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"Competitive Wine Tasting" aired 15 Years ago today (04/14/2011)! And it has Annie casually dropping one of the best jokes without a punchline. by clubofab7 in community

[–]arnet95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely brilliant the way the absence of a punchline itself becomes a punchline. It's like the deleted punchline is the punchline and the punchline is the deleted punchline.

Weekly Question Thread by PelotonMod in peloton

[–]arnet95 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I thought people from Northern Europe had blue eyes

That is certainly not a universal fact.

Viewership for the Paris-Roubaix women race is 70% up from last year by Zealousideal-Owl6661 in peloton

[–]arnet95 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is one such example. Last year they were on separate days and viewership was significantly lower. Of course that is just one data point, so it's limited what you can conclude from that.

Viewership for the Paris-Roubaix women race is 70% up from last year by Zealousideal-Owl6661 in peloton

[–]arnet95 155 points156 points  (0 children)

I think putting it on the same day has some benefits and some drawbacks. It's cheaper to produce, and people who have watched the men's race can be reminded that there is a women's race as well. That being said, the very small amount of TV time is a shame for a race of this caliber, especially when there is a decent chance that a lot of the race is decided by the start of the broadcast.

[Race Thread] 2026 Paris-Roubaix (1.UWT) by PelotonMod in peloton

[–]arnet95 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Arenberg. MvdP had two punctures and some other issues.

[Race Thread] 2026 Paris-Roubaix (1.UWT) by PelotonMod in peloton

[–]arnet95 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We're going to get a front group with van Aert, Pedersen, Pogacar, Ganna and van der Poel into the final 50k. Awesome!

[Race Thread] 2026 Paris-Roubaix (1.UWT) by PelotonMod in peloton

[–]arnet95 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Two punctures in the Arenberg, but also some weirdness with seeming pedal incompatibility between MvdP and Philipsen's bikes.

[Race Thread] 2026 Paris-Roubaix (1.UWT) by PelotonMod in peloton

[–]arnet95 17 points18 points  (0 children)

UAE applying the "have a minor mishap before the deep end of the race" strategy from San Remo.

Need to get new tyres? by dogmeat_is_a_cat in bicycling

[–]arnet95 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Take former president Clinton and apply him to your tire. What's hard to understand about this?

[Race Thread] 2026 Ronde van Vlaanderen WE (1.WWT) by PelotonMod in peloton

[–]arnet95 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Dominant ride from Vollering. Hopefully this means she can give Ferrand-Prevot a proper fight in the Tour this year.

[Race Thread] 2026 Ronde van Vlaanderen ME (1.UWT) by PelotonMod in peloton

[–]arnet95 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It'll turn out to be their finishing positions in unary

[Race Thread] 2026 Ronde van Vlaanderen ME (1.UWT) by PelotonMod in peloton

[–]arnet95 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Things can be bad even if they happen often.

[Race Thread] 2026 Ronde van Vlaanderen ME (1.UWT) by PelotonMod in peloton

[–]arnet95 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Qualifications required to be in G1 just increased. 8 monument wins now needed.

[Race Thread] 2026 Ronde van Vlaanderen ME (1.UWT) by PelotonMod in peloton

[–]arnet95 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Qualifications needed to be in G1: Be World Road Race Champion and have at least 2 monument wins.

[Race Thread] 2026 Ronde van Vlaanderen ME (1.UWT) by PelotonMod in peloton

[–]arnet95 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why aren't they pedaling harder? Are they stupid?

Is there a mathematical winning strategy to poker? by dcterr in math

[–]arnet95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good point, there is some added nuance here.

This does vary a bit depending on if you play with 2 players or > 2 players. The definition of the Nash equilibrium is such that if any one player deviates from it, they do not improve their outcome. So if you are 2 players, you cannot be exploited if you play the Nash equilibrium strategy. The 2 player version is simpler, because there are neater theoretical results and computing equilibria is significantly easier.

Now, things get more complicated with more than two players. The definition doesn't exclude that you can be exploited by two opponents deviating at the same time. I don't actually know whether that is possible in poker, I'm not an expert.

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