I'm really happy to have seen Troegs have so much success, and even happier to see that they don't seem to want to sell to a conglomerate. They're really one of the gems of the Pennsylvania beer scene.
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Bummed for my boy Julio, but Vladdy's cool and I'm happy for him.
It's a double edged sword that the batter who goes first is so punished by the format. On the one hand, Julio hit almost twice as many as he actually needed to to advance, and going that hard in the first round clearly took a bit of a toll on him and negatively affected his second-round performance. But on the other hand, it was absolutely awesome to see him just unload like that in the first round, holy shit.
They should've called it Google Circles. Google Plus just sounded like some kind of premium subscription to Google and not like a social network.
Okay well now I'm interested. I've been looking for a fun new cult to join.
It just depends on the content. I have a 4K 65" TV that is at the upper end of mid-range in quality and 4K is definitely a noticeable improvement over 1080p in most instances, but a lot of the time it's only noticeable if you're specifically looking for it and doesn't actually improve the viewing experience all that much. I do think it's worth the upgrade though, just for the instances where it really does have a positive effect. Like, watching the Hong Kong fight scene in Pacific Rim on a good quality 4K display is just an entirely different experience than it is on a good 1080p display.
The content is worthy of it. (So, you know, not some talking head sitting at a desk like your average Youtuber.)
That's the most important thing. The last two things I watched in 4K on my TV were the Avatar sequel and Community. One of those is absolutely a different experience in 4K than it is in 1080p, and the other may as well be in 720p for all the difference it makes.
I'm talking about Community, obviously. Joel McHale is dreamy and deserves 8K at minimum.
Owning capitalists by giving them the same amount of money for worse service on purpose.
tax write-offs aren’t free money afaik—you still end up with less money than you started with, had you not started the charity.
Exactly. Giving to charity basically just offsets the amount of income you're taxed on. To give a really simplified example, say I'm making $100,000 per year and I'm taxed at 25%, so I pay $25,000 in taxes. But if I give $10,000 to charity and write that off on my taxes, I would be taxed as if I made $90,000 in the year, so I'd pay $22,500 in taxes.
Of course it gets really complicated when you own a business as well as your own tax-exempt charitable foundation and you distribute your money by donating to your own foundation...
Yeah, you'd think he'd get at least a... slap on the wrist.
WORST.