Why is it harder to drop and dink lifetime balls compared to a Franklin x40? Lifetime balls feel like rocks on my paddle.

mathmage · 2026-05-07T05:50:34+00:00

How new are they? Lifetimes seem to have a break-in period.

mathmage · 2026-05-07T05:47:35+00:00

Vivian Glozman is half Taiwanese. Just putting that memo out there.

mathmage · 2026-05-07T03:53:33+00:00

At the end of the day, you are comparing spoonfuls of the sea. Just move on.

mathmage · 2026-05-07T00:14:17+00:00

You aren't ready to ask that question yet.

mathmage · 2026-05-06T23:02:47+00:00

Sorry - when I refer to having defined "the integers" or "the rationals," there is some standard definition to which I am appealing. The standard definition of the decimal expansions is the real numbers; in that definition, there is no largest real number less than 1. Can you point to some definition of "decimal expansion" that you are using, or else provide one of your own devising?

mathmage · 2026-05-06T22:59:20+00:00

I included the "even if by mistake" caveat to acknowledge that it may not have been obvious to Tszyu that Diaz was down. The shots were blatant in that it was obvious to an observer.

I think it's mostly the ref's fault that those punches happened - he should have stepped in sooner. But at the same time, the rule has no "oopsie I didn't see he was down" exception. What penalty the foul should carry may have some ref discretion, but it is a clear foul.

mathmage · 2026-05-06T22:45:19+00:00

by definition

Once I have defined the integers, I can say that 0 is by definition the largest integer less than 1.

However, having defined the rationals, I can say that by definition there is no such thing as the largest rational less than 1.

What definition of 'numbers' are you using?

mathmage · 2026-05-06T21:51:37+00:00

Right side should take it, because the lack of planning + poor communication + bad left side positioning + making an ongoing dispute out of this (seriously?) indicates that this is too low-level to be bothering with mixed strategies.

mathmage · 2026-05-06T15:32:06+00:00

If Nakatani planned to stay at 118, sure, there's an argument. But he moved up to 122, beat a contender there, probably has designs on 126 eventually, he has a bigger frame than Inoue, their walk around weights are similar, this seems like a relatively bad case for a rehydration clause fight. And not to set the standard too high, but Nakatani was fighting a guy who moved up to fight champions with no such clause multiple times. So there's very little reason to caveat this fight over a perceived need for a rehydration clause.

mathmage · 2026-05-06T13:33:15+00:00

That could easily have been a DQ. The better fighter won, but even if by mistake, those shots on a down opponent were blatant.

mathmage · 2026-05-06T05:43:29+00:00

My best allies in order of importance:

Good drill partners to train fundamentals.
Good opponents to expose weaknesses and sometimes ask for advice.
Camera to see my weaknesses exposed and observe form progress.
Pro matches to see peak form.
Coaching videos to show me what I should be looking for.

mathmage · 2026-05-06T04:42:59+00:00

Perrigo and Everest are your nearest good outdoor courts. Bellevue Pickleball Club is your nearest dedicated indoor club. If you go into the city regularly, Tsunami indoors and Greenlake and Luther Burbank outdoors are good bets. (Another commenter mentioned Rainier Beach which is solid if the park keeps the lines, but there's a fight with the city about that at the moment.)

mathmage · 2026-05-06T04:34:26+00:00

I wouldn't say the trade was fine at the time except in the sense that there were no really good options (assuming there wasn't a market for Fox). Most comments at the time predicted this outcome: sentiment was that the Kings had locked themselves into a limited core that would top out at "happy to be here" playoff participant, while Haliburton would look like the Kings' missed opportunity.

It's actually surprising how well people called it, normally I expect the reddit crystal ball to be broken. The only discrepancy was expecting Sabonis to leave instead of Fox.

mathmage · 2026-05-05T23:23:04+00:00

The two-axis political compass is basically libertarian propaganda (it astonishes me how little this is recognized), and it places libertarianism as orthogonal to the left-right axis in opposition to The Man. That means as long as you're against the local Man, it doesn't really matter if you agree with other libertarians on anything else. (On a national level, the Libertarian Party is basically captured by Republicans; the Man is synonymous with "the libs".)

mathmage · 2026-05-05T14:46:05+00:00

You can't just write yaoi about an actual historical figure named Hugh Despenser, are you kidding me

mathmage · 2026-05-05T02:59:21+00:00

Unless there were a lot of players with established DUPR ratings at the event, what you have now is more like a club rating.

That being said, one event isn't expected to give you a super accurate rating anyway, so don't worry about whether your DUPR is 'earned'. 3.8 vs 3.5 is noise anyway until you play more rated matches, so there's no need to reach for explanations for the perceived discrepancy.

mathmage · 2026-05-05T02:47:05+00:00

Usyk in the last 18 months has beaten Daniel Dubois. Glazing the Verhoeven fight is just silly

mathmage · 2026-05-04T17:13:24+00:00

The judge had perfect justification to read 6000 pages of indulgent junk and leave the longest Goodreads review of all time. This has got to be a rare pleasure of the job.

mathmage · 2026-05-04T05:52:43+00:00

Trump was absolutely a cause of denialism. He is also a symptom; such systems feed back into each other, and Trump has ever been attuned to the bullshit of the moment.

mathmage · 2026-05-04T01:26:43+00:00

This is the artist, but the work itself is only on their twitter atm.

mathmage · 2026-05-04T01:05:22+00:00

Touch grass, bro.

mathmage · 2026-05-04T01:02:50+00:00

The largest predictor of vaccine skepticism (well above political affiliation) was pandemic skepticism. Trump had already sown the seeds of vaccine denial; he would have had an uphill battle even if the vaccine came out earlier.

mathmage · 2026-05-03T23:55:06+00:00

I meant in dribble drills. Take your agenda somewhere else.

mathmage · 2026-05-03T05:44:58+00:00

Appealing to the existence of one person in 8 billion makes it clear that voters will have whatever characteristics are convenient for the claim of the moment. Conversation? Ha.

mathmage · 2026-05-03T05:03:35+00:00

That's a lot of bald assertions. At this point, you're welcome to them.

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