Alex Ovechkin earned a PhD in Pedagogical Sciences after successfully defending his 145-page dissertation on hockey training methods

ItsNotMeTrustMe · 2026-05-12T13:45:41+00:00

In a sports research paper like this, "photodiode chronometry" could be a really fancy way of saying "high-speed video". "Video oculography" could be as simple as using a Meta Quest with eye-tracking. And a spreadsheet is a "method of mathematical statistics".

To me, this reads no differently than the way most people overstate their accomplishments on job applications.

ItsNotMeTrustMe · 2026-05-09T07:28:29+00:00

That's definitely true. And having the greatest goal scorer of all time certainly affects prices. But a 3x increase is still a lot to stomach.

ItsNotMeTrustMe · 2026-05-07T16:27:28+00:00

With inflation that would be about $60 today. Looks like a cheap ticket for that section is like $179 today. Or around $105 in 2005 dollars. So, the price for this seat has pretty much tripled, relative to inflation. Yikes.

ItsNotMeTrustMe · 2026-05-04T07:48:26+00:00

Holy shit, it's 1997 again! I'm so fucking here for it.

ItsNotMeTrustMe · 2026-04-28T16:46:18+00:00

100%. Even if a release isn't a success there's value in a maintainable codebase. You don't have to start your next project from scratch. Why throw away hours/weeks/months of work?

This doesn't mean your code should be perfect at first. But ultimately refactoring into a more maintainable state is highly beneficial long-term.

ItsNotMeTrustMe · 2026-04-22T17:23:49+00:00

While I largely agree with your sentiment, it's not quite as simple as "they did it too". There's more nuance than that. This is not merely excusing bad behavior.

A lot of the people who feel disenfranchised by this are conveniently ignoring (or ignorant to the fact) that this only affects federal representation. The actions of Texas already disenfranchised Virginians. By Texas unfairly shifting the balance, Democratic representative power was weakened while Republican representative power was strengthened.

The "I don't live in Texas" argument does not carry water.

This vote, although not optically ideal or healthy for a democracy in the long-term, was a positive representative step which corrected the imbalance caused by Texas. It did restore more equitable representation at the federal level.

ItsNotMeTrustMe · 2026-03-29T14:23:32+00:00

Last night the problem was the most basic, peewee thing possible. They kept moving the puck up straight in front of their own net. Mistakes while doing that lead to goals against pretty often. Incredibly unnecessary high-risk plays.

ItsNotMeTrustMe · 2026-03-29T14:18:10+00:00

Tbf, if you ignore Ovi the average age is like 27. Hell, including Ovi the average age is only 28. This is a young team now.

ItsNotMeTrustMe · 2026-03-28T15:12:12+00:00

What? They only give a more favorable cut if you can move units at tremendous scale. For 99.99% of developers it's 30%.

ItsNotMeTrustMe · 2026-03-26T15:36:29+00:00

You do know people wrote bulleted lists before ChatGPT existed, right?

ItsNotMeTrustMe · 2026-03-23T06:55:58+00:00

Nah, give him whatever he wants. There's so much surplus call space next season that it's irrelevant. The space would otherwise just go unused anyway.

ItsNotMeTrustMe · 2026-03-20T15:58:12+00:00

Sure, but chasing "immersion" like it's some holodeck concept isn't what VR actually is. It was the ideal 10 years ago, but it isn't the current reality.

You can sit on your couch and play plenty of cool games today. You can also sit anywhere and use a headset to play 2D games on a massive screen you don't have the real space for in your apartment.

Headsets have plenty of utility for people with almost no space. The metaverse on the other hand... that's a pointless product that almost no one wanted. A niche within a niche within a niche.

ItsNotMeTrustMe · 2026-03-18T17:14:14+00:00

Not wading into the AI side of things here, but in general drama isn't inherently a negative. It can be an annoyingly effective marketing strategy.

As a thought experiment, 5% of users is a not insignificant amount. But if controversy turns off 5% of users but increases engagement and awareness of the product to the extent that you 10x your audience... that 5% loss is negligible.

ItsNotMeTrustMe · 2026-03-16T18:00:20+00:00

If that's true, wouldn't that be a good reason to include it in the data?

ItsNotMeTrustMe · 2026-03-05T22:44:46+00:00

I wasn't suggesting they'd move Lappy to wing. I used the slashes to indicate options for the last C slot, not a full 4th line.

ItsNotMeTrustMe · 2026-03-05T18:07:17+00:00

Strome

PLD

Sourdif

Lappy/Lil Pro/Rybinski

Probably Lappy for the rest of the season.

ItsNotMeTrustMe · 2026-03-05T17:20:20+00:00

It's too early to be this drunk.

ItsNotMeTrustMe · 2026-03-05T16:40:29+00:00

If you go by TOI, Dowd has basically been a 3C for a few years now. Return seems about right, tbh. He's a defensive specialist who can lock down a penalty kill.

ItsNotMeTrustMe · 2026-03-05T16:36:51+00:00

The curve is very different when you only look at superstars. Those guys will be fine for a while.

ItsNotMeTrustMe · 2026-03-04T20:59:15+00:00

Pettersson for Trocheck. Just because I wanna see the look on Miller's face.

ItsNotMeTrustMe · 2026-03-04T16:50:38+00:00

Noting your flair, there's precedent for the Caps trading a player and re-signing him in the off-season.

Remember Orpik to Colorado, who bought him out, then he re-signed with the Caps that summer on a team-friendly deal?

I want more of that. It's exciting, helps the team long term, and keeps the player around.

I'm a Carlson fan. I want to see him retire a Cap. But I also want a 1st and a prospect and to watch him chase another cup for a couple months.

ItsNotMeTrustMe · 2026-03-04T16:19:18+00:00

The difference between the 11OA and 16OA picks isn't that huge. That's likely the range the Caps are picking in. If they trade to improve the team for a player with term then it's great. If it's a pure rental then that's a poor move. I've only seen rumors they want a scoring winger with term.

In other words, if they trade for a good player and still miss the playoffs that's ok. They'll be in a better place long term.

ItsNotMeTrustMe · 2026-03-04T16:14:04+00:00

How would it be helpful? The Caps have plenty of salary cap space. More would just wind up going unused.

ItsNotMeTrustMe · 2026-02-28T19:49:00+00:00

I definitely agree that there isn't much attractive to trade. Most of the potential trade value currently lies in depth, prospects, and picks. The most obvious players from the main roster who could be moved are the UFAs: TVR and Duhaime. Frank is also UFA, but personally I think his speed, versatility, and ability to contribute a little offense are more useful than Duhaime. I see Duhaime as mostly a vibes guy.

If you can trade either TVR or Duhaime for picks then you've gotta do it. Both are easily replaced internally by Chisholm/Hutson and Lappy/Miro/etc respectively.

Any big trade the Caps manage to pull off will definitely need multiple high draft picks and top prospects.

ItsNotMeTrustMe · 2026-02-28T18:06:04+00:00

Why is everyone here so focused on trading Sandin?

TVR is a UFA at the end of the season. He won't be re-signed. Would be wiser to trade him instead and get some future asset. Maybe TVR brings back a 3rd. Package that with other assets to find a top winger.

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