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CFL 2023 - Grey Cup: Blue Bombers vs Alouettes (Sun, Nov 19) News and Discussion Thread
  • Well how about that? Als win after two big playoff upsets. Good for them!

  • CFL 2023 - Grey Cup: Blue Bombers vs Alouettes (Sun, Nov 19) News and Discussion Thread
  • Looks like Montreal is about to get the upset!!

  • CFL 2023 - Grey Cup: Blue Bombers vs Alouettes (Sun, Nov 19) News and Discussion Thread
  • I hope I'm able to get back to watch the second half of the game. Should be a good one. I gotta say I expect the Bombers to take it. I'm not sure the Als can do it twice in a row. We'll see!!! Weather sounds like it will be perfect for the game, above zero and no snow or rain.

  • CFL 2023 - Finals Saturday (Nov 11) News and Discussion Thread
  • Well, how about that? My prediction for the Argos / Als game was dead wrong. Montreal took it easily, and the Argos dream season is done.

    Now, will the West see any similar surprises?

  • CFL 2023 - Finals Saturday (Nov 11) News and Discussion Thread
  • It's really looking like the Argo's dream season is about to crash and burn and come to an abrupt halt.

  • CFL 2023 - Finals Saturday (Nov 11) News and Discussion Thread
  • This is certainly a much closer and more competitive game than I had expected.

  • CFL 2023 - Finals Saturday (Nov 11) News and Discussion Thread
  • The Argos should take the East easily. I suspect the West will be a closer game. We will see!

  • CFL 2023 - Semi-Final Saturday (Nov 4) News and Discussion Thread
  • All BC since that opening drive. Calgary's defense is just not working. Looks like that's the half. Some adjustments need to made at halftime if they want to have a hope in this one.

  • CFL 2023 - Semi-Final Saturday (Nov 4) News and Discussion Thread
  • All BC since that opening drive. Calgary's defense is just not working.

  • CFL 2023 - Semi-Final Saturday (Nov 4) News and Discussion Thread
  • Not too much since then, though.

  • CFL 2023 - Semi-Final Saturday (Nov 4) News and Discussion Thread
  • Als won that quite handily. The shenanigans at the end were quite something.

  • CFL 2023 - Week 20 Discussion Thread
  • Well, how about that. Stamps actually clinched a playoff spot thanks to their win and the Riders loss.

  • CFL 2023 - Week 20 Discussion Thread
  • Hard to believe the Stamps are still in it, and not only that but that they control their own destiny. Should be an interesting game tonight. Also, Saturday's Argos/Roughriders game is going to be fun too given the two teams are going opposite directions.

  • CFL 2023 - Week 19 Discussion Thread
  • He'll be their starting quarterback unless, of course, they find somebody else that they think will be better. Maier hasn't been great, but he's hardly the sole reason the Stamps have played poorly. Lots of injuries, questionable play calling, questionable pass protection, questionable receiving all plays a part.

  • CFL 2023 - Week 19 Discussion Thread
  • I'm surprised the Stamps still have an outside chance. But, with the Riders slumping it is possible. Should be an interesting game for sure.

  • Game Day Thread - Winnipeg Jets (0-0-0) @ Calgary Flames (0-0-0) - 8:00 MDT

    Well, here we go! An absolutely fascinating year for the Flames, and I can't help but wonder what kind of team we're going to see.

    Discuss.

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    CFL 2023 - Week 18 Discussion Thread
  • Well, the Stamps, Elks, and Ottawa will be watching the playoffs this year by the looks of it. Now it's just a matter for the teams that punched their ticket to fine tune their games for their opponents. Should be a great Thanksgiving weekend for football!

  • CFL 2023 - Week 17 Discussion Thread
  • Teams are settling into their playoff positions now, but still some interesting matchups this week. Two of the top team in the Argos and Bombers go against each other. Stampeders desperately need a win, for pride if nothing else.

  • Very sad news about Chris Snow

    Devastating news from the Snow family

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    Flames re-sign Backlund for two years, and name him as Captain

    The 21st captain in franchise history is Mikael Backlund!

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    CFL 2023 - Week 16 Discussion Thread
  • the Elks are now fourth in cfl.ca’s latest power rankings

    Given their start to the season, I find this both hilarious and amazing. They really have turned their season around!

  • CFL 2023 - Week 15 Discussion Thread
  • Argos seem unbeatable this year. Yet again they manage to squeak out a win thanks to a blocked last second field goal.

  • Oliver Kylington talks about the mental health issues that kept him from hockey last year.

    hockeynews.se Kylington: "Jag led av mentala och psykologiska problem"

    HUDDINGE. Efter sin bästa säsong i karriären belönades Oliver Kylington med ett nytt kontrakt och en ordentlig löneökning. Men förra säsongen kom han aldrig till spel. I en lång exklusiv intervju med HockeyNews.se berättar 26-åringen om spelet bakom kulisserna. – Jag tror jag handskades med probl...

    Kylington: "Jag led av mentala och psykologiska problem"

    The article is in Swedish, so you'll have to use translate if you don't understand Swedish. But the video has English subtitles. Both the article and the video are worth a look.

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    Impressions from a new ChatGPT user

    As a brand new user of ChatGPT, I have never been so incredibly impressed and rage-inducing frustrated at exactly the same time with any new tech I've ever tried.

    I was using it to help create some simple javascript functions and debug some code. It could come up with working functions almost immediately that took a really interesting approach that I wouldn't have thought of. "Boom," I thought, "this is great! Let's keep going!" Then, immediately afterwards, it would provide absolute shit that couldn't and wouldn't work at all. It couldn't remember the very code it just outputted to me on multiple occasions, and when asked to make a few minor changes it constantly spouted brand new very different functions, usually omitting half the functionality it had before. But, when the code was directly typed in by me in a message, every time, it did much better.

    Seems with every question like that I had to start from scratch every time, or else it would work from clearly wrong (not even close, usually) newly generated, code. For example, if I asked it to print exactly the same function it printed a moment ago, it would excitedly proclaim, "Of course! Here's the exact same function!" and then print a completely different function.

    I spent so much time carefully wording my question to get it to correctly help me debug something that I ended up finding the bug myself, just because I was being so careful in examining my code so I could ask it a question that would give me a relevant answer. So....I guess that's a win? Lol. Then, just for fun, I told ChatGPT that I had found and corrected the bug, and it took responsibility for the fix.

    And yet, when it does get it right, it's really quite impressive.

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    The buttons on Zenith’s original “clicker” remote were a mechanical marvel. Crossposted from /c/[email protected]

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    A welcome to our new /c/cfl moderator

    After bribery and threats, @streetfestival has grudgingly acquiesced to help out with moderating here, especially with regards to the weekly threads and game threads.

    A warm welcome to /u/streetfestival!

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    Too many posts from the 3 Down Nation Feed (and not enough from community users)

    Having some interesting articles relevant to the CFL and other 3 down football is awesome, but not when the community is still small but growing. Those posts seem to take over, as there's at least two or three every day, and so that's all that ends being on the main page in the community. So, I may manually post some of the more interesting articles from that feed, but for now the rest of them are going to stop. Obviously, community members are encouraged to give any and all feedback on this and other matters.

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    Upper Arrow Lake, British Columbia, from the Upper Arrow Lake ferry

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    Slocan Lake near Slocan, British Columbia

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    Game Thread: Ottawa Redblack (2-3) @ Calgary Stampeders (2-3) - Jul 23 2023 5:00 PM MDT

    Both teams are 2-3, and each one needs a win to bring them back to 500. Maier played well for the Stamps last week, passing for 315 yards in a walk-off win thanks to a Paredes field goal. The Redblacks had a huge comeback win last week, coming back from a 19 point deficit in the 4th quarter to win it in a thrilling overtime victory. Crum, in his first CFL start, was a huge factor.

    Lots of story lines in this one. Who is going to take this one?

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    Mapping a gas station / convenience store

    I've seen this done in almost every combination imaginable, and would like to know what the 'correct' way to do this is. I've seen the building marked as 'retail' with a point at the pumps for 'gas station' and a point in the building for 'convenience store', I've seen the building itself marked as one with a point added for the other, I've seen the pumps area marked as the gas station and the building marked as the convenience store, and on and on.

    What's the recommended way to do this?

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    Saturday's games well worth watching!

    Both games today were last minute thrillers, and very entertaining football. As usual in the CFL, the game isn't over until it's over. The Ottawa win in OT after a 19 point deficit was just plain fun, and then in the 2nd half of the double header, the should've been interception that turned into a reception off the bounce and a Riders TD (huge mistake by Calgary there to not just knock it down) to put the Riders up with 40 seconds left appeared to seal it, but nope! The Stamps march down and Paredes kicks a 50 yard field goal with no time on the clock for a walk off win!

    Really entertaining games.

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    Glad to see this community here!

    I'm glad to see this community pop up here. While I don't live there, I have family in the Koots and spend considerable time there every year near Slocan. Absolutely beautiful country, and wonderful people around there!!

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    What does the league need to do to help fill the stands during games?

    Sure, TV ratings are up. But half full stands isn't a great look for the league for fans watching on TV when it happens game after game (aside from Saskatchewan I suppose). Aside from the fact that in a gate driven league this has long term consequences.

    What needs to happen to help get people to go and watch the game live?

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    Random log outs

    Is this just me or is anyone else having issues where suddenly when clicking on a community or post they are logged out? These seems new as of the 0.18.2 update.

    Edit: I found this post where various users on lemmy.world are having what sounds like the same issue.

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    Welcome to the Canadian Football League Lemmy Community!

    A place for discussion of all things related to three down football, including recreational, high school, university, and professional.

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    You're Elon-crazy, but not Elon-rich, what future tech do you invest in?

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    Evaluate the trade: To Devils: Tyler Toffoli - To Flames: Yegor Sharangovich & 2023 80th overall (3rd round)

    Conroy's best trade as a GM! Also, Conroy's worst trade as a GM!

    Discuss.

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    Crossposting from Reddit bot is taking a vacation

    Thanks for all the feedback on our crossposting bot for bringing linked content here from Reddit! Reviews have been mixed, as expected.

    The bot will be turned off for a couple of weeks, or perhaps permanently, while we see how the community grows without the Reddit content.

    Happy posting and flying!

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