The Silver Fern

Best post-fight call out too

That was a super fun fight-night, great fight and finishes from the prelims on.

This in particular was special..and from a heavyweight. Can't wait to see him fight again.

@Kirwan The Sycophancy chapter is fascinating. AI with morals.

Dan Hooker's - Baddest Bitches 1min scrap tournament

@grok explain this to me like as though I'm an 8 year old

*Okay! Imagine you have a big toy puzzle that’s super tricky, and it’s called ARC-AGI-2. This puzzle is special because it’s designed to test how smart something is at figuring out new things, kind of like how you learn to solve a new game without anyone telling you all the rules first. Grown-ups use it to see how smart their robot helpers, like AI (which is like a super smart computer brain), can be.

Now, there’s a robot brain called Grok 4, made by a team called xAI. It’s like the smartest kid in class who just figured out how to solve 15.9% of that tricky puzzle! That’s a big deal because the other robot brains could only solve about half that much before. It’s like going from solving 8 pieces to solving 15 pieces of a 100-piece puzzle!

The people at ARC Prize, who made the puzzle, checked Grok 4’s work and said, “Wow, you’re really good!” They even showed it on a big chart (like a scoreboard) to prove it. This makes Grok 4 the new champion, and it’s exciting because it means robots are getting better at thinking like us.

But here’s a little grown-up stuff: some people are worried because making Grok 4 super smart used a lot of energy, and that’s not always good for the planet. It’s like using extra batteries that might hurt the Earth. So, while it’s cool that Grok 4 is so smart, grown-ups are also thinking about how to keep things safe and happy for everyone!*

@taniwharugby I loved that the guy did his own sound effects. Not seen that since the original Batman tv series

@Kiwiwomble listened to the audiobook earlier in the year. Fantastic story, 2 hours does seem kinda rushed

If Islam beats JDM and Tuporia beats Paddy/Armin...then the UFC should really get Jone's 30mill+ and get that superfight organised

@Duluth Nice one. Yeah Kai's fight was a hard watch. Appeared to be nowhere near Pantoja's level. Made worse after that absolute banger fight preceding it.

Tuporia is phenomanol. Surely the boos have got to stop now. Yeah he has put out eveyones favourite fighter/s but you gotta appreciate just how good he is.

Gone a bit nuts with this one, watched all the promos, press conference and the weigh-ins. Don't know if I'm just becoming a boomer but the weigh-in show with Sanko, Cormier amd Bisping was hilarious. Bisping unfiltered/drunk is something else.

Kai with the highlight from the ceremonial weigh-in

To be fair I havent seen Royvale, Lima or Dariush fight so those are just guesses. Basing Kai's fight on the sole fight of his I saw (vs Erceg) seen a couple Pantoja's. Will be very interesting if Kai's power threatens his chin because he will get hit. Hoping Pantoja is in for a big surprise.

Blasted through seasons 3 and 4 of 'Welcome to wrexham' in the last month, as a rule I don't like football but I love this show. Not knowing the real life outcome since I dont follow football really adds to the suspense.

Need to add that its very different to what I was expecting and can understand why some won't like it. Apparently there is a sequal or 2 in the works though not danny boyle directed so i dont have high hopes.

@MiketheSnow said in Movie review thread...:

28 Years Later

DND

DID NOT DISAPPOINT

Will save the opinions for when the usual suspects have seen it

Worth the wait

See it on the big screen where it’s loud & proud

4.5 out of 5
The non-spoiler rating

Just saw it. Totally agree!

Who have we got?

I'm going:
Talbott
Moicano
Royval
Kara-France
Topuria

I'm such a sucker for these. Pumped for Sunday!

Good little bio on him including clips from his first fight at 17.

@Duluth That is crazy..

Speaking of crazy Mr Jones is in some legal trouble again...

@MiketheSnow Good riddance, what an absolute ass. Keeps talking about legacy but just can't help tarnishing it and holding up the entire division as well as Aspinall's career.

On my UFC catchup I've just got to #151 which was cancelled due to Jones ducking an extremely short notice callup of Chael Sonnen who at that time was a middle weight.

Found the conference call announcing the cancellation and Dana did not mince his words on what he thought of Jones, no idea how it went from this to Dana singing his praises and talking about Jones 'never ducking a fight'..this was all pre PED/run ins with the law as well.

Finally caught up on the fight night, been a struggle to stay off X to have it spoilt. Luckily its been a really quiet last few days on both news and UFC front...

Very enjoyable card for a fight night.

Rountree Jr was clinical taking Hill apart, well deserved to be a top 5 contender.

Though what stole the show was this fight which took away ALL of the post fight bonuses $100K to each fighter. Likely best fight I've seen this year