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  1. I remember them going after the MOB against Rice after they inflated a giant Dildo in the stands and stroked it in time with the Aggie band directors baton while the band played the war hymn. This was the same game where I believe they goose stepped out unto the field and played march of the wooden soldiers, they also dressed up like yell leaders and followed a dog around with pooper scoopers. The mob had to be taken out of their own stadium in food service trucks. I remember that near riot and I don't think the MOB was allowed to travel to Kyle after that.
    16 points
  2. I have no idea how I did that. Wordle 609 2/6* ⬛🟨🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
    14 points
  3. I can see where you're coming from. That said, my wife is *in* autonomous tech and EV. She sits on the board of and advises a few startups and the M-City initiative at the University of Michigan (pretty cool, if you want to click-through: https://mcity.umich.edu/). I am her test audience before she goes and speaks at conferences -- this includes South By a few years ago, shout out to Austin -- or publishes papers or whatever, so I have that spousal "you have to know about this shit because your wife is tits deep in it" thing going on. In any case, the consensus in the industry is that there were two paths that companies took a few years ago. Tesla's path was, more or less, a bet on cameras. This was cheap and quick to deploy, and allowed them to jump out to a head start. Consider that you can get a 1080p backup cam for like $20 on Amazon; imagine buying at scale. Anyway, consistent with Elon's patterns, he marketed the hell out of this, including the "vision" you mentioned above. However, it appears to be bearing out that a system founded upon cameras is easy to quickly build up to Level 2 or 2+, but then you hit a wall. This is why Tesla is no longer seriously advancing and is flailing to put together a new hardware stack in hopes that it can move the ball forward. It is unlikely that Tesla will ever reach Level 4 or 5 with its current approach and the consensus is that Tesla is too committed/down the path of to its current approach to pivot and recreate the software side for a more fulsome system. The majority of the industry uses some combination of cameras, radar, lidar, etc. At first, many companies were well behind Tesla because of some combination of cost (prohibitive to deploy enough sensitive) and the software side (integrating the various sensor systems. Now, the cost of the hardware is plummeting (example: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-25/lidar-sensor-price-plunge-leads-to-orders-from-gm-volkswagen). Also, the physical size of a lot of these systems is shrinking and they're becoming easier to integrate. I wish I had my wife's slide deck showing the change, with the pic of the lidar from a few years back that looks like an old school police siren on top of the car to the little sensors that are coming online now. Anyway, between decreasing hardware costs and increasing hardware availability for the various sensor systems, and realizing the gains from all the investment that has gone into integrating multiple systems for higher-level automation, other players are now leap-frogging Tesla. This is why you see that MB just got their Level 3 approved and GM's Level 3 successor to Super Cruise is coming soon, why Ford's Blue Cruise is considered a leader now, etc. Trying to think of a good analogy, but maybe it's like a sprinter racing a distance runner over a half-marathon. Tesla jumped out to a big lead but, with its camera-based approach, is not equipped for the long run. Meanwhile, the majority of the industry has been plugging along, saw Tesla jump out to a big lead the first 100 or 200 meters, but is now passing it.
    13 points
  4. There’s some room for people to claim that Ukraine isn’t being wholly transparent and in fact they aren’t. They shouldn’t be. Ukraine is in a war of national survival where morale and opsec is vital. Doing things like releasing casualty statistics down to the individual, or what equipment is destroyed, or the exact level of control at the front would be exceedingly stupid and harmful. Lots of people confuse the fact that Ukraine has legitimate reasons to hide information with Ukraine being dishonest. Ukraine isn’t the U.S. in Iraq or Afghanistan, losing this one means losing Ukraine and we have to accept that we won’t have perfect insight into the facts on the ground. A lot of people go a step further and look to Russia and Russia-affiliated sources to fill in gaps and get “the other side.” The problem here is that Ukraine and Allies are generally honest but not going to tell you EVERYTHING. Russia will appear to tell you everything but they are complete fabulists. This isn’t a debate between two different viewpoints—- one side is just plain lying. So in some sense, you can say that the only reliable stream of information is from people who want Ukraine to win and are selective about what they say. The “other side” is simply unreliable at every level. You’ll have to accept some level of ambiguity unless you’re getting the Daily Brief.
    13 points
  5. Wordle 609 3/6 ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟩🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
    12 points
  6. Carter wasn’t nearly as bad as legend seems to indicate. He created the Department of Energy, established a national energy policy to deal with the energy shortage and decontrolled domestic petroleum prices to stimulate production. He deregulated the trucking and airline industries and prompted Government efficiency through civil service reform. Then there was the Camp David Accords. He did some things…much more than man baby.
    11 points
  7. Wordle 609 3/6 ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
    11 points
  8. Wordle 608 6/6 [emoji834][emoji834]🟨[emoji834]🟩 [emoji834]🟩[emoji834][emoji834]🟩 [emoji834]🟩[emoji834][emoji834]🟩 [emoji834]🟩[emoji834][emoji834]🟩 [emoji834]🟩[emoji834][emoji834]🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I think that makes two 6’s and a Zero this week….
    11 points
  9. Lets not forget about this, either: Jimmy Carter Hailed in Canada for 1952 Nuclear Rescue HALIFAX, CANADA — Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is being hailed as a national hero in Canada after publication of an article about an obscure 1952 incident in which a Carter-led team helped prevent the world’s first nuclear accident from becoming a much worse disaster.
    10 points
  10. 10 points
  11. The definition of a good man. He will be the first president to pass in my lifetime that I actually will give a shit about. RIP Jimmy, you earned it.
    10 points
  12. frankly i'm surprised this doesn't happen more often... Wordle 609 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Daily Quordle 390 4️⃣6️⃣ 5️⃣7️⃣ quordle.com 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
    10 points
  13. Wordle 609 5/6* ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Daily Quordle 390 3️⃣5️⃣ 4️⃣6️⃣ quordle.com 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
    10 points
  14. Maybe the most honorable person ever to serve as President, regardless of what people think of him as a President.
    9 points
  15. Some were as young as 13. They were working the midnight shift, cleaning dangerous machinery and using dangerous chemicals. But sure tell us more about the importance of hard work when growing up.
    9 points
  16. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg urged to increase military assistance to Ukraine. “For the alliance, the risk of an escalation of the conflict is not comparable to the risk of a Russian victory.”
    9 points
  17. Wordle 609 4/6 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Daily Quordle 390 3️⃣6️⃣ 4️⃣5️⃣ quordle.com ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 #Worldle #393 3/6 (100%) 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜↘️ 🟩🟩🟩🟨⬜↘️ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉 https://worldle.teuteuf.fr
    9 points
  18. Wordle 609 4/6 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 #Worldle #393 1/6 (100%) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉 ⭐⭐⭐🏙️🪙 https://worldle.teuteuf.fr Daily Quordle 390 5️⃣7️⃣ 3️⃣6️⃣ quordle.com 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
    9 points
  19. He may not have left the greatest presidential legacy, but he’s without a doubt the best human being to serve as President in my lifetime. A truly decent and great man who lived his post-presidency life in the service of helping others with genuine humility and compassion. I also salute him as a fellow wearer of dolphins being qualified in submarines. I hope his last days are spent in comfort and surrounded by his family. If only we had more like him.
    8 points
  20. Sad for Mr. Carter and his family. Thankful Biden will be the person who speaks at his funeral versus Orange Turd.
    8 points
  21. Wordle 609 3/6 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
    8 points
  22. Wordle 609 4/6* ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Daily Quordle 390 4️⃣7️⃣ 5️⃣6️⃣ quordle.com 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟨🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
    8 points
  23. Wordle 609 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
    8 points
  24. Mr Colonel General wears the face of a man that knows his promotion means he’s already dead.
    8 points
  25. Many positive developments coming out of Munich. We took a large bipartisan delegation, including Schumer and McConnell.
    8 points
  26. Wordle 609 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
    8 points
  27. Wordle 609 4/6* 🟨⬛🟩⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟩🟩⬛ ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 In the SW quad, I had it in my mind that I'd already used up the correct letter, and it had been correct. Well, I had used it, but it was yellow. So, I kept guessing alternative options until I realized my mistake. Let that be a lesson to everyone who tries to play before having their first cup of coffee at their peril. Daily Quordle 390 4️⃣3️⃣ 8️⃣5️⃣ quordle.com 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ #Worldle #393 1/6 (100%) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉 ⭐⭐⭐🏙️ https://worldle.teuteuf.fr
    8 points
  28. Wordle 609 5/6* ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
    8 points
  29. Yes, and no.. Most of us are college-educated, decently-traveled, and for whatever reason, seem to trend from our 40s into our 60s, which means most of us grew up with the Soviet Union/Russia being the big bad guy (and Putin proving that continues to be the case) and we grew up with the idea of not being able to trust the Soviets/Russia. It also means a lot of us have seen a lot of bullshit in our lives (helped by being college football fans). A lot of us have some kind of military experience, or have worked with the government in some capacity (even if just business dealings), have read our fair share of Tom Clancy, etc. novels (a staple in the late 80s and into the 90s), and are well-read (outside of fiction) etc. and so are into this stuff more than most people. Most of us have also been around on various message boards, BBSes, usenet, etc. going back decades, so we have seen a lot of bullshit, a lot of misinformation, and not just because we are college football fans and used to people pushing misinformation to try and milk $9.95 a month out of us, but it sure as hell helps to be exposed to college football "journalism" and fan sites that are pushing this or that latest recruiting scoop or conference realignment talk or whatever - many of us can smell the bullshit. So from that perspective, yes, this is an echo chamber in that we have we have a lot of common/shared experiences, even if they weren't identical. Except that it's hard to put us in any specific echo chamber - I'd say we have a lot broader worldview than most people and we are more than happy to look elsewhere from information - because of our longevity, our interests, the forums we used to communicate online (such as Surly) we've been forced to look at perspectives we might not have considered, and again, most of us are old enough to remember Soviet/Russian propaganda from the 80s and earlier and we see it rearing its ugly head in 2022 and 2023. We are also used to doing actual research, whether it's academic or business-related, tracking airplanes for potential head football coaches, or even hobby-related. This thread is proof - plenty of us have mentioned going down various rabbit holes on podcasts, books, interviews, etc. in reading about what's going on in Ukraine (including the Australian guy's hour-long YouTube videos doing deep dives on obscure or mundane stuff). The true echo chamber residents are people like Elon Musk or my Qanon in-law who automatically buy into bullshit that some anonymous person mentioned in a tweet, or older people who get their views from talking heads on TV - these people are looking for confirmation bias and nothing more, either because they can't analyze complex scenarios or thoughts, or because they are too lazy to do so. These people buy into the bullshit Nordsteam conspiracy theory that Hersh is pushing, even though multiple people dug into that story and disproved it quickly. They have the attitude of "Oh Hersh had something to do with Watergate so he's respectable and he's breaking free of the mainstream media and doing his own thing" because, again, confirmation bias - they need to believe him. They don't stop to think that A) we have no reason to bomb pipelines we had already been getting shut down with economic sanctions and B) they should look at what he actually said (or look to people who looked into what he said). The problem with those types is that they are easy to fool, and extremely hard to convince that they've been fooled.
    8 points
  30. https://www.theonion.com/anonymous-mourner-returns-to-lay-hydrocodone-tablet-at-1850129514
    8 points
  31. This is a really strange and hostile reaction to the person being upset that their house was broken into and trashed. I also have no idea how you expect him to get the hundreds of kids he doesn't know to pay for the damage.
    8 points
  32. In the summer of 1976 I volunteered to go to Jacksonville for the Carter people where Lynyrd Skynyrd, Charlie Daniels, Bonnie Raitt & others were playing a concert. Our job was to get people to sign the back of their tickets because we were told that would allow the Carter campaign to use a portion of the ticket price as a campaign donation. The carrot was that as volunteers we got in free. It was a great concert, except for the fact Van Zant got so fucked up they could not go on after a long wait. Bonnie Raitt stepped up and did every song I think she ever heard. Rest in peace, Jimmy.
    7 points
  33. I made a similar investment when I traded my cow for magic beans. As soon as they figure out how to sprout into a giant beanstalk, I’m going to climb it and steal a goose that lays golden eggs.
    7 points
  34. Wordle 609 4/6 ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛🟩⬛ ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
    7 points
  35. Wordle 609 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
    7 points
  36. If I can offer one piece of advice, don’t look too far down the road. I found trying to comprehend everything I was going to be facing was overwhelming. It was much easier to just focus on “what’s the next thing?” What’s the next appointment? The next treatment session? The next test? Keep your horizon short. Then one day it’ll be behind you. I’m not there yet, but getting there. You got this. One day at a time.
    7 points
  37. I think you assholes are the best source of info about this war than any lamestream media from Fox to MSNBC.
    7 points
  38. Collective term for a group of freshman GOP legislators: a fraud
    6 points
  39. Ukraine does a great job of OPSEC on a lot of things, but if they were not disciplined, well-equipped, etc., it would have shown up on social media - I and others have commented a lot on how professional and well-equipped Ukrainian soldiers look. On Russian social media, way too many Russian soldiers looked like they grabbed their grandpa's winter overcoat from WW2 and wrapped some fabric around their feet or grabbed some galoshes in place of proper boots. Wagoner is the exception - they seemed to be better supplied than the Russian military, but that's a huge fucking problem in and of itself - the people fighting for Mother Russia should not be lacking in winter gear, footwear, etc., since they have an entire nation behind them, that claims the #2 military in the world. I've beaten this dead horse a lot (including in the past 24 hours), but I think it really applies here: The 40 mile-long Russian Convoy. That was the main assault force for Kyiv. It only made it 60 miles inside the Ukrainian border before running out of food and fuel. The hub in Belarus for this attack towards Kyiv was only 50 miles from the Russian border. It was roughly 150 miles from the Russian logistics hub in Russia proper (and actually maybe closer to 120 depending on what you count as the hub). You can argue that it wasn't the Russian border, but the rail hub in Belarus was directly tied into the Russian rail system, making it a part of Russia's rail logistics chain. This wasn't the US moving thousands of tanks, trucks, APCs, IFVs, and Humvees and over half a million American troops by air and sea halfway around the world from the US, and thousands of miles from Europe to Saudi Arabia. This was Russia running stuff on trains into Belarus close to the border, and then vehicles driving off the trains and 10 or 15 miles to Ukraine. Finally. This was 8 fucking days into the invasion. Not 8 months. Not 8 weeks. 8 fucking days into the invasion, early March. How did they run out of food and fuel 60 miles inside the border, and less than 150 miles from their Russian hub, and only 8 days into the invasion? They were closer to their Russian rail/supply hub than Austin is to Houston, and somehow they couldn't be bothered to have enough fuel and food for their troops to make the trip, but the US could move well over half-a-million troops to Saudi Arabia, and thousands of vehicles, and keep it all supplied and everybody fed and fueled up. They couldn't even get their shit together to make the final 20 mile run to Kyiv. If you can't move your troops less than 200 miles and keep them fueled and fed for 8 fucking days, your military sucks ass. The quality is shit, the leadership is shit, the equipment is shit, the soldiers are shit. The NCOs and officers are shit. Everything is shit.
    6 points
  40. making this post mere minutes on the other side of having a pathetic, pencil dicked conniption fit about rhianna reminding everyone that hot womens' pussies smell good on your finger and the horror of having to "explain it" to your sweet little angels is some next level, hilarious shit. modern performer mocking an almost kind provocative halfway sexual act on tv? OMFG, where are my pearls? the horror! a bunch of entitled shithead rich kids that remind you of your dumbfuck self literally trespass and trash a dude's house and he's pissed? what a pussy!!!
    6 points
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