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Bunsbert Montcroff
| Favorite team: | Arizona  |
| Location: | Boise ID |
| Biography: | |
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| Occupation: | It's All Academic |
| Number of Posts: | 5761 |
| Registered on: | 1/15/2008 |
| Online Status: | Not Online |
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re: Software Engineers are Freaking Out
Posted by Bunsbert Montcroff on 4/7/26 at 9:26 pm to Purple Spoon
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Just curious because I’m IT dumb. Can AI adapt itself?
The ultimate goal is for it to achieve something called recursive self improvement so it can learn from itself without needing humans involved in pre or post processing.
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re: I asked Grok to make an argument against birth right citizenship
Posted by Bunsbert Montcroff on 4/7/26 at 2:13 pm to Born to be a Tiger1
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Tigers0918 you are a idiot! My grandfather, great grandfather and great grandmother were born on American soil but we're not allowed to be U S citizens because they were American Indians living off of a reservation. Explain why? They were here legally and both men were working in the workforce but we're not allowed until 1924. All Native Americans born in the United States were granted US citizenship on June 2, 1924, through the Indian Citizenship Act (also known as the Snyder Act).
because even living off the reservation they were considered members of a separate, sovereign tribal nation. to be sure, some native americans were given citizenship as a result of the dawes act if they left the reservations and assimilated. that's the explanation, though.
indeed, that also explains why even today some native american tribes enjoy rights that other american citizens do not. for example, there are rivers here in the PNW that native americans are allowed to fish that non-natives are not allowed to fish.
natives' membership in tribal nations and the agreements/treaties that the federal government made with those nations is why they have that right.
re: Leaving Mass right after Communion
Posted by Bunsbert Montcroff on 4/5/26 at 6:00 pm to tiger91
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I find it hysterical that one of our ushers routinely walks straight out the door right after communion.
maybe it's his shift at the eucharist adoration chapel
re: Scottsdale spa and golf trip - reviews / recommendation help
Posted by Bunsbert Montcroff on 4/1/26 at 12:31 pm to jbgleason
i know you said scottsdale, but people sleep on paradise valley just because it's not scottsdae proper...a few recs in pv:
it's worth checking out the phoenician, which would check all your boxes. the sanctuary doesn't have a course on site, but is a lovey property built right into the side of camelback mountain and courses nearby. mountain shadows is a newer resort with an 18 hole short course. lots of courses in pv, also close to the biltmore, and then the courses in south scottsdale (the stuff in north scottsdale like troon or cave creek like the boulders would be a longer drive).
i like pv because because it has its own character and charm, but is still super close to downtown scottsdale for bars, clubs, and restaurants.
and yes, it will be hot!
it's worth checking out the phoenician, which would check all your boxes. the sanctuary doesn't have a course on site, but is a lovey property built right into the side of camelback mountain and courses nearby. mountain shadows is a newer resort with an 18 hole short course. lots of courses in pv, also close to the biltmore, and then the courses in south scottsdale (the stuff in north scottsdale like troon or cave creek like the boulders would be a longer drive).
i like pv because because it has its own character and charm, but is still super close to downtown scottsdale for bars, clubs, and restaurants.
and yes, it will be hot!
re: Vance thinks aliens are actually demons
Posted by Bunsbert Montcroff on 3/27/26 at 7:15 pm to Canon951
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when said rapture occurs Islam will be the major religion left here and everyone left will be forced to convert or be beheaded. Doesn't sound far fetched these days.
my brother in christ, it may scandalize you to learn that the muzzies are waiting for Jesus to return too
re: Vance thinks aliens are actually demons
Posted by Bunsbert Montcroff on 3/27/26 at 7:12 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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Why would one notion of this really be seen as more wacky than another?
If "aliens" do exist somehow amongst us, they certainly would have to do so outside our current understanding of physical science?
the people who take this stuff seriously fall into two main camps: people who think aliens and UFOs are just technologically advanced beings that live in the same universe as humans, but who just have much cooler shite (technology). so they're outside our current understanding or grasp like you said, but still very much inhabiting the same universe, subject to the same laws of physics, just way more advanced.
the other camp thinks aliens and UFOs are fallen angels and demons mentioned in ancient jewish writings. somebody already mentioned the book of enoch - the source for this - which never made it into the canonical scriptures or the apocrypha.
honestly both sound wacky to me (as a firm adherent of the fermi paradox) but it seems like vance is kind of just playing to the religious/metaphysical wackies rather than the scientific/positivist wackies.
no surprise that a politician is pandering, but didn't have on my bingo card aliens and UFOs becoming a battleground in the culture wars :lol:
re: Anyone here ever learned a category IV or V language?
Posted by Bunsbert Montcroff on 3/27/26 at 2:40 pm to Lush
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It's all Greek to me.
I did Greek after two years of Latin and didn't find it too much harder.
Finnish should be Category V.
re: Utah, one of the most Red states in the country, is being taken over by Islam
Posted by Bunsbert Montcroff on 3/26/26 at 9:53 pm to roadGator
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The state owns every liquor store in Utah. In fact, it’s so controlled, even Trader Joe’s only sells beer. No wine.
Only low ABV beer. Have to got to a DABS store for full-strength beers.
re: 2025-2026 Ski Thread
Posted by Bunsbert Montcroff on 3/5/26 at 6:17 pm to LSUfan4444
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Yeah, I cancelled my March trip. Decided to go to Boston with a friend running the marathon in April. Put a storage wax on the skis, shed a tear and started looking for condos in 2027.
it ain't over yet boys. we got 15 inches of fresh from the last storm in about 24 hours with a bit more in the forecast for next week.
but that's been the season...living storm to storm with high pressure ridges in between.
re: 2025-2026 Ski Thread
Posted by Bunsbert Montcroff on 2/27/26 at 4:26 pm to fargobison
Dynastar M-Free?
I demoed a pair of those last season on a day it was dumping snow and had so much fun
I demoed a pair of those last season on a day it was dumping snow and had so much fun
re: McDonalds in Germany hiding food from ads during Ramadan.
Posted by Bunsbert Montcroff on 2/25/26 at 7:56 pm to BoomerandSooner
I think if I were Muslim, this ad would piss me off more than anything.
During the day while I'm fasting I get to see ads with empty fry boxes that are like "Abu Bakr, Fritz ate all the fries none left for you. SORRY NOT SORRY"
And then when it's time to break fast and enjoy a meal in solidarity with others Muslims who have been fasting it's like "frick THE IFTAR come have a McRib and Mickey Ds"
During the day while I'm fasting I get to see ads with empty fry boxes that are like "Abu Bakr, Fritz ate all the fries none left for you. SORRY NOT SORRY"
And then when it's time to break fast and enjoy a meal in solidarity with others Muslims who have been fasting it's like "frick THE IFTAR come have a McRib and Mickey Ds"
re: Just watching an old episode of my favorite cartoon GI boobs
Posted by Bunsbert Montcroff on 2/25/26 at 6:13 pm to S
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tBarroness
Destro tore that up
re: Happy Forty-fifth Birthday to our Favorite MILF who wears glasses. NSFW
Posted by Bunsbert Montcroff on 2/25/26 at 11:48 am to blueridgeTiger
unless it's airbrushed or AI, those are nice abs for a 45 year old woman
re: Mikaela Shiffrin...Most overhyped and underdelivered US Olympic Athlete ever?
Posted by Bunsbert Montcroff on 2/19/26 at 1:53 pm to LSUDonMCO
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Think Dan Marino. Really good when younger. then never got to the top of the big game but was great in the regular season. Unlike Dan, Mikaela won the big game at the end of her career.
she won her first gold medal at 18.
and she's won 3 gold medals in 3 separate olympics.
not sure how the dan marino analogy works...
re: Most attractive opportunity in the market right now?
Posted by Bunsbert Montcroff on 2/14/26 at 1:31 pm to CheesyF
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as a current SoFi customer, what policies did they make?
SoFi Plus is becoming a paid subscription
re: Child rape is now punishable by death in Alabama under newly signed law
Posted by Bunsbert Montcroff on 2/12/26 at 3:48 pm to TigerintheNO
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Can only give the death penalty for someone's death.
Is that accurate? I think treason is punishable by death, so I wonder how to square that with the idea that the death penalty is reserved for crimes in which someone is killed.
re: 2025-2026 Ski Thread
Posted by Bunsbert Montcroff on 2/11/26 at 9:04 am to Mahootney
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Storm last night was supposed to give 8", but it looks like it was just rain.
The weather can't be serious right now.
Wtf?!?
welcome to the party, pal :lol:
out west we've been dealing with this shite winter, teasing snow and just raining, high-pressure systems that block storms from coming though, and temperatures way too high to blow snow since October.
re: How is it possible to ski with a torn ACL?
Posted by Bunsbert Montcroff on 2/10/26 at 1:44 pm to Lonnie Utah
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She hooked a gate. That just means she was cutting it as close as she could. However, she had gotten way to wide and low on the previous gate and it likely put her off line for the gate she hooked.
can you tell if it was her arm or pole? it almost looks like the basket caught on the gate as she was skiing by.
also wonder if it would have made any difference if she was using a gate guard on the pole like slalom racers. or if she was running the leki trigger poles and if they should have released?
re: Lindsey Vonn just finished her first downhill run at Cortina
Posted by Bunsbert Montcroff on 2/10/26 at 11:16 am to Lonnie Utah
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The anti-ACL injury program includes a pamphlet and 17-minute video that are available to individuals, ski clubs and other noncommercial users for $33; call (802) 899-4738.
33 dollars and a 17-minute video that essentially says "stay out of the back seat"? i can tell you that for the low price of 10 bucks :lol:
re: 2025-2026 Ski Thread
Posted by Bunsbert Montcroff on 2/6/26 at 4:26 pm to RonFNSwanson
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Gonna be an agonizing weekend in the 50s, but we are getting close to having snow again
skied today until the slush wore my legs out.
had perfectly-groomed corduroy, spring slush, and mashed potatoes...all in a single run depending on the shade and aspect. at least it meant getting above the inversion.
forecast looks promising and is holding every time I refresh it (you don't know how many times we've had snow in the forecast and at the last minute it turns to rain or misses us). hope everyone in the west gets februBURIED!
re: JW Marriott Desertridge Resort and Spa in Scottsdale/North Phoenix
Posted by Bunsbert Montcroff on 2/5/26 at 9:26 am to GulfSouthTiger
it's in a suburban area surrounded by a giant shopping center, but there's stuff to do at the hotel (like the water park another poster mentioned).
closest trails are going to be the ones at reach 11 but those aren't especially nice. phoenix sonoran preserve north isn't far and is worth the hike. in the other direction towards scottsdale there are also trails worth hitting (brown's ranch, mcdowell sonoran preserve, etc). camelback is a climb and will be crowded, but i guess is the iconic hike. a little further south the trails in and around dreamy draw will be less crowded and just as good. lots of trailheads to access.
another poster mentioned the phoenix zoo, but if you're used to the audubon zoo in new orleans it will be a huge letdown. desert botanical garden is a much better bet and more impressive IMO.
desert ridge isn't in a bad spot - you're at the intersection of the 51 (which will take you south back toward town) and the 101 (which will drop you into south scottsdale), with easy access to 17 if you decide to head north to sedona.
closest trails are going to be the ones at reach 11 but those aren't especially nice. phoenix sonoran preserve north isn't far and is worth the hike. in the other direction towards scottsdale there are also trails worth hitting (brown's ranch, mcdowell sonoran preserve, etc). camelback is a climb and will be crowded, but i guess is the iconic hike. a little further south the trails in and around dreamy draw will be less crowded and just as good. lots of trailheads to access.
another poster mentioned the phoenix zoo, but if you're used to the audubon zoo in new orleans it will be a huge letdown. desert botanical garden is a much better bet and more impressive IMO.
desert ridge isn't in a bad spot - you're at the intersection of the 51 (which will take you south back toward town) and the 101 (which will drop you into south scottsdale), with easy access to 17 if you decide to head north to sedona.
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