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The new Apple TV is overpriced bloat apple.com

This might be a good device for some people, but for someone who just wants a not shit user interface to their TV, the extra feature bloat and $300 price tag are difficult to stomach. I’ll probably end up biting the bullet because everything else out there is shit. What a drag.

On, Wisconsin: Brewers Jolt Dodgers To Take 2-0 NLCS Lead blogs.fangraphs.com

Not going to lie, couple this loss with The Rams face plant and Monday night was a drag.

No one will feel any sympathy for the Dodgers, I recognize that. LA’s odds of winning the series is down to 22.5% according to Fangraphs but it feels a lot lower than that. The next couple games are going to be key, as the Brewers are reaching the end of their starting pitching depth. A big part of the Dodgers advantage in this series was going to be the Brewers lack of depth, but LA has hit so poorly that this has yet to become an issue for Milwaukee.

The Dodgers hopes of a third straight World Series appearance are now squarely on the backs of Blake Snell and Tyler Glasnow. Best case is that they can leverage that advantage in the next couple games and even up the series.

How would Alan Turing have played the Traitors? youtube.com

My wife and I are currently enjoying the latest season of the US version of The Traitors, “New Blood,” featuring non-celebrity contestants. I have found it much more enjoyable than past seasons where the cast is a lot of reality TV “stars” — and I don’t want to be crass about it, but they are not my favorite type of person.

The Traitors in the UK, known as Celebrity Traitors, had a very good first series and a much better cross-section of celebrity types. That said, I’m excited to see Hannah Fry among the Series 2 celebrities—a literal mathematician. I first became aware of her from her Numberphile appearances, from what seems like ages ago. I don’t know hardly any of the other celebrities aside from Bella Ramsey — but I’m definitely on team Hannah!

AppZapper 3000 appzapper.com

Daring Fireball today alerted me to the new AppZapper 3000. The old school App Zapper is pure 00s nostalgia for me that takes me right back to when I was in college. It’s like suddenly hearing that one song and a wave of emotion hits. The App looks awesome, as well.