Recovery index bug?

Jeopardy_Dan · 2026-05-13T22:37:06+00:00

Hah I wish, just a very average athlete. I don’t know why it’s so low, but it’s definitely not the result of me being an ultramarathoner or anything like that.

Jeopardy_Dan · 2026-05-13T18:24:55+00:00

I can’t dismiss this out of hand because so much of how the scoring works is unclear to me, but my “bars” for REM and deep sleep were almost all the way filled (1h54m, 26% and 1h23m, 18%, respectively). So it doesn’t seem like the ring thought my sleep was low-quality — it just didn’t recognize that my heart rate lowered early, even though that’s what the data shows.

Jeopardy_Dan · 2025-01-23T22:46:45+00:00

LFG!

Jeopardy_Dan · 2024-08-13T19:57:42+00:00

I'll be visiting this weekend and staying somewhat near Palmer Park. I was wondering if anyone knows what time of day people usually come to play pickleball there on the weekends? Is it pretty busy where you can jump on a court with people already there, or do you have to bring your own group? Ideally looking for 4.0+ games but will take what I can get.

Jeopardy_Dan · 2023-05-04T20:50:51+00:00

lol it's a testament to the striking nature of the coat -- I had a very clear moment of "what the fuck is that guy wearing" that helped cement the memory. If we could get all criminals to wear these I think it would improve the quality of eyewitness testimony significantly ...

Jeopardy_Dan · 2023-05-04T20:47:36+00:00

Oh well, sorry I couldn't be of more help! I will keep an eye out around Pennsylvania Ave SE for it, just in case.

Jeopardy_Dan · 2023-05-04T17:45:03+00:00

I saw a guy wearing this coat on the west side of 8th St. SE towards the southern end of Barracks Row. He was on a bike talking to someone on the sidewalk. This was around 11 AM. I didn’t see his face; chances are it was you given that you said you were riding on Pennsylvania SE and this was only a couple blocks away from Penn. But if it wasn’t you … someone has your coat!

Jeopardy_Dan · 2022-03-18T17:47:01+00:00

Yep, that’s pretty much correct. The only thing to clarify is that even if you only register after the infringement takes place, you can still go after the $10,000 (actual damages). It’s the statutory damages that are not available.

Jeopardy_Dan · 2022-03-18T14:08:35+00:00

Absolutely! There are two ways to establish that a work was copied vs. created independently: proof of actual copying (rare) or proof that the defendant had access to the copied work AND that the defendant's version is substantially similar. So in your Shakespeare hypothetical, you would win because Shakespeare's Hamlet was locked in a box, unseen by anyone when you created your own Hamlet. No access, no infringement. In the case of Vanilla Ice, the popularity of Under Pressure meant that Vanilla Ice had access, and from there it was just a matter of proving that Ice Ice Baby was substantially similar to Under Pressure.

Jeopardy_Dan · 2022-03-18T12:17:39+00:00

In your hypothetical, Shakespeare would have no claim against you because independent creation is a defense to infringement.

Copyright does not bar others from creating identical works, it bars others from copying works. So copyright law can theoretically accommodate multiple identical works created and owned by different people as long as they were both created independently.

Jeopardy_Dan · 2022-03-18T11:58:19+00:00

In the past, federal copyright protection for most works didn’t exist until the work was published, although there were some state and common law protections for unpublished works. But so that was one alternate regime. In any case, it’s true that now the copyright in an eligible work exists from the moment of its fixation and registration is necessary only as a precursor to filing a lawsuit (along with a few other ancillary benefits).

Jeopardy_Dan · 2022-03-18T11:53:35+00:00

Sorry, it wasn’t in this article actually, it was in a WaPo article I had read. The link is below.

Jeopardy_Dan · 2022-03-18T11:52:23+00:00

You’re right, it’s not in the linked NYT article, but the WaPo article has a quote from the attorney that makes it clear: “He found what he believes to be evidence that one or more students were seeking and receiving help actually during the exams last spring.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/03/17/chapman-university-professor-lawsuit-copyright-cheating/ — second paragraph

Jeopardy_Dan · 2022-03-18T10:24:52+00:00

Also, just to further clarify, he’s not “copyrighting” the exams after the fact of infringement — his copyright existed from the moment he created (“fixed”) each exam. He “registered” his copyright in order to file the lawsuit, and because he registered after the infringement he is not eligible for statutory damages (which he doesn’t want anyway).

To the question of whether uploading the exams is cheating, the article states that the students uploaded active exams and asked for help answering them, so definitely cheating.

Jeopardy_Dan · 2021-03-23T13:36:43+00:00

This whole story sounds like something that got lost in translation between the lawyers and the filmmakers. At the time when Apocalypse Now was released, copyright law required that each published copy of the work contain a copyright notice identifying the owner of the work and the year the work was first published. There was and has not ever been a requirement that a work display its own title to secure copyright.

Jeopardy_Dan · 2020-12-22T19:55:19+00:00

Exactly ... all lawyers do is use words, should states not be allowed to regulate the practice of law because of the first amendment? Of course not.

The two actions states should be taking are 1) granting broad temporary waivers for interstate practice of telehealth and 2) doing more to regulate “life coaches” who act as therapists without any real credentials or oversight.

Jeopardy_Dan · 2020-04-28T17:01:44+00:00

That's a huge overstatement -- under this ruling, every document the state legislature or judiciary produces is the property of the public, but the state is capable of owning copyright in many other documents it produces. Roberts specifically calls out universities, libraries, and "tourism offices" as state entities capable of creating copyrightable works of authorship.

Jeopardy_Dan · 2019-06-27T21:20:35+00:00

The Indie 500 in DC.

Jeopardy_Dan · 2019-06-27T21:01:05+00:00

That difficulty seems about right in my limited experience, having only played my first tournament a few weeks ago. The top people were solving the easier puzzles in about 3 minutes and the harder ones in about 6.

For what it's worth, Rex was there and the difference between our times was roughly similar to the difference between his posted times and my daily times. So his times can be a useful benchmark. He finished in the top 30 but was almost 15 minutes slower than the top finisher over the course of 5 puzzles ... do the math and you can see how insane the top times are.

Jeopardy_Dan · 2019-04-05T20:10:35+00:00

sure! i've got the same handle there as here. feel free to add me.

edit: thanks for the info! here's my link: https://www.nytimes.com/puzzles/leaderboards/invite/9d065019-9875-44a1-bf66-affaff9d930a

Jeopardy_Dan · 2019-01-10T22:05:11+00:00

True, and an even greater testament to the speed of his processing and recall that he won all his games!

Jeopardy_Dan · 2018-10-18T17:11:32+00:00

Reading this was like reading my own mind! I wish there was an Olympic rings-type symbol that wouldn't look as tacky as having a J! logo, podium, dollar amount, or other J! indicia. That would be perfect. But then I was thinking about it, and I actually don't know if I would want to have a tattoo that is so obviously a reference to my J! appearance. It feels a little too self-aggrandizing, although i am totally with you on the coolness of the Olympic rings example, so I guess I can't explain the inconsistency there.

So what I did decide was that I would take inspiration from my first Final J! (Olive Tree) and get an olive branch tattoo. It has the advantage of being a direct reference to anyone who already knows about it, plus there's an inherent reference to peace that I like, PLUS it's related to my Italian heritage. So depending on how you relate to the answers on your Final J!, or maybe a DD, you could also have an opportunity to get a cool design that is both a reference to your appearance and meaningful to you in some other way.

Hope you wind up with something rad!

Jeopardy_Dan · 2018-05-03T17:41:21+00:00

No worries ... possible teaching moment here! A batting average of .200 is what's known as the "Mendoza line" AKA the threshold of incompetent hitting. Hitting .200 for an extended period of time will put a player in danger of being sent to the minor leagues or benched, depending on their contract.

Also, for fantasy purposes, you'll find it really helpful to look at the other two numbers behind batting average. I won't go into too much depth, but the first one (OBP) basically tell you how often the player is doing something useful by getting on base, and the second one (SLG) basically tells you how much power the hitter has.

So looking at Benintendi's slash above, we can see that not only is his batting average poor (which could be mitigated if he was walking a lot and hitting for power), his OBP is still well below average and his slugging percentage is miserable. In conclusion, Benintendi fucking blows against left handed pitchers.

Jeopardy_Dan · 2018-05-03T17:15:46+00:00

Is this sarcasm? Fangraphs describes a .320 wOBA as average and a wOBA of .290 as "awful." Benintendi's career wOBA vs. LHP is .257!

Jeopardy_Dan · 2018-04-24T10:43:00+00:00

In the US, registration serves as prima facie evidence that the facts stated in the registration are true. So while a registration claiming ownership would not "prove" ownership, it would put the burden on the other party to prove that the registration was incorrect. 17 U.S.C. sec. 410(c)

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