Doctor Who feels like this.
Gotta get into the slow, more scientific feel to appreciate the pre 70s stuff. Still 100% recommend. Feels like science class mixed with a wonderful 50s movie.
I’ve been doing this with world history. Just got to the fall of 1908. Feeling really bad for this young guy Adolf, rejected from art school.
Maybe he’ll write about his struggles for others to understand.
Yeah…with a title that reminds you for some strange reason to a block based videogame.
damn son what year did you start at?
But at least the Cubs won the World Series. As a fan, I think they’ll continue to win the World Series several times over the next few years.
Not quite the same but very much the same feel…
I started doing this with the X-men comics. The first 60 or so issues are very rough and I haven’t gotten through them yet. Apparently they did a 1-off around issue 63 where they reboot the series with a lot of the characters you’d expect and that’s where it starts being good but damn I don’t want to skip Jean Grey fainting while wondering if Scott is attracted to her and then getting captured one more time!
Stan Lee bimbofication intensifies
bro found a show longer than one piece
In the pirate world, there’s two type of shoes, “episodic” which is what you’d expect and “daily” which is more for regular/frequent/newsworthy programs. One Piece is episodic and sports are “daily”
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Makes me wonder how many watchable hours of NBA games there are.
I asked bing because it at least attempts citations. I’m not sure if all games were televised in 1946 and I didn’t check the math, but:
That’s an interesting question. To answer it, we need to make some assumptions and calculations based on the available data.
One way to estimate the total hours of NBA games recorded for TV is to multiply the average length of an NBA game by the number of games played in each season, and then sum up the results for all seasons since the NBA was founded in 1946.
According to this source, the average length of an NBA game in the 2021/22 season was 2 hours and 13 minutes, or 2.22 hours. This is based on regular season games that did not go to overtime. However, the average length of an NBA game may have varied over the years due to changes in rules, timeouts, commercials, and other factors. For example, this source shows that the average length of an NBA All-Star game has fluctuated between 2 hours and 2 hours and 40 minutes since 1990.
To simplify the calculation, we will assume that the average length of an NBA game has been constant at 2.22 hours for all seasons. This may not be very accurate, but it gives us a rough approximation.
Next, we need to find out how many games have been played in each season. The number of games per season has also changed over time, depending on the number of teams, the number of divisions, the playoff format, and other factors. For example, the 2011/12 season had only 66 games per team due to a lockout, while the 2019/20 season had 72 games per team due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
To simplify the calculation, we will use the most common number of games per season, which is 82 games per team. This has been the case for most seasons since 1967/68, except for a few exceptions. Again, this may not be very accurate, but it gives us a rough approximation.
Finally, we need to find out how many teams have been in the NBA in each season. The number of teams has also changed over time, depending on the expansion, contraction, relocation, and merger of franchises. For example, the NBA started with 11 teams in 1946/47, reached a peak of 30 teams in 2004/05, and currently has 29 teams in 2021/22.
To simplify the calculation, we will use the average number of teams per season, which is 21.6 teams. This is based on the sum of the number of teams in each season divided by the number of seasons. Again, this may not be very accurate, but it gives us a rough approximation.
Now, we can plug in these numbers into the formula:
Total hours of NBA games recorded for TV = Average length of an NBA game x Number of games per season x Number of teams per season x Number of seasons
Total hours of NBA games recorded for TV = 2.22 x 82 x 21.6 x 76
Total hours of NBA games recorded for TV = 279,513.38
Therefore, based on these assumptions and calculations, we can estimate that the total hours of NBA games recorded for TV since 1946 is about 279,513 hours. This is equivalent to about 11,646 days, or about 31.9 years of non-stop NBA action!
Of course, this is only an approximation, and the actual number may be higher or lower depending on the actual length, number, and availability of NBA games recorded for TV in each season. To get a more accurate answer, we would need to find more reliable and detailed data sources for each season and factor in the variations and exceptions.
I hope this helps you get an idea of how many hours of NBA games have ever been recorded for TV. Thank you for your question. 😊
Source: Conversation with Bing, 2/8/2024
(1) How Long Are NBA Games on Average in 2021/22? - The Hoops Geek. https://www.thehoopsgeek.com/average-nba-game-length/.
(2) National Basketball Association on television - Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Basketball_Association_on_television.
(3) Sports on U.S. TV - Statistics & Facts | Statista. https://www.statista.com/topics/2113/sports-on-tv/.
Did they double count games? Since each team plays another team.
By the way never ever ever trust Bing citations. Machine learning engineers refer to them using the technical term “dog shit”.
Never ever trust Bing
Heavens no. I wouldn’t trust any LLM right now for factual information. Its value to me is a creative tool to in this case give you a head start on how to approach the problem. Your example of how something as simple as double counting could make the result off by an enormous factor is a perfect warning for how as well as they can bullshit it, there isn’t really as much critical “thinking” happening in that black box as some people would like to believe.
Now if we see tighter integration with Wolfram Alpha on the other hand…
My weird coworker did this with wrestling.
Started watching wrestling from the 80s to understand “the story”. And I mean there are classic moments like Hull Vs The Giant, but weird…
There is a lot of background to understand in professional wrestling though. This YouTube video is only one story arc of one wrestler.
Did he understand the history?
They have to get through Michael Jordan seasons first.
That season where he played with Bugs Bunny was weird. So many players lost their talent all of a sudden.
