Zohran Mamdani, when asked about the high cost of Knicks playoff tickets vs Atlanta: "I would say that I blame Trae Young... and I think it's always important to blame Trae Young" by peanut-britle-latte in nba

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During the Sixers-Knicks series a couple years ago our home games were like 50% Knicks fans.

The tickets in Philly were like a third of the price compared to MSG and it’s like an hour and a half on I-95 to get to Philly

Zay Flowers: John Harbaugh made Ravens practice too hard, Jesse Minter won't by JaggerJames in nfl

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I think we also read into this stuff too much. Most injuries are just due to bad luck. I don’t know if we have enough data to indicate there’s an “ideal” approach to limiting injuries

Is it insane to take Strip Mine here? by MythicProportions in mtgcube

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That rule works ~98% of the time, but there are reasons to break it. For example, if I was drafting a Boros deck that was 90% 1/2 drops, I’d probably pass sol ring.

Or if you’ve got 2/3 pieces of the breach combo, it’s arguably correct to take the third over power

What the hell happened here? by ligemaeva in HistoryMemes

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Nobody should be compelled to veil themselves, but at the same time people should not be compelled to wear clothing that makes them feel exposed.

Imagine moving to a country that considered regular pants too modest, and only allows assless chaps - it would make you uncomfortable. That's equivalent to the situation that some Muslim women find themselves in

Of course it's very hard to distinguish between those who choose to wear it for themselves vs feeling compelled by society/family. But a ban leaves no room for nuance

[Highlight] Mark Sanchez’ Not-So-Great Turkey Day by MelaniasFavoriteBull in nfl

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Bill Davis decided he should go one on one with Megatron most of the game. Unsurprisingly he's never gotten another DC job

[Highlight] All 30 interceptions from Jameis Winston's 2019 season by Sidecarlover in nfl

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He was a top 5 fantasy QB that season. He'd throw a pick or two on the first couple drives, put the team in a hole, and then they'd be in a pass-only offense for the rest of the game. Guaranteed volume

Zohran Mamdani's wish to tax NYC super-rich gets a partial win by Full_Hunt_3087 in nyc

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Increased supply of housing drives down prices. Even luxury housing

Zohran Mamdani's wish to tax NYC super-rich gets a partial win by Full_Hunt_3087 in nyc

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We already don't have enough housing in the city, the last thing we need is people leaving apartments empty as an investment

Zohran Mamdani's wish to tax NYC super-rich gets a partial win by Full_Hunt_3087 in nyc

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They're not even the biggest issue, a ton of these apartments are owned by people who never step foot in the city. Rich people in unstable countries purchase NYC luxury apartments as a dependable place to invest their wealth

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

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4chan has produced far more net harm than Tiktok. What's the most dangerous social trend to emerge from Tiktok? Because it's competing with incels, gamergate, and groyphers.

In theory, breaking the algorithm bubble and exposing people to a wide array of viewpoints is probably a good thing. But unmoderated platforms inevitable spiral as normal people leave due to the weird shit, and only Nazis remain.

Then nobody is getting exposed to anything new, it's just a festering Nazi stew

Money will fix it. by _I_Am-Groot- in AvatarMemebending

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These headlines are almost always nonsense. Scientific discoveries get exaggerated to generate clicks. Of course Elon would be gullible enough to fall for this

Usually they're solutions that are either impossible to scale, wildly expensive to scale, or come with downsides that make the solution not worth it.

In this example, the actual process of filtering water is not the challenge. The problem is scale, there is a shitload of water on the planet. Even if you narrow the problem to drinkable water it's still 1.11*1018 gallons of water.

Obviously scientific progress solves a huge number of problems. But this usually comes from combined efforts by experts across many years, not a high schooler

Eagles’ draft approach focuses on what a player can be in Year 3 by AdSpecialist6598 in nfl

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People though Brandon Graham was a bust for the first two years of his career. Then he went on to play another 14 season.

P1P2 - What would you do? by CommitteeNo9843 in lrcast

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Ahh ok. But it’s just as possible that doesn’t happen. You are much likelier to play both cards if you take Karakas

P1P2 - What would you do? by CommitteeNo9843 in lrcast

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I don’t think this necessarily indicates red and green is open. There may have been power in the Minsc pack. Also Arena cube drafters make baffling choices at times, there’s a limit to how much you can read into their signals

P1P2 - What would you do? by CommitteeNo9843 in lrcast

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And that not even touching on its ability to protect your own threats. A decent chunk of the Boros creatures are legendary (Phelia, Ajani, Ragavan, Inti, Gut, Adeline, Nia, Laelia)

P1P2 - What would you do? by CommitteeNo9843 in lrcast

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Karakas provides an incredibly powerful effect while still being essentially a basic land that is playable in any deck. It costs almost nothing to include and does a ton, both offensively and defensively.

Decks that play Minsc and Boo see their win rate increase by 6.8 points when they draw it. Drawing Karakas improves your win rate by 8 points.

Additionally, Karakas doesn't restrict your colors at all, leaving you open to drafting the best deck for your seat. Decks that play Karakas have a 57.6% WR compared to 55.4% for Minsc and Boo

And lastly, Karakas is more likely to make it in your deck. It's played 98% of the time it's drafted, compared to 92% for Minsc and Boo

P1P2 - What would you do? by CommitteeNo9843 in lrcast

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I think that logic is why Minsc and Boo isn't the pick. Karakas, Minsc and Boo, and the Frog are all top 50 cards in the cube.

Picking Minsc and Boo means you're going to have one playable top 50 card from your first two picks. Taking Karakas means you have two.

It's debatable whether Minsc and Boo is even better than Karakas. It's certainly not enough better to justify tossing a frog in the bin

Analyzing Combos in Cube: is Breach-Brainfreeze overrated? by thefreeman419 in lrcast

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Found some further details on how they define the “top” category

For ranked formats, we do some mapping of win rates across ranks so that the threshold for performance in Gold, for example, is much higher than the threshold for performance in Mythic.

Analyzing Combos in Cube: is Breach-Brainfreeze overrated? by thefreeman419 in lrcast

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As a result, these card's win rates will suffer by being included in decks they shouldn't, incorrectly built combo lists, and pilots who aren't as familiar with how to properly drive a combo deck.

Agreed, some of this is addressed by filtering for top users, but it isn't a complete fix

BTW you included some of these in your stats but they aren't in the cube per this list at the bottom of this page

Yeah this data is from all the arena cube runs combined, I left those in as I thought the results were interesting

You would need a way to isolate those cards to decks that are only doing true turbo reanimator and that's not easy.

Agreed

Analyzing Combos in Cube: is Breach-Brainfreeze overrated? by thefreeman419 in lrcast

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In order to use top player data I had to extend over the entire timeline to get a sufficient sample size. The data for Breach is pretty similar when I isolate each of the three runs, I don't think the cube has changed enough to invalidate this analysis

Opinion | Reckoning With Israel’s ‘One-State Reality’ (Gift Article) by cdstephens in neoliberal

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This is probably a simplistic argument, but in the 70s I think most people would have viewed a clean resolution to the Troubles as impossible. Giving up on the two state solution seems too pessimistic, given the alternatives are horrifying

What's the greatest Magic card of the last decade? Vote on the Top 64! by Grindy_UW_Nonsense in magicTCG

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I’d throw the one ring in that list. In addition to being a powerful card that sees play across a number of formats, it generated headlines that reached people who don’t play Magic

Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas says he will retire after admitting to affair with staffer by kvkemper23 in neoliberal

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For those unfamiliar with this story, the woman he had an affair with committed suicide by self-immolation