Recent content by themeanmachine

This mirrors much of what I was going to say, which is why I voted average. Facebook was a massive success, but was it because he was an amazing visionary, or he stumbled into the right idea at the right time, or a bit of both? Buying IG and WhatsApp was very smart. But the metaverse...

Way back in the day when FBG published a magazine, they also did a golden ticket promo one year - and I received one! I've been riding that lifetime subscription for many years now. I've gotten so much value from that (and won so many league titles), I figured buying one of the new magazines is...

This is absolutely happening, seeing it directly in my small corner of the world. Customers rushing to place orders rather than waiting, distributors front-loading orders to avoid tariff hits. It will bump up this quarter, but it's just stealing from the future and will make the pain worse...

Sand's comments were a bit over the top, IMO. But you are dramatically downplaying the level of IP theft and state subsidization going on in China. I've seen it myself in the companies I've worked at. It is on a completely different level than what happens in the rest of the world. Much of it...

Interesting that the winning team went all Eagles in the SB, but hedged with 3 AFC teams in the Championship round. Winning team

I work in the business side of tech, and have a much different experience. Colleagues who have been laid off having a hard time finding new positions, plenty of good candidates for open reqs. I fear if I were to get laid off, it would take me a long time to find a new role. Very strange job...

I don’t think that’s odd. I live in Colorado, where the “Marshall Fire” burned down 1,000 homes just over 3 years ago (and came within 100 feet of taking down mine too). It took almost 2 years of detailed investigation before the initial cause was determined. With the enormous damage comes...

Cool in-depth article on deep undercover Russian sleeper agents that made me think of this show. Should be a link with no paywall: The Global Hunt for Putin’s ‘Sleeper Agents’

Only 4.3 above the cutline with no one left to go. I knew it would take a minor miracle with no QB this week, as I had Goff and Tua. Hoping for a boring defensive battle tonight, but without turnovers or sacks!

Per a WSJ article, "Dockworkers typically earn a six-figure annual salary because of work rules and overtime requirements. In the financial year that ended in 2020, more than half of 3,726 dockworkers at the Port of New York and New Jersey earned more than $150,000, according to a report by the...

I don't think so, I've been using Dataforce for a while, and it's always basically been a manual process for me. I've gotten away from using Dataforce for regular leagues (only do Draftmaster through them now) because the in-season management of manually updating FBG with waiver and free agent...

Your team has been successfully entered . QB - Jared Goff - DET/5 - $18 QB - Tua Tagovailoa - MIA/6 - $17 RB - Najee Harris - PIT/9 - $17 RB - Jerome Ford - CLE/10 - $11 RB - Blake Corum - LAR/6 - $11 RB - Rico Dowdle - DAL/7 - $8 RB - J.K. Dobbins - LAC/5 - $8 RB - Jaylen Wright - MIA/6 - $7...

You can easily do Universal in 1 day. And I'd do it at the beginning or end of the trip to avoid excessive driving - I would stay up near there for a night or two and not try to drive back and forth, traffic nightmare. Maybe take the other day for other things in LA, like the Warner Bros Studio...

My wife and I have had a hard time making friends even in middle age. I’d definitely consider an active retirement community once we’re in our 60s. Some of them sound pretty awesome.

My kids got lucky with the "no test scores required" years that seem to be coming to an end. My oldest is a junior in college, and my youngest is graduating high school next month. Both got into schools they likely would not have been accepted to if they had to submit their scores. My oldest...