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Devin Dean retweeted
The retarded jihad against AI and data centers is one of the most self-defeating positions I’ve ever seen people take.
AI is a miracle. Within five years you could have an affordable robot cleaning your house. You could tell your own stories with the same production values as Hollywood. You could never have to worry about doing your taxes again. You could open a small business and pay Grokbot $300 a month to do the equivalent work of five employees. Educate your kids without them being poisoned by the teachers union. Build a business website in five minutes…
AI can run experiments infinitely faster than any human, which means what for disease research…? Think. Think!
As far as these data centers, what’s the difference between a data center in your area or a car factory? Why would your dumb ass be okay with one and not the other? Both need water and electricity… oh, and workers! They need to hire people! Jobs! Jobs!
Have we lost all critical thinking?
And if your dumb ass says no to a data center, the county next door will say yes and reap all the benefits.
And if America says no, the data centers will be offshored in Mexico and elsewhere, and I thought we just learned our lesson about offshoring jobs?
In just a few years, there could be humanoid robots available that allow the handicapped and elderly to remain at home, and those robots will cost less than a three month nursing home stay.
There are miracles right around the corner that will benefit mankind in ways no one imagined. But we’re having to fight a bunch of close-minded Luddites easily manipulated by people hurling scare tactics in their own fascist interests.
This is the most Gen Z thing I have ever heard.
Chet Holmgren on playing bottom-tier teams in the regular season:
“You don't get extra excited to play a tanking team in December. A lot of times you're like, ‘F---. Why don't we just get a f---ing night off instead of having to play [this team].”
(Via @SIChrisMannix)
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What happened on 9/11 was terrible, but the way it brought the country together was so beautiful.
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Could I interest you in one Jake Burger? No? How about we throw in another Jake as in Junis?
The #Mariners are opening to moving RHP Emerson Hancock in their search for a right-handed hitter, per @Ken_Rosenthal and @WillSammon
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Nobody wants to stay, fight through adversity and build something. They just want to take shortcuts. Lebron is the prime example of that.
Don’t do this. Stay. Dig in. Plant roots. Sometimes the long way is the better way. This can apply to almost everything in life.
LeBron James says that teaming up with other stars isn’t cheating.
“It’s no different from someone in business going from one place to the next place, because they get a better opportunity to be around better people. In sports, sometimes people get so caught up in ‘He should do this on his own.’ I don’t play tennis and I don’t play golf. The way I grew up is, we’ve got to do this together as a team.”
(Via time.com/collection/time100-…)
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This guy is such an insufferable hypocrite. Sold the team for a bunch of money which led to the trade of the most talented player this franchise has ever seen and won’t just shut his mouth and go away. Dirk carried him for his entire tenure as owner.
Mark Cuban says the NBA has shifted from passionate owners who loved the game and connected with players to business-minded investors who run teams more like corporations than passion projects 👀
(Via @FOS )
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Your loyalty shouldn’t be to the owner and the front office, it should be to the fans who pay your salary by coming to your games and buying your jersey. Those are the ones whose heart gets broken when you leave.
“The whole quote unquote loyalty thing, I think it’s overrated.”
James Harden speaks on why it's become normal for players to be on multiple teams in their career 👀 teapaw.org/BleacherReport/status/…
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I don’t fully, but partially agree. Youth sports is good for physical and mental development. You learn a lot of good life lessons. However, too many parents think their kid is going pro and take it way too seriously.
Youth sports are usually a waste of time, money, and energy. They replace free play, exhaust families, dominate weekends, and frequently outrank church and family time.
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In the human sense, yes, working on Christmas sucks. However I think the guy making $15/hr working on Christmas would take exception to the guy making millions to play a game complaining about playing on Christmas.
Draymond Green says playing on Christmas ‘f*cking sucks’ and that it can affect your mood 😳
“Playing on Christmas Day also f*cking sucks. And the reason it sucks is, number one, what I—what I just said, uh, it can affect your mood. Number two, we are human beings and, just like everyone else, enjoy Christmas Day with our families. That kinda gets messed up for us. Um, they’re in their homes or on vacation with their families, makin’ memories. We don’t—we don’t get that opportunity. So I hate when people are like, ‘Oh man, it’s an honor to play on Christmas Day.’ People should shut up. Like, no—you should shut up, because whether you played on Christmas Day or not, I don’t—I don’t really care about the perspective.”
(🎥 @DraymondShow / h/t @NBA__Courtside )
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AD, Max Christie and a 2029 unprotected 1st?
Just in: Giannis Antetokounmpo and his agent Alex Saratsis have started conversations with the Milwaukee Bucks about the two-time NBA MVP's future – and discussing whether his best fit is staying or elsewhere, sources tell ESPN. A resolution is expected in the coming weeks.
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Again, unless you live here and understand the culture, how Dirk passed the torch to the next guy who was ready to spend his career here, you cant fully understand the effect Nico had on this fanbase. This goes way beyond wins and losses.
🏀 Before everyone rewrites the story, remember: the Mavericks never got to see the team Nico Harrison constructed at full strength...
🎙️ Hear the full conversation on The Draymond Green Show - available wherever you get your podcasts & YouTube
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This is your first sign of someone who doesn’t live in the area and isn’t immersed in the day to day culture of the team. Firing Nico was more about making peace with the fanbase than it was the roster or W’s and L’s. There was no other possible outcome!
Honestly, I think the Mavericks panicked and fired Nico Harrison too quickly. I know they started 3-8, but their best players Kyrie Irving, Anthony Davis, and Dereck Lively are injured. I think they should’ve given them a chance to come back and play together this year, and then make a decision in the offseason.
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The only thing that would reinvigorate the Mavericks fanbase right now would be Nico getting fired.
At this point, you have no choice but to tear it down and start from scratch with Coop. Maybe keep Max and PJ. Trade everyone else. Collect picks. Try to get lucky again.
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Sounds crazy, but i wonder if you put a smaller guy on Wemby if it might be more effective. He shouldn't be able to cross-over like that and not have the ball swiped away. Lively gotta get his hands in there.
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