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How No Doubt made it as the darlings of the 90's pop/ska scene while Dance Hall Crashers were mostly ignored is positively criminal. Elyse and Karina were an absolute blast to watch, and were every bit the singers that Gwen Stefani was.
i never got into the 'third-wave ska' thing - i liked Operation Ivy ok, but as the years went on, the bands just got progressively more terrible, to the point that i wrote the whole thing off.
the whole pop-punk scene was pretty bad then as well. it was all part of the musical nadir that was the late-90s.
Skinypupy wrote:
How No Doubt made it as the darlings of the 90's pop/ska scene while Dance Hall Crashers were mostly ignored is positively criminal. Elyse and Karina were an absolute blast to watch, and were every bit the singers that Gwen Stefani was.
i never got into the 'third-wave ska' thing - i liked Operation Ivy ok, but as the years went on, the bands just got progressively more terrible, to the point that i wrote the whole thing off.
the whole pop-punk scene was pretty bad then as well. it was all part of the musical nadir that was the late-90s.
No Doubt was not ska, but Save Ferris was excellent
Black Lives definitely Matter Lorini!
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Clever TV commercial causes Google-Home to advertise a hamburger ... until Google pulls the plug
Spoiler:
Burger King is unveiling a horrible, genius, infuriating, hilarious, and maybe very poorly thought-out ad today that’s designed to intentionally set off Google Homes and Android phones.
The 15-second ad features someone in a Burger King uniform leaning into the camera before saying, “OK Google, what is the Whopper burger?”
For anyone with a Google Home near their TV, that strangely phrased request will prompt the speaker to begin reading the Wikipedia entry for the Whopper. It’s a clever way of getting viewers’ attention, but it’s also a really quick way of getting on viewers’ nerves — just look at the reactions people had when ads accidentally triggered voice assistants in the past.
"Burger King’s ad relies on Wikipedia, which is maybe not a good idea"
While Burger King is far from the first to recognize that it’s possible to mess with someone else’s smart speaker, it’s certainly the first to put it into a widely run ad campaign. The spot is supposed to begin running in prime-time slots across the US today on networks including History, Spike, Comedy Central, MTV, E!, and Bravo, and it will air during Adult Swim, The Tonight Show, and Jimmy Kimmel Live.
Google wasn’t involved in the ad’s creation. That means this isn’t an expansion of Google’s ad tests (people weren’t happy when Google built a Beauty and the Beast ad into the speaker), but it also leads to some real issues for Burger King. For one, it has to use weird phrasing — “What is the Whopper burger?” — because that’s the query that actually gets the result it wants. Asking “What is a Whopper?” gets you the definition of the word “whopper.”
And then there’s the bigger problem: Google gets its explanation of the Whopper from Wikipedia. And as we all know, anyone’s free to edit Wikipedia.
It actually looks like Burger King went and edited the Whopper entry ahead of this ad being run. For almost a decade, Wikipedia’s page for the Whopper began with more or less the same sentence: “The Whopper sandwich is the signature hamburger product sold by the international fast-food restaurant chain Burger King and its Australian franchise Hungry Jack's.”
"Burger King’s marketing chief seems to have edited Wikipedia to improve the ad"
But last week, that first line — the only line that Google Home reads — was changed to: “The Whopper is a burger, consisting of a flame-grilled patty made with 100 percent beef with no preservatives or fillers, topped with sliced tomatoes, onions, lettuce, pickles, ketchup, and mayonnaise, served on a sesame-seed bun.” That certainly sounds like ad copy.
And all evidence suggests Burger King is behind the edit. The line was first added by someone with the username “Fermachado123,” which appears to be the username of Burger King’s marketing chief, Fernando Machado. He uses the same name on Instagram and an almost identical name on Twitter.
A press representative for the company stopped responding when asked about the edit. Wikipedia specifically asks that editors “avoid shameless self-promotion” while making changes, and this very much seems to break the rule.
Relying on Wikipedia also opens up one other problem: anyone can edit it. The Verge modified the Whopper entry briefly, and Google Home began speaking the updated text only minutes later.
With this ad airing nationally, Burger King is opening the door for an editing war — and it risks having a malicious editor make the Google Home say something inappropriate when explaining the Whopper.
Those risks will certainly make for an interesting, if frustrating, ad campaign.
And .. Wikipedia pulls the plug on editing the Whopper page
Found a crawfish seller in town. Never had them or cooked them but hear they are great. Always wanted some. But $6 a pound seems high. Wouldn't you need at least 5 lbs for 2 people or even more?
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My guess would be they are somewhat similar to shrimp in size, so do you need 5 lbs of shrimp per person? I'd say no. I've had crawfish but it was a few years ago and I was not sober, so I can't recall the amount of meat to shell. 5 lbs still seems excessive, especially since you can buy sides. If $6 a pound is the price, then $6 a pound is the price. Try it once for fun and see how it goes.
I would guess 1/4 the weight would be shell and inedible parts.
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Kelric wrote:My guess would be they are somewhat similar to shrimp in size, so do you need 5 lbs of shrimp per person? I'd say no. I've had crawfish but it was a few years ago and I was not sober, so I can't recall the amount of meat to shell. 5 lbs still seems excessive, especially since you can buy sides. If $6 a pound is the price, then $6 a pound is the price. Try it once for fun and see how it goes.
Assuming you aren't just eating shrimp with nothing else, 0.5 lb per serving is good. Maybe double that for crayfish. I sure wouldn't buy more than that.
Got a thing in the mail where they want us to be a Neilson family for a week. In the 90s I wanted to do this and watch all sci fi all the time haha. Now I wont do it because they want to come in probably and hook stuff up.
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Daehawk wrote:Got a thing in the mail where they want us to be a Neilson family for a week. In the 90s I wanted to do this and watch all sci fi all the time haha. Now I wont do it because they want to come in probably and hook stuff up.
Nah, they'll just remote in and turn on the surveillance on your Smart TV, Smart Blu-Ray, Smart-Fridge, Smart-Microwave, and Smart-Toilet. You won't even need to work to let them in once you've agreed.
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2021-01-20: The first good night's sleep I had in 4 years.
Seriously, though, the one week version should just be a paper form you fill out. We did it and that's all it was. After we sent it back successfully, they came back and asked if we wanted to do it with the box setup (where they come in and install stuff).
With the show’s creators happily beginning to close off character and story arcs in a bid to bring the whole thing to an end with a sensational series finale that would leave fans cheering in the aisles, the studio which produces your favourite show has instead opted to sign more or less everyone up to lucrative contracts for another three years, with plans to replace anyone who leaves with a new actor that nobody likes.
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“Well, when we say ‘what we have planned’, we don’t really have anything planned at the minute. In fact, the story you were watching has been pretty much told at this point. But we’re going to bolt some new arc onto the end of this, kinda drag it out for a few years, then try desperately to tie everything all together with a big mish-mash of a finale that will have you saying ‘fuck, is that it?’. But we promise you; we’re going to have a great time with all that money we’ll make”.
Isgrimnur wrote: ... we’re going to bolt some new arc onto the end of this, kinda drag it out for a few years, then try desperately to tie everything all together with a big mish-mash of a finale
LOST broke me of the desire to make an appointment to see a TV show. Telling me J. J. Abrams is involved is NOT a selling point. Directors should face disbarment from the trade
Isgrimnur wrote: ... we’re going to bolt some new arc onto the end of this, kinda drag it out for a few years, then try desperately to tie everything all together with a big mish-mash of a finale
LOST broke me of the desire to make an appointment to see a TV show. Telling me J. J. Abrams is involved is NOT a selling point. Directors should face disbarment from the trade
Heh. LOST was the first show that came to my mind as well.
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Why does everyone, including the government sometimes, think you can retire at 65?
If you retire at 65 it's early retirement at a lower rate. (You can actually start doing this at 62).
I didn't start until I was 66. Before then I was on disability. Now you have to be at least 67 to be on full retirement.
So many articles I read online or see reported on TV all say you can fully retire at 65. Don't plan on it.
By the time you younger people fully retire you will probably have to be 70+.
BTW there is no difference as far as benefits between retirement and disability.
dbt1949 wrote:Why does everyone, including the government sometimes, think you can retire at 65?
If you retire at 65 it's early retirement at a lower rate. (You can actually start doing this at 62).
I didn't start until I was 66. Before then I was on disability. Now you have to be at least 67 to be on full retirement.
So many articles I read online or see reported on TV all say you can fully retire at 65. Don't plan on it.
By the time you younger people fully retire you will probably have to be 70+.
BTW there is no difference as far as benefits between retirement and disability.
65 is when you become eligible for medicare. It's all about how your medical will provided for. I would like to retire in my 50s but I have to figure out medical is going to work. I also am filled with stress and dread at the idea that my health will make me unemployable by then but will not have medical available to me also because of my health. Sudy Nym's career post hit close to home, as I often wonder it takes to get on disability, not from an accident, but just from having lost the good health lottery.
dbt1949 wrote:Why does everyone, including the government sometimes, think you can retire at 65?
If you retire at 65 it's early retirement at a lower rate. (You can actually start doing this at 62).
I didn't start until I was 66. Before then I was on disability. Now you have to be at least 67 to be on full retirement.
So many articles I read online or see reported on TV all say you can fully retire at 65. Don't plan on it.
By the time you younger people fully retire you will probably have to be 70+.
BTW there is no difference as far as benefits between retirement and disability.
65 is when you become eligible for medicare. It's all about how your medical will provided for. I would like to retire in my 50s but I have to figure out medical is going to work. I also am filled with stress and dread at the idea that my health will make me unemployable by then but will not have medical available to me also because of my health. Sudy Nym's career post hit close to home, as I often wonder it takes to get on disability, not from an accident, but just from having lost the good health lottery.
Agreed. You can draw reduced SS starting at 62 but you won't have medical coverage until 65. If you're still in good health then, it pays to wait until full SS retirement at 67 (actually 66.5, for me), or even hold out for the maximum benefit at age 70...but once your medical coverage is assured, retirement at least becomes realistically possible. And that's still at 65.
I don't think I'll ever stop working completely, since I already work at home. Don't really foresee myself stopping that just because the odometer rolled 67, although I'll surely scale it back to only the easiest, most lucrative projects. Again assuming no health crises, I expect to live off of reduced work income + retirement accounts from age 67 to 70 and then take the max SS. That's what the experts advise, anyway, because the increase in monthly SS income will almost surely be better than your retirement account investment returns over those three years.
Kida sucks to wait that long, die unexpectedly, and get nothing for your life back.
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When did Ikea stop selling the 6 ft. tall Stuva shelving units? My younger kid (and my wife) wants to store her toys, books and games in cabinets just like her sister, but that's no longer possible.
Dammit.
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I dont know what a Stuva is but I buy all my 5 shelf shelves at Walmart. Under $30 and hold up. been using some for 10 years or more.
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I still say look at Walmart..at least online. Their prices are a good value to quality ratio. Not sure on the sizing though. Be prepared if you do buy there that that stuff is unwieldy to handle and weighs a LOT.
Target supposedly has a lot of furniture and storage too...never looked.
I personally have need a small stand for my tv forever. Im looking at flea markets and thrift stores now as no one seems to sell what I need. Its at the foot of the bed and its bed height....so figure in covers and feet sticking up and we lose a lot of screen room. Its a 40" tv so I need something sturdy about 6" tall by 30" wide. Its one of those strange odd items that seem hard to find.
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No chance that an inexpensive wall mount may do the trick?
If looks aren't an issue, could you build something relatively simple out of scrap wood and paint it? 6" x 30" seems like it would not take much in the way of materials.
dbt1949 wrote:Why does everyone, including the government sometimes, think you can retire at 65?
It was the number chosen for Social Security during the Great Depression... Which is slightly beyond the life expectancy at the time (62?), to minimize payout. Due to political expediency, this was NEVER changed.
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KDH wrote:
the story .. 'lectricity use is always the downfall
*** .. sorry Daehawk!!
That's way cool. I don't suppose generating their own electricity would have been practical...although with that much underground infrastructure maybe geothermal would have worked.
KDH wrote:
the story .. 'lectricity use is always the downfall
*** .. sorry Daehawk!!
That's way cool. I don't suppose generating their own electricity would have been practical...although with that much underground infrastructure maybe geothermal would have worked.
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dbt1949 wrote:Why does everyone, including the government sometimes, think you can retire at 65?
It was the number chosen for Social Security during the Great Depression... Which is slightly beyond the life expectancy at the time (62?), to minimize payout. Due to political expediency, this was NEVER changed.
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