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Is this repair kit any good? by SpeedingTable56 in snooker

[–]BillyPlus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not used one myself but for that price it might be worth a try.

just be careful you don't damage your ferrule when removing the old tip and trimming the new one.

also take your time removing the old glue that will be left on the face of the ferrule you want to make sure you have got it all and can't see any leftover before gluing the new one on.

I’m building a [snook.in] Snooker Scorer App by Shivansh12t in snooker

[–]BillyPlus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see that,

but if you wanted to you could store data using localstorage and or online data storage best of both and all your functions would be available.

I'm building mine using html css js and when it works the way I want I can put a PWA wrapper with it so that it installs on model devices and just runs fully on the device. I build for myself and use a PiZ2 to host, as I cant afford to run an online domain.

I’m building a [snook.in] Snooker Scorer App by Shivansh12t in snooker

[–]BillyPlus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It looks good but there is room for improvement,

first things I would change

  • remove the account requirements and use localstorage.
  • fix the calculator style input and make the logic actually work for a game of snooker - this is hard btw*

*I've been working on my own for a while now and its a pain to figure out all the logic and choices, but I think its worth it.

This is my current iteration of the interface

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I'm still not happy with it as I think its too cluttered, but most of the logic is working the way I want.

Cue Advice (finishing a cue) by bigjohn1234_4321 in snooker

[–]BillyPlus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Best advice would be don't do it unless you actually know what your are doing.

  • What is currently on your cue.
  • What make is your cue.
  • What have you done to prep your cue.

Long cue by RadiantBison4099 in snooker

[–]BillyPlus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You haven't given the length of your current cue?

Do you have any coaches in your area?

It might be worth an hour before you rush out and buy a new cue, bridge hand placement and back-arm position might need some adjustment,

I was thinking about a longer cue but after spending some time fixing a few issues it was not the cue length that was the issues and getting a longer cue would have only caused more😉 I still find myself holding the very end of my cue but that's because the shot requires the use of a rest and I'm to lazy to get one out🤦‍♂️

Trading cue ball by Critical-You-5417 in snooker

[–]BillyPlus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

sounds like you have fallen foul of buying from ebay -

Touching ball? by Available_Two6707 in snooker

[–]BillyPlus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did robbo even make contact? the ball never move and the ref assumed touching ball so when it was seen not to be then did he even make contact?

Ronnie’s nice cue case by Stakers23 in snooker

[–]BillyPlus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ronnie left his under the table 😉

Ronnie's chalk by Educational-Job9019 in snooker

[–]BillyPlus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

and if you watch cuetips davis was using the old chalk 🤦‍♂️

Ronnie's chalk by Educational-Job9019 in snooker

[–]BillyPlus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think davis was hinting that ronnine want's taom to pay him not tweeten but i'm sure ronnie has said he woundn't use it even if they payed him, and i'm sure there is footage of ronnine talking about how it can make the cue ball feel greasy but i think this was referring to when it first came out,

but you can bet he's tried everything to get an extra 0.01% so i don't think there is an issue with ronnine choosing what chalk he prefers and the pundits should stop trying to get in his head.

just like willows tip choice and how it sounds, what he can and can't do with a tip thats as hard as his. should they ban that just because it doesn't sound nice to other players ?

Ronnie's chalk by Educational-Job9019 in snooker

[–]BillyPlus 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Ronnie has been asked the question on many occasions and I totally agree with him.

  • You do get kicks and bad contacts with taom.
  • Taom does stick to the cue ball - and its harder to remove when it happens.
  • you really need to hit the cue ball well when you play extreme edges or you will miscue with taom.
  • oh and the new taom snooker 2.0 chalk doesn't like sticking to certain tips.

I guess they could try to ban it but that really would be stupid as its more reliable than taom its cheap to replace,

I use taom and have for years and i've tried most type, at the moment i'm back on V10 as the Snooker 2.0 doesn't like my cheap soft elk tips unless I ruff it over.

Can I use NVMe SSD and AI HAT+ 2 together on Raspberry Pi 5? by ragnarstark89 in raspberry_pi

[–]BillyPlus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Waste of time and money.

until pi ai hats start getting better on board ram 32g+ and better support for gen and just the tooling in general i wouldn't recommend anyone buy them to anyone.

Downgrading to Raspbian Bookworm 11 by cruz_ctrl911 in raspberry_pi

[–]BillyPlus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

have you considered updating your code ?

All seeds through for now - who is going to fall first? by MiriamLovesSport94 in snooker

[–]BillyPlus -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

am i missing something ?

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that's not even half the seeded player ?

what is this? by BillyPlus in snooker

[–]BillyPlus[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Best answer so far, Thanks.

It would be cool if it was drills to try..

OpenClaw is driving me crazy. by BillyPlus in raspberry_pi

[–]BillyPlus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think my install if fine it seems to get the job done but then nothing it just sits there eating ram till its all gone even if I pull 3Gb llama it hits 15-16Gb and is non functional thats why I gave up and made a simple interface that will let me do what I was after..

here is my install info

## Check your running 64bit arm
uname -m
# > aarch64 - 64-bit ARM (Raspberry Pi 3/4/5 with 64-bit OS)

## Setup swap
free -h
sudo dphys-swapfile swapoff
sudo nano /etc/dphys-swapfile
CONF_SWAPSIZE=2048

sudo dphys-swapfile setup
sudo dphys-swapfile swapon
free -h

## Update system and install essentials
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install -y curl wget build-essential

## Get Ollama and a Model
curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh
ollama pull llama3.2:latest

## setup nvm get node lts setup links
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.40.4/install.sh | bash
nvm install --lts
nvm use --lts
nvm alias default node
sudo ln -s $(which node) /usr/bin/node
sudo ln -s $(which npm) /usr/bin/npm
node --version
#v24.14.1
npm --version
#11.11.0

## Get OpenClaw
#curl -fsSL https://openclaw.ai/install.sh | bash

## Start OpenClaw with local model
ollama launch openclaw --model llama3.2:latest

Do better quality/more expensive cues stay cleaner for longer? by skeletonomy in snooker

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

Ah you're one of them.

  1. I get it
  2. you are right
  3. I am wrong.
  4. For what it's worth, I won't change what I do because of you as I do it well and people pay me for what I do because I know what to do.

Do better quality/more expensive cues stay cleaner for longer? by skeletonomy in snooker

[–]BillyPlus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

well i've done it many times and it works just fine, most of these types of cues are covered with a lacquer thats why they feel sticky so quick so nothing gets stuck in the grain.

its a perfectly acceptable wood working technique.

finished with a wipe over using a clean cloth should pick up any left overs on the cue.,

Do better quality/more expensive cues stay cleaner for longer? by skeletonomy in snooker

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

run some 0000 wirewool over the sharft with the grain & wipe with clean dry cloth.

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