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Gavin Chipper

Thanks. I'll sort out the points at some point.

Gavin Chipper

It could be argued that Capital Gains sometimes come in the form of risky investments (similar to gambling which is not taxed) so the tax on that should take into account the expected gains rather than just the actual gains. Though it would be very different for different investments so probably not...

Gavin Chipper

I was reading a random article about Bitcoin and it mentioned nonce and that it meant single-use, so there you go. It's not something you readily Google. (I could have looked it up in a print dictionary obviously.)

Gavin Chipper

Punch a woman when she's down.

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you're due to have some people for the corug park run that won't be playing in the event but are very much affiliated with countdown (rachael montgomery melody coupe and maybe adam beach) so assume you're counting these guys? They would have to at least be at the event in some capacity to get point...

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Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 6:00 pm
Fortunately I use a nonce password
(hehe)

Nonce passwords are kept more secure, for obvious reasons. Mine is J1mmy5av1l3.

Gavin Chipper

No outspied.

Gavin Chipper

For some reason people learn (25×75+x)×50/100 but not the others as well.

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Ian Volante wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:24 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2024 2:01 pm
Ian Volante wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2024 1:34 pm

Why use AI when a simple distance sensor would do the job?
That's what I meant, and if it cut the accelerator when activated it might encourage safer driving
That's not AI, is the point I'm making.

It's more I than some people.

Gavin Chipper

12 Angry Men. Forget Oppenheimer. This is a film. Very much recommended. Its probably in my top ten of best American movies of all time. IMDB has it as no 5 in the all time ratings. (Oppenheimer is 88) So for context Oppenheimer not bad but 12 Angry Men is exceptional Am I right in saying there wer...

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12 Angry Men. Forget Oppenheimer. This is a film. Very much recommended.

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Why do they have them on some motorways but not others and how do they decide which one?

Gavin Chipper

If chevrons are 40 metres apart, then logically to me that means 80 metres (although that would be two chevron gaps really). However, if we are talking about visible chevrons, that will keep changing as the cars cross over them. But to always keep two chevrons visible, you would need to be just over...

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It's possible I was aware of this at the time but forgot, but India apparently overtook China as the most populous country last year.

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Oppenheimer. Mostly tedious and far too long. Also what a coincidence that when the hive mind decides a film is the best of the year, it also has e.g. the best actor in it as well. Not sure why people pay attention to the Oscars. It's just the incestuous film industry getting together to self-congr...

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Oppenheimer. Mostly tedious and far too long. Also what a coincidence that when the hive mind decides a film is the best of the year, it also has e.g. the best actor in it as well. Not sure why people pay attention to the Oscars. It's just the incestuous film industry getting together to self-congra...

Gavin Chipper

Some very hard conundrums in the last few days/weeks.

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"He received some positive feedback" - that's news.

Gavin Chipper

Perfect for this thread - why's it called a forecourt? Doesn't seem quite right.

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I would say driving in and out of the forecourt is more dangerous than using your phone. They should have a rule where you have to stop 50 metres away and push your car in. All that combustion going on...

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Is it a rule everywhere? I've never noticed a sign at my local Tesco when filling up. I wouldn't know not to play on my phone at the same time.

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People walking their dogs should have poo bags on them anyway and are part of the wider dog walking community, so if they see some dog poo that didn't come from their own dog, they should pick it up anyway and not be all "Well it's nothing to do with me" about it. Especially on that bridg...

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People walking their dogs should have poo bags on them anyway and are part of the wider dog walking community, so if they see some dog poo that didn't come from their own dog, they should pick it up anyway and not be all "Well it's nothing to do with me" about it. Especially on that bridge...

Gavin Chipper

Geezer was quite good today. A bit early on, but another potential octochamp perhaps.

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Cool, thanks.

Gavin Chipper

I've still not watched this. Is it like 1 vs 100 (which I've also not watched)?

Gavin Chipper

Howie Myers wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 5:55 am r3 alt: 10*(75+8+6-2)-1=869
r7: UNCITED
r13: PROPHASES

Neither valid on Apterous. PROPHASE is though.

Gavin Chipper

Why did people have to wire their own plugs in the past? Stuff came without a plug on. Insane.

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Her highest score of 98 but her total of 686 is still 10 short of Jack Harvey's 696, so fifth of the five octochamps. She needs to hope the octowell dries up!

Gavin Chipper

Can someone explain the magic in "the product of two primes", Rachel mentions it often and I feel I should know it but I'm afraid it has escaped me. Thanks. I think it's just that there is a way of getting the target by multiplying 2 smaller numbers, but only one so it's hard to spot. If ...

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Seems a bit weird. Is that a forum thing or local to you, do you think?

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By the way, I've added Tom Rowell to the PB list, with his time of 35:37, but I haven't gone through all the times to check for new PBs, so I won't quote the whole list again.

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OK, so CO:Liv was on 24th Feb, and Fiona T did Crosby , whereas Stephen Read did Warrington . 146 (1). Fiona Titcombe - 29:42 (60.98%) (500 points) 91 (1). Stephen Read - 25:56 (51.48%) (500 points) And the table: 1. Gevin Chapwell - 889 2. Dan Byrom - 778 3. Fiona Titcombe - 722 4. Thomas Carey - 6...

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I thought Colin's "I wonder..." in the REBENDING round could be seen as leading the contestants.

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That's the 5th win then. But at an average of 82.2 (if I've worked it out right), she might need some higher scores if we do get more than 8 octochamps.

Gavin Chipper

Which day has had the most series champs appear over the years? Could you elaborate? Day of the year or day of the week? And by "appear" do you mean their first game, or all games? According to this , octochamps tend to start on the third of the five episodes on a recording day, so a Wedn...

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I suppose people are using "sub" to just mean "not as good as" in this case, rather than "numerically less than", but it is slightly weird. On a related note, people often talk about something having really low odds when they mean low probability. Low odds is the opposi...

Gavin Chipper

There's a Mike C Daysley that played as recently as 2020. The profile picture is of him with the trophy.

Gavin Chipper

I saw FOULEST as well but jargons isn't on Apterous. Maybe a mass noun but possibly someone with Premium access can adjudicate.

Gavin Chipper

There's a list of Mastermind champions on the Wikipedia. It would take someone about five minutes to look for potential matches on the Countdown wiki and we could determine likely actual matches from there. I might have a look later when I'm on my laptop if I can be bothered.

Gavin Chipper

I thought both fat ladies died.

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I think I did that once. Was quite low grade though.

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The equivalent would surely be winning a series of Countdown.

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Fiona T wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 12:32 pm
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 12:14 pm GOSSAMER to equal DC's MEGARONS in round 10. Much better word.
Mostly seen on condom packets back in the day...

You've spoilt it now.

Gavin Chipper

GOSSAMER to equal DC's MEGARONS in round 10. Much better word.

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Richard Lewis. I know him mainly from Curb Your Enthusiasm so quite a shocker. I always thought at the beginning of Curb he looked younger than Larry David, but Larry stayed the same age, whereas Richard aged terribly and was way older looking than Larry later on.

Gavin Chipper

I haven't mentioned Owen Jones for a while, and I don't rely on him. I just think he puts points across well sometimes. The last video I linked to was from the ICJ. My arguments aren't one-dimensional and I have in any case explained why I have focused more on criticising Israel. You "play the ...

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My intention has never been to downplay the Hamas terrorist attack on 7/10. I've just focused more on the Israeli response because it's ongoing, larger in scale, and has western support (so seen as acceptable by many people), and so is more of a political talking point in that respect. As for the &q...

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I think it's best described as a clear call for the destruction of the state of Israel. Either just a "soft" destruction of the regime, or outright ethnic cleansing, doesn't matter. Making out new complicated meanings to defend idiots? I pass. Would a single secular state in the region wi...

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The decision seems quite arbitary in places, including RUINEYAT as Fiona mentioned. With a print dictionary, which has to be a reasonable size, it makes sense that they would have to make these decisions, but online it seems less important to have the two distinct dictionaries, except maybe for Coun...

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Well that's the difference between the OED and ODP. There's an all-time dictionary and a current usage one. I don't think it's that insane.

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This is quite an interesting speech at the ICJ about Israel's crimes against Palestine over the years.

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Yeah, you'll both get 500 points!

Gavin Chipper

The discussion in the "You are the Ref" thread starts here I think with the scenario put by Noel Mc. But I don't think whether playing like this is a valid tactic is the main point of contention here. It's whether you should set up the game to allow for this to happen when you can just as ...

Gavin Chipper

Limbic.

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The standard declaration isn't used on Apterous as there isn't a separate length/word part of the declaration. But there is an argument for consistency, although different TV hosts in the past have done it differently and it could change again overnight. As it is, I think I will cease reversing the ...

Gavin Chipper

I'd consider that a good thing.

You can just write down loads of plausible-ish words and hope your opponent declares one, and then go with that.

Gavin Chipper

This is a perfect example of why Nick should swap the order when asking for the words. If C1 is asked for their length first, and they're the same length, C2 should be asked for their word first. This is the system my wife and I use when we play against each other at home. We can't be bothered with...

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For the record I don't really think EFF is commonly used enough to be a valid answer, regardless of how many times I used it during last night's episode. I was trying to avoid spoilers. OUR and WHY definitely are though "Common" is too vague to use in a quiz question. I wouldn't say EFF i...

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Wilson Fittipaldi died the other day by the way. He was the brother of F1 champion Emerson, but also a driver and team owner in his own right.

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