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  1. Connections Puzzle #667 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 I played this online for the first time in a while (not the app) - they have a Connections Bot that "scores" your performance. Very cool. Wordle 1,389 3/6 πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ™‚ Daily Quordle 1170 8️⃣4️⃣ 9️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟨🟨🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ Thrice Game #649 β†’ 9 points! 🎲: 2️⃣2️⃣2️⃣1️⃣2️⃣ https://thricegame.com Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle #197 🟣🟣🟣🟣 πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅ 🟒🟒🟒🟒 🟑🟑🟑🟑 BTW - in case anyone is wondering I 🀘 for Wordle in 3 or less and Connections if you get Purple in 1 or 2 BEFORE yellow. More details on the Connections Bot - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/27/upshot/connections-bot-faq.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-E4.yBSd.LnLmFC0JlSiB&smid=url-share Unfortunately for subscribers only.
  2. He is no different than any other tech bro of the last 30 years. They were lucky, they got rich and they confuse their luck with skill. And he is of the same vein as Trump in his hucksterism. First let's look at the luck. He came up with a few ideas in the 90s, which culminated with X.com. Like most of us, you probably never heard of it (I only barely knew about the 90s version), and they were in the right place and right time and were bough up by PayPal and made a boat load of money. But he did shitty there and was forced out. But still rich. Then he invested in Tesla. And he did OK. But they nearly went bankrupt in 2008, except for a government bailout and around 2018 when the model 3 nearly broke them, but using regulatory credits was able to get them back on track. But this is where the hucksterism comes in. In exchange for taking no salary around that time, Musk was gifted that massive stock package for meeting stock metrics. And from that time on, he started to become a weaver of the future of Tesla. Most of which hasn't been achieved. Full Self Driving. Battery Swap out Stations, Humanoid Robots, RoboTaxis, etc. They make a great story, and people lap it up, like their stock and his net worth goes up. But it's all vaporware. I will give him one piece of credit, at at least prior to 2018. He either had a good eye for top level management or had the right person working under him that did, because he assembled some good teams because he had management in place that could do that. IE SpaceX - this is really the work of Gwynne Shotwell. She is THE reason they is successful, not Elon. Tesla did something right back with the Models S and X. But that management team has also left. But he's not all rainbows and lollypops. Remember SunCity? The Boring Company? Zip2? Hell even Tesla right now is stagnating and SpaceX is struggling to take their next step.
  3. The TL;DR the TL;DR: It's a grift. The TL;DR - this is Elmo gaming the market. He's diluting XAi and X stock to give them "value", but no money is being made or even changing hands. Let's not forget that neither X nor XAi are publicaly traded companies, so this is immaginary paper value. Ed Elson covered this last week on his show and sums it up well (cued up).
  4. I'm currently reading Breaking Twitter. It's kind of like a short oral history of Twitter around the time when Elon buys it. It starts 2 years prior and I'm assuming its maybe the 6 months after. Musk bought it the end of Oct 2022 and the book came out in Nov 2023. It's a fun and silly read, it really shows the sausage making of how Elon fucked things up. Dude is an idiot.
  5. This is my next read. I'm currently reading Breaking Twitter. It's kind of like a short oral history of Twitter around the time when Elon buys it. It starts 2 years prior and I'm assuming its maybe the 6 months after. Musk bought it the end of Oct 2022 and the book came out in Nov 2023. It's a fun and silly read, it really shows the sausage making of how Elon fucked things up. Dude is an idiot. On Careless People, I've heard it's a touch more memoir than a fact checked history of Facebook. Not that it's a bad book (in fact I've heard its really entertaining), but because it's not as well fact-checked and sourced, this is how Zuck and team was able to squash the promotion tour. That said, the Zuckerberg effect seriously caused the book to hit the big time.
  6. 4 - had an editor save it 5 - we helmed by real production 6 - had a real production team and editors if still some cheese 1-3 were crap because George always needed an editor 7-8 - they weren't awful, but pandered a bit much. I like 8. 9 - never saw, heard it was garbage
  7. Fitting - they won on Taco ...
  8. Connections Puzzle #666 πŸŸͺ🟩πŸŸͺπŸŸͺ πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Wordle 1,388 5/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ™‚ Daily Quordle 1169 7️⃣3️⃣ 6️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ Thrice Game #648 β†’ 9 points! 🎲: 3️⃣1️⃣2️⃣3οΈβƒ£βŒ https://thricegame.com Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle #196 πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅ 🟑🟑🟣🟑 🟑🟑🟣🟑 🟑🟑🟑🟑 🟣🟣🟣🟣 🟒🟒🟒🟒
  9. Sorry Spurs did you dirty twice this season and ultimately were the team that sent you down. I know it was a lot more than a single game, but it was the ultimate game that pushed your boys down.
  10. Connections Puzzle #665 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Wordle 1,387 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ™‚ Daily Quordle 1168 7️⃣9️⃣ 4️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Thrice Game #647 β†’ 7 points. 🎲: 1️⃣1️⃣1️⃣2️⃣2️⃣ https://thricegame.com Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle #195 πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅ 🟒🟒🟒🟒 🟣🟣🟣🟣 🟑🟑🟑🟑
  11. Well if this stands, that will be that. And it does and it is.
  12. Well annoying, now stoppage time is going to be a stress.
  13. How was that not a yellow? That seems pretty black/white.
  14. I like that we’re in the 11th minute of 7 minutes stoppage. oh wait my math was all screwed up.
  15. THERE WE GO!!!
  16. I’m ok with the ruling, they just can’t take 12 years to decide it.
  17. Allowed or disallowed, this review took too damn long.
  18. I think that was right on the nose.
  19. As a team, Southampton isn’t bad, but very disjointed. Individually they are very outclassed one on one. Spurs should do what they can to keep the pressure up and hopefully score a second goal before the half, put this one to bed.
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