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Eggpharmer

Battleborn

My 18 y/o daughter just lost her sh!t when she found out about the impending Tic Tok ban. 

Yes, she leads a privileged life.

lkapigian

lkapigian said:

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@JohnInCarolina from The Big Bang Theory ( top ) and @nolaegghead AKA Kenji Loez - Alt food writer and chef 

Maybe it's just me... and to much time on my hands 

Was hoping to see you guys in California again but probably not likely you'll be heading this way this year 

alaskanassasin

Speaking of Cali https://www.ebay.com/itm/Big-Green-Egg-Chiminea-Rare-/124279807163?pageci=35f3dc2f-a005-4e05-827e-71c8bff2a18b

JohnInCarolina

Battleborn said:

My 18 y/o daughter just lost her sh!t when she found out about the impending Tic Tok ban. 

Yes, she leads a privileged life.

Color me skeptical that any kind of social media legit gets banned.  

Ozzie_Isaac

Battleborn said:

My 18 y/o daughter just lost her sh!t when she found out about the impending Tic Tok ban. 

Yes, she leads a privileged life.

I had my kids delete TikTok a few months ago.  I read their TS and did some research.  No go in our house.

Battleborn

JohnInCarolina said:

Battleborn said:

My 18 y/o daughter just lost her sh!t when she found out about the impending Tic Tok ban. 

Yes, she leads a privileged life.

Color me skeptical that any kind of social media legit gets banned.  

I agree, it just cracked me up to see her reaction over it.

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Battleborn said:

My 18 y/o daughter just lost her sh!t when she found out about the impending Tic Tok ban. 

Yes, she leads a privileged life.

I had my kids delete TikTok a few months ago.  I read their TS and did some research.  No go in our house.

I still have no idea what it is really about. The only thing I have ever made my kids delete were the apps that the "messages" disappear or the secret messaging apps.

ColbyLang

Pork belly burnt ends and a triple slab of baby backs on the XL simultaneously. Will post pics when it’s time to check on it all. 

RockWood lump with a couple of chunks of pecan mixed in. Smells wonderful on the patio

lousubcap

@ColbyLang - that is rolling in hot. Folks are going to be eating quite a banquet this evening.  Way to get after it.  

Ozzie_Isaac

Battleborn said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Battleborn said:

My 18 y/o daughter just lost her sh!t when she found out about the impending Tic Tok ban. 

Yes, she leads a privileged life.

Color me skeptical that any kind of social media legit gets banned.  

I agree, it just cracked me up to see her reaction over it.

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Battleborn said:

My 18 y/o daughter just lost her sh!t when she found out about the impending Tic Tok ban. 

Yes, she leads a privileged life.

I had my kids delete TikTok a few months ago.  I read their TS and did some research.  No go in our house.

I still have no idea what it is really about. The only thing I have ever made my kids delete were the apps that the "messages" disappear or the secret messaging apps.

I agree with Snapchat and other "temporary messaging apps", they are also a no go.

TikTok is a Chinese owned social app with shady privacy policies.  My main issue were the actual TikTok videos though.  Many were hilarious and/or cool.  However a large portion were rascist, misogynistic, hateful, and just completely inappropriate.  There was no good way to screen or remove that content.

The icing on the cake for me was the videos making fun of disabled people and mentally handicapped kids.  I generally do not get bothered by much, but that stuff really angers me.  TikTok does nothing to remove or restrict that content.

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Battleborn said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Battleborn said:

My 18 y/o daughter just lost her sh!t when she found out about the impending Tic Tok ban. 

Yes, she leads a privileged life.

Color me skeptical that any kind of social media legit gets banned.  

I agree, it just cracked me up to see her reaction over it.

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Battleborn said:

My 18 y/o daughter just lost her sh!t when she found out about the impending Tic Tok ban. 

Yes, she leads a privileged life.

I had my kids delete TikTok a few months ago.  I read their TS and did some research.  No go in our house.

I still have no idea what it is really about. The only thing I have ever made my kids delete were the apps that the "messages" disappear or the secret messaging apps.

I agree with Snapchat and other "temporary messaging apps", they are also a no go.

TikTok is a Chinese owned social app with shady privacy policies.  My main issue were the actual TikTok videos though.  Many were hilarious and/or cool.  However a large portion were rascist, misogynistic, hateful, and just completely inappropriate.  There was no good way to screen or remove that content.

The icing on the cake for me was the videos making fun of disabled people and mentally handicapped kids.  I generally do not get bothered by much, but that stuff really angers me.  TikTok does nothing to remove or restrict that content.

Looks like Microsoft is in line to buy the US operations of TikTok. Something similar going on in Japan as well. 

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Got mad at some ribs. Been a while. They were good. 

dbCooper

Using the FURminator on the Beagles, sipping a gin/tonic, watching some thunderheads trying to develop...

Ozzie_Isaac

dbCooper said:

Using the FURminator on the Beagles, sipping a gin/tonic, watching some thunderheads trying to develop...

Does it work?  My Aussie sheds enough for 4 dogs.

HeavyG

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Battleborn said:

My 18 y/o daughter just lost her sh!t when she found out about the impending Tic Tok ban. 

Yes, she leads a privileged life.

I had my kids delete TikTok a few months ago.  I read their TS and did some research.  No go in our house.

Were TikTok's ToS really more egregious than many other apps?
Part of me thinks much of this is just a side effect of this intentionally blooming cold war between US-China.

dbCooper

Ozzie_Isaac said:

dbCooper said:

Using the FURminator on the Beagles, sipping a gin/tonic, watching some thunderheads trying to develop...

Does it work?  My Aussie sheds enough for 4 dogs.

I highly recommend the deShed tool, no experience with their other products.  The amount of undercoat it removes is impressive.  There are some breeds (terriers I think) it should not be used on.  This link should give you more details...

http://www.furminator.com/solution-center/dogs/australian-shepherd.aspx

* Neglected the cat owners on here, it works very well with them also.

Lit

Queso

Boileregger

Settling in with a post dinner drink after enjoying bbq and home cured bacon burger with grilled corn I picked up from the farmers market this morning and some leftover Mac and cheese.

Acn

Battleborn

F it, let's get out and make some salsa.
Side note. This stuff is good.

gpsegg

Here in the Covid capital , having a drink, waiting on a hurricane.

Botch

WHAT ELSE, Year 2020??  Now, Zombie Cicadas with rotting genitalia?!?!?
 
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/zombie-cicadas-infected-mind-controlling-fungus-west-virginia/?fbclid=IwAR09Ea-Znqfy4FDLaEJ2UjA-H8NWM9NM0LTyWLNMzc8YFbc7KfBxvj4fLaI

Ozzie_Isaac

HeavyG said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Battleborn said:

My 18 y/o daughter just lost her sh!t when she found out about the impending Tic Tok ban. 

Yes, she leads a privileged life.

I had my kids delete TikTok a few months ago.  I read their TS and did some research.  No go in our house.

Were TikTok's ToS really more egregious than many other apps?
Part of me thinks much of this is just a side effect of this intentionally blooming cold war between US-China.

Yes, it was more egregious.  Paraphrasing, but my take away was "we own everything you create and everything in your phone including images, contacts, documents, etc.  We reserve the right to sell or give away all of this information".

Ozzie_Isaac

Sitting 107 deg weather and my AC unit just died. Fan motor or start up capacitor is bad.  Hoping it did not wipe out the compressor motor too.

Luckily, we have two units.  May be sleeping in my office tonight.

Botch

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Sitting 107 deg weather and my AC unit just died. Fan motor or start up capacitor is bad.  Hoping it did not wipe out the compressor motor too.

Luckily, we have two units.  May be sleeping in my office tonight.

It always happens early on a weekend, right?  

HeavyG

Ozzie_Isaac said:

HeavyG said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Battleborn said:

My 18 y/o daughter just lost her sh!t when she found out about the impending Tic Tok ban. 

Yes, she leads a privileged life.

I had my kids delete TikTok a few months ago.  I read their TS and did some research.  No go in our house.

Were TikTok's ToS really more egregious than many other apps?
Part of me thinks much of this is just a side effect of this intentionally blooming cold war between US-China.

Yes, it was more egregious.  Paraphrasing, but my take away was "we own everything you create and everything in your phone including images, contacts, documents, etc.  We reserve the right to sell or give away all of this information".

That sounds like a lot of apps in the US. The US needs to put in place the same sort of data privacy protection laws that the EU has had in order to eliminate that sort of bs.
Anyway, kudos to you for actually reading the ToS. 

Battleborn

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Sitting 107 deg weather and my AC unit just died. Fan motor or start up capacitor is bad.  Hoping it did not wipe out the compressor motor too.

Luckily, we have two units.  May be sleeping in my office tonight.

That sucks. Did you try kicking it really hard?

Ozzie_Isaac

Battleborn said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Sitting 107 deg weather and my AC unit just died. Fan motor or start up capacitor is bad.  Hoping it did not wipe out the compressor motor too.

Luckily, we have two units.  May be sleeping in my office tonight.

That sucks. Did you try kicking it really hard?

Nope, but I slapped it real good.  Didn't help, not even emotionally.

Ozzie_Isaac

Botch said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Sitting 107 deg weather and my AC unit just died. Fan motor or start up capacitor is bad.  Hoping it did not wipe out the compressor motor too.

Luckily, we have two units.  May be sleeping in my office tonight.

It always happens early on a weekend, right?  

Never fails. 
 Home warranty company: "We can have a technician there on Wednesday".
Me: it is 107 degrees outside".
HWC: you can pick your own contractor and after we approve them on Monday, they can do the work.
Me: It is Saturday and I need to wait till Monday to get approval to do the work?
HWC: Yes, we are glad to help you.

I am pretty confident they do this on purpose.  I now weigh comfort, convenience and cost with their red tape.

Mattman3969

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Sitting 107 deg weather and my AC unit just died. Fan motor or start up capacitor is bad.  Hoping it did not wipe out the compressor motor too.

Luckily, we have two units.  May be sleeping in my office tonight.

I feel ya on everything but the 107°.  We just had an A coil go out on my upstairs AC. The unit was about 20yrs old and still using R22 refrigerant. Could find compatible parts.  New A coil and outside unit 4 grand later.