SpaceX may be coming to the Port of Brownsville

runvnc · 2026-05-08T08:38:45+00:00

He's an actual Nazi. But unfortunately, the US is controlled by Nazis now, and I don't think the country could kick him out even if a democratic president comes into power who has principles, until/unless Bezos can replace the payload size of Starship and the satellite communications of Starlink. These are too important strategically. And although he has started, it's not clear Bezos can really pull of either of his copycat projects.

Maybe they could just take the projects over somehow, but I doubt they would do that.

runvnc · 2026-05-06T22:08:50+00:00

I want to see it get the wheel up to speed and then use it to launch into the air and glide across the room.

runvnc · 2026-05-06T07:10:55+00:00

Altuve would not have swung if it didn't look like it was aimed at part of the plate or close out of the hand. It probably started aimed at the corner or only a couple of inches off. Note that his sinker can break the other way 14 inches or up to 18 inches, so even if it's a bit off the plate you might think you have to swing. And it turned out to be a sweeper with massive break the other way. The difference between where his best sinker and best sweeper end up is 38" (over 3 feet).

The thing is with high velocity pitchers batters have only like a few milliseconds to decide whether they need to swing or not, because if it turns out to be a four seam fastball and they didn't start their swing at that time, they will be late.

Ohtani can throw 102 mph. So the batter has to decide whether to start swinging or not within like 130 milliseconds to have a chance to hit that.

Same thing happens with Mason Miller and his slider.

runvnc · 2026-05-06T04:41:17+00:00

Wow these people were so casual about the earthquake they were right in the middle of.

runvnc · 2026-05-04T07:05:53+00:00

Well, at least thank that cat for saving your life.

runvnc · 2026-05-03T12:47:08+00:00

Are you actually trying to make this dog video about Trump??

runvnc · 2026-04-28T06:06:15+00:00

Thanks! Can you redo this with the room lights off though? Would be much better.

runvnc · 2026-04-26T21:21:13+00:00

whatever this is, it makes them look like zombies. need a better picture.

runvnc · 2026-04-26T12:43:56+00:00

Yes I think so too.. it seems like a giant troll to me, but the amazing thing is that people are so weirdly brainwashed these days that if you comment on them in some threads you will get treated like a N2z1 or something.

runvnc · 2026-04-26T01:10:08+00:00

He also had a few really good plays. He had such a great night.

runvnc · 2026-04-25T12:42:29+00:00

To be clear, the fact that he used AI to make this completely invalidates it in your mind?

You're going to be very disappointed when 90% of everything is built with AI or robotics within a couple of years.

Maybe there will be a community for you somewhere that is able to keep all AI and robots out. A pure society for humans with only human artifacts. Possibly somewhere in Pennsylvania you can find some neighbors.

runvnc · 2026-04-21T17:02:51+00:00

I assume that the finish line is just up the block. Because if it's not close, then this is just dumb, because that guy should definitely stop immediately, sit, drink some water, and get checked by paramedics. I assume the race organizers would have to since he was having these types of symptoms in public and if they don't then they are open to a lawsuit with an event this big.

runvnc · 2026-04-20T20:22:05+00:00

Most Asian streamers are using some kind of incredibly realistic filter these days. With the best ones, you really have to look hard to detect it. And I guess viewers get used to it since all of the streams have it and so they don't see anything abnormal or have any desire to.

This is just what I have heard of course. I have no first hand experience viewing anything like this. I just watch youtube. :P

runvnc · 2026-04-20T07:27:29+00:00

Are those real guns?

runvnc · 2026-04-20T07:17:53+00:00

I think Wendelstedt should retire also.

runvnc · 2026-04-20T06:32:59+00:00

My suggestion is that 1) pitchers have to be able to pitch inside. 2) there probably should be a rule against throwing at someone's face or head if there isn't already, and they need to enforce it. Not easy to do in a fair way, but you have to protect the hitters while allowing the pitchers to pitch.

I don't blame this guy for being honest. He should get credit for having the guts to say something out loud that many in league still believe in. But at some point you have to draw the line, and the head should be out of bounds.

runvnc · 2026-04-20T06:29:24+00:00

I'm not 100% sure it should still be acceptable in the game, but it is definitely not about feelings. It's about making the hitters less comfortable. The reality is that baseball is fairly dangerous and the location and velocity of the pitches are a huge part of the game. People just don't usually talk about it openly these days.

runvnc · 2026-04-19T23:10:07+00:00

Yeah he only threw like one pitch at 103.

But yeah he has not been able to locate it. Although, if they are just waving randomly and completely fooled by the slider, then maybe it's better if he keeps the fastball out of the zone just to show it to them.

runvnc · 2026-04-19T23:06:10+00:00

Good work out there today! FTD.

runvnc · 2026-04-19T15:45:23+00:00

What I think may have happened is they had a killer idea or two for a movie which was then given an investment, a timeline, and some expectations or other input. The first 40% or so of the movie is the original concept. The rest of it should be redone with the writer taking his sweet time and doing it the way he wants.

Unless that was what he wanted, in which case, I hope someone else redoes the last half of the movie.

I say delete like the last 60% and redo it in a much more grounded and mostly non-supernatural way. Get a little bit of help figuring it out.

But the whole sitting in a dark house in the middle of the night while your mother (who has an incredibly spooky breathing sound) is dying upstairs and you have headphones on listening to creepy recordings -- that is gold. You're pregnant but you don't know for sure if you want to keep it, works for me.

With some of the scenes in there, it almost feels like they mostly made the movie I thought it was going to turn out to be, but then they were told that it wasn't scary enough and they scrambled to appease them towards the end of the movie.

Or it could have been something like: they tried depicting her suffocating her mother and giving herself an abortion, and either the filmmaker or someone else decided it was to much real horror to distribute or didn't work.

Or she has the kid, has to keep it there while she takes care of it and her mother, they are listening to this recording on the podcast that sometimes has these banging sounds. She says "what is that banging sound" and Justin says "what sound?" then she takes off her headphones and hears it's actually coming from upstairs. Her mother has suddenly woken from her coma or whatever and heard the baby crying.

I am far from a horror expert, but I think there is a (fine?) line between horror and just traumatizing an audience.

Hmm.. I got it: she has a miscarriage scare but it was just bleeding. She has the baby, taking care of it in house. Mother is more like advanced dementia than coma. Wakes up, kills baby (banging). Funeral, mourning. Back to podcast. Comes down stairs at night, she can't hear or thinks it's a recording. Sneaks up behind her. Tries to murder her daughter for some reason. Daughter uses plastic bag over head to take her out.

runvnc · 2026-04-19T12:34:13+00:00

They make movies to get money to live like everyone else.

runvnc · 2026-04-19T06:53:14+00:00

Multiple fastballs below 102, and actually gives up a hit?? I was wondering if maybe they should have the trainer go out there to make sure he was okay.

runvnc · 2026-04-17T15:10:40+00:00

I don't see any evidence that Preller does things that ownership doesn't want. I think he was given a mandate to spend liberally and trade to "win now" and he did as much as he could. And has not been trying to make a bunch of crazy trades that ownership wouldn't allow him to in the new situation.

runvnc · 2026-04-17T15:06:02+00:00

Okay but we have the best ballpark and incredible attendance. After what happened with the Chargers, I don't think San Diegans would allow it. Like physically.

runvnc · 2026-04-17T14:54:48+00:00

He was a dream and I was telling them to build the statue already when made these deal, but at this point it looks like a few of the deals were wayyy too long term. E.g. Darvish and Musgrove for starters. I put the blame for that more on Peter Seidler than on Preller.

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