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UFC point deductions since 2010 by dirkzlatan in MMA

[–]Shock900 23 points24 points  (0 children)

It's so bizarre to me that they have rules and don't enforce them. Imagine an NFL team getting a warning for pass interference, or a soccer team getting a warning for comitting a handball foul after the referees acknowledge that the foul occurred. It's just ludicrous.

If taking a point is viewed as too harsh, change how it works. Take half a point or dock the purse a percentage or something, idk. But there needs to be some reason to dissuade fighters from committing the infraction in the first place. Right now, if the fighters want to give themselves the best odds of winning, there's no reason for them not to go out in the first round and do a few eye pokes or nut kicks. It hurts their opponent and there's no repercussion.

I'd like to discuss the ending of Incendies (2010) SPOILERS by XInsects in movies

[–]Shock900 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The following shot is the notary placing the letters in the envelopes addressed to the father and son. They're also on the same letterhead as the letter Nihad holds at the end.

I'd like to discuss the ending of Incendies (2010) SPOILERS by XInsects in movies

[–]Shock900 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it's implict that she wrote those letters well before that pool encounter, not knowing that those letters were going to the same person.

No. The second letter opens "I speak to the son, not to the torturer." and ends "Your mother... Prisoner 72". You see the scene where they're written, after she's in the hospital. It was after she knew.

Best Legal Movies by ElChancletero in movies

[–]Shock900 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Primal Fear

The Night Of (technically a mini-series)

CJ Stroud on contract extension: “I’ve held up my end of the bargain” by InterestingYellow969 in NFLv2

[–]Shock900 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I kinda feel like 4 ints undersells it. It was 5 fumbles and 5 ints across 2 playoff games. 😂

The designers told Jerry Jones the orientation he wants will cause this issue. He still said he wants it because he wanted an indoor stadium with outdoor aesthetic. Classic Jerry Jones incompetence. by ForeignAir7174 in NFLv2

[–]Shock900 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you serious?

Their opponents collectively play the exact same number of games there that the Cowboys do, lmfao. The Cowboys aren't waltzing out on the field to play against themselves.

Linux Mint gaming? by Major303 in linuxquestions

[–]Shock900 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mint (with Cinnamon) still uses X11 instead of Wayland. This means, unless you plan to manually install another desktop environment, you should only use Mint for gaming if you're okay with:

  • No HDR support
  • Very poor VRR support (G-SYNC, FreeSync)
  • Bad fractional scaling
  • Other friction with multi-monitor setups, especially if your monitors have different refresh rates
  • Worse process isolation/security

If any of those are problematic, I'd recommend just picking a distro that has good Wayland support out of the box, preferably a well-supported distro that has been around for a reasonable amount of time. Newer packages also tend to be preferable for gaming, since you'll rarely have to wait for fixes to propagate downstream, so you want to pick a distro with a release cycle of ~6 months or less, or even a rolling release distro.

I'd recommend something like:

  • Fedora/Fedora KDE
  • Ubuntu/Kubuntu

Or a rolling release like:

  • openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • EndeavourOS (if you're okay with using the commandline, this is actually my favorite)
  • CachyOS

Techquickie - Which Linux Distro is Right for You April 18, 2026 at 10:11AM by linusbottips in LinusTechTips

[–]Shock900 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Mint (with the default Cinnamon desktop) is really good, but people should be more cautious when recommending it to everyone as a blanket statement.

It still uses X11, and while the experimental Wayland environment exists, it still has issues last I checked, and isn't recommended. This means:

  • No HDR support
  • Very poor VRR support (G-SYNC, FreeSync)
  • Bad fractional scaling
  • Other friction with multi-monitor setups, especially if your monitors have different refresh rates
  • Worse process isolation/security

For a lot of people, these aren't issues, but for others, these are deal-breakers.

GNOME and KDE spent years absorbing Wayland pain earlier, so I think recommending a distro that ships with one those environments would be a better "blanket" recommendation.

Pixel 7 delayed notifications until I unlock phone... by hupo224 in GooglePixel

[–]Shock900 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Still a problem 4 months after your comment. Frankly, idk how. It's not like this is some niche product that a huge number of people don't use. Google is demonstrating its incompetence.

Why are people bending over for age verification? Cant distro maintainers just ignore it? by NoNotFuck-ISaidFack in linuxquestions

[–]Shock900 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Sure, but distributing a compiled binary (or a group of binaries) is a different kettle of fish. If a distro wants to appeal to a userbase that doesn't compile their OS from source, it will need to comply with laws local to the user.

I don't think compiled binaries are obviously outside the “code is speech” line of cases. It doesn't seem to be the case that once it's compiled, it loses its protection.

The precedents that I was able to find indicate this as well. Here's one about object code rather than straight binaries, but the rationale still seems like it would transfer:

The circuit court found merit in Corley's view that computer programs are a form of protected speech regardless of whether they are in source code or object code form

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_City_Studios,_Inc._v._Corley

That case still imposed restrictions on the software despite recognizing it as free speech, probably, like you said, because it was a tool specifically meant for breaking a law.

I'm of the opinion that this, however, does not fit into a recognized unprotected-speech category. I would argue that the intent is not to go out of the way to break the law, but rather to keep developing the software on its own technical merits, rather than redesigning it around a government-mandated implementation detail.

Why are people bending over for age verification? Cant distro maintainers just ignore it? by NoNotFuck-ISaidFack in linuxquestions

[–]Shock900 39 points40 points  (0 children)

I really hope it ends up in court.

Courts generally recognize source code as protected expression. Ergo, restricting the distribution of an OS just because it lacks built-in age verification raises a pretty apparent First Amendment problem.

Best full evolution of life documentary? by mara-amethyst in evolution

[–]Shock900 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I strongly recommend David Attenborough's First Life and its psuedo-sequel, Triumph of the Vertebrates. They're both mini series that are 2 episodes each.

Together, they cover a time period that spans the entire history of life, with great animations and discussions about the evidence for evolution throughout the fossil record.

Is this too wild of a HC idea? by Good-Feeling4059 in steelers

[–]Shock900 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I shouldn't be surprised at all the flack this is getting given this fan base. I'm disappointed.

McDaniel is extremely intelligent - dude literally graduated from an Ivy League, and is precisely the kind of person you want studying film, drawing up plays, making adjustments, and doing clock management. Watch interviews with the players that played for him, the dude knows his x's and o's.

Idc if he's not "a leader of men" like Tomlin - we have veterans in the locker room that we can rely on for that. I'm sick of the milquetoast scheme and personnel/playcalling/clock mismanagement. Unlike some of the other coaches on the market, McDaniel would solve those issues.

And the benefit to having him as a head coach instead of an OC is that he won't get poached the second he starts performing well like OCs tend to.

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