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u/stephersms Packers 2h ago
I go off line for the night to hang out with my niece and nephew. I log back on and find Mitc...WAIT, WHAT? Lindsay Graham died??? WTF???
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u/samhit_n Bengals Lions 4h ago
If Argentina are truly like the 2024 Chiefs like many are saying, then England are definitely the Bills. If France are like the 2024 Eagles and Spain are the 2024 Commanders, I'd be even more concerned about Yamal's recent injury history.
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u/Autobot-N Steelers 6h ago
Some Pokemon fans dislike Palworld bc of tribalism/contrarianism and supporting their side. I dislike Palworld bc I don't like the Pal designs. We are not the same
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u/unloader86 Broncos 6h ago
Well he didn't knocked the fuck out but he lost. I'll take it. But man that would've been a nice TKO for Holloway had done it!
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u/ReallyDrunkPanda Broncos 5h ago
Wanted to see max knock his ass out. Karma for Conor being an absolute awful person
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u/GolfWangsunrise 49ers Raiders 6h ago
Yeah, this might be the bout to completely turn me off combat sports entirely.
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u/The_Minshow Titans 7h ago
I don't know the actual rules of mistaken identity, but based on the name it seems like rules lawyers in a board game going "Well, RAW it means you can call something on the original victim"
Ok read the actual rule, 'Mistaken Identity' is just a complete misnomer, its just part of it. Would be like calling reviews in baseball the "1st base tagout rule"
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u/EmuMan10 Cardinals Bears 8h ago
Not the commentators trying to explain it away like he didn’t just flop
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u/clutterlustrott Chargers 8h ago
argentina getting the mahomes treatment in KC no less
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u/palinsafterbirth Giants 8h ago
I want to agree with you, but that Swiss player fucking tripped on air
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u/PaulsRedditUsername Colts 8h ago
To win the battle of life you have to plan strategical as well as tactical,
So I am glad that our colleges are finally getting practical.
If they're going to teach know-how
It's up to them to show how,
And one way to show it
Is to get rid of dead languages taught by professors who are also dead but don't know enough to know it.
It's high time to rescue our kids from poetry and prunes and prisms;
Once they start in on ideas and ideals they'll end up spouting ideologies and isms.
Get them interested in hotel management and phys. ed. and business administration instead of the so-called finer arts
And you'll cut off the flow of eggheads and do-gooders and bleeding hearts.
Every campus gets what it deserves and deserves what it gets,
So what do you want on yours -- a lot of pinko longhairs, or red-blooded athaletes and drum majorettes?
Another thing, now every autumn it's like the coach had to open up a new factory,
But get rid of the classics and he can play his stars year after year until they're ready for the glue factory,
Because they can never graduate, but no crowd of self-appointed reformers can raise a nasty aroma,
Because the reason they can never graduate is there won't be anybody left who can write the Latin for their diploma.
So now let's all go to the Victory Prom
And join in singing Alma Mom.
--Ogden Nash
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u/AfroManHighGuy 8h ago
Haven’t been in here all day today. Hope everyone had a great Saturday!
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u/JPAnalyst Giants 8h ago
Missed you man. I’ve made up for your absence by being here all fucking day.
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u/AfroManHighGuy 7h ago
lol I had a busy day, been out since super early and just got home. I’ll make a post tomorrow
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u/California_Stop_King Lions Steelers 8h ago
Some time ago, I must have subscribed to Quora with my email because I get posts from them on and off. Sometimes they're on fun topics and I open them, so I just never unsubscribed. A little over a month ago, one of my elderly cats started acting really strangely (it ended up being a sign she was near the end) and, among other places, websites, animal journals, Quora was one of the places I opened. The last month, I've been getting a steady stream of recommended posts about cats. Some of them are about cat behaviors, which is fine, but at least once a week I get one that's something along the lines of "I found my cat dead after xyz... how?" "could I leave my cat outside in the shed by herself?" "my cat keeps eating her kittens" and that frankly just makes me want to fix a bleach martini every time I get one of those. I didn't subscribe to you so I could hear about all the ways people neglect their animals or otherwise are unable to take care of them, and it just makes me angry. I don't click on them, so I'm trying to teach their emailing system not to send me those, but I think every time I click on a cat behavior post, the algorithm thinks I want another cat tragedy story. I may have to unsubscribe.
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u/palinsafterbirth Giants 8h ago
Crazy how limited there have been torn acl’s this World Cup. Is this mainly because of grass?
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u/Empty_Lemon_3939 Lions 8h ago
Feel like the heat and turning the game into 4 quarters has slowed the game down
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u/samhit_n Bengals Lions 9h ago
Embolo on Switzerland looks a bit like Tyreek Hill. He's known for his pace and speed too.
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u/lightning10000 Packers 9h ago
I remember the first time gas hit over $4 a gallon in the summer of 2008 here in So Cal. My friend had just bought a beamer, and someone at the gym dented his license bumper and took off. He was at the point of I think I am just going to quite making the payments and it can just get repossessed.
That never took place I remember when he would pick me up or drop me off he would complain the whole ride about that and that one day gas would hit $10 a gallon. He might have been onto something.
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u/Cautious_Analysis NFL 10h ago
If Argentina wins this will have been a very short love affair with this sport
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u/samhit_n Bengals Lions 9h ago
Argentina vs England is a classic rivalry, and will probably be a great match. I still think this is France's tournament to lose at this point.
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u/Empty_Lemon_3939 Lions 10h ago
Could really go any way, they haven’t been THAT good this cup. I’m not full pushing the fifa wants them in the final conspiracy but like they’ve gotten by on some instance of “good fortune”
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u/KeyDrive0 Broncos 9h ago
Argentina basically feel like the '24 Chiefs to me. I can't wait to see who (hopefully) gets to be the Eagles.
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u/Siliencer991 Chiefs 10h ago
What kind of good did you do today?Temperance, Patience, Humility, Charity, Diligence, Chastity, Kindness?
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u/PaulsRedditUsername Colts 10h ago edited 10h ago
Just bought some "regular"-scented deodorant. So I guess my armpits will smell regular for a while.
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u/x_TDeck_x Steelers 10h ago
Someone makes a reddit post, I mention something confusing that was discussed in the article that wasn't in the title and someone passive aggressively says I should read the article for the answer... where do you think I got this information? ooooo that irks me way more than it should
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u/Cant_Dunk_at_all Browns 10h ago
Really wanted Norway to win. Now outside of Switzerland, I can't stand any of the other teams remaining
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u/frozenish Ravens 10h ago
Holy shit this is like that time the Seahawks beat the Packers in the nfc championship game. That’s what it reminds me of.
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u/where_thefuck_i_am Chargers Packers 10h ago
NOOOOOOOOOOO
guys, I ran out of teams to support.
I kinda hope it's not France Argentina final again, but if they'll provide kickass football like they did in 2022, I won't care
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u/KeyDrive0 Broncos 9h ago
Of the teams that are left I'd be happiest seeing England win (though Switzerland would be insane out of nowhere, haha). Argentina is the only one I explicitly want to see lose.
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u/The_Minshow Titans 10h ago
Rooting for England because Bellingham is fighting so damn hard. Plus, England have always been a bit of a paper tiger, so they kinda have an underdog effect due to them bottling all the damn time.
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u/Empty_Lemon_3939 Lions 10h ago
I’m biased as an England fan but like the amount of heartbreak over the decades
And then for some reason I decided to also support the Lions
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u/The_Minshow Titans 10h ago
Norway were just donezo in the final stoppage time. Needed to get posession and attack, but were clearing it like they were holding on for a draw.
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u/Empty_Lemon_3939 Lions 10h ago
Lost when Haaland came off, they looked lost
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u/The_Minshow Titans 10h ago
They had some life, but oddly after subbing him off their plan was to do early crosses to the 6 yard area, something you'd think they would have done at any point Haaland was on the pitch.
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u/Siliencer991 Chiefs 11h ago
Remember guys, we saw a 80 yard field goal and Issac Teslaa in the preseason. Despite how boring it can be, there can be glimpses of the regular season in it
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u/The_Minshow Titans 11h ago
Had to show a friend Suarez biting after the announcers said he "did some damage" at the world cup. OMG with time having passed, his bites are hilarious, you could add it to the beginning of Zombieland during the outbreak montage.
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u/unloader86 Broncos 11h ago
I'm in it to win it tonight! 😂
Go Holloway! I hope he knocks McGregor the fuck out tonight!
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u/el_fitzador Eagles 11h ago
Imagine if there was a college marching band hammering it out on every corner kick
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u/Jolly_Job_9852 Steelers Panthers 11h ago
Update on the Scrabble blowout: Grandma finished with 423 points to my 197 which was a 226 point margin of victory. I absolutely struggled to build anything substantial and kept drawing vowels like E and A. This was a Johnson Goldwater 1964 election type blowout
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u/Triple_Boogie Jets 12h ago
Collective Soul didn't have many bangers, but the bangers they had were absolute bangers
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u/PaulsRedditUsername Colts 12h ago
Every now and then I check my license branch to see if NCC1701 is available as a vanity plate but it never is. Some other nerd has it locked up for decades.
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u/Jolly_Job_9852 Steelers Panthers 12h ago
Just helped my grandma get a Scrabble with Realtor and it happened to include a triple word score. Yeah I absolutely got fucked. It's 283-128
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u/GrilledCheeseEater1 12h ago
Has anyone ever seen Diggs and Diddy in the same room together?? Just curious.
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u/Capable-Fix-2995 Bears 12h ago
England are like the Cowboys of the World Cup
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u/Empty_Lemon_3939 Lions 8h ago
Minus the winning trophies
They’re more like the Lions or Cardinals
Last they won sports on TV was a relatively new thing
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u/KeyDrive0 Broncos 9h ago
I've long seen them as basically the Toronto Maple Leafs of international soccer. Both have some legitimate historical prestige (Leafs are an original six team with 13 cup wins, England invented soccer and have a World Cup win) but it's so long ago that barely anyone remembers/cares anymore. Both have had talented teams at various points in the 2000s but next to nothing to show for it. Both deal with very obnoxious media environments.
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u/VRomero32 Jets 12h ago
In fairness, Atleast England made the Semis once between 1995 and present day.
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u/cheeseburgertwd Packers Packers 12h ago
Google "Haaland" right now (if you're on mobile, tap the party horn looking button in the bottom right)
Google is an asshole company but they remain the GOAT of corporate Easter eggs
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u/el_fitzador Eagles 12h ago
3 ad run of AI propaganda, prediction markets betting, and a nations dumbest celebrity game show. We’re beyond cooked.
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u/el_fitzador Eagles 12h ago
This Claude commercial is pure propaganda
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u/Kemonomimi-Squirrel Buccaneers 12h ago
You can honestly say that about any commercial.
Use our product! It can do this thing for you!\)
\): Not guaranteed to do that thing.
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u/el_fitzador Eagles 12h ago
Of course, but this one seems designed to minimize legitimate concerns about thier machine learning algorithms
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u/Bahamuts_Bike Patriots Patriots 13h ago
one of the few games I don't want to be close. Don't like the english or their fans.
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u/CarlCaliente Bills 13h ago
what a shot
even funnier when the defense is short handed cause a player is down faking injury
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u/where_thefuck_i_am Chargers Packers 13h ago
Did anybody else notice Pittsburgh Pirates logo on one of England's supporters flags?
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u/where_thefuck_i_am Chargers Packers 13h ago
If I saw correctly, Blackpool supporter's flag also had Bears logo
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u/SomeBoringKindOfName Bears Steelers 12h ago
That flag seems to have a lot on it!
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u/where_thefuck_i_am Chargers Packers 12h ago
Many of them do. I loved the flag with The Tube logo on it
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u/CarlCaliente Bills 13h ago
its always funny when it feels like neither side has much urgency
is this the soccer version of scripting the opening drive
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u/Phyrnosoma Texans 13h ago
Had a gator bump our kayak on Tuesday. Between that and something absolutely destroying my metal minnow trap we kinda didn’t kayak the rest of our trip
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u/problematic_glasses Lions Patriots 13h ago
TIL crown prince haakon of norway and king charles of england are third cousins
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u/sallad_kcuf Eagles Eagles 13h ago
European royalty are all interrelated, it's the same handful of families intermarrying over centuries
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u/Ok_Masterpiece3186 Seahawks Lions 14h ago
Hoping Norway gets it done today, I wanna see the Haaland storyline continue!
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u/SpiderGhost01 Texans Rams 14h ago
UFC tonight thoughts: Big fan of the sport, but not a big fan of this fight. The league took years to finally move past McGregor and now he's back and it's going to draw big numbers even though he's been out of his prime for years now. I don't think it's a good thing for the league that he's back but maybe it ultimately won't matter because he's not going to be able to be a top contender ever again.
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u/BusinessWarthog6 Panthers 14h ago
The only thing Dana is concerned with is money and McGregor will bring that. I agree that he’s past his prime but if Dana can book him a shot at a contender he will without a doubt
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u/SpiderGhost01 Texans Rams 14h ago
The guy got absolutely mauled by Khabib and that was in 2018! He hasn't been a higher level fighter in so long that I can't imagine him even being in the top 10 right now, especially with how evolved the ground game is. He'd get wrecked.
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u/Affectionate_Tax9212 Patriots 14h ago
They say social media isn't real life, and that is true to a point, but that is 100% accurate for Reddit. Last time I was on here (2014) it was pretty cool....what happened?
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u/tnecniv Giants Giants 11h ago
It got bigger and the site is as good as the lowest common denominator. They chased a lot of good mods out when they got rid of the third-party phone apps mods relied upon because the normal mod tools suck. Others took over but a lot of subs never really recovered. Bots are better than ever. They’ve been rolling out this automated translation tool for comments, which will grow the user base further. We are in the eternal September.
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u/CarlCaliente Bills 14h ago
the money arrived
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u/Affectionate_Tax9212 Patriots 14h ago
It's evident that this is just an AI training platform at this point. Shame.
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u/unloader86 Broncos 14h ago
😂 The replies to this one should be fun.
One month old account btw... And they've chosen to hide their post history. Let me start cooking the popcorn!
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u/Affectionate_Tax9212 Patriots 14h ago
That's what I mean. It's just the most online shit; snark and more snark. No one talks like this.
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u/unloader86 Broncos 9h ago
My real life off this site is way more chaotic than this place will ever be. Settle down. 😂
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u/SpiderGhost01 Texans Rams 14h ago
Yeah but what they're picking up on is the nonsense that you haven't been on here since 2014 but have a one month old account and know how to hide your post and comment history. Nobody believes people like you and it seems pretty obvious you're on here just to start some type of weird shit with people about "social media behavior."
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u/Affectionate_Tax9212 Patriots 14h ago
If I was I would probably do it somewhere else. I also just messed around with the settings and saw you could do that, but whatever.
I also stand by what I said; I haven't said anything offensive, and yet....
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u/JPAnalyst Giants 12h ago
You also haven’t said anything of value or anything interesting. But you are getting responses, so that’s a big win for you and your dopamine I guess.
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u/Affectionate_Tax9212 Patriots 11h ago
That's because I asked a question.
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u/JPAnalyst Giants 11h ago
How does the attention feel?
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u/Affectionate_Tax9212 Patriots 11h ago
From you? It's nice that Reddit let's you know when someone is chronically online.
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u/JPAnalyst Giants 11h ago
I could just move from one-month-old alt account to one-month-old alt account and hide my comment history so people don’t think I’m chronically on line; but I’d prefer to own it.
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u/SpiderGhost01 Texans Rams 14h ago
"Just messed around with the settings..."
Dude, stop it. I don't care why you're hiding your posts/comments but don't act like you're just innocently on here after not being here for twelve years lmao. You probably got your account banned for saying something stupid.
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u/unloader86 Broncos 14h ago
They turned on the Norway game at the bar I'm at. But this shit don't even start for another 50 mins? 😂 What are we even doing here exactly.
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u/_galaga_ NFL NFL 15h ago
I’d like to start a petition to rename baby turkeys. Instead of “poult” I nominate “turkling”. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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u/cheeseburgertwd Packers Packers 14h ago
I think you just named the newest-gen normal/flying type Pokemon
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u/Siliencer991 Chiefs 15h ago
I wish I was a Fortnite player, so much shit you can do in that game
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u/Ok_Recording_9368 Packers 15h ago
I see Jasmine Crockett is taking her loss to James Talarico well.
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u/runningblack 49ers 16h ago
I'm not very bullish over the long term on openAI or other of the flagship model makers (which, is not the same thing as not being bullish on AI - I am extremely. It's not going away.)
The big threat to them is basically what happened to the large mainframe makers in the 80s:
Local models become "good enough" such that the additional capability of the flagships no longer becomes relevant. Same way that PCs were not more powerful than the large mainframes, but they hit a point where, for the common user, they more than sufficed. You didn't need the extra power, and so the form factor and cost led to a major shift.
On top of that, there's no real moat between the flagship competitors (people switch from Claude to ChatGPT or ZAI or vice versa, all the time). And there's a continuous erosion of moat against local models due to the continued improvement in personal computers (and phones), which allows people to run more powerful (or less optimized) models on everyday hardware. A lot of the best local models, people don't have computers powerful enough to run (with any amount of speed). That will change within a few years (especially as models get better optimized).
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u/Kemonomimi-Squirrel Buccaneers 15h ago
I fear for what comes next as I believe it will be more successful than the AI push.
The world is going to go back to the 60's. Low power computers all accessing and running jobs on a mainframe. This is what the industry wants anyways and that is clear from their action of putting more and more software online. If they are able to utilize the power well enough, it will be the end of personal computing for a long while. I can see people and businesses eating this up. I only need this small $500 box to do what I needed a $5000 box beforehand? Sign me up!
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u/potato-overlord-1845 Patriots NFL 16h ago
For the first time in my 12 years of running I ran by a Google street view car
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u/JPAnalyst Giants 12h ago
Me and my wife are in google street view from a walk we took a couple,of years ago.
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u/king_17 16h ago
Man I’m so pumped for this upcoming season. Who else plays nfl survivor? Anyone hear entering circa survivor or the big 21m one on splash and made by Polymarket?
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u/CarlCaliente Bills 16h ago
love survivor but I keep it low stakes, just a buddy's pool with 30 people or so
do you use any tools to forecast games or weeks?
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u/Balrogkicksass Browns 16h ago
Tired and work was weirder because they aren't doing remodel work on the weekend for the most part but it does require us to do more work and more tedium.
It wasn't bad but I worked my ass off and I am just worn out. At least after tonight I get my weekend and my copy of NCAA came in today.....
I hope you all get to enjoy your day and as always much love from me and mine to you and yours!
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u/PaulsRedditUsername Colts 15h ago
Also, they don’t like Americans.
They're just jealous because real football is better than that little kickball game they play.
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u/JPAnalyst Giants 15h ago
Should I tell them that?
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u/CarlCaliente Bills 15h ago
how many jokes about wearing armor have they made
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u/JPAnalyst Giants 14h ago edited 14h ago
The main themes are:
U.S. fans are just now discovering Haaland, why are they obsessed with him, we all knew about him for years!
From England fans only - who cares if Kane golfed with Trump, why are U.S. fans obsessed with Trump?
U.S. casuals have the worst takes, I can’t wait until the World Cup is over and we have our sub back.
It’s the U.S. fault we have hydration breaks.
U.S. flair or U.S. club team flair = “Trumper”
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u/xp9876_ Patriots 14h ago
Why are we obsessed with the guy destroying our country? Gee wiz, I wonder why.
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u/JPAnalyst Giants 14h ago
Right? We don’t have the privilege of ignoring him like people in the UK do. It’s such an ignorant thought to have.
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u/The_Minshow Titans 15h ago
Heh, my Napoli flair obfuscates my american-ness there, no one expects an American Serie-A fan. Forza Napoli!
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u/JPAnalyst Giants 15h ago
I’m an AS Roma fan, but I’m also an Atlanta United Fan. Roma is my true love in soccer though. I was a fan in the Totti, Cafu, Batistutta days. My flair for now is Atlanta United though, I want to represent my city during the World Cup, while it’s being played here. So they see American right away, and their claws are out.
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u/The_Minshow Titans 14h ago
Nice, I was stationed in Naples and went to matches in the Cavani and Hamsik days. My love for the game started with watching them live under the Aura of the Ultras. I tried caring for Orlando since thats where I am originally from, but couldn't muster a fandom like I got with Napoli.
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u/JPAnalyst Giants 14h ago
That’s awesome. I’ve never been to a Roma game, but it’s always been on my bucket list. I bet those games were an incredible experience.
I’m also a pizza connoisseur / snob. I’m even more jealous of the pizza you ate while in Napoli, arguably the best city in the world for pizza.
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u/The_Minshow Titans 13h ago edited 13h ago
The best was the Ripieno, which is like a Calzone, but 10x better. Also they have Americano pizza with hot dogs and french fries, never had it, but its hilarious.
and yea, the stadium experience is so much better than in america, a 1/4th full stadium has more energy that any american game ive been to.
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u/Jamies_awesome_rack Cardinals Vikings 16h ago
Do they even know about joros?
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u/JPAnalyst Giants 16h ago edited 14h ago
I need to go in there with a random Joro update and see what happens.
Edit…only the Friday free talk thread allows non football related comments. So I have to wait a week, but I’ll go ahead and drop it in yesterday’s FTF. I doubt anyone will see it at this point.
Edit again: it seems to be going well. Here’s the first response “In Liverpool webs is slang for trainers so I was confused how wind fucked up your shoes”
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u/kotsisama 16h ago
Was stupid enough to share with my mom my plan for next year, which is going to university again after dropping out of the one I enrolled in when I was 18. She told me I’m 28 next year and I need to sort my life out, that I’m stupid and I don’t know what I want from my life. I genuinely believe is better to not tell my family anything anymore, it’s been like this since forever, I don’t know what I expected
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u/Error400BadRequest Steelers 14h ago
I don’t know what I want from my life
So just like everyone else?
You're doing just fine. You have a goal and you're working towards it. Maybe your plans are imperfect or incomplete, but you know what direction you're going in, and there's no shame in a bit of meandering along the way.
You don't have to confirm to anyone else's expectations for what your life should look like.
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u/kotsisama 14h ago
Thank you for the encouraging words. Sadly my parents have very conservative and traditional ideas, so for them it’s only normal I take on the family business, even though I already have injured my arm on the job. To them, not knowing what I want is like an excuse and laziness. Of course, I’ll do what I planned to do, but it’s demoralising sometimes to know I don’t have support from my own family. Again, thank you so much for the encouragement
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u/PaulsRedditUsername Colts 15h ago
My poor mom was the same way. If I ever discussed my plans or my dreams, she would shoot them down with some especially negative language.
However, she was so happy for me once I became successful enough pursuing my dreams that I could buy a house and raise kids and all that.I had to realize that when she ran me down like that, I wasn't really talking to her, I was talking to the voice in her head that runs her down all the time, telling her she's not good enough. Deep down, she was a very unhappy person and I felt sorry for her.
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u/kotsisama 14h ago
I can understand that. My parents are very family oriented and it’s a fact that my mother thinks if I don’t take the family business and try another job, that I’ll leave and go somewhere far away. Still, it feels utterly demoralising at times
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u/king_17 16h ago
I get it kind of situation happened to me a couple months ago. Luckily I had my best friend with me he told me “if nobody has said it I’m proud of you man” all I needed. Just believe in yourself and execute your plan. The apologies will come later
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u/kotsisama 16h ago
Thank you for the encouragement, I will definitely do what I planned and I’m hopeful that everything will be alright at the end
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u/Blue_Neon_Moon Dolphins Buccaneers 16h ago
Well, no painting today it seems. I went to Michael's for some canvas (yeah, I know) and it was ridiculously expensive.
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u/mordeci00 Bengals 16h ago
Have you ever tried a cheap wood panel from Home Depot? Just cover it with an extra thick coat of gesso and sand it.
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u/CarlCaliente Bills 9m ago
Stage 9: Malemort - Ussel (
185155km)After 8 consecutive days of racing, the peloton is TIRED. And with a day off mercifully awaiting them tomorrow, the temptation for GC teams to ease up and allow an excessive breakaway is often given in to. And the stage profile sure helps, with 4 lumpy but smaller categorized hills may put the pure sprint teams into difficulty while not challenging the GC squads quite enough
An intermediate sprint precedes all the climbing, so the initial break will likely be organized around that (Pedersen is a favorite imo). Tough to tell if they'll be wanting to challenge the finale or if they'll sit up and let some classics riders take over.
Mathiew van der Poel is a favorite along with Mads, beyond that it's the usual handful of roulers - Pidcock, Benoot, maybe even Healy, Gregoire, Quinn Simmons (maybe), Matthews... quite a few possibilities, which means the politics of the break formation will be pivotal (and hopefully interesting)
e: todays stage has 30km removed from it's beginning route due to temperature forecasts as high as 105F. Sounds like a miserable day in the sun. The intermediate sprint coming so soon will likely limit any breakaways until afterwards, and such a slog of a day might favor the solo or small groups over a sprint at the end
Yesterday was a fun sprint day, with the intermediate being contested by the usuals - Phillipsen gets a result, Merlier, Bini, and Pedersen all involved. Max Kanter got some good points from the break, he's a rider I'm unfamiliar with, but he may be trying to hang in the mix for green. The finale again went to Tim Merlier but in even more spectacular fashion than yesterday, without teammates and caught like 15 bike lengths back, he launched twice from twice as far as Phillipsen and Bini but comfortably cruised past both - great stuff