ItsJason

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[–] ItsJason 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Moving Mooney would be just giving up on offense. This has been a down year for him - it's shaping up to be a down year for the whole passing game. But leaving Moore as the only legitimate WR threat won't help win games or evaluate Fields/Bagent.

If I could chose between the two, I'd like to see JJ stay. He's a solid pass defender, although his availability has been limited by injuries.

I'm not sold on Tyrique "PI" Stevenson. Every game he seems to get beat and has to interfere.

Edit: Wait what? I thought I was commenting in the post about moving Mooney or Johnson.

[–] ItsJason 2 points 10 months ago

I think Poles gets more time. He took over a team in free fall and saw it crash into the ground. It'll take more than one off-season to build a competitive team. I like what Poles has done with draft capital. Claypool is a big mark against him. On paper it was a good move. At the time, I recall a lot of excitement, further fueled by talk that GB was after him.

I don't know about Flus. Maybe one positive thing I can say about him is I believe the defense has been playing a little better since he took over. I thought the rule used to be that coaches got three years. (Trustman was a fairly recent counterexample).

I agree regarding Fields. It was unfortunate the circumstances he's found himself in, but I think good quarterbacks would find more ways to have success. He's going to have to play great the rest of the season too stay in Chicago. I'd love to see it, but I'm not very hopeful.

[–] ItsJason 2 points 11 months ago

So many missed opportunities on defense. These guys need to learn to finish plays. And get healthy.

Offense is a huge disappointment. Fields is playing well below that high floor we thought he had when he was drafted. Leave it to be Bears to ruin another QB.

I don't want to see a WR screen ever again.

[–] ItsJason 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I can type pretty fast on a full keyboard, so for me writing is slower. But because it is slower, I find it can be more thoughtful. About two years ago I started making an effort to hand write notes to help me think, learn, and remember things.

Pen and paper are also pretty great. You can take them anywhere. They don't require electricity or a battery. They are small and lightweight. You can use them on a hike. You can use them if the power goes out. The format will never become unsupported.

[–] ItsJason 1 points 1 year ago

Those look neat. You can use glass and metal nibs in them!

[–] ItsJason 2 points 1 year ago

Moore and Herbert have some speed!

Pass was a little behind if we're being honest, but this is what good skill players can do! JF1 doesn't have to be flawless. I'm pumped.

[–] ItsJason 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That looks like a nice reliable blue.

I primarily use document inks for addressing envelopes, which can be infrequent. To avoid clogging a pen, I've been considering getting a dip pen like the Pilot Iro-Utsushi. It's still a metal nib, as opposed to a glass pen, and more for everyday writing than a calligraphy nib.

https://www.jetpens.com/Pilot-Iro-Utsushi-Dip-Pen-Clear-Fine-Nib/pd/34522

[–] ItsJason 5 points 1 year ago

I'll be using a burgundy Pilot e95s with Diplomat Burgundy ink for work notes.

[–] ItsJason 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm a hobbyist, I don't use common lisp professionally, but it has become my go-to tool for little personal projects and puzzles (like Project Euler or Advent of Code). The interactive development (mentioned in the article) is one of the primary reasons.

I find it so fun to build with. You can write functions and immediately test and interact with them in the repl, and then build on them from there. You can compile code at a granular level - for example you can recompile a function rather than the entire source file. This is helpful if some stuff is still being worked out and would produce compile time errors.

Occasionally I've gotten into a weird place because of the evolution of my code and incremental changes along the way while running a program. When I stop and completely reload a program, it behaves differently from what I previously experienced. It is something additional to keep in mind when interactively modifying a program.

The debugger experience with Emacs/Slime is the best I've experienced (professionally I've used various versions of Visual Studio, and as a hobbyist, various open source IDEs.)

The programs I have written are simple. Some day I would like to grok CLOS and the condition system.

[–] ItsJason 2 points 1 year ago

Looks lovely! I enjoyed looking at the writing sample. Your ink really helps show off the line variation. I like how the loops in your b, h, and l letters look!

[–] ItsJason 4 points 1 year ago

What are you quoting? That language does not appear in any parent comment or the linked Wikipedia article.

[–] ItsJason 13 points 1 year ago

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Currently in Use (imgur.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ItsJason to c/[email protected]
 

I got my first fountain pen around late 2017, curious about the writing experience. It was some kind of Jinhao (not pictured) that isn't often in circulation any more because despite being labeled as a fine nib, it writes way too heavy for me.

Pictured are the pens I typically keep in use:

Pilot e95s (F) Pilot Metropolitan (F) Pilot Prera - Slate (F) Pilot Prera - Demo Green (F) Pilot Vanishing Point Decimo (F) TWSBI Diamond 580 ALR (F) Pelikan Souveran M400 (F) Faber Castell Ambition (M)

The M400 is the newest addition. The Preras were recently cleaned out and are awaiting new ink.

Not pictured, my current ink collection consists of:

Diplomat Burgundy Graf von Faber Castell Cobalt Blue Pilot Iroshizuku Fuyu-Syogun Pilot Iroshizuku Murasaki-Shikibu Pilot Iroshizuku Shin-Ryoku Waterman Intense Black Waterman Serenity Blue

Somtimes I look at my Pilot steel nibs (Metro and two Preras) and think I should have gotten some other sizes for variety. Then again, I really like writing with fine nibs.

My favorite tends to be whatever I wrote with most recently.

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Greetings! NPD! (sh.itjust.works)
 

Hello all, I recently joined, looking for a Reddit alternative.

This past weekend I had no intention of buying a new pen, but happened upon a sale I wasn't able to pass up. Here is my latest addition, which arrived less than an hour ago.

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