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    NYT Crossword shoutout to Ars!

    Fuck, there goes their indie cred.
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    COVID-19 Vaccinationator: Did you get it?

    Wife got J&J vaccine on Wednesday. No soreness, but she did have a fever later that night and pretty much just laid in bed the next day. "I don't feel sick, but I also don't feel like doing anything." I'm eligible starting Monday.
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    STFUAPP: funny pictures may be NSFW.

    Is Facebook the origin of that "I'm in this photo and I don't like it?" meme? I had no idea.
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    Help Ars w/interview qs for Don Bellisario on the unsolved mysteries of Quantum Leap

    How controversial were the Lee Harvey Oswald episodes internally? Was anyone pushing for Sam to actually save JFK? Or was there a hard writer's room rule that our reality had to match up the results with whatever Sam changed?
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    US Taxapolooza 2020

    We have a side business selling my wife's artwork at local fairs and farmer's markets. She also typically has a few side teaching jobs during the summer. Really complicated the taxes the last few years. 2020? Not so much with the fairs and whatnot all getting cancelled. So my taxes are very...
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    Mortal Kombat movie...

    I miss claymation Goro.
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    Rush Limbaugh is dead.

    I will admit that many many years ago, as a 12-year old from a religious family, with a superficial understanding of politics and a poorly developed sense of empathy, that I enjoyed listening to Limbaugh. He was entertaining, funny, and the way he presented things made a lot of sense to me at...
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    WandaVision (spoiler filled thread)

    I just hope we've moved permanently past the laugh track era. It's been years since I've watched a show with a laugh track, and although I enjoyed the first few episodes I won't miss that part.
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    The Mandalorian

    Hah, totally forgot about that. Pretty close, although I was (hopefully) wrong about it being the series finale.
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    WandaVision (spoiler filled thread)

    The idea that SWORD has had Vison's body for 5 years and hasn't done any tests/experiments on it is ridiculous. "respecting Visions' wishes" is not high on their list of priorities in the wake of 50% of the population disappearing, I reckon.
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    The Expanse: Season 5 (spoiler filled thread)

    I spent this whole season wondering if and how they were going to include this scene. I was not disappointed. It did lack a bit of the "awareness" of the characters that something was happening to them, but still... well done.
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    WandaVision (spoiler filled thread)

    Woke up with a thought this morning that Wanda getting un-snapped maybe let her figure out how to resurrect Vision (and others). Of all the people that the unsnappening brought back, she might be the only who understood and observed the process as it was happening to her. -------- Unrelated...
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    WandaVision (spoiler filled thread)

    I enjoyed them lampshading how Scarlet Witch has never been called Scarlet Witch in the MCU.
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    WandaVision (spoiler filled thread)

    Gah, you're right. I had thought Hydra used the Tesseract to make her, but I guess it was the scepter instead.
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    WandaVision (spoiler filled thread)

    "Why hexagonal shape?" The jump points/hyperspace used for space travel in GotG and Capt Marvel are hexagonal windows. Possibly related to Wanda's power coming from the Space Stone? That's just what tears or rips in space look like?
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    WandaVision (spoiler filled thread)

    I think it's the nosy neighbor with the off-screen husband. She was one of the only prominent characters not on the sword "identified" board.
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    Lounge random thoughts/stories thread -- CURRENT

    I should add the caveat that most of the interviews I've conducted have been for entry/mid-level developer positions. So when someone appears in a suit+tie it indicates that they're covering for some other deficiency. I have less experience with higher-level management/director positions.
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    Lounge random thoughts/stories thread -- CURRENT

    ++ to this. Relaxed Professional is almost always a good look, especially in "technical" positions. I'm suspicious of anyone who shows up to an interview in a tie.
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    STFUAPP: funny pictures may be NSFW.

    Putting the "sexy" back in "syphilis"
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    STFUAPP: funny pictures may be NSFW.

    Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion