Everything posted by Not a cat
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TV Characters You Hate From Shows You Like
TIL that Mona Lisa was once in a serious relationship with Chris Evans. Maybe she's the Pete Davidson of women.
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UT's next basketball coach - discussion/debate [Sean Miller Hired]
Which programs are the Alabama/OUs of the hoops world that are now losing a competitive advantage due to NIL? Sounds like KU for sure. Kentucky?
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Reacher
I kind of dig the British chick trying out the Good Will Hunting accent. I'm waiting for her to say wicked smaht. Also, spoiler alert, reacher is going to 1) make sweet love to Red Sox gal, and 2) there's gonna be an epic fist fight between reacher and that big body guard in the final episode. I haven't read the book, but just call it a hunch.
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The Blackjack Table
Basically what everyone else said but also that you don't double 11 versus an ace if dealer stands on 17 (if you can still find those games). While dealer hitting soft 17 is generally bad for player it does increase the odds the dealer eventually busts, so doubling 11 vs A is a very slight favorite over just hitting (EV of .11 versus .10). https://wizardofodds.com/games/blackjack/hand-calculator/ Here's a good site that gives you EV of each move depending on applicable table rules, your cards and the dealer's. Basically if you typed in every scenario and wrote down the highest ev under each scenario you'd have the basic strategy chart. Note that there are a couple of weird situations where how you get your total (i.e. 6-5 versus 9-2) slightly affects your ev due to there being less remaining good cards because you already ate one with your hand. It's miniscule and usually only comes up in single or double deck games. But if you're going to get that deep in the weeds start counting cards and changing the strategy table based on count (e.g. with any positive count the table rec switches to stand from hit when you have 16 versus 10). Of course, one of the tells of a counter is they don't hit 16 vs 10 when they have a big bet.
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Delta Endeavor 4819 MSP-YYZ crash
- This is the Jeopardy! Thread of Encompassment [RIP Alex Trebek]
I've also noticed that I answer far fewer correctly these days but attributed it to my memory going to shit as I slide out of middle age. I'm hopeful that your theory of it just being harder questions is correct, though I've never rewatched old shows to directly compare.- This is the Jeopardy! Thread of Encompassment [RIP Alex Trebek]
I always try to pre-guess the final jeopardy based on the subject. I just pick the very first thing that pops in your mind when you see the category -( e.g. if it's "U.S. Authors", immediately say Twain). Of course I try to answer it correctly once I get the actual clue too. I've matched up several times over the years but for the first time I preguessed it correctly but managed to miss the actual clue, which is quite an impressive display of ineptitude. Subject- supreme Court cases. Answer- "this case was reported by the NYT not on its front page, but in the railroad section" I preguessed Plessey, then forgot that plessey involved segregation on a railroad car, and actually guessed wickard v fillburn figuring it was interstate commerce. Well done, jeopardy clue writers, well done. Also, obligatory gif-- What's the best surprise you've ever given someone?
Your dad didn't recognize his own grandson?- Off-Season Thread of Sadness: College Football’s Biggest Busts. Who Let You Down the Most?
@66BUFF on Houston, what the hell happened that the NCAA allowed him to waive the requirement to sit out a year before playing for CSU? That was back when the NCAA actually enforced that rule and he just glided through with no problem. I always figured Bienemy did something way worse than just call him Markesha but that's a total guess.- Diabetes
Got my annual physical numbers back and after nearly a year of low carb, no sugar, decent amount of exercise my a1c dropped from 6.1 to 5.6 (5.7 lower tier of prediabetic) but my fasting blood glucose was at 130 after a decade or more of high 90s low 100s (100 is the prediabetic threshold). I told my doc if I've got that high of blood sugar after fasting overnight and my a1c is still at the threshold let's try metformin. He's got me on 500mg extended release daily and I'm going to continue with diet and exercise (though just between you and me I may try to sneak in some fries occasionally- oh how I miss you simple carbs). @jimmyjazz you mentioned an anti inflammatory effect- is that from the diet or metformin? I wouldn't mind if I got that added benefit too. Thankfully I do not have the shits like a lot of people get. Edited to add same question about sleeping. As a lifelong insomniac I also wouldn't mind if it made me drowsy at night.- I have to go to Minneapolis on Monday.
I spent 18 winters there. This is my second winter since moving back to the land of the sane and I still love getting texts from friends that are still there telling me the temps- temps that I will never have to experience again. Just stay indoors, don't do anything stupid like go for a walk, and get out of there as soon as you can. Also mainline vitamin D if you're staying for a while.- Israel vs everyone war thread
- Texas Recruiting Notes 2025: Duck Around and Find Out
Wtf is going on with Indiana? Is that just a blip for this year or a trend?- Off Grid Alaska
I swear I read an article decades ago but can't find it. Tldr version is group is somewhere in artic circle waiting to get picked up by plane at a small lake. Polar bear arrives and proceeds to chase that group around the lake until it catches one. So rest of group waits on other side of lake for their ride while watching polar bear devour their friend. So, no, I'm not moving to Churchill Canada anytime soon.- Johntay Cook dismissed from the football team.
I mean mandarich was a bust, but was it because he was a fuck up or because he was not longer able to mainline more horse steroids than his opponents? I don't remember that guy being a total flameout due to drugs/idiocy. I'd throw in Todd marinovic on my flameout Rushmore.- You are Cordially Invited
- 2025 NFL Draft
Hate to see it. That poor maimed janitor may never get paid- My father died last night.
Sorry for your loss. Story really hits close to home because that's pretty much my relationship with my now 20 year old son. We've caught literally thousands of fish together. From the time he was 4 to about 13, he'd come wake me up at 5 am every Saturday during the summer. There were plenty of days I just wanted to sleep in but I never did and am damn glad I have those memories. Because he's a little self absorbed shit now (much like I was at that age), though I hold out hope he'll one day be drafting a similar post many years from now.- The Blake Lively (Ryan Reynolds's wife) Controversy
- Transfer Cycle 2024-2025 - Stop Being Poor
So the ND interior OL transfers like yelling at media? Let's introduce them to FCB and Kirk on their visit, they won't even ask for NIL for the chance to come here- Transfer Cycle 2024-2025 - Stop Being Poor
For the posters in the know about how the process works, what are the opportunities to play this little game theory exercise of making your rivals pay more? I assume everything is run through an agent? Does the agent do an auction type where it's all in the open (Oregon just offered 1.1, Texas or OSU can you beat it?) or is it more of a submit your final and best offer by 3 pm? I imagine if you get too cute and offer 1 mm for a player you're only willing to pay 500k for, it gets a little tough to back out of it due to reputational risk, but I assume we could take a risk and slightly overpay on an offer just in the hopes of fucking up someone's payroll.- Transfer Cycle 2024-2025 - Stop Being Poor
I like it. We'll call it the players unlimited fund, or PUF.- Johntay Cook dismissed from the football team.
Thigh(bush)- the first 15 scripted plays how does this work?
You've got to make sure your opponent has great speed and an all world safety on that one, as it works better then.- Transfer Cycle 2024-2025 - Stop Being Poor
Let's be honest, it's likely nobody here would remember Brees had he committed to Texas. That Tiller offense was perfect for him and I suspect we'd have been doing the square peg round hole routine with him. - This is the Jeopardy! Thread of Encompassment [RIP Alex Trebek]
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