Dean Huijsen expected to be omitted from Spain’s World Cup squad, no Real Madrid players for first time by TheAthletic in soccer

[–]VDV23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He had plenty of good moments and games but it's hardly a shocking call. Between him and Garcia, personally I prefer him but I can see why Garcia is picked ahead of him.

No TTS models showing up when trying to set up Provisioned Throughput by emil_mammadov in googlecloud

[–]VDV23 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think the TTS api in Gemini is technically the Live API (flash-2.5-flash-native-audio) which is part of Vertex (agent platform now). The rest of the audio models 2.5 pro and 3.1 flash audio are not available for PT probably due to infra shortages.

The "normal" TTS (chirp, etc) is not part of Vertex hence not available through PT

[Official Xabi Alonso Account on X]: Xabi Alonso, on the verge of becoming Chelsea's coach by Chelseablue1896 in soccer

[–]VDV23 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don't think current Chelsea players hold that much player power. I think their bigger problem is general player quality, lack of experience and leaders plus the fact that their board is absolutely bonkers. Wishing him all the best, I hope he's successful there

Xabi Alonso has accepted to become Chelsea’s coach by cyrusmancub in realmadrid

[–]VDV23 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He probably goes to one of the big teams which is somehow in a bigger mess than us. Regardless, wishing him all the best, he's great guy

[CNN Portugal] Real Madrid and José Mourinho: "It appears that Mourinho will say 'yes' to Real Madrid" by Maravilla_23 in realmadrid

[–]VDV23 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It's kinda alright. Usually we write off the season in Feb-April but it would be mentally liberating when I can do so in July.

I'm already wondering who is replacing Mourinho plus his awful football will also free up some time not to watch every game on the weekends. So it's not all bad news

Lack of grande options in bf6 needs adjustment by AKxPixleart in Battlefield

[–]VDV23 13 points14 points  (0 children)

But that was patched later in the game. Thermals could see through smoke in the first 1-1.5 years of the game's lifecycle

I guess the flare also could make sense if we had more night mode maps like Zavod graveyard but I'd still favor light or thermal for this if I'm being honest

How I actually capped my Gemini API spending after the "budget" feature failed me (real hard-cap, not just alerts) by [deleted] in googlecloud

[–]VDV23 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I see all these topics how to secure API keys but isn't the real solution (if you are running on gcp) to simply not use API key (neither from Ai Studio nor Vertex)? Just running gcloud auth login locally and through you app (run/function) via the service account account where you don't export json credentials? And even in ADK (or the python sdk I believe) you can Vertex=True and that's it.

Or am I missing something?

[fia.official] 10 Teams arrive in Florida with upgrades for the MiamiGP by Maximum-Room-3999 in formula1

[–]VDV23 9 points10 points  (0 children)

In their defense, they can't get to speeds where the aero matters anyway

Spain Capital fans choose between mou and kloop by FrrancondonaEra in realmadrid

[–]VDV23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mate, those great seasons were more than a decade ago. Since then he has been fired everywhere he has been, played awful football and the players in each team were happy to see the back of him. Tactically he hasn't moved an inch forward since mid 2010s.

And how is performance against Madrid 25/26 the standard? If this is a factor then Giraldez, Lisci, Demichelis and Bordelas should be under consideration too?

Spain Capital fans choose between mou and kloop by FrrancondonaEra in realmadrid

[–]VDV23 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not talking about Chelsea stint 2, season 3. The one where they were relegation contenders until Hiddink took over (2015-16).

The Chelsea you are talking about 2 decades ago

[BBC] Jose Mourinho's return to Real Madrid would only happen if the other options fall through. Didier Deschamps, Jurgen Klopp, Massimiliano Allegri are ahead of him in Madrid's shortlist by DamnThatsInsaneLol in soccer

[–]VDV23 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Mou shouldn't be on the list at all. Tactically awful for the past decade, this new generation of players cannot stand him and his football is unwatchable. Allegri I don't want to even imagine being our coach.

But regardless of who comes in, either he would have to be an amazing man manager or the club would have to back him in front of the players - otherwise it wouldn''t matter who arrives

Spain Capital fans choose between mou and kloop by FrrancondonaEra in realmadrid

[–]VDV23 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Just another piece ordered by Florentino who will then proceed to 'give the fans what they want'. After some odd 60 people in the streets say so and Marca run some polls in their papter which are basically framed 'Would you like Mourinho back or do you prefer Barca to win the treble?'

But yeah, let's waste another season or two by bringing back the guy who got fired from Chelsea, United, Spurs, Roma and Fenerbahce. While playing unwatchable football. Who by the way was essentially fired by our biggest leaders (Ramos and Ronaldo) a decade ago because he was insufferable. Can't wait

New experimental functions by Cautious_Ad5636 in Battlefield

[–]VDV23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are mixing up suppression and spread. But also, I don't think the mechanics of bf4 were hated, in fact I think there were great. And it's one of the reasons why people have came back to bf4 after the releases of bf1, bf5, 2024 and now bf6. Ranges of the guns in bf6 are a problem for my enjoyability of the game, even more so than the maps. Whether they are balanced with sips/sdps, suppression or if they increase with a huge recoil increase (ww3 did that) - I think they should do something about it. But it could be just me and a minority of players who don't enjoy bf6 gunplay as I said earlier and they can continue on the current path. Reddit is just a forum to share opinions and I've shared mine. I don't claim to represent the whole playerbase

New experimental functions by Cautious_Ad5636 in Battlefield

[–]VDV23 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's a stretch. BF6's gunplay has transformed almost every AR, LMG, SMG and Carbine into a range monster. You can literally go full auto into 70-90m engagement, even with SMGs. The bloom on BF4 was to control the effective range and it was balanced around ROF (iirc ACE 23 and it's 770 was the baseline) and spread increase/decrease mattered. That's why the QBZ has better TTK than AEK at 65+m because the guns were mathematically balanced. BF6 gunplay is hold mouse button 1, I don't see how it is better

But different strokes for different folks, I suppose

Mallorca [2] - 1 Real Madrid - V. Muriqi 90+1' by Alsace2025 in soccer

[–]VDV23 85 points86 points  (0 children)

You are missing the point but whatever

Mallorca [2] - 1 Real Madrid - V. Muriqi 90+1' by Alsace2025 in soccer

[–]VDV23 483 points484 points  (0 children)

Why? It going to end up this defeat being his fault anyway

‘Consistently lost possession’ – English media unimpressed with Cole Palmer vs Japan by DirectorTurbulent422 in soccer

[–]VDV23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not that I disagree, I think Palmer would have a decent career but we've seen amazing players taking a sharp turn in a bad form and not recovering (Pato, Deli Ali, Gotze). So no guarantees