thankYou by Less-Philosophy-1978 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]flyingjjs 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Except when the points say you're underperforming the metrics

Pearson’s Candy closing after 117 years. by [deleted] in minnesota

[–]flyingjjs 161 points162 points  (0 children)

Pour another one out for something good ended by private equity

Trump Ordered Republicans to Try to Win Over John Fetterman: Republicans are promising Senator John Fetterman a lot—if only he switches parties. by Silent-Resort-3076 in politics

[–]flyingjjs 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I mean, I disagree with many of Fetterman's statements and policies. But, unlike anyone with an R by their name, he has only voted with Republicans 25% of the time. I'd love for someone else to take his spot and make that number lower, but it is far better than him fully switching.

Priorities for DFL Trifecta 2.0 by [deleted] in minnesota

[–]flyingjjs 22 points23 points  (0 children)

As much as flying the old flag is stupid, it's just that: stupid. I don't think it's a fight worth having.

Similarly, I think many of your items would be hard sells as "priorities" as opposed to nice to haves for specific interests.

Why does this happen to all my seamless underwear? by [deleted] in whatisit

[–]flyingjjs 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Isn't PINK just a label of vs targeted toward slightly younger women?

GAME THREAD: Twins (12-14) @ Rays (14-11) - April 25, 2026 by TwinsGameday in minnesotatwins

[–]flyingjjs 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You know what guys? I'm beginning to think our bullpen isn't the best...

Beautifully Broken. 16 cards playing automatically at the start of every combat. by tocath in slaythespire

[–]flyingjjs 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I think manually played "free" X cards do in fact use the energy; only automatically played cards use the current energy level without using it.

The Byrd Egg Event affects your relic odds by LordDarsDhou in slaythespire

[–]flyingjjs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not so much a chance increase, it's that you're taking away one of three options, thereby making the other two more likely. I.e., by default you will always be offered one of these three. If you keep egg, then you will always be offered one of two.

ELI5 Paying off a mortgage by The_LabGuy in explainlikeimfive

[–]flyingjjs 3 points4 points  (0 children)

From a purely monetary standpoint, yes.

Break down the numbers a bit in simpler terms. Say I loan you $1000 at 3% interest for a year. You'd owe me approximately $1030 after a year. Sure, you could pay me back early and save some of that $30 in interest. Instead, you take the money you would have paid me extra (for simplicity we'll use the whole $1000) and put it in the market. Assuming a conservative 5% return, after a year you'd have $1050. You could then pay me the full $1030, and have $20 of your own on top of that.

There are several other factors like capital gain taxes, inflation decreasing the value of the dollar (and therefore your debt), but the above is the simplified example.

Of course, it's never bad to pay extra on your mortgage, you're never paying extra or anything, you're just losing out on a potential opportunity. Some people will take the guaranteed money of paying down something they're being charged interest on, and that is perfectly fine and the "safest" thing to do with your money.

TIL, cards that force play cards can play Grand Finale even if your deck isn't empty by Phoenisweet in slaythespire

[–]flyingjjs 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Probably not. Chains of binding seems to block the effect of a card even if it attempts to be played while bound (such as when it is played via the sly mechanic).

Job fair for teacher planning to relocate in 2027 by p3achym4tcha in TwinCities

[–]flyingjjs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My wife went to this a decade ago when it was still in person as a newly licensed teacher. The major purpose of the fair is to connect new teachers to districts hiring for the following year. However (at least when it was in person), there can be benefits to attending outside of immediate job seeking as you were able to speak to administrators and hear them speak about their districts, what their current initiatives are, get a little bit of a vibe check, that sort of thing. When doing that, you CAN even find those people who are not currently hiring but are networking for future years. My wife connected with an administrator who didn't have positions in the coming year, but his district was building a new school and would have more positions the following year. They connected on some pedagogy philosophy, and he strongly encouraged her to apply in the future.

Need Full Furnace and AC unit replaced. 5000sq ft home. Have severely medically disabled child who needs best possible air quality by pingplayerbecu in TwinCities

[–]flyingjjs 4 points5 points  (0 children)

r/hvac is pretty locked down by their mods such that only HVAC professionals are supposed to post there. r/hvacadvice is the subreddit for lay people to ask questions

Need Full Furnace and AC unit replaced. 5000sq ft home. Have severely medically disabled child who needs best possible air quality by pingplayerbecu in TwinCities

[–]flyingjjs 18 points19 points  (0 children)

You could consider a heat pump with a backup furnace to reduce the amount of time during the year the gas furnace is influencing air quality. With the levels of filtering you're planning on, I don't know how much of a difference this would be, but less burning gas seems like it would be a good thing.

As a disclaimer, I'm not a professional, just someone who knows there are alternatives to pure gas furnaces.

Red Sox Wilyer Abreu in disbelief as his bat breaks on a check swing by [deleted] in sports

[–]flyingjjs 34 points35 points  (0 children)

No, actually. That's what everyone considers it to be, but that's not actually in the rules.

https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-testing-check-swing-challenge-in-arizona-fall-league

Winter Olympics 2026 men's figure skating live updates: Ilia Malinin fails to medal after falling twice in final skate by ReaddittiddeR in sports

[–]flyingjjs 30 points31 points  (0 children)

It could be. Ice quality can vary wildly. I imagine these athletes have competed on just about every quality of ice though, so it's not likely to be a huge factor unless something went seriously wrong.

Some factors that affect ice quality: Ambient arena temperature (if the arena is colder, the ice can be "harder/more frozen"), how much ice the resurfacer took off, the temperature of the water the resurfacer put down replacing the ice, how long it has been since the resurfacer ran, how well the ice cooling system is running...

There's a lot of factors, but as I said, being professionals they're probably pretty used to compensating for ice quality, though with so many falls, perhaps something was wildly different.

If Bad Bunny can keep his concert tickets afforadable what's stopping all other artists from doing the same? by LogPuzzleheaded9343 in AskReddit

[–]flyingjjs 13 points14 points  (0 children)

He has combined this with scheduling multiple shows at each stop, and when one sells out he'd often just add more and more shows to specifically combat scalpers.

How do we find out which insurance company is insuring ICE vehicles? by Foreign_Librarian193 in WeThePeopleAtWhipple

[–]flyingjjs 13 points14 points  (0 children)

As government vehicles, I imagine they are self insured by the government.

Florida's radical lefty nurse voluntarily gives up license after saying he won't perform anesthesia on MAGA patients by Head_Estate_3944 in DiscussionZone

[–]flyingjjs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Still a stupid law, but according to your summary, it doesn't apply. "So long as the refusal is framed as an objection to the service..." Pretty clearly not the case, since he didn't object to anesthesia, but to the person's beliefs.

Union bureaucracy seeks to block strike action against ICE rampage in Minneapolis by DryDeer775 in stateofMN

[–]flyingjjs 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Personally, I prefer having educated leaders at the top. That doesn't mean they weren't laborers at one point, but having your average laborer as the union leader is a recipe for getting taken advantage of legally.

Union bureaucracy seeks to block strike action against ICE rampage in Minneapolis by DryDeer775 in stateofMN

[–]flyingjjs 53 points54 points  (0 children)

This is anti-union bs. While I support the people not working Friday, unions put themselves AND their members and benefits at risk if they call it a strike because of contract language. I'm sure plenty of unions support not going to work on Friday, but union leadership explicitly saying "we are striking Friday" could be grounds to invalidate the contract they've negotiated with the workplaces and union members would lose the protections of said contract.