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  1. 8 hours ago, ousux said:
    13 hours ago, CastHorn said:
    They seem pretty concerned about the interior defensive line. They also appear to have thrown in the towel on Broughton, they expect the UA transfer to beat him out.

    They may be right, but I remember similar concerns about T'vondre Sweat and to a lesser degree, Byron Murphy as well.

    There's not a T'Vondre Sweat on the roster. That's what it really boils down to. The duo of Sweat and Murphy isn't going to be replaced because that was generational excellence but when you throw that comparison out the window it looks less dire.

    Collins has quietly been pretty good the past couple years. I imagine he will play well with starter's snaps this year. Sounds like Bledsoe is coming along. Broughton is a serviceable rotation piece - nothing more, but nothing less either. I'm not super worried about the 3-tech spot unless it's a rash of injuries.

    I imagine Savea gets first crack at nose and he should be serviceable against most of the schedule. Will be a problem against Michigan and Georgia. Big spring/off season for Sydir Mitchell; if Texas is to reach its full potential this year he's going to have to give 15 good snaps a game. This position will be priority one in the summer portal window. It's the biggest flaw on the team both in terms of quality and numbers.

    Aaron Bryant is out there too. I honestly can't remember if they've worked him more at nose or 3 tech but he's another 300-pound body.

  2. 5 hours ago, Macanudo said:

    I've used jobscan versus just eyeballing it myself and have gotten about the same success rate with getting past the ATS systems.   

    I applied to and interviewed with my old company for a near lateral move (salary and responsibility wise) in January. 

    - Application was sent in on 1/08. 

    - Interviewed on 1/23 with the hiring manager then 1/26 and 1/30 with others for the 2nd round.   I have known the hiring manager for 20+ years.

    - She called me on 2/5 to let me know that there was an internal candidate that she wanted to talk to but that was most likely just going to be a courtesy interview for that person.   

    - I followed up on 2/20 via text to find out that those interviews hadn't even happened yet.  I also foudnd out independently that the hiring manager's mom had just passed away the night of the 19th.  Ugh.   

    - We talked on 3/7 and she confirmed that I would be her choice and they she would be meeting with her boss on Friday to start the process.  

    - I followed up yesterday (3/20) via text.  She told it was still in approval limbo.   FWIW, at my prior employer, req and candidate approval go all the way to the CEOs desk before they get green lit.  

    - Got another text literally just now as I type that the approval is sitting on here boss's boss's desk.   Then it goes through 3 other people before final approval.  

    In conclusion, the corporate hiring process absolutely sucks ass.

    On the plus side, I have been substitute teaching since early Feburary.   I have learned that I never, ever want to teach middle schoolers.   High school has been pretty decent the freshmen are something else too.  

    Fingers crossed. I've mostly lurked on this thread but I know you've been through it. 

    I know it's frustrating but if you can end up with more or less a lateral move after this entire saga, it is a win.

  3. 2 hours ago, ousux said:

    This is the geography thread, get that football stuff out of here.

    Seriously though, watched the video of X and AD catching...both look great, but X looked a bit smoother and more comfortable out there. If I were an NFL GM and needed another receiver badly I would have zero qualms spending a first round pick on either one of these dudes.

    They are both going to be fantastic pros. Marvin Harrison JR, okay, but after that I don't see a huge delta between them and guys like Odunze or the LSU pair that are getting mocked well above them.

    Someone is going to get a fucking steal with Worthy in the second round if these mocks are right.

  4. 9 hours ago, henrygandorf said:

    there's a large group of americans who have identified as (r) for a long time, probably because their parents were, and have been so turned off by politics (ironically, because of people like trump), that they are purposely disinterested and disengaged.  so when they vote (r), they don't even have to hold their nose.  they purposely don't follow it, they don't talk politics with their friends, they distract themselves with family, kids, reality tv, whatever, and haven't paid attention in 10-15+ years.

    there's no possible way 75mm people know what trump is all about and are like, cool, i'll pick him.  no fucking way.

    Trump got like 75MM votes in 2020 and probably isn't going to shed a ton of support.

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  5. On 3/19/2024 at 2:12 PM, closetojumping said:

    What would one do with a Geography degree? I think I'm kind of stunned that that degree exists these days. I have a 10 year old who is quite gifted in geography and I always tell him that that talent will be worthless outside of trivia night at his local dive bar.

    Okay but trivia pulls mad hoes tho. Speaking of trivia, Texas State of all places has one of the top applied geography programs in the country. One of my best UT geography professors once told us, regarding graduate school "if you want to toil in academia, UT is good. If you want a job, go to Texas State."

    Depending on what track you take there are some legit career opportunities out of a geography program. I know folks in environmental/natural resource management, energy, GIS, urban planning/landscape architecture, and commercial real estate. You can of course go teach K-12 social studies too.

    My early career path looked like Case McCoy at Kyle Field, but I ended up in commercial real estate and ended up on a solid track. Was coming out of a contract GIS gig when I was hired as an entry level analyst and that technical element was a differentiator. Now that I've moved up I rarely use GIS or my geography major in an explicit sense, but I'll say spatial intelligence in general seems pretty rare and the amount of people who struggle to think spatially in an industry where the number one rule is "location, location, location" consistently surprises me. 

    All that said there's definitely a fluffy liberal arts degree element to it though. That's absolutely a track to take too.

    22 hours ago, bluto said:

    UT geography grad here… GIS is really the main thing in terms of hard career path. Mix some GIS with computer science/data management and you can be valuable in corporate world. Quite a bit of GIS is natural resource/energy related. 
     

    as for me, I’m in real estate and the degree/GIS background has actually been a decent ‘in’ for my career. With that said GIS programming something a smart person could pick up on the side. 

    +1 geography to CRE. We're a minority but anecdotally I'd guess geography or urban planning is the most common non-finance degree in the field. Seems like lots of GIS folks want to stay in that box, and that's how you max out at like $75kyear. But when you branch out into development, database management, etc. you can make some real money on that side of things. And of course there are opportunities in real estate.

  6. 21 hours ago, henrygandorf said:

    gonna make trump’s broke ass defend fl and tx. lol. 

     

    20 hours ago, Hornius Emeritus said:

     

    I guess it sort of makes sense.  Both states are booming, economically, under Biden.

    It makes sense because of the former point. Biden has such a ridiculous cash advantage that deploying resources in FL/TX/NC (I was big on Democrats in NC in 2020 and I want to be again with migration trends but the polls look terrible for Biden) and making Trump play defense has as much or more utility as swamping the six Biden swing states *that* much more. Diminishing returns and all that. Not to mention he has so much cash that it's not really a trade off.

    12 hours ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

    Negative Nancy here but I hope that he doesn’t pull a Hillary and try to expand the map before locking up 270 EVs. 

    Expanding the map is probably the best way to get to 270 EVs. You make Trump play defense and improve your chances in the swing states you won last time. And if you happen to win TX or FL, election is over.

    2 hours ago, Js1 said:

    Dems flipped SCOWI in 2023. It was a big deal. Led to fair maps for the state legislature and a post-2024 challenge to the congressional maps. SCOMI flipped in 2020 

    Yeah I'm pretty optimistic on WI. Democratic base has been consistently engaged there over the past four years and now they have an opportunity to reset the landscape in the state legislature. I cannot fathom an enthusiasm gap with the base there, and we know how the suburbs feel about Trump.

  7. 9 minutes ago, thunderlounge said:

    So places like expedia, priceline, kayak, bookin.com, even google flights. 
     

    That makes more sense to me than business portals. 
     

    Hotels do that already quite a bit. Of course usually their on-site rates are as good pr better than third-party sites anyway.

    Not that it really bother me either way. I’m already in the habit of booking direct. 

    Can't actually book through Google Flights, it just shows pricing across all the different platforms.

  8. 14 hours ago, 4th&Five said:

    Yeah, man. He’ll never get the credit he deserves for saving democracy at least once. 

     

    13 hours ago, Rimbo said:

    I mean honestly, outside of that, he's been my favorite president since... well, ever, really. I don't think we've had a president where I agreed with what he did more, and disagreed with what he did less. And he did a lot.

    Prior to Israel I'd have considered him the best POTUS of my lifetime (starting, technically, with Bush 1 but I really don't remember much before Bush 2 second term) without serious competition. That may still be the case but I'd have to think about that now. 

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  9. 1 hour ago, Mother mopar said:

    Yes, Amercian is going to come out with their list of approved vendors in April per their website. I have to use concur to book for work as well. So we'll wait or book directly with AA, which often times is cheaper than concur. However, Concur in and of itself is not a travel agency. So should be interesting.

    https://news.aa.com/news/news-details/2024/Booking-directly-with-American-Airlines-and-its-airline-partners-makes-travel-even-better-for-AAdvantage-members-AADV-02/

    Book through preferred travel agencies. American will share a list of eligible preferred agencies on aa.com in late April.




     

     

    1 hour ago, Shaddie said:

    My company uses Amtrav and our agents already said they are on approved list. 
     

    I can’t see any possibility that Concur doesn’t make the list. They are probably largest agency (for business travel) around. 

     

    10 minutes ago, thunderlounge said:

    Think about how many super frequent business travelers have to go through concur or similar. I can’t see them getting cut off like that. Granted, there would be a mass exodus of peeps from the top tiers, and maybe free it up for people paying with the own funds.

    Either way, a big pushback and loss of business probably makes the changed moot eventually. 

    Yeah this won't be aimed at business travelers using corporate platforms. It's aimed at individual consumers using third party sites, and at the Chase and Amex travels of the world offering big incentives to book through their portals. I know Expedia handles those on the back end so it will be interesting to see if they qualify.

  10. 5 minutes ago, tokamak said:

    It'll go toe-to-toe with any meal you can get in the States.

    In general I've found the floor for food quality is higher in Mexico. Obviously there is a lot of fast food in both countries, but beyond that the low end in the USA is so goddamn saturated with chains and over-processed food. 

  11. 1 hour ago, Aqua Buddha said:

     

    Even more ironic, every single person he named with the exception of Abraham Lincoln are in hell for, you know, owning other human beings as slaves.

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  12. 4 hours ago, TexEx15 said:

    Exhibit 11venty billion that the GQP is no longer a serious party. By the way Biden looks great for an 81 year old with the weight of the world on his shoulders strolling down a bunch of steps.

    1.) Did the RNC seriously just misidentify the most senior Republican in the US Government?

    2.) He looks fine and do we all not remember the videos of Trump's fat ass attempting to navigate an incline?

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  13. 3 hours ago, closetohumping said:

    Bbq is the big difference. Duh.  I give California the edge on Asian and seafood but not big enough to overcome no bbq.  There’s some great Mexican food here but I miss greasy enchiladas 

     

    2 hours ago, Smax said:

     

    I'm fortunate that I have really good BBQ place about 10 mins from the house, amazing bourbon selection too. I haven't found many stand out Asian food places near me as Im not in a majo metro area, SF is about an hour and half away and I think seafood is a push, I miss gulf cajun seafood too.

    I'd say don't sleep on Santa Maria style BBQ. A good tri tip sandwich, cole slaw, and some cold beer absolutely fucks. CA isn't the BBQ desert that much of the west is.

    But yeah, Texas BBQ is the undisputed king. 

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  14. 1 hour ago, Frank Drebin said:

    I’m guessing plenty of people feel California’s state leadership is horrible also.  Opinions are going to vary.  I think California is wonderful if you’re a 9 figure type.  And probably one of the best states for deadbeats who don’t want to work much.  For those in between, it would be tough. 
     

    You'd be right, but that's because plenty of people feel their state's leadership is horrible everywhere, Texas included. A quick google search indicates CA governor Newsom has historically had a higher approval rating than Abbott - the most popular of Texas's leadership - until very recently, which seems to coincide with Newsom putting more focus on being a surrogate for the Biden campaign and seemingly positioning himself for a future presidential run. AKA a major reason a lot of Texans dislike Ted Cruz.

    TX legislature lives in the < 50% approval range and was well into the negatives at the end of the 2023 session. Same story in CA. Two sides of the same coin. I'd imagine you'd probably find similar cases in most states. Congress thinks it's a good day when approval goes north of 20%.

    People don't like politicians, news at 11.

     

     

  15. 2 hours ago, UTPhil2006 said:

    BRB sending 15 loan scenarios to you. 
     

    In all sincerity with a lot of the guys here buying investment properties, young buyers, etc your Underwriting perspective would be invaluable 

    I'm in multifamily, which is a why I mostly lurk in this thread and then pop off in general housing market discussion or when talk veers to commercial. That's the other reason I'd be inclined to find a good buyers agent - I understand the language, but I also understand that there's things I'm not going to know deep in the weeds of a single family deal.

     

    3 minutes ago, Neonmoon said:

    Title in general is one of the most inefficient and dumbest systems in the United States

    I've been advising my mom through selling her home recently and she's been really frustrated with, well, everything that makes this true. All I could muster is "Yeah... in my experience the best and brightest don't dream of working in title."

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  16. 1 minute ago, MisterP said:

    Good morning to you too. I do my best to treat everyone I meet fairly and justly no matter what I think of their politics or presumed politics.

    I just want you to remember, that when Trump wins. It isnt some alt right fascist, racist America that is showing up to the poles. It will be because of the morale superiority of the left and its shift towards progressivism. "We are the party of the people, of the open minded, but wait, if you dont fall in line and think and operate just as we do, well then you're a homophobic, racist, neo nazi."

    When you are agree with the main stream media, with the FDA, with the CDC, with BIG GOVT, with the corporations. You are no longer part of the resistance. 

    Just remember that. Ill see you in November, friend. 

    You type like texags. People, we are dealing with a very intelligent individual here.

    If Trump wins the election - and make no mistake, despite the optimism on this board he is a slight but distinct favorite at this juncture - he will do so while his record moves to 0-3 in the popular vote. He will end up 10MM-12MM votes in the red over three elections (even more if he loses), not to mention costing the GOP countless downballot races. In no world did the prior or potential future election of the election of Donald Trump symbolize some groundswell of popular support for him or MAGA's platform of victimhood and cultural grievance; or likewise, a popular rebuke of the Democratic policy platform, progressivism, or whatever else you like to yell at clouds about. To even suggest that it does is phenomenally stupid and in no way grounded in reality. Trump ran behind Mitt Romney's 2012 performance both times he has been on the ballot and will again in 2024.

    The only thing his election represents is a subtle realignment of political coalitions that created a significant advantage in the Electoral College; a quirk in our system, which is designed to empower the minority and make political change hard.

     

    16 minutes ago, MisterP said:

    Whatever insults, without knowing me, make you feel better. Feel free to continue my fellow UT graduate. Kisses. 

    lol

    30 Rock Fellow Kids GIF by Peacock

    If it thinks like aggy, sounds like aggy...

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  17. 13 hours ago, Neonmoon said:

    I don’t think anything is going to change. Yes, 10% of people don’t need a real estate agent and can figure life out on their own, the other 90% are hapless troglodytes that eat paste. 

    Yeah, you have to remember the audience in this thread is people going out of the way to talk about real estate on a college football message board. A lot of us work in the industry. This thread is a very cherry picked sample.

    I'm not saying RE agents are categorically great and everyone should use one but even a half decent agent offers some value to the median market participant. They're not going away. I'm an underwriter; very comfortable reading market data, purchase agreements, loan docs, etc. and still plan to use a buyer's agent for our first home just to make sure there is another set of eyes. Maybe this thins the herd a bit because the useless ones can't coast to 3% with all buyers, but that's about it.

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  18. On 3/14/2024 at 2:30 PM, HouTex said:

    A friend who lives on the lake tells me IMG_0106.thumb.png.a55ed0054e113883bbc470a586d2aa5a.pngthat part of the problem is that LCRA generates a lot power from the dam.  So that’s where some of the water goes.  I looked briefly for some historical discharge data and I only found this screenshot:

     

    Your friends take is interesting. Haven't heard someone say "We're generating too much electricity in Texas!"

  19. 22 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

    despite the exodus, California housing is still insane

    That's because of the demographic of those leaving; it's been predominantly low/middle income earners for a long time. And also, in the grand scheme of things the number of people leaving the state is a drop in the bucket compared to the size of the population. There's still very much a housing shortage out there. Supply and demand in housing is as much about dollars to go around as it is headcount, and the volume of money in the market has arguably increased.

    Pre-COVID, CA was a net negative domestic migration state but not by anything approaching the margins of recent years because there was net positive inflow of highly educated/earning subgroup. The population still grew (pretty substantially - only FL and TX added more people between 2010-2020) because international migrations and natural increase was > net out migration. With COVID ushering in remote work more of those households understandably left because they didn't need to physically be in CA anymore and paying CA income taxes. I expect CA's population will more or less stabilize around its current level as the labor market seems to have reached a new equilibrium with hybrid/remote work, and there's employment upside with the tech sector that will probably draw some people out there in its next growth cycle.

    It's probably still the biggest state in the 2030 Census but Texas seems likely to pass it at some point in the 2030's.

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  20. 20 hours ago, babysdaddy said:

    I was reliably told Texas is failing and is a failed state.  Why do people keep moving here??

    This is pretty simplistic. People walk around feeling fine and then find out they have Stage III or IV cancer. Things aren't always as they seem on the surface. 

    20 hours ago, crash_davis said:

    Cause dumb motherfuckers love strip malls and suburban hell.

    The vast majority of people that make interstate moves do so either because of household economics (job opportunity, housing costs, whatever) or proximity to family. It's not typically some dream of living in Texas - although, like others have mentioned, I do know a few transplants really into the cowboy cosplay bit so it is out there. The segment of the population that actually, consciously votes with their feet is very small because that generally requires a level of financial stability that most of the population doesn't have, and most people aren't willing to up and leave their family/friends, find a new job or close their business, or whatever the case may be to make a political point.

    The growth machine - which at this point is self sustaining and plays a nontrivial role in the continued economic expansion of the state - will end for Texas at some point, just like it has elsewhere. At that point Texas is going to be left with a lot of very inefficient, expensive to maintain sprawl without the growth to pay for it. At some point, somewhere else is going to be the more cost effective and appealing option for businesses and citizens, and you'll see relocations out of Texas to hotspot X just like people once moved in droves from the east coast to the Rust Belt, and from EST and CST to California.

    It will be interesting to see where the state goes from there. It has advantages California, the northeast (near endless supply of flat, buildable land across which to continuously sprawl), and the Rust Belt (international migration, diversified economy) didn't have when the growth cycle ended in those places. But it'll also face some unique challenges with climate change/water security (this is an issue for CA too), transition away from oil (no CR, it'll happen at some point even if it is literally pumping it all out of the ground), etc.

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  21. On 3/8/2024 at 11:51 AM, Tonesky said:

    Am doing initial planning for family trip (wife and almost 17 year old twins) to Seattle and Vancouver in June 2024.  I have run through this thread and have noted the suggested Seattle sights/activities/excursions.  Very helpful!

    I'd like to book flights and lodging in the immediate future.  How many days total, excluding bookend travel days?  How many days should we stay in (or base out of) each city?  Any other essential overnight (not day trip) destinations?

    If you're coming from Texas in June I think you'll find anything short of like 90 days in WA to be too short.

    Depends on a lot of things - what you're interested in, what's the standard for lodging, budget, etc. You could probably make a week work between those two cities or stretch it to a full two weeks 

    The one thing I'd really highly recommend is 2-3 weeknights in Port Angeles to explore Olympic National Park, if you guys are remotely into that sort of thing. The town itself is sleepy but the Olympic Peninsula is just epic.

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  22. 6 hours ago, Baboontyme said:

    I'm wondering if anyone might have any ideas for me. I'm trying to plan a relatively inexpensive trip this summer for family of 4 (kids 11 and 14). I have some decent points stored up and still accruing. I would like to hold on to some for a larger Griswold European vacation next summer, but I'm also cash strapped at the moment so looking for something affordable. Anyone have any good advice in terms of resorts, or destinations that give you good return on point transfers and aren't crazy $$? I believe it was spanky who steered me in the right direction last year to transfer Chase points to SW for cheap airfare from the WC to Maui. That worked well. Flew us to PHX on Delta, free place to stay overnight and then PHX to OGG for 35k points/person. Any resorts or destinations in MX, the Caribbean, Central America or other ideas I would be interested in. I would love to just book a VRBO somewhere but I'd basically be paying myself back in points with no favorable exchange. I have about 250k Skymiles, 150k Chase points, 90k Cap One, 90k Citi and 60k Bonvoy. What is my best jumping off point for research?

    Chase transfers to Hyatt, and their points can often go pretty far. I don't have a specific resort rec for a big family vacation, but I'd say look into Hyatt's resort portfolio (they have been recently acquired several additional resort brands). You can probably find an all inclusive that gets you a pretty good return on points. 

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