Feature request; muting post criteria
Hello, would love to see the option to mute/filter posts by some criteria, e.g. down vote score of -10 or greater. Down voting is supposed to make bad content less visible, it would be nice to allow users to not see troll, bot and other low quality posts based on their preferred criteria.
Howard and Melo headline HOF class - Do you think they should be in?
The Melo pick, while not surprising, is disappointing. I can’t think of many players who did less with his talents and the situations he had. I had hoped that the NBA would stop honoring chuckers after the 90s; the last 10 years has seen the true elevation of “team” ball, San Antonio in 14/15 and GS for their stretch (and I’d argue Boston’s failed few years showed you simply cannot win with hero ball and no defense and when Tatum finally stopped trying to be Kobe they finally won but I’m not here to argue about Boston). Melo was never able to put aside his ego, arrogance or ignorance and learn to be part of a system on offense, let alone defense which he showed consistent contempt for. The closest he got to competing was in Denver–and that was mostly thanks to Chauncey and over-performances by most of the rest of the team. He immediately took that great team and opportunity and decided to get a bag instead, moved to NY and took himself out of competitive basketball in hims prime so he could be a NY superstar and work on his brand and celebrity which Denver couldn’t offer. He took less money to go to NY, and because he demanded a trade before his contract was up, it forced NY to give up most of the young talent they had–so he arrived to a historically struggling basketball city that had been building a nice young core that it had to gut to get him. I don’t recall if they ever even made the playoffs with Melo. He should have been booed at every touch for his duration there. Melo never wanted it in the NBA, shrunk in the big moments, never committed to any sacrifice nor leading by example…until he finally had a mini-renaissance with a reduce role on the Blazers–something had he done it years prior would have made him a wicked weapon as a 6th man, but with that ego it wasn’t happening. If Melo gets in, Bradley Beal should get it. Can score with their eyes closed but want no part of what it takes to win. Hopefully the last relics of a dinosaur era where stats didn’t matter. ---------------- Howard did more and did enough. Intensely unlikable guy, and while his ring wasn’t really “his”, he played some nice support minutes to AD and added value and managed to keep his idiocy in check thanks to the bigger dogs having him on a leash. Howard deserves HOF in my book.
2 Caucasian Deschutes County Commissioners vote to dismantle county DEI program, citing not understanding why it ever existed. One minority votes against dismantling. Program dismantled.
Super brave Caucasian commissioners decide committee they do not directly benefit from does not have a purpose, in a wise and comprehensive evaluation showing exactly who is a member of their community worth investing in. Program had no funding and cost nothing other than ~4 hours of each program member’s time related to the program each month. Please keep this in mind when thinking about where you will travel, vacation, live and do business with in Oregon.
Civil Rights Activists gather at Target MN headquarters; call for boycott for cowardly, soulless reversal of DEI
Oregon is the only west coast state without a state salaried minimum wage. WA's is now more than CA's. Meanwhile, OR is progressive on hourly minimum wage. Why hasn't this been taken up?
America; where healthcare is so expensive even movie stars like James Vanderbeek have to crowd-fund their cancer treatment costs.
Urban Running safety: camera and mic headset recommendations/options?
Hi, I’m in the US and non-car safety is appalling. I live in a semi-urban area and get nearly hit, obstructed or aggressively cut off at crosswalks or driveways nearly every single time I run, which is every other day. Rather than try to make the case with stats showing no local enforcement of pedestrian code, I’ve decided for my and likely my future lawyers sale I should just record and montage it. When I’m inevitably disabled or killed by one of these selfish dumbasses, at least it will make for simple settlements, and prosecutions . I’m in the market for a headmounted/head strap camera, preferably with a microphone option. I googled a bit and there are some go-pro-ish options but they all seem pretty big and heavy, made for mountain biking or swimming, etc. anyone have ideas or links for a lighter option? Don’t need 4k and 400gb of storage, just enough for an hour or video and audio at reasonable resolution. TIA
Showhead drips with water off. Do I just buy a new one?
It steadily has dropped for a year or more and I can’t take it anymore. If I replace will they fix? I pulled it off and even with the water off there is still water coming out of the pipe at a slow, slow drip pace. Is it the water shut off that needs help? Would of course prefer the cheaper fix but if a new head isn’t going to stop the leak it’d be good to know. TIA
Bell Canada to buy Ziply Fiber.
Suggestions please: Low-mid difficulty/complexity, collaborative fantasy/adventure/strategy board game or RPG.
Played out Monster Mayhem card game within a month or so. Bought Castle Panic and was a great fantasy intro board game, simple to learn with just enough strategy to keep it interesting for older folks but it’s about run its course. Looking for suggestions 2-3 can play together mix of youth and adults, ideally collaboratively. Basic-level RPG or strategy fantasy/mystery/adventure, small group of 3 max so not really a “DM” situation type game, all would be players. TIA
