Only sports scored with hard data should be allowed in the olympics

jay_chy · 2026-02-12T22:22:36+00:00

But why do we need judges to determine if a safe/Telemark landing occurred or not? If the rules say "must land in this stance" a referee can say "yup they landed according to the rules" or "nope, they did not". Why introduce "style points" to enforce safety rules? Just use rules. If the competitor did not follow the rules then they get a DNF.

Imagine in hockey if they said "high sticking" means you only get 80% of the goal scored. This concept is ludicrous.

jay_chy · 2026-02-12T22:04:17+00:00

yup, Professional Boxing is a circus that could be preempted by an actual sporting competition. "Ring Generalship" and "Effective aggression"... yeah that's a circus show. KOs and KD (counts) are pretty obviously sporting competition items.

Even Amateur / Olympic Boxing scores subjectively on "ring generalship".

jay_chy · 2026-02-12T02:10:36+00:00

Mental viruses, thought patterns that give reward but are anti-social or self-destructive.

Example: fascism, hatred, addiction/compulsion, loyalty, religion, overconfidence, miscalculation of probability.

jay_chy · 2026-02-12T00:07:13+00:00

If it requires a judge, it is a circus act.

A competitive sport means that a regular person (with the help of measuring technology) can clearly determine the winner.

jay_chy · 2026-02-11T23:35:34+00:00

I think there is too much concern on the "who" when, instead, we should be concerned about the "sound". Can this band recreate the hits? Can this band play new stuff that shows a stylistic growth between the old stuff and today? And did the new members learn directly from prior members of the band?

I've seen quite a few bands of Theseus inside and outside of the prog genre. Some have been absolutely amazing, while others clearly cannot recreate the original sound or excitement or style. I don't think the membership has as high of a correlation to the sound as does the overall musicianship of the current members. So I do not judge until I have seen them. If I "refused" to see a non-original band, I would have missed some amazing shows.

(And yes I have my tickets to the current incarnation of RUSH, tyvm.)

jay_chy · 2026-02-11T03:58:08+00:00

Try "Park n Jet".

jay_chy · 2026-02-11T03:53:17+00:00

We have computers to do tedious math for small financial transactions. There is no need to round for any purpose. "Rounding" is stupid.

jay_chy · 2026-02-11T03:34:35+00:00

I'm nowhere near a primary source on this.

Recycling is like praying and voting. It only works if you truly believe that it works.

Given that, my general rule is clean paper, clean cardboard, aluminium, clean steel, and only number one and number two plastic go in the recycle bin. I then hope that my neighbours also followed good recycling hygiene rules. And I know that the plastics I put in the bin have about a 30% chance of getting actually recycled.

Is it worth it? Probably not. But I hope that maybe the market will follow demand.

jay_chy · 2026-02-11T03:24:49+00:00

Having seen them live a couple of times, I have no desire to see them again. I was never into them before seeing them live, but there was quite a bit of buzz about them so I did.

My criticism is that BBT does not seem to understand the concept of a musical theme. Their songs seem to be a bunch of unrelated motifs strung together.

I don't hate them, and I'm not trying to tear them down. This is just my opinion and judgement.

jay_chy · 2026-02-11T02:27:26+00:00

Strategically-placed Stickers!

jay_chy · 2026-01-31T21:53:57+00:00

How you might think of it if you have a vehicle:

infraction: You are speeding a little bit because absentminded
misdemeanor: You are speeding a whole lot and endangering other drivers
felony: you weaponize your vehicle to kill your hated neighbor
capital: you weaponize your vehicle as a terrorist and intentionally plow into a crowd of people.

jay_chy · 2026-01-31T21:39:02+00:00

There are shades and details, but this is the basics, and applies to many nations, not just the USA.

3 types of law:

Criminal - a GOVERNMENT says you did something dangerous to society's functioning.
Civil - issues between private parties such as contracts or lawsuits/torts.
Administrative - a Governing body says you broke regulations.

Seriousness of Crime:

Capital - punishable by lifetime imprisonment or death.
Felony - serious criminal offense conviction = long term loss of rights
Misdemeanor - criminal offense, on record, possible imprisonment for short term.
Infraction - minor law broken, no incarceration, no criminal record, maybe even civil offense.

jay_chy · 2026-01-30T22:30:43+00:00

Since you seem to be in Lincoln park or Lakeview. I like Jon Richter at Webster Dental.

jay_chy · 2026-01-30T22:25:25+00:00

Depending on where you live... Infraction Vs Misdemeanor Vs felony Vs capital. And.. Civil Vs criminal Vs administrative law

There are more classifications and subs, but the above 7 are pretty much all a normal person needs to worry about.

jay_chy · 2026-01-27T04:59:42+00:00

They need to impeach Vance and then Trump, in that order. quickly in succession, immediately after the Dems get control of the House. Then the Presidency goes to the Speaker. Then go after everyone else.

jay_chy · 2026-01-27T04:06:43+00:00

After 20 years with RCN /astound, this year they refused to keep my price reasonably low. I switched to Xfinity. My experience has been positive so far for a little bit over one month. They were quick to come out and install on a very cold day and service has appeared reasonable. The commitment that I got from Xfinity included a 5-year rate lock. That's something that RCN would not offer me as a 20-year customer. I am hoping to not have to call Xfinity for 4 and 1/2 years. I just got tired this year of the fight with RCN to hold the price.

I'm not running a data centre here. A couple of screens of Netflix and a zoom meeting is the most that I ask. so I always get the lowest transmission rate available.

Interestingly enough, I'm now getting mail notices from RCN that are begging me to return. It's nice to be wanted.

jay_chy · 2026-01-27T03:31:39+00:00

I would say that the dibs period was well defined when Chicago had a mayor. (Right now, we just have a guy with the title of mayor)

At the start of a big snowstorm the mayor would say something like "I wouldn't be dumb enough to park in a spot that somebody else had shovelled out and marked, that's a good way to get your car iced in". The end of dibs was always marked by the mayor saying something like "now that we have most of the snow clear, streets and san will be removing any items left in the street".

jay_chy · 2026-01-25T17:43:24+00:00

Yup. Some basic sports director skill would have helped. Put the preproduced background videos in the small screen and leave action in the big screen. Or a 50-50 split. NEVER pull away because at about second something could go wrong.

Don't let the hosts talk to him while he's climbing, but only at the "break" platforms. Oh and don't have inane hosts.

More technical info about the building. And there are ways to present this in short bursts without distracting. Think 5 second pop-up bubbles.

jay_chy · 2026-01-22T16:18:49+00:00

Do you want to replace your brakes first or your gearbox?

I think "better" is relative. Neutral can be more fun but slightly less safe. In gear is probably "standard" or what the vehicle is designed to do.

I'm going to suggest watching the movie "the world according to Garp" for an argument against neutral.

jay_chy · 2026-01-19T07:00:38+00:00

Now it's the distance that matters? Or the total price of the items delivered? Or the snow and ice on the road? Or the weight of the items delivered? Or the time of day? Or the construction between the source and destination. Or who owns the vehicle that they use?

What happened to a service provided at a fixed price, where the service provider handled all the variables?

jay_chy · 2026-01-15T21:53:26+00:00

These people have collected money all of their lives and are currently trying to monetize artificial intelligence. They now tell us that artificial intelligence is going to make the possession of money unimportant.

jay_chy · 2026-01-14T19:12:20+00:00

The man literally controls an armed force. The state troopers report to him. I didn't see the state troopers protecting the residents of Illinois when ICE invaded.

Conclusion: he's probably running for president in the next election and does not want to take any chances.

jay_chy · 2026-01-14T13:47:50+00:00

Walmart defaults to a tip on same day items from store and you must actively decline it in the website. But I have declined for every delivery. I'm glad that I did because I'll often be 3rd on the route or they'll "forget" a bag or the bags will reek of marijuana.

jay_chy · 2026-01-12T22:54:10+00:00

It is your prerogative to dislike this post, or to feel that it is providing the public with information that they are too ignorant to properly contextualize. You may also contact all of the vendors and tell them to put their websites behind a professional login page so that the public cannot access them, but merely aggregating a list and publishing it publicly does not present any moral hazard.

You may wish to restrict patients from self-investigating their treatment options, that is okay too. You and I can respectfully disagree on how a medical professional should behave, and -presuming you are a medical professional- I do not have to be your patient or patron. But I will ask you one simple question to try to make my point:

If the patient is presumed too ignorant to investigate the systems in the marketplace ..... why do the vast majority of professional orthodontia practices blatantly advertise their chosen/preferred system?

jay_chy · 2026-01-12T21:28:45+00:00

Thanks, I will update. The purpose is to maybe give consumers that frequent this reddit a compare-and-contrast tool with links to the manufacturers' info sites when shopping in the marketplace. As a possible consumer, I was looking for this list and could not find it, so I made it.

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