Mike Juntunen
@junts.bsky.social
A dude who watches some baseball and plays some video games and used to work in the Democratic party. Now a software developer.
Thaco isn't actually complex, it's just needlessly confusing in going down because lower AC is better and that causes a bunch of weird math. If you just inverted the whole chart and made it start at 1/0 and go up, and base AC start at -10 and go up, it wouldn't confuse people
January 30, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Thaco isn't actually complex, it's just needlessly confusing in going down because lower AC is better and that causes a bunch of weird math. If you just inverted the whole chart and made it start at 1/0 and go up, and base AC start at -10 and go up, it wouldn't confuse people
I suspect that there's no real danger, I have seen a few other people post screenshots of reports on him returning with no policy violation
I didn't get one yet, though
(when I reported I just saw the username, didn't know about the swatting or anything)
I didn't get one yet, though
(when I reported I just saw the username, didn't know about the swatting or anything)
December 26, 2023 at 9:50 PM
I suspect that there's no real danger, I have seen a few other people post screenshots of reports on him returning with no policy violation
I didn't get one yet, though
(when I reported I just saw the username, didn't know about the swatting or anything)
I didn't get one yet, though
(when I reported I just saw the username, didn't know about the swatting or anything)
Yeah, I reported him over there when I saw it, it'll be a test of whether Twitter will ban anyone at all at this point
December 26, 2023 at 4:05 AM
Yeah, I reported him over there when I saw it, it'll be a test of whether Twitter will ban anyone at all at this point
Maybe you don't remember, but it isn't just the people who distributed or uploaded files they went after, it was *anyone who downloaded one because they all infringed*
December 1, 2023 at 11:18 PM
Maybe you don't remember, but it isn't just the people who distributed or uploaded files they went after, it was *anyone who downloaded one because they all infringed*
Yes, you have made a digital copy and it is infringement. Hello, napster?
December 1, 2023 at 11:18 PM
Yes, you have made a digital copy and it is infringement. Hello, napster?
(when infringers sell copies then it can apply, since we're now dealing with people demonstrably willing to pay for the product, albeit usually less)
November 12, 2023 at 1:11 PM
(when infringers sell copies then it can apply, since we're now dealing with people demonstrably willing to pay for the product, albeit usually less)
There was lots of "this was DL'd 100,000 times therefore it cost them 100,000 copies of the single" rhetoric which is understandable but also wildly unrealistic
November 12, 2023 at 1:10 PM
There was lots of "this was DL'd 100,000 times therefore it cost them 100,000 copies of the single" rhetoric which is understandable but also wildly unrealistic
Big part of this is IP plaintiffs lawyers treating all infringement like it deprived the holder of the revenue for that many copies, as if every person who downloaded something off napster for free wanted it so bad they'd have paid for it if they couldn't do that (but many wouldn't have)
November 12, 2023 at 1:09 PM
Big part of this is IP plaintiffs lawyers treating all infringement like it deprived the holder of the revenue for that many copies, as if every person who downloaded something off napster for free wanted it so bad they'd have paid for it if they couldn't do that (but many wouldn't have)
Biden's age is a problem in some regards - its hard not to imagine him slowing down by the end of another term - but in a heap of ways it has been an enormous asset to him, from NATO/RUS/UA to his ability to talk about loss with such decency to so many.
November 9, 2023 at 5:21 PM
Biden's age is a problem in some regards - its hard not to imagine him slowing down by the end of another term - but in a heap of ways it has been an enormous asset to him, from NATO/RUS/UA to his ability to talk about loss with such decency to so many.
From his basic decency in contrast to Trump's to, indeed, his cold-war era understanding of NATO and US/RUS relations when that institutional memory is almost entirely gone from our government, he was just absolutely the right person for this exact moment.
November 9, 2023 at 5:19 PM
From his basic decency in contrast to Trump's to, indeed, his cold-war era understanding of NATO and US/RUS relations when that institutional memory is almost entirely gone from our government, he was just absolutely the right person for this exact moment.
I didn't support Biden in the primary and I don't love all the tactical decisions they have made, but I have found myself repeatedly thinking that he was basically the perfect candidate for this exact historical moment.
November 9, 2023 at 5:18 PM
I didn't support Biden in the primary and I don't love all the tactical decisions they have made, but I have found myself repeatedly thinking that he was basically the perfect candidate for this exact historical moment.
Amazingly, Renfroe still had -0.38 WPA in his time with the Reds!
September 19, 2023 at 10:40 PM
Amazingly, Renfroe still had -0.38 WPA in his time with the Reds!
It's not a scene I follow closely but my impression is that their oversight is fairly limited but the worst stuff gets booted and ends up on clones like SubscribeStar where you can do basically anything
September 19, 2023 at 5:46 AM
It's not a scene I follow closely but my impression is that their oversight is fairly limited but the worst stuff gets booted and ends up on clones like SubscribeStar where you can do basically anything
I've seen it used for that. Mostly for writers and games. People making actual porn have Onlyfans. I imagine GC at game companies has seen more of that than I
September 18, 2023 at 10:25 PM
I've seen it used for that. Mostly for writers and games. People making actual porn have Onlyfans. I imagine GC at game companies has seen more of that than I
Some people do it like kickstarter where it supports ongoing work for future release and the perks are early access or sneak peaks to parts of the project. Those aren't the majority - mostly its a clearinghouse for recurring monthly subscriptions to something that is optional to pay for
September 18, 2023 at 8:04 PM
Some people do it like kickstarter where it supports ongoing work for future release and the perks are early access or sneak peaks to parts of the project. Those aren't the majority - mostly its a clearinghouse for recurring monthly subscriptions to something that is optional to pay for
(its still going, I just dont listen to podcasts anymore, and it's still patron-supported). The patrons give willingly and get various small benefits like "We will respond to your emailed questions, we promise", and they make creating the podcast affordable so everyone gets it.
September 18, 2023 at 8:03 PM
(its still going, I just dont listen to podcasts anymore, and it's still patron-supported). The patrons give willingly and get various small benefits like "We will respond to your emailed questions, we promise", and they make creating the podcast affordable so everyone gets it.
Patreon is better thought of as a medium to offer a subscription service with tiers of reward for a product, sometimes future (ala Kickstarter) but more frequently ongoing (think podcasts).
For example for years I listened to a baseball podcast that was free but patron-supported.
For example for years I listened to a baseball podcast that was free but patron-supported.
September 18, 2023 at 8:02 PM
Patreon is better thought of as a medium to offer a subscription service with tiers of reward for a product, sometimes future (ala Kickstarter) but more frequently ongoing (think podcasts).
For example for years I listened to a baseball podcast that was free but patron-supported.
For example for years I listened to a baseball podcast that was free but patron-supported.
In other administrations, sometimes people like that get a pass for 'following orders', but those guys had enormous control over what orders they received, and so they are more responsible than your average cabinet member (contrast this with Trump's border policies, for instance)
September 2, 2023 at 4:47 PM
In other administrations, sometimes people like that get a pass for 'following orders', but those guys had enormous control over what orders they received, and so they are more responsible than your average cabinet member (contrast this with Trump's border policies, for instance)
It just means we should also find more culpability in the people who presented him with advice (sometimes one-sided, biased advice) and then implemented those policies with minimal oversight - people like Cheney and Rumsfeld.
September 2, 2023 at 4:46 PM
It just means we should also find more culpability in the people who presented him with advice (sometimes one-sided, biased advice) and then implemented those policies with minimal oversight - people like Cheney and Rumsfeld.
I dont think that Bush was 'too dumb', but I think we should understand why Republicans chose him and the model they used in his Presidency, which was this very removed, high-level executive who delegated enormous power
And that doesn't absolve Bush!
And that doesn't absolve Bush!
September 2, 2023 at 4:46 PM
I dont think that Bush was 'too dumb', but I think we should understand why Republicans chose him and the model they used in his Presidency, which was this very removed, high-level executive who delegated enormous power
And that doesn't absolve Bush!
And that doesn't absolve Bush!
This seems kind of dumb but it's sure not dumber than standing argument of 'aesthetic injury' from abortion
September 2, 2023 at 9:02 AM
This seems kind of dumb but it's sure not dumber than standing argument of 'aesthetic injury' from abortion
That shouldnt necessarily absolve Bush, but we should find more culpability in the Cheneys and Rumsfelds and other folks around him than we do in other presidencies specifically because they chose Bush in part because he was not capable of managing them in any significant way
September 2, 2023 at 9:02 AM
That shouldnt necessarily absolve Bush, but we should find more culpability in the Cheneys and Rumsfelds and other folks around him than we do in other presidencies specifically because they chose Bush in part because he was not capable of managing them in any significant way
Fundamentally I think Bush is a well-meaning person who was in a role for which he was wildly unsuited, surrounded by a carefully chosen (mostly by others) crop of idealogue advisors, and more or less approved anything they asked him to.
September 2, 2023 at 9:00 AM
Fundamentally I think Bush is a well-meaning person who was in a role for which he was wildly unsuited, surrounded by a carefully chosen (mostly by others) crop of idealogue advisors, and more or less approved anything they asked him to.
The GW Bush Presidency is the one that went about as far as possible from Truman-esque "The Buck Stops Here" decisionmaking that you possibly could - and consequently a higher proportion than normal of blame lies with the powerful figures around him who guided his decisions and implemented them
September 2, 2023 at 8:59 AM
The GW Bush Presidency is the one that went about as far as possible from Truman-esque "The Buck Stops Here" decisionmaking that you possibly could - and consequently a higher proportion than normal of blame lies with the powerful figures around him who guided his decisions and implemented them
Bush's presidency is in many ways an unmitigated disaster, but it was my thought at the time and remains so that Bush himself is only partly responsible for it: Republicans of that day wanted a figurehead president, and they got themselves one.
September 2, 2023 at 8:57 AM
Bush's presidency is in many ways an unmitigated disaster, but it was my thought at the time and remains so that Bush himself is only partly responsible for it: Republicans of that day wanted a figurehead president, and they got themselves one.