Recent content by Wombat

There's a lot of chatter that _this_ rebuild may finally be the one where the Raiders let Crosby be traded for a haul, no sense letting him get a serious injury which hurts his trade value in a game the Raiders shouldn't want to win. For those not paying attention: There's only two 2-win teams...

Raiders are taking the Ultra Super Mega Tank Bowl seriously https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47421136/raiders-sit-de-maxx-crosby-game-vs-giants-sources-say (Given that the Giants will lose to the Cowboys next week, the Raiders do need to lose this week and let KC beat them next week.)

Packers in the playoffs (as almost certainly the 7th seed)? Now we just need the Bears to get the 2nd seed to set up the Packers chance to ruin the Bears' season in the wildcard round. Go Seahawks! (Or any other NFC West team that gets the 1st seed, I don't care which.)

FYI, the Biden administration had already mandated LLMs only pull from left-leaning sources. Personally, I am fine with AI everything*, as long as it is disclosed. If the AI product isn't immediately inferior to the human-made product, well, that tells you everything about the humans involved...

Lamar has a $51M salary and a $74M(!) cap hit for next year. The only real way to reduce the second number is by adding years to his contract, and apparently he thinks he's better than he is (or frankly ever was, as he's arguably always been over-glazed by Black commentators). Edit: If you...

Why do we hate Manousos? In a portion of the time Carol's had since the joining, he's developed anti-Joining theory and test applications, using only reference material in a language he doesn't know. Still see nothing to dissuade me that the critical conflict is Carol deciding between letting...

Well, yes, given that the NFC side is really the NFC West Off, not having to deal with one of your divisional rivals for at least one week (since you're on a bye) is a pretty massive swing in your chances to make it out of the NFC. Does anyone really think the NFC South team, Eagles, Bears, or...

Apparently, this was literally death by HDR - the tunnel is supposedly notorious for being very dark, then very bright sunlight once you get out, and his eyes did not adjust in time. Obviously play stupid games, win stupid prizes, etc., but worse he took someone else with him.

I think it is completely legitimate to say that this is the weakest #1 seed, regardless of who it is, seen in the AFC in decades. No one's a clear favorite: NE: Given their great defense and average starting field position, their offense is actually middle of the pack. Bills: Josh Allen is...

Guardian Caps are a newer helmet design that is supposed to be more resistant to concussions. Their contours are different enough that the league started putting those cloth wraps over them for visual consistency. The size differences do invite comparisons to bobbleheads, however.

I didn't like the Packers to win the game with their injuries, but what a collapse to lose the game this way, especially if Willis isn't 100% for next week. Though to be honest, it'd probably be better for the Packers to lose and give the last wildcard slot to the Lions, the Lions might be able...

Kids give each other lice all the time in grade schools, especially in colder climates where kids are wearing (each other's) hats all the time. Speaking of actual football, while the Packers might still squeeze out a win here, they just don't have the Oline to do anything meaningful in the...

IIRC, Kepler 22-b was the first planet found where water is likely to be liquid that isn't also a gas giant. A number of sci-fi entries reference it as a result. It's probably still not habitable by people though, given that its gravity is ~2.5 times that of Earth and is furthermore probably...

Considering that unless the Eagles get their act back together, the only NFC teams I consider contenders are all in the West, I expect some great playoff games on that side of the fence.

Lots of chatter Nvidia is cutting production, in part due to slower sales and in part due to memory costs - https://www.pcmag.com/news/nvidia-might-cut-rtx-50-gpu-supply-by-up-to-40-in-2026-due-to-memory-shortages Specifically, cutting production on the lower end 16GB cards (5060Ti and 5070Ti)...