Comrade 86

26 minutes ago, Stive Pesley said:

Out of interest (genuine question) - what happens to someone's BTC when they die? Assuming that they kept their private key...um private

Simply bequeath the mobile wallet (containing both crypto and seed phrase) along with any log in / access data required to access them. 

Knox Goes Away - wasn't really sure what to expect of this movie as I watched it on a whim and without knowing anything about it. Michael Keaton directs and stars as a hitman whose doctor initially misdiagnoses Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, a rapidly progressive neurodegenerative disorder, as Alzheimer's. Upon learning that he has only weeks remaining, rather than months or years, he sets about completing a last contract, then 'cleaning house' before the inevitable, but not all goes go according to plan.

It's leisurely paced and perhaps a little short on the 'action' normally associated with films of this ilk, being a little more melancholy and cerebral in its approach, but I really liked it. Keaton, in particular, is very good in the lead role and handles the direction deftly too and delivers a decent twist without telegraphing it.

Don't be put off by the Saban Films link. It's not a Saban film, they just bought the distribution rights.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20115766/

You can buy "Knox Goes Away" on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Vudu as download or rent it on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand online.

Paul Peschisolido / 10

54 minutes ago, Wolfie said:

Anypne have any advice please....:

I normally go to the match with relatives who have a parking season ticket (Car Park B - Arena) but I'm taking Miss Wolfie to the Orient game and so need to drive seperately and pre-pay to park in the same car park as them.

I stupidly paid the parking on the MiPermit app on Sunday just gone without first signing into my account, so I don't have any email confirmation or live booking showing on the app.

Will they know on the entrance that my car registration has been used for a booking?. Otherwise all I have is a £10 transaction on my credit card app that I can show them. I sent a message on the MiPermit website but I'm not confident of getting an answer.

Thanks!

Give them a call, Wolfie. Ask your bank for the relevant transaction code (you can probably get it from your mobile banking app if you use one), provide it to MiPermit and ask them to manually update your account. Hope it gets sorted in any case!

9 minutes ago, Chellaston Ram said:

It couldn’t happen to a nicer club

Tribal notions aside, had they not been so vocal about us being cheats, I'd might have had some sympathy.

Actually, WTF am I talking about. I really wouldn't. 

29 minutes ago, NottsRam77 said:

anyone old enough to remember when the pound was 2 to 1 against the dollar circa late 90s early 2000s ?

Anyone over the age of 17 you mean?

And Bitcoin is not at an all time high. It's not even at a 7 day high. 

And the much-vaunted (by you at least) halving actually resulted in a dip in price.

Apart from that, you've absolutely nailed it 👽

Seen a couple of articles online suggesting that their appeal is likely to backfire. Their original deduction was reduced from 6 points to 4 on the basis of 'full cooperation' and rather idiotically, they've now thrown any goodwill under the bus. With the PL originally having sought an 8 point deduction, it might well be that that is precisely what Forest end up with, only this time, with no right to appeal. 

1 minute ago, Chesterfield_Ram said:

Yeah I understand about not having the budget that could bring in lots of top players.

But my point is that I think we should focus on 1 or 2 higher quality players, than 5 or 6 average players. Essentially, instead of paying 6 players 5 grand a week, pay 2 players 15 grand as an example.

I wonder whether this way could get us better players than it would if we looking for half a dozen or more new players.

I think it's more likely that we will take a longer term view and look at the most promising players from outside the Championship and bolster the side with loans, whilst looking to develop the likes of Allen, Robinson, Weston and Brown. DC is all about sustainability IMO and I don't see that changing dramatically anytime soon.

38 minutes ago, Chesterfield_Ram said:

To be honest, I worded my original post poorly. When I referred to us underperforming I meant it terms of the performances we have put in should have led to us gaining more points than we currently have. Simply put, our points total is less than what our performances deserve.

The formula simply takes into account what happens on the pitch and is well used in other sports to evaluate team performance.

As for meeting the cost of a 20 goal striker or a solid defender, I was simply meaning that we should focus on signing a gamechanger as opposed to fringe/bench players.

By adding 15 goals or taking away 10 goals from our projected total would put us in a play off place if teams pick up points at a similar rate to they have this season in the championship.

Fairs Chesterfield. I actually do see a place for statistical analysis in sport, though I think I'm one of relatively few on here who do. I think the 'gamechanger' angle is quite clear and most would agree, but my point was really that what we should do versus what we could do might be vastly disparate. The cost of a 20 goal striker, a 10 to 15 assist guy and an 8/10 defender keeper is likely to be well beyond our means in the short to medium term unless DC can secure outside funding, so whilst we all know what we need, attaining it is a rather different matter and a 'nice to have' rather than a 'mandatory'.

3 hours ago, Crewton said:

Subscription only, unfortunately.

Unsurprisingly perhaps, it's also a core principle of the Worker's Party of Great Britain. In addition to (understandable) support for a Palestinian state and opposition to Zionism, applicants seeking selection as PPCs for the party in the impending GE are expected to support the party's stance that the war in Ukraine is NATO'S fault.

 

Oddly, the article fails to reference WPGB or any of their 2,962 members. 

14 hours ago, Crewton said:

From yesterday's game at Wembley. Allegedly(😉) someone shouted "Pie!!" and a few Forest fans supporting Posh for the day had a Pavlovian reaction

The funniest thing about it is the complete lack of punches actually landed. You'd likely get better tear ups at the bingo hall.

This made me laugh though...

8 hours ago, RadioactiveWaste said:

Some nice charts in this.

I've not looked particularly deeply, but I like the last one as a visual comparison of how consistent the drivers were relatively.

 

8 hours ago, ossieram said:

Why would you?

Hearing the announcer call Dajaune, 'Dijon' has to worth the cost of entry alone, Ossie.

I'm in!

16 hours ago, Chesterfield_Ram said:

Bit of a nerdy one from me here. Using the Pythagorean Winning Percentage formula, we should have finished this season with 36 wins, which can't happen now. This suggests that the team has underperformed this season.

If we are to go up this season, by applying the performance moderations from teams going up into the championship in their first season up, we should hypothetically win 20 games with the squad we have. 

Looking at recruitment from a purely statistical point of view, we would be better off recruiting pure starters. For example, a 20 goal a season striker, a 10/15 assist a season playmaker or an 8/10 a game defender or goalkeeper.

Interesting. Should we achieve promotion, will using the 'Pythagorean Winning Percentage formula' allow you to factor in the feasilibility of us meeting the cost of a 20 goal a season Championship level striker et al and if not, how will it determine whether we have underperformed again? 

Likewise, did the formula afford any weighting to the restrictions applied to Derby's activities this season in reaching the assessment that we have underperformed?

Lastly, are you, by any chance, related to ap04? 

An interesting analysis from the Washington Post, if anyone is interested:

The fallacy of the ‘West versus the rest’ worldview

In the shadow of the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, a certain shorthand emerged. The battles that raged in war-ravaged cities, trench-lined marshlands and the corridors of the United Nations had sharpened a burgeoning global divide. Countries outside the West did not seem to share the same outrage over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as their U.S. and European counterparts, nor locate in the war the same fears of the collapse of international norms voiced by many in the West.

Full article here:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/09/liberal-west-versus-illiberal-rest-worldview-analysis-matias-spektor/

Oddly I'd never watched any of Fargo, save for the original Coen brothers movie. Blitzed series 1 last week and loved it, but S02 seems to be a mile off it.

Worth continuing or did it peak at S01?

On 01/04/2024 at 17:43, Crewton said:

At 29? 

He got ya!😂

9 hours ago, Stive Pesley said:

Will be interesting to see how this one plays out 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv2ygp5pdqlo

Remember when Musk said last year that he "cannot go beyond the laws of the country to defend free speech" and he censored anti-Erdogan accounts in Turkey as a result?

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/05/musk-defends-enabling-turkish-censorship-on-twitter-calling-it-his-choice/

The fact that he's willing to challenge the laws of a country when it comes to the "free speech" of far-right Bolsanaro supporters tells us all we need to know about the Twitter bin-fire

 

Musk's fanbois don't care though, Stive. He could take a dump in their mouths and they'd still be fine with it as long as some members of the wokist cult had to smell it. I cite Trump, Brexit and Boris Blowhard as precedents. Meanwhile, my 'bot collection' grows by the day 👽

1 hour ago, Dean (hick) Saunders said:

Just checking where to sit, just in case on Wednesday.

Reserved you a space Deano. We lose Wednesday night and it'll be standing room only in here! 

47 minutes ago, jimtastic56 said:

So what odds are you offering to us “Mug punters”?

Why don't you DM me pal. I'll accommodate you. 

1 minute ago, Foreveram said:

 

Not having a go at you at all, but I really miss Dan as part of the away day family, I wish he was on this journey with us this season physically and not just spiritually hence the tear.

Correct spelling was, rightly so, way down his list of priorities ☺️

Did you not notice that I'd spelled it incorrectly too. No idea what your beef is tbh, but FWIW, you're not the only one who misses the lad. 

1 hour ago, Reggie Greenwood said:

What does it say for us oldie technophobes who don’t use Instagram 😅

8 minutes ago, Turk Thrust said:

Quite. What does the Instagram piece say?

Nothing at all as far as I can see. Just TJJ sat in a chair. Cryptic response from Nate to it though. Perhaps the lad might be fit again prior to end of season after all. 

That politicians served the electorate, British bobbies were the best coppers on the planet and the NHS was the envy of the Western world. Seemed credible when I was a kid to be fair.

2 minutes ago, Ram-Alf said:

I can confirm this, My mate who lives in Fulham is called "Strummer" Just don't get how they get that name from Walter 😁 

Not rhyming slang, think of the motion used to strum a guitar and you won't be too far away.

31 minutes ago, jimtastic56 said:

Wanderers to win btts is 13/2 at the bookies . Just out of interest - what are you offering ?

I don't do parlays, money lines, build-a-bets, handicaps, or any of that mug punter shyte. If you fancy Wycombe outright though, I'm more than happy to accommodate you on the proviso that it's for charity. Otherwise you can bugger off to Ladbrokes 😋

29 minutes ago, Crewton said:

Red Dogs now advocating that Stav should go down the same arrogant rich-man's route of suing their governing body that other FFP cheats like QPR, Leicester, Bournemouth and Watford have either done or threatened to do.

These are the same people who said that Derby should accept their punishment without complaint. "Notcher" is the poster who was adamant that HMRC don't do deals (still convinced of that, sweetie?)

What a pair of lemons. As we found, stick a gun to their heads and they'll remove your ticket. I wonder if Strummer knows that his moniker is a South London colloquialism for w****r? 

'What's yer name pal?'

'Derek, but my mates call me Strummer...'

'Figures...'