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I wouldn't call streamlining a process lazy at all. I'd say lazy would be plodding along following the same process over and over again, whereas somebody with ingenuity will always be looking for new and better ways to do things that saves time and effort so that said time and effort can be redirected to something equally useful. The idea that you aren't learning isn't really accurate either. If you're literally just copying and pasting then yeah, sure, but if you're using the information you get to increase your knowledge then all it means is that you're learning things as a faster rate than if you'd have to trawl through google or technical manuals to find the one thing you actually need for the job you're doing.

Generally people are using it to help with tedious parts of the job that require a lot of time but little brainpower. By saving that time, it's then possible to allocate your resource to something more useful that an AI can't easily do. It's a bit like asking why Excel needs a SUM function when you can just add the numbers yourself. Repetitive tasks are ideally replaced so that there's more time to dedicate to complex tasks that aren't easily defined, rather than as an excuse to work less. The most recent AI I've been looking at is the voice cloning tools. I tried one called RVC-beta and it was surprisingly good. I was able to put a vocalist from one band onto another band's track, and whilst it wasn't completely perfect, it was still really good - so much so that I actually prefer the track with the cloned vocals. It probably took a couple of hours at most to get the necessary audio files ready, train the model, clone the voice and then insert the cloned vocals into the existing track (whilst removing the original vocals). Although once you have the model trained it's much quicker in future to go through the process, as you're skipping 70% of what you had to do initially. Most impressive was that this was with extreme metal vocals... genuinely did not think it would be very successful with that, but results were very good.

Not to mention the current issues with mortgages, rents, food and drink, petrol/diesel... well, practically everything being sky high in terms of prices at the moment. I doubt even the bank of mum and dad is being especially generous these days.

Sounds like it was just trolling you tbh. Maybe it's a Burnley fan. It was amusing for a while but I got bored of it pretty quickly. Mainly just using ChatGPT for coding queries now.

Well, it's a bit like when you start a game of FM and give yourself unlimited funds. You can win everything, but the sense of accomplishment is somewhat diminished. There isn't much to say about the achievement, because with the amount of resources available it was bound to happen at some point.

One of the plus points of a VR version is not getting battered, but because you aren't physically hitting anything yourself you end up wildly throwing haymakers until you're knackered, which doesn't take very long. I never learned to box smart, just a wild opening round or two followed by tiredly defending myself and hoping I could hit a lucky knock out punch in the proceeding rounds. With that said, it bloody hurts when you accidentally throw a right hook at the living room wall.

I'm more shocked that 28% of respondants think they'd lose in a fight against a rat 😂

Appreciate it's not even close to the same thing, but there's a VR boxing game called 'Thrill of the Fight', and wow, after literally two minutes I was sweating hard and my arms were hurting. I couldn't believe how quickly it drained me. Now granted I'm not exactly a fitness fanatic, but I could play plenty of other physically demanding games for a good hour or so. Not that one though.

It'd be like calling parents generous for feeding their child. They own the club, it's their responsibility to ensure it functions. Doing so doesn't make them generous, irrespective of how many owners fail to meet this basic requirement.

Tbf if everyone else has turned them down, I suppose that technically makes him the stand out candidate by default.

Marshall contributed more than most during the Bowyer years, so I don't really have an axe to grind with him. If I was a Wolves or Norwich fan, on the other hand, I might be more annoyed. As far as Norwich are concerned though at least he cancelled his contract rather than sit on it for four years contributing nothing.

£500k from what I've read.

Mad how he literally went from playing in a Championship to West Lancashire Division One in the space of four months, and was only 28 at the time.

Very strange goings on at Leeds. The Athletic wouldn't have printed that unless they have strong evidence that it happened.

Extra time felt like it lasted another 90 minutes. Embarrassing from both teams.

I think the fact they were unexpected just makes it more likely this season we'll fall back a little, honestly. If we're repeatedly defying pessimistic expectations, then those expectations are actually too low and we're actually a team of genuine playoff quality which isn't being recognised by the fanbase.

To be honest considering the original question starts with "if I were in charge", I assume Venky's would already be out of the equation, as otherwise you would theoretically have somehow taken over the Venky's empire and getting rid of Venky's would be getting rid of yourself. So... CEO seems like the correct answer.

I'm wary that we've had two big chances in the past two seasons and blown both of them. Considering our resources are in the middle/lower-middle of the division, law of averages suggests we may have quite an underwhelming season this time around unless significant improvements are made to the playing squad by the time the season kicks off. I'd say at the very least we need to move on two from the three of Gallagher/Vale/Leonard and bring in better replacements, whether that's on loan or otherwise. The rest of the team I'm less concerned about, although if JRC is moving to midfield then RB is a position that will need addressing, as Brittain seems hugely injury prone and I'd rather not have Travis or Bucko as RB cover this time around.

Have to say I doubt this, and McKenna has been saying the opposite, but I guess we'll see. Either way if we don't have better striking options than Gallagher, Ennis, Vale and Leonard by the end of the summer we'll likely be finishing below Ipswich. Let's hope the recruitment team are on it.

Yeah I thought the same tbh, header was quite near the middle and stronger hands would have kept that out comfortably. A shame for the lad as he'd otherwise had a very good game.

If we come 6th and go up I'll change my mind 😅

Terrible game, but ultimately the third best team in the league, by some distance, goes up. Fair enough.

From what I've been reading Leicester may have already committed a significant amount of their PL prize money towards paying this season's costs, and future running costs would need to be sourced from the Parachute Payments as per their agreement with the lender, so their rebuild may not be very easy. By the sounds of it they will desperately need to get back up at the first attempt.

Feels like that comeback against Peterborough will give Wednesday a major confidence boost going into this match. Barnsley won't have that same feeling of momentum having scraped past Bolton, but ultimately it's the playoffs and a one-off match, so anything can happen.

Not only that, but the likes of Brentford and Brighton are showing that with a shrewd setup and intelligent people at the highest levels of the club having less resources doesn't mean you're destined to be in a relegation scrap every season if you do get promoted. Hell, we were proving that many years ago, before Venky's came in and wrecked everything.