Brooks

Family man and Materials Scientist. I try to know as much as possible about carbon fiber. I enjoy photography, tech, skateboarding, motorsport, and BYU sports.

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@Teslarati No small talk Grok would be amazing.

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@NotATeslaApp the Model Y L FSD app works after the v14.3.10 update.

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I was just thinking about my Tesla FSD future and I don’t think the time is far away from saying “Hey Grok, wake me up when we get to work.”

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@Cant_Miss_Chris Not a cover. That’s the wheel.

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This is what the Tesla Model YL Uberhelix wheels look like with the aero caps off. #tesla #modelyl #uberhelix

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@ICommunityNote @SawyerMerritt Really enjoying it. Big upgrade from our 2021 MY 7-seat for a family of 5. It’s very smooth, quiet, and roomy.

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@SawyerMerritt The delivered Model Y L full self driving app still doesn’t work. FSD streak doesn’t work.

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@Gregatibu @SawyerMerritt Compared to previous Teslas we’ve owned, the ride is very quiet and smooth. It feels refined. The family of 5 loves it.

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@DirtyTesLa @wholemars Does your Model YL have the Uberhelix wheels? And if so, what do they look like without the plastic cap?

[joshpuckett @joshpuckett]

@jackbutcher As @soleio says, codenames are destiny

[Dave Portnoy @stoolpresidente]

Having BYU behind ND makes college football figure skating or gymnastics. You don’t even need to play the games. It’s so dumb. BYU plays in a power conference. Tougher schedule. They have less losses and better wins. Ruins the whole sport. #provodave #byuscrewed

[Jeff Fuller @jjfuller72]

Looking back at the LAST 30 YEARS, no 1-loss P4/P5 team has ever been ranked as low as BYU at #11 in the AP poll at the end of the regular season

All other year's lowest-ranked 1-loss teams ended with an AP ranking between #3-10, & there's a strong correlation between better AP ranking and better SOS... except for BYU, who showed better than average figures for all schedule strength data points, yet somehow received the lowest ranking on record

I utilized the weekly poll data from the College Poll Archive site and used the Colley Matrix for SOS data since it's the only one I could find with historical weekly data

I stopped the search at 1996 due to the data getting irregular with many "ties" in the records prior to that year and the confusion between the pre-Big12 conferences

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[Kramer @KramerHolle]

If you're going to penalize a 1-loss Power Conference team for a weak strength of schedule... BYU's SOS is better than Ole Miss and Notre Dame.

If you're going to penalize a team for not having the strongest power ratings (which incorporate prior year's history and recruiting rankings)... BYU's FPI is higher than Oklahoma's.

If you're going to penalize a team for a non-competitive / bad loss... Alabama lost by 14 to a team with a losing record and Miami lost to two unranked teams.

If you're going to use strength-of-record like you indicated you would, BYU's SOR is the second highest of teams 6-12.

BYU also (1) made its conference championship game and (2) if you sum up the wins of the teams it has beaten, it is THIRD in the country. It is hard to win games and BYU has beaten a lot of teams with a lot of wins.

This. Makes. No. Sense.

The @CFBPlayoff should be ashamed of itself. It has literally contorted itself into a pretzel to avoid putting BYU where it should be ranked (somewhere between 6th - 9th).

RT to get the info out there. They need to feel pressure.

[Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team @MercedesAMGF1]

F1 cars this season:

[Joe Pompliano @JoePompliano]

Today I learned Mark Andrews has type 1 diabetes and has to check his blood sugar level 20+ times per game.

He also wears a continuous glucose monitor off the field, sharing his blood sugar levels with his family, his agent and the team’s head trainer.

And he’s an All-Pro TE 👏

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@mike_natter Amazing

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@GoogleKeep please help. I used to use Keep for everything and now it’s garbage.

[Tidepool @Tidepool_org]

We did it!!!

Groundbreaking news: Tidepool Loop receives FDA Clearance!

This is the first ever fully interoperable automated insulin dosing app, cleared by the FDA that began as a patient-led initiative. Find the inside scoop here: https://t.co/E4Z15pYjfZ