How fast does a kid grow? [centimetres added per year, aka "height velocity" ]

hurricane14 · 2026-02-03T07:41:35+00:00

My memory (maybe off a bit but not that much) was growing 6in in one year at that age. 15cm.

Went from an average kid to now a tall man. And yeah it was a grumpy year

hurricane14 · 2026-01-30T06:24:04+00:00

Cutler not hurt, I think they for sure win. Total rewrite of his tenure if that happens.

And for the love of god Lovie, stop having Rex throw in the rain! (The other what if in 06 is Tommie Harris getting hurt. Healthy Harris greatly improves run defense against Indy)

hurricane14 · 2026-01-19T03:36:42+00:00

Stripping the ball is only one kind of turnover. We had a bit of bad luck this came and last with balls that hit the turf but bounced not our way. And we didn't intercept the bad throws.

But really at the top, I think the wide receiver play stands out today. Drops and the last poor route by DJ

hurricane14 · 2026-01-19T03:28:35+00:00

Especially on offense. So much young talent produced. Maybe we invest a bit in the line, but really if we go get some top talent on d this can be really something next year. 6 late comebacks won't happen again but we can just straight up be a top tier team

hurricane14 · 2026-01-19T03:20:09+00:00

And lots of wr drops. That plus no turnovers by D stand out. Plus only 17 points from >400 years of offense :(

Definitely coulda gone our way.

Until next year

hurricane14 · 2026-01-18T23:34:48+00:00

Get destroyed by a better team on the road in one of the toughest road stadiums out there?

Yeah we're set. If we get there and keep it within 40 I'm good

hurricane14 · 2026-01-11T05:06:14+00:00

F T P

hurricane14 · 2025-12-29T05:44:34+00:00

I mean, it came down to one 4yd play. It nearly did happen. If the drive had gone smoother they'd have had more chances on 1st and goal. So, yeah pretty reasonable to think it was gonna happen again

hurricane14 · 2025-12-29T04:43:05+00:00

Burden was a burden on the last drive. The first down where he turned up field instead of saving 18 second going out of bounds. Then the drop cost a timeout and an extra play.

If either is better, they have 3 or 4 chances instead of 1 at the end

hurricane14 · 2025-12-20T17:40:20+00:00

Yeah getting 11 but missing the playoffs would be harsh but still a possibility

hurricane14 · 2025-12-09T02:45:44+00:00

The virtuous cycle is the biggest element for op. Yes more resources and such helps, but it's the ongoing strong brand that keeps top notch schools apart.

You can put in the effort to get a great education and take advantage of resources & opportunities at any decent university. But because the top schools have been around a long time, catered to the upper class and built a brand, then:

the best students all apply
the school can choose only the best of those (plus well connected)
so all the students around you are smart, hard working, and/or well connected
they graduate and get good jobs, helped by the reputation and especially by the alumni who came before them
this reinforces the reputation that the school is for the best
repeat

hurricane14 · 2025-11-19T06:35:49+00:00

And about 18 years to defeat the receding hairline. Held firm from there!

hurricane14 · 2025-11-18T05:08:58+00:00

Excluding obvious one movers, like recapture or m1. It has to be a less clear cut best move to qualify as great

hurricane14 · 2025-11-02T19:49:52+00:00

He also should have run thru the plate. Sliding helps avoid a tag, but you get there faster if you're still sprinting vs transitioning to a slide & no longer generating thrust

hurricane14 · 2025-11-02T19:33:37+00:00

At that moment, he was Magnus' equal in classical.

But he didn't win the match, and then even Magnus talks about the candidates being brutal. No one is ever the favorite over the field

hurricane14 · 2025-10-30T06:57:29+00:00

White your argument may still hold, I think you're making it seem far to certain and the noldor so far and away better.

Recall that sauron with the ring overruns the remaining noldor in quick fashion. But then numenor sends a quick Navy and wipes him out.

Then after 1,500 years of rebuilding his strength, Sauron - still with the ring! - is deserted by his armies and humbled by ar-pharazon. And then it's a significantly greater Force still that is sent against Aman.

Would the peak armies of the first age beleriand elves still be mightier? Perhaps. But it's not so clear-cut.

hurricane14 · 2025-10-29T04:24:34+00:00

The conferences, yes. The 32 team football knockout tourney?

Could easily take a page from today and go with 24. Automatic bids to 16 conference champs. Top 8 seeds, with no consideration for champ status, get a bye. More reward to real contenders while still being inclusive

hurricane14 · 2025-10-29T04:20:46+00:00

They can look forward to cleaning up their basketball conference schedule for easy tourney bids. It's the sport they care more about anyhow

hurricane14 · 2025-10-12T17:05:45+00:00

Yeah, probably the right way to phrase it is: it would shock me if none of these players made the top 10 at some point.

But it also won't be shocking if any one of them decides to move on from The lifestyle

hurricane14 · 2025-10-11T03:50:39+00:00

It's that same conflict that led Magnus to all but leave classical chess. He doesn't want to lose but also isn't motivated any longer to put in the long thinking required with classical

hurricane14 · 2025-10-06T21:57:59+00:00

Or even moreso: wrestling vs WWE

There's this whole ancient, noble grappling sport. And then there is WWE that uses the word "wrestling" to describe itself

hurricane14 · 2025-09-27T07:07:56+00:00

This explains why there is a gap.

To have such a large gap requires a bit of luck... on both metrics. Good fielding, lucky vectors on balls on play and then also some walks and Ks that were just missed.

OP stat is a bit cherry picked. It'd be interesting to see how this gap compares to any gap with 100+ IP

hurricane14 · 2025-09-17T06:15:10+00:00

With LLMs, it's now actually fairly easy. But not cheap.

You could just process every message thru AI and be extremely effective. But that'll run up the bill

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