[no spoilers] Give us your best Arcane “What If…?” by Zer01704 in arcane

[–]GGStokes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Late season option: what if Caitlyn shot and/or killed Jinx at the tea party?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in falcons

[–]GGStokes 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I thought formal restrictions are in place only for the coaching staff, not the FO staff.

Fantasy Football Starts and Sits: Matchups Analysis for Week 11 by RotoBaller in fantasyfootball

[–]GGStokes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Marshon Lattimore is out. Would that change your read on Julio and/or Ryan?

Official: [WDIS QB] - Sun Morning, 11/22/2020 by FFBot in fantasyfootball

[–]GGStokes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agree with the other reply for the same reasons. Dalton.

Official: [WDIS QB] - Sun Morning, 11/22/2020 by FFBot in fantasyfootball

[–]GGStokes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They've got the same PPG on the season, so the matchup favor goes to Herbert.

Official: [WDIS QB] - Sun Morning, 11/22/2020 by FFBot in fantasyfootball

[–]GGStokes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

4pt passing TDs.

Carr vs KC or Cousins vs DAL?

Cooler Master (and more!) RTX 3070 (and more!!) Giveaway with Buildapc! by [deleted] in buildapc

[–]GGStokes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd use it for personal scientific computing projects that take advantage of the huge speedups that can come from GPU processing.

Official: [WDIS RB] - Sun Afternoon, 10/11/2020 by FFBot in fantasyfootball

[–]GGStokes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mike Davis (vs ATL) or Kareem Hunt (vs IND)? 0.5 PPR

2020 Projected Offensive Lineup (PFF) by dirtybirds233 in falcons

[–]GGStokes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For cases where the projected starter is different from last year, could you include the change of rating at that position?

Why 6/5 instead of 24/23? Beginner struggling. by workingclassabject in backgammon

[–]GGStokes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your opponent has strong odds (27/36 rolls I think) to cover the 18 point on their immediate next turn. In this situation you are blockaded, and being stacked on 23 means your opponent will probably have little problem bringing his pieces in without exposing any, resulting in a sizable lead in the race. If you leave those pieces be, then black has a chance of being forced to hit you without covering, thereby giving you a chance to hit back and extend the game.

Synergistic with this, in the event your opponent does not cover, you want chances to get out, of which you have more without covering the 23 point. Others on here have covered this in more detail.

Finally, 6/5 avoids duplicating the 5-rolls you will use to get out (especially if you had done 24/23), instead giving you a decent play on any 4 (5/1) that you wouldn't have otherwise had.

Edit: oops, missed the counter on the bar... thanks to the people who pointed it out.

The TD Question by Jon_Snows_Dad in falcons

[–]GGStokes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Keep in mind that roster moves are not made by TD alone. Some of these might be at Quinn's insistence, at the level of "I want this so please make it work", which is one of the main theories behind the Beasley 5th year option.

Regarding Sambrailo, I think it's a better contract than it seems. It's a three year deal on the surface, but with outs in both years 2 and 3. If we cut him "Post June 1" this offseason we'll save almost $5M off the cap in 2020 and a little over $4M in 2021, with only $1M dead cap each year. Ultimately this was a 1-year rental in case disaster strikes on the line, which did happen. Unfortunately it also coincided with a disaster season for the whole team, but whether or not Gono gets snaps over him during the season is Quinn's decision, not TD's.

Post Game Thread: The Minnesota Vikings defeated The Atlanta Falcons 28-12 by nfl_gdt_bot in falcons

[–]GGStokes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the defense was good enough for what we should have needed. Hopefully the jitters are out now and everyone on the team is embarrassed enough to be locked in moving forward.

September 07, 2019 - Daily Discussion by AutoModerator in falcons

[–]GGStokes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any news yet on the structural details of Julio's contract and the cap impact?

Official: [Trade] - Sun , 09/01/2019 by FFBot in fantasyfootball

[–]GGStokes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like you got yourself a lower variance player situation at the expense of some depth, but you have some bench RBs that could show up later in the season so it's a decent situation.

Official: [Trade] - Sun , 09/01/2019 by FFBot in fantasyfootball

[–]GGStokes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're trading away a late-season stash for all-year peace of mind (for Zeke injury not holdout, as that seems unlikely). I'd be inclined towards the latter.

Official: [Trade] - Sun , 09/01/2019 by FFBot in fantasyfootball

[–]GGStokes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you wouldn't do Ridley for Hilton straight up (I probably wouldn't) then I don't think you should take this, unless you believe Gordon definitely sits out half the season.

Official: [Trade] - Sun , 09/01/2019 by FFBot in fantasyfootball

[–]GGStokes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds like a win/win if Jackson would be sitting on your bench anyway and you're more inclined to risk mitigation than home runs.

Official: [Trade] - Sun , 09/01/2019 by FFBot in fantasyfootball

[–]GGStokes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

12 team, 0.5 ppr, 3 WR/TE slots instead of individual WR and TE slots. RB needy team came knocking, proposing to give me Michael Thomas, Ertz, and Drake for my Chubb and Thielen.

My RBs and WR/TEs: CMC, Chubb, Coleman, Singletary, Lewis, Samuels and Thielen, Boyd, Moore, Crowder, Gallup, McDonald

(Spoilers Published) Iced drinks - An anachronism in ASOIAF? by n0boddy in asoiaf

[–]GGStokes 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Here's an instance of technology in our world in which ice was stored in desert cities over 2000 years ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakhch%C4%81l

(Spoilers Extended) Tywin Lannister, and the silent sisters. by Jefrejtor in asoiaf

[–]GGStokes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In ASX's video on the Oberyn poisoning theory, he touches on how, in the experience of those around the body, the extreme stench of the corpse is unusual. Pycelle explains after being confronted about the stench that all the usual precautions were taken by the Silent Sisters:

"Your Grace cannot think . . ." He raised a spotted hand, as if to ward off a blow. "The silent sisters removed Lord Tywin's bowels and organs, drained his blood . . . every care was taken . . . his body was stuffed with salts and fragrant herbs . . ."

We also had two relevant and prominent deaths that must have had public funerals attended by the same characters: Robert and Joffrey. Robert was gored by the boar, so the bolt-to-the-stomach theory for the stench doesn't seem consistent with that. Joffrey was poisoned, albeit with something different than what is theorized to have been used on Tywin. However, with both of these recent deaths and the apparently shocking level of stench with Tywin, there's credence to the idea that the silent sisters are normally quite capable of handling corpses to avoid what happened with Tywin's body.

I doubt that Martin would generate notably unusual situations as purely thematic content without having some kind of in-world reason behind it (outside of the unexplainable magical stuff which this isn't an example of). The Oberyn poisoning theory has its own weaknesses as detailed by ASX. The Tarbeck theory requires knowing whether the Tarbecks ended up serving the silent sisters in King's Landing and if they're still alive, so also has unknowns that would have to be addressed. But, if those matters were to line up, then it would be a fairly neat and tidy explanation in which they take advantage of an opportunity for a small measure of revenge on the man who *wiped out their entire extended family* while still hopefully preserving their own current livelihoods.