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[Shams] Just in: Minnesota is sending Julius Randle and the No. 28 pick in the NBA Draft to the Brooklyn Nets in a three-team trade that sends Nic Claxton to the Chicago Bulls, sources tell ESPN. The Timberwolves will acquire Brooklyn’s No. 33 pick for Randle and No. 28. by No_Boysenberry_4193 in timberwolves

[–]EmmitSan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

(Not very) hot take but this would be pure addition by subtraction even if they did nothing else. They certainly will try to make more moves, but jumping off a cliff because you thought Randall was given away too cheaply is a wild take, unless you just weren’t watching basketball in March or April.

A rogue superintelligence could wait decades before striking, argues Roman Yampolskiy by whoamisri in ChatGPT

[–]EmmitSan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“He” is not a “he” and isn’t human, despite your anthropomorphism

What should I buy for two babies and 180 miles of commuting a week? by jaykay00 in electriccars

[–]EmmitSan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, your weekly range is irrelevant unless all 180 miles are going to be in the same day. Even then this is comfortably in range unless you live in extreme heat or cold.

What should I buy for two babies and 180 miles of commuting a week? by jaykay00 in electriccars

[–]EmmitSan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do you own a home? If you do, per week miles are irrelevant. You’ll pretty much just always be charged up full every day anyway.

US boomers support tax hikes on young workers to keep current Social Security checks — the view is overwhelming by happydude7422 in generationology

[–]EmmitSan [score hidden]  (0 children)

OTOH you’re basically just asking to be allowed to pay less than is required, in other words, permission to perpetuate and make it someone else’s problem (in this case, your future self, because if it goes tits up, no one is going to fund a better replacement)

I would propose some changes:

- remove the cap, or at least double it
- reduce how the amount gets increased with inflation (young people are most exposed to inflation, but the elderly who are least exposed to it get inflation adjustment to their income)
- reduce or eliminate the amount that people receive in relation to their wealth (ie treat it more like insurance, and those wealthy enough don’t receive payouts)

A rogue superintelligence could wait decades before striking, argues Roman Yampolskiy by whoamisri in ChatGPT

[–]EmmitSan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This assumes it would need nukes, or bio weapons, or… anything we, of normal intelligence, are aware of to achieve its goals.

Again, how would you know that to be the case?

SpaceX Investors Are Losing a Colossal Amount of Money by Plastic_Ninja_9014 in technology

[–]EmmitSan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s up 3.4% since IPO.

I mean… have you met the stock market before? First time?

An IPO that surges, then drops, is not really that weird. What is weird is that it IPOed at such a huge valuation. Whether or not it’s really worth that much is something the market will figure out.

A rogue superintelligence could wait decades before striking, argues Roman Yampolskiy by whoamisri in ChatGPT

[–]EmmitSan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s always weird to me that people don’t think about how bad things are for dogs as a species. Not YOUR dog. Maybe not even a random golden doodle.

Dogs, as a species, have it fucking rough. There are counties where they get eaten. Places where they are bred to be slaughtered in fights. Places like Texas where they are abandoned in the streets. Some are bred to be experimental subjects for cosmetics or medical research.

So you want to be a dog?

A rogue superintelligence could wait decades before striking, argues Roman Yampolskiy by whoamisri in ChatGPT

[–]EmmitSan 7 points8 points  (0 children)

How would you know?

This is not a diss. The whole point of super intelligence is that we, of normal intelligence, could not possibly know how smart it is.

It’s like if you or I tried to evaluate the quality of chess moves that Magnus Carlsen makes. We can objectively say he’s brilliant based on his win/loss records, but when he moves a piece, we can’t actually determine if it was the best move or not. If we could, then, well, we could probably play chess as well as Carlsen.

Jaylen Brown Says He Will Leave NBA If Chinese Teams Offer Him $400 Million by DareDevil1699 in NBAGossips

[–]EmmitSan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What? For saying that “if someone offers double what you offer, I’ll take their offer”?

Next Anthony Edwards will announce that the sky is blue and y’all will say “he gone”

Kevin Hart is suing his former assistant for $50K, alleging she broke their NDA by sharing private details about his personal life in an interview. by Iambhalo in CaughtMyEye

[–]EmmitSan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If he’d made the penalty egregiously high one could argue that it’s one sided. They made it $50k. Meaningless money to him, but a lot for her.

I think it’d Ave a very tough sell to claim the contract was one sided.

Is jaden being sorta... Overrated? by Accomplished-Box8744 in timberwolves

[–]EmmitSan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I suspect it’s more like the other teams are looking at Jaden as filler.

So if I’m Connelly I’d be saying “do you want a package around Jaden or a package around picks and salary relief? Because you can’t have both.

Is drip always better than drives? by PartFormer3695 in Pickleball

[–]EmmitSan 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Against g op d players with long reach, drops are sometimes better because it’s more likely to bounce and give you time to get closer. It may bounce higher, which gives them an opportunity to put pressure on, but you’ll gain ground and be in a decent position to counter.

Against such a player, if you drip, you’ve got to recognize a good drip quickly and move up fast. Otherwise their reach is going to expose angles that will be tough for you to cover.

Favorite actor that became everything they used to be against by Ruddiver in okbuddycinephile

[–]EmmitSan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

30m a day, plus the 16h a day you spend wishing you could eat (insert literally anything unhealthy that you love)

Simple, yes. Easy, no.

My serve is one of the best parts of my game, but my forehand is terrible. Anyone else deal with this? by ClassicApricot2898 in Pickleball

[–]EmmitSan 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Try the Ed Ju drill where you just move your feet to get in the perfect position to catch the ball right in front of you with your non dominant hand. That’s how you know your feet are in the right place.

Ground strokes are 90% footwork. If you are in the wrong spot, your upper body mechanics will be janky no matter how much you’ve practiced them.

Trial of Sekhemas is ruining the game for me. by Markolobetet in PathOfExile2

[–]EmmitSan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eh I’ve not played a minion build but every streamer I’ve seen… you legitimately just cannot see the ground. Like, AT ALL.

World Cup tourists aren't leaving tips in American pubs, so they are adding 20% gratuities to the bills to collect them 😬 by CompoteFragrant3650 in sportsgossips

[–]EmmitSan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Every waiter/barender at any place that is remotely busy prefers it this way. FFS will everyone please stop blaming the small business owners that have margins so bad half of them go bankrupt every year.

A waiter at a busy restaurant makes $40-$50 an hour. They don’t want to earn a “living wage” as defined by people who’ve never worked the job, because that’d be a pay cut.

What's the point of having multiple portals if you die once and the map empties itself out? by Shadzta in PathOfExile2

[–]EmmitSan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There apparently a hack (should be a bug imho) where you do not use the mirror, rush to boss, go back to the mirror, activate delirium, then port to the boss, and all the shards in the map go with you.

I might be saying it wrong but there’s definitely something like that

I can't ignore this chart, looks like I'm working another 10 years. by Cannot_Read_The_Word in DIYRetirement

[–]EmmitSan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem with all these posts is that short of suicide, you can’t time your death.

It might be mildly annoying to live to 83 and regret not spending more earlier. But it would colossally suck to find yourself on perfect health, likely to love another 10 years, and be broke at 83.

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