Devils team discussion (news, notes and speculation) - 2023 offseason part II

[Blackjack]

I wanted to go to grad school and study genetics. First week of class my advisor was like "you know how to use R, right?" I told him no. His instructions were "Okay, well go learn R this weekend, then on Monday come back and we'll get started." Yeah dude, I'll just learn R in two days and be ready to go.

I ended up getting my master's despite doing the absolute bare minimum, then promptly changed fields. I loved learning about the topic, I just hated doing the work. I have no idea how you coders do it, that shit sucks. If the Devils post a job opening for a vertebrate physiologist I'll definitely apply.

Actually I was wondering if you can tell me how Jacob Trouba skates around without a spine.

 

[My3Sons]

Actually I was wondering if you can tell me how Jacob Trouba skates around without a spine.

He's not missing a spine, he's missing a soul and integrity.

 

[JimEIV]

I wanted to go to grad school and study genetics. First week of class my advisor was like "you know how to use R, right?" I told him no. His instructions were "Okay, well go learn R this weekend, then on Monday come back and we'll get started." Yeah dude, I'll just learn R in two days and be ready to go.

I ended up getting my master's despite doing the absolute bare minimum, then promptly changed fields. I loved learning about the topic, I just hated doing the work. I have no idea how you coders do it, that shit sucks. If the Devils post a job opening for a vertebrate physiologist I'll definitely apply.

The dirty little secret of coding is EVERYTHING has been written already and Google is your best friend...

The first real application I worked on in a professional setting was in Visual Basic and entire looping and file parsing routines were taken directly from the MSDN (Microsoft Developers Network) documentation. Verbatim.

 

[Saugus]

I wanted to go to grad school and study genetics. First week of class my advisor was like "you know how to use R, right?" I told him no. His instructions were "Okay, well go learn R this weekend, then on Monday come back and we'll get started." Yeah dude, I'll just learn R in two days and be ready to go.

I ended up getting my master's despite doing the absolute bare minimum, then promptly changed fields. I loved learning about the topic, I just hated doing the work. I have no idea how you coders do it, that shit sucks. If the Devils post a job opening for a vertebrate physiologist I'll definitely apply.

Holy shit, what a ridiculous statement from your advisor. I've used R professionally for almost 10 years now, and I still don't know what the f*** I'm doing half the time without Googling it.

Someone once described R to me as "the Dark Souls of coding languages" and I'd say that's more or less accurate. Python is slightly more beginner-friendly, but only just.

Seriously, thinking anybody could learn R in a weekend is mindblowingly insane, especially from somebody who should definitely know better.

 

[JimEIV]

I don't understand the Trouba hate? I like him.

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

I don't understand the Trouba hate? I like him.

he is not a good player and he is dirty

what is there to like?

 

[Ripshot 43]

 

[njdevils1982]

he is not a good player and he is dirty

what is there to like?

that he's not a good player

 

[Devs3cups]

With the D you probably take a slight but I don’t think it’s really substantial. Not concerned at all on Luke. Miller’s a good add. Bahl’s a bit of a question. He should at least be a decent bottom pair guy. If he ends up being a really good bottom pair guy then it looks good. By the end of the year Nemec should be ready to make an impact too.

Exactly. Agree 100%. The goaltending I’m confident about, but I feel like it’s a bigger question mark than D.

 

[JimEIV]

I wonder if Luke and Quinn will be a pair for the US in 2026.

Man, the hype around Jack, Quinn and Luke for Team USA 2026 is going to be out of control.

 

[AfroThunder396]

Actually I was wondering if you can tell me how Jacob Trouba skates around without a spine.

Sorry I don’t study inescts

 

[JimEIV]

Sorry I don’t study inescts

Entomology is pretty important to fly fishing.

 

[My3Sons]

I don't understand the Trouba hate? I like him.

I think it's the cheap shot stuff that gets to people. In the old days when you might get called to account for it there was more tolerance of it, or maybe expectation of it, from a fan perspective. But in today's game, where guys don't fight and don't get called to account and the league turns a blind eye, it's often seen more as disrespectful to the other players. I don't doubt he's a good guy off the ice and he is reasonably skilled and talented if overpaid. I was agnostic on him until I watched the chicken wing video someone made about him and it was disappointing to see him go out of his way to try to hit guys with his elbow extended. I'm not sure he understands that a forearm shiver is an illegal bodycheck.

 

[jkrdevil]

National TV Schedules are out. Devils appearances as follows:
* 8 Games on TNT
* 2 Games on ESPN
* 1 Game on ABC (MetLife Game)
* 5 on ESPN+ (including the opener again)

They are over the maximum games allowed for TNT so three of them (Bos in Dec, Caps game in Jan., and Lightning Game in Feb.) will be blacked out in NJ/NY in favor of MSG.

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[None Shall Pass]

Goddammit ESPN+ is the worst. A billion dollar corporation, owned by Disney, somehow can't out-livestream countries whose chief export is "mafia".

 

[BostonDevil]

National TV Schedules are out. Devils appearances as follows:
* 8 Games on TNT
* 2 Games on ESPN
* 1 Game on ABC (MetLife Game)
* 5 on ESPN+ (including the opener again)

They are over the maximum games allowed for TNT so some of them (3 most likely) will be blacked out in NJ/NY in favor of MSG.

The Walt Disney Company Announces 100 Exclusive National Hockey League Games Across ESPN, ESPN+, ABC and Hulu Beginning October 10

ESPN and The Walt Disney Company (TWDC) today announced its 2023-24 National Hockey League (NHL) regular season schedule, with 100 exclusive games across ESPN, ESPN+, ABC and Hulu. Additionally, ESPN and TWDC will exclusively present the NHL Opening Night tripleheader, NHL All-Star Weekend, NHL...

espnpressroom.com

NHL on TNT Unveils Blockbuster 62-Game Schedule for 2023-24 NHL Season, Starting Wednesday, Oct. 11

Warner Bros. Discovery Sports will enter its third season of live NHL on TNT coverage with a 62-game regular season schedule, starting with the highly

press.wbd.com

Looks like the 3 will be Bruins, Caps (second one) and TB

 

[JimEIV]

Now I have to figure out which streaming services I need to buy

 

[AfroThunder396]

Entomology is pretty important to fly fishing.

Fly fishing seems like a lot of fun. I think fishing just in general is a really great way for people to get into science, especially kids. Not only studying the actual biology of the animal, but even just basic cause/effect. Fishing in the morning and fishing at night cause me to catch different species, why is that? Earthworms will attract this species but not this species, why not? It's a good exercise for curious minds.

 

[Bcap88]

Now I have to figure out which streaming services I need to buy

Iptv is the way to go

 

[Xirik]

Goddammit ESPN+ is the worst. A billion dollar corporation, owned by Disney, somehow can't out-livestream countries whose chief export is "mafia".

ehhh! Shutupa your face!

 

[Better Call Sal]

Time for Game 5!

 

[Ripshot 43]

Time for Game 5!

I feel like you skipped a game or 2

 

[Mgd31]

Espn+ for the opener? F that. How can they not have the opener with our boys Bill and Dano

 

[Emperoreddy]

Price of success

 

[Emperoreddy]

Iptv is the way to go

Which one?