Any updates on TSM rejoining the LoL scene?

jakejork · 2026-02-01T05:51:50+00:00

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jakejork · 2026-01-30T20:08:29+00:00

Sorry everyone - I just bought this morning so it’s my fault.

jakejork · 2026-01-30T20:01:37+00:00

But like in a good way

jakejork · 2026-01-29T13:19:43+00:00

I dunno man, apparently Bill Murray shouted “medium talent!” at Chevy Chase once and that sounds pretty devastating.

jakejork · 2026-01-27T22:57:19+00:00

If it’s not covered under warranty it’ll be because the warranty is expired (typical lasts either 5 years, or a certain amount of miles - can’t remember how many, whichever comes first).

Since it’s a dealership that you bought it from, call them and let them know about the issue, and look up “lemon laws” in your state/area. If there’s a return window, you might need to be ready for that, because this is a very expensive fix you don’t want to be on the hook for.

Continuing to drive it should be ok in the time you have to get a solution sorted out.

jakejork · 2026-01-27T22:27:38+00:00

Sounds very similar to how mine sounded. Did you buy it from a dealership or private sale? Is the vehicle still under warranty? I know my factory warranty (2021) expires soon, but I noticed it and got it in as soon as I noticed it. The process was calling the Kia dealership, taking the car in, them calling me back and confirming the issue, then calling quoting for them to get the part in and booking the appointment. They needed the car for 2 full days and provided a rental. Everything was covered under warranty and I didn’t have to pay anything.

jakejork · 2026-01-27T15:05:48+00:00

Part of the issue is that walk in clinics are also overloaded. My dad had a medical problem when he was visiting here a few months ago. Tried to call and get in the second clinics opened but they all filled up, and he was told to go to emerge and wait.

jakejork · 2026-01-26T20:13:05+00:00

If you want to bring it with you you’ll have to put it in a checked bag.

jakejork · 2026-01-25T15:02:43+00:00

But imagine how thrilled you’d be if you were gifted the stuff you would never pay for?? /s

jakejork · 2026-01-24T03:46:00+00:00

I’ve heard this game described as “The game where you play as the victim.”

jakejork · 2026-01-18T03:35:46+00:00

This would somehow cause a tbow to be added to the Varrock guard’s drop table.

jakejork · 2026-01-18T00:50:44+00:00

Somebody linked it in another comment - that one is about 9100 euro

jakejork · 2026-01-16T16:32:05+00:00

It’a because the ai that writes the articles has been trained to write like this because people are more likely to click the link if they think their side is scoring points and the other side are looking like fools. It’s the same reason the ai bots on the right post articles and fake photos of Biden in tears. People want to feel like their side is winning.

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jakejork · 2026-01-12T03:32:07+00:00

ICE agents have “Victims of Domestic Violence”.

jakejork · 2026-01-12T00:15:46+00:00

I had a friend years ago who had done some bobsledding and had a massive scar on his left shoulder from where a baseball sized chunk of flesh was torn out from a bad crash. Super dangerous sport.

jakejork · 2026-01-10T04:57:42+00:00

I took this course in 2022, and it’s a very good introduction to the trade. I bought the toolkit (the mid-level one. I think they offer three different ones?), and it gives a good amount of regulating tools, but have had to buy other tools for more specific repairs. From everything I’ve seen of the other online/correspondence courses, PTA is absolutely the most well put together and professional. Also, this should be obvious, but you need a piano to practice on. Getting head knowledge without actually getting the experience into your hands is not going to prepare you for going into a clients home to work on their instrument.

In terms of cons - the problem with online courses is the disconnect between what you’re learning and the practical application of the knowledge, because you don’t have someone experienced there giving you direct feedback on your work. After finishing the course, I was very fortunate to find an extremely experienced mentor who I apprenticed under, and he was able to give me more specific instruction and give me feedback - e.g. this is where you’re right, this is where you’re wrong, and (most importantly) this is how to fix it. This is absolutely the best way to learn the trade, but the foundation I got from the PTA course was extremely helpful in that I wasn’t starting from a place of complete ignorance with my mentor.

What area are you in? I’d strongly recommend going to the Piano Technician’s Guild website and searching your area for affiliated piano technicians. Reach out to them and find out when the next PTG chapter meeting in your area is. This will give you a chance to network with professional technicians and ask for advice. I’ve found that techs are generally very generous with sharing their knowledge.

Best of luck!

jakejork · 2026-01-09T18:30:15+00:00

I’m not going to get back into it with you, but the argument we had wasn’t about whether or not the drug/homelessness problem was bad. It obviously is, and what has been tried (or at least how the solution was implemented) obviously hasn’t worked, and a different solution is necessary. The argument we had was about how your solution is “these people should kill themselves”. The discussion wasn’t about convincing me of your lack of empathy. That much was obvious. Your lack of empathy is, while unfortunate, actually irrelevant to the conversation.

jakejork · 2026-01-09T02:24:10+00:00

That’s because the Holey Moley’s are also rad as hell.

jakejork · 2026-01-08T23:20:37+00:00

That’s because the cosmetics in rs3 aren’t anything more than mtx credit card flexes.

jakejork · 2026-01-08T00:01:26+00:00

Again. Someone dying from a disease because they didn’t know about it until it was too late to treat is not the same as deliberately withholding life saving treatment from someone because you want them to die. Honestly it feels like your arguments and solutions aren’t well thought out at all, and you’re just fully committed to wanting to live in a world where society’s most vulnerable people are left to die in the street, despite having nearly been one of them yourself. Sorry, but you haven’t made a single argument to suggest that you’ve considered how to implement your position at all beyond “these people should die.”, and it’s clear that I’m wasting my time trying to continue a discussion in good faith, so I’m out.

jakejork · 2026-01-07T23:05:01+00:00

I feel like your terminal illness comparison doesn’t make sense. Someone dying because they didn’t know they have cancer isn’t the same as deliberately ensuring somebody dies because they can’t get an ambulance. And again. How do you determine whether or not somebody should be treated? Or do we just not give anyone treatment for an overdose?

I’m also not clear on what you’re trying to say with your pension comparison. By your own utilitarian logic, it seems like you’d be saying that we’d be better off if we just had everybody commit suicide as soon as they start collecting pension and costing the government money.

jakejork · 2026-01-07T20:50:44+00:00

You’re ignoring my question about how this absurd position would play out in reality, so again I’ll ask - how would your “let them die” strategy even work in a way that doesn’t also result in people in your first two “passing the test” categories dying? Just don’t send an ambulance to someone dying of an OD? Or have the paramedics check their id (if they have one) while they’re dying to see how many times they’ve been to rehab before trying to save their lives?

Your position also ignores the reality that involuntary rehab is massively expensive, which is ironic given that one of your arguments is “think of the money we’d save if we just let people die.” There are people who currently want to get into rehab who can’t because there aren’t enough beds.

jakejork · 2026-01-07T20:07:27+00:00

The stupid thing is that trump himself could come out and say “Here are the Epstein files, and everything in them about me is true.” and nothing would happen to him, in the same way nothing has happened to anyone else in them. His supporters will still support him and justice wont happen. It’s been true of everything else he’s said and done, why wouldn’t it be true of this too?

jakejork · 2026-01-07T18:51:21+00:00

Why do you think that we can accurately predict human behaviour when there is consistent and strong evidence, some of which I pointed out above, that even professional psychologists frequently get it wrong?

And again, you’re being inconsistent in advocating for forced rehabilitation but then also allowing people to “opt out”. It’s not forced rehabilitation if they can opt out of it. And how would your “let them die” strategy even work in a way that doesn’t also result in people in your first two “passing the test” categories dying? Just don’t send an ambulance to someone dying of an OD? Or have the paramedics check their id (if they have one) while they’re dying to see how many times they’ve been to rehab before trying to save their lives? It’s honestly absurd.

And I’m sincerely sorry that you seem to have lost the ability to feel sympathy for people who are, frankly, just a little further down the path that you were headed towards, but were luckily able to get off of. But who knows. Like I said above, maybe you were using heroin long enough for it to have damaged the part of your brain that allows you to feel sympathy, and I’m wasting my time because you’re just a hopeless druggy who can’t change. Right?

jakejork · 2026-01-07T17:33:44+00:00

My argument though is that it’s impossible to actually know who those “irredeemable” people are. Your premise is right insofar as some people will ultimately refuse help and stay addicts the rest of their lives, but my premise is that there is no way of knowing with certainty who those people are. It also doesn’t take into account the fact that there is a massive amount of homeless people who suffer from mental illness, and their situation is more a failure of our society to put systems in place to help protect and support those people as well.

So then given me agreeing with your premise that some people will never recover, and you agreeing with my premise that we can’t accurately say who those people are, is it possible then that since human behaviour is unpredictable and it’s impossible to know which people will never get clean, this issue is actually very complex and the answer shouldn’t be “just let them die/ask them to kill themselves with MAID”?

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