5 minutes ago, greend said:

Yup, that said don't be surprised if work place health insurance would also someday (if it became legal everywhere) would charge more for users (kinda like they do for smokers now)

And weight. And alcohol.  Actuarial studies support it.  But a lot of that is supported by trying to help people make better health choices.  As I shop my upcoming choice for Medicare, probably a Medicare Advantage policy, I note how many offer things like active fitness programs.  

1 hour ago, Ipiggles said:

 

Actual Journalism is dead. It died years decades ago. The issue really is the ones who follow these idiots and give these guys the Clicks. If no one read their Bull Sheet, they wouldn't have a job, but their are roughly 74 Million or so complete morons alone in the US (give or take some who may actually be dead) by latest accounts. 🤣

It's a shame.  IMO, social media is one of the worst things to happen in modern society.  There are clear benefits of it but it has killed journalism, separated the country and given control to blue check marks.  

What's sad is that we've totally caved to social media.  Think about cancel culture. This is who controls it.  

The majority of tweets come from a small group of "extremely active” Twitter users, a study from the Pew Research Center found. About 80 percent of all tweets from U.S. Twitter users come from just 10 percent of users. These users tweet 138 times per month, while the median Twitter user only tweets twice per month.

8 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

 

 

So your argument is that the Eagles with miss on #19 and #51, but you will hit on #5 and #37?

You see, it's a lot easier to hit on 37 than it is 19

The Sheil article stats on time holding the ball in sacks is telling.  May need to roll out Wentz more and stack the routes.  

47 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Chocolate Ice Cream is not good.  And putting it with the others ruins them.   Turtle soup is an acquired taste, I'd say, but it is unique in its own special way and has complexity of flavors that other soups can't match.   

 

Sorry.  I'd much rather eat turtle soup than have Neapolitan ice cream swirled up.    Whenever I ate Neapolitan ice cream... I'd very skillfully scoop out only the vanilla and strawberry.  Leaving the chocolate for someone less refined.    

The older I get the more this is so true.  As a kid, chocolate ice cream was great.  Now with all the different things you can put in ice cream, sauces and such vanilla is the way to go.  

Now, if you're getting a soft serve cone on the boardwalk....twist all the way.

I'll always enjoy Chip Kelly trying to sound smart, but coming across as dumb.

4 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

It's a shame.  IMO, social media is one of the worst things to happen in modern society.  There are clear benefits of it but it has killed journalism, separated the country and given control to blue check marks.  

What's sad is that we've totally caved to social media.  Think about cancel culture. This is who controls it.  

The majority of tweets come from a small group of "extremely active” Twitter users, a study from the Pew Research Center found. About 80 percent of all tweets from U.S. Twitter users come from just 10 percent of users. These users tweet 138 times per month, while the median Twitter user only tweets twice per month.

But a lot of Twitter users limit their follows to sports.   If no one is watching then that 10% is irrelevant. 

2 minutes ago, RLC said:

I'll always enjoy Chip Kelly trying to sound smart, but coming across as dumb.

He's actually more right than wrong.  If you focus on the steps for success, then success will more likely arrive.

16 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

And weight. And alcohol.  Actuarial studies support it.  But a lot of that is supported by trying to help people make better health choices.  As I shop my upcoming choice for Medicare, probably a Medicare Advantage policy, I note how many offer things like active fitness programs.  

Mine already does this, add blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol to the list

30 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

The chocolate ice cream in Neapolitan ice cream is crap and the strawberry tastes like fake strawberry.  Good deep chocolate ice cream or gelato is awesome.  Good homemade with fresh ground grown strawberries is awesome.  Real vanilla bean ice cream is awesome.  Wouldn’t swirl any of those together. If I am going to eat any funky mixed ice cream, I will eat Ben and Jerry’s. 

I always found Ben and Jerry's overrated... kind of like Starbucks coffee.   Just can't justify that price.   If I am going to spend that much money on some ice cream... I'm going to my local gelateria, and getting the good stuff (they do both gelato and ice cream... even sorbets for those that are in to that sort of thing).   Basically the same price as the Ben and Jerry's and it was made fresh either that day... no preservatives of any kind, because all they do is micro-batches.   And they have a rotating set of flavors and it changes daily.   So, for the same price, I get a better quality product, help a local business, and get a bit more variety... plus - 2 scoops of whatever that's different cost the same as 2 identical.   Ben and Jerry don't offer that.

16 minutes ago, RLC said:

I'll always enjoy Chip Kelly trying to sound smart, but coming across as dumb.

I am still embarrassed at how duped I was by that snake oil salesman.

14 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

He's actually more right than wrong.  If you focus on the steps for success, then success will more likely arrive.

That is only true if the 'process' you are using can actually lead to success.   The hurry up for 3 and outs that lead to a dead tired defense at the end of the game just made for bad process and bad outcomes.  By focusing only on the 'system' and not the talent in the system, his 'process' lead to diminishing returns on the outcomes, as he dumped talent to fit more into the system.   

 

Good process is only good process if it more often than not does lead to success, how else can you measure whether or not the process is actually 'good'?  There needs to be some sort of objective standard by which the process can be measured.  If the process that you are following repeatedly leads to failure more than to success, then the evaluation of the process seems flawed.   

1 hour ago, Saltpeter said:

I wish your hero had more "near losses" in the playoffs.

Maybe he should try to throw more bank shots off of defenders. 

18 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

He's actually more right than wrong.  If you focus on the steps for success, then success will more likely arrive.

Yup. Focusing on process works.

However, when has Chip Kelly ever changed anything about his process? He does the same thing over and over and over again and never changes. That's not process focused.

1 minute ago, Iggles_Phan said:

That is only true if the 'process' you are using can actually lead to success.   The hurry up for 3 and outs that lead to a dead tired defense at the end of the game just made for bad process and bad outcomes.  By focusing only on the 'system' and not the talent in the system, his 'process' lead to diminishing returns on the outcomes, as he dumped talent to fit more into the system.   

 

Good process is only good process if it more often than not does lead to success, how else can you measure whether or not the process is actually 'good'?  There needs to be some sort of objective standard by which the process can be measured.  If the process that you are following repeatedly leads to failure more than to success, then the evaluation of the process seems flawed.   

I thought "steps for success" made that clear.  

Yes, he ignored the people part of the process.

8 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

I’m weird.  No denying that.  
 

How about chocolate soup and turtle ice cream?

Knowing that you are going for a joke, I'm going to give you a serious answer...

Chocolate soup - or more exactly, cocoa in soup... yes!   I enjoy a chocolate mole sauce for Mexican foods... and I've found that I enjoy Mexican styled soups... put those two ideas together, and I think that a cocoa powder being an ingredient in a soup could be very good... definitely on the savory rather than sweet side.

 

Now, turtle ice cream.... absolutely, however, you need to use the proper turtles!
Not these: 

 

But these:

(Have to be nicely chopped though...)

5 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

I thought "steps for success" made that clear.  

Yes, he ignored the people part of the process.

You did.  He didn't.

 

Look at his whole discussion on this.. here's another excerpt: 
"Well, again, we’re focused on Wednesday. We’re in the micro world—I know we’ve gone back and forth about this the whole time, but our focus is on Wednesday."

 

If improving Wednesday, doesn't lead to wins on the Weekend, then how do you know that you actually 'improved' Wednesday? 

So, he's so hellbent on being right... that he misses the point entirely.

1 hour ago, justrelax said:

You don't see this sentence as self-contradictory?

A backup QB doesn't help Wentz for the future

Unless they plan on giving up Wentz and making Hurts the starter then it doesn't help the team for the future

Howie thinks he can flip QBs for a profit but that hasn't happened at a consistent rate. The last QB they traded for a profit was Bradford I think.

It was a bad pick

Lots of good news.

2 minutes ago, RLC said:

Lots of good news.

Two replacement-level DBs.  I guess that's where we are in the secondary.

2 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

Two replacement-level DBs.  I guess that's where we are in the secondary.

low bar.

22 minutes ago, RLC said:

Yup. Focusing on process works.

However, when has Chip Kelly ever changed anything about his process? He does the same thing over and over and over again and never changes. That's not process focused.

Exactly correct.  Unfortunately he totally misinterpreted his own favorite book.  He is the definition of a "fixed mindset" and the opposite of a "growth mindset."  Will never have another chance to ruin an NFL team.  However, we should encourage Jerry Jones to hire him when he tires of McCarthy.

43 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

He's actually more right than wrong.  If you focus on the steps for success, then success will more likely arrive.

Even more, if you focus on results, you can fool yourself into thinking luck is skill (you're screwing up but got lucky), if you focus on the process, you should eventually get the right results.

Any news on Miles Sanders practicing?

1 hour ago, BigEFly said:

Portugal has seen a decrease in addictive drug use.  Seems like addicts are going to be addicts to some extent.  But a decrease isn’t bad and if we can wean some from using, that is better than weaning none, which seems to be our current model. Treatment is cheaper than jail for those of us that have to pay for it and apparently a fair number of users are what are referred to as functioning addicts.  My first professional boss was an alcoholic but he was a functioning one so I can see where that can work, as long as the job doesn’t endanger anyone else.  I can see why your business drug tests for safety. 

Drug use is as old as recorded history, now it turns out my ancestors burned marijuana as part of Temple ceremonies, back around 700 BC. Explains a lot.

And Alcohol is clearly a mind altering substance. Nicotine is more addictive than Heroin, which is why the Turks couldn't stop it a few hundred years ago.

The key is to limit the social damage, I'd rather give addicts their fix for free than have 17 year old girls turning a dozen tricks a day or young men burglarizing a half dozen houses a night, or mugging strangers to pay for a fix. First limit the damage to others, then make treatment available to those willing to pursue it, and spend on R&D on brain chemistry, which might not only result in "cures" for addiction, but could result in discoveries that aid the treatment of depression and other mental conditions.

Criminalizing drug use hasn't worked, and is based on a twisted sense of morality (people should stay straight and sober for society's sake, as if they have no value other than as workers and citizens, except we'll excuse alcohol, caffeine, nicotine and prescription drugs "mother's little helper"). I prefer pragmatism, first prevent harm, then try to cure. Drug and alcohol use is self-destructive if excessive, so is eating (obesity is correlated with numerous health problems), failure to exercise, etc.

Remember, it's hard to find a more productive member of society than Keith Richards!

And don't forget, it was the CIA that turned people on to LSD - truth really is stranger than fiction.