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9 minutes ago, Crusader1969 said:
how long till Threads takes over? I kinda like it better but not enough hockey posts as of yet
Meh, not sure. From what I heard (and I haven't been following it), Threads has seen some fall-off already. Reminds me of Google Plus, everyone was excited for it but not enough people really went with it and we all fell back to Facebook. I logged out of my Twitter account when Musk took over and I'm never going back, lol.
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2 hours ago, Doohickie said:
NPC?
Non-player character, although I don't entirely understand the reference (unless it's "the general public is getting uglier"). In which case, he needs to leave the Erie County Fair and it'll go back to normal.
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8 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
So you're theory is that Boosh will be suddenly better for the exact 3 months a team needs him?
My theory is that if I'm Boosh, that's the better gamble for my career. It's unlikely he'll see a good contract playing in and out of the Sabres line-up for this season. It's also unlikely that the Sabres trade him at the deadline if they're in playoff contention unless he's literally not played at all or has to move out to make room, and then it's not going to be a contender on the other end of that trade. If I'm him, I ask for a trade because that gives me a chance to play more this season, maybe get traded to a playoff team, and maybe play well enough to earn a good contract for 2024-2025 and beyond. Whether Boosh make all this happen is questionable, but he's looking out for his career by setting himself up with a chance.
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On 8/17/2023 at 3:34 PM, Weave said:
Speaking of twitter…
https://x.com/jayzawaski/status/1692212771117576605?s=46&t=p3ru85CQsNxLZ4fOTNRLJQ
oh man. Does twitter no longer embed?
I'm guessing x.com links don't, but twitter.com does. I'd guess the board software will fix that in some update.
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13 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
He doesn't play reasonably well.
For a season, I agree. Make a push for 2-3 months from the trade deadline to the end of the playoffs? I think he has it in him. All he has to do is hit people and stay healthy for fans (and a few GMs) to love him.
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12 minutes ago, JohnC said:
Lyubushkin will not garner a fat contract even if he plays well for whichever team he is on. He can be a solid lower pairing player. That is the echelon of player he is and that is the echelon of middling contract that he will garner. I'm not a Boosh basher. By all accounts he is a good team guy. However, he's a veteran play who has demonstrated the caliber of player he is.
I think you overestimate what GMs will pay a guy who plays reasonably well and lays out a few hits in the playoffs. 🙂
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Play aside, if I'm Boosh I probably ask out. In the last year of my contract, I don't want to be riding the bench hoping for someone above me to fail in some way. I'll play every game I'm able for the Ducks, who, if I play well, will likely trade to a contender where again, if I play well, I might get a fat contract based on playoff performance. Maybe that works on the Sabres, but it's steeper hill to climb and there's no guarantee I'll be put into situations in the season and playoffs that will showcase my abilities.
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Hey, we're on page page 716! No complaint there.
Complaint: might be moving back to Buffalo, I really don't want to deal with the family obligations of that though. It's nice being far enough away that people don't bother you for stuff. (Yes, I'm kinda selfish)
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5 minutes ago, Eleven said:
This showed up in my email and I thought some of you might be interested:
The Bisons are home through Sunday with some of the Summer’s biggest events, highlighted by Saturday’s Hockey Night at the Ballpark in collaboration with the Buffalo Sabres. Legendary winger Danny Gare has the ceremonial first pitch and greats Marty Biron & Rhett Warrener will be part of a pregame Autograph Session. There will be a Hockey Night Jersey Raffle of the game-worn & signed Bisons player jerseys, Sabres Giveaways Every Inning, and of course an appearance by Sabretooth!
This weekend also includes a Honda fridaynightbash!® with Fireworks that is also Obscure Jersey Night where you can win prizes when you wear that odd, outdated sports jersey you own. Sunday’s Back 2 School & Carnival Day will include a Pop-It Giveaway, 10+ Inflatables and postgame Kids Run the Bases!
Summer weekends don’t get any better than this. We’ll see you at the ballpark!!!This would be an amazing place wear one of those Bills Superbowl Champs T-shirts that got shipped to Africa.
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Channeling Jeff Skinner:
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12 hours ago, Archie Lee said:
I'm no scientist. I think the evidence, as I understand it, supports that there is life on other planets in the universe. It's basically math. It's both extraordinary and not extraordinary at the same time.
Not really evidence, just probability. Until the last decade or so, we didn't have *proof* that there were other planets outside or solar system. Now that we've found them, we can check that off the list. Right now, we're surveying the ones we've found, and some of them look like they're in a good spot to have liquid water on the surface. Another check on the list of "requirements". But, as far as I know, there's no incontrovertible proof life exists yet. Things are looking more and more probable, and with the numbers involved it'd be amazing if there really is only one planet with life (us). But that's not proof, just probability.
Kinda the same with testimony. "Data" is not the plural of "anecdote". I'm not going to believe anything until there's 100% solid proof, since by Occam's razor the most likely explanation right now is that people are seeing things they don't understand and jumping to a conclusion.
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1 hour ago, inkman said:
I’ve gotten to the point where I usually make it very obvious that I am adjusting my route because of said person’s trajectory. Either these people have absolutely no self awareness, they can’t even fathom that their actions might impact another person. Or they are super arrogant just assuming everyone is going to move for them.
YOU'RE PART OF THE PROBLEM, it reinforces that people will move for them lol!
I think the middle ground is you stop, and they'll either go around you (dominance asserted!) or walk into you and you can be mad at them. Or they can stop too and it'll be a stalemate. To counter that, I suggest you carry a red cape and step to the side while holding it out and shout, "ole!" as they go by.
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5 hours ago, TheAud said:
That said, I’m not opposed or in opposition to the possibility that aliens have already, or will make contact with us. But my guess is we’ll not fare well in such an encounter as their technological superiority will be overwhelming, given that they apparently achieved interstellar travel.
It is possible that by the time a civilization gets to the technology to travel between the stars, it has gotten past "This is mine, I put a *flag* on it. Now then, who are these beings living on my planet?".
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1 minute ago, Pimlach said:
I don't have to tell a veteran fan like you how many great coaches over the years were borderline NHL players, or less. You just never know.
Looking at the 2022-23 Stanley Cup coaches:
Paul Maurice - never played pro hockey
Bruce Cassidy - 36 NHL games, he was a minor league player like Redmond
Don't forget Disco Dan Bylsma.
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14 minutes ago, Doohickie said:
They've had some success with players who couldn't get by on talent alone and had to develop the work ethic to develop their skills.
And received a lot of coaching in the process, rather then just "well, just know where everyone is on the ice and where they're headed and exploit the gap they don't know they're about to leave".
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On 8/3/2023 at 1:12 PM, mjd1001 said:
I can't get away from politics...stories about it, hearing everyones opinions about it.
Is there a WEBSITE I can go to that talks about all other news (weather, feel-good news stories, news about traffic/weather/crime, sports, things like the War in Ukraine WITHOUT giving a political opinion, business, etc.) I'm just so sick and tired of visiting web sites for news and just getting blasted with politics.
Same thing goes for a news channel.
I just want to be able to live a normal, functioning life in most ways without having politics blasted in front of my face. I'm just SO sick of it.
AP and Reuters are far more dry and factual than most. Not going to help with local stuff however.
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19 hours ago, Thorny said:
Samuelsson “allowing Dahlin to do his thing” is a frequently repeated misnomer: It’s Dahlin, as an elite talent, that facilitates a player of Samuelsson’s limited ability being able to fill a role adequately on an NHL top pair. I ask you: is Samuelson adequately slotted on pair one if the other defender merely provided average 1st pair offence and average first pair D? Why would we be comfortable with a player who grades out as Samuelsson does (well, well below average first pair offence, ~2nd pair quality D) on pair 1, with said player? We’d want an upgrade.
Samuelsson isn’t allowing Dahlin to do anything, this cannot be stressed enough. There isn’t a single notable aspect Samuelsson is equal to Dahlin in
Samuelsson is functional on pair one purely because his pair is buoyed by one of the best hockey players in the world
Dahlin is Barbie. Samuelsson is simply Kenough
If only we had a sample of how the team played with Sameulsson out and some other person playing with Dahlin. Honestly, I don't know what Dahlin's numbers looked like during the stretch; either he was worse because Sameulsson is a perfect complement, or that pair was still fine but whatever pair the replacement came from was trash.
But the concept that a player with a certain skillset complements the other in the pairing isn't crazy. If you find something that works, you go with it.
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Shout out to Ithaca, where I live now. You might even get here and back on a tank of gas depending on your car. There's great outdoors and food options here for a small city.
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I'll trot this one out; I made it several years ago.
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7 hours ago, That Aud Smell said:
man, i already told you. it's an homage not a ruse.
does anyone who's a regular here think i'm actually from/living in temiskaming shores? or before that bobcaygeon? or before that medicine hat?
speaking of which, i'm open for a new canadian locale to designate as my sabrespace "home" (houme?). there are so many good options. i got my current one by opening my weather app's radar page, scrolling north, and noodling around for cool names.
Black Tickle is fun, I found it scrolling around for a bit:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Tickle
Fun fact: at one point, I was strongly considering going on a group motorcycle ride from Philly to Goose Bay, Labrador, along the Labrador Highway (the last 1000 miles of it was dirt at the time). From there, it was a ferry ride for the return trip, and the ferry also stops in Black Tickle. Since then (10-15 years ago), some new roads have been built and I believe the Labrador Highway is paved. I didn't go because I didn't think my street bike was up to it. 🙂
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1 hour ago, Randall Flagg said:
I am gonna try to check this out
I'd start with Pittsburgh (twice), Chicago, and the Avs (hat tip to the poster above, I didn't think of that one). But "#1 ranked prospect pool" isn't exactly an objective science, so it might be tough to really find consistent quality rankings.
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35 minutes ago, mjd1001 said:
At night when people driving put their highbeams on when they see a pedestrian.
I take a walk every once in a while at night. On the sidewalk (or bike/pedestrain path). Seperated from the road by a curb and often 6-8 feet of grass (sometimes with trees). Not on the road, not on the shoulder, but safely away from the oncoming traffic with zero issues and almost zero chance of coming anywhere near the oncoming traffic.
Yet, poeple just LOVE to put their high beams on when they see a pedestrian on the side of the road, absolutely BLINDING that pedestrian (more than they would with oncoming cars becasue the high beams are often slightly aimed toward the right). I might be wearing light clothes so I can easily be seen without the high beams. Heck sometimes there are even street lights overhead that make me visbible with absolutey zero doubt.
I see them driving down the road without them on, but once they see me, go ahead, BLIND ME AWAY even though I am 6-8 feet off the road and on the sidewalk. You aren't doing it to oncoming traffic of course, and it doesn't matter if I shield my eyes with my hand or even wave my hands at them to make it obvious I cannot see anything with those high beams aimed at my head...just keep those high beams on only to turn them off after you pass me.
A person walking when they could be driving? Sus. You're probably going to try to carjack them or something; better be safe and make sure you can see it when they lunge for your speeding car.
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36 minutes ago, Marvin said:
There seems to be an uptick in software QA needs. The doubling time for the number of developers is 5 years, so, if the companies have any brains, the need for software QA should go up commensurately.
16 minutes ago, Pimlach said:I should not be surprised. We laid off many over the past 10-15 years. The improved processes were cited the reason, but it was probably just cost cutting.
Isn’t Agile development supposed to embed QA in the process?
Kinda. Traditional waterfall and Agile aren't that different: build, test, rework, and pass. The difference is Agile "demands" short time frames, like a few weeks. Waterfall implements the same steps, but people tend to implement waterfall over time frames (months or years) that it was never intended to be used. It doesn't work well and needs a *ton* of QA to get this gigantic changes to work together after long development. The Agile ideal is you make smaller changes quickly so there's less integration. It can still bite you of course, but hopefully you get bitten in your test environment before you get close to prod.
The other really cool concept if software is Test-Driven Development. You write your tests with the expected results first, and then develop the software. It doesn't cure all ills, but it forces the developer to verify things. Modern software tooling has testing built-in to make it easier, when you compile the software it can run the tests at the same time and tell you if anything failed.
4 minutes ago, Scottysabres said:Well, they weren't my choices, I merely was a friend/peer/parent as they were made. I am baffled as to how you think my merely stating I've witnessed it being done is moral superiority. But, to each their own o guess.
You do come across as smug, whether intended or not. Definitely has the "I did it, I can't imagine why someone else might not be able to do it the same way." vibe to it.
14 minutes ago, Scottysabres said:She does door dash and works 4 days for 24 hrs at a local day care.
Interesting, does she pay her own car maintenance? Door dash and the other gig things like that seem to fall apart when you factor running costs in.
Idle SabreSpacer speculation re: Patrick Kane
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I don't think Kane is the player he once was, and the Sabres aren't short on promising forwards. However, if he's a more mature person than he's shown in the past... An SC winner that loves Buffalo wouldn't be the worst thing in the world to have around the locker room.