Everything posted by tokamak
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2025 NFL Draft
Several of the teams in the 25-32 range need a tackle. I think one or more of them have been talking mad shit to anyone that will listen in the hopes that Banks will fall to them.
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2025 NFL Draft
That’s an awesome 40 time for him. Cha-ching
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Written long form content on the web - a.k.a. cool Web 1.0 stuff and/or RSS feeds
Be the change you want to see in the world.
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Written long form content on the web - a.k.a. cool Web 1.0 stuff and/or RSS feeds
Hell yeah. Didn't know about this and it's pretty spot on for the kind of stuff I'm looking for.
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Written long form content on the web - a.k.a. cool Web 1.0 stuff and/or RSS feeds
I've realized that I'm an internet Luddite. Surly and a little Reddit are the only "social media" that I use or care about. I typically only watch YouTube if I have a specific purpose in mind. I don't want to listen to your fucking podcast. I just want to read interesting shit on the internet. Read being the key word. You know, blogs. I realize that market is dying, or has all moved to Substack or something, but I want suggestions if you have them. Bonus points if it has an RSS feed, because I'm a dinosaur that still thinks that RSS is cool. Here's a list of things I currently read on a daily basis. If you know some more stuff along these lines, post 'em here and I'll check it out. The Athletic (various teams/sports) Fangraphs - maybe the best no bullshit, read-interesting-stuff website left on the internet (if you like baseball, at least). My $60 annual membership is money well spent IMO MLB Trade Rumors ArsTechnica - Great for tech/science stuff Engadget - Not as good as Ars, but still has interesting stuff from time to time Stereogum - New music recs Texas Tribune - Free Texas news Houston Landing - Free Houston news Tedium.co - Just found this one the other day. Basically just one guy blogging about weird, interesting tech-y things. Bill Simmons used to be a big player in this niche until a few years ago. Grantland was pretty much exactly what I want. The early Ringer was good too, but it's pivoted to about 90% podcast content which is not what I'm looking for.
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MVNO Cellular Service providers
My FiL was a big wig on the mobile network hardware side for his entire career (not with the providers, with a key vendor for them). He told me a year or two ago that T-Mobile is actually ahead of AT&T and Verizon right now. They acquired a lot of primo spectrum in the Sprint deal, I think. I've been using Mint (T-Mobile) for a couple years. Before that I tried Visible (Verizon). Mint has been better for me - I'm inside the loop in Houston. Like someone said upthread, you'll struggle in a big crowd (sporting event, etc) with an MVNO, but other than that I've never had any complaints.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
If we do land him, I hereby declare 2026 The Atkinson Cycle. That guy has a hell of a motor.
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2025 NFL Draft
22. Golden 24. Banks fell out: Collins (previously #50)
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2025 Texas Coaching/Support Staff Thread
Doesn’t matter, had sex Joined today and immediately made this post? Welcome to Surly, Duane
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2025 Texas Coaching/Support Staff Thread
What I learned today is that Sark is reading the board. Hi Steve! Lose the weird blazers buddy!
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Los Angeles
I think near Disney. We’re going to hit it for a day or two. My kids like normal kid stuff. They’ll hike. The oldest loves the beach. They can do adventurous foods. The observatory looks like it would be a big hit. Houston
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Henry Melton not doing so well
Not to mention the passive-aggressive tone of the original Facebook post is kinda weird.
- Los Angeles
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Switching electric providers
Just my personal opinion, but prices are pretty reasonable right now and I think it's a good time to lock in long-term. I actually just broke my old contract and signed a new 3-year deal a couple weeks ago. I really doubt I'm going to be regretting it a couple years from now. Not calling you out, and TBH I've never actually seen good data on it, but personally I've never bought into the belief that it makes much difference what time of year you switch. You're going to pay for 12 months' worth of electricity, no matter how long your contract is or when it stop/starts. I don't buy that the REPs haven't figured that out and priced it in.
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MLS 2025 - no one wants to watch anyway
Well we just lost to those scumbags Dallas after outplaying them for most of the game. I want to die.
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MLS 2025 - no one wants to watch anyway
I just impulse bought the season pass bc I don’t have shit to watch tonight. I’m all in now. LFG Dynamo
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Los Angeles
Taking my kids over spring break. I haven’t been myself since I was a young kid. Any must-dos for a family, other than Disney?
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2024 Hurricane Season thread of DOOM
I need someone to explain to me in simple words how the city's power infrastructure being controlled by a for-profit monopoly makes any goddamn sense. If it's to be a monopoly, shouldn't it be government-run, or at least non-profit? If it's to be for-profit, shouldn't it have competitors? How the fuck can it be both things?
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2025 NFL Draft
- CFP expansion discussion
College football - with a huge number of teams of widely varying quality - is absolutely tailor-made for a system with multiple tiers and promotion/relegation. I mean, there’s no comparison whatsoever between Georgia’s program and Kennesaw State’s. If Kennesaw State insists that they need to be in the same division as Georgia, fine, let them earn it and stay there. Not to mention the relegation battles would be epic and generate huge interest. Can you imagine beating your rival toward the end of the year to literally banish them to another division? Unfortunately it’s never gonna happen for the same reason that it’s a nonstarter in North American pro sports. Money. We’re moving away from a world in which that might conceivably ever be on the table at breakneck speed.- Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
How about Ja[y]l[e/i/o]n?- 2025 NFL Draft
The Athletic's NFL beat writers' mock draft has Banks at #29, Golden at #30. In other news, beat writers suck at this.- Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
Yo fuck EJ Holland. Douche.- Who's rooting for the Asteroid?
Either go up or drop to zero? Man, that's good stuff. Sounds like a smart guy.- Who's rooting for the Asteroid?
My prediction: it gets up to 4% or so before they lose sight of it until it comes around again in 2028, leaving us all with blue balls. - CFP expansion discussion
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