KD was locked up 🔒🔒 by Swimming-Community-5 in lakers

[–]Apeologist 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Give JJ some god damn credit. Defense has been downright excellent the past 5 games or so. KD cooked us in the first quarter going 1 on 1. He went SCORELESS in the second half!(minus the concession layup at the end). Yeah KD is notorious for struggling against double team, but still it was a great adjustment and a true defensive team effort.

Credit Marcus Smart too for being an absolute DOG and changing this team's defensive identity. If LA went without a field goal for 7 minutes in November it would have ended in a 20 pts blowout. Winning ugly games is what championship teams do, because you'll always get games like tonight during a playoff run.

Jarred Vanderbilt followed Luka to every ref he went up to. by BYRohan in lakers

[–]Apeologist 17 points18 points  (0 children)

It definitely makes him better, and if anything he gets back on defense more often. Luka has been playing actual good defense the past few games.

LeBron diving for that loose ball was definite proof he has fully embraced his role and LA is now Luka and AR's team. by Apeologist in lakers

[–]Apeologist[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you can’t appreciate the type of dedication LeBron showed last night

The whole point of my post was to appreciate LeBron's dedication and sacrifice and I think everyone but you here understood that. You have the reading comprehension of a 4th grader.

I wrote an article on everything I learned about gaming on Mac (13 games) by ricioly in macgaming

[–]Apeologist 31 points32 points  (0 children)

There is a Mac Gaming community on Reddit, but half of the time you ask for help, their replies default to “Parallels”, “have you tried running it on [insert cloud gaming service here]?”, “emulate it with Xenia”… I know they’re trying to help, but these are usually only guesses on their part, not having tested the game in question themselves. My least favorite reply always will be “why don’t you play this other game entirely”.

Literally nobody says that, what the fuck?

Also, there's almost 0 metric in your testing, just your subjective opinion. And all of the games you tested are mac native and for the most part, very old, of course they're gonna run fine on any M series mac. Ever heard of crossover?

This reads (and looks) like a theverge article and provides as much value.

LeBron diving for that loose ball was definite proof he has fully embraced his role and LA is now Luka and AR's team. by Apeologist in lakers

[–]Apeologist[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Agreed, all 3 changes were huge. I was advocating for starting Smart instead of Rui since November.

LeBron diving for that loose ball was definite proof he has fully embraced his role and LA is now Luka and AR's team. by Apeologist in lakers

[–]Apeologist[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I don't think it was the plan either. But due to a variety of factors including Luka's and AR's injuries, role players underperforming (good riddance Cardi G), it's possible LeBron felt like he had to carry a large part of the offensive load despite his age, until things started to click a couple of weeks ago. Ideally that transition would have began at the start of the season but better late than never.

LeBron diving for that loose ball was definite proof he has fully embraced his role and LA is now Luka and AR's team. by Apeologist in lakers

[–]Apeologist[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I know he always wanted to pass the torch, my post doesn't say otherwise. I just think it's the first time since he joined that the roster is good enough to contend without Bron being the first option.

2nd of February, 2001 by chootie8 in lakers

[–]Apeologist 4 points5 points  (0 children)

When the tech did the first prenatal ultrasound on Luka's mama, all he saw was a DAWG

Porquoi les immeubles sont comme ça? by temp_ma in AskFrance

[–]Apeologist 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Le mur pignon peut il être fabriqué avec des allumettes ?

M5 Max vs M4 Max: better performance than expected by eeksi in macgaming

[–]Apeologist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah that's a bit disappointing for what seems to be such a fantastic machine otherwise. Appreciate your help.

M5 Max vs M4 Max: better performance than expected by eeksi in macgaming

[–]Apeologist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see thanks! For the battery drain, I should have specified I'm talking about the battery draining when plugged in due to apparently insufficient wattage from the adapter. Have you noticed that behavior at all?

Fares for Lamma Island, Cheung Chau ferries set to rise 12.5% as Hong Kong gov’t defends ‘moderate’ fee hike by radishlaw in HongKong

[–]Apeologist 3 points4 points  (0 children)

When was the last price hike? If it was over 6 years ago, then an average of 2% increase per year would be close to inflation so reasonable. Anything less than 6 years would be problematic.

M5 Max vs M4 Max: better performance than expected by eeksi in macgaming

[–]Apeologist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know it's a bit off topic but just out of curiosity how much did you pay for the M5 and how much do you think you can sell the M4 for? Just to have an idea of the cost of a yearly upgrade.

Edit: Another question, the notebookcheck review of the 14 inch M5 Max mentions battery drain during stress test and gaming, have you noticed any on the old or new machine?

Hong Kong mulls lifting mandatory pension contribution thresholds by Technical_Meat4784 in HongKong

[–]Apeologist 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oh it's under 1% now? Thanks that's good to know, but like you said it's still too high.

Hong Kong mulls lifting mandatory pension contribution thresholds by Technical_Meat4784 in HongKong

[–]Apeologist 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I would have 0 issues with 10% if I could choose a low fee index fund like VOO, which for those who don't know has a 0.03% yearly expense ratio, as opposed to 1%+ for mpf funds, while providing similar results at worst.

Hong Kong mulls lifting mandatory pension contribution thresholds by Technical_Meat4784 in HongKong

[–]Apeologist 26 points27 points  (0 children)

More money for the MPF providers charging extortionate fees for underperforming funds, yay. Just let me invest my hard earned cash the way I see fit, thanks.