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Got one of these a few years ago, https://www.knivesandtools.com/en/pt...on-edition.htm for sharpening knifes, piece of piss to use, very little skill required and can do 7-8 knifes in less than 20 mins.
Have a few different systems, including the wet stones but those stones are a pain in the ass,
This was the first time i used it. Hair popping as they say.
This too shall pass.
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Good article in the times today about the scandal that is Spotify - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/w...ists-cg0xsg3bl
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostI see the Betfair Next President market just keeps on trucking. Nearly €1.3bn matched now.- Wisonconsin recount just about done (with a tiny swing to Biden).
- Georgia recount just about done.
- No recount allowed in Arizona.
- Michigan certified.
- All the Pennsylvania court cases literally laughed out the door.
- Nevada done
I'm old enough to remember when Denny Lol'd or 'd me when I said he'd do this.Turning millions into thousands
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View Post
He has , according to himself in a batshit crazy rant today, "The greatest case ever"
I'm old enough to remember when Denny Lol'd or 'd me when I said he'd do this."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Hectorjelly View PostGood article in the times today about the scandal that is Spotify - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/w...ists-cg0xsg3bl
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Originally posted by dobby View Post
Behind a paywall. What's the scandal? Is it possible for an artist to remove their music from spotify if they're not happy with the royalties paid?
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View Post
He has , according to himself in a batshit crazy rant today, "The greatest case ever"
I'm old enough to remember when Denny Lol'd or 'd me when I said he'd do this.
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Originally posted by Denny Crane View PostIs the issue not more to do with record labels rather than Spotify? Spotify pays out something like 70% of their revenue. Many artists have bad deals, but that's not Spotify's doing.Gone full 'Glinner' since June 2022.
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post
You may most heartily enjoy this story.
Turning millions into thousands
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View Post
Serious contender for the stupidest human of 2020 against some top level competition. Difficult call whether he was dumber handing out the money or in thinking they would give it back
"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Pulled the trigger on the knife today. Joined his order list.
The only slight issue is my wife thinks it's €150.
150 is a battle that I knew I could win, she'd kill me in my sleep if I told her it was 250.
So I'll transfer him 150 from our account and give my mate €100 cash to transfer the rest.
That's totally normal right
Hope that Linda detective girl isn't still lurking. Don't rat me out.I hold silver in tit for tat, and I love you for that
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostThat's not normal at all Laz.This may or may not be an original thought of my own.
All efforts were made to make this thought original but with the abundance of thoughts in the world the originality of this thought cannot be guaranteed.
The author is not liable for any issue arising from the platitudinous nature of this post.
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Originally posted by Lazare View PostPulled the trigger on the knife today. Joined his order list.
The only slight issue is my wife thinks it's €150.
150 is a battle that I knew I could win, she'd kill me in my sleep if I told her it was 250.
So I'll transfer him 150 from our account and give my mate €100 cash to transfer the rest.
That's totally normal right
Hope that Linda detective girl isn't still lurking. Don't rat me out.
On an completely unrelated note my wife was mighty impressed that i recently won my biggest buyin tournament ever recently (€10) for nearly a grand in the online IPO
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Originally posted by Dice75 View Post
Yeah, I never pull shit like that. No not me, never.
On an completely unrelated note my wife was mighty impressed that i recently won my biggest buyin tournament ever recently (€10) for nearly a grand in the online IPO
One of my favourite stories to tell people is the time you hired the gardener while your missus was out and you claimed the credit after spending the afternoon watching the nags.I hold silver in tit for tat, and I love you for that
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Originally posted by Lazare View PostPulled the trigger on the knife today. Joined his order list.
The only slight issue is my wife thinks it's €150.
150 is a battle that I knew I could win, she'd kill me in my sleep if I told her it was 250.
So I'll transfer him 150 from our account and give my mate €100 cash to transfer the rest.
That's totally normal right
Hope that Linda detective girl isn't still lurking. Don't rat me out.
I'm in the GAB school of thought for knives, mine are cheap ones from Ikea also. I'll grind them a 1-2 times a year on a whetstone but otherwise I give them a few swipes off a sharpening steel and they're good to go. The only exception being my missus got me a single bevel sushi knife for my birthday a while back. It doesn't get used that often and I've not had any need to sharpen it yet. The shape and sharpness make it a lot easier to work with the fish.
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Originally posted by Lazare View PostPulled the trigger on the knife today. Joined his order list.
The only slight issue is my wife thinks it's €150.
150 is a battle that I knew I could win, she'd kill me in my sleep if I told her it was 250.
So I'll transfer him 150 from our account and give my mate €100 cash to transfer the rest.
That's totally normal right
Hope that Linda detective girl isn't still lurking. Don't rat me out.
Angry wife...insanely sharp knife
What could possibly go wrong!
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Originally posted by shrapnel View Post
Yes. Taylor swift refused for a very long time. Can't exactly remember how it was resolved though.
I love spotify but if I find a new band I like, or a smaller artist, I'll go buy an album or some merch from their site. Spotify is a business trying to make money. Once they pay what they owe, what's the issue?
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Originally posted by Dice75 View Post
Yeah, I never pull shit like that. No not me, never.
On an completely unrelated note my wife was mighty impressed that i recently won my biggest buyin tournament ever recently (€10) for nearly a grand in the online IPO"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Lazare View PostAnyway, I'm twenty years sitting through I'm a Celebrity, I deserve a quarter grand knife
Turning millions into thousands
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Originally posted by Hectorjelly View PostGood article in the times today about the scandal that is Spotify - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/w...ists-cg0xsg3blTurning millions into thousands
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Originally posted by dobby View Post
Fair enough. I'm not seeing the scandal part then. Surely any artist can just pull their music and try to sell more albums if they think it's worth more.
I love spotify but if I find a new band I like, or a smaller artist, I'll go buy an album or some merch from their site. Spotify is a business trying to make money. Once they pay what they owe, what's the issue?
it pays only 65% out in royalties compared to 90% at bandcamp for example. In response to Covid-19 Bandcamp also waives its rev share on the first Friday of every month. Spotify was widely ridiculed for introducing a 'tip jar'.
Ultimately Spotify is a tech company whose main goal is to harvest data to sell audiences to advertisers rather than put music lovers in touch with great music and artists. You might say, so what? Same as Google.
And fair play to you for directly supporting artists but you are definitely in a minority. What chance to labels and artists have against a platform with the power and reach of Spotify when the global newspaper industry, for example, found themselves upended by Google with only small pockets of resistance able to turn the tide.
It's the 1,000lb gorilla in the room and it is steamrollering much of what made it possible for creativity to flourish in music.Last edited by BennyHiFi; 30-11-20, 11:37.
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View Post
With you all the way except in this silly idea of not using it. A knife is a tool and if you're not using it all the time then you are wasting the money. IMO
I intend to use it every day. Not sure what I posted to give you that idea.I hold silver in tit for tat, and I love you for that
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Originally posted by BennyHiFi View Post
Well there are lots of issues if you scratch beneath the surface. Most of your money goes to artists you've never listened to for a start due to its shitty 'pooling; model. So very bad for smaller, independent labels and artists.
it pays only 65% out in royalties compared to 90% at bandcamp for example. In response to Covid-19 Bandcamp also waives its rev share on the first Friday of every month. Spotify was widely ridiculed for introducing a 'tip jar'.
Ultimately Spotify is a tech company whose main goal is to harvest data to sell audiences to advertisers rather than put music lovers in touch with great music and artists. You might say, so what? Same as Google.
And fair play to you for directly supporting artists but you are definitely in a minority. What dance to labels and artists have against a platform with the power and each of Spotify when the global newspaper industry, for example found themselves upended by Google with only small pockets of resistance able to turn the tide.
It's the 1,000lb gorilla in the room and it is steamrollering much of what made it possible for creativity to flourish in music.
I hold silver in tit for tat, and I love you for that
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Originally posted by Dice75 View Post
Yeah, I never pull shit like that. No not me, never.
On an completely unrelated note my wife was mighty impressed that i recently won my biggest buyin tournament ever recently (€10) for nearly a grand in the online IPO
Even more incredibly she can tell me
what my opinion is even when
I was thinking something completely different.
My guess is that your wife's secretly planning
to purchase a top of the range bespoke chefs knife
for €2 out of your winnings.
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It’s doing the rounds “ Just after hearing that Cody singling out one of his Warrior's Richie Hogan for a lazy performance in yesterdays loss. Fennelly and Walter Walshe not having any of it. Already fuming at not starting, told Cody he's a disgrace and his time is up. They want King Henry in. Cody's nephew took exception to the criticism of the uncle and threw a punch at Fennelly. All hell broke loose in dressing room. Major bust up afterwards. Cats old guards all calling it a day
The lads in Kerry also voted 28 to 9 on Thursday to ask Peter Keane to step down.
Cut throat business.
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Originally posted by Solksjaer! View PostIt’s doing the rounds “ Just after hearing that Cody singling out one of his Warrior's Richie Hogan for a lazy performance in yesterdays loss. Fennelly and Walter Walshe not having any of it. Already fuming at not starting, told Cody he's a disgrace and his time is up. They want King Henry in. Cody's nephew took exception to the criticism of the uncle and threw a punch at Fennelly. All hell broke loose in dressing room. Major bust up afterwards. Cats old guards all calling it a day
The lads in Kerry also voted 28 to 9 on Thursday to ask Peter Keane to step down.
Cut throat business.
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Originally posted by Elshambles View Post
Any cliff notes/starting point on this "new way" of playing he is on about
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This is probably the best free channel to look at to see the kind of analysis that is being done. The guy who owns this channel is going to be releasing a version of a solver with a real-time database to the public called GTOx soon. There is also an app called DTO poker that you download for android and play some spots for free to see the kind of analysis being done these days.
The games at all levels are most likely invested with RTA these days. All you need to do is run it on a second computer and it is almost impossible to detect. It will give you the perfect bet sizes, frequency of bet etc for all spots, and then after that just don't play perfectly like an idiot and it's going to be very hard for a site to catch people. In an area with so much money involved where no one actually gets punished with jail for fraud it a breeding ground for this stuff.
Edit - btw for anyone interested in poker. I think this is a class video to show stuff that wasn't really been considered back in the day to how the solver finds bluffsLast edited by Opr; 29-11-20, 23:51.
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
I don't get it. He's down 15 buyins which is surely a supernormal swing.
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Should say that Doug actually thought Daniel played well in the last session. Doug has been using a much more complicated strategy which includes multiple bet sizes while Daniel has for the main stuck to using two sizes. The more sizes the harder the overall solutions are to implement as they have knock-on effects in many areas. Daniel came in with a few new sizes in the last session and Doug actually commented that he used them in correct places with good frequencies. From what I have seen Daniel has improved far faster than people thought he would and he certainly hasn't been a complete sitting duck that he appeared in the first session. You have to remember though Doug retired a couple of years back so he is also learning and improving as the match progresses and seems to be working 24/7 at his game. Daniel did run incredibly bad in the last session. He posted this today.
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Originally posted by dobby View Post
Fair enough. I'm not seeing the scandal part then. Surely any artist can just pull their music and try to sell more albums if they think it's worth more.
I love spotify but if I find a new band I like, or a smaller artist, I'll go buy an album or some merch from their site. Spotify is a business trying to make money. Once they pay what they owe, what's the issue?
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Originally posted by Murdrum View Post
If either of yee are looking to get an under stairs unit, I couldn't recommend these more highly: https://smartstorage.ie/
My bro and her 2 bros are carpenters so we had plenty of options but they all thought these were great value circa 1k.
Not a chance FIL will be running up and down the stairs.People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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This is Sinn Fein.
A vote for these people is a vote for jackbooted Fascism operating in the service of a criminal gang.
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Originally posted by Hectorjelly View Post
Just to add to what Benny said, the streaming figures are so pitiful that you need millions of streams every month to make barely above minimum wage. The whole system is broken and has been for a very long time, the people profiting from music are not the musicians.
Turning millions into thousands
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View Post
How would you fix it?
As part of Spotify’s monthly subscription there should be an option to pay 2 EUROS (for example) to be distributed to the artists you have listened to in that month and the money goes direct to them .
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Originally posted by Mellor View Post
Guitar toss was boss move. As was the backwards fall from the stage without breaking the solo.
The look over at the other guy during the solo was fully of "are you paying attention".
The expression on face of Dhani Harrison (George's son) is pretty good too.
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Dug up that MK thread. Some of the opinions, lol.
Deadparrot also posted in it MK, 10 years ago. Some missed the details then too.
People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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Originally posted by Solksjaer! View Post
Imo the below would be a start in the healing process .
As part of Spotify’s monthly subscription there should be an option to pay 2 EUROS (for example) to be distributed to the artists you have listened to in that month and the money goes direct to them .airport, lol
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Originally posted by Hectorjelly View Post
Create a minimum fee per stream that must be paid to the artist. Then the networks can compete on user experience rather than who can pay artists the least.
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