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BaaLocks reacted to Stive Pesley in Monopoly go
My favourite things about Monopoly
If no one ever buys a property, everyone gets richer and no one loses.
but even better than that - if you do buy property but share each colour equally among the players so that nobody has an actual monopoly, everyone just travels around paying each other less than what they earn from passing go, and the bank eventually runs out of money.
Makes you think eh?
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BaaLocks got a reaction from ariotofmyown in HS2 northern leg to Manchester cancelled
And the one in Bristol, and the promised Metrolink to Manchester Airport has infact been running since 2014. Oh, and Sunak told Susannah Reid on Tuesday that he hadn't made a decision, even though he had already filmed the announcement video.
There has to be a way to stop this - it's just shambolic and, as a result, only 37.1% turnout for the bi-election yesterday. British people seem totally disillusioned. My suggestion would be that parties - government and credible opposition - cannot propose spending and commitment of funds without their being a third party, totally independent, review body considering them. In theory this should be the House Of Lords but that is now full of nominations from either party. But nobody should be able to unilaterally cancel a major element of a £100bn investment and then start sloshing it around like confetti with not even the most basic understanding of how it would be spent.
This should be bigger than government, opposition and politics. Shame on us that we've let it become just that.
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BaaLocks got a reaction from Grumpy Git in HS2 northern leg to Manchester cancelled
And the one in Bristol, and the promised Metrolink to Manchester Airport has infact been running since 2014. Oh, and Sunak told Susannah Reid on Tuesday that he hadn't made a decision, even though he had already filmed the announcement video.
There has to be a way to stop this - it's just shambolic and, as a result, only 37.1% turnout for the bi-election yesterday. British people seem totally disillusioned. My suggestion would be that parties - government and credible opposition - cannot propose spending and commitment of funds without their being a third party, totally independent, review body considering them. In theory this should be the House Of Lords but that is now full of nominations from either party. But nobody should be able to unilaterally cancel a major element of a £100bn investment and then start sloshing it around like confetti with not even the most basic understanding of how it would be spent.
This should be bigger than government, opposition and politics. Shame on us that we've let it become just that.
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BaaLocks reacted to EtoileSportiveDeDerby in HS2 northern leg to Manchester cancelled
My uncle was quite high up in the SNCF, the French state railways. Every time there were budget reviews and cuts were discussed or a sniff of privatisation, his stock answer was always if you want to make it more expensive and not working, look at how it's done in England.
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BaaLocks got a reaction from SKRam in Francis Lee
At least all the loos in heaven will have plenty of bog roll tonight 🙂 🙂
RIP Franny, proper footballer
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BaaLocks got a reaction from ariotofmyown in Owner Statement please
Drones over the training ground as well, that would help
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BaaLocks got a reaction from jimtastic56 in Owner Statement please
Drones over the training ground as well, that would help
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BaaLocks got a reaction from Stive Pesley in Simulation theory
Sadly, current research suggests this is not the case and that the universe is constantly expanding and will continue to do so. It's beyond our mortal comprehension to understand but the recognised future for our universe is an immense ball of more or less nothing.
But the rest of the theory is spot on, Nobel Prize winning stuff
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BaaLocks got a reaction from TigerTedd in Simulation theory
Sadly, current research suggests this is not the case and that the universe is constantly expanding and will continue to do so. It's beyond our mortal comprehension to understand but the recognised future for our universe is an immense ball of more or less nothing.
But the rest of the theory is spot on, Nobel Prize winning stuff
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BaaLocks reacted to Eddie in Simulation theory
I've never looked at caterpillars the same way since.
Next up: the meaning behind the lyrics of "Lather"
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BaaLocks got a reaction from Kathcairns in Francis Lee
At least all the loos in heaven will have plenty of bog roll tonight 🙂 🙂
RIP Franny, proper footballer
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BaaLocks got a reaction from angieram in Francis Lee
At least all the loos in heaven will have plenty of bog roll tonight 🙂 🙂
RIP Franny, proper footballer
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BaaLocks got a reaction from TigerTedd in Simulation theory
Point one would be who are we to say it is detailed and vast? We are only living in the universe we know, if a Space Invader was transported to Call Of Duty they would think the new universe is both immensely vast and detailed.
Point two, I don't believe any simulation as such would be built for us to played like characters in SiMS. More that they would be interested in macro analysis, possibly to try and evaluate what events in their own evolution had led them to where they are (for example, if they had not discovered the wheel at the time they did etc).
Elon Musk is completely convinced his wife Grimes is a computer simulation created for him and she apparently agrees. Make of that what you will.
As for whether or not we live in a simulation, it is has long been suggested (see above) that if we can move from Space Invaders to 3D virtual reality in 50 years imagine what gaming / virtual reality will look like in 500 years. But that still doesn't mean there is ability or even willing to create and manage some sort of simulated universe. Not sure there's much point. It feels a bit like religion, the thing some put in place to justify the utter and complete randomness (and inability for the human brain to comprehend) the utter vastness and meaningness of it all.
But all I know is that if we are in a virtual reality I hope I am not the twonk who can't make it past the Despair Squid. Dwayne Dibley? Please no!
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BaaLocks got a reaction from Archied in Simulation theory
Point one would be who are we to say it is detailed and vast? We are only living in the universe we know, if a Space Invader was transported to Call Of Duty they would think the new universe is both immensely vast and detailed.
Point two, I don't believe any simulation as such would be built for us to played like characters in SiMS. More that they would be interested in macro analysis, possibly to try and evaluate what events in their own evolution had led them to where they are (for example, if they had not discovered the wheel at the time they did etc).
Elon Musk is completely convinced his wife Grimes is a computer simulation created for him and she apparently agrees. Make of that what you will.
As for whether or not we live in a simulation, it is has long been suggested (see above) that if we can move from Space Invaders to 3D virtual reality in 50 years imagine what gaming / virtual reality will look like in 500 years. But that still doesn't mean there is ability or even willing to create and manage some sort of simulated universe. Not sure there's much point. It feels a bit like religion, the thing some put in place to justify the utter and complete randomness (and inability for the human brain to comprehend) the utter vastness and meaningness of it all.
But all I know is that if we are in a virtual reality I hope I am not the twonk who can't make it past the Despair Squid. Dwayne Dibley? Please no!
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BaaLocks got a reaction from Stive Pesley in Simulation theory
Point one would be who are we to say it is detailed and vast? We are only living in the universe we know, if a Space Invader was transported to Call Of Duty they would think the new universe is both immensely vast and detailed.
Point two, I don't believe any simulation as such would be built for us to played like characters in SiMS. More that they would be interested in macro analysis, possibly to try and evaluate what events in their own evolution had led them to where they are (for example, if they had not discovered the wheel at the time they did etc).
Elon Musk is completely convinced his wife Grimes is a computer simulation created for him and she apparently agrees. Make of that what you will.
As for whether or not we live in a simulation, it is has long been suggested (see above) that if we can move from Space Invaders to 3D virtual reality in 50 years imagine what gaming / virtual reality will look like in 500 years. But that still doesn't mean there is ability or even willing to create and manage some sort of simulated universe. Not sure there's much point. It feels a bit like religion, the thing some put in place to justify the utter and complete randomness (and inability for the human brain to comprehend) the utter vastness and meaningness of it all.
But all I know is that if we are in a virtual reality I hope I am not the twonk who can't make it past the Despair Squid. Dwayne Dibley? Please no!
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BaaLocks reacted to Comrade 86 in Ryder Cup 2023
Just a thought, but I wouldn't put anyone off checking out the ladies equivalent, the Solheim Cup highlights. No spoilers but this year was a belting match up as well as a pretty dramatic one. Same format as the chaps and some wonderful players on show.
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BaaLocks got a reaction from angieram in If 3 points are not your thing, you could celebrate....
So I'm celebrating the birthday of someone that I've never met, on a date that I wasn't aware of, that I now realise I actually missed.
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BaaLocks reacted to AndyinLiverpool in Scunthorpe Chairman
'There to stupid'.
You have to laugh, don't you?
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BaaLocks got a reaction from ariotofmyown in If 3 points are not your thing, you could celebrate....
Now that deserves a poll....