I spent years joking that 2017 Russell Westbrook was the greatest basketball player of all time.

At some point I think I stopped joking.

31.6 points.

10.7 rebounds.

10.4 assists.

42 triple doubles.

MVP.

A 6'3 point guard grabbing rebounds over centers and then running down the court like he remembered he left the stove on.

That season made me love basketball differently.

And now Russ is actually retired.

Man.

I knew this day was coming but I still don't really like seeing the words.

Russell Westbrook retired.

It just sounds wrong.

For basically my entire basketball watching life, Russ was just... there.

Flying down the court.

Screaming after dunks.

Rocking the baby.

Missing a completely insane jumper and then coming back 30 seconds later and doing something that made you forgive him immediately.

Watching Russ was stressful.

Very stressful actually.

Probably medically irresponsible.

There were nights where he would take a pull up three and I would age from 17 to 46 before the ball reached the rim.

But I wouldn't trade it for anything.

Because he made basketball feel alive.

You could complain about efficiency.

You could complain about turnovers.

You could complain about shot selection.

Trust me, I did all three.

Sometimes in the same possession.

But you could never say the guy didn't care.

Russ played a random game in January like somebody told him his entire bloodline depended on getting that rebound.

And that's what I'll remember.

Not the arguments.

Not the stat padding debates.

Not people posting true shooting percentage graphs under every highlight.

I'll remember being younger and watching this dude throw himself at the rim with absolutely zero concern for his own wellbeing.

I'll remember checking the box score and seeing something stupid like 48 points, 17 rebounds and 13 assists and somehow not even being surprised anymore.

I'll remember 2017.

I'll remember the game winner in Denver.

I'll remember the screaming.

I'll remember the anger.

I'll remember the ridiculous outfits that made me realize I dress like an unemployed substitute teacher.

I'll even remember the bricks.

Okay maybe not all the bricks.

Some things should stay buried.

But seriously, Russ gave basketball something that numbers can't really explain.

He made you feel something.

Sometimes happiness.

Sometimes disbelief.

Sometimes extreme confusion.

Sometimes all three within 45 seconds.

There will obviously be better players.

There already were better players.

I know.

Please don't start typing.

But I don't know if there will ever be another player who felt like Russell Westbrook.

There was only one guy crazy enough to play basketball like the clock was permanently at 0:01.

And now he's done.

18 seasons.

209 triple doubles.

An MVP.

A Hall of Fame career.

And an entire generation of kids who definitely tried to dunk because of him despite having a 14 inch vertical.

Including me.

Thank you Russ.

For the triple doubles.

For the dunks.

For the terrible shots.

For the impossible shots.

For making random regular season games feel important.

For giving us something to argue about for almost two decades.

And especially for 2017.

My GOAT.

Not because he was actually the greatest basketball player who ever lived.

But because sometimes your favorite player doesn't have to be.

Sometimes he just has to be the guy who made you fall in love with the game.

Why not?

Goodbye Russ.

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The piss disc is of limited use. First, you need to get near your enemy's door. Second, you need to make the disc thin enough to slide under the door. Realistically, it does not work, and you will likely be recorded by a security camera no matter how far away you are when you slide the disc.

Buy a Tornado Bubble Machine for about $10, and infuse all your piss into the bubble liquid. This will make your piss light enough to make it float. A liquid with low enough density can float until it hits an object, then it will turn to liquid again. Time it based on the wind direction. Put it next to your enemy's house. Turn the tornado bubble machine on for an hour, and there will be millions of bubbles bombarding your enemy's house and yard. Your enemy might not think that's a big deal. But after an hour of endless bubbles landing on the house, each bubble turns back into liquid piss, and a huge odor will be released as the piss evaporates from liquid to gas.

As absurd as the case might be, I have a similar experience as him. Not sexual abuse, but similar verbal abuse by a female boss. Had I recorded her sayings I would take it to court. To take a cold look from the sideline, he might really have some solid evidence to back up parts of his wild claims, or the defendant and Goldman Sachs are caught with something serious. There's another layer of reasons why Goldman Sachs wanted him to dismiss the complaint besides the attorney fees.

I have been following two cases very closely. One is Meier v. Google LLC. Another is RANA v. CHASE & CO. and HAJDINI. If any one of the two wins, it will open up a lot of new rules between male subordinates and female superordinates in workplace.

Here's why I think Chirayu is winning up till now, and might have a chance to win the lawsuit if further evidence/key person is provided and verified: Dated July 16, the strongest evidence so far include:

1. Two third-party witness affirmations

Rana submitted two purportedly sworn statements from anonymous witnesses. The defense filing itself acknowledges that these affirmations exist, although it challenges their authenticity, redactions, and reliability. One witness owned the Manhattan apartment where some alleged incidents occurred; another was allegedly present during a late-September 2024 incident.

Public reporting describes the statements as alleging that:

• Hajdini behaved sexually and inappropriately toward Rana in public and private;
• one witness observed unwanted advances or harassment;
• a witness was allegedly invited to participate in a sexual encounter involving Rana.

These statements would be meaningful corroboration if the witnesses confirm them under oath and withstand questioning.

2. Allegedly contemporaneous electronic communications

The complaint identifies potentially verifiable texts, including:

• a LevFin group message containing a picture;
• a direct text to Rana containing a picture of shirtless men;
• a group video allegedly titled "eat the cat";
• communications connected to work outings and social events.

However, the complaint frequently alleges that explicit remarks were made verbally after otherwise ordinary messages. Therefore, the messages might establish contact, timing, and context without independently proving the quoted harassment or assault.

3. Alleged conduct in front of other employees

Rana alleges that Hajdini touched or pursued him during:

• a team dinner;
• a subway trip with colleagues;
• a Barclays Center concert and subsequent outing.

He specifically alleges that several people were present during the concert-related conduct. Those individuals could potentially corroborate or contradict his account through testimony, security footage, photographs, transportation records, or messages. At present, the complaint’s description is still Rana’s allegation rather than independent testimony from those coworkers.

4. A contemporaneous request to avoid working with Hajdini

Rana alleges that shortly after the harassment began, he traveled to meet Managing Director Jonathan Wolter and asked not to be assigned to Hajdini or a colleague close to her because he felt uncomfortable. He allegedly did not disclose the sexual details. If confirmed by Wolter or contemporaneous records, this could support the timeline by showing that Rana expressed discomfort before formally accusing Hajdini. It would not, by itself, prove the reason for that discomfort.

5. Later formal complaints and mental-health evidence

Rana alleges that he eventually submitted a written discrimination complaint to JPMorgan and raised privacy concerns with multiple internal departments. Media reports also state that he submitted documentation of a PTSD diagnosis from a psychotherapist attributing his distress to the alleged events. Such evidence may support that he reported the accusations and experienced distress.

Passenger at a hotel out of nowhere, but input the location at a gas station for a scheduled ride. Lyft assigned the scheduled ride and I arrived at the gas station. There's a 1-2 minute walk from hotel to gas station.

About 2-3 minutes after arriving at the gas station.

He texted me: where are you?

I replied: At the GPS location.

He texted me: Where? Im at the hotel.

I did not reply. (I don't like this ride, since the direction is complete opposite to the "arrive at destination" mode, and I'm in a hurry to my destination.)

After I waited for full 5 minutes, I called him, hung up immediately, and left the scene.

Still felt bad since he is a first-time passenger so doesn't quite know how to use the app and GPS. He also needs to wait for a long time to get another driver to come. The hotel is out of nowhere from the highway and it took me 20 minutes to arrive.

Inspired from this post. The realistic situation is you can't throw a water ballon to someone. They are guarded and the ballons hardly land on them. But what you can do is you sprinkle some of that fly trap refills into multiple ballons, filled the ballon with helium gas (you can put some farts in if you want) to make them float. So now you have many ballons that are ready to fly and have fly trap refills in them.

Now watch the weather, in about some hours before it's about to rain, release these ballons towards your enemies house. (Another situation where Piss disc won't work since their houses are gated.). The ballons will precisely land on their lawn, which is inside their gate.

Rain then happens and now water an fly trap refills are immediately mixed. A huge smelly gas will be released.

i bet $200 on mexico i feel very bad and nervous. is mexico stronger and how home court helps? must win 100%?

Its hard to look at this world cup doodle. I feel like whoever creates this may think it's a nice doodle, but please kindly do not force it to everyone. Literally you can't avoid looking at this.

any tips on how to get air purifiers under $100. free would be better. I was stuck in the basement which i can maximally afford.

The 2026 NBA Finals matchup between the Knicks and Spurs is basically a pure Fighting-type Pokémon facing a Steel-type opponent.

The Knicks are Fighting type because New York basketball is built on toughness, contact, pressure, and emotional force. They play like a team that wants every possession to feel like a street fight. The Knicks’ identity is physical defense, hard drives, offensive rebounding, and refusing to back down. They are not trying to be elegant. They are trying to wear you down.

That Fighting-type identity also fits New York City’s boxing culture. NYC has always had a deep fight-night energy: old gyms, neighborhood fighters, Madison Square Garden title bouts, gritty training rooms, and a long tradition of toughness being treated like a city language. You can almost picture the Knicks as a team coming out of the corner between rounds, bruised but still nodding, still breathing, still believing they can land the next punch. They absorb hits, keep moving forward, throw body blows through second-chance points, and try to win rounds possession by possession. In Pokémon terms, they are not a flashy special attacker. They are a close-range physical fighter that wants to step into the pocket and trade.

The Spurs are Steel type because spurs are metal, and San Antonio basketball has always carried a disciplined, structured, machine-like identity. Steel types are durable, precise, and hard to break. That fits the Spurs perfectly: smart spacing, clean execution, patient offense, and a system that feels engineered instead of improvised.

Their black-and-silver color scheme makes the Steel typing even cleaner. Silver is the obvious metal color, while black gives the Spurs a polished, forged, armored look. They feel less like a colorful elemental team and more like a sharpened machine: cold, sleek, durable, and built to last. Even visually, San Antonio looks like a Steel-type Pokémon team.

But Fighting type has one of the cleanest matchups into Steel.

In Pokémon terms, Fighting is super effective against Steel because raw force can dent armor. That is exactly why the Knicks would have a real path to winning this series. The Spurs may be polished, sharp, and disciplined, but the Knicks can turn the matchup into something heavier and more physical. They can crash the glass, attack the paint, pressure ball-handlers, and make San Antonio’s clean system deal with constant contact.

And that is where the series starts to feel less like a spreadsheet and more like a story. The Spurs might have the cleaner system, the sharper execution, and the calmer possessions. But the Knicks have the kind of energy that makes a building shake. They have the desperation, the crowd, the bruises, the loose balls, the late-game rebounds, and the feeling that every stop is personal. Sometimes the Finals are not just about who has the prettier offense. Sometimes they are about who can still stand there in Game 7, tired and sore, and throw one more punch.

The Spurs’ Steel typing still makes them dangerous. They will not fold easily. Their structure, defense, and execution can keep them in every game. But the Knicks’ Fighting typing gives them the kind of direct matchup advantage that matters in a long Finals series.

San Antonio may look like the better-designed machine, but New York is the team built to punch through metal.

Prediction: Knicks defeat Spurs in 5-7 games.

I tried to connect my macbook with HDMI cable to dell all in one. I want to use dell all in one as an extended second monitor. It kind of works that i can drag my stuff from my macbook to dell all in one. However, instead of display my macbook extended screen, the dell all in one is still displaying dell all in one itself (the login screen). Unfortunately i cannot login into dell all in one, since i don't know its password. How can I use dell all in one as my second monitor for macbook, without logging into dell all in one?

I don't know the password for that Mac, I just want to use it as a second monitor for my macbook. Does plugging in a cable between my macbook and the mac work?