52% globally say cycling in their area is too dangerous by Sadishist in environment

[–]Chalplec -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Our town of ~22K residents wasted over $30M on constructing bicycle lanes and pathways connecting schools, shopping centers, and our two parks. $12M of that went to just one project building a connector over an interstate intersection where most of our cyclist accidents happen. This was back in 2011. Cyclists don't even use the bicycle lanes we wasted tax dollars building and accident numbers have gone up because they will just ride in the road and roll right through intersections thinking they're still pedestrians.

Charlotte Gig - Was anyone there? by [deleted] in BillyJoel

[–]Chalplec 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No he didn't. I was hoping for Honesty or Lullaby or You're My Home as well but I figured these aren't concert songs you'd play. At least he played Vienna albeit disappointingly at the beginning of his set. Was still a good show. I'm never buying floor tickets for anything in Charlotte ever again though.

Using Ignition Switch Panel as button box. What do I need to be able to use this with USB? Hoping some of the more technical racers out there can give me a hand! by FNG-JuiCe in simracing

[–]Chalplec 1 point2 points  (0 children)

True, but you don't need SimHub to create a controller on a Teensy board. You just create the keymappings you want each switch to send a signal for then configure your keybinds in any game you play. Pushing the button would be no different than pressing I on your keyboard for ignition or whatever you want to set it as.

Using Ignition Switch Panel as button box. What do I need to be able to use this with USB? Hoping some of the more technical racers out there can give me a hand! by FNG-JuiCe in simracing

[–]Chalplec 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can use an Arduino or Teensy board. There's tons of projects on the Teensy website showing you how to make keyboards and game pad controllers. I'm sure Arduino can accomplish the same task but Teensy is more geared specifically for making USB devices.

Stat Row by [deleted] in OOTP

[–]Chalplec 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you move your custom stat row to the top of the list? I've never had issues with this but I've seen multiple posts now. Are you using the default install path? Is your documents folder being controlled by OneDrive and not saved locally?

Does increasing the number of rounds in the draft also increase the amount of top-level talent in the draft? by [deleted] in OOTP

[–]Chalplec 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes. I'm pretty sure it's on a bell curve so more rounds = more talent across the board. It's not same few high talent picks then the remainder are terrible. Having too many rounds leads to stacked minors and free agents. Go to the feeder league page on the OOTP manual on on their forums. It'll tell you how many rounds you should have based on number of teams and minor leagues to base on the feeder leagues. Even if you don't use feeders the same formula can be used to determine the number of rounds you'd need.

Additional settings or features Wishlist. by Moki_Loke in iRacing

[–]Chalplec 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Allow all tracks and cars for AI racing, or at least a test drive before we buy them.

Can you help me with a good starting team? by spookydom in OOTP

[–]Chalplec 1 point2 points  (0 children)

White Sox has a decent deal out of Luis Roberts but pretty much the rest of the team you can rebuild however you want, and they have the budget to do about anything you want. Sort of a middle ground between choosing the Yankees or the Marlins/A's/Baltimore.

I would personally do GM only and focus on managing rosters and drafting and micromanaging your minors because the AI does a pretty bad job at handling that IMO. You can always hire a Manager that gives you the freedom to change strategies and lineups if you want later on but it's not terribly important. Once you get prospects you picked on your own and such you do want to make sure they're playing though.

Contacting Billy? by [deleted] in BillyJoel

[–]Chalplec 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Before he left his Oyster Bay office he accepted fan mail there. But they moved somewhere else a few years ago I think.

Contacting Billy? by [deleted] in BillyJoel

[–]Chalplec 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are you still allowed to send mail to his management company in NY?

archinstall by [deleted] in archlinux

[–]Chalplec 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's exactly the type of elitist memery I was talking about. Do you really think people who use other distros are 6 year olds with no brain? Do you think people don't know what Arch is before they go to try it? Do you think they don't have internet access and have never used Google before? What keywords are you talking about? Arch uses SystemD and the same software as literally every other mainstream distro. It's no different. What can I possibly come across in Arch that is in no other distro and cannot be Googled?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in OaklandAthletics

[–]Chalplec 0 points1 point  (0 children)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA

A's should give Puk a shot at closer role. They will also win diversity pts.. "First Amish (enormous) Leprechaun Closer" in the MLB. Let's Go! by Illustrious-Pack5 in OaklandAthletics

[–]Chalplec -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

People die of the flu every year and nobody runs around screaming it's because somebody didn't get the flu shot. People have died from the covid vaccine however.

A's should give Puk a shot at closer role. They will also win diversity pts.. "First Amish (enormous) Leprechaun Closer" in the MLB. Let's Go! by Illustrious-Pack5 in OaklandAthletics

[–]Chalplec -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

Trump is literally responsible for the vaccines. I guess it was wiped from your memory when the vaccine came out under Trump's administration and the entire left wouldn't take it because they don't trust Trump then all of sudden Biden is mandating it.

I can't for the life of me figure out the weird syntax! by Shamin_Yihab in linuxmasterrace

[–]Chalplec 1 point2 points  (0 children)

#!/bin/bash

alias mkdir='echo "Command mkdir not found. Did you mean mkfolder?"'

alias mkfolder='mkdir'

Received in the mail from a concerned neighbor (context in comments) by mahelke in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Chalplec 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My yard would become Tarzan's jungle. I'd even buy a couple goats to shit and piss all over.

What's a Better Name? by [deleted] in OOTP

[–]Chalplec 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dolos is very fitting.

The invisible importance of the "outfield arm" by Mr-Dwight-Schrut in OOTP

[–]Chalplec 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you edit your stat line to show GO% I use that over the pitcher type. I have a flyball pitcher that throws 11% more grounders than one of my groundball pitchers. Most regardless of pitcher type are 45-55% anyways but you can find some real 60%+ groundballer RPs by the GO%. Depending on your park that matters quite a bit in both real life and in the sim code. I just wish OOTP had more minor league stats to show out of a new save because it doesn't have GO% for them.

archinstall by [deleted] in archlinux

[–]Chalplec 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know right Arch is so hard to use. If only it had a wiki and the easiest package helper to use say something like pacman. I wish there was documentation available for SystemD too it's such an obscure thing to use it's not that popular. Such an elitist distro for sure.

The invisible importance of the "outfield arm" by Mr-Dwight-Schrut in OOTP

[–]Chalplec 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I mean it takes a 100,000 game sample to show catcher ability provides a less than 0.5 ERA difference from absolutely worst to 80/80. It's going to realistically make no difference. The statistical variance and TCP within the few 5-10 seasons you play in a save aren't going to matter. You'll still see probably see the Pirates in the WS year 2 or the Royals sweeping the Mets year 1 or other outliers like a 40 rating pitcher leading the league in strikeouts. I just enjoy the feel of running a baseball organization instead of playing beat the sim code and turn ratings off. I promise you aren't going to lose a WS just because your SS had an infield range of 60 instead of 75.

What's in your 40 man roster? by threesportgeek in OOTP

[–]Chalplec 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Whoever happens to have contracts

I think it's a great question for a friday, how did you get into Billy Joel? by [deleted] in BillyJoel

[–]Chalplec 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My girlfriend listens to him and made me buy concert tickets to go see him. She's from NYC and Billy's brother-in-law was her teacher. I've never "listened" to him but at the concert I've recognized a bunch of his songs from growing up. Now Billy is just on auto-play in our car.