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Wiler77

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  1. I like the line about how Elko has the Ags in really good recruiting position entering the season. I would like to know what he means by that. I guess if they lose a couple games early, the position is "If you come here you have a really good chance to start next season."
  2. Holy shit. Literally 2 days ago I was trying to remember Rodney Culver's name. I was listening to an SVPod where they were discussing Fantasy drafts, and I had a flashback when someone tried to draft Culver in the late rounds a few months after he died. I just couldn't remember his name. That was an awkward moment of people looking around deciding if we would tell the guy and let him repick, or make him live with it.
  3. Wait, KDunn came BACK to radio? I thought he left years ago to do something in the sports market.. NIL stuff rings a bell.
  4. Harbaugh as was stated above. Malzahn. And even the "defensive minded" head coaches like Pete Carroll and Coach Ogre won with teams whose main identity was their offensive firepower.
  5. Offensive minded head coaches don't win national titles? I mean...did he just start watching college football 4 years ago?
  6. I watched that 2nd video. The trophies thing doesn't bother me. We're looking for someone to win a game in the knockout round and make the quarterfinals. That's a massive step up from where we've been. I'm curious as to why his stints at PSG and Chelsea were so short. It's not like he was a failure at either club. Also, they mentioned "development of young players" as a plus. How much development does the National team really do? You get a very limited amount of time with the team each year. Development happens at the club level. Isn't the MNT about either finding players that play your style of play, or adapting your style of play to match the strength of your best players? My hope would be for the latter. The history of success in that point is what I would be prioritizing.
  7. This is interesting. In full disclosure I work at AMD, so I was genuinely interested in your point of view. I am generally less informed on the consumer side of things, both as an employee and the fact I'm not a gamer or a DIY home PC builder. So I'll take your POV on AM5 and all things Client at face value. On the server side, I've seen some shit. I absolutely don't think we've made 100% perfect decisions, but I also absolutely know people underestimate the influence Intel has on customers and the ecosystem, even years after our obvious dominance on the technology side. Our CEO made a major announcement at a event in the last 3 years regarding support from a major enterprise ecosystem partner, one that was not done on a whim and was supported by quotes by the company expressing their support, and the next week that support disappeared. We have enough insiders at this ecosystem partners to know we had met every demand for support and payment they asked for, and after the fact Intel came in with enough zeros on a check to cancel everything. I've heard enough stories from former Intel employees now at AMD to know they are fucking dirty, threatening to withold marketing payments companies rely on to stay afloat. Or friends at Dell that were told their intel spiffs werent valid unless they maintained 90% share for Intel. So when you say its about "you selling their shit for them", what I've witnessed is customers saying flat out, "I'm not selling your product unless you pay me to". It has nothing to do with proposing the best solution for customers. Even with that headwind, we're at 30% market share in server. Regarding the comment of Global Foundries, that was one of the few good things from the Hector regime. It was a "stop digging and drop the shovel" moment. And it's proven to be the right move, so not sure how that ends up in a list on how AMD has been mismanaged. In an all-timer, Hector drove his Ferrari to the office on the day he announced laying off 10% of the company.
  8. Curious why you say that
  9. What an odd thread. Most of the stuff you are bitching about lives in our fridge, too, but mainly because it takes us months to go through a bottle. Exception is soy and Worchestershire, but those are typically marinades anyway. Also hot sauce, but there is so much vinegar and little sugar and they don't really go bad.
  10. Ah, Dell. Another of my favorites. I guess if Intel suspended dividends, they don't have an extra $1B between the cushions to pay Dell to be their bitch. Sucks that honest, hardworking people will be the victims in this.
  11. Yield is important. 8C die are really easy to yield which makes for a reasonable cost structure as you said. But the other thing is the ability to scale throughput (i.e. core counts). AMD has been shipping 64C server CPUs for 5 years. Chiplets + on-chip fabric made that possible. With a monolithic design, if yielding a 64C part was even physically possible, it would be in such small volumes to make it unviable to bring to market.
  12. In the server space, the decision to move to chiplets was as important as the node advantage. They've had a process advantage and design advantage for 5 years.
  13. ding ding ding. NVidia is a SW company at this point, and they openly admit it. They have a Secretariat-sized lead over others. That's not to say others can't be profitable, but NVidia is set to dominate for a LONG time. Pretty sure the heavy rumors on 18A are that NVidia is that customer. I can't imagine placing a bet like that on Intel after the struggles they've had. Surely Jensen has a plan B. Hell, they have enough money to buy capacity at multiple fabs just to keep the competition from getting it. That would be an Intel-style move.
  14. Intel's core value was manufacturing. They happened to sell a bunch of products their fabs built, but the crown jewel was the fabs. They had a 1-2 node lead up until 2016 or 2017. That completely flipped on it's head and they have been 1-2 nodes behind because they utterly shit the bed in a short amount of time. Now they have a bunch of expensive fabs that aren't running at capacity because they've lost so much market share. An improvement in the fab technology essentially means your products will be able to do more work for the same amount of power, or the same work for less power (or some combination of the 2). It's a big deal. It's why they are also using TSMC for some products.
  15. Couldn't happen to a more arrogant, entitled, and all around shithead of a company. This has been building for years. Sucks for the folks out of a job (I would never celebrate that), and Intel flat out failing would be a problem. But the past 5 years is what happens when you take your eye off the ball on your crown jewel (manufacturing) to the point not even their bribes and threats against "partners" have much meaning anymore. FAFO indeed. Gelsinger is a smart dude and has the focus where it should be. Will be interesting if he's given the rope he needs to truly right the ship. It was a 10 year rebuild when he took over.
  16. Leon went for a dip a week before the games
  17. LOL, it's one of the reasons my wife and I try to include our kids in the cooking process. We want them to be comfortable in the kitchen and be able to make a variety of different things. My 12 year old loves making quesadillas. Not difficult, but he's understanding how to use a skillet and appropriate temperatures. That has turned into being able to cook a really good fried egg. So on weekends if we want to sleep in, he is capable of cooking breakfast for himself and his brothers. The 10 year old will toast bread while the 7 year old cuts and mashes an avocado, which will then be topped by the fried egg the 12 year old makes. The 12 year old also likes making cookies and learning what I do on the grill. Hell, if nothing else all of them can turn on the gas burners on the stove to properly heat a tortilla to fill with whatever the hell they can find in the fridge. That's a skill they'll need 5 nights a week when they are living on their own. I got to college and had to learn how to use simple household cooking tools.
  18. Is a microwave cool, interesting, or bizarre? Because my mom microwaved the shit out of everything. Here's some chicken with rubbery skin. Not to be outdone by the microwaved salmon or orange roughy. So much orange roughy. Turns out you need a knife if you microwave it long enough. Want some veggies? How about some microwaved asparagus, broccoli, or cauliflower with american cheese on top. It was a bit bizarre how much she used the microwave now that I think about it. At least it was a home cooked meal every night. And for that I am thankful. Except the microwaved cauliflower. Fuck that.
  19. I saw him for free (no receipt) at Dell Tech World back in May in Vegas, and he was fantastic. It was probably the same set. The guy who opened for him was also really good, but I don't remember his name.
  20. Which one is Rosie? I guess the one in red?
  21. Wiler77

    RIP Chuy's

    Haven't eaten at a Chuys in probably 5-6 years, but I remember anything with their green chile being pretty good. They had a green chile stew I remember being pretty legit.
  22. For those of us that don't live in the GOOF, WTF is the GOOF?
  23. Wiler77

    RIP Chuy's

    I've eaten at a chuys less than 10x in my life, but I always ordered things with their green chile. They had a green chile soup with pork that was pretty good.
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