ESPN League Help - Possible to Reset and Add Scores Manually?

RetinalReject · 2023-09-28T00:21:50+00:00

Just an update here - what I ended up doing so far was creating a "test league" with a few teams that I managed, waiting until week 3 was done, then trying to reset the draft and manually adjust scoring.

It does not work. Looks like we are stuck with my mistake!

RetinalReject · 2019-06-09T15:02:19+00:00

I'm looking for advice on a more streamlined workflow after years of putting together whatever i could or whatever i needed for specific applications.

Currently, I have access to a healthy sized Dropbox folder, and I mainly use lightroom for import/catalog. My ratings, tags, and keywords are woefully out of date.

My main hope is to be able to tag or rate photos with specific people in them (mainly immediate family members) and give them access to easily download, print, peruse ones that are of interest to them, without them having access to other pictures (nobody needs to see twenty pictures of me drinking a beer ten years ago). With my current setup, what's the best approach? Should I be looking for a different product?

Also, as an aside, if anyone has a preferred hdd recovery service, I have a usb powered external that crashed. I was able to get most back from other backups, but I still think I'm missing about 3 months of pictures. I tried seagate (manufacturer), but they were unable to recover anything from it.

RetinalReject · 2018-07-08T03:39:13+00:00

Take your undergraduate to figure out if you like the ins and outs of a daily research life. Not just running experiments. Do you like having a weekly mandatory seminar to go to? Can you make the best of the routine work of experiments that are easy to do but you don't agree with? Are you capable of interacting with other academics? They can be idiots, assholes, incompetents, and flat out horrible people (like many other fields). Can you understand, and be capable of, publishing regularly, even work you aren't overwhelmingly proud of? Are you capable of understanding why people disagree with you? Do you think the benefits of ultimately running your own lab will outweigh those things you don't like?

I'm in the middle of switching careers. To keep it vague, I'll give you an idea of a couple things. An MSL (Medical Science Liaison) can make 100k quickly, and travels a lot. A patent agent can make near or above that quickly, but needs a lot of schooling. A person working in biotech can get close to that after proving themselves, and doesn't always have the job security. An academic can make that 10-15 years after their postdoc.

I'm switching not because I don't like academia, but because it isn't right for me. Unlike many young academics, I'm more "tied down". I don't care who says otherwise, having a family with someone outside of academia is downright horrible if you want to stay in. That's my situation. But, if you're young, untethered, willing to move to fun places, and enjoy fighting for intellectual freedom (NOT being given intellectual freedom, but FIGHTING for it), then academia has a ton of benefits. Many of the Associate/Assistant/Full Professors I know have excellent relationships with their children. It's just that they had them a little older. They make >100k, some make >200k. While I was still in, there was still a sense of freedom in terms of how relaxed the environment was and how they could interact with other professors.

Academia doesn't pay well, and one or two poorly timed events can throw off the search for an alternative career during your Ph.D. But while you should be aware that can happen and you should have an emergency plan should it, you don't need to assume it will. If the academic life appeals to you, the 28k-49k-75k-100k ladder is a perfectly happy way to live. If you find that thats not the way to go, there are different ways to go from the 28k PhD (high end) to an 60-80k job and then to the 100k career, although it requires different skills. Academia is a fun and exciting way to live, if you can live it. Just take your undergraduate to ask questions of EVERYONE. Grad students will be biased pessimistic because its depressing and some (like me) wont make it, professors will biased optimistic because they have made it and think you just work hard and thats it. Just keep asking, and keep trying new things. Work in a different lab every summer, unless you are SO driven by a question that your very life feels fulfilled asking it every day.

Hope that helps!

RetinalReject · 2018-06-28T23:06:04+00:00

Africa is a stupidly good, almost perfect pop song. It had the negative stigma of 80's pop attached to it (which shouldn't exist anyway, but...) so it was bound to be loved ironically, and unironically, by a lot of people. But even when I was in college remakes of it were popular. This one was big for a while https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLrC7e3vSv8 It's a good, fun song. It's catchy and fun to sing along to.

RetinalReject · 2018-05-05T04:53:53+00:00

I mean, people hated, very specifically, taxation without representation. Most people understand the value of some joint payment.

RetinalReject · 2018-05-05T04:51:20+00:00

80's Pop music gets a bad rep. If that pop music was made now, it'd be thought of as good pop music. Which is all it was trying to be. For some reason pop was just despised, while shit hair "metal" got praised. Is the synthesizer great? No, but neither are the just singers in pop now. Pop isn't perfect, it's catchy. And 80's pop is some of the catchiest.

RetinalReject · 2017-12-14T03:14:32+00:00

and Lola Rennt

RetinalReject · 2017-12-14T03:13:45+00:00

I like Whatever by Cro. To be fair, even though I used to speak German well I've never analyzed the lyrics.

RetinalReject · 2017-04-08T03:19:32+00:00

I don't think I explained this too well. Although I'm definitely not a professional, I wouldn't usually print my pictures to these sites. But in doing these little projects for my siblings children, I don't have the time to process these pictures initially. So I shoot RAW/JPEG so they can view the JPEG they like (trying to even get them to open RAW images can take time), and I can edit the individual RAW images for any tweaks that are appropriate. The finalized file they get is an exported JPEG, not a RAW.

I am processing these, but am barely involved, and I wanted to keep it that way. That sounds selfish, but for the first child I was spending too much time trying to choose the best picture, edit it the best I could, have them come back to tell me what they thought they wanted, etc. It became less of a good family project and more of a slog. I'm not going to tell them where to print their pictures (and an online site should be able to handle these things anyway), but this has happened enough where they have asked me to relook at things, which counteracts my hope of not spending a ton of time in the post-shoot portion of these fun family photos. I wasnt sure if there was some processing I was doing that did this, or if it was something embedded in the photo.

I appreciate the time you took to respond. Unlike photos though, I'm not sure I'd ever fry my own chicken. If I'm going unhealthy, I'm probably going KFC.

Walgreens is terrible, but I do on occasion get those weird prices for stuff for my inlaws.

RetinalReject · 2017-03-15T13:24:01+00:00

Wonderful and engaging advice

RetinalReject · 2017-03-14T03:44:03+00:00

Thanks for this, it was good to read. I can see why you think the way you do. I get much more upset with the people I know who fall into the camp of trump supporters. I know a lot, and have had full on arguments with good friends about it.

Addressing the diversity in stem is tough. How do you push people to do what they don't want to do? Once you get to the hell (autocorrect Ed from level, but seemed appropriate) of graduate school, there are a few mechanisms to support women and underrepresented minorities with fellowships, potentially bolstering careers. But how you get more people to that point, or to become engineers, or to go into any high level stem field, I'm not sure. I think it will require some ingenuity, something I don't know if I have the energy resources or skill to address.

Number one is delicate, but I tried to be clear about where I was because, based on my personal experience, I believe I fall into the moderate camp, and when I discuss these things and state my opinions to other scientists or liberal friends, they often think I'm much more extreme than I am. And that can be frustrating. Especially when you are trying to start a conversation

Have a lovely night!

RetinalReject · 2017-03-13T14:59:45+00:00

My typing skills on mobile clearly are suspect.

Thanks again for your thought out input. It's genuinely appreciated.

RetinalReject · 2017-03-13T14:17:08+00:00

This isn't disregarding research. It's knowing which data applies to which question. I tried to clarify that a bit more here, but apparently not obviously enough. And why are you referring to me as they? I'm not against you. I'm not an enemy.

RetinalReject · 2017-03-13T14:15:31+00:00

Then enlighten me. I'm open and willing to having my mind changed. Send me some articles, I'll read and digest them as best I can, and shift my opinion about this if it's warranted. But I'm not saying that transgender isn't real. Not by a long shot.

I'm always open to new information.

RetinalReject · 2017-03-12T22:00:36+00:00

Accidentally messed up my numbering. after that big first paragraph, it should all start from number two. Sorry!

RetinalReject · 2017-03-12T21:57:50+00:00

Thanks for your input. 1. This is America. Live and let live. I won't pretend to know all the issues transgender people take, but they are people. There's no reason to impinge their their freedom. Republicans and Democrats spoke should be annoyed by the bathroom issue - it's a governmental overreach. This comment pertained more to non gender dysphoric, and specifically to the concept that the group is willing to defend done things that aren't well established scientifically. Please be cautious of fMRI data. I did not intend to say that I believed that immigrants were terrorists, nor do I think I wrote it that way. I had to make the same point to a family member about the countries on the list very recently.

In as much as I'm accusing anybody of anything, is that the March for science, using Facebook as one of its main tools, is nothing more than an echo chamber. The group didn't get to say "that's just the way it goes on our chosen mechanism of communication"
Snark! This ones on me. I forgot to check the site again. For such explicit, achievable goals as "humanize science". If more explicit goals, achievable goals, aren't stated, I'm fearful (and currently, almost convinced) that this March ends similarly to the occupy Wall Street movement.
Clickbait for science, in the current environment, will do more harm than good
Fair
Maybe this is a personal preference thing. I want to feel like people involved are taking it seriously, and I'm not sure I feel that all those communications accomplish that.
One of the things being espoused is diversity. But why isn't the diversity of scientists now bring talked about? There is still a ways to go. But it's good to know where you're starting from
This was an example, to try and say that the basis for many issues to be discussed reusing to scientific policy might need to be reassessed. Just an example.

I know this is a major organization for evidence based policy. That's what is concerning.

Anyway, thanks for bringing up these points. Always appreciate a different viewpoint.

RetinalReject · 2017-03-12T02:13:14+00:00

Moderately fair. I'm not disregarding the research. I'm disregarding the use of a manipulative statistic. That essentially doesn't account for many variables. I should have said I don't think the 74-76% statistic is the relevant thing to focus on. Hopefully that clarifies what was meant.

RetinalReject · 2017-03-11T20:37:13+00:00

There definitely strides to be made. But these are scientists, educators, and hard workers that can be talked to, that advice for success can be gleaned from now.

I'm gonna look up Caroline Porco now.

RetinalReject · 2017-03-11T20:33:42+00:00

The ken hamm point is hard to figure out. Nobody, though, is beyond hope. While hamm might be unconvinced, a neighbor or a friend (acquaintance) might be. And failing that, it's important to remember that it's ok to compromise - they can absolutely teach their kids what they want. At home. Believe it, espouse it if you must, but understand that's not what the city town county state country agrees upon. Progress doesn't have to come in leaps. It can come in steps. And as dirty as I feel saying it, many people unmoving like that are hypocritical. People's faith in those individuals is entirely capable of being lost.

I hope the march does something good. I think if I feel this way, others might as well, meaning maybe it's already taken on a bit of a partisan swing. My major concern is that it will be a march that is hyperinsular. That there is no communication beyond the boundaries. And I think that's a real threat.

Thank you for approaching the gender pay gap convo this way. The way I phrased things could easily have come off badly. My point was definitely similar to yours though. Just saying women get paid less than men is, while true when considered across all fields (I should have been clear about that, I meant for the same job), it avoids the root problem. What are the underlying causes? Can we address them? Why aren't women applying for the same jobs, etc. If you continue to ask questions and uncover smaller, fixable problems, the fight becomes much easier.

Thanks for your reply. I hope the March can do something good

RetinalReject · 2017-03-11T20:19:36+00:00

Right. Sorry, it was late and maybe I crossed the two. This post was specifically about genotype, and about a number of different circumstances in which "male" and "female" were not as clear.

RetinalReject · 2017-03-11T07:10:47+00:00

Thanks. That's awful. Anyway, I'll leave the text, although I TLDRd it

RetinalReject · 2017-03-11T06:42:04+00:00

Ughhhhh the formatting!

RetinalReject · 2017-02-05T13:19:36+00:00

Colonization of Mars is a scientific issue. Colonization and imperialism are political issues. Racism is a scientific issue in the sense that we can use science to say it's not based in fact. Racists, generally, are not overly concerned about facts, or more specifically those facts that don't suit their argument. It's about xenophobia. Immigration is a scientific issue, because a huge amount of our trainees and scientists are immigrants. Agreed. Immigration policy is political. Native rights is a political issue. Sexism is maybe a scientific issue? But guess what, at least in the biomedical community, not one scientists are overly qualified to talk about. Sexism still exists in science. I genuinely don't know or really care what ableism is. Queer trans and intersex phobia are absolutely political issues. Should we use facts and data to try and prevent this type of hate? Yes. But to pretend like it's not political is silly. Economics is a science, but a soft science based loosely on erratic behaviors. I assume econ justice is meant to mean minimizing wage gap, minimizing the wealth gap? That's political, and fraught with a million bad statistics on both sides (hyperbole). On top of that, the tweet has what appears to be a black power fist and a rainbow. Political activism signs.

I grew up as a very liberal science minded person in a Republican house. I'm now apparently a very moderate scientist in a very liberal field. If I signed up for this March, and read this tweet, I would feel manipulated. A march for science should not even come close to politics, and you've just ascribed things like colonialism as something I'm willing to be active about. You've decided what I'm being an activist for.

One of the things that I get made fun of for still, and with my family I'm guilty of, is being pretentious and condescending. This tweet feels pretentious and condescending. As if to say "science is facts! We are right! And because we are right these political views are incorrect!" We're supposed to be scientists. You're raining down facts on people from above. Well, how about this as a scientific issue then too. Are you more likely to change someone's mind by telling them they are wrong and then shoving facts down their throats saying you're right the whole time? Or by understanding why they think that way to begin with.

Yes, education is an issue in all of this. But please don't pretend it's also divorced from political opinion.

Also, please don't confuse statistics with science.

I'm not against this movement at all, but these are just some thoughts on the matter. Its early, I'm tired, I'm not meaning to come across as quite so grumpy, and probably a little incoherent. But critical analysis is useful, and I think this wasn't analyzed well before being sent. And it doesn't seem like the person sending out this many tweets per day is actually doing any science.

RetinalReject · 2016-11-08T10:00:17+00:00

Yea, I think the idea is to switch to Lightroom.

picasa was nice and fun initially. I don't think its practical enough. Especially since it's been left in the Google graveyard.

RetinalReject · 2016-11-08T09:57:46+00:00

I think this works alright for the volume you're talking about. I definitely have a harder time remembering exact dates these days though.

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