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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Filmmaker Oliver Stone on studios releasing older films on 4K Ultra HD⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Watch cruise in Magnolia too. I get what you’re saying and you’re generally right and I’m not much of a fan of his “cruise” films but the dude can act.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨KD Has Calf Strain⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  “breaking news” 😞

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How did Luka Doncic complete this pass?? - ESPN Video⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Playing it as a bounce pass, with the ball moving up when received allows some of the inertial energy that is bouncing up rather than just literally to be used by the receiving player to take it up for the layup or dunk rather than have to corral that portion of the lateral energy in and still finish. Basically it’s the best way to move the ball as quickly to get it to that spot before defender notices and potentially intercepts it. Being a bounce pass also lowers the chance of control being lost as the lateral force is too great to handle quickly while also recipient is at speed.

  Complex reasons why it was the perfect pass; doncic didn’t think about it, at this level it’s just intuitive that a chest pass is less ideal for a recipient on this cut. You see le ron make chest passes like this while misdirecting his eyes but those are often when the recipient is already on the block or more open.

  How players pass in sports is often one of the best indicators of their skill: it can show not only awareness of the passer but when it’s perfect for the recipient it shows completely empathy and understanding of the recipients situation and takes it into account. E.g. in soccer, when an offensive player checks back/shows for the ball they often have their back to a defender coming at them; the passer however can often see the coming defender, and if there is a high level of trust and competency between passer and recipient, the passer will tell the recipient which way to turn their body when they receive the pass to avoid the defender’s tackle–simply by which foot/side of the body of the recipient the passer puts the ball on. There is not time for much verbal exchange and is all on trustz timing and feel, the advantage gained can be enormous for the attacking team and can lead to easily spinning around a defender for the pass recipient when executed–or a trip to the hospital if you’re an amateur. Passing matters.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨pump up the jamz⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That sniper rifle was so dope, but the accuracy of CPU players with an AK like across the map and then /gaspingsoundwhenhit was so frustrating lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨pump up the jamz⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Goldeneye Surface level PTSD. Enemies beyond your sight horizon due to fog/snow, no map overlay for relative positioning, memorization was the only way to not get lost.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The World’s Doomsday Plant Vault Gets Thousands of New Seeds⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I read the book Frostbite this year, which is the best book I’ve read in a few decades, think Fast Food Nation but for refrigeration. The final chapter was about the global seed vault and the authors visit to tour–thr tour was closed down because of water leaking in due to melt–wjich hadn’t happened before and had caused electrical and issues with the refilrigeration keeping the seed vault correctly temperatures and ventilated.

  Even the grandest schemes won’t matter against the chaos ahead if we don’t drastically change.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘The Terminator’ 40th anniversary: Remembering James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s sci-fi classic⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  youtu.be/jHiZNeADqKs?si=VYbrQQKH7nVC6C8C

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘The Terminator’ 40th anniversary: Remembering James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s sci-fi classic⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The original is where he delivers the line and then crashes through the police station fam.

• Boeing workers reject contract proposal with 64% saying Boeing hasn't done enough.www.oregonlive.com ↗
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rudy Gobert, Wolves Agree to 3-Year, $110M Contract Extension; Updated NBA Salary Cap⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Right, I read the article, Rudy is loved and hated for different reasons and getting more money is likely disappointing and surprising to some. Retrospect will be all that settles the debate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rudy Gobert, Wolves Agree to 3-Year, $110M Contract Extension; Updated NBA Salary Cap⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  🤷 guess we’ll see how this looks in retrospect.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NBA Rumors: Kawhi Leonard Out Indefinitely to Start 2024-25 Season amid Knee Injury⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Didn’t he come into a press conference after PG left and make a point to come and say he’s “not made about it” in a tone that seemed to say he was glad he left?

  PG was at IMO his career best last year, moving on from Kwahi was clearly the play several years ago as he was never going to play substantial minutes again. Spurs knew it years ago and let him go and look where they are now?

  I’m glad Kwahi got Toronto, it was a good storyline for him, and the city. Still thought he was overrated after Spurs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GRIZZLODILE⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  More like ape-ex amirite

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Working-Class Men Are Not Okay⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Good news lads, you’re not “working class” if you have a college degree according to the rubric.

  What 1960s bullshit is this? People with degrees might earn more but many are cuffed and strangled by loan debt. There is a Far Side I believe that has a panhandler and various folks passing him on the street with “net worth” bubbles over all of them and the panhandler is far ahead as he has no debt. Yes, it can work out that you finally get your college paid off and then have accelerated earnings, but the timeline has massively increased or even made indefinitely unachievable as MBAs started running institutions that formerly focused on education instead turned to egotistical expansion projects and luxurioxation of student experiences.

  In a country where “at will” is the standard employment arrangement in 44/50 states, where layoffs have and increasingly do happen regularly with no notice, where there is anemic unemployment in most states that kicks citizens when they’re down…why the hell would anyone want to go to college and sign a multi decade, non-dismissable in bankruptcy debt contract? The same for housing. How are you supposed to feel confident in a 30-year mortgage when you get laid off ever 5-10 years?

  I will completely agree, those who do not go to college often have even worse jobs, more physically brutal and dangerous jobs, but fuck.

  We’re all working class if we have to work. Degree or not.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The People Fleeing Climate Disasters Are Going to Transform the American South⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Been thinking about this and political implications of climate-driven migration this week.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are the pros and cons to buying a smart watch from temu?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Tim walz–level confession

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Towns to New york⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t watch DVC in NY last year. NY definitely didn’t lose this trade, MN seems like lower odds of this being a good tradeoff for them. Unless Randle is exactly the same quality and fits the team, or they get super lucky on a mid first round pick, they basically gave away a big piece for multiple less good pieces.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Towns to New york⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  My first thought was MN won, but didn’t know Randle was hurt. Randle coming off injury and surgery is a pretty big gamble to take trading one of the top 3pt shooters in the entire league, forget among centers. In a league where it’s more valued each year, giving that up is enormous.

  Divencezo, yes shooting 3 is great and a scrappy defender is high value but now who plays with/off Rudy?

  Towns was kind of the odd man out in the playoffs with MN, his skills are wild but can see why MN let him go.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Blizzard Co-Founder Reveals True Reason For Departure⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Healthcare, education, transportation…it’s like the opposite of the Life of Brian scene about the Romans talking about what they brought areas they took control of.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ESPN lays off NBA senior writer Zach Lowe: Sources⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  “just have AI do it”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whispers in the Woods⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Reminds of me and Edgar Allen Poe short story, Gold Bug.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Boeing proposes 30% wage hike to striking workers in its 'final' offer.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  There are specific language in NLRA and other related labor bills defining terms of engagement, contracts, etc.

  Just like the rest of business, they mean something. “Best and Final” doesn’t mean the last offer ever…it just means federal mediators might get involved. Corps won’t pay realistically and more and more are using mediators as a scapegoat so they don’t have to be the one to tell their board their approach is shit and won’t fly in a contact.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Boeing proposes 30% wage hike to striking workers in its 'final' offer.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Think of all the “extra” bolts that competent mechanics and engineers would put in airplane doors, you’d hurt margins…slightly. Hard no from Board.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Taylor Swift Endorses Kamala Harris | Her Instagram post backing the vice president came shortly after Ms. Harris and former President Donald Trump had stepped off the debate stage.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Just puts on a brand new sweater every time she pets her cat. Easy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Too many looks.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Personal trainer and stylist would make most of us unrecognizable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The new middle-class retirement plan: Working into old age⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m reading Work, Retire, Repeat currently and you’re correct…only they arent so much reentering as not leaving. Many start claiming SS as soon as they can for extra money while they work…only they shoot themselves in the foot by not waiting longer to claim much higher (8%/year) benefits. Waiting until 70 nets you 96%(!) higher benefits. The rich who don’t actually need the extra 8% largely benefit, and because they live longer, collect it for longer. The poor get screwed again, which of course aligns with minorities and women being the most affected.

  This started in the 80s when corporations took advantage of Regan’s policy to shed pensions and instead, ask financially illiterate Joe’s and Janes to manage stock accounts and decide how much they should save. The results were predictable. There have been winners though, corporations (much cheaper 401ks), and financial service industry that sprang up to ~support~ pillage uninformed retirees trying to save money to find their retirement for the first time. Regan admin also raised the retirement age to 67 for Social Security in 1983. This represents a permanent 13% decrease in benefits for Americans as it’s 13% less time on average they’ll collect based on mortality rates

  There has been a large media full-court press to try to make working longer because:

  1. Government knows citizens aren’t saving enough and without pensions can’t manage retirement funds. They are put in power by lobbiests that prevent changes to the 401k structure and repairing social security.

  2. Corporations love older workers; they have fewer options despite the magazine covers showing laughing, healthy retirees on their laptop overlooking their vineyard. In reality they are working physically and mentally taxing jobs no one else will, and this also suppresses wages for younger workers. This is another reason why corporations lobby like hell against national healthcare…TONS of folks would stop working or work much less if they could see a doctor without bankrupting themselves, but can’t until they are eligible for Medicare.

  3. Financial services want that money. Asset management, trade fees, expense ratios, “financial advisors” instead of fiduciaries so much easier to bully folks when they are on their own or in small groups. National programs have buying power and muscles in the marketplace, bad for worthless leeches.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My job offers "free" online consultations for mental health reasons. Every single "available" slot is during working hours.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Relevant link from today: npr.org/…/insurance-therapy-therapist-mental-heal…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨More than 28% of Americans are now searching for a new job — the highest rate in a decade⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What is HMW?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Fed Up With Being Exploited,' Unionized Cornell Workers Strike as Students Arrive⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So I work in HR. There are lots of problems with the function as it’s setup in many companies, some reasons are the same and other times it’s industry or company practices or norms that create problems.

  I’ve thought for a good 15 years on and off as I’ve gone through my career about going back for a master’s and Cornell has the most respected, highest-rate Labor/Industrial Relations(IR) program in the country. That they doubtless have teachers that could explain and fix simple issues like the one mentioned in the article, but pretend they aren’t in a position to do so while finance and accounting MBAs that have taken over corporations for 4 decades and colleges going on a couple of decades, says everything you need to know about the state of US higher education, HR, and organizations and it’s this;

  Organizations in the US don’t want to fix most problems. As a society the US has a culture of avoiding pain and never wanting those in power to be uncomfortable since those people wrote most rules. Fixing problems is hard, there is pain, and of course losers in any change process. Corporations that say they can’t hire enough talent but haven’t tried drastically increasing wages, when they say they can’t retain but offer no real career path or mentorship allocated time as part of your work…there are hundreds of examples that all boil down to one word that is constantly and inaccurately used: disingenuousness.

  Back to Cornell, and my masters. Each year, like many thinking of higher Ed or an advanced degree, the number looks worse when you consider the ROI and C/B analysis. Each year, also the more I work, the more it’s clear to me that there is no point in abstract knowledge without the power to implement it…especially given the cost. That Cornell is so poorly run that they have the Jordan of programs on the same campus they’re systematically underpaying and disenfranchising the next generation of those they bless with a degree …holy hell is it time to pull the plug on these gatekeeping, privilege-enforcing institutions run by short-sighted people who care nothing for the founding mission. The mothballing of free speech on campus by tuition-paying students when the subject was something that challenged US military hegemony and made wealthy donors upset, again, tells you everything you need to know.

  The sad part is I am scared about what corporate, for-profit, AI-driven, 1984-seems-docile-by-comparison replacement will rise from the ashes when higher Ed implodes. Projections put probably half of private schools closing in the next 10-20 years, any private school that isn’t too rare will be gone, and that’s not all bad. Line can’t always go up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Climate Groups Begin $55 Million Ad Campaign for Kamala Harris | Three of the ads frame Biden-Harris policies in terms of their economic, rather than environmental, benefits.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Finally. The white, squishy middle of US politics is not swayed by appeals to environment, appeals to humanity and righteousness(systemic racism, discrimination or violence) as they largely haven’t yet been or aren’t affected by them directly. Democrats stance to try to focus on identity politics has done nothing but help the Republicans for 30 years. Maybe the Dems are finally taking out the enormous fucking hammer of economics that has laid idle for so long.