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I laughed when I saw the naming thinking, “hey this is the same as the Steelers coach”. Crazy that it actually is him, but hey he’s human too.

Interesting choice for his favorite rooftop 12m in!

He didn't even want to share it, his kid kind of forced him to.

I love how it's a city with almost solarpunk theming—present day, but with buildings nestled in greenery in an almost idyllic setting. Then he moves into one of the apartment blocks and WHAM—there's disturbing imagery on the television screens. This is the kind of creativity that comes from sitting with a piece as you make it and thinking it through bit by bit.

He's one of the longest consecutively tenured by a single team. There are some coaches who have coached longer, but not consecutively, or not for the same team, but Tomlin was the head coach for the Steelers for 19 years. And in those 19 years, he never had a losing season.

He had one more year on his current contract when he decided to retire.

He was mostly known for being able to wrangle the more "unique" personalities of the NFL and for his answers during press conferences. Giving us such gems as "The standard is the standard", "and things of that nature", "We're still squirreling those nuts", "We do not live in our fears", etc.

It's absurd, but he partly reflects on that himself: "But more than anything, it was therapeutic for me. Some mindless entertainment. I'm not a big TV watcher. It allowed me to detach from the realities and the pressures of life."

Was a bit confused by a sibling comment before realizing their comment is narrowed down to the Playoffs.

Overall > 0.5 win rate each year: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/TomlMi0.htm

But after 2016, playoffs? Not so much.

i’d lose myself in a creative world if i lead a team that demands excellence without a franchise quarterback. imagine how many meetings this man endured in lieu of a capable qb.

but it is cool how mike’s minecraft story follows a familiar arc for anyone raising kids after 2009, and learning about his interests in architecture and urbanism.

the responses are diabolical

It's definitely not for everyone. I'd equate the feeling to knitting, where progress is mostly slow and deliberate and the meditativeness is by design.

It's also more fun on a server with friends, where it can be more about hanging out and doing something together, rather than a solo creative exercise.

I suspect some people would still focus more of their time on winning the superbowl.

And you somehow think this is a good thing?

This is definitely a personal preference, I think I'd be bored just tweaking something generated by an AI or anyone else, to me a long term construction of something from the ground up sounds much more fun.

I've built a couple replicas of IRL buildings in survival over the years, for an hour or two after work, and found it very relaxing. It did take a lot of repetitive clicking, but the result was (almost) always worth it. And all the things like planning, finding the right place on the map and gathering the materials building materials made it feel like an actual construction, which I enjoyed.

yep, he has stated he placed every block one by one

If you're referring to "Bedrock", than probably because it's the only one available on Playstation, which is what he's using.

Your getting downvoted but it's a natural and expected question. It's like the kernel hacker running windows on a pad. But he's having fun, thats the whole point.