Matt Crane

SW engineer | C, C++, Rust, GStreamer, video, audio, DSP | Boston sports | Arsenal FC | golf | |

[Matt Crane @mattcrane_dev]

“For You[r Worst Impulses]”

[Brian Kemple @realbriankemple]

The “For You” tab is not, in fact, for me.

[Matt Crane @mattcrane_dev]

@KVanValkenburg I don’t necessarily think that’s a bad thing. The predation around very young basketball phenoms in the US seems similar to that of Euro/Latin soccer and Venezuelan/Dominican baseball and it skeeves me the fuck out.

[Matt Crane @mattcrane_dev]

@KVanValkenburg I’ve accepted the fact that the US has neither the cultural nor the institutional factors required to field a team that can make a real run at the WC. Those missing factors will also affect US player opportunities in baseball and basketball as those sports grow internationally.

[Matt Crane @mattcrane_dev]

@NoLayingUp @Titleist @BigRandyNLU @DJPie @TronCarterNLU Thank you! It’s such a vague, hollow platitude. I suspect “Grow the Game” is often code for “Return pro golf viewership to Tiger levels so we can keep getting paid.”

[Matt Crane @mattcrane_dev]

@DimeDropperPod @MoreLife2K17 @mattyglesias Ha. Im trying. But the intersection of politics Twitter and sports Twitter is SO much dumber than either of them separately.

[Matt Crane @mattcrane_dev]

@StanfordBeddoe @MattMoco1 @mattyglesias That is interesting. How does the bottom half of the league in attempts compare to the top team in attempts in 1986?

[Matt Crane @mattcrane_dev]

@MattMoco1 @mattyglesias The in-out passing of today is WAAAAAAAY less creative now. It’s fine. Like you said different games. Jaw dropping passes by Bird and Magic were a daily occurrence. Now I might see a few a month that raise an eyebrow. Way more jaw-dropping 3s or athletic D now. It’s all good.

[Matt Crane @mattcrane_dev]

@MoreLife2K17 @mattyglesias No. Just have the experience and wisdom to understand the difference in what the modern game values vs the game 40 years ago. The modern game has faster stronger players that can shoot from 3. There’s less of a premium on creating opportunities for easy 2s.

[Matt Crane @mattcrane_dev]

@MattMoco1 @mattyglesias Don’t be ridiculous. The modern game is all about creating opportunities for clean 3 looks to counter much more athletic defense. The 80s was about creating as many opportunities for easy layups. No blind nostalgia, just understand the diff between then and now.

[Matt Crane @mattcrane_dev]

@scumbag_unit @mattyglesias Collecting assists != passing as well. YouTube exists.

[Matt Crane @mattcrane_dev]

@ByronYork Those purses are not sustainable. Golf is a niche pro sport and, absent a new Tiger, the SSG money will dry up faster than LIV’s Saudi money once John Henry and co. realize it.

[Matt Crane @mattcrane_dev]

@afreshmadness @mattyglesias “Assume a can opener.” Economists, man…

[Matt Crane @mattcrane_dev]

@Brad__22 @Sad_Liberal Would have been interested in seeing her reaction to My So Called Life but we never managed to get to it.

[Matt Crane @mattcrane_dev]

@Brad__22 @Sad_Liberal We binged Gilmore Girls with our now 18 yo daughter back around 2020. Yeah, not 90s TV, granted... And yeah, iPhone addiction hadn’t fully set in yet. But still, it was nice.

[Matthew Loftus @matthew_loftus]

The best thing to do is to ban betting apps. The second best thing to do is to fine betting apps $100,000 every time they ban someone for being too good, $50,000 of which goes straight to the person who's been banned.

[Matt Crane @mattcrane_dev]

@boooyorkcity @mattyglesias She probably spent more than you would expect because parts of New Hampshire are served by some Boston local network affiliates.

[Matt Crane @mattcrane_dev]

@mattyglesias Sounds great. 55 yo soon-to-be empty nester with no mortgage here. I’d gladly trade my SFH in a desirable Boston suburb for a condo in a walkable MA neighborhood but our housing costs would explode.

Thinking of building an ADU for us to live in and give the house to the kid.

[Matt Crane @mattcrane_dev]

@lionel_trolling

[Matt Crane @mattcrane_dev]

@can Dyson or old school hand dryer, doesn’t matter: I still lose patience and end up wiping my damp hands on my pants as I’m exiting the rest room.