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Photography. Baseball. Soccer. Baseball cards. Subtle joke was subtle. https://njwv.wordpress.com

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My son took CS in high school last year. Hated it. But learning how computers actually behave is still incredibly valuable.

11.08.2025 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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As electric bills rise, evidence mounts that data centers share blame. States feel pressure to act Amid rising electric bills, states are under pressure to insulate regular household and business ratepayers from the costs of feeding Big Tech’s energy-hungry data centers.

One study concluded 70% of increased electric cost across US due to AI data centers.
apnews.com/article/elec...

11.08.2025 12:01 β€” πŸ‘ 419    πŸ” 254    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 44

Thanks to Dan Epstein for talking to me about the significance of recent events in Atlanta. I don't claim any credit for Jen's talent or success, but she's my "protegΓ©" for the same reason I say that about EVERY woman who's out there umpiring baseball in 2025. They're all my babies! Look at us fly!

11.08.2025 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The idea that AI is unbiased is so laughably obviously incorrect now that everything else in this post falls apart.

11.08.2025 04:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) - Small Horned Owl on Maple Branch under Full Moon

11.08.2025 01:42 β€” πŸ‘ 143    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 5

Fun fact: the Nazi government ended up banning the font and embracing Futura after it emerged that the original Fraktur font had been invented by Jewish people. It’s an insane story:

11.08.2025 02:07 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

The logic makes sense.

11.08.2025 01:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'd guess that the 150 series back is a year older than the 350 series back.

10.08.2025 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
1887 Allen & Ginter Flags of All Nations card of Hawaii

1887 Allen & Ginter Flags of All Nations card of Hawaii

And my oldest card in general is a 1887 Allen & Ginter Flags of All Nations card of Hawaii.

10.08.2025 23:03 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
1893 Arbuckle "History of Sports and Pastimes of all Nations" card of the United States

1893 Arbuckle "History of Sports and Pastimes of all Nations" card of the United States

The second is an 1893 Arbuckle "History of Sports and Pastimes of all Nations" card of the United States which includes an image of playing baseball.

10.08.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
1901 Ogdens Tab card of RG Knowles

1901 Ogdens Tab card of RG Knowles

I do have a couple older kind of baseball cards. The first is a 1901 Ogdens Tab of RG Knowles. sabrbaseballcards.blog/2019/11/03/r...

10.08.2025 22:59 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
1906 Fan Craze card of George Brown.

1906 Fan Craze card of George Brown.

Okay. Sticking to baseball only. My oldest baseball card is a 1906 Fan Craze of George Brown.

10.08.2025 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

young grads and teenagers are the canary in the coal mine for a boss-friendly labor market. the bosses bought trump into the presidency and are being rewarded with a cratering labor market

10.08.2025 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 251    πŸ” 61    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

It is currently Nisei Week in Los Angeles.

In 1942 Roosevelt put 12,000 Japanese Americans into internment camps, many of whom were Nisei.

Among the 12,000 people unconstitutionally imprisoned were John and Miyoko Tanaka, Dean Cain’s grandparents.

10.08.2025 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 205    πŸ” 99    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 4

Yeah my reaction to what you're describing has always been that it's the outfielder's fault for not calling off the infielder.

10.08.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

ie the infielder attempting the catch is an indication that the outfielder didn't have the range to get there.

10.08.2025 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Welp now you can use "cool as a baby's bottom" and see how he reacts.

10.08.2025 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pretty sure those are supposed to be the outfielder's ball. But an infielder is also supposed to go for the ball until they're called off.

10.08.2025 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This doesn't sound bad. But I think I'd want to make it a float.

10.08.2025 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

What color is it?

10.08.2025 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Even 5 years ago the only new product available was Chrome and at $10/pack of 4 cards that was a no-go.

10.08.2025 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Was the first time I took my kids to a card shop too. The products available to them have increasing disappeared though. Some is Fanatics's fault but the rot started earlier as all the for-kids products either got dumped or too expensive.

10.08.2025 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Okay taking the idea of an ice cream sundae as an ice cream soda without the soda and going full circle by turning it back into a soda is wild. Now I'm wondering what happens if make this into a float.

10.08.2025 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Well, lemme go head and do my 20 mountain climbers for today

www.instagram.com/reel/DNJwd-f...

10.08.2025 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 253    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 25

Confirmed with an LCS a couple weeks ago that nothing was going on this year. A shame since my kids loved it. But also not a surprise since they never timed it to coincide with any kid-focused products.

10.08.2025 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah it seems they replaced it with Hobby Rip Night and didn't tell anyone.

10.08.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Not when paired with "filhos"

10.08.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just a heads up that Jen Pawol’s first day behind the plate is the MLB.TV Free Game of the Day. Enjoy!

10.08.2025 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

LOL at the alt text "3 are fine"

10.08.2025 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Third, is the reduction in entry-level coding jobs the real story here?

No.

The story is the disappearance of well-paying public service jobs. The article mentions as an afterthought that programming jobs are disappearing in government too. But I doubt it's for the same reason as at Google.

10.08.2025 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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