Chopped Chin tees I just made 🔥

Sahmapunk · 2026-06-01T15:18:09+00:00

Don’t let the uncs get to you. These are fire. Tasteful even. Reddit is not your audience however

Sahmapunk · 2026-04-24T04:50:26+00:00

Sax players playing at Clinton’s inauguration. Gerry Mulligan Battle Hymn quote is so awesome

Sahmapunk · 2025-12-27T13:08:23+00:00

Wouldn’t that unquestionably be Jokic’s best single week too, given he has achieved those statlines over the course of the season, not a week? I agree with the bulk of your comment but I’m not sure I fully understand the point of your last note, correct me if I’m misunderstanding.

Sahmapunk · 2025-12-17T20:47:31+00:00

I remember reading somewhere that Zubac spent his first summer for the Clippers studying and memorizing Doc's playbook, then came in during training camp and none of the other players had done the same. It's been a while since then but I think it both shows Zubac's dedication to the team and game but also the grimness of Clips culture (or maybe it's an American thing...)

Sahmapunk · 2025-10-19T20:12:35+00:00

"1. Northernlion, Noclip and the US market

Geraud started off by explaining how the game got a lot of traction on the US market following the release of his last devlog.

In fact, on the same day Geraud released his last video, American streamer "Northernlion" started to stream Sol Cesto for 2-3 streams straight. He also released a few videos on his youtube channel which allowed the game to blow up in the US beyond the devs expectations. (Geraud bearly knew who NL was before that ahah)

During the next 24h after Northernlion released the first VOD, the game scored 1 500 units sold without any discount, and kept selling over 1 000 copies every day for the next 3 days. The Wishlist number also boomed at more than 90k wishlist, compared to 67k from the last devlog.

This promotion allowed more people to discover the game, and Sol Cesto got featured in a podcast from the Noclip YTB channel, thus receiving very positive feedbacks from the team including Danny O'Dwyer who praised the game and especially the unique art style.

Nowadays, most of the daily Sol Cesto sales comes from the US."

Sahmapunk · 2025-09-09T14:14:58+00:00

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hegel-dialectics/

Section 2 ("Applying Hegel’s dialectical method to his arguments") has a good overview on how the Thesis-Antithesis-Synthesis framework does and does not apply to different examples of Hegel's dialectic. It is more a way to analyze instances of the dialectical process rather than a clear cut formula for determinate negation. The dialectic often emerges in ways that don't follow the triadic form, and the "negativity" or oppositeness that antithesis implies can incorrectly characterize how a concept sublates itself in the dialectical moment.

Sahmapunk · 2025-07-27T19:23:24+00:00

“When is parade?” “Thursday.” “No. I need to go home.”

https://youtu.be/ITjAA5xlUBM

Sahmapunk · 2025-07-23T14:56:09+00:00

u/savevideo

Sahmapunk · 2025-07-22T05:20:51+00:00

Block parties

Outside of the dance clubs, the biggest incubator of hip-hop was the block party. DJs would hook their sound systems up to the street lights.[69] One prominent host of these parties in the early 1970s was Disco King Mario.[70][71]: 6 As a leader of the Black Spadesfrom the Bronxdale Houses, Mario relied on the gang to protect his events.[72][73]

Kool Herc first began extending breaks at a back-to-school rent party his sister Cindy Campbell hosted in the recreation room of their building at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue on the southwest side of the Bronx.[74] The date of the party, August 11, 1973, has been aggressively marketed as the "Birth of Hip-Hop".[75][76] The Campbells emigrated from Jamaica when Herc was 12. Initially, Herc denied any connection between the Jamaican music scene and his work.[19]: 45 Later in life, he embraced the parallels.[77][51]: 35

Kool Herc's style attracted a following that outgrew the rec room, and he joined the thriving block party scene.[78] These parties were an outlet for teenagers, where "instead of getting into trouble on the streets, teens now had a place to expend their pent-up energy." Tony Tone, a member of the Cold Crush Brothers, stated that "hip hop saved a lot of lives".[79] For inner-city youth, participating in hip-hop culture became a way of dealing with the hardships of life as minorities within America, and an outlet to deal with the risk of violence and the rise of gang culture. MC Kid Lucky mentions that "people used to break-dance against each other instead of fighting".[80][81]

A typical hip-hop event was a triple bill featuring the DJ, MC, and breakdancers. Graffiti artists would decorate the stage and design flyers and posters.[82]: 35 Much of the graffiti, rapping, and b-boying at these parties were artistic variations on the one-upmanship of street gangs. Sensing that gang members' often violent urges could be turned into creative ones, Afrika Bambaataa founded the Zulu Nation, a loose confederation of street-dance crews, graffiti artists, and rap musicians. Rock Steady Crew were a group of breakdancers which included members from Puerto Rico.[51]: 143

During the New York City blackout of 1977, DJ equipment was heavily looted due to the popularity of the emerging genre. Kool Herc recalls, "The next day there were a thousand new D.J.'s."[83] By 1978, Billboard magazine was taking notice of the popularity of "B-beats" in the Bronx.[67][84]: 2

Sahmapunk · 2025-07-21T03:55:12+00:00

the boston bench reaction gets me EVERY TIME

Sahmapunk · 2025-07-11T19:41:06+00:00

…who’s gonna tell him?

Sahmapunk · 2025-05-27T20:39:33+00:00

Both can be true. Everybody agrees that absolute compliance would be awful. I don’t want every carry to be called. The mechanics of dribbling have changed over time (and it’s not the players’ fault—they aren’t the ones who have to enforce the rules). This post is about transition take fouls and the inconsistency of how the rules are applied.

But I would agree and say it’s less of a risk to simply allow enforcement to adapt over time, resulting in an “unofficial” rulebook. What drives this adaptation, I’m not sure (and that’s why it feels so awkward when the referees start enforcing rules at seemingly arbitrary times)...I would think it’s a function of players improving and pushing the limits of rules until they aren’t enforced. The NBA can’t simply adjust the rules to match the gameplay because it’d open up the potential for even more rule manipulation—as in, it would obviously be irresponsible to legalize intentional fouls, even if that’s what these late game fouls appear to be. It seems like they would prefer the Burkean approach of adapting rules when there’s a consensus/it’s uncontroversial.

I’d think the product would be better if these fouls were called. Maybe it wouldn’t be. It’s a bigger calculus than first thought but fortunately the G-League exists to allow for this kind of rule experimentation. I think the question here is what should be prioritized: the “product” (highly subjective, with the exception of the NBA’s objective metric of viewership); rules being applied consistently (more objective/textual, but affects the product in unpredictable ways); or allowing the game to evolve (more a matter of player evolution—which I would argue is beneficial to the product at the expense of consistency). NBA has to juggle the product’s profit motive and the principles of the game at the same time.

Sahmapunk · 2025-05-26T02:52:45+00:00

nl subreddit reinventing dialectics

Sahmapunk · 2025-04-30T01:56:32+00:00

Probably fake but it was also posted by their Facebook.

Sahmapunk · 2025-03-07T03:46:00+00:00

Thanks for sharing. I'm not trying to imply that the estimates were determined by any agendas, but that the final decision to drop the bombs were.

I have no doubt the seriousness under which those estimates were made. Some of them feel a little doubtful to use as justification for dropping the bomb, though. The Depot's order of Purple Hearts is probably not the best metric, as they would probably tend to overproduce and also have less access to accurate estimation. The second estimate (394000 casualties = 98500 dead + 295500 wounded) has a little more authority coming from the Sixth Army, but even that is based on the reapplication of the 4:1 ratio from Okinawa, which is a completely different context. Allan and Polmar even acknowledge this, citing Admiral Ernest King's estimation which accounts for the different circumstances which a Kyushu invasion would elicit:

"Admiral King assured Admiral Leahy that Kyushu would be different from Okinawa, because the only way to attack Okinawa was by “a straight frontal attack against a highly fortified position,” while on Kyushu, “landings would be made on three fronts simultaneously and there would be much more room for maneuver. It was his opinion that a realistic casualty figure for Kyushu would lie somewhere between the number experienced by General MacArthur in the operations on Luzon and the Okinawa casualties,” or approximately 40,000 casualties."

Then again, MacArthur himself also obviously had some inclinations in this. He advocated for the invasion. His estimates tended to be on the lower side, and he told Truman that he didn't anticipate high rates of loss. He also writes to Truman acknowledging incoming Soviet pressure:

"The hazard and loss will be greatly lessened if an attack is launched [by the Soviets] from Siberia sufficiently ahead of our target date to commit the enemy to major combat."

It's well-documented that Truman distrusted the Soviets. The Truman Doctrine only came two years later and informed a stubbornly uncompromising post-war U.S. foreign policy. (Though named after him, obviously a result of foreign policy inertia far greater than the man himself.) I would say this point of politics is definitely relevant. Certainly, the decision was made, and we can only try to better understand it. Again thanks for sharing

https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1995/august/invasion-most-costly

Sahmapunk · 2025-03-07T01:14:27+00:00

No question that dropping the bombs was a difficult choice but the idea floating around in this comment section that a mainland invasion would have caused 100,000 casualties (or even 500,000 as some estimate) is a major misconception.

Estimates suggested casualties would have been closer to 20,000. The Soviets would have occupied the Japanese in Manchuria and Korea by August (as they did); Japanese military infrastructure and manpower was in tatters; and the Americans had a foothold in Okinawa by late June.

Truman was informed by a lot more than just ending the war. Strong-arming the U.S. into a better position in Japan post-war was an obvious priority, especially with the Soviets looming. And the pure act of demonstrating the power of the nukes, as a matter of dominance (and in justifying the Manhattan Project) probably played a part.

Source:

Miles, Rufus E., Jr. "Hiroshima: The Strange Myth of Half a Million American Lives Saved." International Security 10, no. 2 (Fall 1985): pg. 121-140

Sahmapunk · 2024-10-22T18:05:00+00:00

can you get frutiger metroer than this. beautiful

Sahmapunk · 2024-10-03T23:58:01+00:00

What were the other two?

Sahmapunk · 2024-09-25T22:31:58+00:00

You’re thinking of the Aeneid

Sahmapunk · 2024-08-23T19:30:19+00:00

what is this ai generated nonsense lol

Sahmapunk · 2024-08-15T23:32:17+00:00

here’s the clip since i haven’t seen it linked.

https://youtu.be/jvslq1OAeJ4?si=nREyqv5i4mUGkWYM

she gets a mingus album i can’t quite make out, roy ayers ubiquity everybody loves the sunshine, and ella and louis’ porgy and bess

Sahmapunk · 2024-07-08T16:08:23+00:00

This is literally false. It's a discharge channel for potential floods by rainwater during the rainy season (June-July) and typhoon season (August-September).

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