Took a break for a few years but back to Pigskin Pick'em. Bills game was great, defense was solid and their offense showed a lot of depth.

anonymous anonymous wrote on Sep 7, 2022, 22:37:
Did forecasts of an extra-busy hurricane season turn out dead wrong? - the Washington Post

Gee, what happened? I thought climate change was supposed to make tropical storms and hurricanes worse. I guess not, then. What else is incorrect about what the media has been pitching about climate change?

Living in Florida, I can tell you no one is considering hurricane season over yet. But yeah, we've been lucky this season. There are more factors than just climate change involved.

But I do love people like you who see the occasional aberration and use that as an excuse to write off global warming. "Hey we had a big blizzard in Washington DC this year, so global warming is BS!)

While I'm happy we've dodged the bullet this year, we are also having 1000 year draughts in the west, record 1000 year floods in other places, and Miami is dealing with annual record high tides that are flooding areas with sea water the past few years that have never seen that.

Not to worry, it doesn't matter that you don't believe in global warming. What matters is your insurance company does...

RedEye9 wrote on Sep 7, 2022, 13:32:
Another proprietary coffee machine that's guaranteed to break as frequently as a Keurig.
brilliant

But seriously, has anyone had a keurig last more than 2 years?

Yes, you need to spend the money on the commercial version. I have a model that's sold to be used in corporate break rooms and small cafeterias. It's mostly metal, not plastic, with more rugged pumps and plumbing since it's meant to be used a lot. I own this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DWKEHU4

Mine is over 5 years old.

Pro tip: Use distilled water. What ultimately kills a Keurig (or any capsule coffee maker) is mineral deposits clogging the lines. I also personally believe coffee tastes better made with distilled water.

You can clean out the minerals using a special cleaning solution made for this (white vinegar also works, but you'll need to flush a LOT of water through it later and you'll still taste the vinegar for weeks), and I've rescued a few Keurig machines for friends and businesses that way. It involves a lot of patience. A quick rinse is not going to do it. The stuff needs to sit in the machine for weeks to dissolve the minerals completely.

Yeah, I realize I'm contributing to landfills, but so does all the plastic we toss away that the plastic manufactures claim is recyclable, when it's not. If you have single stream recycling (one container for everything) then toss your pods in there and don't worry. Single stream recycling uses high temp incineration, that's considered carbon neutral because the energy released is used to generate electricity. It's better than going into a landfill, but only just.

My family all drink different coffee and a pot won't do. I like strong Columbian coffee, usually with a shot of expresso. My wife likes weak donut shop coffee, and my dad drinks decaf.

#MegaFacePalm 2228

Did forecasts of an extra-busy hurricane season turn out dead wrong? - the Washington Post

Gee, what happened? I thought climate change was supposed to make tropical storms and hurricanes worse. I guess not, then. What else is incorrect about what the media has been pitching about climate change?

Beamer wrote on Sep 7, 2022, 13:32:
Speilberg

Sounds like a trend. I'm going to have to miss Jaws, but I caught the Jurassic Park 3D conversion and it was top tier.

Pentagon suspends F-35 deliveries after discovering materials from China.
I bet the F4 Phantom did not suffer from this horrible injustice.

An alloy used in magnets contained in the F-35's turbomachine pumps (produced by Honeywell) came from China.
The magnet does not transmit information or harm the integrity of the aircraft and there are no performance, quality, safety or security risks associated with this issue and flight operations for the F-35 in-service fleet will continue as normal.
If the government determines Lockheed Martin violated the Buy American statute, the company would need a national security waiver for deliveries to resume.

Dunno who is Max but about your article it is preferable to link to the source. In your article at the end we can read:

This article was reprinted with permission of Big Think, where it was originally published.

Ideally it's better to submit the source right away, just saying.

afka Rossini wrote on Sep 7, 2022, 12:59:
Football season already? Where did the time go?

Dunno, maybe you developed chronic traumatic encephalopathy and have lost the ability to accurately perceive time?

Another proprietary coffee machine that's guaranteed to break as frequently as a Keurig.
brilliant

But seriously, has anyone had a keurig last more than 2 years?

In case you didn't hear, Jaws is back in theaters, this week only. It's in IMAX, but also in Real3D.

I chose to see it in Real3D, mostly on a lark. Some people said it was good, but how could it be? No 3D is really all that good. But I can probably eventually see something based on the IMAX print at home, and can never do the 3D. So, why not?

Turns out it was kind of awesome. No stupid effects or gimmicks. The opening scene is great in 3D. I never fully appreciated how low to the water the camera is, but in 3D, you just feel like you're staring off at the horizon from the water line. All those low, low shots were something impressive in the conversion. Nothing else really mattered, though the end was cool. But that opening sequence was much more impactful. You felt so much like you were there.

That a 40+ year old movie felt better in 3D than all the gibberish filmed to be in 3D is kind of telling, to me. Spielberg went for good shots, not good 3D shots. Turns out, good shots often work in 3D. Plus, being an older movie, it wasn't edited to be a lot of cuts - Speilberg liked holding a shot. 3D works much better that way, because your eyes have time to adjust after each cut.

Also, c'mon, it's Jaws. It's a Top 10 movie.

Football season already? Where did the time go?