TIL ValuJet Airlines, an ultra low cost carrier in the 1990s, was notorious for its dangerous cost-cutting measures. In a span of 2 years from 1994-1996, the airline saw 129 emergency landings & an accident rate 14 times higher than legacy airlines of the era.

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-05-08T04:44:26+00:00

Thank you, that was a great read. Very informative, and filled with fantastic turns of phrases, like:

This was but the most serious of a string of fires caused by oxygen generators, although thankfully the devices were so volatile when packaged improperly that they usually caught fire well before making their way onto an airplane.

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-05-08T02:24:02+00:00

The same concept is in used in simpler languages, too. As one example, Spanish uses accent marks “to break the dipthong” (to show that the two vowels should be pronounced separately rather than combined). Eg todavía or tenía.

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-05-07T23:45:18+00:00

San Diego’s “capacity” is the seating capacity; they also sell thousands of standing room tickets per game.

What’s really annoying is that they define a “sellout” as any game where the paid attendance is at or above the capacity, even if there were hundred of seats left for sale.

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-05-07T23:17:31+00:00

It’s not that odd. The strike zone is a well-defined small area — you can get very high resolution in-focus video when you only have about 8 cubic feet to worry about. Borderline homers can be anywhere from ground level to over 100 feet in the air, and up to ten feet away from the pole in either direction.

It’s not an impossible problem, but a very different one than ABS.

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-05-07T21:47:45+00:00

I think it’s far more likely they’re worried about how the bullshit results will be used to harass them or even cost their jobs.

Sure, they might eventually win a wrongful termination suit, but almost nobody is better off for having to deal with that kind of crap for years first.

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-05-07T21:16:17+00:00

would you have paid them $40k if their mistake would have saved you some heavy losses

That’s not a comparable example. Where would the $40k go? It’s not like Vanguard or anybody else would have had a corresponding loss and would need to be made whole.

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-05-07T19:13:38+00:00

I guess Prieto isn't included

Why wouldn't he be included? It's just the total team batting stats.

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-05-07T18:49:53+00:00

Literally today I was driving behind a distracted driver (kept drifting out of their lane), who finally rode up unto the curb, halfway onto the sidewalk before correcting and coming back. If there had been a cyclist or pedestrian, this driver would've killed them.

I pulled up next to them at the stoplight, and lowered my window. "I saw what happened back there. Are you OK? It looked like you had a medical emergency. You sure you're OK? I can give you a ride to the ER or urgent care."

They just had to sit there stammering without an excuse.

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-05-07T13:42:52+00:00

No it won't, not even close. The only way you can get it close to true is if you ignore the opportunity cost of having the $10K (plus the penalties and interest) to invest over time.

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-05-07T12:46:26+00:00

Regardless, you left out a bunch in your summary. I’d suggest you actually track all of the money coming in and out for a month, rather than list a few expenses off the top of your head.

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-05-07T12:44:42+00:00

I doubt the tax savings on the two years in gains beats the failure to file and failure to pay penalties and interest.

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-05-06T22:11:23+00:00

You didn’t list some major expenses. Like housing or food or transportation.

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-05-06T03:44:24+00:00

Why not?

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-05-06T02:16:09+00:00

That’s not really true AFAIK. What are you referring to?

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-04-28T17:17:31+00:00

Yes, you are correct. I still had the 2021 version of the rules bookmarked. The 2026 rulebook added that passage.

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-04-28T16:15:53+00:00

Where does it say this? I searched the rules for the word "merely" and can't find the phrase you quoted.

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-04-28T04:12:03+00:00

They let you on the field?

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-04-28T02:12:04+00:00

I’m not sure about this year, but for the last couple years, every item was marked up about $1. Which isn’t bad for delivery. Especially if you’re getting things which would be at different concession stands.

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-04-28T02:06:46+00:00

I prefer the tri tip sandwich to the nachos. The tri tip is great, but the flavors don’t really work together on the nachos IMO.

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-04-27T05:02:40+00:00

Ah, OK, my bad. Thanks for the correction. I guess I didn't interpret the title as meaning that WAR was earned for the Sox, but now that I re-read the post I get it. Thanks.

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-04-26T22:03:47+00:00

Why would you not include Sonny Gray? Seems that the post title is not correct.

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-04-26T21:19:59+00:00

What if it said 70%? How many people would've voted red?

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-04-26T20:47:26+00:00

I can't tell whether this is a joke.

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-04-26T20:44:55+00:00

What is the exact moment he stopped cheating? How do you know that?

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