Everything posted by bernorange
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the 2023 speaker of the house voting thread of implosion
Video leaked from the House GOP closed door negotiations:
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Cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, etc.)
FWIW (bold emphasis is mine): https://www.marketwatch.com/story/bitcoin-etfs-are-not-approved-yet-but-analysts-think-they-could-become-a-reality-in-january-b237fdae 90% is really optimistic. I don't believe the SEC is acting in good faith though. They won't approve until a court forces them to engage honestly IMO.
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Ontology of Morality
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_is_dead
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Wordle [spoilers inevitable but discouraged]
Wordle 850 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Daily Quordle 631 5️⃣4️⃣ 7️⃣6️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ Daily Sequence Quordle 631 4️⃣5️⃣ 6️⃣7️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 So... that went well. ClickWord.org Daily 255: 469 points (top 40% 👏) 12 words: ⚛️🟪🟪🟥🟥🟥🟧🟧🟨🟨🟨🟩 💪 Best word: 176 points 🔥 Streak: 2 days Meh. I got caught waiting for a letter that never came and left a bit on the table on this one.
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The Ontology of discussion of Deep Thoughts
I read the OP and my mind's eye pictured Wally thusly:
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Ontology of Morality
Ironically, there was a time when there fewer religions with many gods.
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Cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, etc.)
He has a vested interest since Blackrock is working on creating a BTC ETF.
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Yes: Pools are worth it....
Over a month later and I have finally figured it out. I'll post my travails in case it might help some lost soul avoid the headache that I endured... First thing I tried was using a pool rated o-ring lubricant (from pool supply store). That did not work. Second, I got some instant gasket goop in a tube that hardens into a flexible (not completely rigid) solid. I ran a bead around the bottom and top of the o-ring hoping it might seal any gap. Had to wait a day to let it set. It set well, but did not stop the leak when I reassembled and ran the pump. I ended up cleaning all the goop from the o-ring and shell. Third, I found https://www.theoringstore.com/store/ and ordered a custom sized o-ring with the same ID as the spec part, but with a slightly larger cross section. It took a few days for the o-ring to arrive. I tried it when I got it and... still leaked. I ordered a second o-ring from those peeps with the same ID and a bit larger CS. This one also took several days to arrive. When I got it, I almost could not lock the clamp that holds the shells together. This O-Ring for sure would not let water escape between the shell and ring. It would be nigh impossible. Yet, when I assembled everything and ran the pump, it leaked - again from the same spot and with the same flow rate. I took it apart again and cleaned all the surfaces of the joint. I was pretty discouraged at this point and just really kind of stared at the bottom shell for a while before I noticed that the lip of the bottom shell had a very small - almost too small to see - gap near where the water keeps escaping. The gap was on the outer and bottom side of the lip - *not* on the surface where the O-Ring sits. I looked a bit more and it became apparent that the bottom shell was cast/fabricated as one piece that later had a rectangle cut out of it and replaced with a plate that had the inlet and outlet nozzle connections. There is a line all along the outer shell for the rectangle as if the rectangle had been welded in place (but it's fiberglass, so I know it wasn't "welded"). Anyway I got the bright idea to inspect the inside of the shell for the rectangle lines and inside of the shell was totally smooth - no "weld" line at all. And then I saw it. Just above the inlet nozzle was what looked like 6 inch long horizontal scratch on the inner shell lining. It looked like someone had run a razor blade on the surface. The scratch was neigh microscopic. So, I applied that instant gasket goop on the inner wall to seal the scratch. i had to use a small trowel to ensure the area was covered properly. I also dabbed a little bit of the goop on the outer shell where I saw the small gap. I let that cure for a day and then assembled the filter (sans internal assembly / fins) with the original O-ring. Ran the pump and no leak. The instant gasket goop I used was like flex seal. Good call.
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SNL with Pete Davidson.
I don't routinely bitch about SNL, but I used to watch the show every week (during a season when new episodes aired), but have largely not bothered too much in the last few years - just catching parts of an episode here or there. The show took two massive hits when Conan O'Brian and later, Tina Fey moved on from writing for the show. On top of that, the show got way too pushy with their left wing political advocacy. It wasn't funny or clever like the political commentary they had back when former Senator Al Franken was a writer. $.02
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the 2023 speaker of the house voting thread of implosion
From yesterday morning: https://news.yahoo.com/senior-house-republican-says-gop-155414177.html
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Ontology of Morality
Know how I know that you are not Baylor alumni?
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Ontology of Morality
The shortest distance between 2 points is a straight line The shortest distance between 2 points is not a straight line Both can be true. Both can also be false. It depends upon the framework(s) in which they are being considered. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/football-science-hypotenuse/
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Global Spring?
The BBC makes the Polish sausage making sound an awful lot like our current House Speaker impasse: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67122025
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Wordle [spoilers inevitable but discouraged]
Wordle 849 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Daily Quordle 630 7️⃣8️⃣ 4️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Tricky word in SE corner. Daily Sequence Quordle 630 4️⃣5️⃣ 6️⃣7️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Weekly Quordle Challenge 17 5️⃣4️⃣ 8️⃣7️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ I stared at the SW corner for an embarrassingly long time before figuring it out. ClickWord.org Daily 254: 579 points (top 20% 🎊) 12 words: ⚛️⚛️🟪🟪🟥🟥🟧🟧🟧🟨🟨🟩 💪 Best word: 192 points 🔥 Streak: 1 days
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the 2023 speaker of the house voting thread of implosion
I shouldn't be surprised that this is what the CR has devolved to, but that is not a correct characterization of what I said.
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Best Rock Vocalists
I was watching a bunch of youtube reaction videos the other day from voice coaches/experts (including vids from the Charismatic Voice) so this thread hits close to home. Two names I'll posit that I didn't see posted while skimming page one: Serj Tankian - System of a Down Till Lindemann - Rammstein
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SNL with Pete Davidson.
I think I only laughed twice while watching through the space trek skit before calling it quits - once when Heidi fell on the desk and during Weekend Update when Colin did the dad joke that Che wrote for him. It was overall a pretty lame episode.
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Israel
For @chainsaw et al: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/opinion-the-911-attack-wasn-t-an-intelligence-failure-the-hamas-attack-may-be/ar-AA1hVwAx
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Fuck you mate
There was opposition to the proposal even from the indigenous people apparently: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/fragmented-forces-opposing-australias-indigenous-referendum-2023-10-12/
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Israel
Iran steps in. The US steps in. WW3 begins?
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2024 Solar Eclipse - never too early to get ready
- the 2023 speaker of the house voting thread of implosion
He cast everyone that voted to oust McCarthy in the same boat of responsibility. He called the MAGA 8 traitors. I really think you read his statement with some strongly partisan glasses. Yes, the MAGA 8 initiated the process, but folks keep saying that people are responsible for their votes when the context is electing an R rep. Is there a double standard with D reps voting to oust a speaker? Sure they had valid reasons for their vote, but they are still responsible for their votes aren't they? Chaos is a ladder? Maybe. Maybe not. Maybe its just a stump that is everyone's chopping block.- 2024 Solar Eclipse - never too early to get ready
DEMAND PERFECTION!!!!- 2024 Solar Eclipse - never too early to get ready
My son still has his special solar eclipse glasses his school gave him from the last solar eclipse. We took turns having a look a moment ago. Clear skies and amazing view of a thin crescent sun. Surreal.- Israel
Strongly worded letter. Duh. - the 2023 speaker of the house voting thread of implosion
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