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  1. Brock Beauchamp
    But to be clear, while I empathize with what could have driven Hamilton to this fit of rage, I have little sympathy for the results of his actions, and I hope the judge is able to steer him toward a path of recovery, which may or may not be tied into punishment.
  2. Brock Beauchamp
    Okay, I'll say it: I come from a violent household with addiction tendencies and have fought my entire life to not be that person. It works the vast majority of the time but I have an explosive temper. I've punched walls, screamed, and taken more than a few swings at people for no truly legitimate reason. Oddly enough, I went into therapy years ago and as I worked through what put me in that state in the first place (the environment in which I was raised), my violent tendencies subsided. But they subsided, they didn't just go away. Only as I've fostered children have I truly seen what environment does to the formative years of a child and been able to apply that knowledge to my own behavior, which I had previously blamed entirely on myself and not the environment in which I was raised. Only once I worked through the causes was I able to find an actual solution, as currently feeble as it may be. This isn't reefer madness bull****, this is looking at the entire picture and treating the person, not trying to pigeonhole them into a category and say "well, you should be this because that happened". We're incredibly complex creatures and just throwing the book at someone because they did a thing rarely solves the problem, other than keeping them away from society. If we wish to find actual growth, more nuanced approaches must be administered. Addiction is rarely an isolated problem, particularly in men. It's usually rooted in a deeper, underlying problem (which often results in violence as an output factor) and should be treated as such.
  3. Brock Beauchamp
    You're not wrong.
  4. Brock Beauchamp
    And that's just it. The speed-ups of older hardware isn't some benevolent action by Apple; it's a concentrated effort to re-work their code base and because they support (and sell) older phones, an iPhone will last longer than your average Android device. But without that support (or care), you'll only get degradation. People think computer hardware "just runs forever" but that isn't the actual case. Over time, thermal dynamics become a problem as dust and crap settle on your components. This ruins the efficiency of the device, which leads to hardware throttling (or, in the case of bad hardware management, failure). In a pure vacuum, yes, your CPU/GPU will probably run forever (but NOT your memory or storage, those fail in time). The problem is that our air is not a vacuum and points of failure are often from contaminants around us, settling on your hardware over long periods of time.
  5. Brock Beauchamp
    Apple's use of end user data is miles better than Google; they shouldn't be in the same conversation. But both are less than they should be.
  6. Brock Beauchamp
    That’s my fault. I always try to push what technology allows me to do with design but I think I overstepped a bit this time. The design falters a bit under certain hardware conditions. My apologies, lesson learned. Even after you do this thing a dozen times, you still learn because the goalposts always move.
  7. Brock Beauchamp
    All teams make these kinds of moves early in the offseason as they rotate bodies around the 40-man. The most likely outcome is that nothing comes of this and Wisler is released some time next year but if the Twins see something that can be fixed, why not give it a shot? He's basically a free player if it works out. This move will not impact other, more important decisions this team will make during the offseason. Every team makes these kind of organizational depth moves.
  8. Brock Beauchamp
    Waiver order is now decided via GM thumb wrestling.
  9. Brock Beauchamp
    It's likely that the team will only "keep" him on the 26-man roster until the time they feel they can sneak him through waivers, probably near the end of the Spring Training.
  10. Brock Beauchamp
    Oh yeah, didn't even think of that. Of course, that's a pretty likely outcome.
  11. Brock Beauchamp
    Good point. While I put the odds of him opting out at 95%, it's still not a sure thing until he does it.
  12. Brock Beauchamp
    Yeah, given that he threw two pitches, it really doesn't matter.
  13. Brock Beauchamp
    No, I don't think it changes Strasburg's availability, but there was no way to know he'd get an out on two pitches in the ninth. Given the lead, he should have sat in case of emergency for tonight.
  14. Brock Beauchamp
    Randy Johnson says "hi".
  15. Brock Beauchamp
    Oh man, I disagree. There was nothing but pride at play to finish that game. Pride doesn't really matter after game six of the World Series. Strasburg shouldn't have come out for the ninth and if it's close, he SURE AS **** should be on the mound in game seven. The guy is pure gold right now. You've ridden that until now, keep riding it for one or two more innings tomorrow.
  16. Brock Beauchamp
    ... I said he shouldn't have come out for the ninth. But honestly, I get using Dolittle for the ninth. It wouldn't be my choice but I get it. My biggest issue is Strasburg coming out at all.
  17. Brock Beauchamp
    If that's how they feel, the decision is ridiculous. But Strasburg is a free agent and it's game seven of the World Series. If he's not an option tomorrow night, that's some straight up awful management.
  18. Brock Beauchamp
    Strasburg shouldn't have come out at all for the ninth.
  19. Brock Beauchamp
    After those two extra runs, he probably shouldn't have come out for the ninth. Given the bullpen, you want the option of Strasburg tomorrow night.
  20. Brock Beauchamp
    I thought the Nats had no chance after those three games but now... GO NATS! Also, maybe more relevant to my personal thoughts, **** the Astros. I'm so completely done with them after that fiasco.
  21. Brock Beauchamp
    Advanced analytics, better coaching, player growth, and a bit of luck. I'm curious why you think some Twins aren't home run hitters. Their lineup was littered with guys who were either power hitters in previous years or were breakout players who always had the capacity to hit a lot of home runs and finally did so. And then there is Luis Arraez, the only guy no one expected to hit home runs and didn't hit home runs.
  22. Brock Beauchamp
    I’m truly overwhelmed by the response to this and thank everyone who took the time to look, share, or donate. I’m really touched. Thank you.
  23. Brock Beauchamp
    I know this is well outside the TD space but given that I have a platform here to speak, I feel it's important to share when and where I can. A very good friend of mine just moved out of state and his wife suddenly passed in her sleep. She was in her mid-30s. He has a four year old daughter and is basically reeling from all that is happening to him. This hits a real soft spot for me personally (on top of him being one of my closest friends) because I lost my mom and brother in a car accident many years ago and I know the long, painful road he is going to travel in the coming months. He is not a wealthy man. He is strictly blue-collar and if you have a buck, consider tossing it his way. He's an amazing man and one of the great artists of the Twin Cities community. https://www.gofundme.com/f/friends-of-doug-and-ami-kallberg
  24. Brock Beauchamp
    I'd rather see the team sign a 3B and move Sano to first base but I won't cry a river if they retain Cron. When he was healthy, he was a pretty good player. I'd prefer an upgrade but given the rotation issues facing the team, it's okay if they focus on that and just keep the lineup intact as much as possible.
  25. Brock Beauchamp
    Google had a bad system from the start and no matter how hard they try to patch it, their solution of letting manufacturers (and carriers, too) manipulate their code and dictate which phones get updated will always be a problem. It helped them get market share in the beginning because manufacturers were basically given a base OS from which to create their own UX (big money savings for them) but it led to horrible upgrade problems, which will never fully go away because companies in the Android space have very little incentive to to support four year old devices. They just want you to buy a new phone because they get no residual money after the purchase, that all goes to Google through their services baked into the Android platform.
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