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John Baker

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Software Engineer | LLMs & Natural Language Processing 🐘 Roll Tide Roll | Opinions my own, especially on college football.

 seattle, wa
aws.amazon.com
Joined January 2012
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Bama answered Saban's request 😤
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A legend of the game. 👏 Congratulations to @markingramII on being announced as a member of the NFF College Football Hall of Fame Class. A standard set forever.
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DaleOats🏀🐴@DaleOatsSep 27
I’m ready to say it publicly
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Alabama officially opens as a 11.5-point favorite over South Carolina...RTR
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Hot take: Universities charge $300,000 for a degree that teaches you skills any LLM can do for free. At some point we need to have an honest conversation about whether higher education is the greatest individuals misallocation of capital in recent history.
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Maybe going undefeated through the Big Ten regular season wasn't as impressive as we were led to believe.
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@MrOH1O31 Dec 2025
Miami fans really think they are going to stop Jeremiah Smith and Carnell Tate?
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Alabama has THE MOST College Football Playoff wins ALL-TIME. The Crimson Tide continue rolling to the Rose Bowl! If I’m Indiana, I’m TERRIFIED.

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Notre Dame's TV ratings don't match its reputation. The Fighting Irish carry themselves like an irreplaceable TV attraction, when in reality, they have become more of a middle-of-the-road TV draw, only playing in one of the Top 20 most-watched games, @MMcCarthyREV writes.

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We just wrapped up Week 12. And the Big Ten has given us TWO meaningful football games all season in conference. - Oregon @ Penn State - Indiana @ Oregon We will get USC @ Oregon We will get Ohio State @ Michigan An 18 team conference has a four game schedule
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Nick Saban with one of the best definitions of self-discipline: (🎥@Elitesportsos)
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Alabama is going to beat Georgia 24 - 21 today and shock the world...
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Completely damning of Kane Wommack. Not much else to be said about it.
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Went and watched the tape. It’s pretty tough youtu.be/SEym4hG8DgI?si=A3QW…
What Happened to Alabama vs FSU? | Film SCREAMS Concerns

What Happened to Alabama vs FSU? | Film SCREAMS Concerns

Today’s film study, we take a look at an atrocious performance from...

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Rivals
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Retweet if your team has multiple 5-star commits⭐️ on3.com/rivals/rankings/indu…
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On3
@On311 Jul 2025
The week 1 slate is pure CINEMA🍿
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Microsoft just laid off 9,000 workers. All of them Soham Parekh
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I am not the kind of dev to typically obsess over the size of my dependencies, but this is an easy win to drastically shrink the size of the AWS SDK in your app. In today's video, I show you how to do it. masteringlaravel.io/daily/20…
Don't import the whole AWS SDK for just one service | Mastering Laravel

Don't import the whole AWS SDK for just one service | Mastering Laravel

Eliminate tons of unused code

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Proud to share the first look of my first film I exec produced with my sister @breonahumphrey , NOTHING BUT A WINNER, about the legacy of @AlabamaFTBL out in theaters July 31 #rolltide #nothingbutawinner
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Alabama freshman QB Keelon Russell now has his eyes set on 2026 5🌟 WR Tristen Keys. His message: “Come Home’ 🏠
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