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  1. There's a sort of re-framing fallacy that comes up often in sports discussion.  None of this matters because Texas isn't winning the championship.

    The playoffs isn't the goal. The championship is. Arbitrarily cutting playoff qualification to #12 is required for matter of practicality. The historical and predictive chances of these late-entrants actually winning the championship is basically zero.

    All this scheduling and perceived strength (=ranking) handwringing is moot.  It mattered in the BCS and 4-team era, where being #2 vs #5 means a tons.  Being #12 vs #15 doesn't change shit.

    If Texas had scheduled a cupcake instead of OSU, but still lost to Florida and Georgia, while squeaking by Kentucky/MSU/Vanderbilt, it would meaningfully change the strength the team or its championship hopes.  This hypothetical Texas team would lose to TTU/Ore in Round 1, and get assblasted by the T4 in the quarterfinals.

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  2. wife and i decided we wanted to explore the landscape of flavors of rum flavors - our new favorite sips - through 2025 xmas “gifting”.
     

    basically a flimsy pretense to restock the liquor cabinet. 

  3. 52 minutes ago, Superhero said:

    Added one more monitor to my office setup.

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    Yes I actually use all 4 and still think it’s not enough.

    For the house, I ordered a new docking station so can have the same setup. I don’t work from home all that much, but when I do, I need all the screen real estate I can get. 

    Is time to join the future. 
     

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  4. We're prepping our house for a sale and fixing all of the little bugs so that it presents perfectly. Things like sagging door / sticky door frames, recaulking some tiles and such.

    Knocked it all out of the way over the last weekend and it was so goddamn easy and fast I just kinda wonder why I was so lazy to tackle it earlier when we were using the goddamn house.

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  5. Fucking hate Ring. 

    I did not realize the extent to which the device is just a platform to upsell on endless subscriptions and accessories. It seems every other functionality is locked behind tiers and there's constantly prodding on the app and through emails to buy new Ring shit.

    I don't care at all for monitoring the house while away. I just wanted to see who's ringing the door. Thinking about putting in a vanilla security camera above the door and just whipping out to view the footage on-demand.

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  6. On 11/21/2025 at 1:35 PM, Bevo&Pevo said:

    The oldest daughter arrived late last night with her new beau whom I haven't met.  So, this morning they're down the hall asleep.  Should I go scare the crap out of 'em?  Maybe put a shotgun buy the door for when they wake up?  Or just be the cool dude I usually am?  Dad is here also, because today is his birthday.  But wait!  the two youngest of the brood, will be here (with friends in tow) also and the oldest with his wife and new grand baby.   Did I mention this will be our Thanksgiving?  Here I am half ass cripple and can only escape to the back patio. So, is it a vodka or bourbon day?

    That sounds awesome, actually.

    When my siblings and cousins became parents ourselves, we really started to appreciate huge family gettogethers.

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  7. 9 hours ago, AndreaJ1 said:

    It’s interesting how coffee and espresso hipsters have transformed simple brewing into an entire culture of precision and aesthetics. Many of them obsess over technique, equipment, and flavor notes, and somewhere in the middle of those conversations you’ll even hear debates about choosing the right coffee machine for business setups. Their passion definitely elevates the whole coffee experience.

    Are you a bot? If youre a bot you have to tell us youre a bot. 

  8. First time bread, first time really baking. 
     

    I thought baguettes were some french dark arts. Turns out, the process was 98% identical to making pizza which i’d just recently learned. 

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  9. On 11/14/2025 at 5:19 PM, atomheartbevo said:

    Pretty key message though even if a lot didn’t happen.

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    An AI or hive mind with a “biological imperative” to assimilate everyone has run into somebody that refuses- the other English speakers seemed okay with the hive, but she didn’t, and yet they would still give her an atomic bomb.  Very interesting.

     

    Could the Hive mind microwave a burrito so hot that even it couldnt eat?

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