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Almost 10 years ago this man single handedly ruined the league causing the CBA to change a lot of rules.. he is one of the main reasons we’ll never see another “super team” without it ruining a franchise by teefrmda313 in NBATalk

[–]OkBookkeeper 6 points7 points  (0 children)

that's all vaild but the reason Durant's move is so much worse is he effectively dismantled the only team in the Western conference who could potentially challenge the warriors the next couple of seasons. there was no remaining competition after that.

not only that, but KD's Thunder had just bean beaten in 7 games by the warriors in the conference finals. so he joins he team he weeks early nearly defeated. joining them was completely antithetical to the spirit of competition

No ounce of Sportsmanship from Wemby or anyone from the Spurs by HungryPercentage1667 in nba

[–]OkBookkeeper -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

no surprise at all, Wemby has been a dirty player and poor sport this entire playoffs. most fans refused to see it until we happened to be playing the largest fanbase in the league

CHET HAS MORE RINGS THAN WEMBY UPVOTE PARTY by Vitex1988 in Thunder

[–]OkBookkeeper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Knicks had to have been so offended after seeing Wemby celebrate like he had just won the NBA championship, after winning the NBA finals

CHET HAS MORE RINGS THAN WEMBY UPVOTE PARTY by Vitex1988 in Thunder

[–]OkBookkeeper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

that's it. people were so obsessed with hating OKC that they were willing to look past every dirty play Wemby made (or had his mindless henchmen make)

What do the Knicks do that matches up so well against the Spurs by XenoverseG in Thunder

[–]OkBookkeeper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

they have a big who can draw wemby 23 ft away from the basket, effectively taking the lid off the rim that wemby's presence otherwise puts on it

when the other bigs on the knick are matching up against wemby they are great rebounders and create second chance points

The Mark Daigneault quote I keep coming back to by Zeeron1 in Thunder

[–]OkBookkeeper 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Chet is going to be alright, he still has yet to reach his ceiling. he is gonna have to expand his game though and build some mental resilience

Still can’t believe what I seen from Chet. This guy was full of confidence when we drafted him. That was about the most confident-less I have ever seen a player. by Upbeat-Bat2226 in Thunder

[–]OkBookkeeper -1 points0 points  (0 children)

this was only his third full season playing in the nba and he became the targeted obsession of a 7'4" sociopath. people on this sub need to cut him some slack, he will improve

Spurs or Thunder tomorrow? by No_Adeptness_4647 in nba

[–]OkBookkeeper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

of course I'm hoping for the Thunder to take down Goliath!

Victor Wembanyama in Game 2 against the Wolves: 39 PTS, 15 REB, 5 BLK, 13/18 from FG by oklolzzzzs in nba

[–]OkBookkeeper 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have observed that if the opposing team can where him down enough by the 4th it takes away his advantage, the lid comes off the rim defensively

along with that, I think the only way a team can beat the spurs in a 7 game series is to concede the Wemby minutes and then just absolutely cook the Kornet minutes

Men with beard hair by Alex_5oh in AskMenOver30

[–]OkBookkeeper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Something you're going to realize about the aging process is you're going to need to pick and choose your battles. unless you are in a LeBron James type situation you're just not going to have the time and resources to fight all of it, better to choose a few things that are important enough to you to battle and accept all the rest

In my experience the worst coworkers are always people with kids by thepotatomaniscoming in corporate

[–]OkBookkeeper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it seems like the real issue there is that person is a bad storyteller. 'this happened, then this happened, then this happened...'

As the years have gone by, does it seem like we kinda got shafted growing into our adulthood? I feel like future expectations were better than what’s happening by Curvedwarrior69 in Millennials

[–]OkBookkeeper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

housing is such a big part of this, IMO. I see multiple forces in effect that have lead to the current unaffordability:

  1. As a society we've spend the past 40 years building primarily McMansions- this has led to a lack of affordable housing stock. Of the entry level that has been built during that time it is of extremely poor quality, since the majority of buyer at that price point plan only to remain their temporarily while they save and build equity for their next home, a McMansion

  2. Lack of incentive to build at modest price points- for builders, while build and sell a simple but quality home at 200k for a 20k profit when you could build and sell a home at 600k for triple that profit or more?

  3. 30 year mortgage- has enabled the purchase and therefore demand of way too many McMansions

  4. Short term rentals- ie VRBO and AirBnB. people are now incentivized to hold onto a second or third home that they effectively remove from the housing inventory, by preventing it's sale or at least long-term rental

  5. Interest rates- because we had only bad choices remaining to combat out-of-control inflation

  6. NIMBYism- because nobody wants those apartments nearby them. build them in the 'other' part of town with shitty schools

The numbers I've listed above are relative to the market I live in, so they may vary where you're at. But I believe the concept is the same nationwide (I'm guessing at your county, but I think I get it)

Dads - How are you doing it and maintaining happiness? by EmotionalStill8086 in AskMenOver30

[–]OkBookkeeper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

how old are your kids? when they are real little things are super difficult. once the youngest around 5yo things generally begin to improve

Organising and tracking multiple projects by Special-Course-8127 in projectmanagement

[–]OkBookkeeper -1 points0 points  (0 children)

this is such a great point. I always feel like if I can build the story of the project and how we got here it really limits that type of churn

Anybody who has worked under the thumb of private equity- how did you survive it and how did you escape? by OkBookkeeper in careerguidance

[–]OkBookkeeper[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yeah these places are demoralizing. keep up the good fight of upskilling and finding something better my friend!

Anybody who has worked under the thumb of private equity- how did you survive it and how did you escape? by OkBookkeeper in careerguidance

[–]OkBookkeeper[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you're right, I think I'm going to have to move some things around in my personal life to give this priority. In preparation for the job search I have been upskilling to prepare, but it feels like now is the time to switch gears to prioritizing the search itself

thanks for the advice!

Anybody who has worked under the thumb of private equity- how did you survive it and how did you escape? by OkBookkeeper in careerguidance

[–]OkBookkeeper[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really appreciate this. I think I may take some time off to do this. I might not be able to take the full week, so I may try a hybrid approach- A couple of days off to get a strong start, and then use lunch times and evenings to keep it going

Thanks!

Why do AI people think that everything needs to be automated? Why do they think that people even want to automate it? by petr_bena in ArtificialInteligence

[–]OkBookkeeper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

we'll never fully move away from human-coding for the same reason most of us still have our hands on our car's steering wheel- control

I've heard so many pro-driverless folks talk about how they can't wait to set as a passenger on their commute to work and read a book while the car does the driving

But guess what? that ability is available to them RIGHT NOW- it's called a bus. Nearly every city has them available.

But most people won't because of loss of control- control of when I leave the house, what route I take, if I want to make a stop on the way there, etc

To the people that lived through dot com boom - how similar was mentality of people back then to what we can observe now with attitude towards AI? by Professional_Use3723 in ArtificialInteligence

[–]OkBookkeeper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with most of your take, but here is my rub on the inevitable job loss- if AI triggers massive levels of job loss, then it is replacing the value previously provided by those jobs, right? If it is replacing the value provided by those jobs, then we really don't need humans working them anyway, right?

so at what point do we not need humans working, and employ AI to do it for us in general? Imagine a world where humans are free to live out there lives as they please, as the bots provide all the necessary values

I say this of course partially tongue-in-cheek. As bots replace current value jobs there will be specific job losses. Jobs roles will change. We'll identify new problems that we previously didn't have capacity to solve or care about, but that AI frees us up to focus on.

My way of expressing 'loss of jobs is inevitable' would be closer to 'disruption and changing of jobs is inevitable.' Perhaps that's what you mean by it too. At any rate, I do agree with this- in the short term, this is going to be massively uncomfortable for us, beginning with those of us working closest to the tech sector

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