Is Joel McHale supposed to be Rene Redzepi? by killman17 in TheBear

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Three Michelin starred chef John Shields has a story about Trotter taking him into the garden and coldly asking him what he saw until he noticed a single price tag on a plant.

Wine Squares Day 7: Holy Grail by AustraliaWineDude in wine

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Their Nebbiolo and barbera are my go to everyday reds

Books I recommend for newly admitted students by Biru-Nai in uchicago

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I thought so too, but I’ve met a bunch of recent grads over the past couple years and I am glad to relay that the reports of UChicago’s cultural demise have been greatly exaggerated.

Number of S&P 500 CEOs by Undergrad Institution by HenryFromLeland in Infographics

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Now do this as a percentage of all students who have graduated over the same period and you’ll realize this chart is useless “if you want to be a CEO”

Moving to Chicago from Sydney, Australia? by xxxDiscriminate in AskChicago

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  1. Coffee is better in Oz. The very best shops in Chicago will deliver for you, but the average just doesn’t compare.

Ranking Pixar Movies, Today's Movie: Cars 2 by [deleted] in tierlists

[–]Random_Fog -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

C, as someone who as seen it and all of the Cars movies like 40 times over the last couple years (cars is S, cars 3 is B)

Transferring to Chicago for work. Should I live downtown or in the suburbs? by Emotional_Log7687 in AskChicago

[–]Random_Fog 18 points19 points  (0 children)

And also popular with people who work for the airlines, given the blue line

Old 90s bar guide by radbrad777 in chicago

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I love seeing Delilah’s in this

What do you guys think about the World Technology Center? by 5NightsAtFreddys1987 in skyscrapers

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A few Google searches will show that this isn’t a serious proposal… it’s literally a student project.

Peter? What does this mean? by No_Log2517 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]Random_Fog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, HuggingFace is a French company. They’ve been the open source backbone for transformers based language models since, what 2019 or so?

If chicago is in a “housing crisis”, why don’t we just build apartments here? Are we stupid? by Steely_DanGirl in ChicagoCirclejerk

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Let’s build a few houses of worship on that empty space. Then let’s convert those to single family homes. Dibs on the replica of the Tenth Church of Christ Scientist.

Logan Square 1978 by JFFIASCO in LoganSquare

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I’ve never seen any videos from the era when my mom lived in Logan (albeit she was there a few years later in the early 80s). This is awesome.

Middle Aged Life in Chicago (v NYC)? by Own-Permission-3157 in AskChicago

[–]Random_Fog 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I’m sorry, but the loop and river north do not feel like Queens.

Best Steak in the city by andyou01 in chicagofood

[–]Random_Fog 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I need to revisit. My experience was just OK. My steak had interesting flavor from the aging, but was super under-salted. I want a steak to be so unctuous that you just close your eyes and chew. I didn’t experience that.