@george-k said in Apple's approach to product placement:

I remember reading a story that if Apple is going to allow their products to be displayed in a movie or TV show, the product (phone, whatever) must NEVER be used by the villain of the production.

It might depend on your definition of villain....

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Nice, yes it is rare

I have played 517 rounds 9,306 holes in the last 2 years - 2 eagles.

Of course I am a pathetic old man - not the benchmark.

I just read a piece that said 1 or 2 eagles in 50 rounds might be average for an amateur. That is approximately 10X my eagle output.

@jolly said in The Return of the Don:

But at least mental decline hasn't set in, yet.

That's a matter of opinion.

@mik said in The K Shaped Recovery:

I think the real opportunities are in the trades right now. And there's not much need for a degree. You just have to want to work and you can easily end up with your own crew or company.

Media's huge, too. If you're a videographer/video editor, graphic designer/illustrator, motion graphics person, SEO writer, etc., etc., you can work for Capital One just as easily as you can Jake's Plumbing Services. Everyone needs an online presence, and there's a ton of freelance opportunity for those smaller businesses.

No degree required. Remote work very much an option.

@jon-nyc Thanks for sharing, I never knew that.

Good to know @mark ! In a year or two I'll also be in the market for a piano for our house and getting one with the optional headphone mode is attractive.

Funny, I recall thinking that the TV news coverage was crap with all kinds of unvetted rumors making it to the airways. Shots being fired on the Washington Mall, an attack on water reservoirs, Press buildings bing attacked, and more. I shut the TV off and went on line… To me, this event also marked the day the Internet stepped up to be the primary news and information source for most people…

@copper said in Community Facebook Bingo:

you can't call people mean names.

NO Mean Tweets!

I am the official HOA Facebook administrator.

Oh, remind me not to move where you are!

@copper said in The Middle of Nowhere:

both almost 1.5 miles long.

Yeah, those freights are LONG.

Empire Builder is only about ¼ mile long.

I had to look up 'telos', being as I'm not as sopheeesticated as this Ahmari fellow, but I'd just like to share that IMO his observation is tres splenetique and sans merite.

classrooms will be gender-segregated and Islamic dress is compulsory

My high school was all-male, still is, and there was a dress code - jacket and necktie. I think the necktie is still required.

Boston College was all-male (with some exceptions) until just a couple years before I started there.

@george-k said in The ACLU speaks on mandates:

@mik said in The ACLU speaks on mandates:

Sounds right.

That was from 2008, if you didn't notice.

I wonder what their position is now (another rhetorical question).

Doormat.

@catseye3 said in In the SEC, it just means more...:

'Course, if these people are operating under the delusion that 'Toddy' rhymes with 'Biden', they may not present that big a problem.

The thing is, stupid opinions are pretty prevalent in youth. You might say it's almost their job. They don't really know shit at that age; they just think they do.

Don't seem to be that many woke in this contigent, either.

Look up what Hotty Toddy means...

Given Newsom’s approval popularity is over 50% I am now calling at least 15 point spread against the recall. That’s my prediction.

We will have to wait a few days after Tuesday for the official result. I have no idea if the mail in or day of votes count first but I hope it’s the mail in so we don’t have to suffer it was rigged…

Dail Mail or not, it's really nice to see the Brits doing so well in tennis after so many years of suckage.

Seems like a cheap pay to play…..if you are still in practice.

Love the Amazon reviews that are purchased.

"Without drastic changes..."

Such as...what, exactly?

Well, if they do as badly against the American right as they’ve done against Muslim extremists, Alex Jones will be occupying the White House soon. -Glen Reynolds

TPTB have to keep taxes obtuse and confusing. If most people really knew what they were paying, they'd burn half of Washington down to the ground.