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by Naperville
Sun Mar 31, 2024 11:18 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Martial Arts Experiences Discussion Thread
Replies: 1528
Views: 357345

Re: Martial Arts Experiences Discussion Thread

Fighters and martial artists I would like to meet! Chinese Boxing - Bruce Lee Karate - Chuck Norris - Jean-Claude Van Damme Boxing - Muhammad Ali - George Foreman - Roberto Duran - Rocky Marciano - Manny Pacquiao - Mike Tyson MMA - George St-Pierre - Khabib Nurmagomedov - Amanda Nunes Thai Kickboxin...
by Naperville
Sun Mar 31, 2024 9:39 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Happy Easter!... And your carry today - ?
Replies: 14
Views: 621

Re: Happy Easter!... And your carry today - ?

Forgive me for not whipping out my cell phone to take a picture, but every day for the last year or longer my every day carry has been one or more knives, and always includes a Spyderco Native Chief in S90V.
by Naperville
Sun Mar 31, 2024 9:36 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Martial Arts Experiences Discussion Thread
Replies: 1528
Views: 357345

Re: Martial Arts Experiences Discussion Thread

Where to start? Decent video. I'm uncomfortable following guys like football player Aaron Rogers or Joe Rogan because they are known for drug use or the legalization of drugs. I have my reasons for my position, you do whatever you will with them. I look at Joe Rogan as a one time small player in UF...
by Naperville
Sun Mar 31, 2024 9:23 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Street Bowie sheath dulls edge.
Replies: 31
Views: 3264

Re: Street Bowie sheath dulls edge.

NOPE, not the hard sheaths, these are soft to the touch nylon sheaths and should not dull a knife. I do not even want a plastic liner in the nylon sheath. They generally are not as pretty to look at as a hard plastic/kydex/nylon sheath but I'd wear them under an untucked shirt, horizontally on my b...
by Naperville
Sun Mar 31, 2024 9:22 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Where Artificial Intelligence Is Right Now
Replies: 36
Views: 1741

Re: Where Artificial Intelligence Is Right Now

I’d like to pose a question to you folks on a message from a company I received. I really wonder if it was a canned AI response. I received an email last year from a well known company about my account. I don’t have an account with this company. They must be aware of bogus accounts being set up usi...
by Naperville
Sun Mar 31, 2024 2:55 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Where Artificial Intelligence Is Right Now
Replies: 36
Views: 1741

Re: Where Artificial Intelligence Is Right Now

You really need to follow and read software engineer Grady Booch's day to day thoughts regarding AI on Twitter. Grady Booch is world famous for his work in programming. Wikipedia page! He does not think AI will soon be sentient, and dislikes AI development and the current path of throwing more money...
by Naperville
Sun Mar 31, 2024 12:42 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Where Artificial Intelligence Is Right Now
Replies: 36
Views: 1741

Re: Where Artificial Intelligence Is Right Now

It is amazing the way artificial intelligence has taken off. They are throwing number like $100 billion and $7 trillion for development costs...what the heck! Humanity is punching out in so many different directions it is hard to keep up with the developments. 100% don't die. Get in shape and try to...
by Naperville
Sun Mar 31, 2024 12:11 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Martial Arts Experiences Discussion Thread
Replies: 1528
Views: 357345

Re: Martial Arts Experiences Discussion Thread

Where to start? Decent video. I'm uncomfortable following guys like football player Aaron Rogers or Joe Rogan because they are known for drug use or the legalization of drugs. I have my reasons for my position, you do whatever you will with them. I look at Joe Rogan as a one time small player in UFC...
by Naperville
Sat Mar 30, 2024 12:00 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Where Artificial Intelligence Is Right Now
Replies: 36
Views: 1741

Re: Where Artificial Intelligence Is Right Now

If you like FACTS based on research and summarized by AI, and not drivel from the Internet like most AI systems then try Consensus.

Consensus AI
by Naperville
Fri Mar 29, 2024 11:56 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Where Artificial Intelligence Is Right Now
Replies: 36
Views: 1741

Re: Where Artificial Intelligence Is Right Now

Things are changing rapidly though. Five years from now we may be looking at a whole nother beast.

Microsoft's $100 Billion Dollar Investment in AI
by Naperville
Fri Mar 29, 2024 8:22 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Street Bowie sheath dulls edge.
Replies: 31
Views: 3264

Re: Street Bowie sheath dulls edge.

The Spyderco Forums are excellent...and I apologize if any of my prior responses came off harsh. I forget we are not sitting around a campfire having a beer shooting the breeze, and I read what I say many months later and wish I had taken a year of Emily Post's "Friendly Communications and Hap...
by Naperville
Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:17 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: What Cell Phone Music or Radio App Do You Really Like?
Replies: 9
Views: 917

Re: What Cell Phone Music or Radio App Do You Really Like?

It's excellent to post alternatives and the reasons why certain apps are better than others. The sites are targeting certain people. So far Pandora and Spotify Premium sound excellent to me for walks and yard work. One of these days I might get back into serious listening using a portable system wit...
by Naperville
Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:10 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Martial Arts Experiences Discussion Thread
Replies: 1528
Views: 357345

Re: Martial Arts Experiences Discussion Thread

Never Do This One Thing in a Fight https://youtu.be/iavVhm1dPcU?si=id2hl2j4OWRd0mPJ Jim He has a point. And as he says, PAY ATTENTION! If I were just 18 to 25, I'd run rather than deal with these people. At 63 that is no longer an option. I suppose things like in this video could happen anywhere bu...
by Naperville
Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:25 am
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Spyderco 2024 Lists: Delivered & Upcoming
Replies: 160
Views: 56637

Re: Spyderco 2024 Lists: Delivered & Upcoming

Shaman CTS-XHP Satin Blade Black Micarta C229MXHPP BladeHQ (USA) exclusive drop should be a beauty when it is released.

I wish that I could snag one. Maybe on the secondary market when I have the Benjamin's.
by Naperville
Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:15 am
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: Street Bowie sheath dulls edge.
Replies: 31
Views: 3264

Re: Street Bowie sheath dulls edge.

The Spyderco Forums are excellent...and I apologize if any of my prior responses came off harsh. I forget we are not sitting around a campfire having a beer shooting the breeze, and I read what I say many months later and wish I had taken a year of Emily Post's "Friendly Communications and Happ...
by Naperville
Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:01 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: What Cell Phone Music or Radio App Do You Really Like?
Replies: 9
Views: 917

Re: What Cell Phone Music or Radio App Do You Really Like?

Thank you!!!! I'm whining....Tidal is $13/month. I'll eventually try it, but not immediately. Right now every cent goes to knives and health supplements. It probably has the best offering, and highest quality music so it is good to have it installed and I will use it. Spotify and iHeart Radio are gr...
by Naperville
Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:34 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: What Cell Phone Music or Radio App Do You Really Like?
Replies: 9
Views: 917

Re: What Cell Phone Music or Radio App Do You Really Like?

Thank you for the recommendations, I'll try them all!
by Naperville
Tue Mar 26, 2024 8:45 pm
Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
Topic: My on going salt steel comparison journal
Replies: 59
Views: 27184

Re: My on going salt steel comparison journal

Back in the late 70's to early 80's I raced 16ft Hobie cats on Lake Michigan. I was in the water every day all Summer for a couple of years but I was not a diver. Years later I started looking at knives and multitools and thought to myself how lucky I was not to die in a boating accident, because wh...