Bad beat/Moaning/Venting thread - Wordle Gummidge

[Iago]

We're still pretty middle of the pack. Point about France is that they are better off than Italy and Spain and within a week of them on the curve. They're both opening up a bit and France are going another full month.

Spain isn't opening up a bit. Non public facing businesses are allowed to have people travel to work...that's the extent of the 'opening up'

apart from that, lockdown continues. Still not allowed leave the house for exercise, and they even have helicopters making sure nobody is on the roofs of their apartment blocks.

lockdown confirmed until april 26th and the pm has already indicated we should expect another two weeks at least.

[oleras]

I'm wearing a mask when i go out. Masks work. It's astonishing that people are still saying they don't protect the wearer. It's nonsense. They don't provide complete protection but they're still absolutely better than nothing. Even a bandana will provide limited protection for you and reasonable protection for the people around you.

Surely poker players of all people would jump at the chance to give themselves a % lower chance of catching it without worrying about looking silly?

The line i like is "people are too dumb to gown up and down correctly"

If you touch the front of the mask when removing it and then go on to touch your face you could introduce the virus etc, obviously in a medical setting when there is a far greater chance of the virus coming into contact with the mask, but trot that line out to me leaving dunnes, if there is virus on the front of the mask, would it not have entered my mouth if i had not been wearing one ?, the mask has now stopped it and hand washing after removing it has potentially saved me ?

Handwashing, handwashing, handwashing.

[pgodkin]

Must get annoying after the third day or so.

Want any masks?
No, I'm still grand, stop ringing me.

Yeah well I cant say much... He parents were to go back to China at the end of Feb and before Christmas I said it to herself that this covid19 was serious in China and that they shouldn't travel back, this went on for weeks and eventually I won, flights were refunded and I said great at least they will be safe here and everything will be alright!

they are from the Liaoning region in China
According to John Hopkins in thee area which is half the size of Ireland
Confirmed: 145
Deaths: 2


Cue to Dublin where on Sunday Morning an ambo showed up @5am and took the guy out of the house right across from us and were back @2pm to take his Wife

there is more cases in Blach than her region, would have been a lot safer to send them back!!

results based thinking but it still burns

[6starpool]

Thank you Dom. Your efforts are appreciated.

IPB frontline workers at your service!

[Guest]

Surely poker players of all people would jump at the chance to give themselves a % lower chance of catching it without worrying about looking silly?

Well it can't be anymore stupid than the time I was playing an event and a guy was wearing Beats, sunglasses, a scarf and read a hardback book.

[eamonhonda]

You dont see beats headphones that much anymore, was an easy way to spot an arsehole from a distance

[Guest]

You dont see beats headphones that much anymore, was an easy way to spot an arsehole from a distance

That's why I keep mine in the wardrobe now, that way I'm far more of an inconspicuous arsehole

[AndyFatBastard]

I taught the whole reason the public weren't to wear them was they were needed by front line providers, which I wouldn't take away from, Wife got a load from sent in from China back in Early Feb and with China back open all the her parents friends are ringing them daily looking to see if they want mask sent over

Yeah the CDC told people not to wear masks coz they were worried people would stockpile the good shit. As Oleras pointed out, you could see the lie in plain sight. You don't need an N95, a builder's breather will do just fine. I have a few packs of them in the shed. Will let them go for €50 each

[Guest]

You dont see beats headphones that much anymore, was an easy way to spot an arsehole from a distance

AirPods- near 200 euro for ridic yokes whose irreplaceable battery will be useless within 2 years. Massive cunt status symbol

[Solksjaer!]

On my 2nd lockdown beard.

[Keane]

Had a genius in a facemask and gloves walk straight into me on Sunday because she had her headphones in and her head stuck in her phone on a narrow footpath. It's hard to be positive about people all the time.

[Guest]

I think the 538 numbers for Trumps approval ratings are quite interesting scary.

His “disapproval” rating has dropped from somewhere in the 53.2% range on March 11th to around 51.2% on April 11th, it went as low as 49% in recent days which is the lowest it’s been since March 2017.

If it’s indicative of anything, perhaps Trump is more popular than ever

[Raoul Duke III]

I think the 538 numbers for Trumps approval ratings are quite interesting scary.

His “disapproval” rating has dropped from somewhere in the 53.2% range on March 11th to around 51.2% on April 11th, it went as low as 49% in recent days which is the lowest it’s been since March 2017.

If it’s indicative of anything, perhaps Trump is more popular than ever

You'll see the same in all countries, it's a global trend in a crisis.

Everyone thought George W was a bollix until 9/11

[Lazare]

IPB frontline workers at your service!

Definitely an essential service. Not even joking.

[eamonhonda]

AirPods- near 200 euro for ridic yokes whose irreplaceable battery will be useless within 2 years. Massive cunt status symbol

Bright white of course, no point being a cunt if people cant see that from a distance.

[premierstone]

On my 2nd lockdown beard.

Same as that mine has three very distinct and notcable colours!

[pgodkin]

would love a nice pair of beat headphones right now the earbuds are starting to annoy me no enough lenght on the cable

Airpods seem mental to me, spending that much money on a thing i loose or misplace a lot would be mental

[Guest]

Definitely an essential service. Not even joking.

ROUND OF APPLEAusE toNiTe at 8 for Our IPB HEROEZ

[Lao Lao]

Yeah the CDC told people not to wear masks coz they were worried people would stockpile the good shit. As Oleras pointed out, you could see the lie in plain sight. You don't need an N95, a builder's breather will do just fine. I have a few packs of them in the shed. Will let them go for €50 each

I'll give you €600 for three!

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[6starpool]

ROUND OF APPLEAusE toNiTe at 8 for Our IPB HEROEZ

Don't forget the candle in the window for me too.

[Lazare]

AirPods- near 200 euro for ridic yokes whose irreplaceable battery will be useless within 2 years. Massive cunt status symbol

This is genuine. People, or should I say Americans, bought this..

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[Strewelpeter]

How are people working from home dealing with the lack of office gossip, idle chit chat, uninformed speculation as to what various people are at?
I'm thinking of things like a member of someones family died over the weekend, one of the management team announces he's going to retire later in the year, what happened to that project that was shelved and never mentioned again etc. that kind of news doesn't leak out the way it would when we are all there.
We'd have a number of small teams who would have lots of internal communications, but the cross team stuff would be half chit chat and half useful transfer of information tips and tricks etc. We are getting really good high level and team level communications from management but its the rest that feels like an important gap.

[mocata]

there could be some other software it relies on Hitch, like a visual C++ framework that needs installed first

https://www.itechtics.com/microsoft-...ownload-links/

[Solksjaer!]

How are people working from home dealing with the lack of office gossip, idle chit chat, uninformed speculation as to what various people are at?
I'm thinking of things like a member of someones family died over the weekend, one of the management team announces he's going to retire later in the year, what happened to that project that was shelved and never mentioned again etc. that kind of news doesn't leak out the way it would when we are all there.
We'd have a number of small teams who would have lots of internal communications, but the cross team stuff would be half chit chat and half useful transfer of information tips and tricks etc. We are getting really good high level and team level communications from management but its the rest that feels like an important gap.

Mary Lou has the bug ? You ok ?

[eamonhonda]

How are people working from home dealing with the lack of office gossip, idle chit chat, uninformed speculation as to what various people are at?

Fantastic. Lack of all the above is the greatest

[Emmet]

A question for the nerds.

I'm trying to install a package written in C++ and it's failing the 'make' final stage. The program hasn't been updated in a few years, so not sure if its a permanent problem, but don't think it is.

The question (please bear in mind I don't really understand these words I'm about to use): as the program is available for install in a few operating systems, is there any possibility that if I was to install an extra operating system e.g. Fedora that it might work on that? As in, might it be a problem with Windows rather than a problem with the program?

What colour is the machine?

[pgodkin]

How are people working from home dealing with the lack of office gossip, idle chit chat, uninformed speculation as to what various people are at?
I'm thinking of things like a member of someones family died over the weekend, one of the management team announces he's going to retire later in the year, what happened to that project that was shelved and never mentioned again etc. that kind of news doesn't leak out the way it would when we are all there.
We'd have a number of small teams who would have lots of internal communications, but the cross team stuff would be half chit chat and half useful transfer of information tips and tricks etc. We are getting really good high level and team level communications from management but its the rest that feels like an important gap.

I have two different teams open, web whatsapp, desktop telegram and gchat... just chatting with about 5 different clients at the moment not really doing any work for them just checking in, the main threads are boring enough but getting some good chats directly with people but know what your saying not the same as having the chats!!

I say a lot of people are not going to be brought back... I have seen a lot of companies take on more efficient ways of operating business and doubt they will move back meaning less work loads in office's

[Theresa]

Tricky time coming up for governments around the world.

What parts of society, or of the economy, reopening will bring the most net benefit. Net benefit being economic benefit, value to citizens, and not cause the current behaviours of distancing and cohesion to fall apart while also being low risk in terms of another outbreak.

I think if people can be given a schedule of potential reopenings, with tangible way points, but told its fluid that the behaviours we see could be kept up for months, even a year.

Perhaps we can use the US as a case study since Trump seems determined to reopen things.

[pgodkin]

Tricky time coming up for governments around the world.

What parts of society, or of the economy, reopening will bring the most net benefit. Net benefit being economic benefit, value to citizens, and not cause the current behaviours of distancing and cohesion to fall apart while also being low risk in terms of another outbreak.

I think if people can be given a schedule of potential reopenings, with tangible way points, but told its fluid that the behaviours we see could be kept up for months, even a year.

Perhaps we can use the US as a case study since Trump seems determined to reopen things.

it's only gonna take a nervous nelly for America to blow up and completely turn into Mad Max type of land... gun stores are sold out... people are already freaking a couple of meat processing plants closed and dairy farmers dumping milk because it cant process or have a market for it so food shortages are turning into a big fear... I give it about 2 weeks before marshall law is declared in some places!!

[Guest]

Well Austria, Norway and Denmark would surely be better case studies for us. Norway jumping straight in and opening schools.

[Guest]

Tricky time coming up for governments around the world.

What parts of society, or of the economy, reopening will bring the most net benefit. Net benefit being economic benefit, value to citizens, and not cause the current behaviours of distancing and cohesion to fall apart while also being low risk in terms of another outbreak.

I think if people can be given a schedule of potential reopenings, with tangible way points, but told its fluid that the behaviours we see could be kept up for months, even a year.

Perhaps we can use the US as a case study since Trump seems determined to reopen things.

Well it has to be hospitality and retail as they are the areas which have suffered the most.

I'd guess hotels may be first to open with some type of capacity limits. This will be followed by restaurants, cafes & pubs, all of which will also have limited capacity(tables x distance apart, no matter than 4 people), also encouraging takeaway where possible.

Greater vigilance around alcohol consumption if possible, disposal plastic in all pubs/cafes/restaurants and possibly no nightclubs re-open for the foreseeable future.

Similar measures for retails, x people in store at one time, possibly no trying on clothes either.

Lot's of people will be itching to get back to the gym, I don't think any showering will be allowed in places, everyone bringing disposal wipes instead of a token wipe with a towel. You must book in slots to use the gym, not sure how the FlyeFits & Ben Dunne's of the world will manage that under their model.
Gym class sizes limited with live stream for people where possible.

[Theresa]

^^ start with reopening of horseracing and then work from there.

Is horse racing a net benefit to society at the best of times?

[ArmaniJeans]

^^ start with reopening of horseracing and then work from there.

Is there any talk of what happens if we can't have the Guineas, Derby etc set of races whilst the horses in this crop are still 3 year olds?
I guess there's at least 6 months to play with and behind closed doors might be an option, but failing that?

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[Guest]

Well Austria, Norway and Denmark would surely be better case studies for us. Norway jumping straight in and opening schools.

In some ways that has to happen to allow many parents to get back to work.

It's the logical first step but the first thing to close here was schools so perhaps they'll simply reverse the order which seems illogical to me.

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[Theresa]

Well it has to be hospitality and retail as they are the areas which have suffered the most.

I'd guess hotels may be first to open with some type of capacity limits. This will be followed by restaurants, cafes & pubs, all of which will also have limited capacity(tables x distance apart, no matter than 4 people), also encouraging takeaway where possible.

Greater vigilance around alcohol consumption if possible, disposal plastic in all pubs/cafes/restaurants and possibly no nightclubs re-open for the foreseeable future.

Similar measures for retails, x people in store at one time, possibly no trying on clothes either.

Lot's of people will be itching to get back to the gym, I don't think any showering will be allowed in places, everyone bringing disposal wipes instead of a token wipe with a towel. You must book in slots to use the gym, not sure how the FlyeFits & Ben Dunne's of the world will manage that under their model.
Gym class sizes limited with live stream for people where possible.

I would have thought hotels and gyms would be the last to reopen myself. People are generally filthy in both. So you now have to battle habit way more in those domains that others?

I think retail, particularly shopping malls could reopen with capacity limits. Much like a big grocery story really.

[Tar.Aldarion]

A question for the nerds.

I'm trying to install a package written in C++ and it's failing the 'make' final stage. The program hasn't been updated in a few years, so not sure if its a permanent problem, but don't think it is.

The question (please bear in mind I don't really understand these words I'm about to use): as the program is available for install in a few operating systems, is there any possibility that if I was to install an extra operating system e.g. Fedora that it might work on that? As in, might it be a problem with Windows rather than a problem with the program?

You can either fix whatever error it is throwing on your machine - just google the error, or yes install an OS or version of your OS that it already supports, or possibly need to install software that it is relying on.

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[Guest]

I would have thought hotels and gyms would be the last to reopen myself. People are generally filthy in both. So you now have to battle habit way more in those domains that others?

I think retail, particularly shopping malls could reopen with capacity limits. Much like a big grocery story really.

Retail will open as soon as possible given it's impact.

Like you said, I think gyms will be last but they'll open before it's over. Their economic impact is very limited, that part was more just a thought of what will happen there.

Retail & hospitality will be the ones which are pushed the most.

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[Theresa]

I'd say it will be something like the following, which is an approximation of the French plan:

1. Wait until new cases fall back until very low and there's a decent stock of masks available for everyone.

2. Reopen all businesses except social ones: cafes, bars, cinemas, events to stay closed until probably the end of summer

3. Give people, if they wish, the possibility to stay isolated. E.g. remote working is a worker right, providing its feasible for the firm.

4. Gradually reopen schools, from most critical - students in exam years - to less important - younger kids.

Reasonable approach I think, the mitigation with masks should really be a precursor to reopening anything. It's not only effective but it's also a visual reminder we are still in danger.

Will reopening all businesses except social ones cause those businesses to become social ones? Mallrats!

[Theresa]

Someone needs to spare a thought for the brazzers too, surely bottom of the totem pole in terms of reopening.

[Theresa]

Also where is Lloyd? He drops in here to play chicken little, tells everyone how right he was and then peaces out?

[Guest]

Yeah, I think that'll be the line. The retail social distancing model is already established now through supermarkets.

Not sure hotels will even want to reopen given we're unlikely to have significant flights until the end of summer and they are built on a model of business and tourist flights.

Perhaps flights are less relevant in the current climate though.

I'm not sure of how much of Irish hotel occupation is domestic but irrespective of flights, I think people may want to stay in Ireland to holiday until next year so their revenue may not be as badly affected.

[AndyFatBastard]

I'll give you €600 for three!

Fucking hoarders gtfo

[Theresa]

On another note, I don't understand the American stock markets.

Where is this buoyancy coming from? It seems the market is totally decoupled from business performance. Snp blasted back through 2800 on open today.

[horatio1]

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Part Deux;


1/ May have shot Bobby Darin. Solskjaer (Baby face Assasin)

2/ No addition to this celestial cue game this year. 6Starpool

3/ Embarrassed or going through the change didnt affect her art. Mrs Flushdraw

4/ Nobody was expecting his revelation, to me it was small change. Shrapnel

5/ Fraser and Niles long lost brother. Denny Crane

7/ Good notes on how to get a lift to the shop for a choclate bar. Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy

8/ He linked being funny with a direct line from the centre to the perimeter. Elbows

9/ That's just the way he rolls on this page. Dice75

10/ His TV career is looking a bit wobbly. Hectorjelly

[ComradeCollie]

Also where is Lloyd? He drops in here to play chicken little, tells everyone how right he was and then peaces out?

Has to be a very busy time for your organised serial killer. That, or enjoying beer deliveries too much

[pgodkin]

On another note, I don't understand the American stock markets.

Where is this buoyancy coming from? It seems the market is totally decoupled from business performance. Snp blasted back through 2800 on open today.

coke head 1 punts against coke head 2

the end!

[Guest]

On another note, I don't understand the American stock markets.

Where is this buoyancy coming from? It seems the market is totally decoupled from business performance. Snp blasted back through 2800 on open today.

Read this earlier: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/12/b...from-home.html

Thought of Denny obviously, interesting if it is having much impact on the markets.

[shrapnel]

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Dang, didn't even get my own!!!

[DeadParrot]

A question for the nerds.

I'm trying to install a package written in C++ and it's failing the 'make' final stage. The program hasn't been updated in a few years, so not sure if its a permanent problem, but don't think it is.

The question (please bear in mind I don't really understand these words I'm about to use): as the program is available for install in a few operating systems, is there any possibility that if I was to install an extra operating system e.g. Fedora that it might work on that? As in, might it be a problem with Windows rather than a problem with the program?

this sounds like a very similar problem I had with libpostal/pypostal

the windows repo is a bit of a faff. issues with frameworks etc
but generally, if you set up a VM and install fedora/unbuntu etc it'll probably be an easier path
just be wary of using it alongside your 'parent' OS

[Raoul Duke III]

Also where is Lloyd? He drops in here to play chicken little, tells everyone how right he was and then peaces out?

He is doing a Mary Lou vigil, no time for trivia

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[Solksjaer!]

Im not playing the Music King competition but dipped in for a look...



Christy Hennessy a true singer/songwriter/storytelling legend getting labelled like this by Elshambles has me shocked. He was far far far more genuine in his endeavours than the latter year frauds that tried to copy him (Damian Dempsey springs to mind). I think Irish Music would be in a better place now were it not for his life being cut short.

Ah he forgot to say the Culchies loved him.
Not a big damo fan but you are very wrong .


Check these out btw . Cult following . I think they are brilliant . But IPB and I differ in the main when it comes to music.

https://open.spotify.com/album/2SWcIu27vvZHPxEHU3FDck?si=74ricPnpT_iFQeZ4lOiaVg

https://open.spotify.com/album/2SWcIu27vvZHPxEHU3FDck?si=74ricPnpT_iFQeZ4lOiaVg

[DeadParrot]

Thanks! Would you use something like VirtualBox for the VM?

that's what i use