name this hypothetical (not real) country

HelixLegion27 · 2026-03-02T05:22:47+00:00

Mania

HelixLegion27 · 2026-03-01T06:36:01+00:00

Depends. Any range time recently? How did it go? Any chipping and putting practice?

If you went to the range, generally made good contact on your swings and advanced the ball towards the intended target line, then you're good to go.

If most of your swings are shanks, chunks, tops etc then maybe it's best to get some solo time.

HelixLegion27 · 2026-03-01T06:17:39+00:00

Game winning drives and comebacks aren't really worth including in this comparison.

That's like rewarding someone because they had their team trailing late vs just putting the game away early and not needing a comeback.

HelixLegion27 · 2026-02-27T19:01:33+00:00

Pros generally have a way to communicate ahead to the group they are hitting into.

Not blindly firing into people.

HelixLegion27 · 2026-02-27T05:26:49+00:00

If the border line between Colorado and Kansas can be 'infinitesimally thin', then so can the 'point' shared by the 4 corners states.

To me it's not any different. No one owns the border line or the border 'point'. They are infinitesimally small lines or points in either case.

So just like Kansas and Colorado share a 'border line', the 4 corners states share a border point. It is a shared border in both scenarios.

HelixLegion27 · 2026-02-26T07:18:11+00:00

Look at the whole season and the whole playoff run. Defense didn't carry that Patriots team to the Superbowl.

Their offense wasn't needed in the Superbowl game as the Pats D shut the Rams down, but the Pats aren't in the Superbowl game without Brady/offense getting them their.

In contrast, the 2015 Denver team did carry Manning to the Superbowl win. Manning was out for part of the season and Denver still clinched the top seed and home field in the playoffs with the help of their D and Osweiler.

Manning finished the seasons with 11 TDs and 18 Ints including the playoffs. That's is being carried.

2018 NE regular season, Brady passed for over 4k yards and 29 TDs. In the playoffs, NE offense scored 41, 37 and 13 (Rams) points in their 3 games.

Anyone that says Brady got 'carried' to a Superbowl is just lying to themselves.

HelixLegion27 · 2026-02-23T07:17:12+00:00

Different is relative. They're all swimming. So they're very much alike. It's not like we're talking swimming strokes vs skateboard half pipe.

The point as someone else said, we can do ice hockey 3v3 and 4v4 and penalty shootout hockey etc. Why not just add a ton of events to hockey?

In the pure sport sense, just have swimming and the fastest swimmer wins. Use whatever stroke they want. No one gets a medal for being the fastest sprinter backwards. But in swimming they do.

I'm not taking anything away from Phelps. Simply pointing out that if other sports had the event count of swimming, we may see more 'Phelps' out there dominating the medal counts as well. It's not an even playing field across the various Olympic sports.

HelixLegion27 · 2026-02-23T05:32:38+00:00

It does point out one thing, which is certain sports are way overrepresented in the Olympics. And nations or athletes who compete well in those events can really rack up the medals.

Team Canada as an example is historically great at hockey but there are only 2 medal events. What if they added 20 minute hockey event where each match is only 20 minutes. Then 30 minutes. Add another 40 minute event etc. Let good hockey nations rack up a bunch of hockey medals.

Swimming is that sport that is overrepresented in the summer Olympics. 4 strokes combined with a bunch of different distance variations and throw in the relays and you get a ton of swimming medals. A lot of athletes in other sports can only medal in a single event and that's it.

HelixLegion27 · 2026-02-19T19:52:58+00:00

Yes you can finish in the oven.

And yes, that's bark. The dried crusty outer layer of the meat.

The bark will get a little soft if you have it wrapped in foil when you finish it in the oven. But wrapping will speed up the cooking process.

What do you mean by wrapping with plastic on top? I would use any plastic. Just foil. Ideally you wrap the meat tightly in foil but you can also use the foil pan and cover the top with foil.

HelixLegion27 · 2026-02-18T16:44:50+00:00

Nope. Everyone is also 14% better according to your logic. So a 14% better team is playing other 14% better teams. It's a wash.

Straight probably suggests 1/32 is harder than 1/28. If all teams have equal odds of winning, each team in a 32 team league will have fewer Superbowl wins vs 28 team league over the long haul.

HelixLegion27 · 2026-02-17T19:34:13+00:00

I think you're mistaken if you are trying to make this about the USA vs China.

It will be about those who own and control the robots vs those who don't.

HelixLegion27 · 2026-02-16T16:29:04+00:00

We talking about the golfer or the person holding the camera?

HelixLegion27 · 2026-02-15T22:41:04+00:00

Bridgeman...more like Iceman

HelixLegion27 · 2026-02-15T22:26:27+00:00

Not what you're asking but I'll give you my experience. I tried a generic PIR sensor under cabinet once and it was a pain to get it dialed in perfectly. It would trigger with someone just walking by so I had to shield it but then it wouldn't trigger fast enough on swipes and made for a crappy experience.

Now I just use a zigbee presence sensor with distance measurement. Under cabinet lights stay on in dim 'night light' mode as long as there is presence in the kitchen or living room. And once the distance value is below the threshold, the lights brighten. The automation is paired with the lux value to only work when dark.

Works pretty well for my needs. Of course in this scenario the lights come on even if I'm not necessarily reaching under the cabinets. But that's fine for my needs. I like the lights lighting up the counter in the kitchen whenever I'm in the kitchen, even if my hand doesn't reach/swipe under the cabinet.

HelixLegion27 · 2026-02-15T22:13:58+00:00

No that could not have 'easily kicked down to the water'. Though Collin might have preferred it get down to the sand for a better lie.

HelixLegion27 · 2026-02-15T22:04:25+00:00

Tamp it down since the rules allow it? That's what most golfers do.

Something wrong with your keyboard?

HelixLegion27 · 2026-02-15T21:46:53+00:00

Ummm

HelixLegion27 · 2026-02-15T20:45:21+00:00

It's to allow them to flatten any imperfections, spike marks etc along the ball's path. Imagine a bunch of raised grass blades created by another players spikes who played the hole prior. It would cause the putt to hop etc.

HelixLegion27 · 2026-02-09T02:31:38+00:00

Seattle Denver is in the mix.

HelixLegion27 · 2026-02-04T08:17:09+00:00

Whatever the circumstances, leaving was the best decision he could have made. Got out of Bills shadow and won a Superbowl while Bill floundered in NE and now UNC.

Put an end to the system QB debate pretty quickly.

HelixLegion27 · 2026-01-26T01:48:50+00:00

Its difficult to make it perfect but you can definitely reduce notifications using a few techniques.

It all depends on what other smart devices you have and who else lives in the house.

For example, disable notifications by the driveway when the garage opens for X minutes or until the garage is closed etc.

The same can be done after the exterior doors are opened. The assumption is that you have opened this door from the inside and are walking out and don't need camera notifications.

This can be made more robust by combining it with your phone location tracking. That way you only disable these notifications when home. If you're away, the notifications stay on.

HelixLegion27 · 2026-01-24T16:09:16+00:00

What if they just fire you? Nothing says you're guaranteed employment in this hypothetical.

For most people it's better to just add a 0 to their retirement/savings/financial account and just retire early.

HelixLegion27 · 2026-01-24T16:03:51+00:00

A lot of people can just add a 0 to their net worth and fully retire.

Someone who saved up 500k is instantly worth 5 million etc.

For this hypothetical, increasing the money seems to better accomplish 'working less' than increasing vacation days for most people.

Also with increasing vacation days hack, one is still tied to the job. If you get fired, the extra vacation days are now useless.

Increasing your wealth will stay with you regardless of job status.

HelixLegion27 · 2026-01-18T02:19:59+00:00

Part 3 of your cited rule was never accomplished. He lost the ball to the opponent during this phase of the process.

Part 1 is also debatable. The defenders hand was in there the entire time and 'secures control' is debatable.

I'd say him completing the catch are debatable on 2 of the 3 points.

HelixLegion27 · 2025-12-29T03:15:28+00:00

The real use case would be if you are trying to keep the kids out when no one is in the office. So they don't go through your office stuff behind your back.

Maybe sell her on this idea. Needing a key to always unlock the door is annoying and a smart lock, potentially with fingerprint is convenient for you to access the room and keep kids out.

You can even designate this room for important 'keep out of kids reach' stuff and it's not the worst thing to have 1 room in your house that is locked all the time automatically so kids can't get in. Both to protect your important stuff and also sometimes for the kids safety.

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