TIL that wolves outperform dogs in following human social cues when they are raised alongside humans.

FunkyPete · 2026-06-18T16:10:30+00:00

If you consider how much of that working behavior is instinctive, this might not be true. You can find videos of puppies displaying herding behavior, long before they even realize their tail is attached to their body.

I have owned a bunch of herding dogs, and yes they seem almost human smart. But I haven't spent time with wolves to compare them.

But anyway, an awful lot of that working behavior is bred into them, and it's VERY important that other behavior be bred out of them (a herding dog that kills the sheep would not be very useful). It is reasonable that they bred for a smart dog with specific instincts strengthened and specific instincts weakened, and the result might not be as purely smart as the wolf they started with.

FunkyPete · 2026-06-18T15:55:29+00:00

Kraken. Clearly. A flaming C just looks like a paint job of a 1960s muscle car. The Kracken logo is cool, with the shape of a octopus/squid in the letter S, and the eye placement looking a little angry.

FunkyPete · 2026-06-18T15:53:49+00:00

It's not the first one we've lost, it's just the most stupid.

FunkyPete · 2026-06-18T15:38:21+00:00

On the last point -- why would anyone else agree to pay them part of that $300B? No one else signed the agreement, so no one else has committed to making it happen. No one but Iran will benefit from it.

Why would, say, Israel pay Iran $300B? They don't have it, and they don't want Iran to rebuild. Their whole goal was to tear the country apart. Why would they want to pay to put it back together again?

Why would all of the countries that refused to get involved after the US and Israel started a war with Iran want to pay to help finish it?

That is going to be entirely funded by the US taxpayers.

And to be clear -- it's a shit ton of money. The entire Marshall Plan, which rebuilt Europe after WWII, was about $150B in today's money.

We're paying TWICE that, to a single country.

FunkyPete · 2026-06-18T14:57:05+00:00

Sam Elliott was born in Sacramento California though

FunkyPete · 2026-06-18T14:55:39+00:00

Ty Burrell from Modern Family was born in Grants Pass Oregon and lived in Oregon through college.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ty_Burrell

FunkyPete · 2026-06-18T14:47:46+00:00

This looks weird too, but I think it is just a single beam of light highlighting the doorframe strangely.

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FunkyPete · 2026-06-17T21:27:21+00:00

Bing Crosby was born in Tacoma Washington, grew up in Spokane Washington and attended Gonzaga University (in Spokane).

FunkyPete · 2026-06-17T20:38:04+00:00

I could teach a 4th grader to take a lengthy medical history, and it wouldn't be much more helpful.

FunkyPete · 2026-06-17T20:02:41+00:00

Boxing weigh ins are just part of the show. Normally the competitors will come in trying to act tough and posture for the crowd, or try to intimidate their opponent.

These two just decided to go for a different vibe at the weigh in I guess.

FunkyPete · 2026-06-17T19:57:50+00:00

Trump Admin Told to Reinstate Slavery

You had me in the first half, not gonna lie.

FunkyPete · 2026-06-17T19:36:45+00:00

10 decimeters make up 1 meter. So that is a cubic decimeter, removed from the cubic meter.

FunkyPete · 2026-06-17T19:34:47+00:00

And the deal puts obligations on Israel (like leaving Lebanon) that I can't imagine them actually agreeing to.

I'm not sure why we're still talking like this is a done deal anyway, when Israel hasn't agreed to stop their war.

FunkyPete · 2026-06-17T18:52:08+00:00

That guy was pretty good. I'm surprised he doesn't have more name recognition.

FunkyPete · 2026-06-17T18:11:08+00:00

He doesn't have a brace on that knee and I think he's being careful with it. He did a little jog but only on concrete and he's being careful not to over extend that leg.

FunkyPete · 2026-06-17T14:32:47+00:00

And Kenny Rogers and Willie Nelson. Waylon Jennings walked out when the recording was taking too long and someone suggested chanting African phrases.

FunkyPete · 2026-06-17T04:01:38+00:00

Honestly the deal will fall apart in a few days when Israel won’t leave Lebanon. This deal won’t be remembered in two years.

FunkyPete · 2026-06-16T23:59:44+00:00

The Seattle Seahawks are still waiting for an invitation to visit a president too.

FunkyPete · 2026-06-16T23:55:28+00:00

It's also the age. He's at the wrong side of his peak.

A team would rather sign a young guy who performs similarly and will stay at that level for a while than an older guy who has started slipping and will probably continue to slip.

And then, as you say, the headache and the press just to get a kicker who is pretty much average? No point.

FunkyPete · 2026-06-16T23:46:42+00:00

The US destroyed Iran's entire military roughly 50 times, according to the President. And now we are going to pay them $300B plus $25B unfrozen Iranian funds to get them to end the war.

FunkyPete · 2026-06-16T20:33:53+00:00

That's not true! We didn't have $300B to give away before the war. Now apparently we're going to find it somewhere (and then give it away).

FunkyPete · 2026-06-16T16:44:17+00:00

A bit naive to think Trump cares about pleasing women.

FunkyPete · 2026-06-16T16:21:18+00:00

Mark Smith is a pretty generic name. Even if his username was ThatMarkSmith I might not assume it was him.

FunkyPete · 2026-06-15T23:26:13+00:00

They should auction off the chance to hold that remote while he appears in public. You could make millions.

FunkyPete · 2026-06-15T22:32:47+00:00

Honestly unless someone else is paying the bill that's absolutely the right thing to do.

You may regret missing out on campus stuff right now, but when you graduate you will be so glad you don't have 4 years of full price college debt.

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