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ShaunWhite
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Euler wrote:
Tue Feb 06, 2018 9:40 pm
This is pretty epic and a great way to end a live stream

https://youtu.be/wbSwFU6tY1c?t=2439
The rockets returning was pure Thunderbirds. Clever stuff.

But.... I'm not sure dumping that car in space sets the tone for a new era of space flight, space junk is fine as long as it's for advertising or ego it seems. The symbolism of the final images spoilt a great event. Opportunity missed to make a powerful new era statement rather than simply 'buy more stuff'. Especially ironic over the new defacto space anthem about our present course being one to destruction but nobody in authority is prepared to listen.

Perhaps some day aliens will find and display that car as a fitting memorial to our dead planet.
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How cold will it be next week and where will it snow?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnN9UZBDZio
Trading96
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That video lead me to this http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/23degrees/20 ... edict.html

which lead me to this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Want_of_a_Nail

For want of a nail the shoe was lost;

For want of a shoe the horse was lost;

For want of a horse the battle was lost;

For the failure of battle the kingdom was lost--

All for the want of a horse-shoe nail


pretty relevant proverb for gamblers to be aware of.
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For anyone interested what the cold spell does to our electricity supply and the make up of it.

http://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/
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ShaunWhite
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I won't create a 'Stuff to listen to' thread but this was good ...

Moral Maze - The morality of competition (43mins)

Cycling is again in the spotlight for the wrong reasons. A damning report by MPs argues that Sir Bradley Wiggins and Team Sky "crossed an ethical line." They claim that the Tour de France champion used an asthma drug - which is allowed under the anti-doping rules for medical need - to enhance his performance. The accusation is strenuously denied, but where exactly is the "ethical line"?

Isn't it expected that competitors will do anything and everything within the rules to gain an edge? Even the model sportsman Roger Bannister sharpened his running spikes and rubbed graphite on them before breaking the four-minute-mile barrier. It certainly gained him an edge, but not unfairly. In sharp contrast, there are those who believe this latest case is another example of how sport has lost its soul.

They say the ideals of 'sportsmanship' and respecting the spirit of the rules have given way to making money, winning at all costs and cheating if you can get away with it. In sport (and in competition generally) there will always be a grey area between what is moral and what is forbidden. Should we aim to narrow that gap, tighten the rules and enforce harsher sanctions? Or can ethical grey areas be a good thing? It could be argued they are essential in order for sportsmanship to shine. In business, they can be seen as necessary for innovation. In our personal lives, they give us moral agency to make important decisions and they provide a means by which we judge others. Surely a regime in which everything is either illegal or acceptable is the black and white landscape of tyranny? And yet - if the line is not simply between winning and losing, where should it be drawn? Witnesses are John-William Devine, Dr Paul Dimeo, Dr Emily Ryall and Ed Smith.
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Just released worldwide on Friday I haven't had time to watch it yet but I heard an interview with them on last weeks Motley Fool Money podcast and am looking forward to watching it:

The China Hustle

Available on Netflix:
https://www.netflix.com/title/80221646

Rotten Tomatoes link for info and trailer:
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_china_hustle/


As an aside has anyone found anyway of watching 'Abacus: Small enough to jail'

I haven't been able to find it yet and would really like to watch it.

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/abacus ... gh_to_jail
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ijamieson wrote:
Sun Sep 14, 2014 9:41 pm
On tomorrow night at 9pm BBC 2, Traders: Millions by the Minute.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04j52br
For anyone who watched the above show I came across some follow up videos last night from 2017:

Charlie Burton follow up interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNl_ZZivFi0

Rene Muccio follow up interview, hosted by Charlie Burton:

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMFwBtVxBLE&t=273s

Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LTiK9yPJMU

The mother trading from home has moved into the gastric band business

The two young lads have set up a coaching service with the hashtag of trillionairestateofmind - say no more...

I couldn't find any trace of the old guys investment club but that isn't surprising as I didn't get the impression they were much into online presence.
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andyfuller wrote:
Wed Apr 04, 2018 2:25 pm

As an aside has anyone found anyway of watching 'Abacus: Small enough to jail'
Looks like you can rent it Andy on Amazon prime or via iTunes (£4.49)
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found this quite interesting

hidden powers of the brain with former hacker with a PhD in neuroscience Moran Cerf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE0TedFPgH8
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Naffman
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Not sure where to put this so I thought I'd put it here - Australia's housing bubble

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smPR0s2W-Ck
Trader Pat
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I'm just gonna leave this here and see if others are as terrified as I was watching it, the longer it goes the more bizarre it gets! :D


https://tinyurl.com/yb2jr2yd
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PDC
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Given the current fires in California I highly recommend watching the film 'Only The Brave' about a true fairly recent story that happened in similar fires that I knew nothing about, it is extremely sad and eye opening. After watching it I couldn't believe I never heard about it before and did more research on it and couldn't believe the film didn't do better at the box office in America.

It is currently available on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/search?q=only%2 ... bp=0&jbr=0

On Amzon it isn't included but can be bought or the trailer watched for free: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Only-Brave-Jos ... 07791FW42/
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PDC wrote:
Sat Nov 10, 2018 6:15 am
Given the current fires in California I highly recommend watching the film 'Only The Brave' about a true fairly recent story that happened in similar fires that I knew nothing about, it is extremely sad and eye opening. After watching it I couldn't believe I never heard about it before and did more research on it and couldn't believe the film didn't do better at the box office in America.

It is currently available on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/search?q=only%2 ... bp=0&jbr=0

On Amzon it isn't included but can be bought or the trailer watched for free: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Only-Brave-Jos ... 07791FW42/
That movie is a great watch. I have a friend who is a fire fighting pilot in South Africa (they also help out across the world with big forest fires-e.g. Canada etc) From what I hear their unit is disciplined, courageous and work together in a way that would make any infantry unit proud. That movie really hammers home how friggin brave these souls are. This is them arriving in Alberta:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKdjOxYdWNE
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PDC
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mcgoo wrote:
Sat Nov 10, 2018 9:07 am
That movie is a great watch. I have a friend who is a fire fighting pilot in South Africa (they also help out across the world with big forest fires-e.g. Canada etc) From what I hear their unit is disciplined, courageous and work together in a way that would make any infantry unit proud. That movie really hammers home how friggin brave these souls are. This is them arriving in Alberta:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKdjOxYdWNE
I remember seeing that clip on the news, amazing work they all do around the world. As you say the film is a great watch, I couldn't believe I had not heard anything about it before.
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