TFF Chat 2022: Hoping 2022 isn't 2020 part 3

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Relentlessboredomm: Oct 15, 2006; It's Sic Semper Tyrannis. You said, "Ever faithful terrible lizard."

LeeMajors posted:

https://twitter.com/minakimes/status/1528816907834404864?s=21

Dan Snyder, brain genius

ehh, Northern Virginia is loving packed with people, this won't really affect much. It just means less DC residents will go and since that's almost exclusively wealthy transplants now that its been almost entirely gentrified I don't know that its a huge loss.

# ? May 23, 2022 21:08

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# ? May 26, 2024 11:06

Its Rinaldo: Aug 13, 2010; CODS BINCH

Nerds unite

https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1528821388798312449?s=21&t=gx3GFf8ELUcQldQhtPBK2A

# ? May 23, 2022 21:22

Neil Armbong: Jan 16, 2004; If anybody wants to see, there's a Donkey Kong kill screen coming up.; Pillbug

T-Square posted:

I�ve done shrooms three times and never tripped, so apparently my friends got cremini mushrooms or something those times

Last night however I had a couple extra Vicodin because I had nothing to do but lay on the couch and try not to be in pain and it was great

as someone who's wife lost her brother to a fentanyl OD earlier this year, that's an ominous path to even toy with.

# ? May 23, 2022 21:38

Ornery and Hornery: Oct 22, 2020

Its Rinaldo posted:

Nerds unite

https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1528821388798312449?s=21&t=gx3GFf8ELUcQldQhtPBK2A

Heck yeah comrades

# ? May 23, 2022 21:40

Impossibly Perfect Sphere: Nov 6, 2002; They wasted Luanne on Lucky!

She could of have been so much more but the writers just didn't care!

Its Rinaldo posted:

Nerds unite

https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1528821388798312449?s=21&t=gx3GFf8ELUcQldQhtPBK2A

Follow up Tweet: Raven Software has been closed.

# ? May 23, 2022 21:43

Joey Freshwater: Jun 20, 2004; Always playing with my meat; Grimey Drawer

Bird in a Blender posted:

This would be extremely similar to the Bears if they decide to move to Arlington Park. Only difference is there is a train line that goes right there, but driving from downtown Chicago to Arlington is like 40 minutes without traffic.

You gonna drive up there at like 3am or

# ? May 23, 2022 21:55

Manoueverable: Oct 23, 2010; Dubs Loves Wubs

Shinji2015 posted:

Yeah, this isn't a Kentaro Miura/Berserk situation where it'll be sudden and shocking, it's going to be everyone going "welp, knew that was coming."

Although if Elden Ring ends up being the last thing GRRM works on, it won't be a bad note to go out on (even if his contribution to it was minor at best)

If my understanding is correct, if Berserk is finished forever (as in, Miura's assistants won't finish whatever remains) no one will ever be able to top that cliffhanger of an ending jfc

# ? May 23, 2022 22:09

T-Square: May 14, 2009

Neil Armbong posted:

as someone who's wife lost her brother to a fentanyl OD earlier this year, that's an ominous path to even toy with.

I just had surgery on Friday lol I�m not buying opiates on the streets

# ? May 23, 2022 22:12

swickles: Aug 21, 2006; I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just some QB that I used to know

T-Square posted:

I just had surgery on Friday lol I�m not buying opiates on the streets

During which you probably got lots of fentanyl!!

# ? May 23, 2022 22:15

Neil Armbong: Jan 16, 2004; If anybody wants to see, there's a Donkey Kong kill screen coming up.; Pillbug

T-Square posted:

I just had surgery on Friday lol I�m not buying opiates on the streets

ahh, word. i read your post in the most negative interpretation possible, apologies.

# ? May 23, 2022 22:17

LeeMajors: Jan 20, 2005; I've gotta stop fantasizing about Lee Majors...
Ah, one more!

swickles posted:

During which you probably got lots of fentanyl!!

The fentanyl scare drives me absolutely loving insane.

# ? May 23, 2022 22:18

Vertical Lime: Dec 11, 2004

LeeMajors posted:

https://twitter.com/minakimes/status/1528816907834404864?s=21

Dan Snyder, brain genius

i-95 around there is infamously packed

remember earlier this year when people were stuck for 24+ hours because of snow

# ? May 23, 2022 22:27

T-Square: May 14, 2009

Neil Armbong posted:

ahh, word. i read your post in the most negative interpretation possible, apologies.

All good lol, not to discount your wife�s brother though, sorry to hear that

# ? May 23, 2022 22:30

Ornery and Hornery: Oct 22, 2020

I support all of you doing whatever drugs you want, including painkillers.

Whatever brings you joy!!!

My drug of choice is worship.

# ? May 23, 2022 22:34

Its Rinaldo: Aug 13, 2010; CODS BINCH

My drug choice is Seattle Sports.

I yearn for death.

# ? May 23, 2022 22:40

Kalli: Jun 2, 2001

Hey, I know a few of y'all live in Florida, anyone got a bat and some time?

https://www.businessinsider.com/chess-prodigy-steignet-software-buys-homes-for-big-investors-2022-5

quote:

A.J. Steigman sold more houses in Atlanta last year than any other broker � despite the fact that he lives in Florida and has no full-time staff.

He's able to sell residential properties from thousands of miles away thanks to a $20,000 computer and a proprietary software system called "Steignet" that he launched at the University of Pennsylvania in 2018.

The system's algorithms scan large data sets to identify undervalued single-family homes before the human competition. Its name is a reference to the Terminator's villainous artificial intelligence network "Skynet," as The Wall Street Journal first reported.

But you won't find any mom and pop homebuyers on Steigman's client roster. Instead, he works with investors that flip the homes or rent them out for profit.

Steigman declined to name his clients, but told Insider they include hedge funds, high-
net worth
family offices, and billion-dollar-plus private equity firms. Institutional investors � which can range from small time landlords to major players on Wall Street � bought a record high of 18.4% of US homes in the fourth quarter of 2021, Redfin announced in February.

"While record-high home prices are problematic for individual homebuyers, they're one reason why investor demand is stronger than ever," Redfin economist Sheharyar Bokhari said in response to the growing trend. "Investors buying up a record share of for-sale homes is one factor making this market difficult for regular homebuyers."

That's because big investors can often afford to put down all-cash offers, whereas regular homebuyers rely on mortgages and financing. As far as the seller and listing agent is concerned, cash buyers are a lot less complicated to deal with.

Last year, Steigman sold 300 properties in Atlanta for a total of $86 million, according to the Atlanta Realtors Association. He said this is just a "fraction" of his total closings (including Florida sales), which he estimates to be around $130 million.

The high-tech broker credits his success in the real estate game to a childhood spent training as an international chess champion. Steigman earned a national chess master title by age 13 and was ranked the #1 US player in his age group for eight consecutive years, according to Steignet's website.

"I would analyze my games with the computers at the time, and always try to spot all the different moves and sequences," Steigman, who is now 36, told Insider. "So I take that very scientific and quantitative approach to real estate."

Those pattern recognition skills are how Steigman predicted residential real estate would become a scalable investment early on, he told Insider. While other firms focused on manpower, Steigman said he doubled down on the data.

"Just like a chess supercomputer can obliterate 50 Grandmasters, if you build a very powerful system you don't need to have a large headcount to be able to do it," he added.

Until recently, the largest player in algorithmic real estate was Zillow's iBuying arm, which shut down in November. The company poured millions into developing advanced algorithms to value homes, purchase properties, and quickly flip them for profit.

Zillow CEO Rich Barton said on an earnings call that the iBuying models couldn't handle the unpredictability of the pandemic-era housing market, which led them to overpay for listings. Zillow, Redfin, and Opendoor stock have all crashed since last autumn because of the failed iBuying efforts.

Steigman said there's not one key characteristic that differentiates his algorithms from competitors,' comparing the process of designing the software to Elon Musk building a rocket.

"It's not like the fuel is the secret sauce," he told Insider. "It's all of the iterations that are constantly being perfected."

In Atlanta, nearly one-third of homes that sold in the fourth quarter of 2021 were bought by investors, according to Redfin data. That's the highest percentage of any state in the US. Meanwhile, out-of-town buyers with bigger budgets than local residents are driving up property costs, fueling fears of a housing bubble.

As homeownership becomes increasingly out of reach for many Americans, some people fear that Wall Street's move into residential real estate has priced ordinary folks out of the market. But while the presence of investor homebuyers has become more prominent in cities like Atlanta and Charlotte, consumers still greatly outnumber investors, as Vox has previously reported.

"To be honest with you, consumers are the largest proportion of the market," Steigman told Insider, adding that corporations are strictly limited by the types of properties they can buy. "They will squash all of the institutions combined."

# ? May 23, 2022 22:43

Ornery and Hornery: Oct 22, 2020

Well, that sucks.

I was under the impression that institutional investors were buying up like 6% of housing� 18% or more seems not great.

# ? May 23, 2022 22:48

Freaquency: May 10, 2007; "Yes I can hear you, I don't have ear cancer!"

Vertical Lime posted:

i-95 around there is infamously packed

remember earlier this year when people were stuck for 24+ hours because of snow

Oh god I just realized that the first time they have a 4:25pm game that the drive home will be a bloodbath. That whole stretch from Fredericksburg to the Beltway is awful on Sunday nights.

# ? May 23, 2022 22:50

Manoueverable: Oct 23, 2010; Dubs Loves Wubs

Its Rinaldo posted:

My drug choice is Seattle Sports.

I yearn for death.

Thank God I'm a soccer fan, or else Seattle sports would have been the death of me years ago.

I also support Arsenal :suicide:

# ? May 23, 2022 22:53

shirts and skins: Jun 25, 2007; Good morning!

Manoueverable posted:

Thank God I'm a soccer fan, or else Seattle sports would have been the death of me years ago.

I also support Arsenal

Shoulda been like me and followed DeAndre Yedlin from the Sounders to Spurs :cool:

# ? May 23, 2022 23:00

Vertical Lime: Dec 11, 2004

Freaquency posted:

Oh god I just realized that the first time they have a 4:25pm game that the drive home will be a bloodbath. That whole stretch from Fredericksburg to the Beltway is awful on Sunday nights.

i've been around there on a sunday

my god

# ? May 23, 2022 23:08

Bird in a Blender: Nov 17, 2005; It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

Ornery and Hornery posted:

I support all of you doing whatever drugs you want, including painkillers.

Whatever brings you joy!!!

My drug of choice is worship.

My drug is self-hate. I�m high all the time.

# ? May 23, 2022 23:08

Manoueverable: Oct 23, 2010; Dubs Loves Wubs

shirts and skins posted:

Shoulda been like me and followed DeAndre Yedlin from the Sounders to Spurs

I supported Arsenal the moment I saw Henry score against Real Madrid, it's all been downhill ever since. There are so many bandwagon Spurs fans here, it's unreal.

# ? May 23, 2022 23:14

General Dog: Apr 26, 2008; Everybody's working for the weekend

LeeMajors posted:

The fentanyl scare drives me absolutely loving insane.

Poor 'ol Chiche, thought about fentanyl and died.

# ? May 23, 2022 23:19

BigPaddy: Jun 30, 2008; That night we performed the rite and opened the gate.
Halfway through, I went to fix us both a coke float.
By the time I got back, he'd gone insane.
Plus, he'd left the gate open and there was evil everywhere.

Manoueverable posted:

I also support Arsenal

* Gilbert Gottfried voice *

You fool!

# ? May 23, 2022 23:29

MrLogan: Feb 4, 2004; Ask me about Derek Carr's stolen MVP awards, those dastardly refs, and, oh yeah, having the absolute worst fucking gimmick in The Football Funhouse.

RFK is the perfect place for a stadium. So dumb just to let it sit empty.

Half falling down and it was still better for games than Audi field.

# ? May 23, 2022 23:52

LeeMajors: Jan 20, 2005; I've gotta stop fantasizing about Lee Majors...
Ah, one more!

Lib brain is going to kill us all

https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/...ingawful.com%2F

# ? May 23, 2022 23:53

Bird in a Blender: Nov 17, 2005; It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

Sea levels will rise 10� and democrats will still be trying to give tax breaks so it�s easier to buy gas.

# ? May 23, 2022 23:59

Guze: Oct 10, 2007; Regular Human Bartender

Blame voters, they care about gas and only gas

# ? May 24, 2022 00:06

swickles: Aug 21, 2006; I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just some QB that I used to know

Bird in a Blender posted:

Sea levels will rise 10� and democrats will still be trying to give tax breaks so it�s easier to buy gas.

Anyone who owns ocean front property can write it off on their taxes, also anyone who has new ocean front property is now taxed out of it!

# ? May 24, 2022 00:07

Fifty Three: Oct 29, 2007

they care about gas because they're forced to care about gas because the minimum wage is garbage and there's no public transit

# ? May 24, 2022 00:07

LeeMajors: Jan 20, 2005; I've gotta stop fantasizing about Lee Majors...
Ah, one more!

Guze posted:

Blame voters, they care about gas and only gas

Because our standard of living is so low and we have no other reliable alternatives for transport.

Being priced out of driving to work is something in a �superpower.�

# ? May 24, 2022 00:10

Rectal Placenta: Feb 25, 2011

Can't wait for when the oil companies report record profits this quarter

# ? May 24, 2022 00:13

General Dog: Apr 26, 2008; Everybody's working for the weekend

What�s the market like for electric motorboats?

# ? May 24, 2022 00:13

Hot Diggity!: Apr 3, 2010; SKELITON_BRINGING_U_ON.GIF

Bird in a Blender posted:

My drug is self-hate. I�m high all the time.

Yeah.

# ? May 24, 2022 00:13

Tulalip Tulips: Sep 1, 2013; The best apologies are crafted with love.

Its Rinaldo posted:

My drug choice is Seattle Sports.

I yearn for death.

Sometimes I get the little high of hope only to be utterly crushed. After over 30 years of Seattle Sports fandom you think I'd know better.

At least for football, the Seahawks can never truly hurt me since the Raiders have already done that.

Also the Storm are usually good.

# ? May 24, 2022 00:25

Relentlessboredomm: Oct 15, 2006; It's Sic Semper Tyrannis. You said, "Ever faithful terrible lizard."

Ornery and Hornery posted:

Well, that sucks.

I was under the impression that institutional investors were buying up like 6% of housing� 18% or more seems not great.

turning basic necessities into investment vehicles is a surefire way to gin up civil unrest, good job everybody

LeeMajors posted:

Lib brain is going to kill us all

https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/...ingawful.com%2F

lmao, gonna enjoy watching them get slaughtered in the fall, loving idiots

# ? May 24, 2022 00:36

LeeMajors: Jan 20, 2005; I've gotta stop fantasizing about Lee Majors...
Ah, one more!

Relentlessboredomm posted:

lmao, gonna enjoy watching them get slaughtered in the fall, loving idiots

Still owes me 600$

# ? May 24, 2022 00:38

Shinji2015: Aug 31, 2007; Keen on the hygiene and on the mission like a super technician.

Manoueverable posted:

If my understanding is correct, if Berserk is finished forever (as in, Miura's assistants won't finish whatever remains) no one will ever be able to top that cliffhanger of an ending jfc

Yeah.

I'm deeply conflicted on whether or not Berserk should be finished by anyone else. Even if Miura had a detailed plan, it would just be so jarring to see anyone else doing art; there's only a handful of people on the level of Miura, and I wouldn't want them killing themselves over it either

# ? May 24, 2022 00:55

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# ? May 26, 2024 11:06

Its Rinaldo: Aug 13, 2010; CODS BINCH

Tulalip Tulips posted:

Sometimes I get the little high of hope only to be utterly crushed. After over 30 years of Seattle Sports fandom you think I'd know better.

At least for football, the Seahawks can never truly hurt me since the Raiders have already done that.

Also the Storm are usually good.

Shame I find basketball boring and even my nascent interest was killed off when the Sonics left town because Storm being legit a great team seems like fun ways to spend evenings.

# ? May 24, 2022 01:26

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