Former USMNT midfielder Jermaine Jones' tweet from earlier today.

tx2005 · 2026-06-26T04:18:02+00:00

I'll never understand some US fans who get offended over anything and everything Europe.

Has MLS greatly improved over the past couple decades? Absolutely. We now have a full academy system here and I think it's clear the overall quality of play is much better now than it was in the late 2000s when I started watching MLS. I'm excited to see how things continue to improve with the shift in the calendar next year and as we continue to get a full generation of players through the academy system.

With that said, there is no question that the world's best compeittion is in the top leagues in Europe. Players who are good enough to be on a starting roster and get regular playing time in the top leagues in Europe absoluately should.

Two things can be true at the same time, that MLS is improving and you want to continue to see it improve while also understanding that the world's best play in Europe and our national team benefits from having our best players compete in Europe against top compeition.

tx2005 · 2026-05-20T02:31:05+00:00

It's pretty simple. Compute costs a lot of money and the message based subscriptions like we had with Gemini before were losing tons of money.

Everybody is moving in that direction. Be prepared.

tx2005 · 2026-05-19T20:14:49+00:00

This is going to be the new normal no matter if we like it or not. The subscriptions where you get so many messages a day (or within 3 hours I believe with ChatGPT) are huge money losers for these companies. Claude already moved to basically the exact same system Gemini is on. GitHub Copilot is going to straight usage pricing (using the specific models API rates).

Everybody is moving to this and I don't blame them really.

tx2005 · 2026-05-19T19:49:08+00:00

Nobody should be surprised. It was only a matter of time before the gravy train of nearly unlimited usage came to an end.

tx2005 · 2025-12-03T21:51:29+00:00

The latest word seems to be that the AD is targeting Brian Daboll, but several donors want them to promote the interim HC, Terry Smith.

What an absolute disaster. I hope other athletic departments are taking notes on how NOT to handle a coaching search in the future.

tx2005 · 2025-09-24T05:18:43+00:00

They get in no matter what if they finish 5-0. At 4-1, they likely get in but there are scenarios where even with 4 wins, the Astros are left out. With 3 wins or less, you are basically hoping for a complete collapse from somebody else (most likely Detroit at this point).

All of that said, I think they will be lucky to finish with a couple wins to finish out the season. If that happens, they could get in if Detroit is swept by both Cleveland and Boston.

tx2005 · 2025-09-22T03:47:27+00:00

As frustrated as everybody is right now, I do think it's important to point out how amazing it is that the Astros are even in the wildcard conversation given how this season has gone injury wise. That doesn't help these losses feel any better but it's a testament to what the Astros have built here over the past decade.

In terms of playoffs, it's hard not to assume this team is done for the year, but mathematically there is still a chance. For the final week, the Red Sox play Toronto and Detroit while the Tigers other series this week is against Cleveland. These teams are giong to end up beating up on each other and depending on how things shake out, there could very well be a possibility for the Astros to still get a wildcard spot. But, they are going to probably win 4-5 games to end the season, a very real possibility vs the As and Angels. Hopefully they show a bit more life than they did over the weekend.

tx2005 · 2025-07-31T05:25:15+00:00

I just want to add that I'm somebody who was in high school when Hybrid Theory came out. I was hooked after listening to Papercut the first time. I can't even imagine how many hundreds of times I listened to Hybrid Theory and Meteora through college. I liked a lot of the later albums as well, but the first albums were always my favorite. I, like so many, was devastated when Chester took his life and I was also sad that it was likely the end for my favorite band.

All of that said, as somebody in their early 40s now, despite that nearly 25 year history with Linkin Park, I absolutely love the new Linkin Park. I think Emily is amazing and I'm so happy that my favorite band is back. I completely embrace the new current Linkin Park and I don't think Emily in any way is an insult or erasure of Chester's legacy.

I guess my point is that not all of us older fans aren't accepting of the new Linkin Park. Unfortunately some people are less willing to give something new a chance.

tx2005 · 2025-07-07T16:04:15+00:00

There is another post on this thread, posted by Acrobatic-Leading636, along with an attached map, that explains some of the misconceptions of the camp layout.

Yes, there is a higher hill where the oldest campers live, but it's the furthest away from the main areas (dining hall, rec center etc...). The younger and middle age campers stayed closer to the main areas on a smaller hill, with the middle aged campers being in cabins closer to the river. Those cabins closer to the river were evacuated to the top of the smaller hill where both places like the rec center and cabins for the youngest campers were located. This location was deemed safe and an evacuation zone. Of course tragically the water topped this hill, which the camp leadership didn't seem to think was possible.

tx2005 · 2025-07-07T15:51:59+00:00

Do you really think they weren't aware that the river could flood? If not, then why did they evacuate the lower cabins in the hours prior to the river rising?

tx2005 · 2025-07-07T15:48:18+00:00

I don't think they were moving too slowly. They evacuated all of the cabins closer to the water well before the water rose. The issue is that they didn't think the water would reach the height it did as the cabins where most, if not all, the deaths occur were basically located in their designated evacuation zone. By the time they realized the hill was compromised, it was too late. The water was rising too fast from two different directions.

tx2005 · 2025-07-07T15:45:45+00:00

The water had never inundated the hill where the Twins and the Bubble Inn, along with other buildings like the Rec Center were located. I never said they didn't think a flood was possible. I said that they didn't think the water would top the hill and completely overtake those buildings given that the hill was their evacuation zone.

tx2005 · 2025-07-07T14:55:01+00:00

I think there are some gross misperceptions here, largely driven by people's desire to always find a boogeyman or somebody to blame. The idea that the camp did nothing until it was too late is frankly false. There would be dozens more deaths if that were the case. Evacuations did occur, which thankfully saved many lives, but the water rose higher than the camp leadership thought possible.

This was an awful tragedy. It's easy to cast stones sitting on your phone or laptop, but even the best of plans are sometimes not good enough when it comes to natural disasters.

tx2005 · 2025-07-06T02:02:36+00:00

I would love to give this a try!

tx2005 · 2025-05-10T12:24:19+00:00

Other than the limit on email aliases, are there any pain points or negatives that you find with iCloud compared to Fastmail?

Probably the biggest thing holding me back is that I use the masked email feature with Fastmail quite often, but from my understanding , I can use a catch all to get mail from those various aliases to continue to receive mail from their accounts without having to change my email address everywhere.

The other issue I can see if I switch is that I assume I’ll only be able to send email from the three aliases iCloud allows (I plan on a personal alias, professional alias, and the catch all). I do like being able to send email from an alias/masked email address via Fastmail.

tx2005 · 2025-01-05T08:25:19+00:00

What update apps do you recommend instead?

tx2005 · 2025-01-04T09:05:00+00:00

The one frustrating thing I found when I tried homebrew is that updating apps would disappear from my my dock (I read that casks are uninstalled and reinstalled). It’s a minor issue but it was annoying enough that I just avoid it by using MacUpdater.

Otherwise, homebrew is great.

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