@89th said in How are y'all? What's new with you?: @brenda said in How are y'all? What's new with you?: @89th said in How are y'all? What's new with you?: Hi @brenda - I'm just thawing out from my first MN winter. Starting some spring projects... also just painted our kids' playroom today. This weekend I'll put some stuff on the walls and that'll be another room done... So how was your first winter here? When you're done working on your own house, I have projects waiting for you at my house. The first winter was fine. I like the cold, so it didn't bother me although I heard it was much colder than most winters. It seems like December through February is the true heart of winter with temps often in the -10s... but there are a number of really nice (and some, free) indoor fieldhouses, playgrounds, pools, etc. So no shortage of things to do. When the kids get a tad older, it'll also be nice to go cross country skiing at some nearby parks that have miles of paths. Anyway, now it's nice to be outside and I'll start doing some jogging-stroller runs... it's also nice to be outside before any mosquitos arrive, too! LOL You were destined to live in Minnesoooooota!

@jon-nyc said in Just so you know, I am prepared: His sister would steal them all Oh no. I hadn't thought about her. Going to put in another big order. BRB.

Multi billionaire.

It reminds me of a Rumsfeldism - “if a problem appears to have no solution, enlarge the problem”. By the way I made that exact comment to the transplant pulmonologist who first told me about ECMO.

But..but... can't they just show their White Privilege Card? Don't leave home without it.

I must admit I struggled a bit with Beevor. For a much lighter read, The Fall of Berlin by Anthony Read and David Fisher is worth a look - I enjoyed it, at least. It's very anecdotal, and there are lots of little stories strung together to describe Berlin from 1036 until 1945.

Expressing yourself honestly is all fun and games, till you get a high profile job.

@Mik said in Only Blacks and Puerto Ricans can be "mothers": Orwellian language. I thought it was Morse code.

@Klaus said in Webb Telescope might be able to detect other civilizations by their air pollution: @Doctor-Phibes said in Webb Telescope might be able to detect other civilizations by their air pollution: Anyway, getting back to abortion.... Did you know that the usage of "Control-C" to abort a program goes back to the DEC operating system for the PDP computers and dates back to the 1960s? Nobody thought about the morality of just aborting operating system processes. And the abortion was not even restricted to processes that were just being launched; any process, even fully matured ones, could be sent the SIGINT signal. I knew that.

Do I see a little red in that hair?

The answer comes out Saturday. I’m curious if they’ll share a rigorous theorem or just say “imagine the holograms”

Well, it does give the Saints an opportunity to beat Tom a few more times...

@Horace said in No helmet: I watched a goat do that at the Grand Canyon. It’s pretty cool. But those of us with the lives experience of having seen it can’t possibly communicate it to the rest of you. Just us two, eh, Horace? Zion is beautiful, though very crowded of late.

@Horace said in Humility: closeted WHITE homosexual.

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good one

@George-K said in "It's a soft 'g', so it's 'jif'. Trust me: OK, who says "gif" with a "soft" g? I don't and never have. No, of course not Hard G, no question And the story doesn't say "the inventor", it says " one of the lead inventors of the GIF" So maybe he was just one of many guys hanging around the office when gif was invented. The soft G sounds ridiculous

@Mik said in So are the Russians surprised by outcomes?: Opposition seems to be worldwide. The cyber part of this is really interesting. Anonymous claims to have had great success in shutting down things .ru. https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/anonymous-hacker-collective-takes-credit-for-cyberattacks-against-russian-government/ar-AAUmbAn?ocid=msedgntp https://twitter.com/LatestAnonPress/status/1506779235565944841?s=20&t=fXNO0oO2GPtOx3fT9T4pag