While Marc Marquez had locked up the championship earlier, and will be out due to the Bez caused injury for the rest of the season, second and third were open until this weekend where second place has been clinched by his lil' bro, Alex.
A rough practice saw Bagnaia enter into Q1, make the cut with Fermin Aldegeur into Q2, where Aldegeur placed back of second row and semi-circuit specialist Bagnaia proceeded to demolish the competition and secure pole position. Bagnaia positioned himself as the clear favorite for the sprint and race to come.
Bez' hot streak ended as no Aprilia rider made it into Q2 and he started from 14th on the grid.
In the sprint Bagnaia got the hole shot and pulled out a second over the first three laps. He would increase his lead to double that margin over second place finisher Alex Marquez, who started in the same position he ended. Acosta bumped Morbidelli out of the way early on to secure third where he would stay for the rest of the race. Bagnaia looked, once again, like his old self with the confidence to come through a tough Friday and set hot lap times under pressure. Fermin Aldegeur cut through the pack with a phenomenal showing to take third place ahead of Pedro Acosta. Or, he would have except for the tire pressure penalty which relegated him to 7th and put Acosta on the podium. I understand the rule is for safety's sake and it has spoiled a couple of race results and caused strange management to occur mid-race by riders. Just seems like a mess to me.
The race saw a bit of a shuffle with Alex Marquez passing Bagnaia on lap 2 and managing the race to the end for another MotoGP victory. Bagnaia was in the fight with Pedro Acosta for much of the race and looked to have second place in hand until a tire puncture or failure deflated his weekend, slowed his pace enough for Acosta to pass, and eventually caused a DNF as it would have been unsafe to continue on.
For the championship: After the sprint Bez and Bagnaia were tied for points. The race DNF from Bagnaia puts Bez back ahead for third by 5 points. There's still a chance for Ducati to lock out the championship medal standings or for Bez to put Aprilia into bronze.
There was a horrific crash in Moto3, on the sighting lap. Noah Dettwiler was cruising and was struck from behind by Jose Rueda. Dettwiler was nearly killed, it now looks like he'll survive. These guys are just kids.
Lots of punditry about the sighting lap procedures (and lack of a warm-up practice on race day for Moto3). Neither rider was doing anything illegal, unsportsmanlike, or uncommon.
Just yesterday I heard Michael Lewis of Moneyball, Big Short etc. fame make the claim Indian Premier League Cricket is the fasting growing pro sports league on the planet. He has money invested in a team.
Have you considered reallocating your daily hours spent on hating India(ns) toward something productive? Will you rejoice when AI usurps them (and all other humans)? Or pivot to hating AI too?
"Will you rejoice when AI usurps them (and all other humans)? Or pivot to hating AI too?"
He doesn't need to worry about that, because it's not going to happen. We are already seeing the real-world limits of "AI". It's great at making videos of famous people doing embarrassing stuff. That's about it. No sane person would let it fly their plane or even cook their food. You'd end up with soap in the pizza.
Verbatim text from a friend whose firm laid off a bunch of junior / execution people this week:
“As a partner the AI operating leverage is music to my ears…”
To say nothing of the major white collar layoffs:
-So-and-so got paid $100K to push paper around and attend meetings
-We can replicate that person’s work with some AI agents (that cost, say, $20K / year) and a few remaining human “prompt specialists”
-Whether it works or not, the money has been spent on OpenAI software instead of payroll; it would be easier to move heaven and earth than it would be to revert to outdated human labor
So it’s a “real” (by which I mean UNreal) job (to you) when it’s a white collar job where people get awarded an E for effort … but when I make the same observation about make work JERBS it’s, like, totally different?
"So-and-so got paid $100K to push paper around and attend meetings"
Probably a bad time to be employed "to push paper and attend meetings" but how is AI going to refinish hardwood floors or replace a person's brake pads?
Exactly, it won’t and it can’t. These positions being eliminated are likely largely worthless job anyways, so what is the loss, other than the the person who lost the job, and must go find gainful employment doing something actually useful.
They're called associated. Eventually those associates ideally learn something and become managers. You fire the pipeline and eat the seedcorn. The accounting industry has basically done this with outsourcing
-Labor is fungible. The paper pushers will be downwardly mobile and present competition for people who refinish hardwood floors or replace a person’s brake pads.
-Robots. Why do Sora and Veo 3 and Grok Imagine and so on exist? World modeling.
I can verify that we’re at the “wow, this AI stuff makes my job much easier!” Stage for associates still. We’re not quite at the “I lost my job to AI” stage in my neck of the woods. It’s still making shit up now and then, it’s still requiring human oversight and ticking and tying, it can’t read a IS/BS/SCF properly yet let alone give me a decent analysis. But this type of stuff, to me, always has 4 phases: 1) this is worthless professionally but fun to mess with 2) this is helpful for streamlining certain tasks but needs some prodding ***you are here*** 3) wow, I have so much free time now that this is automating so much 4) HR meeting on a Friday at 4 pm
It’s no promise we get to stage 3 or 4. But right now definitely at stage 2.
0-It is likely that race control was a bit spooked after the (unseen on the broadcast) incident with Lawson and the marshals, hence the overly conservative VSC that robbed us all of a Verstappen-Leclerc showdown in the final laps.
1-Both Haas and Ferrari overperformed in terms of pure pace in Mexico because the Ferrari turbo arrangement loses less at altitude compared to the other Power Units; presumably the same would’ve applied to Sauber.
2-Podcast alert! Motoman is an interesting cat. He and I had a memorable, IRL conversation over cigars about 3 years ago in Atlanta.
Someone has to do the Sisyphean tasks around here while the Trump voting MAGAt central planners are preoccupied with determining which JERBS are “real” and “not real.”
Now I have another podcast episode to listen to - hurrah!
I got the Autopian email a day or two ago as well. It sounded desperate - thanks for the perspective on it all. I had no idea that David Tracey had reproduced.
I’ll second this. I was like Jack, and not the biggest fan of podcasts. However with my new 30 mile/55ish minute commute, I’ve found them a great way to pass the time in the car when I’m not taking calls.
I can't stand podcasts but I'm never in a spot where a podcast is better than reading or video. The kids are too loud at home and I can't focus on anything I'm listening to at work. I could definitely see them if I had a commute
Yeah, that's when I listen to them as well. Listened to about half of this one on the way home tonight. Jack's as pithy and well-spoken on video as he is on paper.
They've been a gamechanger for me in recent years on long solo drives, particularly when I'm doing long drives in my old, noisy Bronco.
There are good podcasts out there that are not just two or three guys yammering on about…. Whatever the hell they are talking about. Nearly all of that style suck. But, there are a few good ones hidden among the junk
Doubt it. They (PAG and by extension PCNA) are over a barrel from a corporate POV anyway.
MB USA HQ is also in Atlanta, and Rivian has a sizable office opening imminently (if not already) on the Beltline.
Prior to the creation of Stellantis, Groupe PSA had plans to open an office in Atlanta; there IS a Stellantis financial services office near the Braves stadium.
I forgot about MB, I still think of them in Montvale down the hill from BMW. I know several folks who moved down from Jersey for that (and others who get laid off when they didn’t move).
I was kidding about Porsche, I know it’s been a rough year for them. I don’t envy the friend who went to run their financing business.
The GM press release was doubleplusgood weasel speak in trying to make the EV related cuts sound temporary. Sure.
When total US EV sales go below 5%, is anyone left besides Tesla? What’s the incentive for US companies to keep producing them? It appears that much of the US EV ecosystem is going to unravel.
Makes me worried to see what happens down in Spring Hill with the old Saturn campus that’s supposed to be a battery plant next year. A lot of money went into that, and it’s tied to a lot of good jobs in Middle TN.
They are down to 1 shift and it isn't 70 cars/hour
They have extended the XT5 cause that's the only gas vehicle they make. They got the Honda EV pulled from them. Left with a Lyriq and Optiq. They're screwed.
Congrats to MDG who did some serious driving over the weekend! The dope, who almost took out the safety vehicle, should be banned for life or possibly longer. Maybe he has a death wish but i'm guessing the driver of the safety vehicle wasn't planning on dying this past weekend.
That 100 mph contact. I would have put him in the weeds. And screwed myself. Baruths bonus daughter has a cool head. Hope she can find a way to move up.
For the first time in a while, I watched the F1 race from start to finish, so I feel like I can make an "informed" comment...
...which is basically to agree with Jack. Max is brilliant. Everywhere. But on top of it is the evident work ethic... he fights for every position, and I don't just mean in tenths of a lap...
His tire strategy was to start on med, saving the softs for later. Almost everyone else makes an initial charge on the softs... halfway through the strategy, MV is the in P1 (briefly) on meds. He boxes and comes out P5 or P6 on softs, setting up his charge for P2...
The point is, Max had to work just a bit harder to make a tire strategy work that, probably, wouldn't have worked with any other driver. Yes, he was denied P2 in the end... but all of that work was ready to deliver.
In the end, MV shrugs post-race and says "sometimes the VSC works for you, sometimes it works against you..."
What struck me all the way back in practice 1: Verstappen and Norris had each handed their cars to rookies. Verstappen was on the pit wall studying what his rookie was doing. Some time later Norris was pulling on a headset and slinking over to his own pit wall, as though someone on his team was watching F1TV and gave him a scolding for not taking his role seriously.
This is what nobody wants to say about GG shoes, maybe because it takes away some of the "prestige" appeal, but...
They are the cheapest European-made sneakers out there that you can actually try on and see for yourself. Diadoras are just as good, and half the price, but I have never seen a set of Italian Diadoras on a shelf.
They're fun. My wife has several pairs, wears them for work. The customization and all the crystal stars and whatnot. It's silly whimsical. The opposite of the Louboutins, which say "I'm a whore but I'm also a difficult person."
Really? I never realized they were made in Europe. It makes the price slightly more justifiable, even very one that I’ve seen is way too worn or flashy.
Another brand to check out is Novesta that is also EU made, and quite a bit lower in price. I’ve been eyeing a pair now that my OnCloud’s are basically dead.
'even very one that I’ve seen is way too worn or flashy.'
The pre-worn aesthetic is a bit iffy but if you're going to travel with them it makes sense; airports are filled with people who step on your shoes. When I wear grown-man stuff, like cordovan Aldens, it infuriates me.
I'd stay away from light twins. They're a real handful to fly if anything goes wrong, and the maintenance on them is just expensive. Buy something like a great lakes biplane and just go have fun.
He just had a USAFA interview with one of the flight test pilots for the F-15E. According to his mother, the interview was supposed to be 30 minutes but went on for over an hour. I assume that was my son grilling the fellow about the F-15E.
Allegedly in the years after moving from my hometown and before meeting my wife, I could vouch for every line of this.
I wonder how much the lack of fucking among the younger crowd comes from the lack of drinking.
I would never say alcohol is a net positive, BUT it does lower inhibitions… idk. As a guy with some degree of social anxiety, it surely helped me get over that to talk to women.
I'd suggest alcohol in moderation for most European derived people is a net positive. Obviously if your ancestors couldn't handle the fire water, you probably should stay away.
I've got the elder millennial side of the spectrum covered. Although, after the last month, I'm trying to go dry until thanksgiving. We'll see how long that lasts.
OTOH alcohol also makes a witty reply less likely, and makes strategizing about unexpected situations (such as being fought over by multiple very hot girls) more difficult / impossible.
how often do you have multiple hot girls fighting over you? also, how is that a problem? the answer, presumably, would be, "ladies! ladies! there's enough of me to share!"
I didn't say it was often; I was referring to one specific incident. It was further complicated by the fact that another girl in the group seemed to NOT want me around. Some doofus had been handing out free shots earlier. I was torn between "the 'social proof' and competition is good" and "this isn't working for the gatekeeper" and then "Meh; not sure how to handle this" and kind of oozed away.
Probably nothing would have come of it anyway; just saying that at the time when I needed MORE social intelligence than I normally possess, my faculties were diminished. Which is an argument AGAINST the "social lubricant" theory.
I don't know if this still holds true, but my understanding from the kids is that the dating apps - in the way most tech super-charges something already there - took the natural imbalance in the dating pool (say, the top 20% of guys get 80% of the women) and poured a drum of gasoline on it.
Well yeah cause now you can make sure your app doesn't show you anyone who doesnt meet your arbitrary standards. Then you can also wonder why the men who do meet your standards consider you to be a last resort.
The secret to dating apps is ask every single woman you match with out. No one asks anyone out. Stop fuckin chatting and just suggest meeting up for a drink. If you get absolutely zero matches, something is seriously wrong with your profile. I know plenty of ugly people who met on tinder
The only reason anyone really has sex for an hour is they're hopped up on cocaine and/or a bottle of whiskey. Normal people, under a certain age, just have sex multiple times.
At the risk of actually getting an answer, is that an out of dick in box thrusting? Or does that include foreplay? I’m no Dirk but I’ve never needed an hour to get my partner off. About 10 minutes should do it. After that she generally is sick of me plugging away at her.
I swear to god every time I read an article related to anything dealing with Gen Z "culture" I spawn a pair of overalls, a bardahl mesh cap and become an eighty five year old man.
In the pre-internet days my favorite part of G. Gordon Liddy's show was when he would read newspaper articles to the audience and then comment on them.
I remember when a caller asked Mr. Liddy about what kind of ammo should he use at the range for paper targets and then what to use for actual shooting. He said to use a such and such grain bullet that would pierce the paper cleanly so he could see exactly where it entered but for actual shooting he told the guy to use a such and such hollow point "for maximum wounding power," with particular emphasis on that part.
Podcasts and most cable tv news shows are basically talk radio with the commercials in different places.
Porn fucks up men and dating apps fuck up women, but there's validity in the argument that gooning is a sort of societal antibody response to dating feeling like a sick game of disarming explosives for the chance to win a used rental car.
Men have their brains rewired to only get turned on by super-refined versions of whatever they're into, which no real woman could ever be. Women get hammered by the message that no matter what she brings to the table, Mr. Triple-6 is hers if she swipes right enough times.
Everybody loses. Normal human beings can never be enough.
No mo' High Life? Well, what kind of joint is this? How come no mo' High Life? Look, Doctor, this ain't Korea or China or wherever you come from. Get some Miller High Life in this fuckin' joint! You asking a lot of a man, make him change his beer.
Every time I see a photograph from before 2005 or so, let alone 1990s or earlier, I really do yearn for a time machine or at least a monkey's paw. Not that I have rose colored glasses or misguided nostalgia, I just hate the goddamn internets and camera phones.
I read a story about, I think it was Marlene Dietrich maybe, watching him take his back brace off (mind you, faults aside, he was literally a war hero) and thinking to herself "oh lord, am I going to have to get on top?"
MotoGP in Sepang.
While Marc Marquez had locked up the championship earlier, and will be out due to the Bez caused injury for the rest of the season, second and third were open until this weekend where second place has been clinched by his lil' bro, Alex.
A rough practice saw Bagnaia enter into Q1, make the cut with Fermin Aldegeur into Q2, where Aldegeur placed back of second row and semi-circuit specialist Bagnaia proceeded to demolish the competition and secure pole position. Bagnaia positioned himself as the clear favorite for the sprint and race to come.
Bez' hot streak ended as no Aprilia rider made it into Q2 and he started from 14th on the grid.
In the sprint Bagnaia got the hole shot and pulled out a second over the first three laps. He would increase his lead to double that margin over second place finisher Alex Marquez, who started in the same position he ended. Acosta bumped Morbidelli out of the way early on to secure third where he would stay for the rest of the race. Bagnaia looked, once again, like his old self with the confidence to come through a tough Friday and set hot lap times under pressure. Fermin Aldegeur cut through the pack with a phenomenal showing to take third place ahead of Pedro Acosta. Or, he would have except for the tire pressure penalty which relegated him to 7th and put Acosta on the podium. I understand the rule is for safety's sake and it has spoiled a couple of race results and caused strange management to occur mid-race by riders. Just seems like a mess to me.
The race saw a bit of a shuffle with Alex Marquez passing Bagnaia on lap 2 and managing the race to the end for another MotoGP victory. Bagnaia was in the fight with Pedro Acosta for much of the race and looked to have second place in hand until a tire puncture or failure deflated his weekend, slowed his pace enough for Acosta to pass, and eventually caused a DNF as it would have been unsafe to continue on.
For the championship: After the sprint Bez and Bagnaia were tied for points. The race DNF from Bagnaia puts Bez back ahead for third by 5 points. There's still a chance for Ducati to lock out the championship medal standings or for Bez to put Aprilia into bronze.
Next week MotoGP will be in Portugal.
Thank you for these recaps.
I don't know how I missed this race. My hulu makes finding moto gp hard. I thought it was an off week. :/
Motogp.com/en/calendar
I typically check and probably just got my weekends mixed up.
There was a horrific crash in Moto3, on the sighting lap. Noah Dettwiler was cruising and was struck from behind by Jose Rueda. Dettwiler was nearly killed, it now looks like he'll survive. These guys are just kids.
https://youtu.be/UXoCmE9yih8?si=mUbJMsKOKmb-5--d
Lots of punditry about the sighting lap procedures (and lack of a warm-up practice on race day for Moto3). Neither rider was doing anything illegal, unsportsmanlike, or uncommon.
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D'Oh; sorry. Edited with the original, thanks.
Just yesterday I heard Michael Lewis of Moneyball, Big Short etc. fame make the claim Indian Premier League Cricket is the fasting growing pro sports league on the planet. He has money invested in a team.
Podcast alert: https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/indian-premier-league-cricket
Have you considered reallocating your daily hours spent on hating India(ns) toward something productive? Will you rejoice when AI usurps them (and all other humans)? Or pivot to hating AI too?
"Will you rejoice when AI usurps them (and all other humans)? Or pivot to hating AI too?"
He doesn't need to worry about that, because it's not going to happen. We are already seeing the real-world limits of "AI". It's great at making videos of famous people doing embarrassing stuff. That's about it. No sane person would let it fly their plane or even cook their food. You'd end up with soap in the pizza.
AI art can be quite amazing as well, but as long as you can't copyright it because there's no human creator, there'll be a market for proper artists.
Besides, I'm not a big fan of running my stuff through the internet just to see what happens to it.
the mlk jr sora edits are pretty funny however
Really the only thing, besides the “deadass Altima” videos, of any value.
It’s literally happening as we speak.
Verbatim text from a friend whose firm laid off a bunch of junior / execution people this week:
“As a partner the AI operating leverage is music to my ears…”
To say nothing of the major white collar layoffs:
-So-and-so got paid $100K to push paper around and attend meetings
-We can replicate that person’s work with some AI agents (that cost, say, $20K / year) and a few remaining human “prompt specialists”
-Whether it works or not, the money has been spent on OpenAI software instead of payroll; it would be easier to move heaven and earth than it would be to revert to outdated human labor
-Mag 7 stonks go up
-Donald Trump crows about the economy
These guys are gonna save 80k to lose a 5mm lawsuit when AI fucks up.
That doesn't mean AI is doing anyone's jobs.
It means those jobs were daycare, and now they are gone. They weren't real jobs.
Go ask Google Gemini ten questions to which you already know the answer. Then decide if it can "replace" anyone.
So it’s a “real” (by which I mean UNreal) job (to you) when it’s a white collar job where people get awarded an E for effort … but when I make the same observation about make work JERBS it’s, like, totally different?
"So-and-so got paid $100K to push paper around and attend meetings"
Probably a bad time to be employed "to push paper and attend meetings" but how is AI going to refinish hardwood floors or replace a person's brake pads?
Exactly, it won’t and it can’t. These positions being eliminated are likely largely worthless job anyways, so what is the loss, other than the the person who lost the job, and must go find gainful employment doing something actually useful.
They're called associated. Eventually those associates ideally learn something and become managers. You fire the pipeline and eat the seedcorn. The accounting industry has basically done this with outsourcing
-Labor is fungible. The paper pushers will be downwardly mobile and present competition for people who refinish hardwood floors or replace a person’s brake pads.
-Robots. Why do Sora and Veo 3 and Grok Imagine and so on exist? World modeling.
I can verify that we’re at the “wow, this AI stuff makes my job much easier!” Stage for associates still. We’re not quite at the “I lost my job to AI” stage in my neck of the woods. It’s still making shit up now and then, it’s still requiring human oversight and ticking and tying, it can’t read a IS/BS/SCF properly yet let alone give me a decent analysis. But this type of stuff, to me, always has 4 phases: 1) this is worthless professionally but fun to mess with 2) this is helpful for streamlining certain tasks but needs some prodding ***you are here*** 3) wow, I have so much free time now that this is automating so much 4) HR meeting on a Friday at 4 pm
It’s no promise we get to stage 3 or 4. But right now definitely at stage 2.
At least the pizza would be clean. I did not use an AI to write this response.
0-It is likely that race control was a bit spooked after the (unseen on the broadcast) incident with Lawson and the marshals, hence the overly conservative VSC that robbed us all of a Verstappen-Leclerc showdown in the final laps.
1-Both Haas and Ferrari overperformed in terms of pure pace in Mexico because the Ferrari turbo arrangement loses less at altitude compared to the other Power Units; presumably the same would’ve applied to Sauber.
2-Podcast alert! Motoman is an interesting cat. He and I had a memorable, IRL conversation over cigars about 3 years ago in Atlanta.
3-What’s a Goon to a Goblin?
theres gotta be a brainrot remix of no church in the wild out there somewhere
hey! Sherman is back! hi, Sherman!
Someone has to do the Sisyphean tasks around here while the Trump voting MAGAt central planners are preoccupied with determining which JERBS are “real” and “not real.”
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Now I have another podcast episode to listen to - hurrah!
I got the Autopian email a day or two ago as well. It sounded desperate - thanks for the perspective on it all. I had no idea that David Tracey had reproduced.
I can also recommend George’s recent interview with Bob Lutz.
looks like hes also got one with dave coleman which ought to be good
I’ll second this. I was like Jack, and not the biggest fan of podcasts. However with my new 30 mile/55ish minute commute, I’ve found them a great way to pass the time in the car when I’m not taking calls.
I can't stand podcasts but I'm never in a spot where a podcast is better than reading or video. The kids are too loud at home and I can't focus on anything I'm listening to at work. I could definitely see them if I had a commute
Yeah, that's when I listen to them as well. Listened to about half of this one on the way home tonight. Jack's as pithy and well-spoken on video as he is on paper.
They've been a gamechanger for me in recent years on long solo drives, particularly when I'm doing long drives in my old, noisy Bronco.
There are good podcasts out there that are not just two or three guys yammering on about…. Whatever the hell they are talking about. Nearly all of that style suck. But, there are a few good ones hidden among the junk
Next ACF - your comments on the news today that GM is laying off 1700 workers at their EV operations in various states. Shocker.
This GM bad news is coming faster than I can blog about it. The design center burns down! More layoffs! More canceled vehicles!
They also closed some office in metro Atlanta this week.
The excreable GM subreddit has nice photo of it shooped with a "spirit Halloween coming soon" sign on it
Is Porsche hiring? I thought they were the only ones down there.
Doubt it. They (PAG and by extension PCNA) are over a barrel from a corporate POV anyway.
MB USA HQ is also in Atlanta, and Rivian has a sizable office opening imminently (if not already) on the Beltline.
Prior to the creation of Stellantis, Groupe PSA had plans to open an office in Atlanta; there IS a Stellantis financial services office near the Braves stadium.
I forgot about MB, I still think of them in Montvale down the hill from BMW. I know several folks who moved down from Jersey for that (and others who get laid off when they didn’t move).
I was kidding about Porsche, I know it’s been a rough year for them. I don’t envy the friend who went to run their financing business.
The GM press release was doubleplusgood weasel speak in trying to make the EV related cuts sound temporary. Sure.
When total US EV sales go below 5%, is anyone left besides Tesla? What’s the incentive for US companies to keep producing them? It appears that much of the US EV ecosystem is going to unravel.
Makes me worried to see what happens down in Spring Hill with the old Saturn campus that’s supposed to be a battery plant next year. A lot of money went into that, and it’s tied to a lot of good jobs in Middle TN.
They are down to 1 shift and it isn't 70 cars/hour
They have extended the XT5 cause that's the only gas vehicle they make. They got the Honda EV pulled from them. Left with a Lyriq and Optiq. They're screwed.
Maybe GM should move the Equinox EV and Blazer EV to SH.
If you work there you want to resmble Wentzville, not Mexico
You want gasoline products
They invested so much in that battery plant. Mary pivots every 2 years and it is vosting people's jobs and their free cash flow. They are running out.
Oshawa 2000 layoffs
CAMI layoffs 1200 layoffs
Detroit-Hamtramck 1200 layoffs
Ohio Ultium 1400 layoffs
Spring Hill 700 layoffs
Fairfax 900 layoffs
Tech Centre 200 layoffs
Georgia IT 300 layoffs
Congrats to MDG who did some serious driving over the weekend! The dope, who almost took out the safety vehicle, should be banned for life or possibly longer. Maybe he has a death wish but i'm guessing the driver of the safety vehicle wasn't planning on dying this past weekend.
That 100 mph contact. I would have put him in the weeds. And screwed myself. Baruths bonus daughter has a cool head. Hope she can find a way to move up.
For the first time in a while, I watched the F1 race from start to finish, so I feel like I can make an "informed" comment...
...which is basically to agree with Jack. Max is brilliant. Everywhere. But on top of it is the evident work ethic... he fights for every position, and I don't just mean in tenths of a lap...
His tire strategy was to start on med, saving the softs for later. Almost everyone else makes an initial charge on the softs... halfway through the strategy, MV is the in P1 (briefly) on meds. He boxes and comes out P5 or P6 on softs, setting up his charge for P2...
The point is, Max had to work just a bit harder to make a tire strategy work that, probably, wouldn't have worked with any other driver. Yes, he was denied P2 in the end... but all of that work was ready to deliver.
In the end, MV shrugs post-race and says "sometimes the VSC works for you, sometimes it works against you..."
That's a true champion.
After the race on the safety car "Sometimes it works for you, sometimes it works against you"
He's fun to watch.
What struck me all the way back in practice 1: Verstappen and Norris had each handed their cars to rookies. Verstappen was on the pit wall studying what his rookie was doing. Some time later Norris was pulling on a headset and slinking over to his own pit wall, as though someone on his team was watching F1TV and gave him a scolding for not taking his role seriously.
Golden Goose shoes...I thought those were for soccer moms in Escalades?
Commander is going to need twin-time at some point...$245/hr will seem cheap.
This is what nobody wants to say about GG shoes, maybe because it takes away some of the "prestige" appeal, but...
They are the cheapest European-made sneakers out there that you can actually try on and see for yourself. Diadoras are just as good, and half the price, but I have never seen a set of Italian Diadoras on a shelf.
Surprised they have a women and a mens section and not just 2 womens sections.
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They complement your hair
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I’m guessing you’ve used that line before.
Just not on a man.
I use that line in reference to a woman’s boobs….
You learn something new everyday, even after visiting a Golden Goose store. I never knew they made men’s!
I walked through a GG store in Spain with my wife, because her cousin loves them and we never understood it. It was an experience to say the least.
They're fun. My wife has several pairs, wears them for work. The customization and all the crystal stars and whatnot. It's silly whimsical. The opposite of the Louboutins, which say "I'm a whore but I'm also a difficult person."
worst of both worlds
They were cool like 10 years ago on the coasts. Recently arrived in rural Ohio.
Dang. Those things will NEVER make it to the UP...
I saw some Diadoras on the shelf earlier this week, when I was coveting the Zebra hair on hide belt at Alejandro Mayorkas-approved Sid Mashburn.
https://shopmashburn.com/collections/sid-mashburn-sneakers
Really? I never realized they were made in Europe. It makes the price slightly more justifiable, even very one that I’ve seen is way too worn or flashy.
Another brand to check out is Novesta that is also EU made, and quite a bit lower in price. I’ve been eyeing a pair now that my OnCloud’s are basically dead.
I know they are a punchline here, but Pilotti makes a few non-dorky shoes in Portugal and the prices aren’t bad.
'even very one that I’ve seen is way too worn or flashy.'
The pre-worn aesthetic is a bit iffy but if you're going to travel with them it makes sense; airports are filled with people who step on your shoes. When I wear grown-man stuff, like cordovan Aldens, it infuriates me.
Do you also buy jeans with pre worn knees? All that farm work is going to wear them out…
I have a pair of (apparently discontinued) Velasca sneakers with which I am quite pleased.
Similar to these but in Nubuck: https://www.velasca.com/products/rodich-blsc
Made in Italy, with Chinese sweatshop craftsmanship! Do they come with a loosey and some rice on the side?
I'd stay away from light twins. They're a real handful to fly if anything goes wrong, and the maintenance on them is just expensive. Buy something like a great lakes biplane and just go have fun.
I think the "light twin" he really wants to fly is the F-15EX.
Any of the F-15s would be amazing to fly.
He just had a USAFA interview with one of the flight test pilots for the F-15E. According to his mother, the interview was supposed to be 30 minutes but went on for over an hour. I assume that was my son grilling the fellow about the F-15E.
They were either talking about flying or racing. Possibly both!
Huh. Wonder if there are any F-15 pilots on here at ACF...
Concur. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1ZkqWvgIsU
Recipe to have sex with a real life woman for more than one hour:
Ingredients:
1 Willing participant
1 pint of whiskey
1 Cialis*
Be somewhat in shape
0 children <---- I cannot emphasize this one enough
*If you're under 35 or so, you probably only need the pint of whiskey
If you are still having premature issues, add 1 line of cocaine
If you can't tell if she's enjoying, she is not enjoying it
All theoretical of course
Asking for a friend...
This friend has two birth control babies. Like jacks "friend", except it's me and not my, umm, never mind.
Why didn't he just pull out?
Youve got three kids. You know it’s not as fun
Yeah, but all three were on purpose with no contraception in between.
Birth control had worked for the previous 18 months before #1. Didnt think it would happen twice. Not chancing that a third time
Allegedly in the years after moving from my hometown and before meeting my wife, I could vouch for every line of this.
I wonder how much the lack of fucking among the younger crowd comes from the lack of drinking.
I would never say alcohol is a net positive, BUT it does lower inhibitions… idk. As a guy with some degree of social anxiety, it surely helped me get over that to talk to women.
I'd suggest alcohol in moderation for most European derived people is a net positive. Obviously if your ancestors couldn't handle the fire water, you probably should stay away.
Well. I mean, I’m certainly doing *my* part to bump up alcohol consumption rates among young millennials.
I've got the elder millennial side of the spectrum covered. Although, after the last month, I'm trying to go dry until thanksgiving. We'll see how long that lasts.
lol undergoing a similar drying out period right now, though a bit less ambitious in scope.
Trying to stay away on weekdays at least for the next little bit.
Nothing too bad. Just about ~8 pounds heavier than I’d prefer to be.
This time of the year, I probably won't make it all the way. It's aspirational.
OTOH alcohol also makes a witty reply less likely, and makes strategizing about unexpected situations (such as being fought over by multiple very hot girls) more difficult / impossible.
You should already be regularly banging the chick before applying advanced tactics.
updated to say that "it" is "alcohol"
On the other, OTHER hand, I never once had any of thoughts after drinking a couple.
how often do you have multiple hot girls fighting over you? also, how is that a problem? the answer, presumably, would be, "ladies! ladies! there's enough of me to share!"
I didn't say it was often; I was referring to one specific incident. It was further complicated by the fact that another girl in the group seemed to NOT want me around. Some doofus had been handing out free shots earlier. I was torn between "the 'social proof' and competition is good" and "this isn't working for the gatekeeper" and then "Meh; not sure how to handle this" and kind of oozed away.
Probably nothing would have come of it anyway; just saying that at the time when I needed MORE social intelligence than I normally possess, my faculties were diminished. Which is an argument AGAINST the "social lubricant" theory.
I don't know if this still holds true, but my understanding from the kids is that the dating apps - in the way most tech super-charges something already there - took the natural imbalance in the dating pool (say, the top 20% of guys get 80% of the women) and poured a drum of gasoline on it.
Well yeah cause now you can make sure your app doesn't show you anyone who doesnt meet your arbitrary standards. Then you can also wonder why the men who do meet your standards consider you to be a last resort.
Women have unrealistic standards, men lie about those unrealistic standards. It really is like the job market
The secret to dating apps is ask every single woman you match with out. No one asks anyone out. Stop fuckin chatting and just suggest meeting up for a drink. If you get absolutely zero matches, something is seriously wrong with your profile. I know plenty of ugly people who met on tinder
Just put together a profile that presents the most Looney Tunes version of yourself that being shitfaced will let you back up.
See what happens.
define "somewhat in shape"
Looking like you aren’t a stranger to a gym goes a long, long way.
(Cheat code to this is to focus mainly on upper body while lifting)
You dont get winded after having sex for an hour
why am I getting visions of a timer on the nightstand? lol. "you wimp, you only lasted 57 minutes"
The only reason anyone really has sex for an hour is they're hopped up on cocaine and/or a bottle of whiskey. Normal people, under a certain age, just have sex multiple times.
At the risk of actually getting an answer, is that an out of dick in box thrusting? Or does that include foreplay? I’m no Dirk but I’ve never needed an hour to get my partner off. About 10 minutes should do it. After that she generally is sick of me plugging away at her.
Does 2 minutes of play and 58 minutes of cuddling count?
At your age? Yes
Still look human.
who is the cocaine for
In this case, the man
I swear to god every time I read an article related to anything dealing with Gen Z "culture" I spawn a pair of overalls, a bardahl mesh cap and become an eighty five year old man.
Same thing happens when I write about it.
except your coveralls and hat are high end, nicely tailored, and made in USA
“Honestly, I still don’t understand the appeal of the format. It’s just two people talking about stuff.”
They really aren’t any different from a talk radio show. How many people listened to Stern religiously? How many people listened to NPR?
Same shit.
I never did any of that.
I *did* listen to G. Gordon Liddy's show.
In the pre-internet days my favorite part of G. Gordon Liddy's show was when he would read newspaper articles to the audience and then comment on them.
I remember when a caller asked Mr. Liddy about what kind of ammo should he use at the range for paper targets and then what to use for actual shooting. He said to use a such and such grain bullet that would pierce the paper cleanly so he could see exactly where it entered but for actual shooting he told the guy to use a such and such hollow point "for maximum wounding power," with particular emphasis on that part.
Podcasts and most cable tv news shows are basically talk radio with the commercials in different places.
ball makes em fall
the trick is bring a shitload with you
Why waste good ammo on a bad target. Just use more ammo.
More fun.
exactly
magdump in them for good luck
REVIEW
AND
COMMENT
ON
THE
NEWS!
Radio Free D.C.
Porn fucks up men and dating apps fuck up women, but there's validity in the argument that gooning is a sort of societal antibody response to dating feeling like a sick game of disarming explosives for the chance to win a used rental car.
Men have their brains rewired to only get turned on by super-refined versions of whatever they're into, which no real woman could ever be. Women get hammered by the message that no matter what she brings to the table, Mr. Triple-6 is hers if she swipes right enough times.
Everybody loses. Normal human beings can never be enough.
Ban smartphones for under-21s. It’s the only way.
If we want people to have more sex, ban them for ALL women and most men.
If we want young adults to fuck, take the smart phone out of their hand and replace it with a nice, cold Miller High Life.
That’s my campaign platform.
I just Venmo'd your SuperPAC
Btw the Graydon-Jon bromance is dead, per Lachlan Cartwright. Graydon is exiting AirMail imminently (if not already).
That's wild. Graydon * is * AirMail!
I’m writing you in.
For all the upcoming elections.
want to see it on billboards across the country!
THE CHAMPAGNE OF BEERS!
No mo' High Life? Well, what kind of joint is this? How come no mo' High Life? Look, Doctor, this ain't Korea or China or wherever you come from. Get some Miller High Life in this fuckin' joint! You asking a lot of a man, make him change his beer.
Heineken? Fuck that shit! Pabst Blue Ribbon!
Every time I see a photograph from before 2005 or so, let alone 1990s or earlier, I really do yearn for a time machine or at least a monkey's paw. Not that I have rose colored glasses or misguided nostalgia, I just hate the goddamn internets and camera phones.
People were real, they were enjoying themselves, it wasn’t all a kabuki dance for the socials.
Nothing witty to say, but, I enjoyed this read.
Does anyone in the family plan to participate in nationals / runoffs?
MDG likely will. I don't have a Runoffs competitive car any more and DG's MX-5 is maybe 80hp short of the Nationals comp.
Well, the last subject called to mind actress Angie Dickinson, who said sex with JFK was the most exciting 30 seconds of her life.
There are lots of Irish jokes on that subject, I believe.
Norm Macdonald made one, in possibly the best talk show segment of all time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKmadR4Ye54
Imagine being Irish and your great grandad moved to quebec instead of chicago. Rough
Norm said that he was half-Scottish and half-Irish.
I read a story about, I think it was Marlene Dietrich maybe, watching him take his back brace off (mind you, faults aside, he was literally a war hero) and thinking to herself "oh lord, am I going to have to get on top?"