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[2015-01-28 10:56:32] - http://sports.yahoo.com/news/marshawn-lynch-s-silent-treatment-of-media-a-brilliant-move-022111875.html I was listening to sports talk last night about this and was really amused how angry some people were getting at lynch. One caller demanded that he be suspended for a year. Another said the Seahawks should cut him. As far as I can tell both were fully serious
[2015-01-28 10:27:32] - xpovos: It's strange though that I've never seen the card actually all that much. Maybe I'm not at high enough rank (low teens) to see it frequently though, but I'm still a little surprised given the card's popularity. - mig
[2015-01-28 10:24:23] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2015/01/27/fairfax-swat-team-raids-high-stakes-great-falls-poker-game-seizes-cash-terrifies-players/ This is perhaps a better article about it. -Paul
[2015-01-28 10:13:19] - http://reason.com/blog/2015/01/28/swat-team-raids-poker-game-in-virginia-b This is why I still get a little worried whenever hosting poker... -Paul
[2015-01-28 00:53:29] - mig: Hmm. I think that's a reasonable nerf. Undertaker was obviously ridiculously powered, but I couldn't think of a good way to fix the problem. That's about as elegant as it gets. I like that it puts it in line with other similar cards as well, like Mana Addict or Lightwarden. -- Xpovos
[2015-01-27 13:41:26] - paul: I knew he was due for retirement soon, I just didn't realize Manfred had already taken over just a few days ago. - mig
[2015-01-27 13:15:15] - mig: I only learned of it a few days ago... I think when you posted the article about defensive shifts. -Paul
[2015-01-27 12:46:14] - xpovos: undertaker nerfed. it got rekt, lol. well, not really. - mig
[2015-01-27 12:11:38] - minor aside: I don't know how I missed but, but Selig's tenure as MLB commissioner has finally come to an end. Thank fucking god. - mig
[2015-01-26 14:44:12] - http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/kobe-bryant-confirms-that-he-wanted-to-join-michael-jordan-and-the-wizards-183746397.html an interesting what might have been for wizard fans. - mig
[2015-01-26 11:25:55] - but yeah any rule would probably cause all sorts of problems. - mig
[2015-01-26 11:25:16] - I think this is similar to how there was actual talk of perhaps banning the intentional walk when bonds was in his hey day. - mig
[2015-01-26 11:24:35] - paul: I believe they're talking about that in the context of a pitcher v hitter deul (kershaw v. trout) as opposed to an at-bat being decided by manager strategy. - mig
[2015-01-26 10:36:54] - Not sure I get the problem, and the solution seems like it would cause a host of issues. How does defensive shifts somehow make Kershaw and Trout less relevant? -Paul
[2015-01-26 10:25:38] - definitely times when it looks really silly. - mig
[2015-01-26 10:25:32] - http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/new-commissioner-rob-manfred-open-to-banning-defensive-shifts-172529801.html well that is interesting. I've definitely been noticing more defensive shifting (though it may be because of watching the nationals with LaRouche,being a frequent target for shifting), I don't know if it's "bad" for the game but there are
[2015-01-26 09:58:05] - Paul: It looks interesting, but I've never played it; don't think I've ever heard of it, either. -- Xpovos
[2015-01-26 09:25:02] - I bought it for Gurkie as a gift, but she doesn't want it, so I'm wondering if anybody can tell me if it's worth keeping in case I can find somebody else to play with or if I should return it.
-Paul[2015-01-26 09:24:35] - Anybody here play Mage Wars before? It's a board game that is supposed to be similar to Magic: The Gathering, and it has good ratings on Board Game Geek. -Paul
[2015-01-24 18:32:43] - And considering it's neutral, Rag is still pretty impressive on the power level, even if he only goes off once. -- Xpovos
[2015-01-24 18:26:45] - Or Rag... on turn 8 I play a 8/8 with haste 100% chance to attack a random target, immune while attacking, If I live I play BGH and you've done 8 damage to a random target for 8 mana. Is that a bad card? Sure, but I've had to use a deck slot for a BGH and have played a 4/2 for 3 mana, not great either. -- Xpovos
[2015-01-24 18:25:09] - I pay 7 on turn 7, get Dr. Boom (7/7 + 1/1 + 1/1). You respond with BGH killing the 7/7 and getting a 4/2 and you have 3-4 mana left to further affect the board. Are two 1/1s with deathrattle deal 1-4 damage to a random enemy better or worse than a 4/2? Better, of course. 3 mana better? No, but probably 2. -- Xpovos
[2015-01-24 18:23:28] - mig: Legendary power creep. I think Dr. Boom is very strong, but probably not broken. But he's obviously good enough to go into almost every deck for the 7 slot (much like Rag at 8) and the more cards that exist like that which have the 7+ attack, the more necessary BGH is, and therefore the more people run him in response. -- Xpovos
[2015-01-23 17:00:30] - I'm not really pushing for balance changes but the discussion and seeing the meta evolve this way is sort of fascinating. - mig
[2015-01-23 16:57:28] - xpovos: maybe the problem lies with Dr. Boom. It is kind of crazy it shares a cost with War Golem, which is just a plain 7/7. - mig
[2015-01-23 15:55:51] - xpovos: I figured that's what you meant, just wanted to be sure. - mig
[2015-01-23 15:48:39] - The concept of neutral removal, not necessarily high quality, but existant is necessary. -- Xpovos
[2015-01-23 15:48:05] - mig: It fills a role in the environment (removal of big-ass creatures) as a neutral that nothing else does. The exact reason that people are fearing it. So why is it necessary? Because cards like Ragnaros and Dr. Boom are so good. If some people are scared into not playing those cards because of BGH, that's a good thing for the meta. -- Xpovos
[2015-01-23 15:47:49] - like the concept of the card is necessary? - mig
[2015-01-23 15:44:45] - xpovos: "bgh is a necessary card". What exactly do you mean by that? - mig
[2015-01-23 15:34:28] - mig: It's a (bad) neutral version of Shadow Word: Death which has a body. The mana cost is fine. If they try to tweak it to 4 or 5 it'll run into serious problems with the meta game, IMO. -- Xpovos
[2015-01-23 15:21:47] - it can be a 1/1 right for 3 mana right now and people will still play it. - mig
[2015-01-23 15:17:14] - xpovos: if they nerf it i think it'd be on mana cost. Changing the stats is pretty immaterial to the card. - mig
[2015-01-23 14:58:22] - mig: BGH is a necessary card. The ability to combo with Brews is potentially breakable, but that's all combos in general. And frankly, a reactive combo is very hard to consider game-breaking. I could see them nerfing BGH some, maybe reducing it to a 3/2 or even a 2/2, but the battlecry effect is the issue and the necessity. -- Xpovos
[2015-01-23 14:42:51] - Obviously, you always have to take removal into account, but BGH is inspiring a sort of fear I've never seen before. Maybe it's the potential combo with Young Brewmaster I guess? - mig
[2015-01-23 14:39:51] - random hearthstone question: Is Big Game Hunter arguably a problematic card for the game? Right now the meta is almost dominated by it to the point that any card that's >=7 attack is now looked at as virtually unplayable unless it has a really good effect (Dr. Boom, maybe Ragnaros). I don't see this really changing. Is this good or bad? - mig
[2015-01-23 11:21:33] - aaron: my first foray into programming was taking an already written basic program and altering it. i think that helped me manage my own expectations on what a programming language could do per line (or per hour). ~a
[2015-01-23 11:16:54] - "But my idea is simple, why isn't it simple to make on the computer!" Understanding that is valuable in itself, of only because it will avoid unreasonable requests of programmers later. -- Xpovos
[2015-01-23 11:14:42] - a: hmm yeah! sounds a lot like logo. yeah i agree it's way better to learn with another programmer nearby, or at least some very comprehensive books. - aaron
[2015-01-23 11:12:52] - a: i figure as a kid, it's important to be able to make something simple... and then have the understanding that, "when i'm ready, there are more complicated tools to make more complicated things" - aaron
[2015-01-23 11:12:39] - aaron: yeah you have to start small. it's probably not best to learn logo without somebody teaching you. MicroWorlds was an interesting version of logo that let you draw stuff then make it move. kids were too easily distracted by the drawing functions though. ~a
[2015-01-23 11:11:18] - a: but yeah, in order i pointed her to scratch (very very easy, drag-and-drop visual stuff), logo (kind of easy, command syntax stuff), flixel (pretty hard, compiler stuff) and C++ (super hard, pointer and memory address stuff) - aaron
[2015-01-23 11:09:39] - xpovos: i also pointed her to logo. i think he was kind of disappointed that it was really hard and complicated to make easy things, and he gave up. "but my idea is simple, why isn't it simple to make on the computer!" i remember being a kid. i thought there would be programming commands like, "make a football game with a red team and a blue team." - aaron
[2015-01-23 11:08:54] - aaron: logo!
~a[2015-01-23 11:08:20] - xpovos: cool! my sister was asking what my nephew should use if he wants to make computer games. i wasn't sure what to say, i pointed him to scratch (http://scratch.mit.edu/) - aaron
[2015-01-23 11:06:40] - xpovos: logo is much better than basic for children, in my opinion. actually for adults too. logowriter is what i've used. . . . i had a job teaching logo to children using logowriter, so i guess i'm an expert of sorts. there are some web-based logo interpreters too, but i can't speak for their awesomeness. ~a
[2015-01-23 10:45:58] - Guess I'll be teaching Theresa some BASIC soon. http://www.quitebasic.com/ -- Xpovos
[2015-01-23 10:39:27] - a: ha ha. that whole "call ... and tell us a nice story" reminds me of this other comic - aaron
[2015-01-23 10:12:19] - http://i.imgur.com/coeUe.jpg don't worry, they mean no harm. they just talk like that. ~a
[2015-01-23 09:56:52] - a: what was the subtitle? i missed it - aaron
[2015-01-22 15:48:44] - "lolol u r the bomb" haha. (looking at aaron's post in the subtitle) ~a
[2015-01-22 11:04:03] - https://github.com/jmoon018/PacVim pacvim - a game to practice/learn vim commands; it's like pacman, but you use vim shortcuts to move around and avoid ghosts - aaron
[2015-01-21 20:07:22] - mig: Yeah, I think I knew it, I just was shocked when it happened like that. I cast the Purifier and was trying to attack with the Creeper while it was resolving, and the interface was all "I can't do that". HUH? Oh, oooooooh. Whoops. Step 5: Go on to win anyway, but that's less relevant. -- Xpovos
[2015-01-21 17:00:02] - xpovos: always look at the preceding words before minion on a card effect and make sure to not if it says "enemy" or not. I've made a similar mistake with fel cannon. - mig
[2015-01-21 16:09:59] - Step 1: Play Haunted Creeper. Step 2: Play Scarlet Purifier. Step 3: Learn that the Purifier hits your creatures as well. Step 4: "That was a mistake" emote. -- Xpovos
[2015-01-21 15:42:24] - mig: I'm not saying it's an honest mistake, but I can see somebody thinking it's not a big deal even if it's technically cheating, and only realizing how big of a deal it was after the fact. -Paul
[2015-01-21 15:40:58] - mig: I'm trying to keep a level head about things. Obviously it's tough, because the Pats have the history with Spygate, and I'm no fan of the Patriots, but I'm trying to imagine if it was a team I liked. For instance, if the Packers were found to have done this... -Paul
[2015-01-21 15:18:17] - paul: yeah no doubt the NFL will be more controlling about game balls now. - mig
[2015-01-21 15:11:19] - mig: It's a tough call. Either way, I think they need to change the rule that the teams provide their own balls to play with (no joke intended). It's crazy to me that the Pats were able to basically provide the ball that they, and only they, used. -Paul
[2015-01-21 14:44:45] - I can't imagine anyone would dare try to modify a football without telling Brady, being the control freak that he is. - mig
[2015-01-21 14:43:51] - paul: you do have to consider the circumstances. The Patriots are being accused of doctoring a game ball during a playoff game, which kind of increases the seriousness of the charges. You are right, there is a possibility that Bellicheck didn't know. However, at the very least, I can't fathom that Brady didn't realize what was going on. - mig
[2015-01-21 14:35:37] - mig: I don't know if I think he should be (particularly since I imagine there would be no proof he knew of it), but it would be hard to argue that it's unprecedented (although it IS the Super Bowl). Tomlin got off because I think it was hard to prove it was intentional. -Paul
[2015-01-21 14:29:50] - I'm still annoyed that Mike Tomlin was never suspended for his getting in the way of the Jacoby Jones would-be TD return. - mig
[2015-01-21 14:21:09] - paul: if the rule breaking is confirmed, I think he should be. Honestly, I thought he should have had suspended for at least a game or 2 after the spying scandal. - mig
[2015-01-21 14:17:24] - I wouldn't put anything past Goodell. -Paul
[2015-01-21 14:17:09] - Was listening to sports radio over my lunch break, and there was an interesting thought. What if Belichick is suspended for the Super Bowl? Seems pretty crazy, but considering what Goodell did to Payton (suspending him for a year over something less serious, in a way)... -Paul
[2015-01-21 14:04:05] - Xpovos: Kind of like trans fats, huh? -Paul
[2015-01-21 13:39:00] - Of course BPA is safe. Unfortunately, BPS, which has widely been used to replace it because of the senseless scaremongering is dangerous. -- Xpovos
[2015-01-21 12:03:19] - paul: yeah the fact the site contains health information on people (even if that is not being shared), makes it a lot more egregious. - mig
[2015-01-21 11:57:55] - mig: And this would appear (and I stress the word "appear") to go beyond the normal concerns. Search habits and the like is one thing, sensitive medical info is another. -Paul
[2015-01-21 11:56:40] - http://reason.com/blog/2015/01/21/bpa-safe-yet-another-scientifically-unfo Apparently BPAs are safe after all? -Paul
[2015-01-21 11:52:29] - paul: especially since this is a practice that progressives regularly bitch about when other companies do it. - mig
[2015-01-21 10:43:09] - http://reason.com/blog/2015/01/20/obamacares-website-is-sending-sensitive Maybe there is a reasonable explanation for why healthcare.gov might be sending personal information to third party marketing companies, but if so, I wish the administration would be transparent about it. -Paul
[2015-01-21 10:28:01] - http://sports.yahoo.com/news/on-scale-of-1-10--it-s-11-for-patriots-in-deflate-gate-mess---070254658.html speaking of the patriots, if I needed any more reason to despise them ... - mig
[2015-01-20 17:37:48] - https://twitter.com/RobGronkowski/status/557394981930168320 as much as I despise the Patriots, this was really hilarious. - mig
[2015-01-20 15:35:19] - paul: if they are in the same party they will occasionally bicker at each other. some of that is amusing. - mig
[2015-01-20 15:34:06] - mig: Going into the game, I thought she would be one of my favorites since she sounded like the comic relief (all the other characters so far have been pretty boring). Now, I'm not so sure. She's already grating on me. Do she and Solas clash? -Paul
[2015-01-20 15:33:47] - She seems to be a caricature of an Occupy Wallstreet-er, if that makes any sense. - mig
[2015-01-20 15:32:02] - It does get somewhat amusing if you pair her with Solas. - mig
[2015-01-20 15:31:44] - paul: not really. it gets amusing at some points, but overall I don't think her character is very interesting. From what I can tell she's a very polarizing party member for a lot of people. You either are going to really hate her or really like her. - mig
[2015-01-20 15:26:06] - mig: Also, I just ran into Sera in DA:I yesterday... and I can't tell what they hell she's talking about 90% of the time. Does that get any better? -Paul
[2015-01-20 15:25:31] - mig: Not sure it would be funny enough when paired with the other cards... at least for non-libertarians. -Paul
[2015-01-20 15:19:05] - paul: "gay married couples protecting their marijuana plants with guns" should be put into the official game. - mig
[2015-01-20 15:15:53] - mig: Yeah, I know. But a man can dream.
I also just heard on the radio the idea that maybe Zimmermann is being shopped because he doesn't want to re-sign with the Nats after this year since they low-balled him on his initial offer. -Paul[2015-01-20 15:15:01] - also, nobody is going to trade for a 30 year old 1B with a lot of years left on his contract and an injury history. - mig
[2015-01-20 15:05:12] - paul: larouche signed with the ChiSox. - mig
[2015-01-20 15:03:17] - Xpovos: Ah, yes. I would much rather they have found a way to trade Ryan and keep Jordan.
LaRoche got signed elsewhere already, right? -Paul[2015-01-20 15:01:53] - I was looking back at the Clippard trade and saw that he was also an impending free agent. I feel a little better about the deal now (in terms of value, at least). - mig
[2015-01-20 14:04:43] - the complication with Zimmerman, though, is does he ultimately want to come back? It seems like he's intent (at the moment) to test free agency next year, and once that happens, it's far from a sure thing he'll re-sign. That's a large factor in the impetus of trading him. It's not very palatable, but better than letting him walk and get nothing. - mig
[2015-01-20 13:45:55] - I'd honestly prefer no one be traded, but as much as appealing as seeing this 5 man rotation in action next season would be, it'll make the next off season much more complicated. - mig
[2015-01-20 13:41:51] - paul: I think most would be in agreement on that, though perhaps for different reason. I'd agree with you not necessarily because I like Zimmerman more, but the Nationals could very well get an RG3-type mega-deal for Strasburg. - mig
[2015-01-20 13:41:41] - For some crazy reason I thought you guys were talking about Ryan Zimmerman, not Jordan. No. Don't trade Jordan. -- Xpovos
[2015-01-20 13:31:16] - mig: This may sound weird, but I would rather they trade Strasburg than Zimmermann. Pretty sure Zimmermann has better numbers over the past few years AND he appears to be much more "clutch", if that's a measurable thing. He also would probably cost less since he's less of a big name. -Paul
[2015-01-20 13:29:28] - This is shaping to be a BIlly Beane style of roster management coming from Mike Rizzo (not surprising they've been frequent trading partners over the last few years). I kind of like it. - mig
[2015-01-20 13:27:40] - So if they do trade him, they're going to get a king's ransom in return, most assuredly. I'd hate to see him go in that case, but I'd be ok with that. - mig
[2015-01-20 13:24:55] - a 1-year deal but arbitration in MLB is an odd thing), and would command a lot more in a trade, especially since he has more perceived upside than Zimmerman. - mig
[2015-01-20 13:23:49] - The problem with trading Zimmerman is that he only has one year left on his contract, and probably will test out free agency if he is traded, meaning the team that deals for him may only get one year of his services, which reduces what you can get for him significantly. Strasberg on the other hand, will be under contract for the next 2 years (it says he currently on
[2015-01-20 13:20:03] - http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/01/19/report-nationals-open-to-trading-stephen-strasburg/ that's interesting ... but also it may make sense. - mig
[2015-01-20 11:01:24] - mig: Yeah, I can see that. I guess since I kinda agreed that it wasn't a big deal, that didn't bother me as much. -Paul
[2015-01-20 11:00:25] - http://reason.com/blog/2015/01/20/cards-against-humanity-our-state-of-the Reason creates some CAH cards for the State of the Union speech. -Paul
[2015-01-20 10:55:19] - paul: I think what bugged me about the NDGT thing is that in the end he mostly just his sort of "well i was wrong but it totally doesn't matter" kind of attitude. The whole ordeal also struck me as really bizarre. - mig
[2015-01-20 10:49:34] - mig: I hope they keep Zimmermann. I would rather have them re-sign Zimmermann and possibly overpay him than have Scherzer. -Paul
[2015-01-20 10:26:55] - paul: it'll be interesting to see if they do move Zimmerman. It's tough to tell what they'll do moving forward. They could certainly deal him for some bats (or potentially a really good bat). It's kind of funny that while they've tied themselves into a lot of money with Scherzer, they've given themselves a bit of flexibility. - mig
[2015-01-20 09:34:12] - Thoughts on the Scherzer deal? It's hard to argue with picking up an ace pitcher like that and not having to give up anything (assuming they don't end up trading Zimmermann), but I don't like giving such a huge contract to a relatively older pitcher. -Paul
[2015-01-20 09:32:49] - mig: Eh, I never thought it was a huge deal. Yeah, he screwed up, and he definitely shouldn't have fought it as much as he did considering he was wrong, but it just goes to show how he's human and makes mistakes like anybody else. -Paul
[2015-01-20 01:33:14] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/09/27/neil-degrasse-tyson-admits-he-botched-bush-quote/ this is quite dated, but I'm curious on other's thought on this. - mig
[2015-01-16 15:59:52] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sense8 Sounds like an interesting show... -Paul
[2015-01-16 15:29:30] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/holder-ends-seized-asset-sharing-process-that-split-billions-with-local-state-police/2015/01/16/0e7ca058-99d4-11e4- For those who say I never have anything nice to say about Eric Holder... This is a big, positive step in my opinion. -Paul
[2015-01-16 13:33:03] - from one comment in the thread: "A nice gentleman named Fuck You Asshole 2 asked me" I really hope that name is a Commando reference. - mig
[2015-01-16 12:46:47] - paul: wow. I'm looking through the ama thread now: here is not how you do an AMA. - mig
[2015-01-16 12:29:31] - http://www.cato.org/blog/campaign-finance-censors-lose-debate-reddit Reddit came up with some pretty thought provoking questions for a group that was trying to overturn the Citizen's United decision. -Paul
[2015-01-16 11:53:35] - http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-packers-of-catan-green-bays-board-game-obsession-1421346102 Apparently some of the Packers players are into Settlers of Catan. -Paul
[2015-01-16 09:41:57] - In order to defend the freedom of a holocaust survivor to not make a nazi cake or (for a more neutral example) a hardcore Democrat from not making a cake for the GOP convention. -Paul
[2015-01-16 09:40:43] - Similar thing here. I find it hard to defend the right of any business to flatly refuse to do business with people based on who they are (although, it should be noted, I haven't read of any instances of that happening, just businesses who haven't wanted to work gay weddings), but I feel like you have to... -Paul
[2015-01-16 09:38:20] - So, while it's really hard to specifically defend a group like Westboro or Neo Nazis or the KKK or whatever, I think a lot of people understand that true freedom of speech involves defending the speech of even those you really disagree with where you see no value to their speech. -Paul
[2015-01-16 09:34:03] - I was thinking about this more this morning. I see this whole issue (public accommodation) as being similar to free speech in a way in that if you don't have freedom of speech for all sorts of speech, then you really don't have it at all. -Paul
[2015-01-16 09:31:37] - a: And, if we're to get even more confusing, the original case (if I remember correctly) involved a photographer who was completely fine offering her services to a gay person, but just didn't want to specifically work a gay wedding. -Paul
[2015-01-16 09:30:50] - a: I understand your logic, but it seems really strange to say, in the interests of preventing discrimination, that you are required to make a certain type of cake for a gay person but are free to not make that same cake for a straight person. -Paul
[2015-01-15 22:26:53] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9ESphZkANc&feature=youtu.be&t=42s our minds have been blown!
[2015-01-15 17:55:31] - *** Xpovos takes a bow.
[2015-01-15 17:52:33] - "image of Mohammed cake" fuck you just blew my mind. ~a
[2015-01-15 17:49:41] - a: Sexual preference or religion are the top two I can think of. I'm thinking, maybe some kind of image of Mohammed cake right now. Maybe that's OK if I know you're not a Muslim, but if you are a Muslim, I can't sell it to you, because it's offensive? It's difficult to frame a hypothetical, sorry. -- Xpovos
[2015-01-15 17:48:29] - xpovos: sorry what non-obvious protected status? ~a
[2015-01-15 17:45:58] - a; So, should I have some sort of questionnaire for my customers to fill out so I can make sure not to discriminate against them based on the non-obvious protected status too? -- Xpovos
[2015-01-15 17:43:42] - xpovos: honestly, i'm not considering the colorado law, sorry. i'm considering the civil rights act. really, if you were a straight person demanding a gay cake, i'd be ok with refusal to serve since they're not denying you for who you are. ~a
[2015-01-15 17:36:50] - Xpovos: Huh, that's an interesting way to think of it. Didn't even think of a straight person demanding a gay wedding cake. -Paul
[2015-01-15 17:35:58] - a: Fair enough, and I agree they're not perfect analogies. I think of it more in general terms, that business owners should be the ones to decide on which basis they want to or want to deny to do business with. -Paul
[2015-01-15 17:35:40] - a: You're not gay, but if you wanted a cake to celebrate a gay wedding, I'd still have to sell you one under the Colorado law. Who the purchaser are here doesn't matter. What the cake repesents (or in this case, literally says) is the matter. -- Xpovos
[2015-01-15 17:25:47] - paul: because i don't think hating gays and being gay are symmetrical? refusing service because you're a dick: legal. refusing service because you're black: illegal. ~a
[2015-01-15 17:20:49] - I do worry if he's successful, we could see a torrent of "drive-by lawsuits". Maybe it'll provide some momentum to maybe reform these silly (imo) laws, but probably not. - mig
[2015-01-15 17:17:50] - a: Why specifically do you (presumably) not support what he is doing? -Paul
[2015-01-15 17:16:58] - The cases (this and the gay wedding cake one) are just different enough that I can see a judge ruling that way. -Paul
[2015-01-15 17:16:24] - I think the most likeliest result is that this guy's lawsuit will be struck down either through hate speech type grounds or grounds that somebody's opinion isn't as protected as their sexuality. -Paul
[2015-01-15 17:14:50] - paul: "I kinda support what this guy is doing". i do not kinda support what this guy is doing. ~a
[2015-01-15 17:14:34] - Paul: I thought mine was enough of a Portal reference, I figured you were confused why I was making a Portal reference. -- Xpovos
[2015-01-15 17:13:42] - xpovos: there is no catch-22 if the cakeshop is allowed to refuse service to this idiot. ~a
[2015-01-15 17:12:53] - Xpovos: Right, I know what you were referring to, I just wanted to make a Portal reference. Sorry, didn't quite work.
-Paul[2015-01-15 17:12:28] - Jackass or no, I kinda support what this guy is doing (assuming he's actually trying to make a point about public accommodation laws and not about God's opinion on gays). The best way to show somebody the absurdity of their position in cases like this is to turn the law against something they care about. -Paul
[2015-01-15 17:11:28] - Paul: God doesn't hate gays. -- Xpovos
[2015-01-15 17:10:37] - Xpovos: Lying cake? The cake is a lie? -Paul
[2015-01-15 17:05:29] - And if they're giving this much consideration to someone who's very obviously doing this to be a jackass, I can imagine some more subtler situations that could be just as ridiculous popping up. - mig
[2015-01-15 17:03:49] - a: we'll find out I guess. Even if the authorities deem it not so, it's troubling that it even got to this point. - mig
[2015-01-15 17:01:52] - a: Hmm. I think there might be a Catch-22 here. If the public accommodation issue holds up (i.e. this idiot wins his case) but the text he wanted on the cake (which is a lie; lying cake!) is offensive enough to be considered hate speech, the baker could be in a position where she'd be breaking the law either way. We need a law to fix that. -- Xpovos
[2015-01-15 16:58:06] - anyways . . . to the point: does it matter what the text says? yes, it probably does. depending on wording of coloradoan laws, i think it's probably legal for the cakeshop to refuse this service. ~a
[2015-01-15 16:55:53] - god, my reading comprehension is really bad today. ~a
[2015-01-15 16:39:54] - a: The article makes it sound like it was much longer than simply, "God hates...". -Paul
[2015-01-15 16:38:45] - Xpovos: Reason sometimes puts some interesting photos on their articles like that. I don't think it was supposed to represent the anti-gay cake necessarily.
-Paul[2015-01-15 16:38:11] - a: It's understandable that you would think wedding cake. That's what the "opposite" issue was about. -Paul
[2015-01-15 16:37:28] - hmm. we all know what the text said. ~a
[2015-01-15 16:30:01] - a: "Unwilling to disclose to a newspaper"? "Unwilling to quote due to issues of taste"? -- Xpovos
[2015-01-15 16:22:57] - "that the baker is refusing to fully disclose" i don't think the baker is refusing to fully disclose the text. ~a
[2015-01-15 16:22:09] - ok, nm. i don't know where i got "wedding" from. ~a
[2015-01-15 16:21:42] - a: There's no reference to it being a cake for a wedding. He just wanted a cake for his anti-gay party to feed his homophobic friends. -- Xpovos
[2015-01-15 16:19:21] - cakes for weddings have text? ~a
[2015-01-15 16:16:00] - That's an odd stock photo to choose for the story. If he's filed suit, I'm guessing that the text he wanted on the cake--that the baker is refusing to fully disclose--should be made public soon. Would what the text is make any difference? -- Xpovos
[2015-01-15 16:10:23] - http://reason.com/blog/2015/01/15/man-files-religious-discrimination-compl Surprised it took this long, but somebody is suing a bakery for not baking him an anti-gay cake. -Paul
[2015-01-15 15:12:59] - mig: Seems like MLB teams tend to underrate bullpen guys (in my opinion, at least) vs everyday players. -Paul
[2015-01-15 15:11:02] - I question a bit whether the nationals got good value in return, though 2B/SS is a pressing need right now with Zimmerman shifting to 1B and Rendon going back to 3B. It's not a terrible deal, just only ok. - mig
[2015-01-15 12:15:07] - Xpovos: Frankly, the Nationals have been pretty stable compared to a lot of teams (just look at the As!). -Paul
[2015-01-15 12:14:41] - Xpovos: Yeah, I liked Clippard too, but I guess it's important to keep in mind that, as good as he was, he was just one piece of the bullpen, and those guys get traded around all the time. -Paul
[2015-01-15 12:09:49] - I'm not familiar with Yunel, but I guess getting a decent SS for an aging pitcher could be a good deal, but I liked Clippard.
-- Xpovos[2015-01-15 12:02:14] - http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/a-s-deal-again--send-yunel-escobar-to-nationals-004354787.html what a strange deal. - mig
[2015-01-15 11:05:11] - http://cheezburger.com/8426950912/funny-facebook-fails-tumblr As a King of the Hill fan, I couldn't help but chuckle at the comments. -Paul
[2015-01-15 10:33:19] - aaron: the faq made me laugh. ~a
[2015-01-14 17:08:04] - you're an evil overachiever! this reads like his stand-up. love it. ~a
[2015-01-14 14:56:15] - http://shipyourenemiesglitter.com/ "want to piss off someone you dislike for only $9.99? let us send them some stupid fucking glitter that is guaranteed to go everywhere" - aaron
[2015-01-14 13:35:19] - Daniel: I had picked Mark Warner, under the theory that Democrats sometimes pick off-the-radar candidates (Clinton, Obama) and he seemed like the type of moderate from a swing state that could be appealing as an alternative to Hilary. -Paul
[2015-01-14 12:44:39] - -Daniel
[2015-01-14 12:44:37] - Paul: Who's your idea for the Dem candidate?
[2015-01-13 10:18:28] - http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/paul-ryan-wont-run-president-2016-n284481 Well, apparently there goes my prediction for the Republican nominee that I made a long time ago. My Democratic nominee isn't looking much better considering he barely held onto his Senate seat. -Paul
[2015-01-13 10:14:20] - paul: that IS a crazy good price, holy moley - aaron
[2015-01-12 17:20:17] - Walmart has Dominion on sale for $14, which is apparently a crazy good price. -Paul
[2015-01-12 16:21:16] - paul: there are at least two hints in the game! i assume you already found the blue alien homeworld, which had some cute dialog
- aaron[2015-01-12 16:09:52] - aaron: Sounds good. I assume I'm close to the end, since I have class 3 ships now and am working on getting to the robot guru, but I don't know. Do you know if there are plans to introduce the expansions later? -Paul
[2015-01-12 15:53:30] - paul: i don't want to spoil it too much because it was one of the funniest parts of the game to me! but if you find a mission with a time traveler, it has something to do with that - aaron
[2015-01-12 15:52:16] - paul: ha ha yeah, they got pretty creative with some of the side quests. there were a few quests that i had to repeat once i learned the gimmick, and a couple others that just took me 3 or 4 tries to complete because they were very very difficult. actually, there's one which i STILL haven't completed, i got to the very last adventure card on one attempt though - aaron
[2015-01-12 15:48:33] - Aaron: I've been dominating the AI pretty well in terms of making money in the campaign, but I do sometimes struggle with the alternate goal missions (like escort ones). -Paul
[2015-01-12 15:44:36] - aaron: I've been pretty exclusively playing the campaign so far (except for one pass and play game with Gurkie), so I can only judge the AI from that context. -Paul
[2015-01-12 14:55:15] - mig: ugh there's definitely a lot of movies on that list for me. Live Free Or Die Hard would have been way better as an R-rated movie. - aaron
[2015-01-12 14:51:53] - paul: cool! i thought they did a really good job with the AI too, i still struggle even against the medium difficulty AI, particularly with class III ships. it's not too unfairly fast though, and sometimes it's fun just to build really fast and mess the AI up - aaron
[2015-01-12 11:34:53] - I hesitated for quite a while as to what first name to use for Magneto there... I initially wrote Magnus. Then remembered it was Erik in the movie, which lead down an interesting rabbit hole about Magneto's actual name. Heh. -- Xpovos
[2015-01-12 11:31:11] - Another example: X-Men First Class. Xavier and Erik are looking for mutants, and they find out about Wolverine, so Hugh Jackman has a perfect cameo. -- Xpovos
[2015-01-12 11:30:17] - IIRC it's still that way. You get one "Fuck" before it goes to R. Sometimes the movies play to that cleverly. Examples I remember: 6th Day. Arnold tells the bad guy to "go fuck yourself"; later the bad guy is in a compromising position with a clone of himself, and Arnold throws back to the line, but says "screw" instead of "fuck". -- Xpovos
[2015-01-12 10:38:06] - I even used to keep a list of movies I thought were ruined in the attempts to make them "not R" - mig
[2015-01-12 10:31:34] - It still irks me how prudish the ratings people are to language these days. Wanton violence isn't harmful to 13 year olds, but an utterance of "fuck" is somehow? - mig
[2015-01-12 10:30:02] - aaron: I recall back in the 80s and 90s the ratings system allotted a certain amount of profanity before it got labelled "R", or even PG-13. I still recall at the beginning of Goonies where Chunk just yells out "SHIT!", and that was rated PG. - mig
[2015-01-12 09:44:47] - aaron: Bought and played Galaxy Trucker on my Nexus during my vacation and loved it. Well worth the $3. Campaign is pretty fun so far. Hopefully the release some of the expansions soon. -Paul
[2015-01-12 08:58:35] - whoa! they said "fuck" in billy madison, and it's PG-13. i knew both of those facts, but i never knew thought about them at the same time - aaron
[2015-01-12 08:51:24] - a: i think it's actually *assumed* that the opponent knows your strategy, which is why the optimal strategy isn't something like "raise with AT offsuit", it's "raise with AT offsuit 71% of the time"... the optimal strategy needs to be unpredictable, so their opponent can't determine their cards - aaron
[2015-01-09 18:41:21] - aaron: ah interesting. i assume it doesn't matter if your opponent knows your strategy. ~a
[2015-01-09 17:43:50] - http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/john-mcdonald-%E2%80%94-who-was-once-traded-for-himself-%E2%80%94-retires-025408489.html and you thought NBA trade deals were weird... - mig
[2015-01-09 16:16:33] - so, poker is "weakly solved" because we know, "if we get a 9/10 suited, and we play this way, we'll win 77% of the time, which is the most we could hope for against a smart opponent." if our opponent plays stupidly, we might be able to win 90% of the time, but our "weak solution" strategy doesn't account for that - aaron
[2015-01-09 16:12:54] - a: for example, it's possible that if our opponent moves their middle checker first, that we could win 100% of the time, but we don't realize that -- our "weak solution" strategy will still arrive at a draw. "strongly solved" means we know the optimum outcome from every position, and can always make the best move - aaron
[2015-01-09 16:11:31] - a: weakly solved -- for example, checkers is "weakly solved" because we know it ends in a draw, and we've formulated a strategy where no matter what, we'll achieve a draw. but, if our opponent makes a mistake, we might not know the best strategy to capitalize on that mistake - aaron
[2015-01-09 14:23:57] - aaron: wtf, first to act will never check? ~a
[2015-01-09 14:23:06] - red for for fold, blue for call, and green for raise. omg that graph is so cool. ~a
[2015-01-09 14:20:22] - weakly solved. i wonder what that means. does their strategy take into account stack size? does their strategy take into account when the "game" will end? (i'm still reading the article) ~a
[2015-01-09 12:49:50] - https://pdf.yt/d/qv-O9AwQuV1Kjb04 heads up limit hold'em poker is solved. interestingly, the optimal strategy almost never calls as the first action, and almost never "caps" pre-flop (making the final allowed raise) even with pocket aces - aaron
[2015-01-09 10:23:11] - The DOUBLE dose of Noxious RNG was very nice. The Deathwing bit was also very solid. But you're right, upon review it's probably just an average episode. I wonder why I thought it was so excellent yesterday? Of course, now I feel like I'm getting down on him unnecessarily. Still funny shit. -- Xpovos
[2015-01-09 10:18:29] - xpovos: the episode that focused on unstable portal was pretty good (81 i think). 80 had a really funny bonus clip. - mig
[2015-01-09 10:16:57] - mig: Yeah, 82. I dunno, if it was anything specific, generally they're funny, but maybe there's a clip that isn't as good? This one was very good all the way through. I'll rewatch and see if anything jumps. -- Xpovos
[2015-01-09 09:44:33] - Though it's been a long time since I've seen TB featured semi-regularly on there. - mig
[2015-01-09 09:43:48] - xpovos: any reason (you are talking about ep 82, right?) I thought some of the previous ones were a little better. - mig
[2015-01-08 17:46:22] - Trolden is really good this week, IMO. -- Xpovos
[2015-01-07 18:06:18] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2014/12/11/the-full-demise-of-rolling-stones-rape-story/ if you're too lazy to google. - mig
[2015-01-07 18:02:05] - a: you can google uva+rolling stone and see just how thoroughly discredited the reported account of the incident in question (WaPo itself has more than a few articles on the topic). There's a somewhat universal agreement that perhaps something terrible did happen to "Jackie" but the account that was given in the rolling stone was fabricated or inaccurate. - mig
[2015-01-07 17:46:01] - mig: i'm generally against rules that limit underage drinking, but i'm not sure why you think it's clear the unnamed fraternity wasn't the site of a rape. is there another article that says this? ~a
[2015-01-07 17:31:10] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/uva-has-new-frat-sorority-rules-after-alleged-rape-story/2015/01/07/7bcd0686-9644-11e4-8385-866293322c2f_story.html not that i'm a big fan of frats, but it seems pretty shitty they have to accept some pretty asinine rules just to operate again even though it's pretty clear they weren't invovled in that whole rape story - mig
[2015-01-07 10:29:32] - aren't you a java programmer?
anyways, clion is intellij except a c++ ide and it's been working really well for me. here's one thing i don't like about intellij, their version of control-1 isn't as awesome. . . . i don't have super strong feelings about it. eclipse is about as good as intellij. ~a[2015-01-07 09:51:23] - a: i hear about it a lot from java programmers, it seems like one of those "vi vs emacs" things. i've never used it personally but there's enough i hate about eclipse that i wouldn't be averse to experimenting with it - aaron
[2015-01-06 13:51:49] - a: I know some people here use it but I haven't used it. -Daniel
[2015-01-06 13:31:37] - aaron/daniel/mig: have you guys use intellij (aka clion aka jetbrains)? i think i might like it better than eclipse, but it's hard to rewire my brain to use a non-eclipse tool. (also you have to be ok with it not being OSD open source, and not free for some instances) ~a
[2015-01-06 13:11:09] - daniel: i was reading somewhere (probably reddit or facebook) that the w&od gets plowed when it snows. this upsets some people . . . though it probably helps WAY more people than it hurts. ~a
[2015-01-06 13:05:03] - http://i.imgur.com/7yCX6dc.jpg the SHAs of iran (sorry) - aaron
[2015-01-06 12:37:34] - two layers of 'total control'-ception and then they used it to broadcast twitch chat through to an unmodified SNES, and they did this all by doing nothing but pressing buttons and directions on a controller really fast. and then of course they relayed the result back to twitch
- aaron[2015-01-06 12:35:30] - http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/01/pokemon-plays-twitch-how-a-robot-got-irc-running-on-an-unmodified-snes/2/ did any of you guys catch the whole "Pokemon Plays Twitch" TASBot thing at AGDQ 2015? they used a glitch in pokemon to take 'total control' of the game boy, and then a glitch in the super game boy to take 'total control' of the SNES... - aaron
[2015-01-06 12:31:37] - aaron: What are the odds? So crazy. -Daniel
[2015-01-06 10:38:43] - ahhaha one of my coworkers saw the same thing, that's crazy. i wonder if it was the same team - aaron
[2015-01-06 09:44:05] - I saw a dog sled with a team of huskies on the O&D trail this morning on the way to work. WHAT@! -Daniel
[2015-01-05 11:30:01] - a: Yeah its more the part where people will just avoid the situation (their 401k) if there are to many options thats the main concern for me. I don't like people making poor decisions in their 401k but often even a poor decision is better than avoiding the whole thing. -Daniel
[2015-01-02 17:51:19] - yes, this is correct. as somebody currently creating a list of funds, daniel suggested i keep the number of options from getting too high. i think it's to avoid dumb decisions? i think it's that you're informed though, that you want more choices. personally i don't care about the number of funds so much as which funds specifically. ~a
[2015-01-02 17:02:48] - a: Limited options to choose from. If I want to invest my retirement funds in overseas markets, I appear to only have the ability to choose from 3 different actively managed funds. My understanding is that I would have a lot more options through a traditional IRA. -Paul
[2015-01-02 16:55:42] - SBUX looks good, I'm liking AMZN. Fuhu is readying for an IPO and that looks like a good one to jump on, though I know that's more tech. I believe in Bezos, so I might also go for GHCO. -- Xpovos
[2015-01-02 16:38:05] - paul: "I so wish I had that decision back" what's wrong with your new job's 401k? ~a
[2015-01-02 16:34:33] - xpovos: np. any ideas for non-tech corporations that will go up in the future? i have a few bux in SBUX. ~a
[2015-01-02 16:02:22] - a: I could've, probably, but not anymore. -Paul
[2015-01-02 15:49:52] - a: Sorry if this is late. I'm completely out of the individual market. All of my investment is now in my retirement accounts, the 'cash' accounts got liquidated to cover expenses.
-- Xpovos[2015-01-02 15:46:57] - a: As long as you have a certain amount you can leave your money in an old 401k. I'm not sure what that amount is off the top of my head though, maybe like 5 grand or something? -Daniel
[2015-01-02 15:29:02] - "convoluted setup where our retirement accounts are attached to our employment like this" haha, imagine how bad it was back when people had pensions. not only was your retirement account tied to your employment, when you leave your company you 'lost' out on pension money. . . . anyways, you can continue to use your old employers 401k account, right? ~a
[2015-01-02 14:54:47] - Daniel: Interesting. I'll have to take a look at that. Thanks. Just wish we didn't have this convoluted setup where our retirement accounts are attached to our employment like this. -Paul
[2015-01-02 14:50:18] - Paul: Vanguard doesn't list that question and answer on their website but you could call or online chat with someone from them and ask if they do that as well. -Daniel
[2015-01-02 14:48:03] - Paul: Might be hope? https://www.fidelity.com/retirement-ira/rollover-faq control f for "I'm still working" -Daniel
[2015-01-02 14:43:52] - Daniel: My biggest mistake was when I changed jobs, I rolled my previous 401(k) over to my new job's 401(k) instead of rolling it over to a traditional IRA. I so wish I had that decision back. -Paul
[2015-01-02 14:43:04] - Daniel: And my International Funds section looks completely different. -Paul
[2015-01-02 14:42:12] - Daniel: It looks similar, but not exactly the same. For instance, I am seeing less options available for Large US Equity on my plan, but more for Small/Mid US Equity. -Paul
[2015-01-02 14:39:15] - Daniel: Sorry, you're right. I meant "actively". -Paul
[2015-01-02 14:38:02] - Paul: Are all your options from your 401k from here? https://www.principalfunds.com/investor/funds/portfolios.htm -Daniel
[2015-01-02 14:36:52] - paul: omg, wow. are you following the principle? (sorry, i just finished watching the last episode of big love . . . the principle) ~a
[2015-01-02 14:35:54] - Paul: Also I'm not familiar with "The Principal" so I'm not sure what they do and don't have. -Daniel
[2015-01-02 14:35:20] - Paul: actively* managed funds. pretty sure thats what you mean. Sorry not trying to be pedantic but actively is the key word that differentiates them from index funds. -Daniel
[2015-01-02 14:34:17] - Daniel: And they do appear to be managed funds, since their expenses are all over 1%. -Paul
[2015-01-02 14:33:05] - Daniel: Our plan is through The Principal, and as far as I can tell, there are only three funds listed under "International Equity". -Paul
[2015-01-02 14:24:53] - Paul: No idea who runs your 401k but there are definitely index funds for non US Stocks. (eg FSIIX and VGTSX). -Daniel
[2015-01-02 14:24:01] - Daniel: Honestly, my 401(k) could probably use a review, since I haven't really checked it's progress in a while. I figure I'll review things in a few months when I'll (hopefully) be upping my contribution. -Paul
[2015-01-02 14:23:05] - Daniel: The non-index funds are all funds specializing in foreign and/or developing markets, where I don't think I could find corresponding index funds. I figured the diversification factor outweighed the fees, but I could certainly be wrong. -Paul
[2015-01-02 14:22:03] - Daniel: I'm not sure of Gurkie's, other than to say that she doesn't actively manage her own retirement funds. For the 75% of mine... it looks like about half are in index funds and the other half are in non-index (and presumably managed) funds. -paul
[2015-01-02 14:21:00] - np, daniel. (for the other peeps, daniel and i talked about this LOTS more out-of-band) ~a
[2015-01-02 14:00:31] - a: Sorry that wasn't meant to come off as harsh! More just slang (and probably my bias against non index funds). I was also thinking in my head of things to try and say to an HR department not to you for your stuff in my head. Fidelity has Spartan Index funds that aren't the best but are reasonable and what my company added to our 401k. -Daniel
[2015-01-02 13:56:48] -
i think i'm meeting my fiduciary responsibility, dude. on the other hand, i look at shit like this(FAIGX=my fund,^GSPC=S&P500) and i think, something HAS to change. ~a[2015-01-02 13:53:35] - Paul: Did you mean actively managed funds when you were referring to your 75% and gurkie's 100% of retirement savings? -Daniel
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