That’s using the ukulele as a percussion instrument. Instead of slap guitar, it’s slap ukulele.
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We are talking about the entire lower Mississippi valley south of the Ohio river through New Orleans - the active floodplain is up to 20 miles wide but the entire alluvial plain is more like 80 miles and includes about a third of eastern Arkansas. It would have flooded thousands of years ago when the glaciers were melting but is not such a risk today.
Steve is closer to the reasons being tied to historical cotton production.
TIL they make you take a polygraph at pro bass fishing tournaments and they disqualify you if you fail. Can you inagine this after other pro sporting events?
Bitcoin mining is such a waste of energy.
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That will part of the new skill set of a pro fisherman - how to fool a polygraph test.
The disqualification stems from a violation of Elite Series Rule C3(ii)a, which prohibits anglers from soliciting, gathering, or intentionally receiving information from non-competitors that could provide a competitive advantage. Rule C3(ii)j outlines that a first offense of this rule results in automatic tournament disqualification and a fine of up to $10,000.
I guess it has to do with scouting out fishing locations, and getting info from others re: locations
What would be the the equivalent in other sports?
Maybe watching other teams practices
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A competitor getting help from a non-competitor in a match? The Hans Niemann scandal comes to mind:
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/26/1201734274/chess-hans-niemann-anal-beads-cheating
I suppose stealing signs from the stands in baseball and relaying to the batter is somewhat analogous.
The rule itself seems totally reasonable, and I understand getting DQd for violating it. It’s the use of a polygraph on competitors and accepting the results as 100% accurate is more the WTF for me. I think even polygraph experts acknowledge they aren’t completely accurate.
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there’s huge money in pro fishing, and I think cheating is rampant
I believe Bitcoin mining is dead. the new, much bigger problem, is AI .
the amount of power that is, and is going to be consumed, is obscene. they’re building a new server farm locally and apparently it’ll use 25% of the areas electricity.
we have ai, we just don’t really have the computing infrastructure for it.
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At the current rate of increasing demand, the US will have to increase by 35-50% in the next 15 years. Even though there is anti-renewable sentiment right now, it’s going to be very difficult to achieve without renewables.
The full US National Power Demand Study will describe a critical gap between the current energy supply and future needs. It predicts U.S. electricity demand will surge by 35-50% between 2024 and 2040.
I agree.
The only difference is that AI may have other beneficial aspects for society. Bitcoin doesn’t.
The world is going to the dogs.
The rest of the story:
Troopers initially thought the girls were running away, but then learned the family was traveling to Salt Lake City for school tests and were also on route to do chores at a pregnant sister’s house, according to Fox 13 Salt Lake City.
“The 12- and 14-year-old, they were scared,” Lt. Clay Morgan with Utah Highway Patrol told the outlet. “They were scared that they were in trouble. They were scared that their brother was in trouble. They were scared that somebody was hurt, but after a while they calmed down.”
The cab of the truck would only hold 2 people and there was a driver and passenger there so the girls were in the trailer. While dangerous and stupid, probably not a hugely unheard of thing for people in rural Utah.
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So they were just chillin’ in the back?
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"The trailer’s temperature was set to 30 degrees Fahrenheit, at one point dropping to 29.5 degrees, investigators said. "
Making a big deal about 30 vs 29.5 makes me think the investigator and reporter don’t really understand numbers.
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That’s like a thousand times colder!!