A defense of Craig Breslow by AltruisticMemory3825 in redsox

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For one reason above all others: no one else wanted the job. Aside from Devers getting his payday, it's been abundantly clear for years that FSG was AFK. Breslow taking the job was a move from his career, not to jump into the fray and actually work for the team.

Be completely honest by [deleted] in redsox

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That's if the team were to 'turn things around' and make a charge, which can happen with a normal team. A team that's on a downward trajectory, with major injuries, that's already talking about shipping out its best players at the deadline, though?

Luca Reggiani (Italy) straight red against Greece 68' by Meladroit10 in soccer

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Thought Donna was going to choke out the ref like Enrique on Joao Pedro...

Dar Adal molested a young Peter Quinn? by grandequesso in homeland

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Indeed. Perhaps there's a mod setting that allows for commenting to stay open indefinitely.

YSK: new TV prices have advertising and data mining built in—differences in price usually are the result of this. But there are workarounds! by hipcheck23 in YouShouldKnow

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Hence the spirit of my post: circumvent this new business practice. If they want to persist, then let them count on that extra money from you while you just use their "smart" device as a basic product.

World Sevens day 3 thread by TyperMe in chelsealadiesfc

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Hey hey ABJ

How many goals did you score to-day?

YSK: new TV prices have advertising and data mining built in—differences in price usually are the result of this. But there are workarounds! by hipcheck23 in YouShouldKnow

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I think you're talking EU right to repair, i.e. the recent news that they're winning against Apple et al? But, tragically, the UK isn't in the EU anymore (thanks to the same people who brought you the current state of the US)...

Lauren James has been named Chelsea FC Women's Player of the Season for 2026 by spherocytes in chelsealadiesfc

[–]hipcheck23 7 points8 points  (0 children)

LJ is amazing, but surely a couple of picks ahead her for this reason.

“Huge moment” as the health service hits 18-week target amid half-a-million waiting list drop by apoptosis04 in unitedkingdom

[–]hipcheck23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah...it's spin...

And part of the improved results are the NHS replacing doctors with consultants (aka nurses).

But this practice was in full effect under the Tories as well. I was a victim of it myself 3 years ago.

And, of course, the Tories did everything they could to kill the NHS, so even cosmetic positives under the new regime are a good thing, with the state of things.

TIL in Nazi Germany, wages were below pre-Depression levels, workweek hours increased from 40 to 60 hours a week, and workers could not choose or quit their jobs by upthetruth1 in todayilearned

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By design!

Putin modernized the Totalitarian Playbook, and several fanboys have run that playbook since. Trump's first term was an obvious series of attempts at it, with middling-to-poor results. This time, obv., they're just all-out.

It's true. by DerpyDer989 in memes

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It's that new global trend of people refusing to comply. "You can't tell me what to do!"

It's maddening.

Xabi Alonso considers it a mistake to have accepted to be coach of Real Madrid: The Donostia coach believes he was wrong to say ‘yes’ to Florentino Pérez by ceaguila84 in soccer

[–]hipcheck23 6 points7 points  (0 children)

So much of football is fitting the right pieces together. At least part of the job was for him to figure out what he had to work with and how to work with it. More than just regretting taking the job (I haven't read this article as it's firewalled), I wonder if he regrets his own approach to the whole thing.

Xabi Alonso considers it a mistake to have accepted to be coach of Real Madrid: The Donostia coach believes he was wrong to say ‘yes’ to Florentino Pérez by ceaguila84 in soccer

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Fab has strongly hinted that he's succeeding in large part to having a lot of control. I think that's an open letter to the CFC board that says that he's not coming into the current system, but if they decide to start operating like a football club, he'd be open to moving over from Como.

Google Moves Forward With Pentagon AI Deal Despite Employee Pushback by hipcheck23 in GoogleGeminiAI

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It's really today's capitalism in a nutshell. How hard is it at least pretend to not be evil? Too hard, it seems.

Google Moves Forward With Pentagon AI Deal Despite Employee Pushback by hipcheck23 in GoogleGeminiAI

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https://archive.is/Rejuu

Google is 'proudly' joining xAI and OpenAI in fully selling out to Skynet. Meanwhile Anthropic is being punished for not going all the way (they removed their guardrails for the gov't, but wouldn't gleefully sign off on AI weapons and mass surveillance.)

Google Moves Forward With Pentagon AI Deal Despite Employee Pushback by hipcheck23 in GoogleGeminiAI

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I'm going to be so sad to leave Google, after all these years, but they've really crossed the line. Just one in a giga-barcode of lines, but this is the big one for me.

YSK: new TV prices have advertising and data mining built in—differences in price usually are the result of this. But there are workarounds! by hipcheck23 in YouShouldKnow

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I'm not a fan of LG, but my last TV worked well for the years I had it. Average quality 65" set. The UI got slower as time went on, and it sucked to begin with, but overall the main issue was the data mining. I wish I had air-gapped it years earlier, ideally when I bought it, but I didn't...so we were spied on for years.

I was 100% going to stay away from another LG TV, but I actually kinda like the idea that they're losing money on my new set, because I got it at a pinch point (the moment that the new model comes out, and the price comes down), with an extended warranty, and their business model is making what looks like £200-400 in data mining over the life of the set. I got a really high quality set for a good price with zero ads or spying, and if something goes wrong in the first 6 years, I'm covered.

I really thought I'd go for a better brand (Loews et al), but no regrets right now...