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Lurch

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  1. It’s the little details that make him so great
  2. Ooof Casino giant MGM expects $100 million hit from hack that led to data breach https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/05/business/mgm-100-million-hit-data-breach/index.html
  3. I'll see myself out.
  4. Isn't it just that they didnt lay off people at near the magnitude that we did? https://www.elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/087/2022/004/article-A001-en.xml "A Comparison of Dynamics in Advanced Europe versus the United States Most of the labor market adjustment in the United States in 2020 occurred through employment (“extensive margin”). The decline in total hours worked-of about the same magnitude as during the GFC-was entirely driven by employment, which dropped by an unprecedented 12.3 percent year over year in 2020Q2. In the same quarter, the number of unemployed workers more than tripled and the unemployment rate jumped to an unprecedented 13.0 percent, even though labor force participation declined. Over the whole year, on average, US employment fell by 6.2 percent and the unemployment rate increased by 4.4 percentage points, compared to a decline of 1.4 percent and an increase of 0.4 percentage points in EU-27, respectively."
  5. The new Mac OS, Sonoma, introduces facetime reactions into video calls of other services (google meet, zoom, etc). These reactions can not only be triggered with a click, but can ALSO be triggered by making certain hand gestures on video. This is a cool use of video technology, unless you are unaware of it and in the midst of a particularly dour discussion you subconsciously/unintentionally make a "V" sign with your hand which then automatically triggers FUCKING BALLOONS to show up on your video for the other participants to see. FUCK.
  6. Man, I feel this. At the start of COVID our neighborhood (~125 families) thought it would be cool to invite a different food truck once a week as a win/win. At first, it went incredibly well. Everyone felt good about spending money with them (and they were truly, openly grateful), while also getting a nice quality meal for our families. After a while, though, the demand dried up and the organizer started pleading with the neighborhood to start showing up or the trucks would no longer bother coming to us. A reasonable outcome that frankly was probably warranted. The reason we stopped going was the prices stayed "questionably" high even as COVID wained while the food seemed to lose it's uniqueness and edge. At some point, I was just paying people a premium to throw together a burger that wasn't really any different than I could have whipped up with minimal effort or just gone to any local restaurant and at least had some service come with that price tag. And, yeah, the tip is weird. Really any time I'm tipping the *owner* of the business seems off to me.
  7. The Daily Beast won that race
  8. https://www.threads.net/@meidastouch/post/Cx8_tMCveX1/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
  9. Watch them start floating Trump
  10. https://www.threads.net/@gtconway3dg/post/Cx88YB_pCp_/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
  11. Voice voting now @Ghost of LL
  12. https://www.threads.net/@keithedwards/post/Cx8CmvEOixv/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== Explainer
  13. You’re aware Threads has had chronological view for a while now, right?
  14. The current moniker is LGBTQIA+ Marketing is not their sweet spot it would seem
  15. What’s this double rice bullshit
  16. Yep. Same technique
  17. https://www.thedailybeast.com/howard-stern-says-he-loves-being-woke-in-response-to-fan-criticism?via=twitter_page&utm_source=twitter_owned_tdb&utm_medium=socialflow&utm_campaign=owned_social
  18. Ignore
  19. They also put refried beans in the same place. Pretty sure we were doing Taco Tuesday in 1980 in Houston.
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