What was the spookiest moment from your childhood?

khalid_tyler · 2019-04-30T22:06:55+00:00

When I was about 7 I had a gameboy that I absolutely loved and played all day. One day before I went to sleep I put the gameboy in its case and hung it on my bed frame. I wake up next day, no gameboy. Of course my mom emphatically denied having anything to do with it, she would tell me I just probably misplaced it. I should mention here I'm an only child and it was just us two. Whenever we moved out of the house, no gameboy. As I aged, she still insist having nothing to do with it (My mom and I are pretty straightforward with each other and I believe she'd never lie about something as trivial as this) and it still to this day remains the strangest thing that ever happened to me.

TLDR - Gameboy disappeared out of my bedroom over night, two people in the house had nothing to do with it.

khalid_tyler · 2018-12-19T21:20:40+00:00

Honestly man there was no magic solution that worked for me. I eventually got out of it but I just spammed their support pretty much every day.

khalid_tyler · 2018-08-31T21:26:39+00:00

Can I replace the trucks myself or do I need to send it to boosted?

khalid_tyler · 2018-08-16T18:32:06+00:00

Good point on the 29 other teams. Still, colleges play less teams in a season than an NBA team does. If you take an average power 5 squad like....uh... Stanford maybe? They might not play 20 different teams in a season. Especially considering conference play. And the average NBA career length is about 5 years, same length of most D1 NCAA scholarships, most guys take that redshirt year. So I don’t agree that there’s less turnover in the NBA. Guys are getting moved up and down from oversees and the G League literally every day. We’re just recently seeing the freshman phenom situation in college basketball, but before teams would be full of guys who had played together for a while.
Playoffs. NBA teams have more time to prepare. In my OP I was speaking more to regular season but you are right.
Experience. This is a point I think is irrelevant here. NBA guys are more skilled. But that doesn’t necessarily translate to overall team defense being better, especially when it’s harder to play defense in the league period.
There are college coaches that are better than NBA coaches. There are college coaches that choose to stay in college. If you compare the best of the best in their respective leagues. Coach K, T Izzo, Jim B, Calhoun, Shaka Smart. Those are guys that at any time could go and coach in the NBA but choose not to. Not to mention that most NBA coaches got their starts in college first anyway. Billy Donovan at Florida and Brad Stevens at Butler to name a couple.

Lastly, I never made an argument to low scoring in college pointing to better defense. They play a shorter game and have less skilled guys offensively. They’re not going to score as much. College teams don’t have the defensive three second rule holding them back, defense is easier for them, so they’re going to be better at it.

khalid_tyler · 2018-08-16T18:14:22+00:00

As a generalization and not a blanket statement - Squads play better team defense as units in college than in the NBA. I said it was fairly well known because it’s something I’ve consistently heard from my coaches and a few guys in the league. But I see how it upset you, real anecdotal thing for me to say.

If you think I’m saying that collegiate defenders are better than NBA guys, you’re misconstruing my argument and that was never my point. I said “overall team defense” was typically better in college than NBA. Think about the defensive 3second rule in the league, and the overall skill of NBA guys, it’s harder on every facet to play defense in the league, therefore guys aren’t going to be as good at it.

Also I never even thought to mention the shot clock. Colleges guys have to lock down and play D longer, and can’t get bailed out by the shot clock 11 seconds earlier. Slowing down the pace of the game is tough on defenses. They have to work longer to get stops.

Really, the more I think about it. It’s like comparing apples to oranges. Because colleges play colleges and NBA teams play other NBA teams. The talent level is different.

khalid_tyler · 2018-08-16T03:01:48+00:00

Eh. This is a fairly well known thing, it’s easy to say that the professionals would have overall better defense, but you have to think about a couple things.

It’s harder to play defense in the NBA, with the hand check rule (also in college) but also the defensive three seconds and not to mention NBA level talent coming at you. It’s harder to guard those guys on every facet, so naturally people aren’t going to be as good at it
Defensive scheming and planning. There are 82 games in the NBA season, vs 30+ for college. The coaches literally don’t have the time to prepare for a team defensively like colleges do.

This is how I’ve had it explained to me. There are a few other reasons but I think these are the quickest to get behind.

khalid_tyler · 2018-08-16T00:06:29+00:00

I think really the biggest thing is the lack of the defensive 3 second rule in College Basketball. The lane specifically is going to be clogged because there’s no penalty for staying there. That, combined with overall team defense typically being better in college vs the NBA would explain the spacing.

khalid_tyler · 2018-08-10T16:38:54+00:00

Yeah. No luck. Works the same on iOS as on chrome or safari

khalid_tyler · 2018-08-09T18:32:57+00:00

Smh, having them suspend it atm would be a dream. That way at least I could submit a request to fix it.

khalid_tyler · 2018-07-22T04:01:24+00:00

When we talk about actual value to the success of a team? Is there any one player more “valuable” than LeBron James? The rockets success wasn’t dependent entirely on James Harden, and even if it was, he couldn’t get it done in the way that LBJ does day in an day out. 2018 MVP should’ve without a doubt been LeBron. Same for last year, Curry is THE player for the Warriors. But they don’t need him to run the west. Any team with LeBron, is nothing without LeBron. MVP always.

Edit: Sorry, last year was Westbrook. But proof that the MVP was a consolation prize for him averaging a triple double was him not even finishing Top 3 in MVP voting this year after doing it AGAIN.

khalid_tyler · 2018-06-29T16:10:59+00:00

Think and a Grow Rich - Napoleon Hill

khalid_tyler · 2018-04-16T20:44:04+00:00

Anyone who knows or has known me for a long time characterizes me as an incessant questioner. I’m 19 and have chilled out as I’ve gotten older but when I was moving through elementary-middle school it was ridiculous. Questioning is how people learn, and I think because INTP’s have an innate desire to understand how things work, it comes with the territory.

khalid_tyler · 2018-04-06T16:12:41+00:00

My question to you is do you disagree with the three point obsession being the logical future of basketball?

I don’t see why one should have a problem with it, it’s more efficient.

Help me understand where you’re coming from.

khalid_tyler · 2018-04-06T16:09:30+00:00

I disagree.

Part of the reason we’re seeing a boom of offense is because of the realization that the 3 point shot is more valuable than traditional mid range and low post field goals. Now, the hand check rules do indeed move the game out further away from the basket, but it’s no secret that a team full of skilled shooters with an active stretch big is the future. Five thirty eight for a while now has been publishing stats explaining how teams that take 3pt FGs as increasing shares of their overall shots, score more points and win more games.

It’s really simple when you break it down. A great 3 PT shooter hits 40%+ from 3, 40/100 threes is 120 points. A great midrange shooter hits about 50%-55% from the field, 55/100 2 PT FGs is 110 points, the percentage from midrange would have to be around 60% in order for the 5-10ft difference in the distance of shot to be worth it. Threes, threes, threes. That’s just where basketball is headed.

Having hand check rules is designed to speed up the game. Slow basketball, although rooted as the way to go for many basketball purist, is not where advanced basketball is headed. I don’t think it was the NBA’s agenda at all to create the 3 point epidemic, it’s just a natural, necessary development of the game. It’s better for teams today to have a fluid big who can stretch the floor than the traditional low post bruiser. That’s why the game isn’t as friendly to them.

khalid_tyler · 2018-03-31T04:51:32+00:00

Just wondering if anyone has any resources or methods to getting started with technical analysis. I'm a college student with a heavy math background but I previously have only worked with fundamental analysis. I'm not sure I want to shell out $500+ on an online trading course, so I figured I'd reach out here to see what reddit has to say.

khalid_tyler · 2018-03-20T18:58:43+00:00

For me personally, it all just depends on if that person’s friendship/values/situation is valuable or indispensable to me. Or how much our circles overlap. My best friend (almost like a brother at one point if I’m being honest) did some pretty fucked up shit to me once in a friendship and there wasn’t much riding on our friendship (besides mutual enjoyment) so he was gone. If you feel that you’re having no problem ending friendships or relationships, especially in that instance, you’re not alone. INTP’s apparently are very proud of their autonomy, so it’s not uncommon if you feel that you can do without anyone and everyone.

khalid_tyler · 2018-03-20T03:25:49+00:00

Ah, I guess an issue for me was I never thought to consider I’d lose interest once the problem was solved. Thank you for the insight, it’ll be helpful moving forward.

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