The difference between the explosion of the Internet and "AI" is "AI" doesn't actually exist. It's just clever software and brute force compute. There's nothing really revolutionary about it except the money being sunk into it (see the OpenAI, Oracle, NVIDIA circle jerk). Those platforms have their uses, but as humans do: we'll just use it to generate memes, skim intellectual property, and break our trust in reality. The environmental, economic, IP, and adjacent implications far outweigh its use.Yes, I verify everything. One great thing about AI is it gives all the original sources for its info. I cross check against those sources or other sources.
I not only lived thru the dotcom bubble, by the way, I covered and wrote about it as a journalist.
Lot of speculation, to be sure, and lots of failed companies (Pets.com, Wortldcom, Enron, etc). But the fiber got laid and used, the Internet became huge, and it fundamentally altered the U.S. and global economies.
Some companies - Amazon anybody - even became big and enriched a lot of people. In any case, the stock market only took a few years to recover.
But yes, we have gone astray. Back to pool.
Those are beautiful. Do you do commissions for joint protectors? Wouldn't mind a set for my Virtuoso.Decided to make a similar set for my new cue.
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Said it before so i'll keep it brief: Europe can easily field 3 teams that could beat the Americans.And some our losses have been a 'tad' one-sided, didn't get to 6 seven times and only got to 3 three times. Pretty shitty record to be brutally honest.
BTW, that same table, Toulet Pantheon, is up for auction again on Dec 13, 2025, however at a reduced starting bid of $20,000.
I've got a similar set of Baxter JPs for my Schon.
I've got a buddy that has a pretty nice Viking that was dropped and the pin is a little off. He was able to mate the shaft to the butt to get it pretty close to straight.No pictures but I have seen some bent pins.
Is it zero - zero? At workGood news. It's all tied up! Team USA is hanging in there so far.![]()
Wow, that is really, really bad. Ten out of eighteen matches we got crushed. And only three matches we won. So that means Team US was only competitive in five other Cups (six or more wins). To me losing 11-6 or 11-7 is not really that close anyway. 11-8 or better and it's a good match. Wonder how many went that far?And some our losses have been a 'tad' one-sided, didn't get to 6 seven times and only got to 3 three times. Pretty shitty record to be brutally honest.
I like taking the odds on the final score, 11-6 or 11-7. You're still getting 3.5-1 on your money. I think I like Jayson at 11-4 and Moritz at 5-1 in singles. Europe at 250 to win 100 is not bad either.Interestingly, the UK sports betting offer USA at 2-1, with Europe obviously favourites at 2-5.
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Interestingly, the UK sports betting offer USA at 2-1, with Europe obviously favourites at 2-5.You are correct. Team USA has won three of the last eighteen MC's. I wouldn't be bragging about a 3-15 record though. That equates to a one in six chance for Team USA overall. In other words calling them a 6-1 underdog is about right.