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sue is here. she is 59 years old.

⚙️ they bring them breakfast on the last day.

sam has a reputation as "the guy that hasn't eaten normal foods".

💡 like pineapple.

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the length of the show leads to it feeling "over-produced".

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Sue refers to herself being seen as a "goat" because the other two players think they will get all the votes.

⚙️ in Survivor parlance, a "goat" is a player taken to the end because they will not get any votes.

💬 like a goat led to slaughter

💡 NOT the Greatest of All Time.

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I am not going to watch Survivor 48. "看Survivor" has consumed enough of my life.

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🌎 i had to mute it for the "Sue is actually 59".

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💡 I do not plan to watch Survivor 48. unless they hit a home run on a cast/theme. (they have not.)

INQUIRY: Does Rachel speak faster than the others?

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"highly ranked winner list".

🌎 i'm muting it. i can't stop laughing.

"worst voting record".

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💡 with three tribes, the winner is somebody who plays "to the middle" well. with two tribes, it was generally somebody who plays "to the top" well.

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Neither of these people are Kenzie ⚙️ from Survivor 46. the other season I watched.

Kenzie had an extremely good Tribal Council. Sam, by comparison, is not doing so. Rachel is not as good either, but she doesn't have to be.

🎭 poor teeny.

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Sue is giving a terrible speech. Sam is giving a terrible speech. Rachel is getting positive music cues.

and now, the vote.

they have the characters on Ghosts commenting about the characters.

it would be a mistake to imagine that the question is this commercial in-continuity? has any meaning.

🔥 that is: if they watch CBS, wouldn't the characters know they are on a tv show?

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Rachel knows who the record-holders are, or was at least told by production.

💡 I am still not sure how-or-why Teeny knew about the name Operation Italy.

and, to no surprise, she is "taking Sue". they had an alliance of five. but Caroline was voted out, and Andy/Teeny flipped.

⚔️ well, actually, Andy flipped. Teeny was flipped.

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Rachel is teaching Teeny how to make fire. this is almost cute.

Sam is reading a letter from his dad, for inspiration.

Sue thinks she could beat either or both of them (and is possibly right), but is happy to take the get-out-of-fire-free card.

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they are at Tribal Council. Rachel is defending her doing the obviously-correct play, without pointing out that it is obviously correct. Roughly: I won a challenge; I don't feel a need to win two challenges.

Genevieve is on the bench. She looks nothing like her island appearance.

💡 for one, she's not wearing red ...

Teeny doesn't like Sam because of Sam's physical appearance, and is very uncomfortable about that.

🔥 unawareness can be a superpower.

💬 with great power comes great responsibility.

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the battle has begun.

Teeny has a massive lead.

now part 2: make the fire big enough to burn the rope.

💡 the wind blows!

📣 I do not expect that they have wind machines. they are on an outdoor sound stage.

Sam wins, after the benefit of a massive gust of wind.

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frame: a Farewell to Teeny

🔥 apparently the 风多 voted for Sam.

the jury is so happy for Teeny. "she got so far".

⚙️ the "multi-part messages" aren't functional yet.

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tonight, on survivor: Rachel wins. it is obvious enough that, if there were spoilers that she didn't win, i would have seen the tumult.

but we get 2 hours of show. one challenge, a second challenge ⚙️ since season 35, they have had fire-making instead of a final-4 vote-off, and the jury portion of the show.

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the first challenge arrives quickly. it feels like every other challenge 🔥 that is: like half the challenges (every other one) .

go through an obstacle course, then solve the puzzle. and, first, get muddy.

in the middle there is a word jumble. the clue is It's what you need to do

🔥 is it dig deep, Jeff?

💡 it was unlock.

and now: two adults struggle to cut a rope.

⚔️ well, actually, considering they have been starving for 3 weeks, it is a very acceptable performance.

to no great surprise, Rachel wins. Jeff Probst makes a big deal of "tied for most immunity wins by a woman". because it is his job.

the colors are decorators.

and, to maintain sanity and understanding, (and the color metaphor), there is only one allowed per section of text.

⚔️ well, actually, nested ⚙️ nested colors allow for two decorators.  kind-of.

the colors are decorators.

you know, like in Python:

🤖 Decorators in Python are special functions that modify the behavior of other functions or classes. They "wrap" another function, allowing you to add, modify, or extend its functionality without changing its actual source code.

⚙️ "teal" has two purposes. first, attribution: (( as the forbidden work-product of the machine )). second: to demonstrate that it is not my opinion here, but the opinion of an informed neutral, as you can consult.

This is the first test.

⚔️ well, actually, there were two others.

Build up a Church, said LONDON. And in that Church, grow pineapple.

Space per Plant: Pineapple plants typically require about 2.5 to 4 square feet (0.23 to 0.37 square meters) of space to grow properly. This space allows for adequate air circulation and sunlight exposure, which are critical for the health of the plant.

Growth Cycle: Pineapples have a long growth cycle and can take about 18-24 months from planting to harvest. However, the plants do not die after harvesting; they can produce a new fruit. This means that after the initial growth cycle, you may get annual or biennial production depending on your management practices.

If rent in an expensive city is $4 per square foot, and it would cost double to have a "greenhouse environment", that adds up to $200 per pineapple.

🔥 it will always be cheaper to fly them in from Hawaii.

💡 perhaps in the future all the pineapples will be canned.

After Burning Man, I resolved to no longer watch chess on YouTube.

But vices are not consumed that easily. So i have started watching backgammon.

It feels like content that an LLM could generate. A million backgammon games. All from the palm of your hand.

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🔥 it's only February ...

💡 yes, but in what year?

today i am looking for a different kind of joy. not food nor drink (or drink). not sex nor drugs. not intellectual activity nor physical activity.

and not the joy of an old man, resting on his laurels, content to sit and watch as the world passes him by.

🌎 spins the wheel of topics, and finds ...

It's official: prediction markets have been tried, and are a failed idea.

Unfortunately, the reasons they are failed cannot be broadcast. So I must lament from afar.

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⚙️ the town of Earling, Iowa is located near Panama, Westphalia, and Defiance. i had never heard of any of those towns.

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we begin with the election in Bangladesh.

because, there is not much to be said about it. By all accounts, it is a farce. The main opposition party is in shambles, with most of its leaders arrested for "terrorism". The party in government is openly running a few "dummy candidates" so the results will only give them 95% of the vote instead of 100%.

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