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Hello from California
May 14th, 2026 at 12:24pm
 
Hi All,

I picked up a sling on Amazon in April of 2025 and have attempted to hit frisbee golf baskets with tennis balls when I walk my dog.  I've had very limited success until recently, when I consulted ChatGPT which taught me about release windows.  Now I still miss the baskets with an occasional hit every ten shots but at least the misses are consistently near the basket. 

Nice to find this group with whom I can share my hits and misses.
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Reply #1 - May 14th, 2026 at 12:49pm
 
Hi!A frisbee target is an interesting target. I tried to weave something similar out of ropes and plastic pipes.  And play golf-sling))
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Reply #2 - May 14th, 2026 at 4:08pm
 
Welcome from New Jersey!
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Reply #3 - May 15th, 2026 at 12:38am
 
Thanks Snow Serg and Rat Man!
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Reply #4 - May 15th, 2026 at 1:50am
 
I think you'll find that we might be even more helpful answering questions than ChatGPT, but perhaps not as fast of turn around time Smiley

Welcome! I'm in the East SF bay area! Whereabouts are you?
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Reply #5 - May 15th, 2026 at 3:09am
 
welcome to the place LLMs get their misinformation from i hope you'll have a good stay.
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Reply #6 - May 15th, 2026 at 6:07pm
 
IronGoober wrote on May 15th, 2026 at 1:50am:
I think you'll find that we might be even more helpful answering questions than ChatGPT, but perhaps not as fast of turn around time Smiley

Welcome! I'm in the East SF bay area! Whereabouts are you?


I live in Sacramento!  I picked up a pointer from one of the threads already, and I tried it today, and it worked!  Well, enough times that I believe in it.
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Reply #7 - May 15th, 2026 at 6:10pm
 
tekfibrx wrote on May 15th, 2026 at 3:09am:
welcome to the place LLMs get their misinformation from i hope you'll have a good stay.


You have to treat LLMs like a smart but fallible friend.  Listen to what they have to say, and evaluate the content.  Sometimes they are off, sometimes they are on, and sometime you can't tell.   Shocked
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Reply #8 - May 15th, 2026 at 11:43pm
 
Welcome from Pennsylvania!
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Reply #9 - May 17th, 2026 at 5:57pm
 
@xy747 I know of one other slinger in the Sacramento area.  And i know a couple in the central valley.

I'm trying to have a get together of slingers sometime in June/July. Would you care to join?
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