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

[MysteryGuest]

Undisputed most important Irish international team sports event of the year 2023 (can’t think of anything else this year that comes close?) about to kick off in under an hour and no chatter on here? Shameful

[ArmaniJeans]

#OUTBELIEVE

[Lazare]

I've a ticket for the AI final. Whoda thunk it.

[Keane]

I've a ticket for the AI final. Whoda thunk it.

You'll have to buy me a pint. Where in the ground is the ticket for?

[Dice75]

Undisputed most important Irish international team sports event of the year 2023 (can’t think of anything else this year that comes close?) about to kick off in under an hour and no chatter on here? Shameful

Australia @ 1.50 are the lump of the year

[Degag]

Australia @ 1.50 are the lump of the year

Especially considering the poor things could only get through 20 mins against Columbia.

[Goodluck2me]

Undisputed most important Irish international team sports event of the year 2023 (can’t think of anything else this year that comes close?) about to kick off in under an hour and no chatter on here? Shameful

Somewhat of a contradiction there.

[Lazare]

You'll have to buy me a pint. Where in the ground is the ticket for?

I'm not sure yet, will find out later. I'll absolutely buy you a pint dude

[Denny Crane]

https://www.sfchronicle.com/oursf/article/U2-SF-concert-1987-17590775.php

[Goodluck2me]

I've a ticket for the AI final. Whoda thunk it.

SO NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU SUPPORT AI?

[Goodluck2me]

https://www.sfchronicle.com/oursf/ar...7-17590775.php

Wouldn’t be complete without this

[DeadParrot]

Rte are fucking clownshoes
Currently watching absolutely perfect quality stream from FOX in the us

[Raoul Duke III]

That's a decent start.

[ionapaul]

Those solar prices seem highish? Is that the battery adding a lot to the cost? We were €6k net for ten panels (4kW or mW) that include hot water heating. I'd ditch the battery tbh - it's pointless in summer as you are constantly over generating, and pointless in winter as you are consuming all you are generating. If you have the car charger that can become the de facto battery to soak up extra generation in summer. There's some benefits to the battery, but really hard to see how the benefits equal the extra cost.

You are right at the moment BTW, I've seen the numbers run a lot in recent months and there isn't an economic argument that favours having an expensive battery in the solar set up right now, as the feed-in-tariff rates are quite good (e.g. the cash your electric supplier pays you for the unused energy generated you feed back into the grid). The hope is that battery prices come down significantly in the future, as tech improves.

I realise now that our own solar set up is probably too much; we went with 16 x 420w panels and at least in the summer produce far too much energy, since installation in March we've only used 28% of what we generate, everything else goes back to the grid, and as you pointed out previously we'll owe tax on everything over €200 paid by our electrical provider in feed-in tariff. Now, I am going to add my wife's name to our electricity account, which bumps the tax-free limit up to €400, but I still guess we'll generate €800 in excess this year! With a big solar set up you almost need to have an EV or two on the go to make it all work out from an ROI standpoint.

[DeadParrot]

Especially considering the poor things could only get through 20 mins against Columbia.

Katie McCabe is gonna come around to your house

[Degag]

Katie McCabe is gonna come around to your house

>insert picture of aubergine<

[Denny Crane]

You are right at the moment BTW, I've seen the numbers run a lot in recent months and there isn't an economic argument that favours having an expensive battery in the solar set up right now, as the feed-in-tariff rates are quite good (e.g. the cash your electric supplier pays you for the unused energy generated you feed back into the grid). The hope is that battery prices come down significantly in the future, as tech improves.

I realise now that our own solar set up is probably too much; we went with 16 x 420w panels and at least in the summer produce far too much energy, since installation in March we've only used 28% of what we generate, everything else goes back to the grid, and as you pointed out previously we'll owe tax on everything over €200 paid by our electrical provider in feed-in tariff. Now, I am going to add my wife's name to our electricity account, which bumps the tax-free limit up to €400, but I still guess we'll generate €800 in excess this year! With a big solar set up you almost need to have an EV or two on the go to make it all work out from an ROI standpoint.

Does the feed-in-tariff depend on your supplier or is there a national one? Is there one rate or is there peak/off peak?

[coillcam]

Rte are fucking clownshoes
Currently watching absolutely perfect quality stream from FOX in the us

RTE is class tbf . You can't use the RTE player app on a Samsung TV to show their live channels/streams. Only VOD stuff.

We had to stick a laptop and use skygo to stream the match at work. The RTE player stream in browser was useless. Skygo - is flawless.

[Lao Lao]

SP will be given special privileges.

That's ageist!

[ionapaul]

Does the feed-in-tariff depend on your supplier or is there a national one? Is there one rate or is there peak/off peak?

Depends on your supplier, but one rate 24/7 from them.

https://www.purevolt.ie/domestic-solar/feed-in-tariffs.php

I'm with SSE Airtricity, getting 24c back per kWh, but they only pay twice a year, in May and November. Others pay every billing cycle. In November we'll probably get a €600 credit that will cover our electricity hopefully through the winter!

[pokerhand]

Uniqlo Ezy Jeans are the pinnacle of innovation in clothing.

What so special about them?

[Tar.Aldarion]

Have to imagine the feed in rates will be decimated as more adopt

[ionapaul]

Have to imagine the feed in rates will be decimated as more adopt

Well, all that should matter to the suppliers is the margin between the price they buy (whether from micro generators like myself or from the ESB) and the price they sell. In my own example, they buy from me at €0.24/kWh but sell to me at €0.325/kWh and probably sell to others at a higher rate on average. As long as the FIT rate is considerably lower than the average rate they sell, they are quids in!

[Ed]

Presume solar installation would need non-ancient wiring in the house?

[Theresa]

Well, all that should matter to the suppliers is the margin between the price they buy (whether from micro generators like myself or from the ESB) and the price they sell. In my own example, they buy from me at €0.24/kWh but sell to me at €0.325/kWh and probably sell to others at a higher rate on average. As long as the FIT rate is considerably lower than the average rate they sell, they are quids in!

Zero sum game though isn't it? Theres only so much energy needed on a given day. If there is more supply of that energy from peeps like you, then rates for that would go down? Or is that too simplistic?

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

Presume solar installation would need non-ancient wiring in the house?

yep, think its a requirement

[Degag]

Zero sum game though isn't it? Theres only so much energy needed on a given day. If there is more supply of that energy from peeps like you, then rates for that would go down? Or is that too simplistic?

I presume it would allow us to further decrease our dependency on non-renewable energy?

[Solksjaer!]

Hitch Shrap in Villefranche-de-Conflent today. That whole region is EPIC. The caves of Grottess des Canalettes . unreal

[DeadParrot]

Also no dressing gowns. Get dressed immediately upon getting up in the morning, including weekends.

I work from home since 2019.
Pants are are outside clothes

[Strewelpeter]

RTE is showing the excellent BBC series Once upon a time in Northern Ireland its an incredible piece of work and should be required viewing for anyone planning to exercise their vote in the next election.

[balfejohn]

RTE is showing the excellent BBC series Once upon a time in Northern Ireland its an incredible piece of work and should be required viewing for anyone planning to exercise their vote in the next election.

your one sided view on all thing Northern Ireland is a joy to behold
Have a look back on the 10 British soldiers on the program lying about their discipline and how it stopped more deaths
Thats where the hatred for the Brits stems from
We are all entitled to our views and I’m on the Republican side on for this one
Im off to be another Wolfe Tones album

[balfejohn]

RTE is showing the excellent BBC series Once upon a time in Northern Ireland its an incredible piece of work and should be required viewing for anyone planning to exercise their vote in the next election.

your one sided view on all thing Northern Ireland is a joy to behold
Have a look back on the 10 British soldiers on the program lying about their discipline and how it stopped more deaths
Thats where the hatred for the Brits stems from
We are all entitled to our views and I’m on the Republican side on for this one
Im off to buy another Wolfe Tones album

[Strewelpeter]

your one sided view on all thing Northern Ireland is a joy to behold
Have a look back on the 10 British soldiers on the program lying about their discipline and how it stopped more deaths
Thats where the hatred for the Brits stems from
We are all entitled to our views and I’m on the Republican side on for this one
Im off to be another Wolfe Tones album

I hope you realise that it's just not that simple. It's one of hallmarks of just how excellent this series is that I do not expect it to move by the tiniest bit the prejudices and hatred of those who have bought in to the insanity of eye for an eye identity politics where all the fault for all the problems is attributed to 'the other crowd'.
What I do hope is that after watching this anyone who puts a tick beside a SF IRA candidate in our forthcoming election (or a DUP vote in an NI election) will never be able to say they did not know who and what they were voting for.

[Opr]

It is still a bit off, especially in terms of the writing but man it's close and again it is all relative and I remember watching demos of this stuff only a month back that were terrible.

Fable, a San Francisco startup, just released its AI tech that is able to write, produce, direct animate, and even voice entirely new episodes of TV shows.

Their tech critically combines several AI models: including LLMs for writing, custom diffusion models for image creation, and multi-agent simulation for story progression and characterization.

Their first proof of concept? A 20-minute episode of South Park entirely written, produced, and voice by AI

Watch the episode and see their Github project page here for a tech deep dive.

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

In an AI one-two, I was just coming on to post this (which is admittedly not as interesting as OPRs post):

https://llama.perplexity.ai/

New model from Meta/Facebook that anyone can use to self-deploy and have their own model. This is a low-range model from the suite of four available from them and it's pretty fucking smart.

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

Dundrum is a sea of pink all making it's way to the cinema. They've even turned the fountain pink. It's the biggest cinematic social event since the Mario movie. What a year 2023 is turning out to be on the big screen after the rocky start of Irish-tragedy-porn.

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

Although you'd see the odd person passing by wearing purple and you'd have to be slightly morto for them

[MysteryGuest]

Need an AI spam thread

[Solksjaer!]

"He was a tone-deaf singer who couldn't carry a tune", says Dave Fanning in touching tribute to Tony Bennett.

[Strewelpeter]

If the Weather forecast is to be believed 6/4 the draw in 4th test looks as good as free money, there will be little or no play tomorrow or Sunday. Or maybe I'm missing a trick and there is provision to play on a Monday as well...even with a full day and a half You'd have to make the aussies fav to be able to stick it out.

[shrapnel]

If the Weather forecast is to be believed 6/4 the draw in 4th test looks as good as free money, there will be little or no play tomorrow or Sunday. Or maybe I'm missing a trick and there is provision to play on a Monday as well...even with a full day and a half You'd have to make the aussies fav to be able to stick it out.

tomorrow seems a wash out but sunday looks manageable for the moment. not sure it's as free money as you think

[Raoul Duke III]

If the Weather forecast is to be believed 6/4 the draw in 4th test looks as good as free money, there will be little or no play tomorrow or Sunday. Or maybe I'm missing a trick and there is provision to play on a Monday as well...even with a full day and a half You'd have to make the aussies fav to be able to stick it out.

No provision for an extra day.

Hopefully England close this one out and we get a huge finale next week.

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

Off to go camping in the rain for two days. This feels foolish.

[Strewelpeter]

Off to go camping in the rain for two days. This feels foolish.

It is.

Hope that helps

[Raoul Duke III]

86% of all Irish camping trips end with murder, divorce or dismemberment. Fact.

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

At least the sogginess will make it easy to get the pegs into the ground

[Lazare]

Off to go camping in the rain for two days. This feels foolish.

Buk dat. Not doin dat.

[Lazare]

What am I saying, I'm about to fire up the BBQ in the rain.

[Lazare]

I don't even follow cycling, but this is amazing...

[BennyHiFi]

Wait... what? He wakes up at 6am. RUNS for an hour AND

THEN has breakfast and rides a hundred miles a day on the Tour De France?

No more spoilers, one of the best, most honest performance sports interviews ever.

[dinekes]

Off to go camping in the rain for two days. This feels foolish.

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Chat GPT Login
eh Hi there Chat GPT in a bit of a pickle

"Sorry to hear about your experience is there any way I can help"

Well, it's a bit silly really but we went camping you see

"A great experience, fresh air, adventure and a break from the routine known for its curative powers!"

Yes, yes .its great...except for the rain of course ha ha and the kids getting restless

"I'm so sorry the weather is bad for your camping trip and your children are bored, perhaps I can suggest a few word games or charade or stories to amuse them'

NO!..Jesus Christ NO!...I mean no ...that's grand Chatty no need for all that ha ha ...it's just I brought along some liquid refreshment ..3 bottles in fact and due to an unfortunate series of events ..

"You forgot the fucking corkscrew didn't you"

[Opr]

Last minute winner on his debut for Inter Miami!

[Strewelpeter]

Mohoric's interview is a highlight of what's been the one of the greatest tour's ever.

I'm a bit disappointed to hear the cynics and haters crawling out from under their rocks whispering about Vinnegard just because he broke Pogacar. I suppose the TT was such an extraordinary performance that there was bound to be suspicions raised but IMO either they are all at it or none of them are.

[Raoul Duke III]

Mohoric's interview is a highlight of what's been the one of the greatest tour's ever.

I'm a bit disappointed to hear the cynics and haters crawling out from under their rocks whispering about Vinnegard just because he broke Pogacar. I suppose the TT was such an extraordinary performance that there was bound to be suspicions raised but IMO either they are all at it or none of them are.

Inevitable though when you consider the epic scale of cheating in the sport historically. Too many people burned by charlatans like Armstrong.

Vinegaard should be super-transparent, release every medical test he's ever taken. Only way to restore confidence in the sport generally and him personally.

[luckforsome]

... less than 3 weeks to go until the new season of IPB FPL dominates the headline... You know you're going to join, so may as well just sign up now!!

https://www.irishpokerboards.com/forum/forum/gambling/general-gambling/1737373-ipb-fpl-23-24

... Main league and H2H as always, limited to first 83 people...

[shrapnel]

Inevitable though when you consider the epic scale of cheating in the sport historically. Too many people burned by charlatans like Armstrong.

Vinegaard should be super-transparent, release every medical test he's ever taken. Only way to restore confidence in the sport generally and him personally.

He's got the highest vo2 max of any athlete across all sports.

The tt was exceptional but what he did the next day on the toughest climb in the tour was outrageous.

Of course he's cheating, as are most of them.

[ComradeCollie]

Camping in that rain will be the kind of childhood memory that will last a lifetime. Caravans were bad enough.

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

Was it Rhodes that zuut was going to, where they've evacuated loads of places?

[dinekes]

Some of you will like "The Deepest Breath" on Netflix Documentary about a freediver and an Irish safety diver

[Lazare]

I read this poem last night and it punched me in the gut.



Sentimental Moment, Or Why Did The Baguette Cross The Road

Robert Hershon

Don't fill up on bread
I say absent-mindedly
The servings here are huge

My son, whose hair may be
receding a bit, says
Did you really just
say that to me?

What he doesn't know
is that when we're walking
together, when we get
to the curb
I sometimes start to reach
for his hand