Bad beat/Moaning/Venting thread - Mammy told me not to come.

[Strewelpeter]

[Denny Crane]

It's not the 1970s. Production and reserves are at all time highs. We've a massive overhang of inventory. The biggest risk to the oil supply is that the massive cuts in exploration and other investments will come back to haunt us. The price of oil is based on its scarcity, that's why we went from $120 -> $30.

I'd be far more worried about the material for building all these batteries.

[DeadParrot]

And another thing!

Men who can dance well are intrinsicly untrustworthy.

Jealous

[DeadParrot]

DUP Meme wot Andys mate posted on facebook.

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[Guest]

Hydrogen will power air travel in the future. Easyjet already use it for taxiing in some aircraft. Also, I'm posting this from a plane. What a time to be alive.

[Solksjaer!]

What a time to be Aliveeeeeeerffffffffkkkkkkkkkkk

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[Guest]

What a time to be Aliveeeeeeerffffffffkkkkkkkkkkk

Should be noted that I'm not flying said plane.

[Strewelpeter]

Yeah, there's no foreseeable shortage of oil as Denny said. The issue is its fairly horrific for the environment, but suppose we've got to get coal out first.

We have used more than half of it and they aren't really making any new.

I guess thats what economics sees as the foreseeable future... anything beyond the next quarter's profits doesn't really feature

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[Denny Crane]

We have used more than half of it and they aren't really making any new.

I guess thats what economics sees as the foreseeable future... anything beyond the next quarter's profits doesn't really feature

don't think you're right there.

[AndyFatBastard]

Intel shares straight to the moon

Xilinx are the main FPGA dudes.

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[Keane]

Xilinx are the main FPGA dudes.

Xilinx and Altera have a comparable market share. Would think Altera will make major gains in these sorts of applications over the next ten years, lots of interesting combinations at play particularly with an Irish company Intel just bought that do machine learning chips.

[NuckChorris]

Anyone been to Peruke restaurant in Dawson's st. Reports? Group of us for new year

Risky name with the word puke in it.

Amazing cocktails. No idea about food.

[bohsman]

Hydrogen will power air travel in the future. Easyjet already use it for taxiing in some aircraft. Also, I'm posting this from a plane. What a time to be alive.

Oh the humanity..

[Raoul Duke III]

Seems the US is about to knowingly elect a peadophile into senate office next week, according to current polls. All with the purpose of reformulating the US supreme court around a principle that what some dudes said a few hundred years ago makes sense forever and ever. Hard to work out whats going on in anyone's heads there.

The gist of this one seems to be "yes, he's a paedophile but he's our paedophile!"

Although Alabama isn't really America is it.

[DeadParrot]

The gist of this one seems to be "yes, he's a paedophile but he's our paedophile!"

Although Alabama isn't really America is it.

that's a matter of perspective really.
Outside the coastal "elites" there is a huge about of fucking idiots, including them as well tbf

[AndyFatBastard]

The gist of this one seems to be "yes, he's a paedophile but he's our paedophile!"

Although Alabama isn't really America is it.

"Better a paedo than a democrat" seems to be the mantra. Shows how far the country is divided, probably unrecoverably so.

[Raoul Duke III]

that's a matter of perspective really.
Outside the coastal "elites" there is a huge about of fucking idiots, including them as well tbf

shut it you liberal fascist elitist

bet you eat with cutlery you communist! Probably think sick people should be treated by the State!!

[MrsFlushdraw]

Yeah. Starting to regret this whole thing
Two 10kg carry on and muggins here will strap another, 10kgs for the wee one.
Hmmmm

I came to the UK for a week with the youngest, I have two of the grey bags in the picture below. They are called Maximum capacity hand luggage, I had 1 weeks clothes for each of us in one bag and a half full bag when I came. I got mine in shop in the north but I ordered ones for my parents and they came to Malta in apr/may for 2.5 weeks with just one each. I use a laptop bag as well instead of a handbag.

https://i.gyazo.com/757bada5139cde9bbb3683e9751aee17.png

They are excellent and better than any case that is hard backed. Heavy duty canvas and as light as anything.

Got Lappin's missus to get them and she was just sorry she only got one at the time as she found it great too.

And fk Lanza! visit Malta

[Strewelpeter]

Really entertaining first half between Glasgow and Montpellier

Am far more pissed off than I should be that Leinster game is on BT had wangled my way out of doing something I was booked for on Sunday

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[eamonhonda]

My sister, who is around 22/23, recommended the blindboy podcasts. Are they worth a listen in general, or just good for someone her age?

In general

[Lazare]

In general

+1

Great stuff.

[Guest]

At a party in Stockholm riddled with guitar wankers. Also riddled with wine so neutral over all.

[ArmaniJeans]

Would there be any interest in this, a competition spanning the year and multi sports?
Would be thinking to expand it to 40 events (currently at 35) and €40 a head (maybe over optimistic), with entries probably the first week in January. Total points wins.

If any obvious events missed or scoring flaws then shoot (another December event might be good).

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[chips1234]

im in for this AJ, but would prefer having horse racing out of it( yes i know we all like the ponies) also idea here, how about bonus rounds for UFC/boxing cards ? since we dont know what each card is could be fun. im in either way horses or not but think having something like above might add to the sweat ?

[Raoul Duke III]

At a party in Stockholm riddled with guitar wankers. Also riddled with wine so neutral over all.

Ask them to play some Abba numbers

[ArmaniJeans]

im in for this AJ, but would prefer having horse racing out of it( yes i know we all like the ponies) also idea here, how about bonus rounds for UFC/boxing cards ? since we dont know what each card is could be fun. im in either way horses or not but think having something like above might add to the sweat ?

I know little about UFC but would something like "Who will be UFC heavyweight champion on 31st December" work? Like is it open enough that theres 7 or 8 plausible answers but also not completely impossible. (And crucially not open to argument like it would be in boxing)

[ComradeCollie]

Literally asked in an offie for their cheapest bottle of gin. They had this Two Trees for €18. A bit bland, but not as horrific as I feared http://www.celticwhiskeyshop.com/two-trees-gin

[dobby]

That's a popular enough thing for sports clubs to raise funds AJ. Simple and easy to run too. In for it if it goes ahead

[Flushdraw]

Would there be any interest in this, a competition spanning the year and multi sports?
Would be thinking to expand it to 40 events (currently at 35) and €40 a head (maybe over optimistic), with entries probably the first week in January. Total points wins.

If any obvious events missed or scoring flaws then shoot (another December event might be good).

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Looks good AJ. Would like to put a deadline on selections, and maybe check the markets for each one, and people are only allowed pick a max of 10 favourites or something like that. Just to keep in varied as much as possible and not have everything lumping in the faves for every event they don't know a lot about. Thoughts?

[ArmaniJeans]

Looks good AJ. Would like to put a deadline on selections, and maybe check the markets for each one, and people are only allowed pick a max of 10 favourites or something like that. Just to keep in varied as much as possible and not have everything lumping in the faves for every event they don't know a lot about. Thoughts?

Cheers, I think the natural deadline is 9pm Saturday 6th January when the NFL knockout playoffs start, Any entries after that would have an advantage so a no-no. Theres no Heineken Cup rugby that weekend which is ideal so no-one can gain extra info. So all 40 selections in by that evening.

Possibility of being able to change a max of 2 selections over the year (at least 14 days before the event starts). Your thoughts on that?

Re favourites - I'm happy that the majority of the events are open enough that theres at least 3 or 4 serious contenders so everyone won't be on the same selection or doing fav hunting. e.g., the icehockey and baseball which I know zilch about are 7/1 the field which is perfect. Would have definite worries about the F1, GAA football AI winners, darts and cycling being near unanimous choices though. Likely to drop the basketball as its got a 4/7 fav.
I'll think about a limit to the amount of favs you can pick, but don't want to make it too tricky to put in an entry.

[Guest]

Now would be a really good time to win the euromillions you could completely pass it off as you cashing out of bitcoin because you’re such a shrewdie.

[Hooch]

Likely to drop the basketball as its got a 4/7 fav.

No way the Rockets are ready pounce. The Cavs by end of January will be firing with Isaiah back and a fit LeBron of course.
Celtics leading the east and already showed how to beat Golden State with a great defense.
Golden state have lost 6 games so far nothing to worry about but at 4/7 ain't real value.

With regards picking favorites I see no problem in picking as many as people want. Just look at the categories for the last two years and see how many favorites have won each of them.

My only concern is the scoring I'd be inclined to score all events the same with more than just a 2 or 3 points to a winning selection.

Also if run count me in.

[Hooch]

Now would be a really good time to win the euromillions you could completely pass it off as you cashing out of bitcoin because you’re such a shrewdie.

Time for a IPB syndicate again??

[Mellor]

I know little about UFC but would something like "Who will be UFC heavyweight champion on 31st December" work? Like is it open enough that theres 7 or 8 plausible answers but also not completely impossible. (And crucially not open to argument like it would be in boxing)

That would work. There will be a clear champ in a given division on the 31st next year. HW would probably be less open than other divisions though. There's only really 4 possibilities and 2 would be much more likely.

Featherweight, Lightweight, Welterweight and Middle would be more open imo.

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[chips1234]

I know little about UFC but would something like "Who will be UFC heavyweight champion on 31st December" work? Like is it open enough that theres 7 or 8 plausible answers but also not completely impossible. (And crucially not open to argument like it would be in boxing)

That would work. There will be a clear champ in a given division on the 31st next year. HW would probably be less open than other divisions though. There's only really 4 possibilities and 2 would be much more likely.

Featherweight, Lightweight, Welterweight and Middle would be more open imo.

in for what mellor says, and yeah no need for boxing i think.

im in 100%

[mdoug]

No Royal Rumble? What is this!

[Guest]

No way the Rockets are ready pounce. The Cavs by end of January will be firing with Isaiah back and a fit LeBron of course.
Celtics leading the east and already showed how to beat Golden State with a great defense.
Golden state have lost 6 games so far nothing to worry about but at 4/7 ain't real value.
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The Warriors haven't been firing on all cylinders but they're far and away the most talented team in past number of years arguably the most talented ever.

4/7 looks a fair representation given nobody around them has got any stronger with the exception of the Rockets adding CP3. They'll be a 1/3 shot vs Cavs and maybe 1/4 vs Celtics. They lost 1 game in the whole playoffs last year.

That said i think NBA is worth including as there will definitely be interest in the likes of the Cavs and Celtics so it wont be everyone picking the Warriors

[mocata]

Reading this while YouTubing playthroughs of each game the guys developed as it occurs in the book. It's something else the genius they introduced so quickly.

Doom shaped my whole career path. I got my hands on a shareware cd version of it while in secondary school. The geography room computer didnt have enough RAM to run it so i took in a screwdriver and disassembled a little used pc from.school library and combined the RAM from it (8mb IIRC) Only got into trouble when some snitch touted on me for playing Wolfenstein cos he saw the Nazi flags on screen. My protests that i was fighting against Nazis fell on deaf ears from the Christian Brothers. Get paid nowadays for similar lateral thinking about making good use of tech resources

[Hooch]

The Warriors haven't been firing on all cylinders but they're far and away the most talented team in past number of years arguably the most talented ever.

4/7 looks a fair representation given nobody around them has got any stronger with the exception of the Rockets adding CP3. They'll be a 1/3 shot vs Cavs and maybe 1/4 vs Celtics. They lost 1 game in the whole playoffs last year.

That said i think NBA is worth including as there will definitely be interest in the likes of the Cavs and Celtics so it wont be everyone picking the Warriors

Totally agree.
But I just feel Thompson and KD are not even half way to peak. KD was totally owned at OKC where he was fully pumped up ready to go. Thompson's 3s not as clean shot 20% in 3 games that I can remember.
Curry despite playing very good has been having more ankle problems which I'm sure gives him nightmares after all his surgeries. Also did you know he's a scratch golfer.

[Guest]

Totally agree.
But I just feel Thompson and KD are not even half way to peak. KD was totally owned at OKC where he was fully pumped up ready to go. Thompson's 3s not as clean shot 20% in 3 games that I can remember.
Curry despite playing very good has been having more ankle problems which I'm sure gives him nightmares after all his surgeries. Also did you know he's a scratch golfer.

I agree most notably is probably KDs win shares p/48 Is down.
That said the disconnect between NBA regular season and post season has always been evident but that gulf imo and from a statistical standpoint is growing.
Playoffs is more about match ups given the games are over 7 games so regular season statistics are hard use to use to forecast performance.
Take the Celtics with Horford, he is an advanced metric golden boy in the regular season but matches up terribly in the post season.
Bucks for example are a minus +/- team currently but they're the longest team in the league and have a defensive scheme that although has it's flaws in based as trapping and changing the ability to adjust is key.

Yeah his father Dell was an NBA player too and they lived on a golf course. He played a web.com tour event last season

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Ronnie just plays a different game to the rest of them when he's on form.

[Strewelpeter]

Here's a bit of a glance of what's next in apps and the death-knell for a whole lot of TV. HQ Trivia. Twice daily live gameshow that everyone can take part in to win prizes. That's going to be huge once they release the android version in a week or two.

I can see myself wastig time on that.
Way back when, there was a game called cosmos conundrum that was a straight up trivia game that was free to enter and gave out cash prizes. It went on for about a year or two and the leaderboard was the same regs week after week, speed of connection we are talking about a time when 28.8Kb modem was beating a 14.4 ) I used to play for an hour or two every evening finishing weekly table in top five and then a cheque would arrive in the post from the UK the next week for between £120 up to £300 if you won the week.
It was dot com boom time and they had been sold to some big web publishing company but there were never more than a few hundred users online at any time, obviously way ahead of their time.

[Denny Crane]

Went home with a girl after my Christmas party last night , not from work thankfully, but she got freaked out by my vast collection of shoes. Was close to leaving.

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[luckforsome]

Went home with a girl after my Christmas party last night , not from work thankfully, but she got freaked out by my vast collection of shoes. Was close to leaving.

...Pics or GTFO... If not of woman, the shoes will do...I had my Xmas party last night, sadly I went home alone 😓...

[Lazare]

I went home from mine with my dignity for the first time in a number of years.

[Strewelpeter]

LOL Chris Ashton has just about scored the first ever own try in Rugby
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[shrapnel]

LOL Chris Ashton has just about scored the first ever own try in Rugby
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Really entertaining game overall

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[DeadParrot]

Here's a bit of a glance of what's next in apps and the death-knell for a whole lot of TV. HQ Trivia. Twice daily live gameshow that everyone can take part in to win prizes. That's going to be huge once they release the android version in a week or two.

There was some scandal or some such about that guy last week.
The holding company threatened to fire Scott for doing an unapproved interview

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ceo-of-hq-the-hottest-app-going-if-you-run-this-profile-well-fire-our-host

[DeadParrot]

I went home from mine with my dignity for the first time in a number of years.

Ditto.
Was almost disappointed in myself this morning