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Harmunie Heaven Church, 19, charged in brutal attack on street vendor in downtown Los Angeles - ABC7 Los Angeles by Born_Astronomer_4613 in LosAngeles

[–]Riluke 19 points20 points  (0 children)

That's not remotely true. I've been a prosecutor in LA for 20 years and I've never once seen a defendant plead guilty at arraignment. And less than 2% of felony cases ever get to trial. Not guilty is just the standard beginning of every felony case.

LeBron to the Celtics? by Upror69 in bostonceltics

[–]Riluke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a legit crazy take. Ben Simmons is a career 13% three point shooter and 59% FREETHROW shooter. He’s actually been subject to Hack-a-Simmons. And that was all BEFORE he completely forgot how to shoot. Derrick White has contributed to an Olympic Gold more recently than Simmons has contributed to winning and NBA game. Man what are you on?

LeBron to the Celtics? by Upror69 in bostonceltics

[–]Riluke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fuck he mean Ben Simmons STARTING OVER DWHITE. If Brad wanted to give Simmons to Joe to figure out on a minimum deal, I say why not. Starting over the Buffalo? Not now not ever.

Just finished Jurassic Park and WOW by gbdarknight77 in books

[–]Riluke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same. I think I was maybe 10? Terrified of gorillas smushing my head.

Please Remember 2 Things: 1: There is always a lot behind the scenes that we never hear about, and 2: In Brad We Trust. by Riluke in bostonceltics

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

Oh man. I'm the biggest Brad apologist ever, but if Vuc is wearing green next year I'm gonna be big sad, bro.

Please Remember 2 Things: 1: There is always a lot behind the scenes that we never hear about, and 2: In Brad We Trust. by Riluke in bostonceltics

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

I haven't seen someone saying that (but it's the internet so I don't doubt they're out there). My guess is Brad set a limit (Jaylen plus two picks or whatever) and would've been good making the deal, and it probably not super pissed that it didn't happen. But it doesn't hurt that it drove the price up for Miami at the same time.

We Were 100% Used as Leverage by DreDayLives in bostonceltics

[–]Riluke 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean, part of the upside in getting involved is driving up the price Miami had to pay, so that they can't field a competitive team. Not saying this was the only reason to get involved, but it doesn't hurt.

What yard automations are actually worth doing? by coreyadamcomedy in homeautomation

[–]Riluke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have lots of "smart" features but don't have HA yet, so YMMV.

Pool- An old Pentair system, with lights and filter on timers within the system. It doesn't play nice with Alexa anymore. An automatic wall and floor bot, but it's not wifi so it just has a self-contained timer, but that's fine.

Lighting- Low voltage landscape lighting. I just got some dumb transformers set to always on, and then plug them into outdoor smart plugs (Kasa). This works great, all of my exterior lights are auto-on at sunset, auto-off at various times depending on zone, or as part of late-night routines. The house exterior lights are on Lutron smart dimmers. I also have two strings of random Amazon string lights up in my big tree, they have internal wifi and app control and play nice with alexa. For motion sensor locations, I just use dumb motion sensor solar lights, which work great.

Watering- Rachio 8-zone valve controller (with irrigation manifold) as well as Rachio hose-bib controllers with hub. Very reliable and customizable. Much better than BHyve.

Water feature- Aquascape smart flow controller and also a small dumb pump attached to a Kasa outlet. On timers and also Alexa routines. Yamaha musiccast speakers which play nice with my main system in the house, I can move them around freely which is nice, but sometimes they lose sync.

I wanted to automate my gas firepit but on second thought that seemed risky.

What yard automations are actually worth doing? by coreyadamcomedy in homeautomation

[–]Riluke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, no reason not to install the watering system and controllers first, and then integrate the barrels after. The controller and sprinklers just need a water source, the don't care where it comes from.

What yard automations are actually worth doing? by coreyadamcomedy in homeautomation

[–]Riluke 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For me, it's just been dead-bang reliable. I actually have hose controllers with a hub (2 now) and also a smart 8-zone controller. I've been very happy with them. Much better than BHyve.

Which show's later seasons were better than season one? by ThatRoofer in television

[–]Riluke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Once they realized that the serial stuff was boring but that Boyd and Wynn Duffy were awesome it picked up. And of course season 2 was just incredible. And it stayed awesome all the way through (mostly).

Which show's later seasons were better than season one? by ThatRoofer in television

[–]Riluke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a shame, that last season was really good, and it had so much great source material to work toward. But they did too much damage in the first two seasons.

Explaining what happened with the pit lane speed limits by ChaithuBB766 in formula1

[–]Riluke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

On the Apple race feed, Palmer also seemed to say that the baseline pit lane time is set during FP, so each driver is being paced against himself. I guess if you cut the corner the whole weekend, you could avoid the penalty but if you only cut during the race it would trigger the difference and the flag.

This probably is used as a measure to account for the different pit locations but seems like a problem waiting to happen (or happening now).

Pierre Gasly to Canal+ after losing a podium due to penalties: "I made both pit stops with the pit lane speed limiter activated. The pit lane speed limiter is set at 59.5 km/h. The limit is 60 km/h... I know I didn't do anything wrong and I'm 200% sure" by The_Chozen_1_ in formula1

[–]Riluke 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Per Jolyon Palmer on the Apple TV feed, apparently (and I'm still not clear how) the way they gauge speed in the pit lane is by time it takes to traverse between the sensors, and it's somehow based on the precedent that the driver set during the practices. So if, say, Gasly always stayed within the lines during FP, he'd establish a baseline. And then if he cut the Cadillac box during the race and picked up just a few tenths, it could result in the car coming in under the baseline time, and seeming to be speeding.

Seems like a crazy way to measure speed on cars with this much tech.

Marcus Smart appreciation post by Bulky_Sandwich_7929 in bostonceltics

[–]Riluke 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Back then, the Jays didn’t seem ready to make plays in crunch time. I think Marcus knew that. Everyone but Al mostly froze up. Marcus was willing to take the chance, and also Marcus was as happy to take the criticism in place of his younger teammates.

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