r/cool

Huacachina, Peru

Im a pilot and I love having tacky cool shit on me all the time. Like this pocket watch. What do you got?

Its called Airspace Live: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/airspace-live-flight-radar/id6781411574

I've created a website that tracks 100 million FIFA World Cup 2026 knockout stage brackets live to see how they evolve throughout the tournament—and ultimately how many matches it takes before there isn't a single perfect bracket left.

Each of the 100 million brackets is generated using a Monte Carlo simulation. The model is driven primarily by my own team ratings, which are similar in concept to advanced metrics like KenPom for college basketball, while also incorporating factors such as betting markets, injuries, recent form, home-continent advantage, travel, and other matchup-specific adjustments. Every bracket is an independent simulation of the entire knockout stage.

I'll update the website match by match in chronological order, allowing everyone to experience exactly how the live tracker will work once the real World Cup starts.

You can follow along at brackit.us and watch the surviving perfect brackets disappear one match at a time.

This is me standing in front of Steve Jobs’ former home in Palo Alto, California, back in December 2013. Although I was happy to visit, deep down I felt the need to get better angles of the property. I ended up coming back four separate times just to get some amazing, high-quality photographs. During those visits, I kept noticing a white van, which made me think there was private security patrolling the area. On my \*\*second visit\*\*, I went back to try and take better photos of myself standing behind the house. When I got there, I saw an Asian man standing on the street corner, just minding his own business. As I was taking photos around the property, he suggested that I shouldn’t take any more pictures there. I did as I was told and left, but I decided I would come back for a \*\*third visit\*\* whenever I got the chance—waiting for the perfect date and time when he wouldn’t be around so I could finish getting my shots. By my \*\*fourth visit\*\*, I finally built up the courage to walk around the front entrance and take photos of the property. Fast forward to 2026. After seeing my posts get an incredible amount of attention and views on Reddit, I decided to share these photos with all of you! I hopped onto my laptop, but to my shocking surprise, I only had three photographs left from that fourth visit. I did a deep search through my laptop files but couldn’t find anything else. I checked my new backup drive, but to my surprise, it hadn’t captured my data from 2019. I figured the rest might be on an older backup drive, but assuming it probably missed them too, I decided to just visit the property for a fifth and final time. When I arrived, I decided to take a back-and-forth video panning shot of myself viewing the home from left to right, along with a much higher-quality 2026 selfie with better lighting. After filming near the backyard gate, I started walking toward the front entrance to get a better selfie and another panning shot. Suddenly, I saw a woman fully covered except for her face walking down the same sidewalk. At first, I thought she was just an ordinary person out for a stroll. But then she asked how I was doing and revealed that she actually works as private security. She explained that the homeowners instructed them not to allow photos or videos of that specific side of the property, but said it was fine to take them on the side by the backyard gate. I followed her instructions, but afterward, I was overthinking it. I decided to ask Google Gemini if the photos I already had were good enough, and if it was really necessary to capture every single inch of the property. My AI coach suggested that I didn’t need to do all that, especially out of respect for the homeowners’ rules, and reassured me that my existing photos were great despite the poor lighting. I agreed with my AI and decided to stick with these memories. So here you go! And for anyone else planning to visit, just be warned: you might run into undercover private security disguised as a regular pedestrian. They will tell you that you can’t take photos of the front entrance, only the side near the backyard fence. What can I say? I guess I’ll just live with the shots I have! 😅🤷‍♂️