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re: We still going to deny that Jay missed on a lot of portal guys?
Posted by Sharlo on 4/10/26 at 9:57 pm to PacoDeTaco
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I think the answer is obvious. When we make a deep run in Omaha, we miss the opportunity to sign the top portal guys.
Seems like there’s some truth to that.
Like a lot of people, I’ve been patient with this team. But tonight, they absolutely mailed it in. Most seemed disinterested, and all the errors made it clear that they were checked out.
Not a good look against a really shitty Ole Miss team.
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re: Trump's DC Triumphal Arch entering final design stages
Posted by Sharlo on 4/10/26 at 5:16 pm to Chad504boy
Waste of money. Trump knows stunts like this get the boomers all fired up. Just red meat for his base.
I thought all the good fiscal conservatives here would be pissed about their taxes being wasted? :lol:
I thought all the good fiscal conservatives here would be pissed about their taxes being wasted? :lol:
Strong-arse offers are afoot.
We ridin! :dude:
We ridin! :dude:
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What’s the functional purpose of the Army and Marines at this point?
Kill bad guys and break stuff. Every modern war devolves into a door-kicking in phase. Until the T1000s are ready, humans still have to do that.
Also, dudes with guns and materiel can still perform in most any environment, even if some kind of cyber attack cripples all of our fancy smart weapons and such.
The Marines are also unique in that they are basically a multi-modal expeditionary force, with their own "air force" etc. People pick on Marines (not to their face), but they have a unique way of doing things that's pretty bad arse.
And deterrence is still worth a lot in this world. Think about what it would be like to be a British citizen right now, with Putin just tea-bagging your navy 20 miles offshore.
Peace through strength.
re: Britain's Defense Secretary is an idiot
Posted by Sharlo on 4/9/26 at 8:51 am to prplhze2000
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UK Defense Secretary reports 3 Russian submarines in UK waters and warns Putin: "To President Putin I say, we see you, we see your activity over our cables and our pipelines, and you should know that any attempt to damage them will not be tolerated and will have serious...
LOL, yikes. I guess he has no choice, but I just googled the UK's submarine assets, and if that's remotely correct they are in no position to talk trash. Interesting that he mentioned their allies' support. Germany probably still has legit naval assets. Maybe they're providing the muscle for little brother.
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I visited a ship yard in South Korea in 1999, where they turned out a very large ship every week, assembly line fashion. Thats 52 weeks start to finish. 25000 welders on site with fantastic quality control.
taking 4-8 years to build out a functioning navy ship is just malfeasance
Commercial ships or naval vessels? I know the federal contracting process is a major drag here. Not sure if it's that way everywhere. 25k welders on site is nuts, though. Ingalls in MS is the biggest shipyard I've even been to, and I think they only employ 12-15k people, total.
re: Britain's Defense Secretary is an idiot
Posted by Sharlo on 4/9/26 at 12:46 am to prplhze2000
It’s kind of amazing how cooked they really are.
I read that in the US, it typically takes 4 to 6 years minimum to commission and build a new destroyer, provided that it is not a first-in-class or prototype build.
Supposedly, in the UK it takes at least 8 to 10 years because of arcane means of production and labor challenges.
So even if they had the money to build a new fleet, which they don’t, they are likely a decade from having a decent first-world navy.
Then there are all the low birth rate and demographic issues over there. Probably not a whole lot of young folks lining up to join the military.
They are helpless.
I read that in the US, it typically takes 4 to 6 years minimum to commission and build a new destroyer, provided that it is not a first-in-class or prototype build.
Supposedly, in the UK it takes at least 8 to 10 years because of arcane means of production and labor challenges.
So even if they had the money to build a new fleet, which they don’t, they are likely a decade from having a decent first-world navy.
Then there are all the low birth rate and demographic issues over there. Probably not a whole lot of young folks lining up to join the military.
They are helpless.
re: UK Labour MP Had Affair With Nuclear Missile Sub Captain, Husband Arrested As Chinese Spy
Posted by Sharlo on 4/8/26 at 9:46 pm to LuckyTiger
Nm
Starmer is an idiot and/or coward on several counts. I'm certain that Putin knew more about the UK "navy" than Starmer did when he started talking shite. Mark this one down for the idiot column.
Even letting their navy collapse to this level is idiocy, but that's a bigger problem than just Starmer. But still, he took over a tiny island nation with a garbage navy. So this one goes in the idiot column, too.
But then, letting Putin drag his nuts across the English Channel and just mock you and your country, man that takes the cake. Surely their IC knew this was coming. Starmer should have come crawling back to the US for support or come up with some maneuver to save just the tiniest bit of face. But no, he just takes it. This one is in the coward column.
Putin, above all else, is a bully. And now he knows he can do whatever he wants in the English Channel. Will be interesting to see how far he pushes this with no one over there having the stones to push back.
Where is France, btw? They have a navy and are just across the Channel. (LOL).
Even letting their navy collapse to this level is idiocy, but that's a bigger problem than just Starmer. But still, he took over a tiny island nation with a garbage navy. So this one goes in the idiot column, too.
But then, letting Putin drag his nuts across the English Channel and just mock you and your country, man that takes the cake. Surely their IC knew this was coming. Starmer should have come crawling back to the US for support or come up with some maneuver to save just the tiniest bit of face. But no, he just takes it. This one is in the coward column.
Putin, above all else, is a bully. And now he knows he can do whatever he wants in the English Channel. Will be interesting to see how far he pushes this with no one over there having the stones to push back.
Where is France, btw? They have a navy and are just across the Channel. (LOL).
re: Which portal guys are we after?
Posted by Sharlo on 4/8/26 at 6:21 pm to Fisherchefjeff
McNeil from NC State, supposedly. Earlier TD Thread
re: I still can’t believe we are going to have a Lane Kiffin offense…
Posted by Sharlo on 4/8/26 at 5:43 pm to Tigerfan4545
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I just hope everyone has tempered expectations. It’s not like we’re gonna hit the ground running putting up numbers like Joe Burrow against Clemson. It may take a little time. I have no doubt we will have a dominant offense, but it’s not gonna happen overnight.
After what we've suffered through, it won't take much to impress us.
Just think about the implications of a firmly mediocre running game. The wonder of consistently rushing for more than 150 yards out of the backfield.
And I'll probably tear up first time I see an OT pancake somebody.
Scoreboard, bitch.
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Will be nice to see an offense that looks like they have a plan outside of seeing how many screens can be run in a game
Just watch. I wouldn't put it past LK to call a WR screen for his first play call at LSU, just to troll us. :lol:
Some wrinkles to consider:
The UK was a full partner for the Iraq War. Their elected leadership followed us into that mess.
France had a major role in overthrowing Gaddafi in Libya and was heavily involved in Syria, too.
The UK, France, Germany, and the Netherlands all were involved in AFG.
So the notion that the big bad US destabilized the entire ME all by itself is inaccurate. The elected leaders in those countries made choices that contributed to some of the messier stateside outcomes for them. Blaming all the blowback on US (as usual) is BS.
The UK was a full partner for the Iraq War. Their elected leadership followed us into that mess.
France had a major role in overthrowing Gaddafi in Libya and was heavily involved in Syria, too.
The UK, France, Germany, and the Netherlands all were involved in AFG.
So the notion that the big bad US destabilized the entire ME all by itself is inaccurate. The elected leaders in those countries made choices that contributed to some of the messier stateside outcomes for them. Blaming all the blowback on US (as usual) is BS.
Nothing screams "apolitical judiciary" like posing for a liberal court majority flex photo. :yack:
re: NC State G Paul McNeil Jr. Enters Portal | MBB
Posted by Sharlo on 4/8/26 at 2:14 pm to LSUDVM1999
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With the exception of Neomonde's in Raleigh, the food will be better in BR.
Filthy lies. Albasha > Neomonde's.
Would love it if we land this guy.
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Former Judge Advocate General to the British Armed Forces Jeff Blackett OBE discusses the latest on HMS Dragon after the warship was docked in. the Mediterranean after suffering technical issues.
Wow. Ole boy's first defense for the mechanical failures was that the sea is a harsh environment. :lol:
To the reporter's credit, she followed up with "but other nations seems to be able to get their fleets ready?" :rotflmao:
He then pivoted to arguing that they built too few ships...so I guess 12 shitty vessels is better than 6 shitty vessels?
re: JD Vance has a message for a lot of members on this website
Posted by Sharlo on 4/8/26 at 11:19 am to SirWinston
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Thats a left wing description of black pill that makes it sound incel-y and depressing.
You can be blacked, own a home, be married or have a gf, be in great shape and have a career as well. I think most black pillers have some or most of these things.
We may need a new pill color. I don't like the apathy associated with the black pill movement, but like many I'm extremely pessimistic about ever really fixing the federal system of govt in this country. Probably 90% of the federal political class are bought and paid for by whomever and don't care about the people they represent.
So yeah, short-term, I vote against whoever is worse, and that's pretty much always a dem. Long term, I think it's wise to try and chip away at the fed govt's choke hold over so many aspects of American life that they have no business trying to manage. Maybe one day the govt can be reined in to the point that it sucks less, or at least sucks at doing fewer things.
So I dunno. What color is that? How about a turd-colored brown pill? Is that one already taken?
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re: Software Engineers are Freaking Out
Posted by Sharlo on 4/8/26 at 11:05 am to prplhze2000
I'm not a developer, but I work with a few elite ones. They are not concerned. Yet.
Even the best automated dev tools have high error rates and spit out some really bad code, but they do it incredibly quickly. The folks I know are now using automation to produce a lot of code quickly, then spending time cleaning up it's errors on the back end. Even with the errors, they are producing more code faster than ever before, with less labor. They are also training the models as they go.
The group hit hardest will be new grads who aren't super AI-fluent.
Hard to know how this will shake out. Maybe the models eventually get so good that hardly any devs are needed. Or maybe, as Sam Altman implied a while back, if we can generate code X% faster, then we will create demand for at least that much more code through new products and innovations. Which will supposedly create new dev jobs.
I see a lot of disruption for most industries. But I suspect that devs will do better than most once they recalibrate. They might just all end up being AI devs & trainers.
Even the best automated dev tools have high error rates and spit out some really bad code, but they do it incredibly quickly. The folks I know are now using automation to produce a lot of code quickly, then spending time cleaning up it's errors on the back end. Even with the errors, they are producing more code faster than ever before, with less labor. They are also training the models as they go.
The group hit hardest will be new grads who aren't super AI-fluent.
Hard to know how this will shake out. Maybe the models eventually get so good that hardly any devs are needed. Or maybe, as Sam Altman implied a while back, if we can generate code X% faster, then we will create demand for at least that much more code through new products and innovations. Which will supposedly create new dev jobs.
I see a lot of disruption for most industries. But I suspect that devs will do better than most once they recalibrate. They might just all end up being AI devs & trainers.
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Breaking News??????: The solitary Royal Navy ship sent to defend RAF Akrotiri after attacks from Iran has BROKEN DOWN. The MOD and Royal Navy are now an international laughing stock and moral is at an all time low. The UK Defence Forces have been scuppered internally
Behold, the naval power of our "strongest and oldest" ally. Great example of exactly how eroded and hollowed-out the military capabilities of our NATO partners are. The UK's navy is a damned punchline.
A tiny island country with a garbage navy. How exactly can they help us?
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Schmidt and Evans, even with his struggles at times, are better than anyone we had in 22.
True. Seems like we had better offense that year, which distorts how the pitching is perceived this year.
Wasn’t 22 the year we got run out of the southern miss regional in 2 games?
The pressor afterward was as pissed as I’ve ever seen JJ. Reporter asked him point-blank what was the biggest difference between LSU and southern miss. JJ said “elite pitching“.
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