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Dan Szymborski

12:50

No, I think it's to make PS+ more valuable. Sales always slow down this time of year for MLB the show I believe

crew87

12:53

ZiPS is in a cave! what if a bear eats it?

Dan Szymborski

12:53

Then that copy is gone!

It's not like I RELY on that copy

swieker

12:53

Definitely nervous what Gunnar's 2027 comps are gonna be! I strongly suspect Hanley and Cronin are off the table. Starlin Castro/JJ Hardy? [Sad face]

Dan Szymborski

12:56

These are as of 8/20

crew87

12:57

kid has expressed an interest in learning piano. what do I need to be aware of going into it before shelling out for lessons (or an instrument!)

Dan Szymborski

12:58

Just the general that kids taste can change pretty quickly

also, you can get used pianos that are perfectly fine for a student nearly for free

12:59

there are all sorts of mid-grade pianos around that people can't do anything with and just want people to take it off their hands

war2d2

12:59

Dan! You’ve mentioned multiple times you’re not really a coder. Do you think you’d get much ROI if you did sit down and force yourself to learn Python or R? I’m guessing you’d probably be able to cut full-fat ZiPS run time by quite a lot (probably not half, but maybe?). For your purposes I’m not sure how much of a value-add that would be.

Dan Szymborski

12:59

Probably not enough return on investment

1:00

I don't think I could ever get it down to a point that the full-fat model could be run daily

which would be kind of the "break point" to make it worthwhile

1:01

*This* PC can run a full set of batting or pitching down in about 8 hours now, which is much improved from even the 5900X

(My daily driver is a Ryzen 9950x3D)

1:02

I normally run stuff on the 5900X and the 8700K simultaneously so that I'm not using my main rig though

And also, the area of the basement with the 5900X and the 8700K gets pretty warm when they're cooking up ZiPS

1:03

Everything will be faster when there's a NEXT rig, but I'm probably years away from an upgrade

the 64 GB of RAM alone would be like $900 now because shit is crazy

Bud Smith

1:03

Thanks Dan! We just bought a box with higher sides hoping it would catch the stray but presumably well intentioned pee, but it looks like we went in the wrong direction

Dan Szymborski

1:04

It's worth trying a few things

You shoudl also have a vet appointment and have blood work done. Could be early kidney issues to watch out for, and they can change a cat's pee behavior

1:05

Most older cats will end up with kidney issues to SOME degree. It's the limiting factor on a large percentage of cats lives when they get into the 17-20 range

Galileo at 20 still had very good kidney values, so he probably could have kept on chugging a few more years if not for the very quick infection+shock from an abscess on his chin

1:06

In Mercutio's case, he was in very early kidney disease, but at about 17 1/2, he had what the vet believes was pancreatitis, and then accelerated the kidney decline into multi-organ collapse

crew87

1:06

if you were given a seat behind home plate, but a few rows up at great american ballpark, but had to call balls and strikes, what % do you think you'd get correct? I bet I could get above 60%

Dan Szymborski

1:06

that sounds about right. I have pretty good vision, but you don't really have a perfect angle fo rhtat

Matthew VanWinkle

1:06

I'm a Schwarby girl, in a Schwarby worrrld. Life's fantastic! It's Statcastic!

drplantwrench

1:07

ABS for Cat Pee is a great song title

opifijikl

1:07

Who have been your biggest baseball resources or gave you the most food for thought or inspiration over the past few years? Teams? Writers?

Dan Szymborski

1:08

Honestly, the biggest food for thought I've gotten is questions people ASK me. Because the population of people not me is much alrger than the population of me

MarkZ

1:08

you've said how you have ZiPS hidden in a park

Dan Szymborski

1:09

a state park, not a baseball park

it's also encrypted, so you'd need assistance from me or my will executor

Long Suffering Guardians Fan

1:09

Hi Dan, thanks as always for the chats. I always enjoy your takes on baseball and the occasional life hack (senior cat litter box). No question today but I’d love to start this chant for all Long Suffering Guardians Fans - Free Ralphy! Free Ralphy! Free Ralphy!

Dan Szymborski

1:09

Poor Alan knows that there are weird things in my will, but he does not know how many weird things there are that

And since he's a good dude, he'll try to fulfill everything

1:11

Same Alan as in this article

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