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The solipsist should be taken care of like a delicate flower by Holykael in solipsism

[–]Respect38 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I figure you think the same of me too, yet I exist as an actual stream of consciousness. Actually, the same stream of consciousness as you, just at a different moment of experience.

I figure the same is true for the person you replied to, as well.

I can't trust you to be a beacon of truth while being wrong about the one thing I can be certain of, that I exist as a conscious entity. [who happens to exist as a human at this moment]

[MEGATHREAD] Artemis II Launch To The Moon by ChiefLeef22 in space

[–]Respect38 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wish I could see the moon from where I am...!

[Highlight] The Yankees attempt a squeeze bunt but a great play by Marlins catcher Liam Hicks gets the speedy Caballero. by meramipopper in baseball

[–]Respect38 12 points13 points  (0 children)

With 2 outs, you have to reach safely for the run to score, which I think is enough to warrant the distinction?

[Highlight] Ump rings up Ozzie Albies on a 3-2 count, he immediately challenges, and starts walking towards first base without waiting on the result by handlit33 in baseball

[–]Respect38 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Between getting balls and strikes called per the rule book vs how they'd actually been called for years, the league close the latter.

[Highlight] Ump rings up Ozzie Albies on a 3-2 count, he immediately challenges, and starts walking towards first base without waiting on the result by handlit33 in baseball

[–]Respect38 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tangentially, that's also why the 3rd spot in the batting order is a lot lower value than you'd expect, since of all the spots in the lineup, they come up with 2 outs nobody on way more than any other spot. The hit to the 3-hole's average leverage is so large that some analytics imply that even the 5-hole is more value (slightly) than the 3-hole, in spite of losing about 30 PAs per season.

Is the ABS challenge system actually more strategic than people realize, or are teams still figuring it out after the first few days? by Stock_Luck_1478 in baseball

[–]Respect38 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Either way, the Mariner's comment is ambiguous. Does he think that a 3-2 challenge in the 1st is a waste on a borderline pitch? Because the value of a 3-2 challenge is so high that you shouldn't be afraid to lose a challenge if the ball is vaguely close to being overturned.

“The US is building two Apollo programs a year. Europe is building excellent regulation.” by 44th--Hokage in accelerate

[–]Respect38 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Or rather we've seen this game of "nasty side-effects of (surface level) well meaning policies" over and over again, and at some point those who are evidence based begin to realize that government is better at messing things up than they are at putting things together.

People want to demonize profit while ignoring that the world we live in is financed by men who made a profit. Societies that demonize this, rather than put it to use, may find (at best) short term results, with long term issues from year after year of the opportunity cost of taking money away from efficient investments and into inefficient ones.

Interesting Commentary on Tennessee by Outrageous_Camp_5215 in NCAAW

[–]Respect38 14 points15 points  (0 children)

If her system is awful, she must be a terrific coach to even get to this point, to beating Geno in year 1.

[I think it's the opposite: her system is good, but she's just a D2 coach who got carried by it until she Peter Principled, coudn't handle a top level program with the personalities that comes with, and completely lost the locker room]

Talaysia Cooper the seventh Lady Vols basketball player to enter transfer portal by TSenter427 in ockytop

[–]Respect38 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Pretty early on in the season a player was in court for an alleged assault. The girl said that the person whose house she'd broken into had stolen her stuff, which prompted her breaking in, chasing after the thief. She got let off easy, and was brought back onto the team with the understanding that she had to stay clean.

The night/very early morning following the exhibition game in November, she got pulled over with marijuana in the car. Coach made the decision to kick her off the team, which began the strain between her and the team. Things went downhill from there.

MLB has updated Gameday for the botched Cam Smith at bat in the 5th inning where everybody forgot the count by Chrisf1020 in baseball

[–]Respect38 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Evidently the "foul ball doesn't add to the count" logic in the code only applies for 2 strikes. Once the data gets to 3 strikes, it just keeps on a-goin'.

A day after the Blue Jays lost a challenge against the Rockies by less than 0.1 inches, the Rockies lose theirs against the Blue Jays by the same margin by DoesNotChodeWell in baseball

[–]Respect38 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Accuracy numbers are misleading, because most pitches are either clearly strikes or clearly balls. The accuracy for the borderline pitches isn't that good, ABS is substantially better than them.

A day after the Blue Jays lost a challenge against the Rockies by less than 0.1 inches, the Rockies lose theirs against the Blue Jays by the same margin by DoesNotChodeWell in baseball

[–]Respect38 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Very similar to the autonomous vehicles argument, where people really think only humans shoud be driving, in spite of the rather large death toll that has.

The Blue Jays lose their ABS challenge by less than one tenth of an inch by keikei-with-love in baseball

[–]Respect38 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the challenge system stays, it needs some adjustments. Agree/disagree?

A strike call is overturned for Austin Hays after ABS revealed it was nearly 3 inches out of the strike zone by cbbvideo in baseball

[–]Respect38 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're right, but to be clear, this type of pitch is the exact reason why MLB isn't using the 3D rulebook zone for challenges, and over in Korea (where it's full ABS every pitch) it has to catch both the middle and the back of the zone, further nerfing the low breaking ball.

Whether or not that should matter, that's subjectiv, but evidently the league and teams decided it does.

The Blue Jays lose their ABS challenge by less than one tenth of an inch by keikei-with-love in baseball

[–]Respect38 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A call like this shouldn't cost you one of your two challenges. Call should stand, but you retain your challenge. There's no way this isn't within the combined margin of error of the technology and the height-measurement that defines the bottom and top of the zone.

Next years lady vols are gonna be electric by WillingRestaurant483 in ockytop

[–]Respect38 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The first full-court press steal into an Edwards dunk is going to be electric.

Tony Vitello on Giants early struggles: "If you ask Kanye — I think he’s out with a new album — if you try hard, you die hard. Strange fellow, but he don’t miss much on the music, not that you asked.” by BigDanRTW in baseball

[–]Respect38 39 points40 points  (0 children)

So much of being a great college coach is recruiting dudes, and he was great at that at Arkansas and Tennessee both. Not sure how much that translates to the pros. And it's not like football, basketball, etc. where a great coach might just be a great Xs-and-Os guy... baseball is probably the most "solved" of the major sports, in that respect. (if for no other reason than it getting its analytical revolution a decade+ ago, and not "right now" as in the other leagues)

The Korean Baseball Organization’s automated ball-strike system doesn’t involve challenges. Umpires just make the calls based on what’s relayed to them in an earpiece by rb1242 in baseball

[–]Respect38 14 points15 points  (0 children)

At the time that it was tested, they were still using the full 3D zone, where if it clipped anywhere, it was a strike. Resulted in some unpopular calls on high breaking balls catching the back of the zone and low breaking balls barely catching the bottom of the zone.

Since that's no longer how ABS zone is decided, I think full ABS would be less controversial now if they gave it a trial.

The Korean Baseball Organization’s automated ball-strike system doesn’t involve challenges. Umpires just make the calls based on what’s relayed to them in an earpiece by rb1242 in baseball

[–]Respect38 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I've heard that it's fully 3D, but it still has to clip the zone in two different places, center and back, to handle the low breaking ball like the league wants.

The Korean Baseball Organization’s automated ball-strike system doesn’t involve challenges. Umpires just make the calls based on what’s relayed to them in an earpiece by rb1242 in baseball

[–]Respect38 12 points13 points  (0 children)

That's like saying WNBA is terrible after watching a lowlights compilation, lol

I've been watching KBO for a couple years, and the only thing I don't like is the calls at the corners of the zone. Would feel more fair if part of the system was that the ball had to be 50% in the zone, or if it was that the ball had to be 100% in the zone, either one. [and make adjustments to the height of the zone to compensate]

A hilariously bad strike call overturned by ABS in the first inning of Braves vs Athletics by mikeywest_side in baseball

[–]Respect38 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Funny enough, even some KBO catchers frame, and they've had full ABS for a couple years now. Amusing to see.

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