- nm - Krusty Nov 20, 08:02 4
  - Yeah, I found it in the 300s 400s? on the RS list. That one got me thinking "Hm, maybe I should listen to the rest of the Wu solo albums..." -- nm - con_carne Nov 20, 08:18 3
    - Enjoy the journey! Lol If you haven't heard it I'd say "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx is the best solo album from any WuTang member. - Krusty Nov 20, 08:24 2
      - Yup, that's the one my college roommate used to play constantly. I did give it a fresh listen though and appreciated how big it sounds. -- nm - con_carne Nov 20, 08:26 1
        
        Love it! I think RZA went all out for that album. It's a more complete album than Method Man's "Tical" or the mess that's ODB's album. -- nm - Krusty Nov 20, 08:29
NFL HOF semi-finalists announced -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Nov 20, 07:54
Tens of thousands still without power after 'bomb cyclone' batters B.C. coast -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Nov 20, 07:50 2
- "They make these decisions based off a couple things: wind speed, wave height, and really, at the end of the day, is it safe," said Groot. - Reagen Nov 20, 08:50
- The lights flickered a few times for me, but other than that it was just particularly gusty. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 20, 08:22
Thing about Computer Security is if Companies really cared, they would've done it 20 years ago. - budice Nov 20, 07:42 4
- As with everything else, they'll do it when the cost of not doing it outweighs the cost of doing it. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 20, 07:57
- Like most things you can choose Good, Cheap, or Fast. Pick two. Security gets in the way of things and thus isn't prioritized by many -- nm - oblique Nov 20, 07:51
- Thinking about it a bit more, I think there are companies that really do care about security. However we never hear about them. Business as usual is - JD Nov 20, 07:48
- And even when do they care, China was able to magically build a F-35 dupe while the F-35s were still reaching full operational status - JD Nov 20, 07:46
Dalton Knecht is gonna win Rookie of the Year, and it never should have happened. - David Nov 20, 07:39 20
- Out of curiosity I checked. The last NBA ROY who was not drafted in the Top 4 picks was Malcolm Brogdan (pick #36) in 2016-2017 season. -- nm - Dano Nov 20, 08:42
- Well…Jared McCain is on that path—absolutely unreal stats—similarly, he was #16 in the draft. -- nm - Trending Nov 20, 07:55 4
  - Hold that thought a second... -- nm - David Nov 20, 07:59 3
    - "Last 5 games Jared McCain- Pick #16 PPG: 26.6 FG%: 50.5% 3P%: 44% Dalton Knecht- Pick #17 PPG: 20.4 FG%: 66.1% 3P%: 66.7% " -- nm - David Nov 20, 08:00 2
      - Sure—cherry picking—not saying Knecht isn’t good—having a good stretch—but McCain is ahead of him, as his season stats are better 🤷‍♂️ - Trending Nov 20, 08:16 1
        
        Read it again. They've both been on fire this week. - David Nov 20, 08:28
- His fall was stupid. - Will Hunting Nov 20, 07:50 8
  - The problem with the NBA Draft is that a lot of teams picking early don't actually want to win. -- nm - David Nov 20, 07:51 7
    - At least they don't want to win right now -- nm - JD Nov 20, 07:53 6
      - "In the second half, it seemed like everybody in the gym knew that Dalton Knecht was going to shoot the next shot, with the exception of a few people" - David Nov 20, 07:59 5
        
        That's just poor coaching! Wait, the coach said it. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Nov 20, 08:13
        
        “They didn’t ‘find’ DK,” James said of the Lakers’ scouting department. “The other 16 teams f—ed it up. Did anybody watch him? - JD Nov 20, 08:04 3
        
        I find LeBron's joy over this nourishing. There was a play yesterday on Knecht's ninth three where LeBron knew what was going to happen. - David Nov 20, 08:10 2
        
        It's kind of a perfect timing of draft choice skills and new coach knowing exactly what's possible with those skills -- nm - JD Nov 20, 08:35 1
        
        Plus teams are stupid. "He's too old -- he's peaked." The greatest SG ever played 3 seasons of college. The greatest PF ever played all 4. - Will Hunting Nov 20, 08:42
- Oh, and Baron, it could have been 10+. He had 37 with 11 minutes left in the 4th. They called off the dogs. -- nm - David Nov 20, 07:47 1
  - They wanted to leave that possibility open for sweeps week -- nm - Bayronmax Nov 20, 07:53
- Watch the Lakers package him in a trade for Trey. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 20, 07:41 1
  - We've got our Small Forward for the next decade. -- nm - David Nov 20, 07:46
- Everyone got hung up on his age and not his ability to score points and win games. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 20, 07:40
(best with sound on) the perfect encounters-with-wildlife video doesn't exi..... -- (link*) - prayformojo Nov 20, 07:33
San Francisco Mayor London Breed lost her reelection race to Levi Strauss heir Daniel Lurie -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Nov 20, 07:21
Gladiator 2 75% ; Wicked 92% -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 20, 07:09 6
- Wow, that’s a great score for Wicked. I guess you can say it’s… Flying High. - Mop🧹 Nov 20, 07:17 5
  - Defying negativity? -- nm - Volnelk Nov 20, 07:24 4
    - I see did there -- nm - budice Nov 20, 07:25 3
      - are you smelling smoke? -- nm - oblique Nov 20, 07:26 2
        
        Im lazy meme-ing this morning. Rather than typing out all the old sayings. -- nm - budice Nov 20, 07:30 1
        
        Slothular. You're going to be slothular. -- nm - Bayronmax Nov 20, 07:50
Florida Atlantic rumored to be considering Ray Lewis for their HC vacancy. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 20, 06:54 1
- He'll kill it. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 20, 07:08
fake Rob Reiner account heads-up: -- (link) - mud Nov 20, 06:50 [BS]
FWIW, Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango (presumably including Vudu) are part of the Comcast spin-off. - Mop🧹 Nov 20, 06:49
OC: All southbound lanes of the 405 Freeway remain shut down in the Costa Mesa area. Crash overnight. -- (link) - budice Nov 20, 06:44
I saw the real HTTYD trailer yesterday and still thought it was fake. Looks about as live action as the Lion King remake. -- nm - Fuzzy Nov 20, 06:39 4
- I think we decided it was fake. -- nm - David Nov 20, 07:40 3
  - I wouldn't have posted it if I thought it was fake. -- nm - mud Nov 20, 06:20 1 -- nm - mud Nov 20, 07:42
  - Fwiw, there were two different videos that were posted yesterday. One was a leak of the real one, one was an obviously fake fan video. -- nm* - znufrii Nov 20, 07:42 1
    - I just backboarded and see now. -- nm - David Nov 20, 07:45
Also… SpinCo? That’s almost as bad a spin-off name as “Flixster”. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 20, 06:38 10
- It’s legal jargon placeholder naming, means the actual name is TBD but they need to call it something so people know which entity you’re talking about -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 20, 06:44 3
  - Now I want to be in a place that I get to dictate that the initial legal documents refer to the new entity as Defined Term -- nm - JD Nov 20, 07:52 2
    - lol - znufrii Nov 20, 07:59
    - PlaceholderCo -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 20, 07:58
- Aspincosayswhat? -- nm - mafic Nov 20, 06:42 5
  - What? -- nm - Les Nov 20, 06:57
  - Apprently, Spinco.ca is a chain of cycling gyms in Canada, so try harder, Comcast. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 20, 06:44 3
    - As znu says, that will 100% not be the actual name. -- nm - Reagen Nov 20, 07:18 1
      - Maybe if it included FOXN -- nm - rollo Nov 20, 07:19
    - This is Murica. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 06:57
You get to keep one cable channel: USA, CNBC, MSNBC, Bravo, SyFy, Oxygen, E!, Golf Channel. Pick one. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 20, 06:37 25
- I guess CNBC. I alternate that and MSNBC during the day. I watch a lot of GOLF around majors time. E! for the red carpet shows only. The rest, nah -- nm - zunk takes things literally Nov 20, 08:08
- USA -- nm - Krusty Nov 20, 07:38
- Syfy or Bravo -- nm - Jovian Nov 20, 07:32
- USA -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 20, 07:29
- I don't know. Last I checked, every traditional cable channel was playing wall-to-wall reality TV anymore. -- nm - con_carne Nov 20, 07:29
- Bravo - gotta have my Below Deck -- nm - Dano Nov 20, 07:21
- SyFy -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 20, 07:08
- I miss the SyFy that actually made good television :( -- nm - decline Nov 20, 07:01 7
  - Stargate and Farscape ftw! -- nm - sycor Nov 20, 07:33 4
    - and The Expanse -- nm - Beryllium Nov 20, 08:20
    - Farscape is just the best. Pretty sure I credit ST for recommending that one. -- nm - con_carne Nov 20, 07:36 2
      - I rewatched it a year or two ago, still good. -- nm - sycor Nov 20, 07:45 1
        
        Cool! -- nm - con_carne Nov 20, 07:51
  - I equate it to Space up here where I get Lower Decks and Strange New Worlds. so defnitely a keeper for me' -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 20, 07:20
  - This. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 20, 07:04
- CNBC. It's the only one I watch regularly. -- nm - Bayronmax Nov 20, 06:58
- MSNBC, clearly -- nm - mud Nov 20, 06:55 1
  - I'm quitting them for good in protest of Joe and Mika's capitulation. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 06:56
- Easily Bravo. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 20, 06:54
- Shoot the hostage -- nm - Pippy aka Desparada Nov 20, 06:52
- SyFy airs Resident Alien, right? If so, that, and only for that reason/show. - JaxSean Nov 20, 06:49
- Syfy I guess. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 06:47
- USA for soccer. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 20, 06:46 1
  - Sports is an interesting question as I suspect Comcast will retain all the sports (Premiere League, the Open, Olympics, etc.) for Peacock -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 20, 06:50
- (fwiw, Comcast chose… poorly.) -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 20, 06:43
also I am buying sparkly orange nailpolish because it's hunting season here soon and I want to be safe. please mark your cards accordingly. -- nm - amanda Nov 20, 06:37 5
- Aren't you afraid the orange will look too tasty and you'll be tempted to lick it off? -- nm - Bayronmax Nov 20, 07:03
- but then your nails won't match your phone -- nm - decline Nov 20, 07:00
- my kid approves. she did teal on the weekend. -- nm - mafic Nov 20, 06:39 2
  - That's what I have now too!!! -- (pic) - amanda Nov 20, 06:57 [Attachment] 1
    - Pretty!! -- nm - Pippy aka Desparada Nov 20, 07:04
Texas Lawmakers Push for New Exceptions to State’s Strict Abortion Ban After the Deaths of Two Women -- (link) - oblique Nov 20, 06:31 7
- Are there lawsuits resulting from the deaths? Because there should be lawsuits. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 20, 06:38 6
  - honestly that’s how you fix it. squeeze the hospitals between prison and penury and they’ll push for change. - mafic Nov 20, 06:41 5
    - Precisely. It’s also how you get it back to the Supreme Court. - Mop🧹 Nov 20, 06:42 4
      - *dismisses the case because dead people don’t have standing* -- nm - SCOTUS, probably Nov 20, 06:55 1
        
        And neither do fetuses, but they'er gonna change that. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 06:56
      - What Pippy said. They 100% expect (and want) women to die for fetuses, to serve as an example. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 06:55
      - yes to the IM. Don't think for a second they care about women dying. I promise you, they don't. -- nm - Pippy aka Desparada Nov 20, 06:54
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Nov 20, 06:31

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