Basketball is more fun when there’s less homogeny

Exactly so.

A fun activity is to go back and find the times Bill Simmons said that Elfrid Payton could be the next Jason Kidd.

AI in general is the biggest, most obvious shortcoming with Skyrim. I’ve often felt it was such a shame that such a huge and beautiful world always feels so empty and lifeless thanks to the limits of programming for creating realistic characters.

You’d think Pau would start, yeah?

Are there any arguments in sports that you don’t think are fully divided between complete idiots and the people who are completely correct? It bums me out so much that every argument in basketball plays out this way online - there’s no legitimate disagreements, just idiots on one hand and the enlightened on another.…

yassssss

Aside from a wince-inducing sex scene, Munich is Spielberg’s best attempt at straightforward drama, in my opinion. Really underrated.

Recent research suggests that public pensions are not nearly in as bad shape as conservatives argue: http://theweek.com/articles/682082/public-pensions-are-better-shape-than-think

Gawker really is dead, Rich. You can’t resurrect it by trying to ape the style of its worst years. Move on.

they killed my beloved Rock Cats for this shit :(

You’re aware that data and analytics were used to create racist programs like Stop and Frisk, right? Data and analytics are not inherently good and in fact are frequently used for evil.

Little bummed out to see people saying that data and analytics are the key to social justice. Data and analytics are value neutral; what matters is how they’re used and by whom. Data and analytics were behind the police “reforms” in New York City that led to stop and frisk. People need to be more careful, I think.

Mathematically, third party voters helped Clinton, not hurt her. Check the numbers.

Every little bit, Nasser explained, counts.

All the Mike Williamseseses.

I’m perpetually charmed that you think the bland conventionality of your tastes and aesthetic is somehow edgy

what if it doesn’t work out and they decide they’d rather have Boogie, that’s the really juicy question

It’s interesting because Chris Rock said almost exactly the same thing about playing college campuses but doesn’t get the pushback. I think maybe it’s just a generational thing with comics.

The basic dynamic of American politics right now is that the progressive side controls the mechanisms of discourse, culture, and education - the media is dominantly made up of (cultural and social, at least, though often not economic) progressives, academia is famously left-wing (though the elite institutions…