Replied to kongaloosh by Alex Kearney (kongaloosh.com)
I'm sitting here hoping that confusion over pronunication of #NeurIPS turns into a wholesome meme where people pronounce it differently everytime they say it.
new-rups
nyr-ups
nurr-ips
That’s a far better problem than the one they had been facing prior to the name change. I hope things there only become better.

Which did you settle on?

 

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📺 "House of Cards" Chapter 73 | Netflix

Watched "House of Cards" Chapter 73 from Netflix
Directed by Robin Wright. With Robin Wright, Michael Kelly, Diane Lane, Campbell Scott. Claire tries to tarnish Frank's legacy. Doug provokes Claire by releasing excerpts from Frank's diary. A rift develops between the Shepherds.
Holy crap! Not the ending expected and one they can only get away with because it’s the end of the series and they don’t have to show what’s next.

I do like the bookends of the entire series with the quote about pain and putting down a wounded animal. It’s only in this sense that there’s actually any real closure here, otherwise the show really just whimpered to a close.

I still have to admit that the way they got rid of Francis in the first episode of the season was awesome both within the series itself as well as a comment on Spacey in light of the movement.

📺 "House of Cards" Chapter 72 | Netflix

Watched "House of Cards" Chapter 72 from Netflix
Directed by Alik Sakharov. With Robin Wright, Michael Kelly, Diane Lane, Campbell Scott. While the Shepherd family attempts to diminish Claire's power, Doug goes off the grid but continues angling to advance his agenda.

📺 "The West Wing" Manchester: Part II | Netflix

Watched "The West Wing" Manchester: Part II from Netflix
Directed by Thomas Schlamme. With Rob Lowe, Stockard Channing, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney. With the staff all bickering with one another in Manchester, especially adversarial speech writers Toby and Doug, who angrily disagree about whether Bartlet should make a public apology for lying about his MS, and with the president sniping at everyone, the second-term announcement speech is locked. Abby ultimately forgives the president for deciding to run again without discussing it with her, ...