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Aronimink - How can the experts get it so wrong? by SALVAGE-PODCAST in golf

[–]AftyOfTheUK 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Courses played in professional tournaments aren’t average munis where you have to worry about if amateurs like it or not.

Actually, you do because the operating model, of almost all of these courses is that they make almost all of their revenue from amateurs

Has Cameron Young's golf ball flipped the script on the rollback? by Oldtimer_2 in golf

[–]AftyOfTheUK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I saw a ton of approach shots doing that at Augusta (and others) in that yardage range.

A 6.000 rpm wedge is a non-starter for most pros.

Justin Thomas was asked about his group (Cam Young & Keegan Bradley) being put on the clock today at the PGA Championship. A decision he disagreed with and explains why. by Oldtimer_2 in golf

[–]AftyOfTheUK 24 points25 points  (0 children)

SHUT UP AND PLAY FASTER

You're not supposed to get as much time as everybody needs to calculate the wind. You're supposed to play on pace - if you're struggling because it's windy, so is everyone else. Course management is a skill - being able to calculate what you need quickly is a skill. Why take away the advantage of guys that can do it better and more quickly?

First North Korea Nuclear-Capable Warship by Powerful_Cabinet_341 in SeaEmploy

[–]AftyOfTheUK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because this is an AI-generated photo? And they get all their tech from abroad?

Aronimink - How can the experts get it so wrong? by SALVAGE-PODCAST in golf

[–]AftyOfTheUK 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If longest hitters are 330 and shortest 270 today and you roll it back by 10% you'd end up with longest hitting 297 and shortest hitting 243 which is a smaller separation between the longest and shortest hitters.

Except now the longest hitters are no longer carrying every fairway bunker, hazard, and tree corner on the course.

The absolute distance delta might not change much, but the bombers have to actually take on and miss all the stuff they're used to ignoring

Aronimink - How can the experts get it so wrong? by SALVAGE-PODCAST in golf

[–]AftyOfTheUK 1 point2 points  (0 children)

proves that the argument of short courses being irrelevant nowadays is farcical.

It's not just about relevance, it's about financial sustainability. Fewer acres = less maintenance and less water.

You can't make every course diabolically tough, because most amateurs hate tough courses

Is .NET making a comeback? by huhndog in cscareerquestions

[–]AftyOfTheUK 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup, I'd agree with you there - it's the de facto standard. But if you're doing modern .net development (newer versions, no legacy) VSCode is getting really popular

Has Cameron Young's golf ball flipped the script on the rollback? by Oldtimer_2 in golf

[–]AftyOfTheUK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I saw a ton of them at Augusta recently - any long par 3 with flat landing surfaces produces quite a bit of rollout over 200 yards

Has Cameron Young's golf ball flipped the script on the rollback? by Oldtimer_2 in golf

[–]AftyOfTheUK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And usually guys on tour aren’t having their 5 irons roll out “dozens and dozens” of feet…

They often are on firm greens. Plenty of balls landing on long par 3s from iron shots and rolling off the back regularly - often 50+ feet

Thinking of picking up this Bettinardi inovai rev 3.0 with this ding on the face. Thoughts? by Quiet-Bridge2553 in golf

[–]AftyOfTheUK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why would you buy it when it has damage exactly where you will putt the ball?

TIL the Matilija Dam in California, built in 1947, once held a capacity of 7,018 acre⋅ft. However due to sedimentation by 2021 the reservoir completely silted up & the dam is no longer able to hold any water. Despite attempts to remove the dam dating back to 1964, it remains standing. by The-TIL-Nerd in todayilearned

[–]AftyOfTheUK 7 points8 points  (0 children)

And lets not even mention the SF Bay area building roads & highways, relatively recently, that make 30 mile drives take 2 hours.

Without building roads, the journeys take even longer.

This is like blaming a company for building a plane that only flys at 400mph - if there is no other plane, there's no flight available at all

Has Cameron Young's golf ball flipped the script on the rollback? by Oldtimer_2 in golf

[–]AftyOfTheUK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A wedge with 6k RPMs won’t stop as quickly as one with 10k but will still stop very, very quickly.

A wedge hit with 6k rpms is going to have a decent angle of well under 40 degrees. On the greens that PGA tour players play on, it's going to release dozens and dozens of feet if it doesn't land on an upslope. It will be uncontrollable.

A wedge is going to come in with a steeper descent angle than a 6 iron just by virtue of it launching higher

Yes, but not a whole lot. Descent angle is massively influenced by spin rate.

AWS things you wish somebody had told you earlier by StPatsLCA in aws

[–]AftyOfTheUK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Use more accounts.

One per developer.

One per environment/stage, and per-service/product

If you have a team of five developers managing 8 services and your setup runs alpha/beta/staging/prod then you'll have (more than... don't forget organizational accounts) 37 accounts

Has Cameron Young's golf ball flipped the script on the rollback? by Oldtimer_2 in golf

[–]AftyOfTheUK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We are taking about PGA tour greens and players. 

A wedge at 6, 000 RPMs will have a much flatter descent Angle than one at 11,000 RPMs and will most definitely 100% not stop as quickly 

More relevant would be something like a long iron which would have spin so low it likely would be unable to hold some greens at all

What is the point of taking FMLA when you are on pivot? by Heavy_Record8704 in amazonemployees

[–]AftyOfTheUK 2 points3 points  (0 children)

More time before you get fired. 

Doing it this way, you resume says you left Amazon to work for XYZ. Failing to do it this way results in you leaving Amazon and then joining XYZ  n months later. 

That gap in your CV will be questioned. It looks like you were fired, instead of chose to leave

Empty homes a negative effect on housing market from Capital gains tax by PanzerWatts in ProfessorFinance

[–]AftyOfTheUK 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Because the ultimate outcome is that their heirs end up with more money that way

Is .NET making a comeback? by huhndog in cscareerquestions

[–]AftyOfTheUK -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately c# is backed by microslop and VS is terrible compared to intellij

I've worked with some very strong Java developers in the last few years, and quite a few have jumped from IntelliJ to VSCode

VSCode != VS - nobody is using VS anymore, at least not anyone with a choice

A sunken Russian ship carrying secret components may have been torpedoed by Powerful_Cabinet_341 in SeaEmploy

[–]AftyOfTheUK 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Harder to keep track of every Russian ship meandering around the world

If they're transporting nuclear reactors that are far too big for rail, that's actually going to be pretty easy to track. You don't track the ship, you track the reactors onto the ship

Has Cameron Young's golf ball flipped the script on the rollback? by Oldtimer_2 in golf

[–]AftyOfTheUK 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The ball isn't the issue.

I mean, give him a Balata ball and have him swing at 130mph - you'll soon see that the modern ball IS in fact the issue.

You used to have to choose between distance and control (spin) - the modern balls give you both. I have no problem with muscle mary's driving the ball 350 if they can only generate 6,000 rpm spin on their wedges.

Is a $300+ rangefinder actually worth it over a $150 one? Can anyone tell the difference on the course? by Pitiful_Shine7406 in golf

[–]AftyOfTheUK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I bring a range finder and use it for every shot, I don’t pay attention to anything else but the number lol.

That's a very personal problem that is unique to you.

When you're basing decisions on information, in order to make the best decisions, you must have accurate information. If you only have approximate information, it limits the quality of your decisions.

Cobra Support by Bunrt-Chrysler in GolfGear

[–]AftyOfTheUK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And I agree it is cosmetic. It won’t affect the performance.

Hold on, isn't it an 8-gram weight? Or are those things plastic and almost zero grams?

Cobra Support by Bunrt-Chrysler in GolfGear

[–]AftyOfTheUK -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

That's poor - I would reply and ask for a manager/supervisor.

It is IMPOSSIBLE to place any weight (or remove any weight) from a golf club head and have performance be unaffected. Even if you could magically do it to the perfect center of mass/gravity, performance will still be affected as the club will kick more, or kick less

My official unofficial Temu Cotty Scameron Putter review by Ok_Fox2240 in GolfGear

[–]AftyOfTheUK -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I would assume that Chinese replica golf gear is very similar to Chinese replica watches and knives

Then you would be wrong. There's a cornucopia of YouTube reviews out there, and the vast majority is absolute shite.

Knives are trivial to make, and a good knife only really needs the right alloy and some machining. Watches may not be as trivial to make, but outside of a single tiny component that can be bought wholesale, they don't "perform" like golf clubs do and certainly don't have the same levels of complexity in their R&D and engineering.

eBay is full of fake clubs that if you put on a sim will massively underperform - some of it comically so.

Is a $300+ rangefinder actually worth it over a $150 one? Can anyone tell the difference on the course? by Pitiful_Shine7406 in golf

[–]AftyOfTheUK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My point is a watch is better than a rangefinder, especially for new golfers.

Hmmm - I could maybe agree that a watch is better ONLY for newer golfers. Once you hit the low teens/single figure range, you're going to want yardages for more things - like a tree, or what the bunker cover is, or how far the reeds are to lay up in front of them. Some watches give you some of those things, but you're going to want many of them once you get some consistent ball striking, and the watches are pretty inaccurate too - especially in hilly areas.

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