Rich
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2 hours ago, Noeller said:
don't ask questions about things that are a) Easily Googled, and b) have been talked about ad nauseum, not only on here, but all over the internet for weeks, if not months.... and if you do, then expect to be soundly mocked. That's what makes the internet great.
Sad and telling that this is what you think makes the internet great.
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Just now, Geebrr said:
I’ve been using it for many months!
When was the last time you used it?
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2 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:
I thought the GIF thing had been around for a while already?
It wasn't turned on when I found it, and to get it working I had to sign up for an account and create a key, so if it was around before, it had probably stopped working at some point.
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What does one have to do with the other?
Well, nothing really, but....
I was trying to figure out why Twitter links aren't embedding (no answer on this yet), but while doing so I stumbled upon a feature I didn't know existed and enabled it. In the tool bar when creating a post, there is now a GIF button. This is an integration into https://giphy.com and provides a quick way to search for and embed GIFs.
Right in time for the new season and the game day GIF thread (if we decide to resurrect those).
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3 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:
Not trying to stir the pot. I mean that, I'm tired with all of this as well. The block function is a great thing. I'm sure some use it on me, please use that function if you don't want to here from me. Just highlighting something.
This is a perfect example of how you and I see the world differently.
Reading the many posts like the above embarrasses us and frustrates us but for very different reasons.
My observation is you will clump this post in with the other posts that are going back and forth with this poster as all the same crap, everyone's equally at fault, encourage all to look inwards and generalize what's going on without really dissecting the many things going on in the conversation. And you're right we should always look inwards and to some degree there are similarities here with us all.
But with respect, it's a lot more complicated and complex than you present it that has significant differences in levels of hypocrisies shown and the many different levels of what to tolerate and what can't be tolerated. It's a mess that needs to be untangled or we will never improve.
You may think not. That's okay. You choose to ignore. But its not okay to suggest it's all the same with equal amounts of crap going on and just get along.
Unfortunately for ease it doesn't work that way. No sir.
Counter away people. 🙂
I don't block anyone. As someone who needs to moderate the board, it isn't a luxury I have. And even if I did block people, you aren't someone I would block.
You misunderstand my issues with how some people post here.
Criticizing and pointing out what is wrong with someone's post, is what a discussion should be about.
Doing so by calling people's names, slandering them, degenerating them, is not acceptable, under any circumstances. You may disagree with that, you may think people are so horribly evil right now that they deserve whatever can be thrown at them, but that isn't acceptable on this board. And if people want somewhere they can do that, they will have to go find somewhere else to do it.
I won't deny that I / we have not been consistent in letting the above behaviour go without stepping in. The truth is I don't like moderating discussions. I don't like editing posts, I don't like warning people, I don't like suspending or banning people. I do at times get so fed up and frustrated with the state of things that I end up making a general post in anger like I did recently. But things get to a tipping point and I'm not perfect either. In general, as moderators, we tend to err on the side of letting things slide. The problem with that is things end up sliding further and further until it becomes a problem, and then a correction is needed. We are probably in that correction state right now as people will come to see.
The alternative is always hard line moderating. And I don't think anyone here really wants that to happen. Well at least they don't want it to happen to them, only to other people.
I don't expect or want you to agree with everyone. But if reading what someone else posts puts you (this is generic "you" people of the board, not HardCoreBlue specifically) over the edge so much that there is a repeating pattern where you can only respond in anger and name calling, or you think people as so evil that you are justified in how treating them badly, then ultimately you aren't welcome here and you will need to find somewhere else to post. There ain't no shortage of places to go to behave like that on the internet.
At the end of the day, treat people civilly. Make articulated arguments of why an opinion is wrong without name calling or making fun of people.
To answer your earlier post, I do share your fear with where society is heading right now and opinions of certain groups of people. But we are still a single country, and if we can so easily start to label a subsection of our fellow country people as crazy and simply not worthy and substandard human beings that whatever they say and do should just be dismissed outright, then the ultimate outcome is either a country that will be broken up / split / divided or that a country that stays as a single unit but one group will be no longer be treated as equals and humans. And I can show you countless history examples of where that leads to. I don't want either.
I'm not saying I have the answers to this, because I don't. I'm not perfect by any means, and not suggesting I have this figured out over you, but a quote I like to try and remember is this, A true test of character is not how you act on your best days but how you act on your most difficult days.
That doesn't mean being a push over, that doesn't mean accepting dangerous thoughts when you see it. It means how you behave in what you do when you see it.
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1 hour ago, HardCoreBlue said:
I am so tired and frustrated how some continually throw out the echo chamber you all think the same nonsense to support their ‘this is what see’ thoughts while hurling labels like lefties and libtards.
I’m not a lefty nor a libtard in how some here think it means. I consider myself and a lot others on this board decent critical thinkers that sometimes results in original thoughts being incorrect.
Honest question here, if you don't like labels being used like lefties and libtards, why is it you continuously use labels like "knuckle draggers"?
https://www.morningbigblue.com/community/search/?q=knuckle&quick=1
For the record, I hate the use of all of these labels because all it does is continue to polarize, dehumanize a subset of people. I'm no fan of what a lot of the conservative parties are doing right now and who is running them, but I would not personally classify using derogatory labels to refer to anyone as critical thinking.
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The stadium is on the University of Manitoba campus here in the city. It is a bit of a distance in terms of bars and things close by. The Bombers do host a tail gating party prior to kickoff. https://www.bluebombers.com/pre-game-tailgating/
Many Bomber fans will tail gate in the parking lots as well prior to the game. I'm sure you will get lots of suggestions in terms of restaurants to check out in the city. How long do you think you will come up for and what sorts of things do you like doing? Might help narrow things down a bit.
Can also checkout this site to see what might be of interest https://www.tourismwinnipeg.com/
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There are a number of posters in these threads that I would say post here in bad faith and a high percentage of posts are nothing but slinging veiled insults at other posters and "the other side". And before you go and assume it is "someone else". Take a long hard look in the mirror. If you aren't sure, PM me, and I'd be glad to tell you my opinion of where I see you on that spectrum.
I see a lot of posts criticizing politicians for not actually articulating a platform anymore. So many parallels I see in the discussion here.
I've long debated just shutting down any political discussions on this message board. I signed up for running a CFL / Bomber forum. Not politics. And would never ever get involved in trying to moderate a politics forum.
The discussion (and I use the term discussion very loosely as that is not what takes place in the majority of posts in here) in the politics threads has deteriorated a lot over the years, and I unfortunately view it as a microcosm of what also appears to be happening at scale across our Country. I find that sad.
I'm honestly tired and embarrassed by the discussions that generally take place in these threads, to the point where I open them, read one sentence, and move on. It isn't interesting. It isn't entertaining. It is the same predictable rehashed words over and over.
Just my thoughts and opinion .... something for ya'll to think about if you want to be able to discuss these topics here.
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Weird, googled it, and this came up.
QuoteThe NFL is set to introduce a new number beginning in the 2023 season. Players will now have the option to wear the No. 0 jersey, something that had previously only been allowed at the college level.
At least one NFL player is already planning to wear No. 0 this year: Jaguars receiver Calvin Ridley, who announced his intentions on Twitter.
Pretty sure the CFL used to allow #0 and #00 as two different numbers. Could be they are keeping #0 and getting rid of #00?
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https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/01/godfather-of-ai-leaves-google-after-a-decade-to-warn-of-dangers.html
Quote‘Godfather of A.I.’ leaves Google after a decade to warn society of technology he’s touted
- Geoffrey Hinton, known as the “godfather of AI” is leaving his role at Google, and plans to warn of the risks of the technology he’s long promoted.
- Hinton told CNBC that he now thinks digital intelligence can “acquire hugely more knowledge than any individual biological agent.”
- Google and Microsoft are among the mega-cap tech companies investing heavily in new AI models
For the past decade Hinton worked part-time at Google, between the company’s Silicon Valley headquarters and Toronto. But he has quit the internet giant, and he told the New York Times that he’ll be warning the world about the potential threat of AI, which he said is coming sooner than he previously thought.
“I thought it was 30 to 50 years or even longer away,” Hinton told the Times, in a story published Monday. “Obviously, I no longer think that.”
Hinton, who was named a 2018 Turing Award winner for conceptual and engineering breakthroughs, said he now has some regrets over his life’s work, the Times reported, citing near-term risks of AI taking jobs, and the proliferation of fake photos, videos and text that appear real to the average person.
In a statement to CNBC, Hinton said, “I now think the digital intelligences we are creating are very different from biological intelligences.”
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Watch the first 3 minutes of this interview with Giannis Antetokounmpo after being eliminated from the NBA playoffs.
I do think the Jets need to make changes nor was I happy with that playoff round, but everyone needs to take a deep breath and chill a bit.
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16 minutes ago, Noeller said:
Bowness sure didn't hold back in the post game presser. He's livid. Not sure his opinion is necessarily tied to what Chevy will actually do, but if it is, kabooooom. Gonna be a mushroom cloud over The Phone Booth this summer...
Anyone who hasn't seen the presser, it is a must watch IMO. Pretty much sums up the feelings of a lot of the fans as well.
You have a coach in Maurice who basically fired himself because he was out of ideas with this group. Bring in Bowness, who at his age and where he is in his career / retirement, can be very open and honest with what he says here. Changes are needed.
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4 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said:
maybe we can do some bake sales here in Kelowna and arrange to have the Stamps move to the Okanagan lol...
Don't bake sales on the West coast usually involve "special" brownies?
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2 minutes ago, Wideleft said:
It all depends on what we consider center now. Conservative governments have moved so far right that I'd consider 2 PM on a clock "center". The 9-12 slice doesn't really exist in practicality.
I don't disagree, but I would be curious on what you would define as centre.
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Also, don't know what Twitter did to lists, but the embedded twitter feed on the site seems to be broken. The list / feed is still live here https://twitter.com/i/lists/90380109?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^embeddedtimeline|twterm^screen-name%2Fslug%3AMorningBigBlue%2Fmorning-big-blue|twcon^s1 🤔
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9 minutes ago, Noeller said:
"uh oh, we have a PR problem...."
Personal experience.....
We have a mini pack and were contacted twice about a month ago to commit to the whole playoffs, which we declined. These were direct from ticket reps.
Have been contacted for our window to move / upgrade seats. This was a form / mass email.
And contacted with instructions for single seats leading up to and when playoff presale was open to season ticket holders. This was a form / mass email.
This was primarily through email mind you. I could see some people having an obscure email address they don't check or going to spam. But I don't think it is realistic to phone thousands and thousands of people in that short a time frame after the Jets qualified for playoffs.
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It is a combination of a lot of factors. It is also NHL / hockey fatigue.
To see a dip in season ticket holders and attendance around the 10 year mark of a new franchise / relocated franchise is pretty typical if you look to some other recent examples (ie. Minnesota). If they hadn't planned for this, then they weren't really doing their homework.
This city is too small to support the Jets, Moose, and Ice. The Ice is leaving. Question remains if this city can really support both the Jets and the Moose.
Up until last year, I was part of a season ticket group where we shared seats. I went to about 18 games a season. Which, to be honest is too much just in terms of time commitment (let alone the $$$). Demand is no longer there and we downgraded to a mini pack. We now go to 11 games, which feels about the right amount. Similar to the number of home games for the Bombers.
When they were selling out, a high percentage of full season tickets were groups of people splitting them.
They seem reluctant to really push the mini packs, and sometimes feels like they are an after thought. They are currently only available for the 300 level. Why not open this up to the 200 / 100 levels? When we had a window to upgrade our seats, there was only options for full and half season tickets. I had to push them to open up the mini packs. Their website is a bit of a mess as well. There are pages where the mini packs aren't even talked about.
Agree this messaging they are using is going to rub people the wrong way. #1 rule of marketing is know your target audience. They seem oblivious to who their target audience is.
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The other thing about bitcoin is it targets to have a new coin "mined" every 10 minutes. This means it adjusts how hard the algorithm is to mine the next coin regularly (every 2 weeks I believe). The more people that mine it, the more difficult it becomes.
This is the difficulty factor over time, which would also be an indication of how many machines are out there trying to mine them.
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2 hours ago, Tracker said:
You are correct in that Einstein saw quantum mechanics as " spooky action at a distance" and tried his best to ignore it. However it has persisted and has been repeatedly proven by such experiments as they have been able to design. Quantum mechanics are used to design all current electronics, so it is tangible and even has theological implications. For example, it is a tenet of quantum mechanics that nothing can exist without being aware of by an conscious being. It also supports the propositions of "The Holographic Universe"- a book that I have treasured for a long time.
Bohr famously said, " If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you are wrong. If you think you do not understand quantum mechanics, you are right".
Einstein was also skeptical that black holes actually existed, even though his math and equations predicted they do.
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2 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:
What’s crazy about the Weber contract is that there’s 3 years left so NASH thought he’d be playing at 40.
This was also one of the contracts that triggered the NHL to put in the 8 year max contract rule, as this was a 14 year contract, front loaded so that he only gets paid $1M a year with a $7.8M cap hit in each of the final 3 years.
The contract was designed to be bought out in those years or traded to a team like Phoenix.
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Twitter & GIF's
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Update on the twitter embeds. In the support forums for the board software, there are many other communities experiencing similar issues, though it isn't affecting everyone. The consensus seems to be that Twitter is blocking a range of IP addresses, which the server for this board got included in (anyone's guess into how they determined what those ranges would be). It is likely caught up in something similar to this.
Will continue to monitor, but not much more I can do on my end at this point.