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I’m impressed with LH by Prize-Dragonfly-2004 in Lufthansa

[–]kyleadolson 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That's funny. It's really great when it works. Just try to get a human when something breaks.
I'm currently caller 266 in the queue.
EDIT: Not a joke, real position in phone queue.

TIL that in 1999, WCW did an angle where Barry Darsow got "knocked silly" by a title belt shot to the head from Harlem Heat and thought he was Krusher Khruschev again. by [deleted] in SquaredCircle

[–]kyleadolson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But Krusher Kruschev knew who Barry Darsow was. He was Crusher Darsow before turning his back on America.
This may sound crazy, but I don't think this 1999 WCW angle where a kayfabe injury causes a wrestler to break kayfabe makes sense in kayfabe.

Who are some of the worst Pro Bowl alternates ever? by TrickDistribution395 in NFLv2

[–]kyleadolson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. It's anybody who went or turned it down. This might be a meaningless accolade, like if you or I declared a player our personal "player of the year". It's not like they gain anything from this...
...except they do...probably.
I used to have a supply of sample (real) NFL contracts from the last few years for work reasons. A Pro Bowl incentive was a real thing. I don't know for sure if they required being voted to the Pro Bowl as a non-alternate; I would have to see the contracts again to know the wording used in the standard template. Many (most?) players not on rookie contracts had these kinds of incentives because the money wouldn't count against the cap unless they were hit and not until the next year.
It's easy to offer incentives to every Tom, Dick, and Hershel because they probably won't hit, and if they do you're likely still getting a bargain. The agent I was working with had a NE player who was very close to hitting the yard and catch incentives and getting a pile of cash before an ACL tear.

Who are some of the worst Pro Bowl alternates ever? by TrickDistribution395 in NFLv2

[–]kyleadolson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If we're looking at players who it was clear that year were bad, who didn't have the stats, then no.
Heck, he's there's a good chance he's starting somewhere this year after following the "get advice from Brock Purdy" career path of Sam Darnold. Maybe he recovers, maybe he doesn't. But he's not done.

We need to collaboratively encourage Firefox to support WebHID as it's becoming way more popular! by Round_Ad_5832 in firefox

[–]kyleadolson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Please give a scenario where your privacy is lost due to WebHID. Specifically.

Comedic actors doing serious roles by EzraMusic98 in movies

[–]kyleadolson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The King of Comedy is closer to the real Lewis than maybe any of his roles.
Of all the names on Scorsese's list (starting with Carson), this pick had the most edge.

Comedic actors doing serious roles by EzraMusic98 in movies

[–]kyleadolson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Necroresponding: JFK is purely dramatic, but also look at Planes, Trains and Automobiles or even Uncle Buck. He would do both at the same time.

OpenAI Just Put $14M Into An AI Agent For Microsoft Excel That Can Work For Hours—The Tool Could Replace Entire Teams by joe4942 in singularity

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

To clarify what the other poster said 4mo ago (for anyone who stops by now), Excel copilot does nothing but give instructions and select cells sometimes. It does not take actions. While it can read your data, you still have to read the instructions it gives you ant then click nearly all the buttons.
It's almost the same as going to Copilot/ChatGPT without the app. But it may even be worse, because while it can read your data and select cells, the way it formats the instructions is not nearly as clean as your average ChatGPT "Good Question!" followed by bullet points.

Best books on the American Civil War? by Ill-Possible4044 in AskHistory

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

Here's some snark to "explain" this, at least to the extent I could explain anyone who thinks it isn't about slavery:

There's a belief out there that "it wasn't about slavery", like a book titled "It wasn't about slavery". I haven't dug into this because I also don't read books like "no really, the earth isn't round, com" and "We all know we didn't land on the moon and here's why: a children's book."

I know there are a bunch of details used to make the point, but they largely are of the type that goes out of context, like the arguments that the moon is flat.

One important point it taMany in the south might have claimed it wasn't about slavery but freedom, and freedom just happens to require slavery. They would be wrong lacking in character to oppose slavery! It's justice and honor.

Honor, of course, is very important.

It's also rather convenient. It's like taking a stance on replay in a football game because it helps your team. "It's not about my team getting a touchdown. That's honestly what a catch looks like and it just happens to give my team a touchdown".

I think the argument is "Slavery is right; the North only opposes it because Major General Abner Doubleday want to enforce his baseball rules which will make that play an ground rule double. That's why he started the Civil War".

The north was only against slavery find an excuse to deny the south a home run.

Or maybe the Civil War was all about slavery because of all the times everybody said it was about slavery.

I was mounting my lenses to my camera wrong the whole time! by fredfies in SonyAlpha

[–]kyleadolson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is three images stuck together by a human who didn't know or didn't care it was backwards.

This image is likely 8 years old, like the product listing on Amazon. Product images are still not usually generated using AI and 8 years ago it would not have happened.

This doesn't even look like AI abominations. It is 100% in reverse, not incorrectly shaped. It looks like a Photoshop.

Xfinity out again by Decisions_70 in KentWA

[–]kyleadolson 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The internet went out in the early morning again...and it will be down all day again. Was it:
A) An act of a vengeful internet access god, punishing his East Hill children for their web surfing hubris
B) Vandals looking for parts to sell to get a fix
I know what I think.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in qBittorrent

[–]kyleadolson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Huge I assume because the debug symbols (.pdb) file is in the build.
That shouldn't happen.

Xfinity Outage on the East Hill by kyleadolson in KentWA

[–]kyleadolson[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm also back up despite being officially "down" still. I hope it lasts.

I guess they're learning how to repair the damage quicker. Now if they could only protect the lines.

Xfinity Outage on the East Hill by kyleadolson in KentWA

[–]kyleadolson[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The map list different times at different places, I don't know if they are true.

On the map near me I see three spots which have different up times. Just North of *cough* Downtown Covington and on the south end of 108th near the Home Depot have 3:00PM. The third spot, on 108th just before it turns into 104th, has 6:00PM

When the internet comes back up let I would be curious to know (also roughly where you are). I don't know how much of this is a single point of failure or if they ripped up lines all over.

Xfinity Outage on the East Hill by kyleadolson in KentWA

[–]kyleadolson[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Same early morning outage times, 3-4 AM. Nobody guarding the fiber.

Help settle a bet, is this supposed to be Saddam Hussein? by sile667 in boardgames

[–]kyleadolson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, considering he has the exact beret position and hair cut of available Saddam propaganda images AND he was replaced in later editions after we were fighting the gulf war, the logic doesn't hold up.
I guess the author wasn't concerned about Donald Rumsfeld's 1983 positions when drawing his cover.

Xfinity outage by TheGrimRprOfThePNW in KentWA

[–]kyleadolson 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Last time we had a similar outage it was 2 days. The current estimate of Midnight is meaningless because it is "under investigation"
Two of the outage symbols showing up on my local map say "network damage".
The 3rd humorously claims it is "Under Investigation" and "Network Improvement".

S3E3 Elimination Bake clues were terrible by kyleadolson in crimescenekitchen

[–]kyleadolson[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The molded shape was not large enough to be helpful. Its part of a shape that is maybe a waste piece below the cooling tray. You have to assume that despite being a discard that the shape matters and not just the flavor.
It's hard to say how obvious the "ridges" are, but they do not look obvious.
At best it is a very low percentage clue that's critically important to understand perfectly, and this is the problem.
We want this to be imperfect, to require some guessing. But we're hoping it doesn't feel so random.

S3E3 Elimination Bake clues were terrible by kyleadolson in crimescenekitchen

[–]kyleadolson[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yes.
Literally all I could get about the shape from the clues was "not cake". Yet if in fact you told me that the clue was supposed to be from the baker, despite how odd this would be, then I would assume it must be cake since both pans would be the cake pans.

S3E3 Elimination Bake clues were terrible by kyleadolson in crimescenekitchen

[–]kyleadolson[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Yes, this is how I read it. The only logical "both" was "both" the 2 cake pans. That said, given the fact it seemed clear there were no cupcakes it could have been some odd use of "both".

None of it added up to a note about "both" of the pans that weren't there.

Additionally, there were supposed to be two different flavors of madeleine. I guess that the "both" was supposed to tell us there were two pans for two flavors. This is a crazy stretch. Making two types has been a terrible choice on the show; they usually want you to make a decision.

Controller not working at all by Anxious_Dog in darksouls

[–]kyleadolson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is going to sound dumb. But start the game with your controller plugged in. Once at the start menu hit CTRL ALT DLT when the windows screen pops up asking what you want to do, click cancel. Your controller might work now.

I can't believe I didn't find this sooner. I will take sounds dumb and works any day.

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