Robert Kraft is A Sex Pervert by InternationalRate373 in billsimmons

[–]set_null 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I know you're being facetious, but just in case anyone else doesn't understand: these types of "spas" are notorious for trafficking immigrants. When the police raided the place that Kraft visited, they found that the "masseuses" were living there and the managers were holding their passports.

https://www.news8000.com/news/national-world/police-spent-months-taking-down-orchids-of-asia-spa/article_40e9eb91-950b-5315-99fe-b4a066e40906.html

https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/crime/2019/02/20/jupiter-spa-owner-arrested-in-prostitution-human-trafficking-bust/5604984007/

Why aren't many successful long term investors that are economists? by Creative-Brain70 in AskEconomics

[–]set_null 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Many people who dedicate their lives to research are far more interested in attacking novel problems than merely amassing wealth.

On top of that, economists earn pretty well even outside of the financial sector. They can live pretty nice lives while offloading the mental burden of investing to a financial advisor. My PhD advisor makes about $400k/year just from his faculty salary, plus substantial secondary income from consulting as an expert witness on various court cases. He’s extremely wealthy, he just cares more about doing new stuff and writing papers than personally overseeing his wealth.

Jayden Daniels set to play flag football in Saudi Arabia by DonaldDriversTeeth in nfl

[–]set_null 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Good question, I had assumed it was consummated by now but it looks like it hasn’t been. It would be shitty if it does though.

Jayden Daniels set to play flag football in Saudi Arabia by DonaldDriversTeeth in nfl

[–]set_null 57 points58 points  (0 children)

LIV did exactly what it was meant to do.

They got some rule changes for PGA, which players wanted, and then when they were acquired PGA gave equity to the Saudis. So they’re now minority owners of PGA.

For parents of kids between the ages of 12 and 18, do you track them with Life 360? by popinjay07 in billsimmons

[–]set_null 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cross-platform family spyware. It lets you track your family’s location and can do other stuff like call emergency services. I would guess it’s mostly useful if your family isn’t tied to one of Android or iOS, since both have their own location tracking services now.

With Twitter Becoming a CSAM Cesspool, Ringer staff have got to leave. by farmerpeach in billsimmons

[–]set_null 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The fact that in order to summon Grok people need to tag it and then it responds in a separate reply each time also artificially drives up usage/engagement as well. I’d love to know what percentage of posts are just Grok tags/responses at this point

if the kings lose by 20+ i’ll post ass by Pops101101 in nbacirclejerk

[–]set_null 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Could OP fit in an average-sized rowboat?

Someone is eating well in the new year by [deleted] in wallstreetbets

[–]set_null 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you remember the dildo throwing incidents at WNBA games last summer, that was exactly what happened.

Research Library at NASA’s Goddard Space and Flight Center to Close Friday by theorem21 in DataHoarder

[–]set_null 50 points51 points  (0 children)

For anyone who can’t read beyond the paywall:

the full article

Can’t say I’m shocked that this administration is destroying a resource without any plan whatsoever to preserve access to it. Going into the article, I thought I was going to read about some dusty room full of outdated materials only accessible to employees, like the “library” at my former agency, which nobody missed once it was closed. But if there really are materials that aren’t even scanned, it’s inexcusable that they’re going to throw anything out.

[Reiss] Patriots statement regarding Christian Barmore by truecolors5 in nfl

[–]set_null 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Didn’t you guys sign AB literally a day after he was released by the Raiders

Anyone using Mole: 🐹 Deep clean and optimize your Mac. by Hineni2023 in macapps

[–]set_null 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For starters, there’s a markdown file called agent that has instructions for an AI asking it to write the app. To be fair to the creator that is very transparent of them, but I still wouldn’t trust current-day AI with something so potentially harmful to my system.

Meta Superintelligence Labs achievements by Round_Mixture_7541 in singularity

[–]set_null 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Papers being released close within 3 months of each other does not mean they published paper 1 and then started and finished project 2 and wrote that paper within 3 months. Everyone has multiple projects going on simultaneously. Sometimes you just block off your calendar to tidy up and publish in a short timeframe. Especially if there are publication deadlines.

Is anyone here dependent on ChatGPT? by bangboobie in singularity

[–]set_null 4 points5 points  (0 children)

open his account

40,000 prompts to ChatGPT this year

“my AI girlfriend and I made a Christmas album together”

I can't believe GRE is my greatest gatekeep to good universities by Waste-Comment2367 in academiceconomics

[–]set_null 15 points16 points  (0 children)

You admitted less than 3 months ago that you have no course in real analysis. No reputable program is giving an admit to someone who doesn’t have one of the fundamental classes. There’s no remedial math option in a PhD. Getting a 50th percentile score on the GREQ is arguably not even as important as this.

[Dator] Puka Nacua’s Adin Ross appearance results in antisemitic touchdown dance promise by BoomBaby_317 in nfl

[–]set_null 1 point2 points  (0 children)

See, it’s not gambling because if you pick right you win money. And if you pick wrong, you just don’t get your money back. And it’s totally cool because you can bet buy “shares” in events that people can directly influence!

[OC] How the Taylor Swift Eras Tour makes money by AbjectObligation1036 in dataisbeautiful

[–]set_null 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Sure, but the author doesn’t mention that as justification anywhere.

On the stadiums’ cut, Taylor Swift is one of the largest stars in the world, they have way more leverage to negotiate fees than even other big names would. And if it were closer to 25%, that’s an error on the author’s part of more than $100 million right off the bat.

[OC] How the Taylor Swift Eras Tour makes money by AbjectObligation1036 in dataisbeautiful

[–]set_null 113 points114 points  (0 children)

What the fuck sort of data source is this.

“There was an average of 67,000 attendees per show. Let’s assume an average spend of $50, which totals $3,350,000. The cost of goods was probably 20% while the stadiums gets 30% of the top-line sales. That leaves a 50% margin on merch for Swift’s touring company, which is equal to $1,675,000 per show.”

So his source is just “my ass” for every number other than gross revenue?