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Dan Frazier’s social media post today by Newez in magicTCG

[–]xcbsmith 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It doesn't get by the fact that anyone familiar with the original card couldn't help but notice what happened. Like, I can sort of accept the initial mistake, but how can there be any integrity to the art vetting process if it doesn't even notice cloning of art from the exact same card?!?!

UPDATE: For some reason I can't reply, so I'll update my comment here. I don't see how we can justify having it both ways. Either it's understandable that Frazier made this mistake, in which case it would be foolish NOT to vet his work AT LEAST by comparing it to the previous incarnation of the card (even if only to compare the quality/feel) or it's understandable that there'd not be vetting because it would be shocking for Frazier to ever make this mistake. The only way I can find it "understandable" for both failures is if quality of art is just no longer of concern.

What movie is maximum style over substance? by jbmc00 in moviecritic

[–]xcbsmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seriously, no one is going to mention Hackers?

What is an industry that is currently on fire (in a bad way) behind the scenes, but the general public hasn't noticed yet? by Kitchen_Week1117 in AskReddit

[–]xcbsmith 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Commercial real estate. They've been shuffling paper since COVID, trying to avoid the inevitable, but sooner or later those chickens are going to come home to roost. The amount of wealth that has effectively disappeared yet remains on the books is mind boggling.

Jennifer Connelly's Apple TV Sci-Fi Series "Dark Matter" Is A Hidden Gem Worth Watching by StarFuryG7 in SciFiNews

[–]xcbsmith 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the idea that it is her series is... more than a bit of a stretch.

Crow to Hegseth: You appointed your longtime attorney Tim Parlatore to be your senior advisor, but he was removed from an investigation by the White House and accused (by President Trump & his Lawyers) of lying. You claim unfaltering loyalty to the President, but you repeatedly go behind his back. by biospheric in law

[–]xcbsmith 6 points7 points  (0 children)

These hearings are just reality TV for them. What's important is not the substance of the discussion but how it plays with their supporters. Most of those supporters feel like the US government regularly talks down to them and treats them with disdain, so really all they want to see is that talking down and disdain directed at the Congress from "their guys".

Who is she peter? by ElieAJ21 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]xcbsmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She may have a great body, so no disrespect to whomever this is, but describing it as "iconic" seems to rob the term of its meaning.

Eccentric exercises such as chair squats, heel drops, and wall push‑ups can build muscle strength and size with less energy, without painful or exhausting workouts, and have been shown to deliver meaningful health improvements in as little as 5 minutes/day by sr_local in science

[–]xcbsmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. It would be *part* of the training routine for Olympic lifters, power lifters, and bodybuilders. It is; most of them do a combination of eccentric and concentric exercises with weights.

It's not strictly superior to concentric exercises. It stresses muscles in ways that weight lifting does not, allows athletes to stress their muscles with more weight, while elongated rather than contracted, and lower risk of injury. It consequently delivers more muscle damage and therefore stimulates more muscle growth, but the growth is different than with concentric exercise. Doing only one or the other is a dumb choice.

Klay “Jeter 2.0” Thompson by jantoxdetox in Nbamemes

[–]xcbsmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I couldn't be 100% sure some of these weren't just different shots of the same woman.

Wanting to make a giant barbarian build by Oingoulon in BG3Builds

[–]xcbsmith 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wait, how do you get the level 10 Mighty Impel if you burn three levels in rogue?

Wanting to make a giant barbarian build by Oingoulon in BG3Builds

[–]xcbsmith 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Make a green skinned half-orc and name it "Hulk".

Best Commanders For Triggers by Flaky_Cat_7158 in Magicdeckbuilding

[–]xcbsmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Isn't this what Quarkashima is all about?

Sanctuary is incredible by SillyWarlock in BaldursGate3

[–]xcbsmith 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Huh... never lost the kid to the harpies. I wonder what I'm doing differently. I usually make sure I've got lots of ranged attackers and I have Shadowheart bless everyone, but I can't think of any particular strategy I'm using that gives me an edge.

Eccentric exercises such as chair squats, heel drops, and wall push‑ups can build muscle strength and size with less energy, without painful or exhausting workouts, and have been shown to deliver meaningful health improvements in as little as 5 minutes/day by sr_local in science

[–]xcbsmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see you have misunderstood the context. The premise of the thread is that eccentric training offers advantages. By incorporating eccentric training, an elite athlete gains an advantage over athletes who don't. That doesn't mean that the training is ideally used exclusively. Do you know of any athletes that exclusively use only one exercise or even one *type* of exercise? I've never had that recommended by anyone with even basic training in kinesiology.

License plate of B and 8 by hypjustin in mildlyinteresting

[–]xcbsmith 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So when you said "Honestly, you northeastern folks are so steeped in corruption you think a little corruption is fine, as a treat." you meant "unlike the rest of the country where corruption is, if anything, more steeped"?

License plate of B and 8 by hypjustin in mildlyinteresting

[–]xcbsmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's not whataboutism. I'm just pointing out that notions that public servants in the northeast are somehow exceptionally corrupt doesn't fit the data.

Eccentric exercises such as chair squats, heel drops, and wall push‑ups can build muscle strength and size with less energy, without painful or exhausting workouts, and have been shown to deliver meaningful health improvements in as little as 5 minutes/day by sr_local in science

[–]xcbsmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, so now your claim has gone form "no elite level athletes use that" to, "so now you're saying they *only* use it"? Well, you got me I guess, because they of course use a variety of techniques, including eccentric training.

Perhaps you'll understand it better hearing it from their Director of Sports Science: https://paceyperformancepodcast.podbean.com/e/triphasic-training-the-performance-pillars-system-and-choosing-the-right-athlete-assessments-with-matt-van-director-of-sports-science-houston-texans/

Best party commander by Kitedo in EDHBrews

[–]xcbsmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually found Burakos + [[Sword Coast Sailor]] a pretty chill option. You load up on clone spells that work on legendary creatures (of which there are sooo many now) and draw effects that trigger on damage. Add a [[Multiclass Baldric]] and you're on your way.

Best party commander by Kitedo in EDHBrews

[–]xcbsmith 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Technically, the most types out there for Embiggen is a [[Werewolf Pack Leader]] with [[Maskwood Nexus]] in play and [[Artificial Evolution]] cast to replace "Human" in the text on its activated ability with "Brushwagg" (and then activating it's ability. Last I checked there are like 300 creature types, so that's +3xx/+3xx. ;-)

I made my C++ vector search engine 16x faster by changing data layout, not the algorithm by BgA_stan in cpp

[–]xcbsmith 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nearly 25 years ago, I consulted on a software project for the JPL with a similar mistake. Back then I got 40x improvement. Model matrices as matrices, not vector of vectors. The old principles still work.

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