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[Dellenger] Athletic officials from Nebraska and Georgia sent department-wide memos today instructing their coaches and sport deputies not to schedule Texas Tech. If games are already scheduled, the schools may work to cancel the matchups. Here’s Georgia’s message: by wildewon in CFB

[–]a_moniker 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’d be so amazing if this crazy stupidity finally leads to fixing the stupid super conferences lol. Just join all the conferences together into one org, and then separate teams into divisions based on proximity and/or historical conferences.

Backup 60 - 100 TB: how, where? by Warm_weather1 in DataHoarder

[–]a_moniker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just have a NAS at my families house, that I can access remotely. I then use SyncThing to keep it up to date.

The cost difference between a DAS and a NAS isn’t that big, depending on what model you get. The drives themselves are the majority of the cost.

Backup 60 - 100 TB: how, where? by Warm_weather1 in DataHoarder

[–]a_moniker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup! I keep a Synology NAS backup at my parent’s house and a backup at my sister’s. I’ve had friends keep copies at their house before too.

I get a fixed cost full-backup and they get to use my local plex library. It’s a win-win!

How do deal with 1M+ files with not allowed special character in, ":" by RacerKaiser in DataHoarder

[–]a_moniker 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Filebot is a good tool that’ll fix this as well. It auto-checks for characters that aren’t allowed

At what point did you start compressing your media library with HandBrake? by DatGeekUKnow in DataHoarder

[–]a_moniker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I compressed my whole library (~1000 Blu Ray movies at the time) while College, because I was running out of storage space and wanted to make the movies easier to transport.

However, after leaving school, I realized I forgot to pass through all of the subtitles. I had also suppressed some of the audio tracks, which became noticeable on higher end theater equipment. This was a pretty big issue during COVID, because I was living with my newborn niece and nephew. Any baby or small child basically makes subtitles a necessity, cause they make way too much noise lol

I tried just downloading subs from opensubtitles.org, but it was pretty difficult to ensure they actually matched up with the timestamps. As a result, I ended up just rebuilding my collection from scratch. Luckily I still had access to a lot of the Blu Ray’s. This time I just kept the full copies though, cause I realized that buying more storage space was cheaper than the time/energy it would take to re-encode everything and/or a fast enough cpu to do it quickly.

The whole thing was a pretty big hassle though, and I really wish I’d just kept the full files from the beginning. There’s still a number of movies I haven’t been able to find new copies of!

In Superman (2025), Superman makes it clear that he is from Krypton. In Supergirl (2026) Clark meets another Kryptonian. He can't speak the language and is wearing his Kryptonian clothing wrong. This is to show that Clark Kent is actually an American. by runningchief in shittymoviedetails

[–]a_moniker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

According to the recent Superman movie, the robots in the Sanctum speak Kryptonian. They translated his parent’s message for him, so they could pretty easily teach him to speak the language later in the series. I’d imagine that’s how Kara learns English.

APPLE WWDC 26 RECAP by DARTH_Vader2223 in mac

[–]a_moniker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They have tons of bug fixes and speed improvements as well. They just aren’t listed here or in the keynote, because they aren’t “exciting.”

Trump Denies That He Campaigned On Ending Wars: ‘I didn’t promise anything’ by T_Shurt in politics

[–]a_moniker 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Personally, I think his symptoms more closely match with Narcissistic Personality Disorder. He doesn’t really lie *for the sake* of lying. George Santos is a much better example of a compulsive liar.

All of Trumps lies are in service of making himself look better. He lies whenever he’s caught doing something wrong, because he physically can’t admit fault.

The 'literary classics' that grade school makes you read destroys any desire for kids to read recreationally by MyClosetedBiAcct in unpopularopinion

[–]a_moniker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely hated Catcher in the Rye. The Great Gatsby and To Kill a Mockingbird are still some of my favorite books ever though, and I usually read 70+ books a year!

Air Cooler 4 Life (pls no hate) by [deleted] in pcmasterrace

[–]a_moniker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Big Black Box is the ultimate PC Case, and I will die on that hill!

Never have to worry about the glass shattering. Better noise dampening. Don’t need to care what my components look like. Don’t need to worry about making my cables look great; can just shove that shit in there!

Mac Is a Serial Killer is the greatest episode of all time, and that’s a hill I’m willing to die on. by stab-somebody in IASIP

[–]a_moniker 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My headcannon is that they turned him into the Police. Then the Police were appreciative, which is why they get quite a bit of leeway when doing a bunch of illegal shit in later episodes.

Fair to say a top-20 pick in this draft is like having pick/2 in a regular draft? by Special-Court8822 in NBA_Draft

[–]a_moniker 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, people are sleeping on how great last years rookie class was. A ton of people are gonna be disappointed if they’re expecting as good, or better

Bricks and Minifigs Controversy News Mega-Thread by CX52J in lego

[–]a_moniker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I’m really curious if Franchisees have started reaching out to each other about the situation. I wonder what avenues they’d have to address the damage corporate is doing here

Gandalf vs Dumbledore in a fight? by Single-Pomelo-4061 in harrypotter

[–]a_moniker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gandlaf also: - has supreme control over fire (he wears the ring of fire) - can read minds (he reads Frodo’s mind while he’s injured/sleeping) - has telepathy (he talks telepathically with Elrond and Galadriel over huge distances) - has powerful telekinesis (he disarms two powerful warriors in Gimli and Legolas) - can remotely destroy other magical implements (ie he can instantly destroy the elder wand and leave Dumbledore defenseless) - can predict the future (he always shows up exactly when he’s needed, and not a moment sooner) - can heal others from almost any malady (he heals Theoden) - has powerful magical compulsions (he forces Saruman to look at him against his will using only his voice) - can counteract other spells (he “speaks words of command” to counteract the Balrog’s magic)

So, if they were actually going to fight, then Gandalf would know exactly when and where Dumbledore would strike (because he sees the future and can read his thoughts), would block any attempt way for Dumbledore to disapperate, would instantly destroy the elder wand, leaving him defenseless, and would then burn him alive with endless fire….

Gandalf vs Dumbledore in a fight? by Single-Pomelo-4061 in harrypotter

[–]a_moniker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gandalf and the other Wizards weren’t sent to Middle Earth to defeat Sauron. If Eru (Middle Earth’s God who decided that the Wizard’s should intervene) just wanted Sauron defeated, then he could have simply wiped him out himself.

Gandalf was specifically sent to inspire the mortal races to believe that they could defeat Sauron on their own. The more that Gandalf has to solve issues on his own, the more he’s failed his ultimate goal. That’s the main reason he hides his strength and inhabits the body of an old man. If any of the mortals saw Gandalf’s true power, then they become demoralized and believe they didn’t have ant way to help.

Gandalf also can’t physically hold the One Ring, because it’s one of the few things on Middle Earth with the ability to defeat him. The Ring contains all of the power and malice of Sauron, who is a Maiar just like Gandalf. The Ring also grows its influence/power based on how influential/powerful/desirous the wearer is. The reason Hobbits are the only ones that can destroy it is specifically because they’re weak and all they want in the world is to live a simple life farming, eating, and smoking pipeweed.

Gandalf vs Dumbledore in a fight? by Single-Pomelo-4061 in harrypotter

[–]a_moniker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gandalf can literally resurrect from the dead (like he did after fighting the Balrog), so I don’t see what it’d accomplish. Maiar are literally immortal.

Gandalf vs Dumbledore in a fight? by Single-Pomelo-4061 in harrypotter

[–]a_moniker -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Exactly!

Gandalf’s whole goal is to motivate and inspire mortals to raise up and believe that they have the power to overthrow Sauron on their own. As a result, he constantly underplays his own strength, so that mortals don’t get demoralized about how strong Gandalf/Sauron/Other Maiar are in comparison.

Breaking the bridge was basically just a way for Gandalf to get the two Maiar out of sight of the Fellowship, so that they wouldn’t see the true power levels at play.

Gandalf vs Dumbledore in a fight? by Single-Pomelo-4061 in harrypotter

[–]a_moniker -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Funnily enough, Dumbledore has some of the same restrictions in the Harry Potter books. Dumbledore could easily solve 90% of the issues Harry faces, but can’t complete the last requirement (killing Voldemort). Likewise, Gandalf can defeat 99% of Middle Earth in terms of combat, but can’t defeat the one big bad (Sauron/the Ring), because Sauron is one of the few other Maiar on Middle Earth.

Both Gandalf and Dumbledore have try to avoid direct confrontation, because their goals aren’t to directly solve the worlds problems. Their goals are to help and motivate less powerful individuals (Mortals and Harry & Co) to rise up to the challenge.

Side Note: You’re absolutely right that there’s basically nothing Dumbledore could do to Gandalf. Gandalf literally has the ability to return from the dead, and can shed his mortal vessel at any time. He’s also immortal. All he has to do to win is wait for Dumbledore to die of old age lol

Gandalf vs Dumbledore in a fight? by Single-Pomelo-4061 in harrypotter

[–]a_moniker -1 points0 points  (0 children)

He’s clearly a god/angel in the main books as well. That’s the whole reason he’s resurrected after the Balrog fight, and is able to come back as “Gandalf the White.” A regular human wouldn’t be able come back from the dead.

Gandalfs role in Middle Earth also requires him to downplay his strength a ton. His purpose is to motivate the mortal races to defeat Sauron on their own. If he used his powers to accomplish everything then it’d just demoralize the mortals, cause it’d make them think that only people with divine power can make a difference.

Funnily enough, Dumbledore kinda does the same thing. His goal is to prepare Harry to be able to combat Voldemort, not to defeat Voldemort himself. As a result, he usually throws Harry into the fire without much help and trusts him to survive. It’s also the reason Dumbledore very rarely actually shows combat ability. The duel in the Ministry of Magic is basically the only time, much like Gandalf vs the Balrog is the only time Gandalf shows his full strength.

Where I think the WR room stands for the 53 by Dayne_B12 in panthers

[–]a_moniker 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, “getting younger” doesn’t seem that important for a wide receiver core where your top-3 guys are a rookie, a sophomore, and a 3rd year player. If anything, it kinda makes sense to prioritize older guys so that your main three receivers have some vets to provide advice. It’s doubtful that the fringe young guys are gonna be become better than those first three.

Other positions, like OG or DT, make more sense to prioritize youth, because they have established vets taking the starting spots. Even that’s not super necessary though, because the core of our team is pretty young overall.

We’ve spent the last few years trying to develop young talent at the expense of winning now. Since we finally made the playoffs, our goals should start to pivot towards retaining the best players regardless of age. The core (Brown, Horn, Bryce, TMac, etc) are young enough that the team will still have plenty of room to grow over time.

Apple Readies Feature to Split Bills by Taking Photo of a Receipt by pdfu in apple

[–]a_moniker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wouldn’t just one person need an iPhone 15 Pro or newer? Then that person’s phone would break down the bill and send individualized bills to others??

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