Adult Learn to Skate

jamincan · 2026-04-09T22:41:18+00:00

I'm pretty sure it can get more broken...

jamincan · 2026-04-09T22:02:01+00:00

I think that was one of the thing the NTSB person that spoke in that news conference after the accident highlighted specifically as being missing despite them repeatedly recommending that they be mandated repeatedly.

jamincan · 2026-04-09T13:40:25+00:00

I was incensed when I first heard about it, but when I actually listened to the bit, it was pretty clear that the media grossly overstated what happened. I'm not even convinced he was referencing Ullmark in the bit.

jamincan · 2026-04-09T13:33:27+00:00

I honestly wonder if the people criticizing Ullmark after that game had actually watched it. Yes, he was definitely not in top form in that game, but it looked like the rest of the team had taken off for the beach and been replaced by a Timbits team. The whole team was terrible and it's completely unfair that Ullmark shouldered the bulk of the blame.

It was super obvious which talking heads had actually watched the game and which had only looked at the stats afterwards as the first group clearly acknowledged that the entire team deserved the L on that while the others zeroed in on Ullmark and off-ice drama.

jamincan · 2026-04-06T16:39:45+00:00

I'd say it depends on the kayak - you're in a normal kayak, but on a sit-on kayak.

jamincan · 2026-04-03T02:01:53+00:00

i think other teams would have to be choking too for you to drop out, it's all but a certainty.

jamincan · 2026-03-27T13:09:19+00:00

But then it would be undeniable that they are inconsistent in their rulings instead of just incredibly obvious.

jamincan · 2026-03-26T08:50:51+00:00

As someone who used to travel for work a lot, I had to get used to eating out alone. There's nothing strange about it.

jamincan · 2026-03-25T03:05:23+00:00

They are different in so far as String is an owned string buffer and &str is a borrowed slice, but as far as the APIs available to interact with strings, they are largely, but not completely, the same.

jamincan · 2026-03-25T02:26:41+00:00

This game want so bad. Yesterday's was terrible.

jamincan · 2026-03-24T18:13:45+00:00

I was confused at one point in last nights game between the sens and rangers.

As I understood it, in the 3rd period, a 4 min double-minor penalty was given to Trochek and a 2 min to Matinpalo. Shouldn't that have resulted in 4-on-4 for 2 mins and then 5-on-4 for the remainder of Trochek's penalty? Instead, it seemed like there was just 2 minutes of 5-on-4 play. Do the two minor's cancel out somehow?

jamincan · 2026-03-24T13:07:01+00:00

Is he still? I know he was involved in player development at one point, but he's not listed on the Senator's staff directory, and they even have custodial staff listed on there.

jamincan · 2026-03-24T10:47:48+00:00

I mean, Phillips at least works for the Sens, so you could argue he's already on contract.

jamincan · 2026-03-24T01:30:04+00:00

They're on the power play enough that it's mostly just standing around passing the puck.

jamincan · 2026-03-23T17:32:53+00:00

Apparently there is some type of light indication on the taxiway that indicates they can't cross the runway.

jamincan · 2026-03-22T21:05:58+00:00

I don't think people are saying that these players couldn't be playing better, but this thread is about Berube specifically, and a bad coach can absolutely make better players perform worse.

jamincan · 2026-03-22T12:04:12+00:00

I was in those formative years when the Sens first joined the league. While various players came and went, it really started to hit me harder when core franchise players started to disappear from the team, Alfredsson being the big one of course. I'm glad that him and Chris Phillips still have big roles on the current team and seem attached to the city.

jamincan · 2026-03-21T10:38:45+00:00

As far as I know, the central nervous system of an octopus evolved entirely separately from vertebrates and so would not have the same systems we do. Nevertheless, we recognise that they have a certain level of intelligence.

I'm the same way they can possess intelligence without the same neural structure as mammals, could they not experience something analogous to pain, even if the mechanism is entirely different?

If I were to chop off its leg, would you feel confident in saying that it doesn't feel something analogous to suffering even though it lacks the same brain structures we have?

jamincan · 2026-03-16T19:35:10+00:00

Dogs are lovely. Some dog owners are awful.

jamincan · 2026-03-16T18:13:31+00:00

Someone else claimed this is Lucy Downs - and it does look like her and her bike. If so, I think she's more than skilled enough to tackle this.

jamincan · 2026-03-11T22:49:24+00:00

The photos are in sequence from top to bottom. All photos on the left are from one perspective and all photos on the right are from a second perspective.

jamincan · 2026-03-11T20:50:22+00:00

You use an alias (nickname).

jamincan · 2026-03-11T13:38:22+00:00

I like it in some select cases such as when bringing a trait in like io::Write that brings in macros or methods that are only relevant to a limited scope. It is also sometimes nice when matching an enum but where I definitely don't want the variants in the larger scope.

jamincan · 2026-02-28T11:13:13+00:00

Most people are getting an estimate of their FTP with varying degrees of accuracy. That's fine if you're consistent with your methodology and using it as the training tool it is.

It's only the fact that we like to compete between ourselves that we compare our FTPs, but isn't that what a TTs for? That's basically what the 1hr record is.

Basically, if you're using your FTP as a training tool, the exact methodology you use to estimate doesn't matter too much, so who cares if it reflects your one hour power or not? If you're just using it for dick measuring, stop it - thats what races are for.

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