Any surprises to you? Any games you are rooting for? Thoughts about doing videos 8 at a time instead of 16? What do you think of the dice roll to help determine the winner?

I guess I need to remember to do my phone sideways... Anyhow comment on any games you want to see win or lose. Who do you want to see in final 4? What match ups are you eagerly anticipating? Any games you think are over rated or under rated? Are lasers fun to chase?

What surprised you the most? Any of these games you are rooting to get into the main tournament and maybe make it to the final 4? I have my eye on Earth. The dice rolls make for some crazy and fun chaos. Should be an interesting main tournament!

Any ideas for next year? Any game you wish had won instead? Any game you are glad did not win?

Did any match up surprise you? Who are you rooting for to win? Who are you rooting against? How amazing was the genre selection of games for the final 4?

Just a heads up due to an injury the next video will be delayed about a week.

Who are you rooting for? Which giant upsets surprised you and which did not? What games are you rooting against or are surprised made it this far?

What outcomes surprised you? Sweet 16 will be in one video not two. We are halfway through now and the upsets so far have been HUGE so stay tuned!!!

Any surprises? Who do you hope will make the final four?

Corrections: It looks like I confused Zman games with Mayfaire. Zman is still in business but has been bought out a few times. Rio Grande is thankfully also still in business.

Adding 1 more dishonorable meantion to AEG. I forgot that one. The couple of AEG games got voted out after the play ins so they are no longer in library and like LCG I dislike that publisher so much that at a games convention when I signed up to play a board game and found out it was an AEG game I refused to play it and came home early instead. Anyhow, did any publisher surprise you? Any publisher I am overlooking and need to buy a lot of games of?

How many of you, wanted to pull the camera down when he went too high, or tilted the phone?

why didnt u show the sky instead of the ground... lame

Was there a large sun halo there?

Love the crescent lens flares when you pointed directly at the sun

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Which of these 16 is your favorite? Least favorite? Did any results surprise you? Who do you want to see in the final 4? Next video will talk about the publishers. Round 2 will most likely be done in 2 videos.

Spoiler: 6 games from the play ins made it to the 2nd round.

Which results surprised you? Who are you rooting for to win next round? Who are you rooting against?

What games surprised you? Which one are you rooting for?

Any games here that surprised you? Any that did not go on that made you sad? Any that you would have ranked much higher or lower? Who out of this division do you want to see make the final 4?

For any wondering if the entire series is just looking at a spreadsheet starting video 3 I figured out that it was better to set up the actual game boxes to talk about them and not show the numbers but just tell them. We are close to 3/4 done with the round of 64. Next video should be next Friday.

Did any games surprise you? Any that did not surprise you? What games do you want to see go deep into the tournament? What games need to take a permanent hike?

Thanks for sharing these life hacks. I really enjoyed it

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I appreciated the calm tone and absence of negativity!!! Liked, sub’s. Good on Ya Brother!! Loved your theory!!!

The following are my questions & comments as I watched Star Trek: Picard season 2, episode 7 in real time. Thank you in advance for your time, and I encourage all comments. ***SPOILERS*** 1) We open in what I assume is Picard's synthetic android subconscious, where we are treated to a psychiatric session of sorts whereby the imaginary shrink is looking to do a psyche analysis on an imaginary representation of our title character. Honestly the whole time I keep thinking that because none of this is "real" I don't care remotely about this conversation. 2) As if to almost double down, the show then seemingly gives us yet another dream-like scenario whereby we are treated to a conversation with an imaginary representation of Picard's mother & an imaginary representation of Picard as a boy. Once again, I can't help but be reminded that none of these details are anything other than fabrications. Fabrications I have no way of verifying to be true, especially since they seem to represent characters in a manner that runs counter to they have previously been established in Star Trek lore. And again, I find myself unable to give a damn about these fictional individuals whatsoever. 3) Where is Robert Picard? 4) Momma Picard tells Jean Luc that he's like his father in that he uses his hands instead of his mouth, and given the fact that the show seems hellbent on presenting Papa Picard as a physically abusive man I cannot help but think... What a dickhead thing to tell your child. 5) Back in the hospital, now morning. Where is Not Laris? Was she not working her magic MacGuffin device since the middle of the night? Why hasn't she solved Picard's mental block by now? 6) Seven suggests they still can't track down Ag-borg, so they finally have the bright idea to use the La Sirena's tech to track her. This immediately begs the question why Seven & Raffi - who were literally in the same room as Ag-borg during her cringeworthy solo - didn't also immediately grab the Daystrom Institute cyberneticist's arm when they heard Picard was struck down outside. But I know, I know... the show hoped we didn't notice to ask something like that. 7) Gee, sure hope the French cop didn't wake up and find the ship again. Or wonder why his neck is completely covered in bruises. 8) Gee, I wonder if any other French cops came out to look for their colleague. 9) Gee I hope the cloaking device is now actually working, but then again or else, you know... people might freak out and all. 10) Given the fact that Seven & Raffi were absolutely useless in Picard's ridiculous party crashing plan to begin with, I can't help but feel that at least ONE of these two could have stayed behind. You know, there being a ship with a cloak on the fritz and all that could easily have been discovered over the last 12 or so hours. But nope, this show insists on having really smart characters making the most incompetent decisions and doing the dumbest things. 11) Imagine how efficient it would be if a Seven was already at the La Sirena, maybe continuing repairs to the vessel in the event they needed to leave quickly or even made the smart decision to fly the cloaked ship in low orbit so as to evade further detection... Imagine how fast it would be for her to have detected Ag-borg wandering off from the party. Could maybe have even transported her & Picard to sick bay. Surely a powered bio-bed and her skills as a Daystrom Institute cyberneticist could have made short work on Picard's damage. And certainly could have avoided a doctor from 2024 potentially learning about Picard's futuristic body. 12) It was at this time when I wondered if anyone associated with our crew would fix that poor doctor's defibrillator... 13) I'm also still unclear how they got Picard to this hospital in the first place. It's obviously not exactly next door to where the fundraiser was held. 14) Holy crap. Not Laris only now enters the scene and we are meant to believe that she hasn't even started her work yet!? Bruh... the sun is legit up now. What the hell kind of sloppiness is this writing. 15) Raffi and Seven transport to the La Sirena and no explanation is given as to how they did just that. If anything this only further puts into question Rios' competence for not transporting Picard & crew to the ship like this in the first place. But no, we need a ridiculous excuse to shoehorn in the doctor again. Absolutely trash writing that makes what should be the most intelligent Starfleet officers look completely incompetent. 16) Raffi tells Seven she will "quit the gang" if Rios & Ag-borg start up a relationship again, and I suddenly find myself hoping that exact outcome will happen. 17) Come to think of it I know several Star Trek fans that were upset over a relationship in this show - when they learned Seven didn't even seem to remember Chakotay. I think many of them have since also "quit the gang". 18) And then without any reason whatsoever, Raffi suggests she wants to rekindle her "main attraction" relationship with Seven. A relationship we've never seen. A relationship we don't care about. A relationship we cannot possibly be invested in. A relationship that seems to exist for no reason other than to produce some of the worst situational dialogue between two characters I've ever seen in any Star Trek. Suddenly I'm thinking is it possible the writers are having a meta moment here? Do they want more of us to "quit the gang"? 19) Seriously could there be any other two characters in the history of television with less chemistry than these two!? 20) Raffi is actually chipper for once. Seems odd given that Elnor's barely cold corpse is only a couple dozen feet from her, but sure, talk about growing old Raffi. 21) Seven is shocked when her console shuts down. Again, this likely could have been avoided had she stayed behind from the fundraiser... 22) These two geniuses quickly figure out the Borg Queen has duped them, which given the incompetence of these characters, doesn't seem like a tall task to be honest. 23) Characters state that without ship they'll never find Ag-borg. Again, even if this were true (it's not, we literally just saw you figure it out with Rios) then maybe you two geniuses should have followed Jurati at the fundraiser. Especially since she is the least qualified amongst you to be left alone on a mission like this. But oh right I forgot you're incompetent. 24) Raffi says this ship is their only way home. Really? Not the omnipotent being called Q? Mmmkay. Also, maybe if you weren't written to be incompetent you'd have stayed behind on it to ensure something this contrived would never have happened. 25) Watcher again. About to "mind-meld" (her words, not mine) with Picard. And because the show thinks we're absolutely stupid people, she's literally wearing something ridiculous that evokes a Vulcan's ear. Are you actually kidding me show. Do you think we are so stupid that we need a visual design to connect the dots of what Vulcans do when they mind-meld, and what this Not Laris character does now? I'm so embarassed. I'm so embarassed that this is what Star Trek is today. A metal device that just so happens to look like a Vulcan's ear. Right before she's about to do a mind-meld - again her words. What's next?? If she wants to headbutt anyone will she whip out a helmet shaped like a Klingon's ridges?? God dammit is this show ever stupid. 26) Rios closes a set of blinds. Is someone there now? Are they not worried that employees are going to start freaking out when they discover a nearly dead old man on the premises!? 27) Not Laris says she's into leaps of faith which seems to be completely counter to what Watchers actually do. It also seems to be a poorly written excuse to keep the writers from explaining this nonsense. 28) Knowing that she is jumping into a dream world Not Laris seems surprised that she jumps into a dream world. 29) Dream Picard again. None of this is real so honestly? Who cares. But I still find it odd that Dream Picard would be surprised to learn that Starfleet wouldn't have psychologists employed? (Don't tell me they blew up Mars too! lol) 30) Did Dream Psychologist just say, "John Luke"? 31) Not Laris walks down an corridor while several soundbites of vastly superior Star Trek episodes can be heard. The irony is not lost on me. 32) Not Laris seems scared for her physical well-being despite this being a dream world. Is a dream world mind that's practically comatose really a "sober" mind...? 33) Dream Picard, Junior Edition is a whinging little guy isn't he? Are they really going to try and convince us that the 94 year old synthetic android, who has achieved more than any other human being and battled through more than any other human being, is really traumatized from his guilt association with Momma Picard? FML are we really and truly expected to believe any of this implausible nonsense? 34) He did! He did say "John Luke"! 35) Except now he IS saying Jean Luc. What the actual what, man lol 36) Monsters attack Dream Not Laris, and honestly? Who cares. PART TWO FOLLOWS...

Tell me what you think.

Not enough people watch Dave Ramsey.

I want to comment here now that this is at the point of becoming prophetic... I did mean this as a joke I never thought it would still be an issue at the end of 2021.

This song has become a lot more accurate than I thought it would...

Thoughts?

The Gamestop Rhapsody (Parody of Bohemian Rhapsody) Is this the real squeeze, Or is this just fantasy Caught in a bear raid No escape from bankruptcy Open your reddit Look to WSB and see I’m just a poor autist, I need no sympathy My gains are easy come, easy go A little high a lot low Anyway the price goes, doesn’t matter to meeee, to me GME, just killed a hedge Put a short squeeze in the thread Pulled the trigger, now its dead Mama, the squeeze had just begun But my paper hands have thrown all my gains away Mama, ooo Didn't mean to make you cry I’ll buy my shares back again this time tomorrow Hold on, hold on, as if nothing really matters Too late, the drop has come Sends losses down my spine Accounts red all the time Goodbye retirement - where did you go Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth Mama, ooo - (anyway the stock blows) I don't want my trade to die I sometimes wish I'd never invested at all I see a post from DFV again GME, GME will you do go up again Bear raids and volume lightning - very very frightening to me GME, GME, GME, GME, GME round two - magnifico But I'm just a poor trader nobody loves me He's just a poor trader with a poor history Spare him his trade from this monstrosity Easy come easy go - will you let gme go Diamond Hands! No - we will not let it go - let it go Diamond Hands! No - we will not let it go - let it go Diamond Hands! No - we will not let it go - let it go Will not let it go - let it go Never let it go - let it go Never let it go - ooo No, no, no, no, no, no, no - Oh mama mia, mama mia, mama mia let it go Beelzebub will have to pry my shares from me From me From me So you think you can scare me and cause me to sell So you think you can short it and send the price to hell Oh baby - we will hold the line baby Just gotta get out - just gotta get right outta your shorts Ooh yeah, ooh yeah Nothing really matters WSB can see Nothing really matters - nothing really matters to me Anyway the price blows...

One more note now that it has come back. With new management I think it is possible this company earns $4 per share. The average PE for S&P right now is about 30 so if we give it a PE of 20 that would give it a fair market value of $80 which is far under where it has dipped. Things tend to overdo it in both directions...

Feel free to add your thoughts and comments. Full disclosure: I currently own 100 shares of AMC 64 shares of BBBY and a $32 call that expires Friday. I don't own GME myself yet but plan on buying some next week especially if there is a dip. My kids have GME in their education fund. Oldest boy has 40 shares, youngest 20. I am mostly invest in real estate (rentals).

I was doing some research on CNBC and their reporting on GameStop for an essay I'm working on, and came across your video. You seem to have a good grasp of what's happening. There are some additional things happening in the bowels of wall street as well. "It’s important to remember who has been pumping the GameStop/Reddit story on CNBC. That would be none other than Andrew Ross Sorkin, who created a completely false narrative about who and what caused the crash of 2008 - appearing to be intentionally protecting the reputations of the mega banks on Wall Street. Sorkin’s reporting on the 2008 crash looked even more suspect when we repeatedly asked the New York Times to correct his outrageously incorrect reporting and they failed to change one word. What’s being ignored in all the current hoopla is that the largest federally-insured banks in this country, that now double as trading casinos and Dark Pools thanks to the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act, have every incentive to suck in the small investor at the top of a market bubble in order to create an escape route for themselves. It’s called “distribution” and it occurs, by hook or crook, at the top of every market bubble." Source --> wallstreetonparade.com/2021/01/gamestop-shares-5-count-felon-jpmorgan-could-have-made-upwards-of-174-million-yesterday/ CNBC published this "doom and gloom" story about GameStop in October --> kzbin.info/www/bejne/momZqXWamMmIeck PS: I subbed to your channel because I like Physics and Astronomy!

Nice video Dr Rhodes 👍totally accurate representation.

Welcome to the BEAR TRAP! Let me know what you think. I still believe I had to do this rant... Lets see how this ages...

Generally a nice presentation of the science. I would take issue with a couple of points: 1) "I am an astrophysicist and so understand climate very well" I am an astrophysicist too and started to study the effect of the Sun on the Earth (Space Weather) over two decades ago and was surprised how little I actually understood about climate and weather. First in astrophysics we are dealing with low density plasmas generally at very high temperatures. Weather and Climate deal mostly with the fluid dynamics of neutral gases. Different equations, different problems, different scales. I did not realize how different we were until I started to attend the AMS meetings regularly and started to meet and discuss climate issues with the researchers in that field. 2) "If you look at the temperature history of the Earth over the last 100 years there is a upward trend but with a sine wave superimposed on about 0.1-0.2C " Sorry I keep hearing this but cannot find its origin. Analysis does not show this. A Fourier analysis shows a very small decadal year cycle in temperature but with huge error bars. These are probably more to do with El Nino and La Nina as well as other decadal ocean cycles than the solar cycle. Try this, download the monthly global temperature anomaly data. Detrend it - taking out the long-term global warming trend and things like ENOSO events. You'll have a graph with lots of spikes and dips. Now smooth it over an 11-year cycle and subtract that from the data. You will get a graph that should be mostly solar cycle variability. I find the variation is about 0.05C peak to peak. Now superimpose the dates of solar maximum and solar minimum and read off the temperature values. You will find that there is no significant difference between the two (the uncertainties dominate). Another way to get basically the same result is to compare the temperatures of two weather monitors at similar latitudes and in similar climate areas in the northern and southern hemisphere at the times of Earth's perihelion and aphelion. You'll find a very small change favoring the southern hemisphere. Now that change is due to the elliptical nature of the Earths orbit and is about 70 times larger in a year than the solar cycle variation in solar output is over 11 years. Divide that difference by 70 and you'll get a very similar number as the first method. These are minor issues, so the first 6 minutes is very good (PS I like the tree - wife collects Xmas ornaments - see kzbin.info/www/bejne/laq1q4CmmN2jhdk) I don't think your solutions will work. The fossil fuel companies would kill it in congress or take over any small companies that looked promising. They squish any innovations that threaten their business model. Renewable energy is already cheaper than fossil fuels when they receive the same level of subsidies that the fossil fuel industry get. The fossil fuel industry would merely lobby to increase their subsidies more to keep them competitive with solar and wind. So the only way forward is to remove government subsidies from all energy companies. We have solar power and dont pay electricity bills any more (except in December when my wife turns on all her trees!). It has other advantages, for example, when our area get a power outage we can keep the lights on and fridges working.

Shitlers not working he's left us to die he could care less about america. Your singing as bad as his leadership 🦨🐀

One day Professor Rhoads is going to be on Joe Rogan , 100 percent fact

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Nice beard mate