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BangersInMyKnickers: Nov 3, 2004; I have a thing for courageous dongles

apparently ole musky is calling up the employer of journalist that wrote a negative article about him getting them to pull it down, the writer to delete his twitter account, then posting mocking pictures after

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BangersInMyKnickers: Nov 3, 2004; I have a thing for courageous dongles

Elon having yet another Completely Normal One

# ? Jul 26, 2018 21:46

heated game moment: Oct 30, 2003; Lipstick Apathy

ate all the Oreos posted:

also that scene where the one guy steadily loses bits of his body by having them suddenly disappear and be replaced by long-healed-over scars and stubs cuz they were cutting them off his past-self was unusually viscerally disturbing to me for some reason, way more than the usual blood and gore in movies is i bet it probably cost less to film too

agreed it was real gross

# ? Jul 26, 2018 22:03

haveblue: Aug 15, 2005; Toilet Rascal

so uh why is the pole there

did someone realize halfway through construction that the building would fall down unless it was braced just so, and then they had to build around it?

# ? Jul 26, 2018 22:11

Shifty Pony: Dec 28, 2004; Up ta somethin'

I'm guessing they converted an existing structure.

sure they could have designed the floor plans of the affected units to hide it in walls but they already had the one plan drafted and why bother when idiots will buy them no matter what?

# ? Jul 26, 2018 22:14

FCKGW: May 21, 2006

Xaris posted:

the problem i don't understand is won't people who go there just look it at then go on their phone and buy the thing from like 30% less than amazon? that is, unless the markup on BB isn't as loving obscene as it used to be and <10% difference. i suppose the exceptions is NOWNOW, which, again Amazon does same-day shipping a lot of the time for free (for now), or really bulk items in which it may be somewhat cheaper, like a fridge or something. but then just buy it from Costco or Lowes instead for 50% less?

now certainly leasing/renting space to manufacturers is a good idea and has seemingly done well.

Best Buy has dropped a lot of stuff that they were getting beat on (like PC parts, CDs/DVD stuff like that) and bulked up on major purchases that usually aren't done online like appliances and TVs.

They're also priced very competitively on a lot of stuff while Amazon has gotten more expensive. They have $150 off the brand new Macbooks and the iPads are on sale for $170 less than Amazon right now. Plus in my experince they have no problem price matching most stuff but this is a store by store basis.

I've bought more at Best Buy in the last year or two than I ever did before.

# ? Jul 26, 2018 22:15

qntm: Jun 17, 2009

NoneMoreNegative posted:

this irked me out of all proportion, if he lost a limb in the past it�s not suddenly going to disappear in the future, the timeline shuffles so he always was missing the arm, no surprises that it�s not there in his sleeve ten years later.

looper is set in a universe where time travel is bad and is only ever used for terrible things and causes nothing but pain. when a paradox happens, the looper universe consistently resolves that paradox in the most physically/psychologically damaging way possible

see also how at the end the protagonist saves the day by killing himself before he ever gets near a time machine

# ? Jul 26, 2018 22:16

Cocoa Crispies: Jul 20, 2001; Vehicular Manslaughter!; Pillbug

ate all the Oreos posted:

they explained that as

�Bruce Willis looking right into the camera and saying it'd derail the movie to explain it

https://youtu.be/GbuXmXDw-T8

# ? Jul 26, 2018 22:17

qntm: Jun 17, 2009

Bruce Willis doesn't want to talk about time travel because if he spent a single second talking about time travel he would realise that nothing he can do in the past will ever bring him back what he lost, and so would his younger self

# ? Jul 26, 2018 22:25

Just-In-Timeberlake: Aug 18, 2003

I just bought a tv off amazon that was sold by best buy so they�re pivoting somewhat

# ? Jul 26, 2018 22:30

Chris Knight: Jun 5, 2002; me @ ur posts; Fun Shoe

https://twitter.com/inlandempiredsa/status/1022303782955175936

# ? Jul 26, 2018 22:37

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

haveblue posted:

so uh why is the pole there

did someone realize halfway through construction that the building would fall down unless it was braced just so, and then they had to build around it?

seismic retrofitting - it probably started off as a warehouse or shipping depot or something that got converted into residential

you're supposed to hide braces like those inside of walls since they're a hazard

mostly that's just piss-poor design since, assuming they were converting these into apartments from something else, the wet wall should've just been put elsewhere away from that crap

# ? Jul 26, 2018 23:05

President Beep: Apr 30, 2009; i have to have a car because otherwise i cant drive around the country solving mysteries while being doggedly pursued by federal marshals for a crime i did not commit (9/11)

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

seismic retrofitting

ah, neato.

# ? Jul 26, 2018 23:15

Zaxxon: Feb 14, 2004; Wir Tanzen Mekanik

Xaris posted:

the problem i don't understand is won't people who go there just look it at then go on their phone and buy the thing from like 30% less than amazon? that is, unless the markup on BB isn't as loving obscene as it used to be and <10% difference. i suppose the exceptions is NOWNOW, which, again Amazon does same-day shipping a lot of the time for free (for now), or really bulk items in which it may be somewhat cheaper, like a fridge or something. but then just buy it from Costco or Lowes instead for 50% less?

now certainly leasing/renting space to manufacturers is a good idea and has seemingly done well.

I would wager the markup is really small and Best buy is making all it's money on renting the space and maybe selling warranties or something,.

# ? Jul 26, 2018 23:37

Jenny Agutter: Mar 18, 2009

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

before it got totally watered down they had the dsa sf housing committee chair on chapo to denounce yimbys as local loons and to decry their efforts at zoning reform as worthless because it was "a market-based solution"

completely ignoring that it's a crucial first change, regardless of the source of new proposed housing

then like a month or two later palo alto and others finished destroying it via exemptions and whatnot, but man the bay area dsa was not happy about it in the first place for some odd reason

pretty crazy that doing one interview on a fringe podcast can derail an entire bill but I guess that's the true power of the loony left

# ? Jul 26, 2018 23:40

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

Jenny Agutter posted:

pretty crazy that doing one interview on a fringe podcast can derail an entire bill but I guess that's the true power of the loony left

lol yeah that tiny fringe group of leftists in the bay area who listen to a practically unknown podcast

# ? Jul 26, 2018 23:47

Jenny Agutter: Mar 18, 2009

in that case good on the dsa, I'm glad they got what they wanted

# ? Jul 26, 2018 23:55

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

sb827 was doomed as soon as the state legislature started bowing to homeowners in palo alto and berkeley about their bullshit concerns

my point was that it was disappointing to see an activist group like that, who is ostensibly pushing to alleviate the housing crisis, throw in against it as the crisis become more and more clear

the yimby movement here is large and fairly decentralized, and getting this legislation as far along as they did was quite remarkable and made national headlines. you'd think the dsa would want to co-opt that

# ? Jul 27, 2018 00:01

Trabisnikof: Dec 24, 2005

the la dsa laid out some pretty clear reasons why the opposed the bill as written and what could be done to get them to support it https://www.dsa-la.org/statement_in_opposition_to_sb_827

# ? Jul 27, 2018 00:06

fishmech: Jul 16, 2006; by VideoGames; Salad Prong

wow the cops didnt support anything that would help the housing situation huh

# ? Jul 27, 2018 00:09

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

yeah "full communism now or we support the status quo" is a bad look

i mean groups make mistakes all the time. the dsa supported kerry

# ? Jul 27, 2018 00:10

Improbable Lobster: Jan 6, 2012; "From each according to his ability" said Ares. It sounded like a quotation.; Buglord

ate all the Oreos posted:

crows would figure out how to game this thing within a day and it would be full of sticks and rocks or something

# ? Jul 27, 2018 00:15

Chris Knight: Jun 5, 2002; me @ ur posts; Fun Shoe

https://twitter.com/streetsblogusa/status/1022498020120846336
:allears:

quote:

The main conclusion is that TNCs are bound to generate more car traffic in cities for two reasons: They mostly draw passengers who wouldn�t have otherwise used a car, and each TNC trip includes significant mileage with no passenger.

Travel surveys consistently reveal that only about 20 percent of TNC trips replace personal car trips. Another 20 percent replace traditional taxi services. The bulk of TNC trips � 60 percent � either replace transit, biking, and walking, or would not have been made without the availability of TNCs.

# ? Jul 27, 2018 00:15

EIDE Van Hagar: Dec 8, 2000; Beep Boop

they�re testing an autonomous bus on my street this month.

gonna go jump in front of it and get my big payout from the city.

# ? Jul 27, 2018 00:22

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

throw a watermelon into the windshield

# ? Jul 27, 2018 00:24

EIDE Van Hagar: Dec 8, 2000; Beep Boop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PsqZInqMbU

# ? Jul 27, 2018 00:25

EIDE Van Hagar: Dec 8, 2000; Beep Boop

they�re testing it on 3rd street downtown austin in the early morning hrs right now. if i have insomnia i will yospost myself getting run over by it.

# ? Jul 27, 2018 00:27

President Beep: Apr 30, 2009; i have to have a car because otherwise i cant drive around the country solving mysteries while being doggedly pursued by federal marshals for a crime i did not commit (9/11)

C.H.O.M.E. posted:

they�re testing an autonomous bus on my street this month.

gonna go jump in front of it and get my big payout from the city.

eternal slumber, the biggest payout of them all. 💰

# ? Jul 27, 2018 00:28

PIZZA.BAT: Nov 12, 2016

C.H.O.M.E. posted:

they�re testing it on 3rd street downtown austin in the early morning hrs right now. if i have insomnia i will yospost myself getting run over by it.

legit wonder if this thing would stop if you laid down and remained motionless before it turned on to your street

please don�t try this use a dummy or a scarecrow or something

# ? Jul 27, 2018 00:36

Shaggar: Apr 26, 2006

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

sb827 was doomed as soon as the state legislature started bowing to homeowners in palo alto and berkeley about their bullshit concerns

my point was that it was disappointing to see an activist group like that, who is ostensibly pushing to alleviate the housing crisis, throw in against it as the crisis become more and more clear

the yimby movement here is large and fairly decentralized, and getting this legislation as far along as they did was quite remarkable and made national headlines. you'd think the dsa would want to co-opt that

they're anti progress nimbys same as the boomers they just don't have the money the boomers do.

# ? Jul 27, 2018 00:41

JawnV6: Jul 4, 2004; So hot ...

ate all the Oreos posted:

they explained that as "their brain gets all scrambled cuz they can't remember which timeline is real"

for the first guy he's climbing a fence so there's a short term/long term disconnect. I'm swinging my left arm up to grab, so obviously i had some plan with it, but ofc it's been gone for years and years..

another time travel gimmick had a villain that would 'remember' the old stuff the good folks were doing

# ? Jul 27, 2018 00:42

fart simpson: Jul 2, 2005; DEATH TO AMERICA

i just had a dream that richard stall man became a youth soccer coach and a video emerged of him feeding the kids with scrambled eggs that he cooked with his hands instead of utensils as his hands burned and skin flaked off. and yospos was making fun of it

# ? Jul 27, 2018 01:00

fart simpson: Jul 2, 2005; DEATH TO AMERICA

hmm i meant to post that in cjs

# ? Jul 27, 2018 01:00

President Beep: Apr 30, 2009; i have to have a car because otherwise i cant drive around the country solving mysteries while being doggedly pursued by federal marshals for a crime i did not commit (9/11)

# ? Jul 27, 2018 01:00

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

you taking malaria meds or something?

# ? Jul 27, 2018 01:05

President Beep: Apr 30, 2009; i have to have a car because otherwise i cant drive around the country solving mysteries while being doggedly pursued by federal marshals for a crime i did not commit (9/11)

fart simpson posted:

hmm i meant to post that in cjs

yospos is just one big thread to me.

# ? Jul 27, 2018 01:06

Schadenboner: Aug 15, 2011; by Shine

President Beep posted:

yospos is just one big thread to me.

Like the long colon-floss kelp tape you swallow?

# ? Jul 27, 2018 01:11

President Beep: Apr 30, 2009; i have to have a car because otherwise i cant drive around the country solving mysteries while being doggedly pursued by federal marshals for a crime i did not commit (9/11)

Schadenboner posted:

Like the long colon-floss kelp tape you swallow?

it�s the canvas on which i paint.

# ? Jul 27, 2018 01:13

JawnV6: Jul 4, 2004; So hot ...

infernal machines posted:

you taking malaria meds or something?

those were awesome

had a dream i was in an arcade where you'd like, fall into the pinball machines for this giant open world thing but could still actuate the flippers

# ? Jul 27, 2018 01:14

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President Beep: Apr 30, 2009; i have to have a car because otherwise i cant drive around the country solving mysteries while being doggedly pursued by federal marshals for a crime i did not commit (9/11)

JawnV6 posted:

those were awesome

had a dream i was in an arcade where you'd like, fall into the pinball machines for this giant open world thing but could still actuate the flippers

are they like fever dreams, where you still feel gross and uncomfortable, or is it fun?

# ? Jul 27, 2018 01:15

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