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  1. On 3/29/2024 at 10:18 AM, Brisketexan said:

    That this was the first fucking reply to the "plane almost hit the tower" post gives me faith in humanity.

    The problem goes hand-in-hand with short term gain (QUARTERLY NUMBERS!!!) as a fucking killer.

    Companies like Boeing SHOULD make money.....by making good aircraft, that buyers want to buy.  That's old-fashioned namby-pamby stuff, though, scorned by all the finance bros, who have found ways to extract lots more dollars quickly while simultaneously reducing product value (see the "enshittening" thread).  Want to (to use a loaded fucking phrase, but let's use it) "make America great again?"  Then let's fix the structural fuckups we have built into our markets that incentivizes companies to pull a Boeing.

     

    On 3/29/2024 at 12:20 PM, RPM said:

    This was capitalism ungoverned. There were no regards for anything but profit and stock price. They did massive stock buy backs instead of putting that money into engineering. They need to move everything out of Chicago and put them back in Seattle. That air gap between engineers and beancounters has to stop. New leadership better recognize the only way Boeing gets it's reputation back is a massive turn around in how they construct aircraft.

     

    On 3/29/2024 at 12:49 PM, Dbeasy said:

    The Boeing situation and this thread are fascinating to me. The comments about not putting the MBA’s in charge of engineering or of airplane businesses are not that crazy. I have first hand experience.

    I have an engineering degree and worked as an engineer in the aerospace industry for several years. But then i got an MBA and ran companies for several years. So I’ve lived on both sides of the fence. 

    The issue is that the pure engineer who thinks solely like an engineer makes a terrible business leader. They think too linearly in black or white.

    But similarly a pure business leader with no product development expertise is often an absolute idiot, making dumb decisions about product quality, safety, timelines, costs, etc.  

    You have to be able to meld those two mindsets together to make optimal decisions. But often leaders with experience in both areas still screw up because they can’t effectively optimize their thinking. It took me a long time to really get better at ensuring businesses optimally mixed safety, quality, profitability, etc. But even then, if you report to people that don’t understand it, they will force you down the path of bad decisions.  A bad Board of Directors can be just as responsible for the failures.

    In my opinion there have been enough serious problems at Boeing that they need to redo the Board as well.

     

     

    On 3/29/2024 at 3:36 PM, 956 Worldwide said:

    I think melding is optimal, but you need to have some bias built in to favor a failure one way or another. 
     

    If you’re selling underwear or smart TVs or refrigerators— sure, I am fine with the MBA guys winning. If you cheap out too much and build crap, then the market can punish you. 
     

    If you’re building airliners, or chemical factories, or nuclear reactors then I’m sorry.  The engineers need to win over the MBAs.  There has to be some balance and optimizing but if it comes to a fundamental disagreement, the engineers need to win.  It’s more important for the product to succeed than the company. 

    The entire Boeing saga over recent years is just a metaphor for contemporary American society/economics at large, nothing being more illustrative of that than the fact that the bolded is a controversial statement. The race to the bottom continues.

     

     

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  2. 1 hour ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

     

    Fortunately, he's so grotesquely incompetent that very little will happen other than a few Wal-Mart mass shootings.

     

    1 hour ago, Js1 said:

    This is dangerous thinking. They’ve had 4 years on the sidelines to get ready for this. 

    Not to mention if they even get halfway to what they want it'd be an unmitigated disaster.

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  3. 2 hours ago, Dbeasy said:

    Recently, I had missed a few years of the Texas OU game for various reasons before finally going again last year.

    The place was always crowded and a mess, but holy shit the misery was about 2x what I remember. The bathroom lines, the food lines, the area around Big Tex. It was terrible. I don’t remember it being that crowded, and I had been going for over 35 years before missing those few games. 

    It was pretty clusterfucky. I mean, it's always clusterfucky but especially last year. I chalk it up to being the highest profile matchup between the two teams for a while, and the first really big one post COVID. In 2021 Texas had some of the wind taken out of its sails when they got rolled by Arkansas, and it was hot as fuck. 2022 OU was a train wreck and everyone knew it. 2023 was a matchup of top 10-12 teams (don't remember where exactly OU was ranked), Texas was #2 or #3 and obviously the profile was riding as high as it had since 09 with the Bama win. College Game Day, perfect weather, all that. 

  4. 14 hours ago, Spider2YBanana said:

    God you motherfuckers are insufferable. Even for Surly 

    Offseason is for lurking the recruiting board. For most of recent history the football board has also been good for laughing at spiked kool aid but I have been overserved myself this year so I've got nothing to say on that front.

    Honestly, CR is a better place than the football board in the off season. It's an election year, after all. Never a dull moment.

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  5. 19 hours ago, Hank Kingsley said:

    We get HEB in the national divorce as well? Hell yes. 

    I briefly met Charles Butt about 20 years ago. He hosted a wedding party for my friends at his house in Maine. Super nice guy, made sure to personally greet everyone at the front door (and it was a pretty large group). Not surprised he wants the GOP to fuck off. 

     

    The Butts are pretty big GOP donors, no? I don't imagine this will have a direct, material impact on votes - most people will never see this story and it/s party over everything for the GOP anyway - but indirectly it could be a problem in a year where the GOP is at a major financial disadvantage with so much of their resources being funneled to Trump legal fees. Not the smartest move to spite a major donor in that situation.

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  6. 5 hours ago, Boss Hogg said:

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    i don’t think it’s well intended, at all. It was intentional and the only way I can see to take it is, whoever actually runs this administration is openly hostile to Christians. 
     

    Wild times. 

    lmao this is the most bitch made, snowflake titty baby shit I've seen on this site in a while. Bravo.

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  7. 6 minutes ago, aggie08 said:

    Look at this site: how many people admit to voting for him in 2020? 2? 3? Not even fatty or Incredulity will admit to it for fuck's sake.

    This is one of the consistently weirdest phenomena on this site.

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  8. 10 hours ago, Js1 said:

    That’s the problem. It’s not fixable but until the media has a come to Jesus moment about polling vs results (who knows, maybe 2024 will be the moment), they’ll continue to hold onto it to keep them relevant.

    Unfixable doesn’t just mean methodology. It also is unfixable when the media uses it to prop up a horse race / story line and completely tell you to ignore actual election results. It’s unfixable because they’re not longer believable 

     

    13 hours ago, Chuckie Finster said:

     

     

    11 hours ago, Js1 said:

    And the actual internal polling - the R had himself winning by 10 and the Dem by 2. So both were really fucking off 

     

    11 hours ago, The Dog said:

    Huntsville is also home to a lot of DoD and NASA contractors - not exactly a bastion of hillbillies. These are the kind of voters who reliably voted GOP for decades that Trump has lost. 

    I looked at Sabato's feed and he's been calling bullshit on the polls for a while. He's pretty much the gold standard when it comes to this stuff.

    Nothing is guaranteed ever but at this point is hard to ignore the canaries in the mines are screaming.

     

    10 hours ago, Js1 said:

    I don’t think it’s fixable. You have way too many bad actors messing with them (the online surveys) and you have distinct demographics that do not answer the phone 

     

    10 hours ago, Js1 said:

    That’s the problem. It’s not fixable but until the media has a come to Jesus moment about polling vs results (who knows, maybe 2024 will be the moment), they’ll continue to hold onto it to keep them relevant.

    Unfixable doesn’t just mean methodology. It also is unfixable when the media uses it to prop up a horse race / story line and completely tell you to ignore actual election results. It’s unfixable because they’re not longer believable 

    I want to believe this, which means I find myself extremely skeptical. To play devils advocate: Polls have indeed missed pretty significantly in both elections with Trump on the ballot - that's true! Both misses were large and... in favor of Trump. Polls were pretty accurate in 2018 and 2022 midterms, where Democrats were also murdering the GOP in special elections. One could easily conclude that presidential election polling is struggling because it can't capture the low propensity voters that tend to lean Trump. 

    Why is that wrong?

  9. 17 minutes ago, Updawg said:

    I made the mistake of visiting the royal gorge bridge from the backside. Had to drive across it - my wife was freaking out. I freak out over heights but never have had issues with bridges

    Place was a huge tourist trap as well

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    Weird, in my experience your wife is pretty into backside approaches.

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  10. 9 hours ago, gsoda3 said:

    were they doing construction on the bridge deck?  looks like there were lots of flashing/blinking lights.

    They were. The people missing are the road work crew. Two found, several still missing.

    2 hours ago, immamac said:

    I was wondering how this wasn’t hundreds dead. Holy shit. 

    Because it happened at 2am and there was construction going on, which enabled closure to traffic very quickly when the ship put out a mayday.

    1 hour ago, Helobious said:

    Holy fuck at the people on reddit: 

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    Well, I'm going to hell.

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  11. 38 minutes ago, allrightallrightallright said:

    I just realized that when I renewed my Season tix over the phone because their website was shit, that they didn't ask me about OU Tix.  I called in just now and they said that OU Tix won't be happening for another couple of months and I will get an email.  This is the first time I can remember that I didn't have a chance to opt in when I renewed.  Did they screw me over by not offering it when I renewed?  For those of you who were able to renew online were you able to opt into TxOU?

    You must not remember renewing last year.

  12. On 3/23/2024 at 4:03 PM, Reese Bennett said:

    The difference with Sweat is that he was a DE in high school, played BBall, and could dunk. He's always been a big athlete instead of a big guy trying to become an athlete.

    Yep, and that is not Sydir Mitchell even at his theoretical peak. January is probably the closest thing to being that guy. Love that he is impressing early.

    14 hours ago, Sock Monkey said:

    You should write them a letter and staple your business card to it. I think they’ll appreciate your unique perspective.

    12 hours ago, Reese Bennett said:

    I talked to the coaching staff about this. They seemed surprised that Sweat is no longer there.

    Be sure to tell them how important it is to win the spring game too.

    37 minutes ago, Red Five said:

    We are going to be a top five team. Can we lose the "oh no can we be ready for the big bad SEC??" shit?

    Agreed. The conference schedule is only difficult this year because of the way the timing falls with OU/Georgia back to back, and the two hillbilly holy wars at Arkansas and A&M within three weeks in November. Texas is probably only an underdog to Georgia in conference play, and a very slight one. In terms of overall quality, this season's eight-game SEC schedule is roughly on par with a nine-game Big 12 schedule, and that's only because Georgia's legitimately a different animal. The rest of it? Whatever.

    5 minutes ago, PTINS said:

    Agree 100%.

    Sark asked and answered his own question, "What is the biggest difference between the B12 & SEC?".

    DL, which everybody already knows. 

    The Big 12 has 1st round NFL DL every year, and they scheme for them when they play them. The SEC has NFL DL across the board, every week, and having multiple high end players is more difficult to scheme against. 

    DL is the only real ??? this year, and with what is already campus, Texas is top half, maybe top quarter of the SEC, behind Georgia and Alabama. Improvements at Edge, LB and DB should help the DL.

    Other than DL, Texas is pretty damn solid.

    Texas made a lot of Alabama's NFL 1st & 2nd rounders look very pedestrian last year. No reason to expect this year to be any different.

          

    Texas has had plenty of good DL come through and has had plenty of good DL units since 2010. DLs also don't play each other. What this line of logic would indicate needs an upgrade -  and they have very clearly looked at it that way - is the OL.

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  13. 10 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

    This definitely surprises me. I know 3-4 renters in our area (Timbergrove) and they all complain about rents at 2k AND the apartments are getting poor elements in them. 
     

    I stand corrected sir. 

    In a desirable inner loop neighborhood like Timbergrove I buy that you can spend $2k or more on a 2BR apartment but you can also find cheaper. Of course, then you get into subjective criteria like quality of the unit or the demographic of the property when thinking about whether you actually want to live there, which can vary wildly between different people and properties. And Timbergorve is mostly SFH anyway so not necessarily a ton of rentals to go around and those are more expensive. 

    My two cents, Montrose, River Oaks, and Rice Village are probably the only neighborhoods where I'd say you're really  lucky if you find something < $1k/person. Otherwise, there's still stuff out there. To your point plenty of it may not necessarily be up to standard for higher income renters but for a 20-something just getting started and moving to TX for that first job, coming from a VHCOL market, or stuff like that, there are options that are going to look decent in most neighborhoods in Houston still.

  14. On 3/17/2024 at 11:31 AM, Slacks said:

    Dammit... I said this to someone in California (or maybe Colorado) recently.

    Texas is mostly about suburbs, kids schools and sports, and eating and drinking.

    If you choose to live on the city, the schools and youth sports influence decreases and the food and drink influence increases. Outdoors means walking or cycling on a flat path. The beach is not usually close, so it's a day or weekend trip.

    Property taxes are high, but values are lower (but increasing). Income taxes are none. F gasoline taxes in California.

    Houston is the cheapest large (soon to be mega) city in the world. DFW is a giant suburb. Austin is the closest thing to looking and living like California. San Antonio and Austin will eventually combine into a giant california-like metropolis... With summer highs like Phoenix, but humid.

     

    You can't call Houston a global mega city and DFW a huge suburb. DFW is bigger and growing faster than Houston, and this:

    On 3/18/2024 at 1:19 AM, Rex Kramer said:

    They’re the same city

    is closer to truth than fiction. There are obviously some cultural and environmental differences but DFW and Houston share like 90% of their DNA. You can draw parallels down to the neighborhood in the urban cores of Dallas and Houston.

    On 3/18/2024 at 12:20 PM, TexPx said:


    And the home of a huge Hindu Nationalist organization.

    “IMPACT: The Global Hindu Heritage Foundation (GHHF) is a Frisco, Texas-based Hindu non-profit organization. GHHF supports Hindu nationalist ideology and regularly publishes discriminatory, inflammatory, and intolerant content about Islam and Christianity. The group promotes anti-Muslim conspiracy theories, has raised funds to aid the demolition of Churches in India, and supports the Hindu nationalist mission of making India a Hindu-only nation”

    https://bridge.georgetown.edu/research/factsheet-global-hindu-heritage-foundation/

    I'm sure that goes over real well in Collin County

    On 3/21/2024 at 9:16 AM, Helobious said:

    Bohemian the fuck do you accurately measure year to year population change with no census or anything? Honest question.

    lol maybe take a look at the source on the graphic

  15. 9 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

    Uh, not in Houston really. Unless you’re talking about the real cheap shit in dangerous neighborhoods. 

    I am both a Houston renter and in multifamily real estate by trade, and you're misinformed on this one.

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    9 hours ago, Sawbonz said:

    Anecdotally I know of several people who have moved from blue states to Texas or Florida specifically for political reasons. One was a patient who saw me through a charity program I work with. He left a state where he was covered by the Medicaid expansion 🤷‍♂️

    Hence my use of qualifiers. There are always exceptions to rules.

  16. 1 hour ago, Newy25 said:

    I think it’s important with this staff not to view pieces so statically and pencil in someone like Broughton as “serviceable rotation player.” Two years ago Broughton was unplayable. Last year he was serviceable. What if he continues to get better like most players seem to be doing under this staff and S&C program? Burke and Sorrel fall into that category as well. Fully expect them to stay in their current trajectory and go from pretty good to damn good this year. 

    This time last year Sweat was not a lock to be a first or second round player. Two years ago we questioned his conditioning and overall drive. Players are getting better under this staff and I think that’s going to be part of the solution to our interior line concerns. 

    I don't necessarily disagree, I just don't see a lot more to be gotten out of Broughton given his physical profile. Sweat wasn't thought of as an Outland type at this time last year, but everyone knew he had the tools to be really good if he locked in and was excited about him coming back.

  17. 45 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

    By that time, everyone knew the kind of fascist shitheads that were running both TX and FL.  Migrants that willingly re-located to either state are supportive of such fascism; not coming here to change it.

    Not necessarily true. Vast majority of people that relocate across state lines (or choose not to, for that matter) are driven by household economics (cost of living, job/educational, opportunity, whatever) or family dynamics. Politics is typically a secondary/tertiary concern if it registers at all. "Voting with your feet" is, for the most part, a privilege of the class of people who are probably going to be fine wherever they go.

    Between that and the age issue the base case on this should be that most young people moving here probably fall somewhere between "well, the politics kinda suck but I can get a room in a 2BD apartment < $1,000 and still live in a major city with jobs and shit to do" and complete political disengagement.

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