Bad beat/Moaning/Venting thread - BabyforV

[Keane]

The power blackouts are causing chaos because they knock the traffic lights out.
Whereabouts are you going? if you are in Joburg we could go out on the town here... maybe find a house party

I'm going down to Port Elizabeth tonight and will be back either Sunday night or Monday morning and will probably be in town then until Thursday.

Not flying till tomorrow week, will be in Cape Town then for about three days before heading to Stellenbosch and up towards Oudtshoorn for about a week before heading back to Cape Town.

[shrapnel]

All depends on the source for me. Sometimes you get a bad connection, beauty of the game is that there's almost always another source to swap to though!

absolutely, but none of the HD ones are working for me. HQ is fine also but having to scroll down a lot further. I wish they'd cleanse the sources tbh

[oleras]

Tonight's dinner, beef cheek, supposed to have had them yesterday but something about the vet not clearing them. Seemingly the head is kept for a while in case further testing is required.

SPOILER

After i cleaned them up a bit, will be braised for 5-6 hours.

SPOILER

I will keep ye updated.

[tylerdurden94]

I never had any bad copies at all. I only download the 1080p stuff and it's crystal clear watching on my 50"

As I said he's stuff is fantastic and the way he encodes is excellent but his 1080p rip isn't anything like a 10gb+ 1080 rip.

I'm not really a huge fan of HD for lots of stuff. In some big budget spectacles I appreciate it to a degree some of the time but for lots of stuff it hyper realises things to an extent that often pulls me out of what I am watching. It just looks too real which for myself isn't really what I want when entering the fantasy land of a film or TV show. I remember watching the Hobbit in that real high def with the increase frame rate. It looked like a bunch of guys running around Dublin mountains in wigs and costumes they had made themselves. I spent more time laughing than anything else.

Opr

Lot of new tv's have this weird motion smoothing or whatever you want to call it & really makes HD stuff look crazy strange had to turn it off, looking forward to getting stuck into The Wird in HD to see if it holds up or just better in the old grainy letterbox format.

What do they have that 1080p films don't?

Less encoding would translate into a better quality video/audio.

noticing lately the HD streams on genesis are buffering like crazy and loads are not working at all (definitely not a cache issue as has been cleared and set to 0).

You finding that also by any chance?

This is one of the main reasons I've never got to watching streaming sites other than the likes of Netflix, was on XBMC for awhile but ditched it and would rather just download it myself.

Banshee.
Just trust me, it's awesome

Don't trust him it's pretty much absolute garbage, gratuitous tits & ass can't even save it!

[AndyFatBastard]

This sausage sandwich is from the Country Cafe on Ormond Quay: http://www.countrycafe.ie/ It's run by a very nice polish couple and serves nothing but real, hearty, homemade food.



As you can see, the sandwich itself is expertly assembled and did not even come close to falling apart during consumption. Ketchup was liberally applied but did not overwhelm the sausagey goodness. The bread is soft and fluffy with a hint of dente in the crust. Sausages themselves are soft, fatty and flavourful as you would expect from a good irish sausage. No weird spices or specialty additions are required here. Just good, honest, simple fare, expertly crafted and delivered.

I would give it 8/10.

[AndyFatBastard]

Sorry for the long wait, CHD. As a token of my esteem, here is a picture of Deadlyparrot rocking out while Mdoug chats up a girl several divisions out of his league:

[Emmet]

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Less encoding would translate into a better quality video/audio.
..

Imperceptible differences though.

SPOILER

Parallels here!

[luckforsome]

There is a max likes? Never hit that how much is it. If I log on generally the first couple of poeple will have been teh ones that have voted yes. I dont even know why I use it, i dont want a girl or to talk to one, guess I like the yes/no aspect.
.

...Yeah its a new thing they introduced...you can like a certain amount (70 I think); then you've to wait 12 hours...maybe its just my face that's the issue...I've gotten 3 matches in 4 days...and 2 of them have unmatched without writing...Not overly bothered it's more for passing time and a bit of crack, but wondering why I have such a shite % success rate...(apart from my face of course)...

[Emmet]

Think Downtown posted something about this "Voluntourism" previously.

[elbows]

This sausage sandwich is from the Country Cafe on Ormond Quay: http://www.countrycafe.ie/ It's run by a very nice polish couple and serves nothing but real, hearty, homemade food.



As you can see, the sandwich itself is expertly assembled and did not even come close to falling apart during consumption. Ketchup was liberally applied but did not overwhelm the sausagey goodness. The bread is soft and fluffy with a hint of dente in the crust. Sausages themselves are soft, fatty and flavourful as you would expect from a good irish sausage. No weird spices or specialty additions are required here. Just good, honest, simple fare, expertly crafted and delivered.


I would give it 8/10.

Ketchup ffs. Brown Sauce all the way.

Like the strategicially placed Korean Ginseng though.

[Opr]

Lot of new tv's have this weird motion smoothing or whatever you want to call it & really makes HD stuff look crazy strange had to turn it off, looking forward to getting stuck into The Wird in HD to see if it holds up or just better in the old grainy letterbox format.

It has been called the soap opera effect. In the past TV's didn't have high enough refresh rates so objects in motion slightly blurred relative to them being stationary. Some things like soaps are filmed ina higher refresh rate. When I say blurred it is in sense that your brain eye coordination could see things in a way you probably didn't even perceive noticeably looking at the images. Newer TV's can guess frames in between which takes away this blurring. The result though is quite odd for lots of people as it looks hyper real.

This is where it gets interesting from what I have read. At least this is my limited understanding of it. We expect things like to sport to look real and I really enjoy sport in HD but the slower frame rate in which most hollywood flms are shot with a blurring, is linked to the perception of fiction. What that motion thing does on the TV is artificially increase the frame rate but because of perception of what fiction looks like generally people find the soap opera effect. Try turning it back on the next time your watching sport and see what you think.

Edit - I found a blog post I read at the time of the Hobbit which explains it better and in much more detail.

http://blog.vincentlaforet.com/2012/12/19/the-hobbit-an-unexpected-masterclass-in-why-hfr-fails-and-a-reaffirmation-of-what-makes-cinema-magical/

Opr

[Lao Lao]

...On the tinder talk...What are people's success rate with regards matches...if you liked approx 100 pictures, how many would you get matched?...I'm shite and its even worse since this max likes came in...
...On a related note...If your sending a message to someone on P.O.F, what works for you?...(Yes I'm really this bad at this shite)...

I downloaded it in Dec 2013.

No idea how many right swipes I did
Got about a dozen matches.
Only ever texted three of them
Met up with one of them

Am still with her 15 months later!

[AndyFatBastard]

Ketchup ffs. Brown Sauce all the way.

Both choices are equally valid. There, I said it.

Like the strategicially placed Korean Ginseng though.

I swear it was only in shot because it lives there (but I did have to turn it to make the label visible).

[BennyHiFi]

Interesting feature at FiveThirtyEight on the world of competitive crossword puzzle solving.

[Flushdraw]

Interesting feature at FiveThirtyEight on the world of competitive crossword puzzle solving.

This is mind boggling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dJ6f0ceB2o

[tylerdurden94]

Imperceptible differences though.

SPOILER

Parallels here!

You can defo tell the difference.

It has been called the soap opera effect. In the past TV's didn't have high enough refresh rates so objects in motion slightly blurred relative to them being stationary. Some things like soaps are filmed ina higher refresh rate. When I say blurred it is in sense that your brain eye coordination could see things in a way you probably didn't even perceive noticeably looking at the images. Newer TV's can guess frames in between which takes away this blurring. The result though is quite odd for lots of people as it looks hyper real.

This is where it gets interesting from what I have read. At least this is my limited understanding of it. We expect things like to sport to look real and I really enjoy sport in HD but the slower frame rate in which most hollywood flms are shot with a blurring, is linked to the perception of fiction. What that motion thing does on the TV is artificially increase the frame rate but because of perception of what fiction looks like generally people find the soap opera effect. Try turning it back on the next time your watching sport and see what you think.

Edit - I found a blog post I read at the time of the Hobbit which explains it better and in much more detail.

http://blog.vincentlaforet.com/2012/12/19/the-hobbit-an-unexpected-masterclass-in-why-hfr-fails-and-a-reaffirmation-of-what-makes-cinema-magical/

Opr

I've never liked it before and don't think I'd dig it in a movie, first caught while watching some dreadful John Cusack movie on my cousins 50" tv the 24fps looked too realistic and drew away from the way it was intended to look. It can certainly help in some circumstances, YouTube awhile back started allowing videos to be shown in 60fps and for stuff like below it looks pure fluid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbiOazijZVQ

[Emmet]

You can defo tell the difference.

From 3 inches, yes. From an acceptable viewing distance...


@Tara, I've just ordered this



I'm coming around to your idea about the cost of board games not really being all that ridiculous!

[Zod]

From 3 inches, yes. From an acceptable viewing distance...


@Tara, I've just ordered this



I'm coming around to your idea about the cost of board games not really being all that ridiculous!

Just recieved a copy of this myself also, waiting until there's 3 to play it as you can't really bluff in the game with 2 people very well.

[Lord Sir Banter]

Had pancakes, bacon, maple syrup, strawberries, banana, milk, freshly squeezed oj.
Chad will be along to post a picture soon.

Also on the

[mdoug]

Sorry for the long wait, CHD. As a token of my esteem, here is a picture of Deadlyparrot rocking out while Mdoug chats up a girl several divisions out of his league:

No girl is out of my league thankfully

[tipp86]

I think I want a Bike.

Am I better to get one on the Bike to Work Scheme or get one from Adverts?

I want to spend about €300 - €400

I researched a lot and the bike scheme was the way to go. I get great use out of the new bike aswell and that is just for exercise purpose.

...On the tinder talk...What are people's success rate with regards matches...if you liked approx 100 pictures, how many would you get matched?...I'm shite and its even worse since this max likes came in...
...On a related note...If your sending a message to someone on P.O.F, what works for you?...(Yes I'm really this bad at this shite)...

...Yeah its a new thing they introduced...you can like a certain amount (70 I think); then you've to wait 12 hours...maybe its just my face that's the issue...I've gotten 3 matches in 4 days...and 2 of them have unmatched without writing...Not overly bothered it's more for passing time and a bit of crack, but wondering why I have such a shite % success rate...(apart from my face of course)...

Pay the €2 a month sub Surely the way to go or am I missing something.

[AndyFatBastard]

No girl is out of my league thankfully

[mdoug]

Although to be fair I can't remember her name and didn't really remember what she looked like heh. Have her number in my phone somewhere though just remembered.
Good bants were had

[DeadParrot]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngElkyQ6Rhs

what a year for movies

[Megatron]

I researched a lot and the bike scheme was the way to go. I get great use out of the new bike aswell and that is just for exercise purpose.

No point in hanging about, so went and picked up this baby on Lunch.

[CHDad]

Sorry for the long wait, CHD. As a token of my esteem, here is a picture of Deadlyparrot rocking out while Mdoug chats up a girl several divisions out of his league:

Ta Andy m8. That TR was so good that I feel like I had a sausage sambo.

DP pic obv the icing on the sausage sambo cake.

Had pancakes, bacon, maple syrup, strawberries, banana, milk, freshly squeezed oj.
Chad will be along to post a picture soon.

Also on the

As requested

[AndyFatBastard]

Although to be fair I can't remember her name and didn't really remember what she looked like heh. Have her number in my phone somewhere though just remembered.
Good bants were had

You should give her a call. Her lesbifriend was obviously way into her but I don't think she was reciprocating that much.

[Tar.Aldarion]

From 3 inches, yes. From an acceptable viewing distance...


@Tara, I've just ordered this



I'm coming around to your idea about the cost of board games not really being all that ridiculous!

That game looks cool, I love bluffing games and they are generally great for anybody to have a laugh, how are all you non-boardgamers suddenly buying this at the same time?


A,m i reading your graph right? That the difference between 720p, 1080p etc can only start to be seen one 50 inch screens at 5-15 feet? I can certainly tell better than that and I watch on a screen way smaller than that, or am I reading that wrong?
At 30 inche screens at 10 feet it says theyll look the same, that seems lol wrong.

No girl is out of my league thankfully

I am.

[Megatron]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngElkyQ6Rhs

what a year for movies

< 2016

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWcimiuIGxM

[ionapaul]

My wife and I need to rent somewhere on a short-term basis in Dublin, preferably South City/County, for six weeks-two months. Anyone know where to start looking? Most places on Daft/MyHome are year-long leases.

[Iago]

My wife and I need to rent somewhere on a short-term basis in Dublin, preferably South City/County, for six weeks-two months. Anyone know where to start looking? Most places on Daft/MyHome are year-long leases.

Airbnb surely?

[newbie2]

Tonight's dinner, beef cheek, supposed to have had them yesterday but something about the vet not clearing them. Seemingly the head is kept for a while in case further testing is required.

SPOILER

After i cleaned them up a bitAfter I've removed all flavour, will be braised for 5-6 hours.

SPOILER

I will keep ye updated.

fyp

[luckforsome]

Pay the €2 a month sub Surely the way to go or am I missing something.

...not just €2 A month sadly...what would your first message be..is it a simple "hey how are you?"... Or something more original, if yeah what?...

[ionapaul]

Airbnb surely?

Never used it before, and truly didn't even think of it as an option. We also will need to bring some furniture with us though, would that not be a problem?

[Megatron]

Never used it before, and truly didn't even think of it as an option. We also will need to bring some furniture with us though, would that not be a problem?

Stick the furniture into storage until you're sorted?

[thechamp87]

99.9% of the birds on Tinder in Dublin are utter hounds. I genuinely don't see how you'd swipe right for >10 of them, let alone 50.

.

...not just €2 A month sadly...what would your first message be..is it a simple "hey how are you?"... Or something more original, if yeah what?...

Are you actually swiping right for 70 people or whatever the cap is in one day? That's truly remarkable if so.

[shrapnel]

Never used it before, and truly didn't even think of it as an option. We also will need to bring some furniture with us though, would that not be a problem?

Doubt you'll find short let unfurnished. Stick it in storage for a couple of months.

Check rent.ie they have a short let section.

[luckforsome]

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Are you actually swiping right for 70 people or whatever the cap is in one day? That's truly remarkable if so.

...I've swiped 70 over the course of a few days, then when you swipe last one it comes up with the payment option... Although I'd be liking more than most guys,...more just to see who likes back then anything else not because they are good looking...

[Tar.Aldarion]

try liking people you think you will like

I saw this online about tinder, jaysus


"The price of a Tinder Plus subscription was announced to be £14.99/$19.99 USD per month for users over 28, while the same service for a user 28 and under will be £3.99/$9.99 USD per month"

I cant even see an option to buy it on their app, so it must just annoy you when you use it a lot like luckforsome

[AndyFatBastard]

I'm gonna sue Tinder for discriminating against me on the basis of age.

[luckforsome]

try liking people you think you will like

I saw this online about tinder, jaysus


"The price of a Tinder Plus subscription was announced to be £14.99/$19.99 USD per month for users over 28, while the same service for a user 28 and under will be £3.99/$9.99 USD per month"

I cant even see an option to buy it on their app, so it must just annoy you when you use it a lot like luckforsome

...I used to have a system...I liked 100% every photo and didn't even look at them... Then in the off chance someone matched me I'd look through the profile and see if she I'd good looking...more often than not she wasn't lol...
...probably just me that's shite at online dating...

[thechamp87]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTaoes3kdH0&feature=youtu.be

[CHDad]

Stop hiding behind technology and go out imo.

[luckforsome]

Stop hiding behind technology and go out imo.

...oh I do on occasions...seeing someone since January but not really official...and she cancels too much for my liking lol...

[oleras]

fyp

Have you cooked them with all that sinew still on ?

[Lord Sir Banter]

...oh I do on occasions...seeing someone since January but not really official...and she cancels too much for my liking lol...

Ask her if she wants to go steady.

[luckforsome]

Ask her if she wants to go steady.

...We have seen each other 5 times in 11 weeks, she works full, has a 6 year old girl and looks after 3 horses everyday so fuck all free time...I'm unemployed and bored shitless so different wants...Stalk my fb she's the blonde that likes every one of my posts...you can rate her if you want I'm not fussy...I give her an 8.5/10...

[Lord Sir Banter]

Give her juan. What!
Got yourself a milf mate. Has a proud.

Sunrise, sunset. Cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon.

[luckforsome]

Give her juan. What!
Got yourself a milf mate. Has a proud.

Sunrise, sunset. Cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon.

...I'm glad you approve...😁...

[Tar.Aldarion]

google "find my phone"

it will show you where it is if you are logged into google on both, you can even ring it to find where it is in your house, schweet

[SatNav]

google "find my phone"

it will show you where it is if you are logged into google on both, you can even ring it to find where it is in your house, schweet

location must be turned on though. My location is always off as it runs the battery down big time doesnt it?

[Tar.Aldarion]

Mine is always on for years and my phones have been fine. I dont think my phone has ever been off.

[TheDrunkenOne]

Posted a while ago about a guy/friend who has latched onto me since I got me new boat. He said he was off all week if I was going out fishing but I didnt tell him nowt.

I posted this on FB Wednesday

Went out today with XXXXXX in his boat. Was looking forward to seeing what different areas were fished and what speeds and number of pulls etc etc were used by who I consider to be a premier league fisherman. Sadly learnt nothing new as he fishes same areas, same number of pulls and same speed etc etc. Somehow he gets 4 pike and 2 trout whilst I have a total blank. So its as I knew before, hes a lucky cunt

XXXXX posted this this morning

Going out fishing with Stan in his boat later for another go at the fishing, hope he wises up and fishes his good baits this time...don't you just hate it when your the only one catching

My Friend who has been quiet all week posts this..

I MIND THE TIME HE WOULD HAVE ASKED ME OUT

I think maybe hes got the message

[Valor]

Random Q - to Enter the USA, you need a return/exit ticket - is it OK if that ticket is to Mexico/Caribbean? I remember a long time ago you had to have a ticket out of North America, but I cant find much about it googling now

[oleras]

I could have eaten 2 portions....i did...

Sauce was delish, reduced what was left and added a knob of butter.

Served with creamy champ. Short ribs next i think.

[AndyFatBastard]

Random Q - to Enter the USA, you need a return/exit ticket - is it OK if that ticket is to Mexico/Caribbean? I remember a long time ago you had to have a ticket out of North America, but I cant find much about it googling now

You need proof you have a ticket to leave the USA. If you haven't booked a return flight you WILL get quizzed on it so bring hard copies of receipts, booking confirmations etc. We flew into Chicago and got the train from Seattle to Vancouver. They wouldn't even let us check in to our flight to Chicago without a load of hassle.

[Tar.Aldarion]

40% of Ireland under 30, youngest country in EU. We have nearly twice the children under 15 that Germany does.

[pokerhand]

40% of Ireland under 30, youngest country in EU. We have nearly twice the children under 15 that Germany does.

Excellent, that the pension plan sorted for us so

[DeadParrot]

< 2016

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWcimiuIGxM

http://www.vox.com/2015/4/16/8438743...ustice-trailer

Trailer leaked

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