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    MLB should make these two changes to the ABS challenge system

    This doesn't make any sense. The strike zone should be the strike zone. I think this has some merit. There is some uncertainty with the machine that I assume they have calculated. Perfectly fine taking the position that the error of the machine is much smaller than a human ump, so we're...
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    OT: Bucket Listing

    Is that the old dude that also has cancer?
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    OT: Bucket Listing

    Mainly on learning how to pick a fan base. What the 17 is wrong with you. I guess the Cubs had a good run starting when you were 30ish? But unless you didn't become a baseball fan until then, I can only assume you picked them, the Detroit Lions, and Mississippi state fandoms to fill your time...
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    Hey Desoto. Get ready for the new Goodman Rd. coming.

    Most people that are claiming more lanes doesn't reduce congestion are making a claim around "induced demand". Basically, when a new lane is opened, there is an immediate short term response where people that avoided that road by driving side roads or just foregoing unnecessary trips completely...
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    So in the nba you can do a lot of crazy things

    That was a terrible decision without the benefit of hindsight. There was just never a threat to healthy people to justify that kind of overreach and never proof that the vaccine reduced transmissibility enough force compliance like that. We had plenty of data in at the point the vaccine became...
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    So in the nba you can do a lot of crazy things

    I think he is right on this one. It's probably more like a 40/60 or 60/40 issue. Hard to say because of social desirability bias and/or demand bias. Also not sure how well the difference between "I think it's wrong but the government shouldn't try to stop it/discourage it" and "I don't think...
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    OT: Bucket Listing

    Most of mine are boat/water related, but in no particular order: - Spend a few months bouncing around the bahamas by boat. - Week or two week Bareboat Charter in the BVI - Trip up and down the Dalmatian Coast - Extended trip to Thailand - Summer/Fall just tooling down and then up the Florida...
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    Just FYI: What would you consider the "Must Have" streaming service?

    $5 Daily sling pass. Rarely am I watching live tv more than 4 days a month, so it's a clear winner. I could get by with any one of the other streaming platforms and would probably just rotate them as I watched things, but we have peacock through walmart + and of course prime through amazon.
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    Name a player who best represents who Mississippi State is at its best

    If I understand your question, I would say for football, maybe Fletcher Cox or Bernardrick McKenny? Fitz is a good one too. Generally underrated guys that get the job done (although I think Cox was highly rated out of high school?) For basketball, Brandon Vincent and Barry Stewart (which it...
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    What the Noem?

    There was a big stink about her having a fair. Or really a small stink. Maybe this is somewhat related. Would not be the first political couple to just stick it out publicly because it's easier than airing their dirty laundry. Hard to believe you could be dumb enough to be married to a...
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    Ole Miss transfer

    Yup. Oxford has done some things well (particularly marketing) and it's a nice small college town, but at the end of the day, that's all it is, much like Starkville. People coming to it not understanding that are going to be disappointed. And Starkville and Oxford are basically alone in that...
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    OT: County level/Metro Population Estimates for July 2025 released today

    I was responding to Goat's comment about Hernando "holding on" and needing to avoid apartment complexes. I don't know that school choice would help with crowding issues in their current dynamics. Possibly if there are people that would live in Southhaven but for the schools, there would be...
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    OT: County level/Metro Population Estimates for July 2025 released today

    What kind of $1B investment would southwest MS be attractive for? Not close to population center. I think the oil and gas is more or less played out, such that chemical plants aren't competitive? Only class I is CN and it's really onlly north/south. Is there major pipeline capacity? I'm just...
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    OT: The New Pandemic

    I feel like most men know if they make enough money it doesn't matter if they're bald. There is a small minority of people that get sucked into an unhealthy culture around looks and aging, but it's really a small minority of people. Something like 40% of adult women in the US are obese (or at...
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    OT: The New Pandemic

    She definitely wasn't hollywood pretty and I assume wouldn't have made it without nepotism, but she was cute and perfectly normal looking for her age.
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