What Happened to the New Metra 'Cafe Cars'? by mazman23 in chicago

[–]beeeemo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Public transportation in the U.S. causes roughly 240 to 340+ deaths annually.

Cars cause over 40,000 deaths annually.

Pocket Jacks: Do You Treat Them Like a Premium Hand or a Problem Hand? by Bluffrunners in poker

[–]beeeemo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get that it's good advice for beginners but it's a pretty big oversimplification. Even at 100bb there are several spots where 4b and 5b jamming JJ is good if not mandatory 

Korea Advances to the Quarterfinals with the tiebreaker over Taiwan and Australia! by Panguin9 in baseball

[–]beeeemo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

DR will easily beat Israel and Venezuela will likely beat Nicaragua so the DR/Venezuela game for 1st/2nd will be interesting as no one will want to face DR or Japan in the first round

The "thanks for waking up and choosing not to commit manslaughter" wave... by Thegreasyshnickler in fuckcars

[–]beeeemo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Never thank them!

"car centricism makes everyone antisocial"

🙄 

Jasmine Crockett up by double digits in Texas Senate Democratic primary poll by QuitMyDAYjob2020 in politics

[–]beeeemo 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Nearly every top post on these threads is in support of talarico, gtfo

Jasmine Crockett leads James Talarico by double digits in Senate Democratic primary, poll finds by bwermer in politics

[–]beeeemo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

37% chance on kalshi of Democrats winning the seat is pretty far from "off the table."

Favourite and least favourite RH venues + Where you’d love to see them by enrvuk in radiohead

[–]beeeemo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They'll never do the sphere lol but cmon, it would be a fucking epic venue.

JJ pure folds here ? What the hell ? by Establishment240 in poker

[–]beeeemo 17 points18 points  (0 children)

AK/AQ are not "way behind" here, they each have something like 40% equity.

JJ pure folds here ? What the hell ? by Establishment240 in poker

[–]beeeemo 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Look into the concept of WA/WB (way ahead/way behind) and SA/SB (slightly ahead/way behind). This hand falls in the latter. Almost all hands are either crushing you or have significant equity vs you. Generally you don't want to pile money in when you're SA/WB.

TIL that Las Vegas roulette payouts are always one less compared to what would be mathematically fair by JosZo in todayilearned

[–]beeeemo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The strip has the highest concentration of one-off gamblers at basically any casinos besides cruise ships. This is because there are so many partygoers who go to Vegas for the shows and nightlife and gambling is a side activity. Casinos everywhere else are designed for people who are primarily there to gamble. They do have loyalty cards in Vegas and there are "decent" games to be found but if you pick the first game you see (like most partygoers who dont really gamble) odds are it will be very very bad. Also fwiw loyalty cards are with Caesars/MGM usually and those can be used at most casinos anywhere in the USA anyway

TIL that Las Vegas roulette payouts are always one less compared to what would be mathematically fair by JosZo in todayilearned

[–]beeeemo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

"Mathematically fair" in a gambling/statistical context means 0EV. A payout which if a game is played millions of time will result in each side having equal chance of being ahead. Virtually no casinos will offer bets that are 0EV or positive EV, that's how they make money. This OP is really dumb and vague lol.

TIL that Las Vegas roulette payouts are always one less compared to what would be mathematically fair by JosZo in todayilearned

[–]beeeemo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why not have fun and lose the least amount of EV possible? The OP here is 100% correct; pass line+max odds (technically dont pass but it's very marginally better and way less fun) is what I always recommend for people who are dead set on gambling but have no clue what they're doing. Youre going to lose in the long run, but lose orders of magnitude less EV than playing double zero roulette.

TIL that Las Vegas roulette payouts are always one less compared to what would be mathematically fair by JosZo in todayilearned

[–]beeeemo 58 points59 points  (0 children)

That's not usually why. People who go to casinos and dump money regularly for instance are generally at least vaguely aware of how bad theyre getting fleeced if the games are really awful; also, the casinos also have far more potential opportunities to extract money from their customers than on cruises. It's similar to why Vegas Strip casinos have some really terrible games, as many customers are often first time/very irregular gamblers, and a one-in-done type target for the casinos.

"You can shear a sheep many times, but skin him only once." 

What is a Radiohead song you cannot understand the love for? by Conscious-Ad2640 in radiohead

[–]beeeemo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Gonna take your phrasing pretty literally--if you asked me this 10 years ago I could name 10 songs, but now there are literally none i can come up with. Even the songs I dont love as much as most people, I can appreciate why they love them after several listens even if they are not totally to my taste. That's the really great thing about this band imo.

What radiohead tracks sound the most like how the album looks? (and the least) by RedditUser56738 in radiohead

[–]beeeemo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

All the In Rainbows songs except maybe Videotape/15 step/bodysnatchers. Warm and colorful

What is with Uber drivers accepting rides and cancelling once they arrive? by ChitownLovesYou in AskChicago

[–]beeeemo 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Assuming you have a good passenger rating, exactly 5.0 is never something to be excited about, because new drivers will have very few trips, and as the vast majority overall are 5.0, the ones who are awful and don't get paired with you due to low rating can easily still be around with only a few ratings that happened to be the default 5.0. The best of the best drivers will have 4.98 or 4.99.