@ouhbick@CharlotteAlter She eventually got recruited to run track for a D1 school. Track was something she exclusively did in high school. No clubs, no trainers, no expense. Club sports can be positive but aren’t required to be an athlete either.
@ouhbick@CharlotteAlter And even in the mainstream sports competition and coaching isn’t always great. My older daughter played rec soccer for a few years then ultimately joined a club team (spent a whole lot less than 10-15k) to get some better coaching and play more competitively.
@realtruth016@CharlotteAlter@charlottealter’s complaint was a commitment of money, early mornings, and time spent traveling to play is a waste of resources and lacks benefits in adulthood which I disagreed with. Also, not every club program is run the way you describe, not the ones we were part of.
@NYMag 2 of my kids wanted to play hockey, and there wasn’t an alternative other than a club team. In return they got to learn a sport they both loved, made life long connections with teammates, and developed confidence in themselves. I got hours of time with them and watched them grow.
@aaronbuley Or is the real story about how OpenAI will benefit from all the data and research these academic researchers bring to OpenAI, and how that flows into future models?
The great lie is that society is divided between rich and poor.
The great truth, as David Friedberg puts it, is makers vs takers.
Makers build, create, and deliver real value: houses, software, art, businesses, and everything that moves civilization forward.
Takers watch, criticize, analyze, and politic. They push the lie that the rich hoard unfairly so the poor must seize it… all while positioning themselves to rule the chaos.
As @friedberg tells his kids: “At the end of the day, if you made something and someone else valued it, you were a maker. That was an amazing achievement. That is a great day.”
Takers thrive on division. Makers drive progress.
Time to choose your side.
It’s important to know that the social media ban for under 16s is not a ban for under 16s.
It is a ban on *selected* social media for EVERYONE. Until you identify yourself.
In my experience AI support chatbots and voice assistants can either be extremely helpful or extremely frustrating. There doesn't seem to be any middle ground. @VerizonSupport somehow took extremely frustrating to an entirely new level. This alone makes m want to change carriers.
@ahmed_baokbah@Cal_0003 Go back and look at how pole times evolve over the course of a car’s evolution. Also realize this years pole time is still considerably faster than what it was during the initial ‘14-‘21 hybrid cars and even the v8 cars before that.
“Luigi: The Musical” will take the stage at The Green Room 42 in Midtown West on June 15 — a mere 20-minute subway ride from where Mangione allegedly gunned down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson
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