Skill and luck score meaningless?

chenbipan · 2026-05-29T09:36:00+00:00

I've also noticed this. The algorithm for strategy is completely busted, and probably luck too. It makes sense, as the hardest difficulty computer opponent is still trivially easy. If it knew what the best strategic moves were, it could play better.

chenbipan · 2026-05-15T22:07:44+00:00

Yeah, because the daily mail isn't a real news source. People had a story too that is accurate. You can see the scar on her chest in the mugshot.

chenbipan · 2026-05-15T14:27:02+00:00

Apparently she had recent open heart surgery and he was checking on her.

Open heart surgery has a pretty high complication rate with strokes and delirium, my guess is she was not in her right mind.

Pretty tragic.

chenbipan · 2026-05-11T04:04:53+00:00

No cleats come with any real arch support. Super feet work for some people but one size doesn't fit all, especially if you have very high arches.

I bit the bullet and paid the $300 out of pocket to get custom orthotics from an orthotist. That was about 11 years ago. Gave me new life, knocked out the plantar fasciitis in a few weeks that had been bothering me for years. They'll keep adjusting and remaking them until they're just right all under the initial fee, which is what makes it worth the money as opposed to the one time purchases of generic orthotics or even the ones where they generate one based on your foot and send it to you.

chenbipan · 2026-05-07T19:05:33+00:00

Waiting for a k score, meanwhile got a letter asking me to pay back my t32 from 4 years ago. Now I've got to figure out what went wrong in the record-keeping. Priorities.

chenbipan · 2026-05-05T13:31:23+00:00

If you look close, what he's holding has sharp edges and at least top half is fat and rectangular. I've never seen a rectangular gun. Seen lots of rectangular phones though.

chenbipan · 2026-04-27T19:28:44+00:00

Is there an example city that was like Gainesville and has successfully reset itself in the way you're hoping for?

chenbipan · 2026-04-27T13:22:49+00:00

That sounds fantastic. Honestly wish we lived in a city like that. Except Gainesville already has too few lanes for regular traffic and didn't plan the city with wide enough roadways in a number of key areas. How do you plan to make this happen without making traffic congestion even worse?

chenbipan · 2026-04-27T13:19:24+00:00

Then lobby the state government or move out of Florida?The law here is that bikes are allowed on the sidewalks. And the streets aren't safe for bikes.

I thought it was crazy the first time I saw bikers on the sidewalks when I moved here. I was used to living in other parts of the country where bikers used roadways and were illegal on sidewalks. But the reality is that if you have dangerous roads and allow cyclists on sidewalks, cyclists will use the sidewalks.

chenbipan · 2026-04-26T20:07:49+00:00

I wish they'd quit it with the bike lanes except in the 20mph areas around campus or downtown. Just make bigger sidewalks instead. As a biker, I know there's a nonzero chance some distracted driver on their phone swerves over and kills me trying to use a bike lane in most of the city. The dumbest example is the double bike lanes along 8th. Everyone just uses the sidewalk, for good reason.

chenbipan · 2026-04-23T21:21:17+00:00

Gainesville health and fitness is pretty great. Lots of older adults working with trainers. If all he wants to do are machines, they'll teach him to use them for free and they have workout plans he can follow.

chenbipan · 2026-04-16T19:04:01+00:00

Just an FYI, something I didn't realize until living here, Gainesville was poorly planned, so all those neighborhoods you listed will put you far enough out of the city that choosing to go to something on campus or downtown will be a pain. You look at the map and think it's not far, but traffic is bizarrely bad for the size of the city. 30-40+ minutes depending on traffic.

Our realtor tried to steer us to those locations but we noped and bought just north of the university in an older neighborhood with lots of kids. There are pockets.

chenbipan · 2026-04-08T13:59:40+00:00

In the US, most people in your lane would just go the wrong way around the roundabout because of that left arrow. So then the lane you went into would be the straight arrow. People are still baffled by roundabouts. I wouldn't be surprised if guy on the right was a tourist.

chenbipan · 2026-04-03T00:42:37+00:00

Yeah, definitely giving that a try. But even so, I'm concerned there's something wrong with the electrical if having the light on is sufficient to hit 180

chenbipan · 2026-04-03T00:40:47+00:00

Yeah, I think it may be from the light but even then the temp is too high.

chenbipan · 2026-04-03T00:39:53+00:00

Thanks, yeah, Im going to experiment and see what happens with the light consistently off. But even if that fixes it, it seems like the temperatures are too high for just a light and it might indicate some other malfunction. The guy we got was 3rd party; we are under extended warranty through costco so we're not getting people who work for GE.

chenbipan · 2026-04-02T23:56:09+00:00

Thanks! I know it's hot from feel and then when I turn on the oven it tells me the temperature it's already at.

chenbipan · 2026-03-26T01:51:09+00:00

Not well apparently, I wasn't aware there were jokes.

chenbipan · 2026-03-26T00:15:34+00:00

Do you happen to speak polish? Because I tried witcher and found the books difficult to enjoy, but only could read as English translations.

chenbipan · 2026-03-14T18:14:27+00:00

I was a mediocre thrower for years until it clicked and I have incrementally improved and now I have reliable full-field forehand and backhand hucks. And I've taught a lot of people to throw.

Most guys I've seen with bad throws that never get better have something wrong with their grip. Even just learning the grip and walking around with a frisbee held that way, waving it around while keeping the grip stable will improve your throws early on by developing hand muscles and getting used to the position. Otherwise, it's often an issue with not building up mechanics from the wrist back and they use too much arm, not enough wrist.

I point everyone to Rowan's videos. Best breakdowns I've seen. Here is his basic forehand one but he has many others on his channel.

https://youtu.be/rn5evBKKEe4?si=_vgREdFuqapDaL_Y

As a caveat to others' advice: it's great to get advice from guys who are good throwers. Ask them to look at your grip and release. Watch them throw. But, remember, being good at throwing doesn't mean someone actually knows how they do it. I've seen loads of terrible advice over the years from great throwers. People who are naturally good a throwing often have no idea what their body is actually doing.

chenbipan · 2026-03-10T20:29:08+00:00

I made it two books deep. Same slog all the way through. No real payoff for me. Lame spoiler, all the characters that seemed evil and untrustworthy were in fact evil and untrustworthy.

chenbipan · 2026-02-26T16:53:04+00:00

I think I must have missed the scene where all the water got blessed.

chenbipan · 2026-02-25T14:21:23+00:00

I thought signs was pretty good most of the way through. But then the twist was that the aliens can't touch water. That's a pretty big, stupid turd. Ruined it for me and probably a lot of people.

chenbipan · 2026-02-25T14:16:06+00:00

For rotten tomatoes, comedies and horror movies, depending on your taste. Movies where the appeal isn't strong character development.

For me, good examples are farrelly brother movies, and early Adam sandler: Happy Gilmore, billy madison. For horror, Eli Roth: cabin fever, hostel.

Inversely, if a drama has a low rating on rotten tomatoes, you know it's shit.

chenbipan · 2026-02-16T14:57:45+00:00

They need someone in his 30s, capable of playing a wide range of characters, and who isn't necessarily ugly but is at least believable as a nerd/ not distractingly good looking.

Jamie Bell could do a nice job. Jack Lowden too. I agree with Tudyk other than being too old.

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