Homebound Dev

@CommonEnemySSBM Right now, the ABS call takes too long for every call. And we still need live umps for swing/tips, so might as well have the humans still do it. Plus, if it’s a 7 run game in the 7th, the human ump can stretch the zone so we can all go home still.

I was telling a friend who doesn't watch much baseball about how much I enjoyed the ABS system and he asked me "well, then why not just go full automated strike zone" and I really didn't have a super compelling answer beyond "the vibes would be off"

@mdotbrown (Old Bill S idea) - Take seeds 7-worst & play a March Madness single elimination tourney for the final four playoff spots. And give them picks 1-4. Now, you have to win to get the top picks. Only allow 1-4 protection, so you can’t lose to keep a pick.

@mdotbrown NBA has a couple levers: replays go to Secaucus and have a 30s time limit. Redefine the gather step to make this basketball. Move the 3pt line out + no corner 3. Make more offense initiated contact a no-call. Allow light hand checking again.

MLB improvements over past few years have shown how tough a spot NBA is in. They don’t have a simple strike zone to officiate. They already sped the game up too fast. Their stats and records aren’t as revered. They have half as many games and people still say the seasons too long

@walkeri141 Because they didn’t need to cross, their players back towards the baseline were open. It’s situational and completely against everything you coach for an inbounds, but the backwards pass would have won them the game or worst case, the foul would have been exceptionally late.

From a rules perspective you can't even explain how baffling Duke's decision to throw the ball away was... 1.) Shot Clock off 2.) Exactly 10 Seconds left - a 10 second violation is meaningless 3.) 5 Seconds doesn't apply in the BC ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS HOLD THE BALL

@StephenFleming The blocker is the cost of the security staff b/c you really have to keep the throughput high to cover the cost.

@StephenFleming Massport, which operates Boston Logan, has been kicking around moving security out to their suburban Logan Express bus stations. Check-in/TSA in Braintree/Danvers, dropped off airside @ Logan.

There may be a new business model lurking here. Imagine an FAA-supervised “remote terminal” in Alpharetta, Georgia. Park for free, check your bag, go through security, and you’re in the TSA-controlled system. A bus takes you to Hartsfield-Jackson. You pay… I dunno. Eighty bucks round trip?

@MassJumbo And it’s always like 2 blocks from an existing subway line. It just is not needed (& merges with the Metro North in the South Bronx anyway).

How is there an entire mainline railway running down the West side of Manhattan to Penn Station that is only used for Amtrak

@WatsonLadd @uckema There isn’t another hospital for 40 miles in every direction, so probably?

@ClearAudacity @uckema Do we need a hospital there?

The problem is the Midwest has cities ! If you want to be a Midwest doctor Chicago, hell Minneapolis, Columbus, Kansas City are places that exist. It's the rural "nothing here but a steel nill or Honda factory" places that struggle like where Cummins is because Indianapolis

@jimiuorio @NCAA @MarchMadnessMBB And the WCC schools don’t exactly love playing on Sundays either.

@jimiuorio @NCAA @MarchMadnessMBB BYU, The Masters, and Easter.

Dear @NCAA @MarchMadnessMBB, huge self inflicted economic wound is having the final four on Saturday and Monday. Having games at 5:00 and 8:00 on Friday and then the championship at 4:00 on Sunday would exponentially increase buzz and eyeballs..

@uckema Medicine is probably the least geographically concentrated elite profession. There are “destination” sites in probably at least 40 cities. Not true w/ tech or finance.

@uckema Cleveland has some of the best hospitals in the country and no issue filling their residencies/attendings. Neither does the Mayo Clinic in moderately rural Minnesota. A hospital in Galliapolis, OH (2+ hrs to Columbus) has issues.

@tolstoybb Right Now, I bet it’s faster for anyone north of center city Philly to drive to Allentown, clear TSA there, take that bus to PHL & dropped off secure. It’s cheaper parking, airline is responsible for the connection, shorter TSA lines.

imagine going through TSA for a bus ride lmao

@McFranchisee Amato’s in Maine. Their basic Portland-style Italian is very good. Swenson’s in Cleveland-Akron-Columbus, Galley Boy, 2 patties, 2 sauces, 1 olive and it’s a classic drive-up style and phosphate sodas (plus LeBron loves them).

I usually try regional QSRs that are only available in that particular area: Braum’s, Jack’s, Cook Out, INO, Runza, Culver’s, Del Taco, Milo’s, etc Any that I missed & need to try?

@Watchman_motto I live in the Cleveland area, these still appear on the market in the older neighborhoods.

Every American has been here at some point in their life. You might call it “outdated” you might wince at the wood paneling, but ask yourself, is it really that bad after all?

@nathenmikeuxl Move the 3 pt line out and get rid of the corner 3. Instantly that will remove 50% of the close outs causing the issues. D 3 secs only thing preventing all shots from being 3s. And allow handchecking and no call more contact created by the offensive player.

The NBA could reduce the frenetic pace that’s causing so many injuries if they threw defenses a bone or two with some rule changes. They should remove the defensive three-second rule

@HbdNrx Non-EZPass states w/ pay by plate and rental cars is a scam that needs to be fixed. $4 in tolls in Puerto Rico turned into $100 charge. Tried to pay cash in the cash lane, but it still “auto read” the pay by plate.

One negative development over the last 20 years or so that I haven't seen much talk about: You basically can't use toll roads anymore if you're not a local. Since the demise of toll booths, you have 2 options: get a pass and usually pay reasonable tolls, or go once and pay $$$$.

@SimardPete @polypocketknife In addition, you tend to be able to park closer to your intended destination at the outdoor ones, which is good for restaurants & foot traffic. Second, you can use the upper floors for housing or offices which create a base level of utilization.

Maintaining a giant enclosed structure with HVAC and lighting for all that common space is brutally expensive, and tenants eat every dollar of it. outdoor centers push that cost onto the weather. people don't mind walking outside if it means stores can actually afford to stay open.

why are malls like this always struggling (or surviving by pivoting to be exclusively for rich people) but outdoor shopping centers seem to be doing fine?

@ShaambaBaashdi @lymanstoneky Kinda of where I was going with milestones. It leads, universally at different rates, to some very specific junctures where it would be justifiable to most to take the off ramp. Ceasing to be able to swallow, breathe independently, etc.

@ClearAudacity @lymanstoneky ALS is what I was thinking, though I think it might not be the least controversial, since one can be in the very early stages. That said, I'm not sure how much pressure there actually might be for euthanasia so early. I know I'd do it if I had ALS.

The lowest-controversy use case for euthanasia is "Death is certain in the next few weeks, options exhausted, spare the person weeks of grueling agony." This requires euthanasia programs to process all paperwork, requests, and safeguarding strategies within hours or days of application. If euthanasia is rare, this may be possible. In practice, when bureaucracies have effectively 3-5 day turnaround times and growing demand, implementing safeguards of any kind is effectively impossible. There is an intrinsic incompatibility between "euthanasia only for the clear cases" and "good safeguards for abuses," because the clear cases are operating on an extremely compressed timeline. In the long run, it simply cannot be done.

@chriswithans But the pace of play rule changes were very necessary b/c no one wants 4 hours of background noise (looking at you 2000-2022 Yankees/Red Sox games). Only wish they could encourage a little more base stealing & a little less 3 true outcomes…

Turns out the slower overall pace and frequency of games is a big plus for baseball. That's because people really like having live background video in their homes while they use the Internet or do whatever else. I'm very serious about this. Baseball is one of the best forms of background "noise" for modern life. 2 hours, 15 minutes, with lots of breaks. And you can always tell when there's action because of the crowd noise. It's 162 games a year over 6 months + playoffs and spring training.