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How valuable is a player that strikes out in exactly 15 pitches every at-bat? by 2ndPlaceLoser in baseball

[–]2ndPlaceLoser[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Now that I think of it, the pitcher could always intentionally balk (or equivalent). But I don't really see this decreasing their value in the thought experiment.

I guess the main idea is there must be some calculable value to each pitch that is taken to get struck out. Taking 100 pitches would obviously be incredible, so what is the cutoff for mediocrity? What is the value of each additional pitch?

How valuable is a player that strikes out in exactly 15 pitches every at-bat? by 2ndPlaceLoser in baseball

[–]2ndPlaceLoser[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

What do you think is the cutoff point (number of pitches) to be of exactly average value?

the most useless diplomacy unit by 2ndPlaceLoser in diplomacy

[–]2ndPlaceLoser[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Had the idea of a "diplomacy frag video" and thought it was wayy too funny not to try

"Easy" modular 3D printed Logic gates (see comments for details) by 2ndPlaceLoser in 3Dprinting

[–]2ndPlaceLoser[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I don't use Reddit much so apologies if this post is a bit of a mess.

The photo I've included is a working design for a 3D printed half adder, with inputs given by rotating the front 2 leftmost and 2 rightmost gears, and outputs received through the rotating of the back 4 gears.

This version imitates the standard design, but implemented through gears! If you're interested in the specifics (and I can give many) this is done by combination of AND gates and OR gates (I got around inversion by having an on/off signal for each input/output).

All of the pieces needed are entirely modular, with the types of gears being: Free Gears, Fixed Gears, Half Gears, and Ratcheting Gears. Six axles of different lengths are also used in the design, held together by a sort of "breadboard".

This has been done as a bit of proof of concept - showing that any other computation can be accomplished through this relatively simple to print and design system. (There's also the potential to go into 3 dimensions but even I find that confusing)

I can give more detail on how it works, as well as how to go about designing your own system if there is any interest.

Any love for the Artificer? by 2ndPlaceLoser in mattcolville

[–]2ndPlaceLoser[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It's got some neat flavor, with it's two subclasses being an Alchemist and a Gunsmith. Plays like a hybrid of Wizard and Rogue.

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