“The relative values placed on Graveman, Butler, Samardzija, Russell, Nolin… some portion of these miscues were undoubtedly evaluative issues—the question of “should we expect Nolin to be a 4th starter or 6th starter this year?” But undoubtedly, a large (if not dominant) aspect of the misfires in these decisions came not from discrepancies in evaluation, but in valuation; within the entire spectrum of talent, what is the relative rarity of Nolin, and on that basis, what would be the appropriate costs? The Russell-Samardzija decision is a clear as a manifestation of this as there could be—find anyone who thought Russell was anything less than a top-10 prospect at the time; he was overwhelmingly considered to be within the top 5. This was a distinction in valuation, not evaluation.”
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@sniff009 @kenarneson even w Madson they're at 39
— Joe Serrato (@joeserrato) December 9, 2015
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Giants’ GM Bobby Evans on the Value of Flexibility https://t.co/bxZ8Rzd4RI
— FanGraphs Baseball (@fangraphs) December 8, 2015
Tensor Networks and Entanglement | Quanta Magazine
“Combine those insights with Swingle’s work connecting the entangled structure of space-time and the holographic principle to tensor networks, and another crucial piece of the puzzle snaps into place. Curved space-times emerge quite naturally from entanglement in tensor networks via holography. “Space-time is a geometrical representation of this quantum information,” said Van Raamsdonk.”
The quantum source of space-time
Many physicists believe that entanglement is the essence of quantum weirdness — and some now suspect that it may also be the essence of space-time geometry.
Eight Things About Donald Trump
‘Trump doesn’t just represent your party. He’s the goddamn Platonic ideal of it. You can’t spend decades preparing the way for someone like Donald Trump and then pretend to be shocked, shocked when he roars down the field, flawlessly executing your playbook.”
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Arm speed, arm acceleration, and total myths busted. One of our most important blog posts o… https://t.co/mlvsz0D1Kd pic.twitter.com/w7qLsfwSu5
— Kyle @ Driveline (@drivelinebases) December 8, 2015
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That puts you in a precarious position, emotionally. It takes a TON to admit you're wrong or that there's a better way. Beliefs define us.
— Sky Kalkman (@Sky_Kalkman) December 8, 2015
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… people who are feeling insecure to feel more secure with alternative, productive solutions. Also identify why they feel insecure.
— Sky Kalkman (@Sky_Kalkman) December 8, 2015
LeBron’s Time: Cavaliers star pushing to bring home NBA title
“I think about a lot of s—,” James agrees. “Sometimes too much. But then I try to remember what I learned from the great Pat Riley: What is the main thing? Because the main thing has to be the main thing.”
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So I took the first usg-eff graph and plotted Steph's current season onto it. And he's blowing away the frontier. pic.twitter.com/AxjT3gElWr
— Richard Yannow (@RichardYannow) December 7, 2015
Doctor Who Season 9 made the show good again
Grief and pain often *cause* war and violence. Somebody hurts someone we love, and we can’t see straight.
Scientists Reveal The Secret Key To Charisma
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the only infallible method for analyzing baseball is poetry
— Patrick Dubuque (@euqubud) December 6, 2015
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claim: the biggest limitation in much of (public sphere) baseball analysis are assumptions of linearity and independence
— Jingle Balls (@SpaldingBalls) December 6, 2015
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@kenarneson release point graphs by year are interesting. Best year 2014 was same all year, diff game2game last year, diminished feel? =bad#
— Nathan M (@nathanmmm) December 5, 2015
Hitler Finds Out About Croll’s in Alameda
Hitler Finds Out About Croll’s in Alameda
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This article by @EzDW24 was terrific. My favorite part: https://t.co/w90glaCUZi pic.twitter.com/z4JCbIC822
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Come for the meditations on fandom, stay for the Animorphs reference. My latest at Baseball Prospectus. https://t.co/OfAiMwY90z
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