Bad beat/Moaning/Venting thread - It's the end of the world as we know it

[Lazare]

DP, ship your missus' deets, wp Poble

[elbows]

DP, ship your missus' deets, wp Poble

Also to me please

[Strewelpeter]

Who was the fella reading out the irish scores?

He was the Rock and Roll Kid
Rock and Roll was all he did...

[DeadParrot]

Brits tele vote gave 12 to Israel

[balfejohn]

Dice r u game 1 winner
if so send on the details and I’ll pay u up
well done all

a bit of craic

[balfejohn]

Brits tele vote gave 12 to Israel

You have to vote for your paymasters

[luckforsome]

Brits tele vote gave 12 to Israel

... we gave 10!...

[DeadParrot]

... we gave 10!...

There's some seriously shady shit there.
Unless RDIII has a few thousand
ready to go burners

[DeadParrot]

DP ships game 2 with his "wifes" entry.

Austria and Norway bottom 2

She's demanding the money.
Not a hope I'll get the entry

[Lazare]

There's some seriously shady shit there.
Unless RDIII has a few thousand
ready to go burners

I called it.

[dobby]

JamieCarra is having issues accessing his account.

DP, can you send me.payment details and I'll pass them onto him. Ty

[NewApproach]

DP, ship your missus' deets, wp Poble

Me too please!

[Degag]

Dice r u game 1 winner
if so send on the details and I’ll pay u up
well done all

a bit of craic

Same

[Solksjaer!]

Game 1.
Remember your 2 lowest scores are added, lowest overall total wins.
KK82, you drew Netherlands. I've swapped them for 2nd favourite Israel, you can have favourite Croatia if you prefer. Can decide until 9pm ish otherwise sticking with Israel.
Suspect you will be relying on your other 2 either way, good set of selections though, favourite imo.

Degag	Ireland	Cyprus	Slovenia
Dice75	Finland	Norway	Estonia
luckforsome	Italy	Lithuania	UK
oleras	Greece	Portugal	Luxembourg
chadley	France	Serbia	Latvia
Solksjaer	Ukraine	Armenia	Austria
balfejohn	Switzerland	Sweden	Spain
KK82	Netherlands (Israel)	Georgia	Germany

AJ team change for Eurovision. Ukraine for Uk please.

Winner PM deets .

[DeadParrot]

I called it.

Do u really think there's a chance there was such a boycott in Ireland that the headbanger's swayed it?

[ComradeCollie]

Do u really think there's a chance there was such a boycott in Ireland that the headbanger's swayed it?

I did a reverse boycott, by watching it for the first time in more than 10 years (it's even worse than I remember), and voting twice for Israel. Still think Brambie was the far superior 'them' person.

[Opr]

Some scenes in Georgia tonight - Georgia: Thousands rally in protest at 'foreign influence' bill (bbc.com)

[ArmaniJeans]

Norway the golden ticket for both winners this year - a major underperformance by them from the #2 seeds grouping.
Congrats to Dice and Poble. Will leave it up to the winners to chase and the non-winners to pay. Any ongoing issues send a PM to my assistant Icarus152

[CHDad]

It's weird how you people don't understand how effective Jews are at being Jewish usually. They failed badly tonight. The facade is falling apart for them way more than they thought possible. Why did bookies think they were 3rd favs? Israel were at it.

Who won game one? Jew probably. Pm me.

[Lazare]

Do u really think there's a chance there was such a boycott in Ireland that the headbanger's swayed it?

Oh definitely.

I'm not sure if the actual numbers are published but I would guess that the pool of regular year on year Eurovision voters is relatively small. Maybe 50 - 80k people at an absolute stretch.

I would also assume that those that boycotted would tend to be Eurovision regs, invested in it and part of that usual voting block.

A good chunk of those superfans boycotting leaves a concentrated pro Israeli vote behind. Added to that the pro Israeli vote that wouldn't ordinarily tune in or vote.

[Lazare]

opr, you'll like this.

My mate lives in Norway. He regularly shares pics on our WhatsApp group of the Aurora.

He posted up a fucking jaw dropping pic earlier. Said it was taken in Norway last night and shared with him. I screenshot it and posted to twitter.

It blew up immediately. It's at over 60k views at the moment.

Turns out (well based on the comments) that it's most likely AI..

Horse has bolted. Although I did do a quote tweet follow up.

[Lazare]

Norway the golden ticket for both winners this year - a major underperformance by them from the #2 seeds grouping.
Congrats to Dice and Poble. Will leave it up to the winners to chase and the non-winners to pay. Any ongoing issues send a PM to my assistant Icarus152

Belly laugh at this comment on it...

[Opr]

Turns out (well based on the comments) that it's most likely AI..

Horse has bolted. Although I did do a quote tweet follow up.

I seen a story a few days back of photos being shared on socials of people at the Met Gala that never actually attended. Katy Pretty shared this story about a text from her Mum. Things are certainly going to get weird over the next few years.

[Dice75]

Fell asleep just after Irish song, seems like i won at a canter, will send pm.

[Solksjaer!]

Belly laugh at this comment on it...

Deffo not AI. Remarkable colours

[Denny Crane]

Did we lose Hotspur to the monks?

[DeadParrot]

Pms sent

[Degag]

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It's weird how you people don't understand how effective Jews are at being Jewish usually. They failed badly tonight. The facade is falling apart for them way more than they thought possible. Why did bookies think they were 3rd favs? Israel were at it.

Who won game one? Jew probably. Pm me.

A glorious return chadley

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

Went to Matsukaya in Smithfield yesterday, booked to celebrate the first contract going live in Company1. It's very much worth a visit. The guy is a genuine sushi master. Had not realised the intricacy of great sushi. Definite future Michelin imo.

[DeadParrot]

We've wandered into some kind of procession, maybe a communion thing. It took 15 mins for the band to pass and it's still going.
Absolutely incredible to witness

[DeadParrot]

I don't know what the fuck that was but it was amazing

[Raoul Duke III]

Did we lose Hotspur to the monks?

If there's one thing we have learnt from kung fu movies it's to never piss off a Buddhist monk.

[RichieM]

Organising a parade for winning the Eurovision sweepstake is rubbing it in a lot. Have to respect her letting you know who the Eurovision alpha in the house is.

[Opr]

Something new coming tomorrow from Open AI tomorrow.

[Strewelpeter]

I don't know what the fuck that was but it was amazing

Was it a Filipino community parade?

[Strewelpeter]

Some scenes in Georgia tonight - Georgia: Thousands rally in protest at 'foreign influence' bill (bbc.com)

Vlad fired Shoigu today, wouldn't be shocked if he's looking at a replacement sycophantic enough to open another front for him.

[Raoul Duke III]

Vlad fired Shoigu today, wouldn't be shocked if he's looking at a replacement sycophantic enough to open another front for him.

They already have Georgia in their back pocket (government bought and paid for).

[Raoul Duke III]

Less than an hour out of Dublin and a different world. WhatsApp Image 2024-05-12 at 17.16.34_7395b317.jpg

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

Brittas Bay? Love the food in that pub where the wife tried to get the husband killed.

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

They already have Georgia in their back pocket (government bought and paid for).

that government was democratically elected by the people. not that being democratically elected has stopped the US interfering in a country before - invariably US involvement in these things leads to chaos.

A ChatGPT summary of US involvement in another democratically elected system.

Context of the Cold War: During the Cold War, the U.S. adopted a policy of containing communism worldwide. This policy often involved intervening, either directly or covertly, in the political affairs of other nations, particularly in Latin America.

Election of Salvador Allende: In 1970, Salvador Allende, a Marxist, was elected President of Chile. Allende's platform included plans to nationalize major industries, including copper, which was of significant economic interest to the United States. His election alarmed both the U.S. government and American business interests.

U.S. Response and CIA Involvement: The U.S. government, particularly under President Nixon and his Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, authorized the CIA to prevent Allende from coming to or staying in power. This included a broad range of activities from funding opposition parties to economic sabotage. Documents declassified years later revealed that the CIA attempted to influence Chilean politics before and after Allende's election.

The 1973 Coup: On September 11, 1973, the Chilean military, led by General Augusto Pinochet, overthrew Allende's government in a violent coup. While direct U.S. involvement in the coup itself is not conclusively documented, the U.S. had established significant ties with anti-Allende elements within the country and had engaged in extensive efforts to destabilize Allende’s administration.

Aftermath and Support for Pinochet: Following the coup, the United States quickly recognized the Pinochet regime and provided it with economic and military aid. The Pinochet government implemented drastic market reforms and repressed political opposition violently, resulting in thousands of people being killed, disappeared, or tortured.

The U.S. involvement in Chile has been widely criticized both domestically and internationally for undermining democratic governance and supporting a regime that violated human rights on a massive scale. This involvement reflects the broader trends of U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War, where geopolitical concerns often took precedence over democratic principles.

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I see UCD students have boldly followed the lead of TCD students, with an encampment.

[Raoul Duke III]

that government was democratically elected by the people. not that being democratically elected has stopped the US interfering in a country before - invariably US involvement in these things leads to chaos.

A ChatGPT summary of US involvement in another democratically elected system.

That's quite the level of whataboutery for a Monday morning.

The elected Georgian government is operating under the instructions of the Mad Tsar in the Kremlin. The people are, understandably, unhappy with this and are protesting. Good summary here.

[Raoul Duke III]

Brittas Bay? Love the food in that pub where the wife tried to get the husband killed.

It's about three beaches north of there, but there's no public road access so is always more or less deserted.

[Raoul Duke III]

I see UCD students have boldly followed the lead of TCD students, with an encampment.

Surely, UCD should, as the sworn enemies of Trinners, bedeck themselves in Israeli flags and be lustily singing Dana International numbers?

Is it still a thing up North for competing Israeli\Palestinian flaggery between loyalist and republican areas?

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

Of course the big story of today is the 6pm press conference from OpenAI. Online speculation is that we will experience the launch of a personal assistant that can reliably carry out tasks for us (book this thing, organise that thing) through voice activation - a superpowered Siri/Alexa, if you will.

The biggest unknown is whether they launch an updated GPT4 model - e.g. GPT4.5, or even something smaller like GPT 4.2 - a definitive, but much more incremental improvement over current intelligence.

They've turned it into a big deal so it will probably be something substantial.

I suspect history will only record events like this, and not Gaza, or maybe not even poor Ukraine, when it is recording the events of this time period. We are seeing the unfolding of the building blocks of a fully new society with each incremental jump in artificial intelligence. Eventually this tech will allow 100s of millions to be cured of diseases that were previously uncurable, we'll make massive new scientific leaps that unlock things like mass space travel and endless new tech ideas, and a complete shift in how we consider learning and work.

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

Something new coming tomorrow from Open AI tomorrow.

ah!

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

That's quite the level of whataboutery for a Monday morning.

The elected Georgian government is operating under the instructions of the Mad Tsar in the Kremlin. The people are, understandably, unhappy with this and are protesting. Good summary here.

The US has a very long history of interfering in Georgian politics, as does Russia obv. Even going as far as to install their stooge, Shashavilli, in power in the early 2010s. They are definitely involved in this. Just as they were involved in overthrowing the Ukrainian president back in the day. I'm merely pointing out that usually when the US is involved, it ends in chaos.

Edit: We can consider it mutually accepted that the russians are the bad guys - I'm just pointing out that the US tend to be the incompetent guys, so its not going to end well when those two forces compete in the hothead environment of georgia.

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Surely, UCD should, as the sworn enemies of Trinners, bedeck themselves in Israeli flags and be lustily singing Dana International numbers?

Is it still a thing up North for competing Israeli\Palestinian flaggery between loyalist and republican areas?

it is indeed.


my vague understanding is that the main difference between ucd and trinity these days is that, where the student has a choice in the matter, the more studious type chooses trinity and the more rich type chooses ucd.

[Ed]

It's about three beaches north of there, but there's no public road access so is always more or less deserted.

One of my favourite places. My parents were friends with the folks who owned the big white house that backed onto the beach in the 80s/90s so spent a ton of time there. Was there recently and access was a little more challenging

[zuutroy]

Surely, UCD should, as the sworn enemies of Trinners, bedeck themselves in Israeli flags and be lustily singing Dana International numbers?

Is it still a thing up North for competing Israeli\Palestinian flaggery between loyalist and republican areas?

What about the Ralph Wiggum of Dublin universities?

[Raoul Duke III]

One of my favourite places. My parents were friends with the folks who owned the big white house that backed onto the beach in the 80s/90s so spent a ton of time there. Was there recently and access was a little more challenging

That house is where we stayed on Saturday night. It was my friends 50th and he had about 25 people there. With a couple of tents, everyone fitted great.

[Raoul Duke III]

my vague understanding is that the main difference between ucd and trinity these days is that, where the student has a choice in the matter, the more studious type chooses trinity and the more rich type chooses ucd.

Isn't that a reversal of the historical standard? Certainly back in the 90s anyway when I was occasionally gracing the UCD campus with my presence.

[Raoul Duke III]

What about the Ralph Wiggum of Dublin universities?

Not really worth talking about, is it?

[Ed]

That house is where we stayed on Saturday night. It was my friends 50th and he had about 25 people there. With a couple of tents, everyone fitted great.

Was it a rental or does he own it?

[Raoul Duke III]

Was it a rental or does he own it?

They always went there as a family - they definitely don't own it but have some kind of close relationship with the family that does. They generally stayed in the other house, which you will also know.

[hotspur]

Did we lose Hotspur to the monks?

Nope, got back into the country this morning, if somewhat reluctantly.

[DeadParrot]

Was it a Filipino community parade?

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Isn't that a reversal of the historical standard? Certainly back in the 90s anyway when I was occasionally gracing the UCD campus with my presence.

I think thats the situation anyway. Theres definitely more moneyed kids in UCD these days 'doing commerce', while TCD is almost exclusively the domain of the nerds and the geeks due to the explosion of points. What is kinda interesting is the amount of rich kids *choosing* UCD over Trinity because of wanting to hang around with their other rich friends. Its essentially a continuation of the friend relationships from secondary.

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Trying to get used to the idea of these daily standups, now we have a team of five of us including three full time (but junior) devs. It seems to involve mainly confirming that people have worked hard yesterday and will endeavour to work even harder today. Is this all that management is?