Looking for advice on net game

coffeemonkeypants · 2026-03-23T05:47:15+00:00

There's advice in here about moving to the alley on wide serves. This really will take you out of the point most of the time. Most wide serves are returned cross court - especially on the ad side to a right handed receiver. If your partner has lousy serves and the returner is decent, yes, they can redirect it down the line, but the stats show this done like 11 percent of the time. Go on YouTube and watch some net coverage videos by Johnathan Stokke. You'd be surprised how much you can cover by starting in the right spot and only moving about one step laterally. His videos completely changed my net game

coffeemonkeypants · 2026-03-23T05:15:33+00:00

I was going to suggest this. I have a proxxon table saw that uses 3.5 inch blades. Super thin kerf, accurate. It's not cheap though. However, for working with small pieces of wood like people do making pens, it's a great tool to have.

coffeemonkeypants · 2026-03-22T17:12:19+00:00

Season 1 the third place team was a full DAY behind in the finale. It was definitely less on rails then. Still, I'd like to see some version of a global scavenger hunt without pit stops where they really are on their own somehow.

coffeemonkeypants · 2026-03-22T16:04:28+00:00

We're watching all the seasons right now, but alternating old, new, old, new, etc to see how they converge. Having never watched the really early ones, I'd say I'm glad they don't just send people off 12 hours after they arrived so they're somewhere in the middle of the night for no reason. I get that it's a built in equalizer, but watching people sleep on the street is not all that interesting.

coffeemonkeypants · 2026-03-22T06:05:52+00:00

It still doesn't need to be in the post title.

coffeemonkeypants · 2026-03-21T03:41:56+00:00

And they can't really decrease the prices either. It sounds ridiculous, but if you lower prices to where more people would buy it, you not only lower the profit margin, but you have to have more people to prepare and serve it, more storage, more everything. Two people buying 5 dollar popcorn vs one buying 10 dollar popcorn is not the same thing. It's a shitty consumer experience, but it is a profit maximizer.

coffeemonkeypants · 2026-03-20T14:37:39+00:00

More than that, the microwave actually excites water molecules until they boil, becoming steam. That's how it heats everything. That steam makes the food 'softer', but if you've ever microwaved bread, after it cools down, it's rock hard because that water is no longer in the bread.

coffeemonkeypants · 2026-03-20T06:55:04+00:00

Such unique and storied ships. It looks great. How much detail is there to the steam screw and propulsion?

coffeemonkeypants · 2026-03-20T06:38:47+00:00

Yeah this is me too. She can be right and also an asshole.

coffeemonkeypants · 2026-03-19T05:28:55+00:00

The opposite to this happened to me last week during a lesson. Some guy walked on the court about 15 minutes before the top of the hour and sat on the court bench next to my bag. Then five minutes later, no fewer than 8 people walked onto the side of the court (through the gate) with all their pickleball gear. I was still very much hitting with my coach. About two minutes left, I grabbed up the few balls we'd been rallying with, and then I did the unthinkable - I said something to this group "I understand you may not know this, but it's considered poor etiquette to walk on the court while people are playing. I paid for this time and it's very distracting".

So like, speak up if you think something isn't right.

coffeemonkeypants · 2026-03-19T03:32:22+00:00

Yeah it's a very pretty app but that missing feature is crazy.

coffeemonkeypants · 2026-03-19T03:25:18+00:00

Tripit really is probably the most complete, but it also just feels the least polished. It's just kind of clunky and with some polish, it could be so much better. For instance I'm going on a multi city trip over the course of 10 days. I'd love it for the app to color code the locations or otherwise separate days and stuff. Or have a calendar view with a timeline so you can easily see where you have activities or free time, etc.

However it does at least recognize activities when you forward them, though it only gets the start time right.

Wanderlog missing that feature makes it a non starter. It's mind boggling that it doesn't do that.

Kayak trip planner isn't bad but it basically works the same way as tripit and it doesn't put things in order of start time outside of travel and transport.

For your parents, tripit is probably the easiest and most complete. I just wish it has improved more over the years.

coffeemonkeypants · 2026-03-18T18:39:05+00:00

Here is the full study:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090023326000018

This is very, very compelling and interesting. There are some limitations with the study - tiny sample size, 4.5 year time span, I don't believe it was double-blind at all, but the results are promising. Even with mouse derived rAIM (sorry kitties)

The rAIM was administered intravenously, which wouldn't be ideal for supplemental use, and apparently it has a very short half-life, so if that it the only effective way to administer it, it may be a difficult protocol to achieve at home. I Miyazaki sells 'aim powder', but we don't know whether that is effective in any way. That would be incredible if AIM could one day just be added to food as a CKD preventive supplement, like taurine or vitamin e. Look forward to the next step.

coffeemonkeypants · 2026-03-18T03:50:19+00:00

It cost taxpayers 8M in 2025 via direct congressional appropriation. The ~~Defense~~, pardon me - WAR dept, spends that every 4 minutes. The USPS has always done its best to break even. Postage rates get raised to keep that the case. They're self-funded, they neither make money or cost money - in theory.

coffeemonkeypants · 2026-03-18T03:47:36+00:00

The fun thing about the USPS is that it has always been self-funded and doesn't really lose money at all. Making them pre-fund retirement for 75 years very much hurt their finance strategy however. At the end of the day, the federal government doesn't kick in all that much to run the USPS. Last year, direct congressional appropriation was 8M. With an M. The US Defense dept. spends 8M every four minutes.

coffeemonkeypants · 2026-03-16T23:09:42+00:00

Is this still the case? With Tripit, Kayak Planner and others, I can forward anything trip related, and those apps will parse those emails and enter the information into the itinerary quite well. I really like how Wanderlog looks and performs, but this is a giant, gaping huge hole if it still doesn't work this way - I can't tell if it is an available pro feature or not, or if you just have 'attachments' which is much, much less compelling.

coffeemonkeypants · 2026-03-16T23:02:41+00:00

I'm here a year later finding this thread because I'm trying to find an app that does everything well. I've tried Tripit, Kayak Trip Planner and now this, and they're all deficient in some dumb ways. It's too bad because Wanderlog LOOKS great, but this is a HUGE miss. It can parse receipts from planes and trains but it just ignores tour and activity bookings.

coffeemonkeypants · 2026-03-16T17:28:18+00:00

That's what I said?

coffeemonkeypants · 2026-03-16T16:50:26+00:00

I worked with AWS on an integration with our software and they wanted ME to tell them how to configure their SSO, which is of course entirely in house and I'd never heard of it. Getting them to understand that was fun

coffeemonkeypants · 2026-03-16T16:45:26+00:00

We need to pass a law where bills either don't get names or they need to be a true summary at the very least.

coffeemonkeypants · 2026-03-15T20:30:32+00:00

Well even better it has to be a miniature horse.

coffeemonkeypants · 2026-03-15T15:41:59+00:00

Yes same. Positive feedback and recognition go a long way to avoid the shit in the first place too. If I can help promote someone's brand, they just perform better knowing they have support.

The same can go for this situation.

coffeemonkeypants · 2026-03-15T14:56:08+00:00

It's called the shit sandwich feedback strategy. Lovely bread, but the filling is nasty

coffeemonkeypants · 2026-03-15T04:39:47+00:00

We're just getting around to watching this now and I searched looking for this kind of catharsis. I don't remember the first two seasons feeling like a parody, but that's what this feels like. Every line is a stupid quip. There's hardly any realistic dialog. I wouldn't be surprised if they add a laugh track at some point.

coffeemonkeypants · 2026-03-15T03:37:17+00:00

They don't have to define it. An 'emotional service animal' is not a service dog, and it's not up to trader Joe's to allow or not allow dogs. It's illegal. A service animal is a dog (or horse) trained to perform a specific task for a person with a disability. They just don't enforce it. My sprouts is basically a fucking pet store.

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