Fal's recent activity

  1. Comment on NBA announces penalties and findings arising from investigation of LA Clippers and Kawhi Leonard in ~sports.basketball

    Fal
    Link
    The big penalties: The Clippers shall forfeit five first-round draft picks, one in each of the 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, and 2033 NBA Drafts. The Clippers are fined $30 million. Clippers owner Steve...

    The big penalties:

    • The Clippers shall forfeit five first-round draft picks, one in each of the 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, and 2033 NBA Drafts.

    • The Clippers are fined $30 million.

    • Clippers owner Steve Ballmer is suspended from all league and team activities for one year for knowingly seeking to help Mr. Leonard obtain off-court income opportunities, for approving a business deal that he knew was a precondition for Aspiration to enter into an endorsement agreement with Mr. Leonard, and for his failure to create conditions under which his organization abided by the NBA’s circumvention rules.

    • In connection with his violations, Mr. Leonard is required to pay the league $700,000.

    Kawhi definitely seems to have gotten off relatively scott-free, and won't be restricted from moving to the Toronto Raptors this year. The Clippers organization is absolutely fucked draft-wise for the next five years though

    10 votes

  3. Comment on The 2026 Hugo Award winners! in ~books

    Fal
    Link Parent
    Until I got to the end I was for some reason fully convinced that the italics were comments by the awards committee, and was deeply concerned by ‘heard good things, not read’

    Until I got to the end I was for some reason fully convinced that the italics were comments by the awards committee, and was deeply concerned by ‘heard good things, not read’

    4 votes

  5. Comment on Jet Lag Season 19: Japanorama | Trailer in ~hobbies

    Fal
    Link Parent
    I agree, I also don't think the recent seasons are all misses. Hide and seek is almost always good, and I concur that Stateside Scramble was a victim of bad RNG. However, this season's format...

    I agree, I also don't think the recent seasons are all misses. Hide and seek is almost always good, and I concur that Stateside Scramble was a victim of bad RNG. However, this season's format really appeals to me from the start for some reason, and while it's possible this will be a weaker season if Sam and Ben keep destroying the other two the way they have been, I'm looking forward to watching the rest of it

    4 votes

  6. Comment on Jet Lag Season 19: Japanorama | Trailer in ~hobbies

    Fal
    Link Parent
    Spoiler Given how much of a marketing push there was for this season, including putting the first episode in theaters, I want to say that they wouldn’t have done that for a blowout of a season,...
    Spoiler

    Given how much of a marketing push there was for this season, including putting the first episode in theaters, I want to say that they wouldn’t have done that for a blowout of a season, and it comes down to the wire, but things definitely aren’t going too well for those two so far

    Also welcome back cfabbro long time no see :)

    4 votes

  7. Comment on Jet Lag Season 19: Japanorama | Trailer in ~hobbies

    Fal
    Link Parent
    I really enjoyed this first episode, more than the last few seasons’ for some reason. Maybe the longer length had to do with it, or maybe I just really like the format of this game

    I really enjoyed this first episode, more than the last few seasons’ for some reason. Maybe the longer length had to do with it, or maybe I just really like the format of this game

    3 votes

  8. Comment on Reddit will require you to be logged in to use old.reddit.com in ~tech

    Fal
    Link
    Got prompted to update my Old Reddit Redirect plugin today, seems like the new update will bypass the login wall, so that's nice

    Got prompted to update my Old Reddit Redirect plugin today, seems like the new update will bypass the login wall, so that's nice

    6 votes

  10. Comment on Chinese humanoid robots smash human records in 100m sprint and high jump at Beijing robot games in ~tech

    Fal
    Link

    Chinese humanoid robots broke records set by humans, including beating Usain Bolt’s 100-meter sprint world record, on the opening day of the Olympics-like World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Saturday.

    The five-day games, now in its second year, are a spectacle demonstrating China’s rapid progress in advanced robotics as the technology race with the U.S. heats up, with 51 events and more than 1,000 competitions taking place including running, table tennis and soccer.

    At a 100-meter sprint, a humanoid robot achieved a result of 9.39 seconds, beating the human record of 9.58 seconds set by Jamaican athlete Bolt in 2009.

    In a standing high jump, a humanoid robot was able to reach 2.88 meters, well above the 0.95 meters best result by a humanoid in last year’s first edition of the games. It surpassed the human high jump record of 2.45 meters set by Cuba’s Javier Sotomayor in 1993.

    5 votes

  15. Comment on Gualliguaica - The drowning town in ~enviro

    Fal
    Link Parent
    There's a side mission in Cyberpunk 2077 where you do exactly this

    There's a side mission in Cyberpunk 2077 where you do exactly this

    2 votes

  19. Comment on Josh Kushner, Bob Iger to buy Los Angeles Lakers for $12.5B in ~sports.basketball

    Fal
    Link

    The Los Angeles Lakers are being sold to Josh Kushner and Bob Iger for $12.5 billion, a record-breaking price, multiple sources told ESPN.

    The businessmen were involved in the expansion process in Las Vegas, but in a stunning turn, they pivoted to make an aggressive offer to buy the Lakers from Mark Walter, who purchased a controlling interest in the team from the Buss family last year for a then-record franchise valuation of approximately $10 billion.

    3 votes