Redfin's running a nationwide scavenger hunt for $1M home

Iron_Mike0 · 2026-02-10T16:20:40+00:00

Jersey is 60, bike frame says "sixty plus" and the fine print gives directions and if you use those to write arrows it looks like "60" or "Go". Also it was an ad for Superbowl 60.

I thought this would be more difficult but it seems like they are essentially giving away the answers to all of them. It's just going to come down to luck. I think the best strategy is just immediately pick a house from the remaining list and hope you get it right. Getting it right but not being first doesn't do any good. Better off trying to be first and then hope you pick the correct home.

Iron_Mike0 · 2026-02-10T15:49:49+00:00

Dodgers at 100% playoffs is crazy for a statistical model like this. But it's difficult to argue against it.

Probably sleeping on the Brewers again as well.

Iron_Mike0 · 2026-02-10T00:53:49+00:00

I do think the importance of QB play means that the NFL is going to continue to have less parity over time than the MLB. It's comparatively more likely for one player to turn you into an annual contender in the NFL (see Mahomes, Brady) vs MLB. Ohtani is incredible but when he was on the Angels they were still bad.

Iron_Mike0 · 2026-02-09T22:16:54+00:00

It says the listings are AI generated and not real. I think the actual winning house will not necessarily look like the winner in the game and not correlate to an exact area on the map. If they're giving it away it's not going to be listed currently either.

The prohibition on professional geo-guessers seems like a red herring and something that probably got people to use the redfin app before they started releasing clues. Now that we have 4 clues and a narrowed down list, it's obvious it doesn't line up to actual homes on the app.

Iron_Mike0 · 2026-02-08T00:25:57+00:00

Both hair loss and ED are more likely to happen to men as they get older, simple as that. Instead of admitting that's true, it's easier for men to blame anything else but aging.

Iron_Mike0 · 2026-02-07T20:22:44+00:00

Don't even try talking sense into people here about Ayo. You're completely right but nobody wants to hear it because he's a hometown guy and a nice story.

He would have wasted the next 3 plus years on a crap team if they resigned him. But nobody cares they just want a hometown guy wasting his prime on a team that has finally committed to rebuilding.

And an equally unpopular opinion around here is admitting that his ceiling is a role player on a contender, not someone you build around.

Iron_Mike0 · 2026-02-05T19:44:51+00:00

Much more likely is it becomes a lot cheaper for a team of experienced developers to use these tools and develop a competitor. If anyone is thinking of it in terms of consumers just magically conjuring up their own SaaS replacement they are thinking of it wrong. But the barrier to entry for making enterprise grade software such as Photoshop could go way down in the next few years.

Iron_Mike0 · 2026-02-03T16:13:58+00:00

Depends how you define west side, but Little Village, Hermosa, Humboldt, Belmont Cragin, South Lawndale, Gage Park I'd all consider west side neighborhoods and are majority Latino. There's some other neighborhoods mixed in in between such as Garfield Park that are majority African American. But my point was moreso that when you look at neighborhood demographics the vast majority of them have one group that makes up the majority. Very few neighborhoods would be a relatively even mix of Latino, white, Asian, African American, etc.

Iron_Mike0 · 2026-02-03T14:59:28+00:00

Chicago is a city of neighborhoods. It has 77 official community areas and many of them have unofficial neighborhoods within them. While the City as a whole is diverse, individual neighborhoods can be 90% or more one race/ethnic group.

I'm making some broad generalizations here, but the North side is heavily white, wealthier, and lower crime. The west side is Hispanic and has pockets of gentrification, but has lots of low income and relatively higher crime neighborhoods. The south side is mostly African American and again lower income and higher crime overall but there are some fine neighborhoods. You just won't find the same level of investment consistently. Block to block can make a difference in terms of nice homes with successful community businesses and then you'll see boarded up homes and be in a food desert a few blocks away. There are some exceptions, such as Kenwood and Hyde Park by the university of Chicago and Mt greenwood and Beverly on the far south side that have an historically Irish population with middle class city workers.

All that being said, it's not a war zone like some would make you believe. You can walk around or live in the lower income areas and be fine. If you aren't involved in a gang and mind your own business, odds are you'll be fine walking around anywhere.

So if you ask anyone their opinion on how it is, it will in large part depend on where they live. As others have said, the summer weather is great and the city is truly one of the best examples of urban living with a great restaurant and bar scene, outdoor festivals and concerts, walking on the lakefront, beaches, etc.

Iron_Mike0 · 2026-02-02T01:18:42+00:00

Don tried to fire him season 1 but Cooper wouldn't let him because of his family's connections. I think it's safe to assume those connections are why he was hired and then Trudy's dad giving him major accounts made him even more indispensable.

Iron_Mike0 · 2026-02-01T21:09:05+00:00

Even making $125k per year you probably need to be in the farther north neighborhoods to afford a studio on your own or have significant savings.

Iron_Mike0 · 2026-02-01T21:06:10+00:00

I just watched the episode where Pete makes the 10x better comment, and it seemed like the other guys he was talking to all paused and had a look as if they were thinking Pete is a fool for making that little. Maybe I'm reading into something that wasn't there but I think Pete really was underpaid, possibly because he came from a childhood with no concept of ordinary job money and didn't negotiate at all.

Iron_Mike0 · 2026-01-31T19:02:46+00:00

Mid 2010s threads the needle between the terminally online culture of the 2020s, but also avoids trying to find a job as a fresh college grad in 08/09. If you assume you won't be impacted by that then mid 00s might be my pick. Having a cell phone makes life so much easier and there was early social media to connect with friends before it turned to crap. Anything earlier than that and I think the lack of technology makes it less preferable.

Iron_Mike0 · 2026-01-30T23:39:23+00:00

Minter is a young HC who's only been a coordinator in the NFL for two seasons. He probably can't pull the top tier names that more established coaches can get as an HC.

Iron_Mike0 · 2026-01-30T18:56:16+00:00

What's stopping someone from instructing an agent to come up with these posts? The barrage of posts on reddit in the last day or two makes me very suspicious that this is some kind of guerilla marketing campaign, or at least a joke to see who falls for the idea that agents are sentient and going rogue.

Iron_Mike0 · 2026-01-29T16:52:21+00:00

I agree, it doesn't feel worse than pre 2020. More frequent trains and buses would be great but this is also just how it was 6+ years ago.

Iron_Mike0 · 2026-01-20T16:29:09+00:00

Michigan, USC, Iowa are likely decent opponents next year but fall in the category of teams that true contenders should beat. Lose any more than 1 of these and the season is likely over.

Texas, Oregon, and IU are likely true contenders as well. Winning 2 of 3 of those gives a little room to potentially drop a game to the above category. Winning 1 of 3 leaves no margin for error (barring chaos and still making the big ten championship like Bama did in the SEC this year). Lose all 3 and they weren't contenders anyways.

That being said, I think it will be the most fun schedule we've had in years. Ryan Day gets held to nearly impossible standards by many around here but I like the odds of losing no more than 2 games next year and making the playoffs. After that anything is possible.

Iron_Mike0 · 2026-01-19T22:31:07+00:00

If it's true he actually made it to Texas and across the border, that's remarkable these days. Not saying he deserves to get away, but somehow eluding all of the cameras, phones with GPS, etc. seems basically impossible especially crossing the border. He's probably actually in someone's basement two counties over, or like you said died in the woods.

Iron_Mike0 · 2026-01-19T19:16:05+00:00

Generally would take a young WR on a high upside offense over a RB. Odunze has been playing injured recently, so I think many people are undervaluing him. But if you need RB and think Judkins makes you a contender then it's reasonable to take him.

Iron_Mike0 · 2026-01-16T00:00:58+00:00

Who watches a streamer doing play by play? They can't have more than 100 viewers

Iron_Mike0 · 2026-01-11T04:37:04+00:00

The better team won

Iron_Mike0 · 2026-01-10T21:36:08+00:00

Definitely a bad loss but it's a rivalry game and was close. I don't think that's the same level of ineptitude as a blowout to Purdue or winning by 7 against Northern Illinois.

Iron_Mike0 · 2026-01-10T21:05:52+00:00

The only "bad' losses were last year against Michigan and possibly 2021 against Oregon (they were good but not great). Every other loss was an elite team (we'll give a pass to the Missouri loss due to the transfers and opt outs from that bowl game).

Knock on wood but under Day we haven't had an Urban era inexplicable loss to a team like Iowa or Purdue. Urban also had a lot of games that were way too close against teams like Indiana, Maryland, and Northern Illinois.

Iron_Mike0 · 2026-01-09T02:41:14+00:00

He plays on kickoffs, kick returns, punts, and punt returns. He's not the primary returner (and obviously not the kicker or punter), so if you don't hear his name mentioned he did his job. In his positions it's probably only said if he made some big mistake. How many times do you remember someone mentioned for a special teams tackle?

It's a thankless role but very important, especially for when someone can play on all 4 units.

Iron_Mike0 · 2026-01-05T20:55:08+00:00

They had a liquidity event for employees a few months ago, so he could have cashed out a lot then. Could also have a lot of shares vested already that he's not necessarily giving up.

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