I think it's best to name products using the actual release date in which a product is released, so with Apple's upcoming operating systems I would name them using the current year, such as iOS 25 instead of iOS 26 if it's released in 2025.
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Have Women Keep Last Name
I wonder if it might be better if we encouraged women and eventually made it a common practice for women to keep their last name when married and throughout their whole life, and also possibly have girls take the last name of the woman and boys take the last name of the man.
What
- Women simply keep their last name if they get married, and all life
- Men also still keep their last name if they get married, and all life
- Girls take the last name of the woman or one chosen parent?
- Boys take the last name of the man or the other chosen parent?
Why
- Women wouldn't need to feel they are changing their identity
- Women would have a consistent name and identity throughout life
- Women could also potentially carry on their name with girl children
- Men who do not want children may be less pressured to do so
- No more extra work, paperwork, or changes to have to deal with
- No long hyphenated names that we would have to deal with
July 29, 2025
Budget A-Series MacBook Design
I would guess that the most likely scenario is the M-Series MacBook gets a redesign first, possibly as a 12.X" device with M5, and then the budget A-Series MacBook gets the "old" 13.6" design. Second most likely is just a budget 13.3", but that design is quite old and colorless.
Alternative Apple M5 Rumor Guesses
- M5 will be built on 2nm GAAFET
- M5 uses hybrid bonding chiplets so CPU is 2nm
- M5 MacBooks come out in late 2025
- M5 MacBook Air is Mini-LED, maybe new size/design
- iMac and Mac Mini skip M5, wait for M6?
- Next iPad Pro uses 2nm A-Series Pro?
NBA Draft Picks 2025
Here are the potential draft picks and players that I like for the 2025 NBA draft.
June 19, 2025 - Version 2.0
Primary - Great, draft for my team
- Cooper Flagg
- Carter Bryant
- Cedric Coward
- Rasheer Fleming
- Danny Wolf
- Max Shulga
- Sion James
- John Tonje
Secondary - Great, draft for some team
- Ace Bailey
- Kasparas Jakucionis
- Hugo Gonzalez
- Noa Essengue
- Nique Clifford
- Chaz Lanier
- Bogoljub Markovic
- Hansen Yang
May 15, 2025 - Version 1.0
Primary - Great, draft for my team
- Cooper Flagg
- Ace Bailey
- Carter Bryant
- Danny Wolf
- Rasheer Fleming
- Cedric Coward
- Max Shulga
- Sion James
Secondary - Great, draft for some team
- Kasparas Jakucionis
- Noa Essengue
- Hugo Gonzalez
- Nique Clifford
- Bogoljub Markovic
- Chris Lanier
- Hansen Yang
Raptors Offseason Strategy Path 2025
Here's one potential trade and draft idea for the Raptors this offseason, which might be one way to help accomplish a possible big picture overall strategy and lineup configuration that is also suggested and outlined.
May 22, 2025 - Original
Rockets
- Poeltl
- Agbaji
- Shead
- Mogbo
Raptors
- 10th Pick - 2025
- J. Smith
- Sheppard
- 2nd Round - 2026 & 2027
Raptors Draft
- 9th - Bryant or Coward
- 10th - Wolf or Fleming
- 39th - Shulga or S. James, Tonje or Lanier
Raptors Free Agent
- Horford (3PT + FT + Experience)
- Lopez (3PT + FT + Experience)
- T. Bryant (3PT + FT + Young)
- Looney for now (Rebounding + Pass + Exp)
- Capela for now (Rebounding + Screen + Exp)
- Drummond for now (Rebounding + Size + Exp)
Rockets Lineup
- VanVleet - Shead - Holiday
- Green - Agbaji - Free Agent
- Brooks - Thompson - Whitmore
- Sengun - Eason - Mogbo
- Poeltl - Adams - Free Agent
Raptors Lineup
- Quickley - Sheppard - Shulga
- Ingram - Dick - Walter
- Barnes - Bryant - Battle
- J. Smith - Barrett - Boucher
- Free Agent - Wolf - Chomche
Team Improvements
- Rockets get better older winning players, ball handling, passing, defense
- Rockets get a center who works well with VanVleet and UofH Shead
- Rockets can move Sengun to PF to focus on offense, maybe Green to 6th
- Raptors get better potential and young players to continue growing
- Raptors get shooting potential with Sheppard, Bryant, Wolf, Shulga
- Raptors can move Ingram, Dick, or Barrett to SG with Agbaji gone
Raptors Overall Strategy
- Get great or best 3PT and FT shooters that are not Barnes and Chomche
- Barrett plays more than Smith as 6th man bench scoring and handling
- Proper positions by having Barrett be only one playing out of position
- Better rebounding with players big and long at positions except Barrett
- Find best or great shooters at all positions who can defend, even center
- Play small if/when needed for best/all shooters, sacrificing size sometimes
Raptors Players Strategy
- Quickley, Ingram, Barnes, Barrett handle ball, pick and roll, spot up 3PT
- Smith, Dick, Bryant, Sheppard cut, move, and stretch for open 3PT shots
- Barnes, Wolf, Chomche also set screens, double passing to 3PT shooters
- Quickley, Sheppard, or very best 3PT shooters you want shooting the most
- Walter and Chomche promoted to bench in the future for better defense
- Shulga and Battle can be used when more shooting and offense wanted
June 19, 2025 - Updated
- I'm not certain I'd take Wolf, risk with lower defense and athleticism at C
- But, I think Wolf will be really good for someone and may be best at C not PF
- If Raptors did have 9th and 10th I might even take both Bryant and Coward
- I think trading for an additional first round pick makes sense, if not 10th pick
- Since neither player is a center, maybe Bryant/Coward and Fleming instead
- Or maybe Jabari Smith would play backup center for now, but not perfect
- Barrett could move into the starting lineup, but bench maybe too young
- Maluach and Essengue are intriguing, but my focus is also on great shooting
MacBook Air Wish List 2025
Here is a partial wish list of features for a redesigned MacBook Air or Mini in late 2025 or later. While not currently rumored, I feel it might even make sense to redesign it before the MacBook Pro redesign for various reasons.
- Smaller - Redesign with smaller ~12.7" "mini" screen
- Matte - Nano-texture display upgrade option available
- Storage - 16 GB memory and 512 GB storage standard
- Wireless - Wi-fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 custom wireless chip
- Screen - New oxide TFT screen with 120Hz refresh rate
- Notchless - iPad style rounded bezel design without notch
- Touch - Touchscreen as all mobile devices should have
- Apps - Force all iPad/iOS apps to allow being installed
Admire The Living Over The Material
Admire living things like people, friends, animals, and nature, while simply making use of material things like stuff, things, tools, and technology.
Value Young And Priming Players Act
Hey Jacob.
Great Evaluation And Analysis
- I think you really do a great job of evaluating players and coming up with different analysis or ideas for teams or players, to understand the value of players or make possible changes and adjustments.
- It's really fun to hear your thoughts on players or trades, and in particular I think your draft prospect bullet point breakdowns are an excellent example of that.
- In terms of evaluating players, one thing I think that I look at extremely differently than you is ages of players, and in particular young players who might be truly valuable or even untouchable, and also when players are going to be entering or in their prime.
Potential Of Young Players
- Lowry was 26, about 3 years older than Barnes is now, when he was traded to the Raptors and he wasn't that great of a player yet, being traded for a future first round pick.
- Masai didn't want to include the young Siakam or Anunoby in the Kawhi trade, and they were basically nothings on offense at about age 23 and 21 after each averaged about 7 points the previous year.
- Josh Giddey is still just 22 and he already shot 38% 3PT on 4 3PA this year while Caruso shot 35% on 3 3PA.
- James Harden was about 23 and playing on the bench for OKC the previous year when he was traded to Houston.
- Shai was a bit younger at about 21 when he was traded away after his 10 PPG rookie year along with a 20 PPG Danilo Gallinari and about 5 first round picks for a 28 year old Paul George.
- Barnes is just 23, already won rookie of the year, and has already been an All-Star, so he'll just be entering his age 24 season next year!
Trading Away Young Players
- Trading players like that who are under 25, who you drafted very high, who you could have as a franchise player for the next 10 years, and who could be a top 10 player in the NBA might not be wise at all, regardless of who you are trading them for.
- So I think you generally don't want to ever trade young players with All-NBA potential who haven't proven themselves like Harden, Shai, or Siakam, let alone young players who have already proven themselves to some degree like Doncic, Carter, or Barnes.
- Carter's rookie year he was already 22 by the way, a year younger than Barnes was this year.
- Also, on top of Barnes ability, he seems to already be a natural leader even at his extremely young age, which may be quite uncommon for such a young person, and certainly wasn't the case for players like DeRozan or Lowry at age 23 for instance.
Trading For Priming Players
- To go along with that, it can be worth realizing or wanting players who could potentially be top players in the NBA while entering and playing through their primes, which I see as age 27 to 33.
- Again, Barnes will still just be 24, so his prime might not even start for 3 years.
- In particular, it is worth noting that the Raptors have many young players now, while Giannis will be 31 next year.
- Even more importantly and really worth considering is that three of the biggest acquisitions of proven players by the Raptors were for Ibaka, Kawhi, and Ingram, who were all 27 when the Raptors traded for them.
- So, they were all just entering their prime years, and you could potentially have had them for at least 6 years of their whole prime, which was just starting.
- Meanwhile, Barnes and some other players on the Raptors like Quickley, Barrett, and Agbaji are younger and will be entering their prime in a couple years.
Consider Age And Potential
- When we look at trades or when we are evaluating players I think it is primarily important to always consider their age and potential first, instead of just comparing what players are in the deal now or how good they are now.
- In particular, I think it is worth knowing that 23 is still very young and that giving up anyone who has any potential to be one of the best players in the league when they enter their prime may not be wise at all.
- Also, it is worth considering that keeping, having, or getting players who could be one of the better players in the league when entering their prime at about age 27 may also be extremely valuable, and that getting players who are 32 or just past their prime may be much less valuable and not worth giving up these potential young and prime entering players for.
Feelings Exist Theory (Emotion)
Theory - Because the feelings of living things exist, these feelings of living things may matter and mean something.
- When we are harmed, injured, or attacked we can feel hurt
- When we are hugged, satisfied, or accepted we can feel good
- Living things have feelings and emotions which matter to them
- It matters to us if we feel suffering, misery, pleasure, or happiness
- Our life may matter and have meaning because we feel it has meaning
- Our life and feelings may matter and have meaning because they exist
May 6, 2025
Use Your Heart And Mind For Good
The world is in a better place than ever because of many people with caring hearts and intelligent minds who genuinely want to make life better.
Then Play Flagg At Center
If the Raptors end up getting Cooper Flagg in the NBA draft and keep Poeltl, then I think they should move Poeltl to the bench and start Flagg or Barnes at center, with the goal of getting more shooting into both the starting lineup and the bench.
My Lineup
- Quickley, Agbaji, Ingram, Barnes, Flagg
- Walter, Barrett, Dick, Boucher, Poeltl
Notes
- More shooting starting, and Boucher to win
- RJ or Poeltl play more than Agbaji most games
- Barrett to bench for handling and scoring
- Battle is the 11th guy for more shooting
Display 16 Apps Instead Of 9
I think that Apple or any company making operating systems should display an even amount of 16 apps in home screen tabs, app folders, and app menus on iOS, tvOS, and other operating systems, instead of the hard to organize and odd amount of 9 apps.
What
- Display 16 apps in folders, or alternatively 24
- Grid of 4x4 apps in folders, or alternatively 4x6
- Always show an even amount of app columns
- Always show an even amount of app rows
Why
- Grouping apps in groups of 2, 4, or 6 makes sense logically
- With groups of 4 people can easier create a mental model
- Rotating from portrait and landscape shows the same apps
- People may be buying or using less apps with folders of 9
Change Executive Leadership Titles
I wonder if the names of executive positions should be simplified with chief as C-Level, general as G-Level, senior as S-Level, and vice as V-Level. Each department could have simpler titles, with marketing having "Marketing Officers" instead of long vice president titles.
What
- Level - Title - Abbreviation - Codename
- C-Level - Chief Marketing Officer - CMO - Chief/Leader
- G-Level - General Marketing Officer - GMO - General/Admiral
- S-Level - Senior Marketing Officer - SMO - Major/Colonel
- V-Level - Vice Marketing Officer - VMO - Captain/Commander
Past
- Level - Title - Abbreviation
- Chief - Chief Marketing Officer - CMO
- Executive - Executive Vice President of Marketing - EVP
- Senior - Senior Vice President of Marketing - SVP
- Vice - Vice President of Marketing - VP
Create Practices Not Beliefs
I think formulating an ideology and creating ways of living based solely on practical habits or action instead of theoretical beliefs or dogma may be beneficial and essential to further maintain and improve our overall wellbeing and happiness.
On Beliefs, Theories & Dogmas
Beliefs, theories, dogmas, and myths can often be harmful as they can be used to promote rituals based upon mere suspicion, and therefore they may not be practically helpful.
- I think we should reserve belief only as a tool to believe in ourselves to do something
- Beliefs, theories, and dogmas may be harmful and unhelpful in making life better for all
- It may be worth striving to focus only on knowing things instead of believing in things
- Decoupling beliefs from practices within church and communities may be important
On Practices, Habits & Actions
Practices, habits, actions, and plans may shape our positive wellbeing and happiness if we proactively create good practices, or our negative suffering and misery if we do not.
- As for ideology, I might broaden its definition to include not just beliefs, but practices
- Whatever we call it, I think creating habits and practices to make life better can succeed
- It may be worth focusing not on what is right or true, but what is good or better for all
- Focusing on practices, habits, action, and values may be worthwhile and important
April 22, 2025
Use The Simplicity Of 2-4-6
If you think the power and magnificence of 3-6-9 is the key to the universe, just wait until you learn how to simplify things and fully realize the incredible power and simplicity of 2-4-6.
Write In Bullet Lists
I wonder if we should use bullet lists for all or most of our writing, and particularly to make concise, argumentative list essays that present a single plan, idea, practice, or habit with points describing the action or steps the author suggests.
Names
- List Essay or Bullet Essay
- Brief or Bullet
What
- Can a bullet list of points be an essay?
- Should we write more ideas and plans as argumentative essays in bullet list form?
- We could call this simplified and brief style of writing a "List Essay" or "Bullet Essay"
- Argumentative essays with a single idea would work particularly well as a list essay
- Any idea, plan, practice, habit, policy, strategy, or rule could work well as a list essay
- Any and all types of writing may be simpler, better, and read easier as bullet lists too
Why
- Many books, essays, texts, articles, and literary works are way too long
- We need to focus on brevity and simplifying our information and important actions
- Maybe we should shorten our ideas and other information and just get to the point
- It is easier and quicker to skim a list of lines and points than long paragraphs or essays
- An idea should often focus on what and why changes are to be made more so than how
- A bulleted list encourages the author to describe their idea or information much simpler
How
- Use bulleted lists instead of paragraphs, hopefully which will fit on a single line
- Shorter sentences might be preferred, but sentences of any length would work
- Possibly make groups of 6 points or less separated with headings for further simplicity
- Create a What section with a simple description of your idea, plan, action, or habit
- Often create a Why section to outline the reasons for the idea or explain your argument
- Optionally create How, Steps, or Rules sections to further detail your plan, idea, or action
April 8, 2025
Appreciate All Types Of People
Independence and any feelings of superiority may be an illusion created within a capitalistic or any societal system where we in fact rely on others in countless ways, common for those in elevated classes, positions of power, or with certain knowledge, skills, or traits to feel.
Design Without Bumps Or Notches
I love the old iPad mini 5 with its completely flat back, no camera bump, and a naturally uniform screen. I dislike the iPhone mini 13 with a wobbly back, humongous camera bump, and imbalanced intrusive notch. While out of style, I wonder if Steve Jobs would feel the same way.
Meditate Every Day
Meditate every day because it improves your wellbeing and your mind by helping you to become more relaxed, focused, and aware of all the unnecessary thoughts in your head, which can make you happier and more relaxed and focused on each day you meditate.
What
- Sit down and breathe slowly and deeply for some amount of minutes at least once a day
- Attempt to clear your mind of thoughts and focus on one thing, such as your breathing
- Focus on your breath, body, surroundings, or close your eyes to focus on one thing
- Don't worry if thoughts creep into your mind, just try to let them go, breathe, and focus
- You can also try saying a mantra like "I'm grateful for today. I'm hopeful for the future."
- You may also spend time focusing or contemplating on single projects, goals, or dreams
Why
- Breathing deeply may provide oxygen to the brain which is key for our brain functioning
- Relaxing our mind may allow it to make new connections, which occurs when we sleep
- It may help us become more focused, improve our concentration, and get things done
- It may help us become more relaxed, improve our happiness, and feel naturally calmer
- It may help us process our thoughts, be more creative, and improve our critical thinking
- It may help us slow down and recognize that the thoughts in our head are not our reality
April 1, 2025