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- Sat May 11, 2024 3:35 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: EPL 2023-24
- Replies: 424
- Views: 17166
Re: EPL 2023-24
It was so great to see Reece James get on the field again for Chelsea. And then within a couple of minutes, he made a gorgeous game-winning assist. Couldn't ask for more.
- Sat May 11, 2024 1:40 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Swamp Travel Guide
- Replies: 1259
- Views: 91030
Re: Scam?
iPhones are indeed much safer for malware, but they're not 100% foolproof. But yeah, the biggest risk there is you mom getting scammed, not hacked.
- Fri May 10, 2024 9:16 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Home Repairs
- Replies: 1570
- Views: 118474
- Fri May 10, 2024 8:05 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Presidential Election 2024
- Replies: 552
- Views: 16565
Re: Presidential Election 2024
Yes, and without US support for Ukraine. The GOP has made that very clear. I'm pretty sure this war would have gone very differently had Trump been president.
Re: Movies
The new apes movies are absolutely pretty great - solid way to wast 6-7 hours though probably not all at once. Very well done, and of course Serkis is amazing in MoCap. There was an article about him and the movies (he's also involved with possibly making two Hobbit/LOTR adjacent Gollum movies - Ja...
Re: Scam?
How would getting her mailing address be a scam? Likely just trying to hook the target and then escalate to asking for more private info. Yeah, or you get a virus when you click the link. Still think it has to be a postal employee since they knew the tracking number. Ah, you didn't say it had a lin...
Re: Scam?
How would getting her mailing address be a scam? Likely just trying to hook the target and then escalate to asking for more private info. Yeah, or you get a virus when you click the link. Still think it has to be a postal employee since they knew the tracking number. Ah, you didn't say it had a lin...
Re: Scam?
How would getting her mailing address be a scam? That's not exactly secret information.
- Thu May 09, 2024 4:07 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Swamp Travel Guide
- Replies: 1259
- Views: 91030
Re: Swamp Travel Guide
Yeah, like... So a story that kind of shaped how I (we) vacation. It's our honeymoon and we flew out to LA (5/6 hours) and then waited many hours to fly from LA to Papeete, Tahiti, which was something like an 8 or 9 hour flight. Essentially over 20 hours of travel. We get picked up by the resort (o...
- Thu May 09, 2024 1:20 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Getting the spins
- Replies: 3336
- Views: 223308
- Thu May 09, 2024 1:08 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Getting the spins
- Replies: 3336
- Views: 223308
Re: Getting the spins
I think this is my favorite Dave Bin Laden banger. Hilarious.
- Wed May 08, 2024 1:08 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
- Replies: 8973
- Views: 449825
Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
Holy shit, that's awesome. Loved the 6-door pickup at the end too.
- Wed May 08, 2024 9:52 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
- Replies: 8973
- Views: 449825
- Wed May 08, 2024 9:46 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Politics
- Replies: 9335
- Views: 504813
Re: Random Politics
So where was this vitriol in the protests against Iraq? Lots of vandalism against yellow ribbons like the vandalism against signs begging that kidnapped Israeli children get to go back home? How many Afghan and Iraqi kids is it ok to murder to make up for 9/11? The US has backed a lot of questionab...
- Wed May 08, 2024 7:36 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Politics
- Replies: 9335
- Views: 504813
Re: Random Politics
So where was this vitriol in the protests against Iraq? Lots of vandalism against yellow ribbons like the vandalism against signs begging that kidnapped Israeli children get to go back home? How many Afghan and Iraqi kids is it ok to murder to make up for 9/11? The US has backed a lot of questionab...
- Tue May 07, 2024 5:17 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Politics
- Replies: 9335
- Views: 504813
Re: Random Politics
All true. But as I said above, it's not the reasonable people driving the narrative.
- Tue May 07, 2024 4:52 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Politics
- Replies: 9335
- Views: 504813
Re: Random Politics
It's tricky with Israel. If you criticize, say France, for their policies, nobody calls you a racist or anti-semite. Of course, the vast majority of reasonable people can separate the actions of the Israeli government or IDF from all Jews (and Hamas from Muslims/Palestinians), but American politics ...
- Tue May 07, 2024 10:21 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Television (no longer temporary)
- Replies: 6287
- Views: 378096
Re: Television (no longer temporary)
Ha, that article starts off with the same Oldboy thought I expressed above.Johnnie wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 7:06 pm Google News suggested this Polygon article about it to me today. I haven't read it yet, but I will when I have a minute.
https://www.polygon.com/reviews/2414844 ... ubi-review
- Tue May 07, 2024 10:20 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Lacrosse The Thread
- Replies: 164
- Views: 6115
Re: Lacrosse The Thread
Yeah, it's not everywhere yet, but it's still pretty popular. There are 140 varsity teams in North Carolina, for example. It looks like 24 states have official state championships.
- Tue May 07, 2024 10:16 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: EPL 2023-24
- Replies: 424
- Views: 17166
Re: EPL 2023-24
And now with Crystal Palace beating Man U (keep going, lads!), Chelsea might just earn some European football next season. Wild to think that after the topsy turvy season they've had, but it's there for the taking with 3 games to play. So its Man City v ManUnited in the FA Cup final, right? And if ...
- Mon May 06, 2024 5:38 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Television (no longer temporary)
- Replies: 6287
- Views: 378096
Re: Television (no longer temporary)
I watched The Contestant on Hulu last night. It's a documentary about a game show contestant in Japan, and it's fucking WILD! In 1998, in what seemed like a live variety show, they had this guy living in a tiny windowless apartment, and he couldn't leave until he won $1 million Yen ($8,000) in swee...
- Mon May 06, 2024 5:00 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Lacrosse The Thread
- Replies: 164
- Views: 6115
Re: Lacrosse The Thread
I figured it was a little less diluted than some sports. But I guess the same teams win all the "big" sports, too. One interesting thing with lacrosse is that it's spread all across the country at the high school level, but it's fairly stagnant at the college level because of Title 9 issu...
- Mon May 06, 2024 4:56 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Television (no longer temporary)
- Replies: 6287
- Views: 378096
Re: Television (no longer temporary)
Finished "Shogun" last night. Whole lotta head chopping off going on in that show...which lead to the question: Does a head really just come off that easily? Does it depend on the technique? Sharpness of the blade? I think katanas are actually quite good at that, with a little practice. M...
- Mon May 06, 2024 4:54 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Getting the spins
- Replies: 3336
- Views: 223308
Re: Getting the spins
This new AI DJ in Spotify is actually pretty cool.
- Mon May 06, 2024 3:07 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Lacrosse The Thread
- Replies: 164
- Views: 6115
Re: Lacrosse The Thread
Admittedly I don't follow lacrosse, but being ranked #5 and two of those losses against top teams were fairly close...that seems like national championship caliber. Honest question, is it really that top heavy? Fair enough. The ACC has always been loaded in lacrosse. Four of the top 5 right now. An...
- Mon May 06, 2024 2:49 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Lacrosse The Thread
- Replies: 164
- Views: 6115
Re: Lacrosse The Thread
I'm hoping UVA figures out what's broken. They've lost 4 in a row for the first time in a long time. Now, 2 of those 4 losses were to #1 ND and another to #3 Duke (the fourth was to #7 Syracuse - brutal schedule!), but still. This is a team that should be national championship good.
- Mon May 06, 2024 2:46 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: EPL 2023-24
- Replies: 424
- Views: 17166
Re: EPL 2023-24
And now with Crystal Palace beating Man U (keep going, lads!), Chelsea might just earn some European football next season. Wild to think that after the topsy turvy season they've had, but it's there for the taking with 3 games to play.
- Sun May 05, 2024 10:52 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
- Replies: 3900
- Views: 242796
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Maybe not the greatest speech (which is fine, because like 10 guys could probably hear it), but what a great scene.
- Sun May 05, 2024 10:43 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: EPL 2023-24
- Replies: 424
- Views: 17166
Re: EPL 2023-24
Kinda wish there were an additional 10 EPL games this year. It seems like the Chelsea kids are really starting to figure things out. What's kind of wild is that Poch recently made an interesting formation change where Cucarella moves inside when Chelsea has the ball. That seems to have really streng...
- Fri May 03, 2024 10:13 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The Singularity
- Replies: 264
- Views: 29257
Re: The Singularity
This is nuts. These guys programmed a robot dog to be able to move via an exercise ball by walking on it. They did this by training it on a simulator and used ChatGPT to help. This worked so well it worked in the real world the first time they actually tried it. https://twitter.com/DrJimFan/status/1...
- Fri May 03, 2024 4:25 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Politics
- Replies: 9335
- Views: 504813
Re: Random Politics
Or pregnant women might have to wear tracking devices. Fortunately I’m a straight white guy so I don’t have to worry about things like that and I can entertain either party in office. Biden's president now and I'm at the point I'd risk being stopped if I tried to travel to your state with my oldest...
- Fri May 03, 2024 1:30 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: To the extent it comes up: Trump crap post-WH years
- Replies: 2060
- Views: 60555
Re: To the extent it comes up: Trump crap post-WH years
Holy shit. We really have completely lost our collective minds.
- Fri May 03, 2024 1:26 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
- Replies: 3086
- Views: 277958
Re: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
I didn't realize the USA was in the group with France. I like that, because I have tickets to a France game in Nice. Maybe it'll be the US game! I'm pretty sure the schedule is out. ETA - Yep https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/schedule/football Oh, that's right. I forgot that I saw that before. I j...
- Fri May 03, 2024 12:30 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
- Replies: 3086
- Views: 277958
Re: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
I didn't realize the USA was in the group with France. I like that, because I have tickets to a France game in Nice. Maybe it'll be the US game!
- Fri May 03, 2024 12:18 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Electric Vehicles
- Replies: 147
- Views: 3961
Re: Electric Vehicles
Very promising. It's so interesting seeing how much innovation and better design we're getting from new companies. We can all hate Elon, but there's no denying the impact that Tesla has had.
- Thu May 02, 2024 2:33 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Electric Vehicles
- Replies: 147
- Views: 3961
Re: Electric Vehicles
It's just so jarring and when you look at how cool/clean the lines are on the Rivian you really have to wonder WTF ppl are thinking. I really like the Rivian too. BTW, what the fuck is Elon doing with firing his entire Supercharger team? That's the one clear competitive advantage Tesla still has.
- Thu May 02, 2024 2:31 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Return of Confessions
- Replies: 1320
- Views: 80472
Re: Return of Confessions
My boys are 20 and 23 would get it instantly. And would have for the last 10 years. I did recently ask my younger son if his friends knew Monty Python (which to most kids just means The Holy Grail), and he said that some do and some don't. But it's not universally unknown. (at least not a UNC)
- Thu May 02, 2024 1:59 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Return of Confessions
- Replies: 1320
- Views: 80472
Re: Return of Confessions
My boys absolutely loved (and love) Monty Python and the Holy Grail. We watched it many, many times together. So, the kids do still like it.
- Thu May 02, 2024 10:59 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: I love you, Dad
- Replies: 25
- Views: 209
Re: I love you, Dad
Man, I'm sorry to hear that, man. It's great that his family was around at the end though. I think that's all we can hope for - that our family loves and cares enough to be there.