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  1. I wonder if the slashing of white collar jobs that is to come (and has already started) due to AI will change that, though. Maybe "target" schools like the Wall St. model will become a thing for jobs or career paths that right now are super democratized. Either way, if you can either afford it out of pocket or get a great value for it with merit aid, etc., I think there is little downside to going to the best school you can get into I think, personality or not.
  2. maybe take a beat and let things play out and be patient before winding yourself up in these different ways. at least that's how I'm approaching it, because the alternative is just "what if'ing" a dozen scenarios.
  3. When the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.
  4. Thanks for this. I think then we in fact did NOT go to the same type of college fair lol.
  5. We love you immamac.
  6. nice try, glowie.
  7. Maybe help me understand the college fair in 2025. I went to one (probably the same chain you went to, they host liek 12 around DFW) with my grandson. This one was wildly packed. The line to talk to A&M was snaked. The UTD table was swamped by Indians. All the SEC football schools were there, which is weird, because like...why would anyone from northern suburbs of DFW want to go to Mississippi State or Mizzou? Anyways, I left scratching my head at the actual value of the event. You get a bag and some stickers and their glossy magazine and they put you on an email list. You can glean all the answers from the internet, at your own leisure, and the reps that are employed by university to do these are generally pretty young, low level and aren't really able to go any deeper than what you can easily find on the internet. Thoughts on your experience as far as the value you were able to obtain? As an aside, I didn't see UT Austin there (but every other UT-x was).
  8. Whenever something pops off I always know to come here for some fireworks.
  9. Okay, so add another one to the list. I had an offer at Oracle during Covid when everyone was overpaying everyone, to join there growing OCI stack in services. Pretty good take home pay but a big equity component with gauranteed refreshes yearly for three years, at like at $60/share. I thought, "Oracle? What a grindhouse. They suck, they are barely humans and neanderthals that are left at Oracle in 2020 after completely getting taken to the woodshed and beaten in the cloud wars." So I took another job with a better brand name. Probably left $2.5-3 million bucks on the table after yesterday.
  10. Assuming this puts to rest any remaining chatter of the Trump assassination attempt being faked/conspiracy. Inches means life or death.
  11. The Sabrina's were cool looking in the black and silver. Granddaughter bought them for varsity (hs) basketball. They weren't cheap.
  12. That's a TON of hardware for someone I've never heard of until right now. Crazy. Maybe I live under a rock even more than I thought.
  13. Preach it brother. The irony (to me) is that protective parenting has actually been more harmful to the brain chemistry and abilities of the youth to interact in today's society, as the kids fell into screens and sink into the abyss of online. However, maybe when they are in their prime earning years, they will have been served well, as everyone will be productive with AI agents and the only humans needed in organizations will be the aging forward deployed engineers of today.
  14. Going to college used to be a Rumspringa for our young. Go out to the world for 4 years and be quasi-autonomous and independent. Go explore. Try on new ideas and new strategies, learn new things, stretch yourselves and experience things in a quasi-safe place. It typically has a beginning and an end, and you will be better, more well-rounded and thoughtful for the wear. Maybe some things get unlocked or perhaps you just get to validate and reinforce some things you held dear already. Whatever. The point is to actually engage in experience(s). In a digital world dominated by online, parasocial and social media relationships where life is experienced through screens (even a lot of classes via zoom, apparently), we've lost a lot of the experiential aspects of college I think. And with the lose of real life, physical experiences I think we've lost the critical mass aspects that now, in a sort of vicious cycle, make those experiences more risky and dangerous.
  15. I think as usual it's more nuanced than the thesis' you tend to codify and cement your thinking around (no offense, just a pattern): https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/06/30/the-case-against-the-sexual-revolution-louise-perry-book-review-the-second-coming-carter-sherman
  16. I actually went to a Texans game in Houston and sat in the club seats, ate mediocre bbq, but generally had a fun time. I went to a Bengals game in Cincy for TNF a few years ago as well which was surprisingly great (mostly because it's fun for a Thursday and the stadium is downtown near the restaurants and bars). The only two times I've gone to NFL games post-covid. Now going to an NFL game where you have to tailgate and then go to a 12 noon kick with a general admission seat with the general public? I am with you on that. Hard pass.
  17. Surely this doubling down is a commitment to the bit in a very satirical way, but I honestly can't tell.
  18. Super interesting read and I like the premise-- we ought to see and hear about the failures and not just the awesome successes of special missions.
  19. From NYT: These numbers sound fanciful, and even the company calls them “aspirational.” But the truth is, the deal is the most honest attempt at pay-for-performance by any company out there. He gets nothing if he doesn’t reach the milestones, and must also hold the shares for at least seven and a half years to cash in any of the stock. One other proposal worth highlighting: Shareholders will be asked whether Tesla’s board should consider making an investment in xAI, Musk’s artificial intelligence business. (Its Grok A.I. model is already being used inside Tesla vehicles.) A yes vote could open the door to an investment or even a takeover, and would most likely protect the board from accusations of self-dealing. Critics of Musk’s previous pay package — many of whom will probably dislike this one — have said that he already has plenty of incentives to work hard at Tesla, including how many shares he already owns. (Jeff Bezos, for example, never received additional Amazon stock beyond his founding stake.) But the practical reality is that Musk has interests in a number of other companies, including xAI, SpaceX and Neuralink, that make keeping him focused on Tesla difficult.
  20. That was more wholesome. This is weaponized humor resonating with the digital natives whose portfolio includes more than just facebooking. AOC crawled so Newsom could run, and now here we are.
  21. Uh oh. Democrats are getting clever and funny and interesting and resonating with people by being people again, and MAGATs should be getting worried! But seriously, that's a fantastic political ad. Social media teams and creative teams being full of millennials and gen-z's are showing their value. Boomers stuck in the mud.
  22. From the files of "even broken clock is right twice a day", I do appreciate the outlying of dyes and chemicals and putting the screws to mondelez and kraft heinz and conagra to stop putting chemicals/poison into non-fresh food that half of the American population relies on.
  23. Definitely need to table the contract/cba negotiations until she's back and they get the positive momentum again.
  24. What is weird to me is that on the same day that vapes were banned, the Texas Compassionate Use Program actually had some limitations removed and allowed for a) more THC b) more reasons for approval like PTSD and anxiety and c) the use of Vapes and Vape products (versus just gummies and tinctures). I wonder if the play is to try and get everyone to sign up and pay for it that way and they eventually allow flower through TCUP:
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