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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lamelo hits an insane off balance three from the logo⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I swear he and Steph Curry are not actually good at playing offense, they just hacked in an aim bot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After Era of Bloat, Veteran Video-Game Developers Are Going Smaller⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Uncharted and Last of Us are first party Sony games. If they were to say that a game can still be enjoyable without cutting edge graphics no one would want to buy the latest PlayStation iteration.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GAME THREAD Tuesday 22-10-2024 Season Opening Night⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe, but I could see the Celtics falling short due to lack of size. Even when everyone is healthy, the Celtics play only one big and two small forwards. Not that they have much of a choice since their two best forwards are Horford, who is too old to play big minutes, and Porzingis, who is injury prone. In the playoffs last year, the Celtics struggled to contain dominant bigs like Bam.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Raptors to retire VC's number⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Why do you dislike Carter so much? What did he do to hurt the team?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rockets buying out AJ Griffin, retiring from basketball at 21⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t follow teams outside of my local, so what is the story with Griffin? From a quick Google, I don’t see anything about a debilitating injury or serious off the court issues, just that he struggled to find a role in the NBA. Normally, I would expect a guy like that to spend the rest of his rookie contract as a bench warmer or playing in the G League and then turning his experience practicing with NBA stars into a career in a less competitive league.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨With Seattle and Las Vegas coming, what western team should join the east?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I would say both New Orleans and Memphis should be in the East, since the US regions, as I learned them in school, would say both of those are in the Southeast while, for historical reasons, Minnesota is in the Midwest. Obviously, that would make the conferences unbalanced, so we could move Milwaukee or Chicago into the West.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon Contractors can't even sing in their cars now. Unions protect against this micromanagement.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The National Labor Relations Board recently ruled that Amazon was illegally blocking delivery workers from unionizing. arstechnica.com/…/labor-board-confirms-amazon-dri…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some game series you would like to see revived? And if possible, which entry should the new game follow from?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In regards to SSX, after the success of the Tony Hawk Pro Skater remake, I am surprised that EA did not counter with a remake of SSX Tricky. I love how accessible the SSX controls are while still offering plenty of depth for people who want to optimize their runs. It is too bad that EA Sports seems to be focused on simulationist sports games (and live services).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What games popularized certain mechanics?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought that the uproar about horse armor was that it was the first pay-to-win DLC. The armor was not just cosmetic but actually provided a stat boost to your horse. The accusation was that the developers had made it too easy for enemies to kill your horse and decided to patch the game to fix it but made players pay for the patch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bucks' Khris Middleton recovering from 2 ankle surgeries: Sources⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hopefully he can recover well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jeff Bezos may be the next Celtics' owner⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So that is how we get a new Supersonics.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there any good casual/low-stress mobile games that aren't filled with microtransactions?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Note with Stardew Valley: it is not unplayable without a controller, but if you have clumsy sausage fingers like me, the poor touch controls really took me out of the game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jimmy Butler will opt out in 2025 and become a free agent.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Journalists have been arguing whether the Heat should build around Jimmy (by going all in to win now) or Bam Adebayo (by making long term investments). Jimmy decided for them, it seems (or knows that his days are numbered).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OG Anunoby Plans to Sign 5-Year, $212.5M Contract After Bridges Trade⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Presumably the Knicks had to make a trade of that caliber to keep Anunoby. That makes the “win now, suffer later” aspect of it a bit more understandable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Knicks Trading for Mikal Bridges⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the Knicks. They are probably assuming that every super star is going to be fighting to play in New York. They have been waiting for the last decade for that assumption to be true. It worked for them in 2011 to get Melo and Stoudemire, it is bound to work again, right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Automation⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That reminds me of the time, quite a few years ago, Amazon tried to automate resume screening. They trained a machine learning model with anonymized resumes and whether the candidate was hired. Then they looked at what the AI was looking at. The model had trained itself on how to reject women.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Malik Monk to sign 4-year extension with Kings⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Could any other team offer him more?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NBA Rumors: Pascal Siakam to Sign $189.5M Max Pacers Contract After January Trade⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It is an obvious move for the team. Siakam is worth a max.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How many people actually want fully on-site IT jobs?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not wanting to work in a crowded home has nothing to do with disliking your family. Kids are loud. They run around the house. They watch TV with the volume set too high. They have excited calls with their friends. Many home builders skimp on noise insulation for interior walls.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Game Thread] 14 JUN 2024 - NBA FINALS GAME 4⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I am a Celtics fan, so my opinion is a bit biased, but I would be cheering against Dallas because I hate Jason Kidd.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Report: Ty Lue, Clippers Agree to New 'Long-Term Contract' amid Lakers Rumors⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Of all the coaches in the league, Lue would be high on my list of expected firings. Not that he is doing a bad job, but the Clippers must know that what they have now is not working. It is much easier to bring in a new coach than it is to bring in a new super star, even if a roster shake up is what they need.

  Win or lose, the Clippers are going to need to rebuild soon so signing a win now coach to a long term deal seems like a less than optimal decision.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Game Thread] 27-28 MAY 2024 - Conference Finals Game 4s⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The Pacers should have been able to dominate the paint, because they have bigger and stronger players.

  If anything, I think the Pacers did a good job resisting doubling. The Celtic’s strategy is to always have many shooters on the court. Normally they would be able to probe the defense to draw a double team and then send the ball around to the uncovered player. To me, it looked like the Pacers kept everyone covered and guarded passing angles. Many of the Celtics possessions ended with the ball handler looking for an opening for 15 seconds and settling for a loosely contested 3.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI is the future⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  AI is the future, unfortunately we are eternally stuck in the present.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Game Thread] 25-26 MAY 2024 - Conference Finals Game 3s⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I could see both teams stealing a game or two to get a gentleman’s sweep.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fuck Draymond Green⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not just losers. Dennis Rodman is in the Hall of Fame. The 90s were a different time. Many of Green’s antics would have ended up with him getting beaten up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fuck Draymond Green⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In general, I don’t like networks featuring active players as analysts. I always take their critique of other players with a grain of salt because they are all competing for the same roster spots. They can hate on a team all they want, but remember: the reason that an active player is working as a play off analyst is because their team lost and the team they are critiquing did not.

  But yes, Draymond is a dirty player. I do think he is not Andrew Bynum (who actively injured other players) but more out of control than Metta World Peace.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Game Thread] 21-22 MAY 2024 - Conference Finals Game 1s⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You have to give them credit for winning despite having Kyrie on their roster.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anthony Davis, Victor Wembanyama, Rudy Gobert Headline 2023-24 NBA All-Defensive Team⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Surprised that there are 4 centers in the first term and 4 guards in the second. Was the list always positionless or is that a recent change?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NBA Playoffs: Celtics put away Cavaliers to reach 3rd straight Eastern Conference finals - Yahoo Sports⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It was too bad that the Cavs had so many injuries. They were out-hustling the Celtics. It could have been a much closer series.

  I am happy that the Celtics advance, nonetheless.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨🚨 SUNS FIRE FRANK VOGEL⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I would hope that he could have foreseen this outcome before signing the deal. He accepted a difficult job knowing that he would likely be to blame if it did not work out. He got a lot of money and (I hope he) knew not to bother moving too much stuff to Phoenix.