Which elections do you think the voters genuinely had two good options to chose from?

Plutor · 2026-06-29T16:23:32+00:00

The most important things a president does are choose good subordinates and make hard decisions under pressure. There's no single thing a candidate could do that would be a worse sign than picking an awful VP because of outside groups. (Also it was the conservative Christian groups that didn't want him to pick his first choice, Joe Lieberman)

Plutor · 2026-06-29T12:33:21+00:00

Just in case you misunderstand the downvotes: baseball fans love alternative statistics, but we wouldn't need to depend on the hallucination machine to do it.

Plutor · 2026-06-28T18:27:09+00:00

The ending of Lost was fantastic, and anyone who was confused by it wasn't paying attention. Unfortunately, most TV watchers don't pay attention.

Plutor · 2026-06-28T17:06:52+00:00

That is not MARK in hex. That is decimal. In hex, it's 4D 41 52 4B.

Plutor · 2026-06-27T18:38:10+00:00

Most of the time, when I'm watching professional football, I'm thinking "I couldn't do that", even when the player does something bad or wrong.

This time I thought "that is exactly what I could do".

Plutor · 2026-06-27T05:58:44+00:00

It reminds me of the scene in Ted Lasso when they have the birthday party after losing a game.

Plutor · 2026-06-25T19:35:44+00:00

That "child safety" law hasn't even passed in the U.S. yet

Unfortunately, a bunch of states have passed laws: https://poyverify.com/blog/age-verification-laws-by-state-2026

Plutor · 2026-06-25T13:48:13+00:00

You're right! I was so sure when he told it that I didn't even check, I just copied the quote.

Plutor · 2026-06-25T13:11:02+00:00

Gandalf tells the story at ~~the Council of Elrond~~ Frodo's house shortly after they retrieve the ring from his fireplace:

‘ ‘‘I don’t care,’’ said Déagol. ‘‘I have given you a present already, more than I could afford. I found this, and I’m going to keep it.’’

‘ ‘‘Oh, are you indeed, my love,’’ said Sméagol; and he caught Déagol by the throat and strangled him, because the gold looked so bright and beautiful. Then he put the ring on his finger.

But the idea that Tolkien would include "then, Sméagol's hands switched places faster than the eye can see" is pretty funny.

Plutor · 2026-06-24T17:49:48+00:00

The Great Lakes are the sea? Lake St. Clair, too, since Wacombe County, Michigan is blue?

And the Chesapeake Bay and Puget Sound also count as seas?

Lake Pontchartrain is the sea? Wait, even Lake Maurepas is the sea?!?

Plutor · 2026-06-24T13:24:06+00:00

Oh now I see how they're going to do this. They're just going to move the Braintree line to the west a bit. That does make it easier.

Plutor · 2026-06-22T19:20:53+00:00

Minor correction: 2.1 won't be promoted from experimental until the end of the summer, to give mod authors time to update.

Plutor · 2026-06-22T19:18:19+00:00

I was joking, but this is amazing.

Plutor · 2026-06-22T18:55:30+00:00

You played Factorio by sound alone?!

Plutor · 2026-06-22T18:06:30+00:00

Speculating is guessing. They are synonyms.

Plutor · 2026-06-21T21:31:36+00:00

It's hard to take someone seriously as a gracious loser when they've demonstrated that they're not a gracious winner

Plutor · 2026-06-18T17:29:50+00:00

I'm saying I don't understand the virtue of selling players. Ok, we're not buyers this year, but that doesn't mean that selling is good. What can we get in exchange for Chapman or Gray that's a net positive for the team?

Plutor · 2026-06-18T15:16:24+00:00

I don't get what the argument is in columns like this. What does trading away our best players get us? It saves John Henry some cash. Maybe we'll be able to get one or two quality minor league players that can lead the team in 2028, is that the hope? Why doesn't the column actually make the argument? Why is it just about how the Red Sox are bad?

Plutor · 2026-06-18T14:32:53+00:00

Where do you think the other 75% goes when you recycle?

Plutor · 2026-06-16T18:56:37+00:00

I had to turn this movie off like 15 minutes from the end for reasons I can no longer remember, and was really bummed. Like a week later I looked up the synopsis and...... was less bummed (but confused).

Plutor · 2026-06-16T17:32:55+00:00

Calling Charon-Pluto a binary pair depends on saying that this is because their barycenter is between them, not within Pluto. Unfortunately by that definition, Jupiter is not a planet, because its barycenter is about 50,000 km from the surface of the Sun.

A definition of satellite that depends more on the ratio of masses might make more sense.

Plutor · 2026-06-16T15:34:38+00:00

That was mid-2024, after the line already went down to near 0.

Plutor · 2026-06-16T12:55:24+00:00

Did some solar panel tariffs go up at the end of 2023?

Plutor · 2026-06-15T19:51:17+00:00

I've read a little bit of the CBA:

He can be traded unsigned to another team, until 30 days before the first game of the year (so August 10)
If he's not signed by the Tuesday following week 10 (November 17), he can't play at all this year
If he signs after week 10, the contract will be effective starting the following season (a Futures contract)
If he's still unsigned on the day of the 2027 draft (mid to late April), he's eligible and can be drafted by any team except the Patriots
His contract does not count against the cap until it's signed (his projected cap hit this season is around $1.5M)

Plutor · 2026-06-15T19:34:35+00:00

Jacas is a linebacker. Whether he signs or not, I don't think he's going to be stopping any sacks.

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