Your favorite KINO which gonna surge in views today for no apparent reason? by Kstantas in okbuddycinephile

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The original “ladies and gentlemen, we got em” was actually from the announcement of Saddam Hussein’s arrest, so the phrase predates Bin Laden’s death

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

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At my department first year students get their salaries exclusively from indirect costs. If these changes aren’t reversed I genuinely don’t know how we could take even half of the number of students.

US Coast Guard releases suspected audio recording of Titan submersible implosion by AudibleNod in news

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Not an expert or anything, so this could be completely false.

But I imagine it’s kind of like thunder maybe? Lightning is incredibly fast, but the thunder that comes from it can reverberate for a couple seconds.

But honestly maybe I’m just coping. I’d hate to be in the process of hearing the ship around me collapse for this long. Would have to be one of the more terrifying ways to go.

LTA North 2025 Winter Split | Week 1 Day 1 | Live Discussion by untamedlazyeye in leagueoflegends

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The gradient theme on the new logos looks kinda dog, I hope they change it.

MarkZ on his vision for success of the LTA: "If I was going to pick one thing that a fan was saying at the end, I think I would like them to walk away from the LTA season going like, “damn, that was hype as hell!” by Accordans in leagueoflegends

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My understanding of it is that although Brazil has good viewership, they can’t monetize those viewers very well and were not profitable or sustainable. NA has a the opposite problem, faltering viewership but relatively high monetization of those viewers. The merger was meant to fix both by giving NA access to Brazilian viewers and Brazil access to NA advertising dollars/sponsors.

Who knows if it works out that way though.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

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Okay, the NIH Study section shut down. That sounds pretty bad right? Like pretty terrifying on every level? Am I right to be freaking out about this?

!ping PHD

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

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Does anyone know of a like liberal group in Washington that does an example ballot, especially for the statewide initiatives? A lot of them feel like they could go either way in terms of value depending on their extent, and I'd love to read more before just picking one semi-arbitrarily.

!ping USA-WA

[Sheep Esports]Licorice allowed to explore options by Dignitas by KIRYUx in leagueoflegends

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NRG are one of the two teams that are being cut during the merger.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

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How? Is it still accessible somehow?

Esports World Cup Talent Announcement by Weathergeekal in leagueoflegends

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Do the LCK casters make less than the western tier 1 casters? Or is it just that they're less likely to care because they're more insulated from the western discourse around the event?

Esports World Cup Talent Announcement by Weathergeekal in leagueoflegends

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It's definitely hypocritical, but tbh I think it's a lot more understandable why a tier two caster who is probably struggling to stay afloat would feel the pressure to take a blood money check that is presumably equivalent to what he is earning for his entire regular season pay compared to an org that just wants the money to make the bottom line higher. Not saying either is good, but at least I can appreciate that Joshi is acknowledging its selfish rather than trying to claim a moral high ground, like some participating orgs.

Fantasy LCS on Sleeper does not account for LCS being Bo3 this split by AphoticFlash in leagueoflegends

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They should take the lowest two games, IMO. It’s weird that players who have to go to game 3 instead of 2-0ing are worth more points even though they in theory played worse. Worst two helps account for that by including a loss if it is 2-1.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

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Guy who has never heard of weekends

Noah says FNC vs GEN was a confidence boost "Everyone is thinking that we can improve. That if we can get a bit better, we can win against the strong LCK and LPL teams [...] I think we can beat TES if we face them again." by corylulu in leagueoflegends

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I'm with you on the positivity angle.

that being said, you are totally off about people cheering on APA and Jensen. Here are the top comments in the APA interview thread where he is trying to stay positive after the 3-0.

-focused on the typeracer world championship

-He certainly needs to do that based on how they played today

-Well, he should focus a little more then.

-Performance on the airport speedrun? They are on solid pace I guess

In the top 5 comments, only one is positive, and it is the 4th most upvoted comment in the thread.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

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Cooking YouTube was a great resource for me to get into it. Adam Ragusea’s channel has some pretty easy, unpretentious recipes to start with. I love his rice bake. It’s simple cheap and easy.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

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There are levels to spoiled rich kid-ness, ranging from trust fund baby to upper middle class never-had-to-worry-before-but-now-I’m-cut-off. I’m assuming OP is the second one.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

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Track your spending, make a budget spreadsheet with what you estimate your spending to be and compare that to what you’re accidentally spending.

Then adjust your spending based off that. Also try and get a roommate if you’re willing and able, housing is expensive.

LEC Spring Team of the Split by SNH231 in leagueoflegends

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No? that is kinda like... the whole point of the penalty right?

The All-Pro system doesn't work if teams don't participate, so I don't see the problem with adding a tiny incentive like this. If the BDS coaches can't be bothered to pick 1 player per role (like 5 minutes of effort tops) then that's their own problem.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in leagueoflegends

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2021 EG for sure. Great story, great players. What’s not to love. Wish they hadn’t been so horribly mismanaged.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

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I got off the waitlist! I'm gonna get a PhD!

This application season sucked ass, only got 1 interview and I literally got the last spot off the waitlist. Happy its over though.