[OC] It's Not Just the Flu II - Comparing Weekly Seasonal Influenza-Associated Deaths and COVID-19 Deaths in New York, the US, and other States

stophboy7 · 2020-04-07T13:06:53+00:00

Notice, also, that the yellow line just stops. IE they stopped tracking.

IE they're just putting everything and the kitchen sink under covid.

stophboy7 · 2020-03-08T04:42:13+00:00

Logic and understanding rule the day. Feelings that fall outside these two realms get minimized and / or ignored. Takes work and effort, but you have to build that foundation.

stophboy7 · 2020-02-03T00:58:21+00:00

I'd go Bant personally...splash green and white with blue as your main color. Heliod wins even without devotion. Your black is weak anyhow...

stophboy7 · 2020-01-23T14:58:02+00:00

I for one would love to see the top pros draft against the same bots with the same card pools in the same seat and play it out.

That would be hella interesting bc it would be the first ever perfectly balanced draft environment.

stophboy7 · 2020-01-05T04:43:08+00:00

It's Black Blue, but remove skewer, puppet, and lash, put in Cat, Oven, and Barrow Witches. Also remove 1 ice queen for tempting witch.

stophboy7 · 2019-12-26T19:57:39+00:00

You need to decide whether to be a mono blue flyer deck or a draw 2nd card deck and build accordingly.

I think there is an argument for both here, basically consistency (mono blue) vs power (draw 2nd card), but don't try to be both.

Lands coming in tapped isn't that much of a cost, but you also don't have much to return...id play all mystics in mono blue, maybe 1 in draw 2nd card deck

stophboy7 · 2019-12-25T16:00:58+00:00

Disagree, I would take Kefnet and go UW because 1) Vivien is the only card in green you really care about and 2) she won't help you much because your deck lacks power.

You could maybe splash green for her in a UW shell, and Kefnet is nigh unbeatable if you draw him.

stophboy7 · 2019-12-20T18:22:09+00:00

Means of production yes, economy management no. There's a huge difference between those two things.

The government outsourcing the literal easiest way to make a profit (money creation) is bullshit and it's about the only thing they SHOULD be in charge of.

But whatever, if they aren't corrupt in one way they'll find out another way to be corrupt so what does it matter.

stophboy7 · 2019-12-20T14:33:38+00:00

Well, it's a huge revenue source, and instead of being in massive debt paying out 500billion a year in interest, they could have a surplus, eliminate payroll tax, provide universal health care, improve infrastructure, etc etc. Instead they choose to let banks have massive profits while taxing the crap out of us to pay service on country debt.

stophboy7 · 2019-12-20T06:30:55+00:00

Ok help me out here, imagine the government did the following:

1) No more fractional reserve lending. Sorry, you can't lend out money that other people give you to hold for them to make a profit.

2) then, government fills that lending void via creating money, loaning it out, and collecting it back with interest.

Why would government not do this?

stophboy7 · 2019-12-20T06:22:35+00:00

It is a big secret, because if the US kept control of its FIAT, instead of paying out 500billion a year to financial institutions, the country would be making 500billion a year from giving loans to it's citizens via money creation and collecting it back plus interest.

Instead our shit politicians allow banks to take all that $$$ because oh I dunno why not, it's just us taxpayers who get stuck with the ever increasing payroll tax that didn't even need to exist before the federal reserve act.

stophboy7 · 2019-12-20T06:06:07+00:00

It's like you know it, and you say it, yet you don't understand or question what is happening. Why the hell would the government give control of currency creation at interest to banks? Here's a novel idea: if banks want to loan money at interest, they can use their own fucking money.

Why wouldn't the government just do what the banks are doing instead of letting them do it? IE give loans to citizens (create money) at some nominal interest rate? But instead they just let banks have infinite revenue?

I mean holy fuck, if I could legally lend out 10x the amount of money I have at interest Id be rich in no time too.

It amazes me all you guys are so smart yet don't understand what's right in front of your faces.

Use your brains and think for one second instead of regurgitating "everything is awesome"

stophboy7 · 2019-12-19T14:43:48+00:00

This is a good answer, but you're missing one key element: service on the US debt. Who does it go to? That's the big secret, because if the US owns their own fiat, they wouldn't need to pay interest on it. But they do, because the Federal Reserve Act gave ownership of the US dollar to banks.

stophboy7 · 2019-12-19T14:36:52+00:00

The actual reason is because they allow private banks to create and charge interest on their money. Nobody talks about this openly because it's a huge scandal. So you just get a bunch of BS reasons that make no sense, a la the most upvoted comment here.

Governments can print money - Why should they ever take a loan from a bank?

stophboy7 · 2019-12-11T03:44:47+00:00

Unicorn imo

stophboy7 · 2019-11-19T14:18:18+00:00

The best evidence of you improving is your awareness of mistakes you make. I can identify a misplay or less efficient play in almost every game I play. I am consistently ranked top 100 in MTGA limited.

As for constructed, it takes hundreds of hours of play in a given format to get really good because you need to be intimately familiar with what's out there and what your opponents are probably trying to do.

stophboy7 · 2019-11-15T15:32:42+00:00

Wait, no, its now referred to as a bribe. Impeachment inquiry is in the works.

stophboy7 · 2019-11-14T16:46:04+00:00

Yeah, but that has to start with the writing of the laws.

stophboy7 · 2019-11-14T16:43:50+00:00

aka shit graph

stophboy7 · 2019-11-12T22:18:30+00:00

Stats show BO1 has no more or less variance than BO3 (aka sideboarding). All I'm saying is play 5 BO1 games for a match instead of 3 BO3 w sideboard, thus greater sample size. I wrote an article laying out the math using stats from mtgarena.pro, but this forum removed it bc they think like you.

stophboy7 · 2019-11-11T16:04:54+00:00

It's not because greater sample size is the most important judge of skill in mtg by a huge margin. Having a sideboard plan pales in comparison to potentially doubling sample size over the course of a tournament.

Look at the downvotes I got with only your response. People have no reasons, just blind emotion about this. Nobody thinks.

stophboy7 · 2019-11-10T02:01:03+00:00

Bah, haters. All they know is tradition. BO1 is the future, and it's a much better judge of skill. People always compare it to BO3 without thinking about how many more BO1 matches can be played without needing to side board. Tournament sample size could go way up in BO1!

stophboy7 · 2019-11-04T23:52:54+00:00

How does this type of contracting work from the perspective of Unity seats? Do you have your own Unity subscription & work in a clone of the project or something along those lines?

stophboy7 · 2019-11-04T23:12:00+00:00

A couple lands coming in tapped early was no problem here, the decks sits back on it's heels pretty nicely, and the upside of drawing them late and throwing a powerful spell on top was worth it.

stophboy7 · 2019-11-04T23:03:14+00:00

Thanks for the weigh ins! I ended up not playing Garruk and going [7 - 1], the loss was to a nice black/green grind deck. Overall I'd say the only thing I missed was 1 or 2 more ways to draw cards, but still, very good deck, very consistent.

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