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Re: Breaking down the merits in trading Elias Lindholm to the Boston Bruins after Bergeron’s retirement

Ethan Winters — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 18:54:45 -0000

4.5 million coming off the cap from the Bergeron/Krejci overages, plus however much the cap is going up on its own, plus Gryz and Forbort (3m each) coming off the cap, plus there will be more of a market for Ullmark next offseason with the cap going up... Bruins have plenty of space for long term deal.

But, its hard to move Lorhei if you are gonna let Gryz and Forbort walk.

Re: Sanders speaks to Christian conservatives at Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University

Ethan Winters — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 20:10:21 -0000

I check the 200k+ family income checkbox and I love Sanders politics. I know that, in addition to working hard, I am where I am due to opportunities from class and financial support in my youth. Life will never be "fair". Some people are going to get dealt a better hand, but, not reaching out and giving people a hand means American is wasting brains and talent in a global age where our ability to foster those skills should be our competitive advantage. The right's belief that socialism is OK when it comes to funding the military and law enforcement, but not for education and healthcare just blows my mind as inconceivably short-sighted and lacking in any kind of intelligent thought.

Re: Trading Dustin Byfuglien: The Proposals

Ethan Winters — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 22:48:06 -0000

I just really really don't see Boston including Marchand in a deal. He is signed to a great contract, loves the city, provides the grit that Boston wants in their skill guys, and is basically tied to Bergeron on the ice at all times.

I also don't see him garnering considerably more than Yandle, Bouwmeester, Burns or Hamilton. Some of these deals fall into that spectrum, but I think the Boston deal is a bit beyond that and the Buffalo deal a bit below that.

Re: Trading Dustin Byfuglien: The Suitors

Ethan Winters — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 19:52:12 -0000

Those returns are so out of line with returns for similar players with a year left it's laughable.

Re: Potential 2015-16 Boston Bruins Lineup: Forwards

Ethan Winters — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 20:05:36 -0000

Loui has played RW in Boston, but has played both LW and RW internationally and in Dallas. Maybe he slightly prefers his off wing, but that doesn't mean they are putting a guy in Hayes or Connolly on their off wing also to accommodate.

Re: Potential 2015-16 Boston Bruins Lineup: Forwards

Ethan Winters — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 17:16:37 -0000

I think that with Claude's love of wingers playing their natural side, we will see Eriksson, Marchand, Beleksey on the left side and Connolly, Pastrnak and Hayes on the right. Where each guy ends up is anyones guess, but I feel pretty confident that Julien will keep guys on their natural wings.

Re: Predictions on JavaScript in the next 12 months

Ethan Winters — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 19:50:20 -0000

"2: Smaller libraries (and the composing of) will be preferred over large frameworks"

I think there will continue to be two camps on this topic. 2014 was the year of Angular, 2015 was the year of React...will 2016 be the year of Angular 2.0?

Re: Client-side templating's major bug - TimKadlec.com

Ethan Winters — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 19:58:18 -0000

AwesomeTaxWebApp probably doesn't care too much about SEO or saving a couple hundred ms on initial page load time. If your site is an Instagram clone, it certainly does. Right tool for the job.

In general, I find the filament study annoying because Angular, Ember, et al flex their muscles at scale, not in a todo MVC app. Of course Backbone is going to be better in that scenario.

Re: Performance of AngularJS, ReactJS and KnockoutJS Compared

Ethan Winters — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 11:41:32 -0000

That second load data for ReactJS in Chrome is weird and fascinating and something I can't really wrap my head around when trying to think of a cause.

Re: A sneak peek at the radically new Angular 2.0

Ethan Winters — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 13:38:36 -0000

As a heavy Angular user, I think that 2.0 solves some problems, adds some cool stuff, and is generally in the right direction. I don't personally agree with everything, but it is a big step forward.

However, the vast difference between 1.x and 2.0 means that my efforts to convince my company to move more of our new offerings and current refactors over to AngularJS is going to fail and we are going to be stuck in Backbone + x + y + z land.

Re: AngularJS vs. Backbone.js vs. Ember.js

Ethan Winters — Sat, 23 Aug 2014 17:02:47 -0000

Anyone just learning Angular should skip straight to ui-router. Worlds better than ng-route.

Re: TheForce.net: Disney To Announce Star Wars Theme Park Plans Next Year

Ethan Winters — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 11:38:59 -0000

Austin!

Re: Who is Who in User Experience Design?

Ethan Winters — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 11:46:32 -0000

"Back-End Developer – The back-end to a website is almost everything the user can’t see and it usually consists of three parts: a server, an application, and a database. Often a lot trickier than front-end development."

With the rise of complex single page apps pulling from Restful backends, I question the last statement more every month.

Re: UI Engineer- Best Jobs 2013 - Money Magazine

Ethan Winters — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 00:24:13 -0000

There is also a big difference between a "UI Engineer" who is making single page applications like gmail, or is creating native like mobile experiences and some person who can skin a wordpress and cut and paste jQuery. Those in the latter category may be making $50k, but those in the former are making what is stated in the article if they are working in a 2nd tier tech hub like Austin, or far more in SF, NY and Boston.

Re: UI Engineer- Best Jobs 2013 - Money Magazine

Ethan Winters — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 00:14:59 -0000

I can say in Austin the going rate is 90k+ for a good javascript person.

Re: Post Season Prospect Rankings 2012-13

Ethan Winters — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 19:08:32 -0000

I'd rather have Silfverberg (30), Conacher (40). You could convince me of anywhere between 20th and 40th for Saad, but top 5 is insane.

Re: Kalman: If Iginla’s In Decline, Cap-Friendly Deal Is No Bargain

Ethan Winters — Sun, 07 Jul 2013 10:16:53 -0000

Yes, but Clarkson has overpaid bust written all over him. One 30 goal season where his shooting % was 40% over his norm. The contract the Leafs gave him would have made him the Bruins highest paid forward next year and had him signed until he was Iginla's age. No thanks.

Re: Tired of Traffic on IH-35? Try Digging Your Way Free

Ethan Winters — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:01:49 -0000

As a Boston transplant, I can't recommend this enough. In Boston it connected different parts of the city that had been cutoff by a highway, increased real estate values, lightened traffic, and made the city more beautiful. It did everything as promised except keep to budget and timelines. Even with those clear cons, and for all the crap the Big Dig gets, you won't find many a Bostonian who wouldn't go through it all over again for the rewards.

Re: Switzerland's Innovative, Conservative Healthcare Program

Ethan Winters — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:06:27 -0000

Difference between RyanCare and Swiss system is that the Swiss system has prices set by the government to keep them lower.

Re: Barbecue With a Side Order of Politics

Ethan Winters — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 16:43:48 -0000

This is why the Supreme Court knocking out the Medicaid expansion was such a big deal. A lot of these people could have gotten in on Medicaid if their hours were cut.

Re: The End of the Middle Class Century: How the 1% Won the Last 30 Years - Atlantic Mobile

Ethan Winters — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:38:44 -0000

I'm sure the picture is less extreme, but with the same trends.

Re: A Mitt Romney loss wouldn’t necessarily be a disaster

Ethan Winters — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 14:02:41 -0000

The 47% line is so tired. As many taxes come from Payroll taxes, which are totally regressive in that you only pay them on the first 100k of income, as come from income tax.

Re: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/poll-83-percent-support-welfare-work-requirement-that-obama-gutted/article/2502471

Ethan Winters — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:26:17 -0000

Look at all these commies that wrote a letter asking for "Increased waiver authority" and "flexibility to manage their TANF programs"! Just a whos who of what is wrong with this country!
Signed by ROMNEY, J. Bush, Pawlenty, Huckabee, Daniels, Perry...bunch of commies! How dare they ask for more state's rights! Wait a second...http://www.washingtonpost.com/blog...

Re: One Donor Ponied Up 35 Percent of Crossroads GPS's 2011 Haul

Ethan Winters — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:36:12 -0000

Um, most of the Obama donations are donations under $200.

Re: The Hockey News: THN.com Top 10: THN.com Top 10: Backup goalies

Ethan Winters — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:21:16 -0000

you are joking, right bryant? Both Schneider and Rask should be on this list. They are both better than half the starters in the league.