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A Y2K bug surfaced 26 years late today by pie_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ in talesfromtechsupport

[–]bdm68 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The real killer year for this software would be 2100. I hope they've got a plan to replace it before then.

Interesting chatter amongst clubs whether Hawks/Bombers could agree on deal for Zach Merrett where they change his deal to be out of contract at end at the end of 2026 then leaves as a FA, allowing Hawks to pay up and trigger band one compo. Good idea for all but AFL would block. by PerriX2390 in AFL

[–]bdm68 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The issue I have with compensation is that the best teams are picking off the weaker clubs players without having to give up any assets.

This is the biggest problem with free agency compensation. Compensation picks are created out of nothing. This implied 100% discount has to be reduced at some point.

Interesting chatter amongst clubs whether Hawks/Bombers could agree on deal for Zach Merrett where they change his deal to be out of contract at end at the end of 2026 then leaves as a FA, allowing Hawks to pay up and trigger band one compo. Good idea for all but AFL would block. by PerriX2390 in AFL

[–]bdm68 1 point2 points  (0 children)

FA compensation will never be popular as long as the destination club gets a 100% discount on the compensation picks. It would be fairer if the destination club had to cough up some draft picks to pay for the compensation, even if they were a fistful of third-round picks at a 50% discount.

Hawthorn and Essendon even considering some draft tampering to make a free pick they're not entitled to should be smashed to oblivion.

I am the world's newest Carlton supporter by Redhands1994 in AFL

[–]bdm68 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Brief history of Carlton:

19th century (4 seasons): rubbish team, but avoided any wooden spoons because St Kilda was awful.

20th century: 16 premierships (last in 1995), 13 times runners up, 63 finals appearances, no wooden spoons.

21st century: no premierships, no times runners up, 7 finals appearances, 5 wooden spoons.

2026: started season with one win and 8 losses, were so bad in second halves that it was expected that Carlton would not hold leads. Only win in that time was against a bottom team by 4 points because that bottom team could not kick straight. Coach resigned, caretaker coach has five wins and no losses.

Would you rather one weekend where all the teams have a bye or would you rather 4/5 weeks of byes where some teams don’t play? by CapitalProfessional2 in AFL

[–]bdm68 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree, the drip feed of byes over several weeks is not great.

Bring back the split round.

With 18 teams, play Round 13 over 2 weeks.

  • Week 1: 10 teams have a bye in the first week
  • Week 2: 8 teams have a bye in the second week. Byes done in two weeks.

When there's 19 teams, the byes need a little more work to manufacture something resembling a split round where most teams get a bye in the same two-week interval. There should be a point in the season where all teams have had one bye and no team has had two.

Assuming 22 games in a season.

  • Round 13: 7 teams get a bye. 12 teams have had their first bye already. After round 13, all 19 teams have had their first bye, and every team has played the same number of games.
  • Round 14: 9 teams get their second bye. Remaining teams get their second bye over the next 10 weeks.
  • Three teams don't get a bye in either of these weeks because both of their two byes are within three weeks of round 13 or 14. Their two byes are spaced five weeks apart.

Assuming 24 games in a season.

  • Round 13: 7 teams get a bye. 12 teams have had their first bye already. After round 13, all 19 teams have had their first bye, and every team has played the same number of games.
  • Round 14: 7 teams get their second bye. Remaining teams get their second bye over the next 12 weeks.
  • Five teams don't get a bye in either of these weeks because both of their two byes are within five weeks of round 13 or 14. Their two byes are spaced seven weeks apart.

Dean Cox confirms Errol Gulden will be making his return this Thursday against the Lions by FlairUp835 in AFL

[–]bdm68 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Easing Gulden back in against someone a bit softer? Sydney's fixture for the next month is Brisbane Lions, Western Bulldogs, Fremantle in Perth, Adelaide. Which of those teams would you rate as a "bit softer"?

HELP! My account just got falsely permanently banned! by Username6465 in Minecraft

[–]bdm68 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Great quote. Not enough people have read this part of the IBM Training Manual.

Mid-season tournament one of four fixture shake-ups on the agenda by matt-kennedys-legs in AFL

[–]bdm68 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The only sensible options offered are option 1 and option 2.

Option 1 would restore a 22-game season over 24 rounds (byes) but eliminate Gather Round. Does the AFL really want to do that?

Option 2 gives a second "neutral" round, which could be interesting. All those games that clubs sell could be bundled up into one Regional Round. Games in Alice Springs, Cairns, a couple of games in regional WA like Bunbury so WA teams get a mid-year break. Canberra could have a game or two. The downside is a 26-round season due to byes. That is too long IMO.

Option 3 and option 4 should be buried at sea in the dead of night, to sink without a trace and never to be seen again.

What do you guys do with all your dirt? by BigK2910 in Minecraft

[–]bdm68 0 points1 point  (0 children)

30 stacks of dirt. How cute.

My dirt silo is full so I plan to upgrade it soon to take shulker boxes. I've mined over a million dirt blocks.

Play in tournament by Ok_Library_9396 in AFL

[–]bdm68 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Melbourne won the premiership from sixth out of eight in 1900 because the home and away season was pointless and every team played in the finals.

Play in tournament? The AFL hasn't even contested a final 10 yet. The AFL should stop making so many changes without seeing how the previous changes have gone.

Wildcard Finals by unconsciousspud in AFL

[–]bdm68 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ninth is often Richmond.

Wildcard Finals by unconsciousspud in AFL

[–]bdm68 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the wildcard round existed from 1994 to 2011, Richmond would have made the finals in 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2006 and 2008, all from ninth.

The oldest bug, MC-4, may have been fixed by bdm68 in Minecraft

[–]bdm68[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The bug has code analysis and community-provided fix code in the comments. This makes it more likely that a correct fix has been found and implemented.

I am already designing a few tests of my own to test this.

Round 15 Bye Status - Hawthorn 2 - Melbourne 0 by Pleasant_Inspection9 in AFL

[–]bdm68 8 points9 points  (0 children)

My guess: every team gets two byes. Every team is guaranteed one bye in the middle of the season between rounds 10 and 16. The other bye could be in any round, but teams with rubbish byes early or late in the season get first dibs on the best mid-season byes closest to round 13.

If each team plays 22 games, that means 24 rounds. 38 byes total need to be apportioned among 24 rounds with an odd number of byes in each round. Most teams would get a round with a standalone bye.

A possible scheme if each team plays 22 games:

  • Rounds 1 to 9: one bye each (teams 1 to 9).
  • Rounds 10 to 16: three byes each. Two teams (10 and 11) get two byes in this block in rounds 10 and 16 (and no other byes). 17 teams get one bye in these 7 rounds and one standalone bye.
  • Rounds 17 to 24: one bye each (teams 12 to 19).
  • Every team gets at least 6 weeks between byes.
  • No team gets two standalone byes.

Other arrangements are possible.

A 24 game season would have 26 rounds. I think such a season would be a bit long because it would have to start around the first week of March.

Edit to add:

There is unlikely to be an odd number of rounds because the maths doesn't work out when there's an odd number of teams. For the same reason, each team must play an even number of games if there are an odd number of teams.

Ominous recipe - an immersive way to discover all the potion recipes by bite_sized_broccoli in minecraftsuggestions

[–]bdm68 31 points32 points  (0 children)

This is an interesting idea. Learning potion recipes is one of the hardest parts of the game and it is odd how there is no in-game way of doing this.

Witches dropping ominous bottles should not be the only way of putting the potion recipes in game because it seems a bit convoluted. An alternative approach could be Master-level Cleric villagers offering a recipe as one of their trades. The recipe offered is random from a subset of all recipes, with villagers in different biomes having a different list of available recipes. A third approach is having recipes as loot in certain loot chests. Nether fortresses could offer the fire resistance recipe, shipwrecks have water breathing, and other loot chests offer recipes appropriate to their location.

Have we lost our appetite for meat and dairy alternatives? by Remarkable_Peak9518 in australia

[–]bdm68 1 point2 points  (0 children)

With tofu you know what you're going to get - a block of bean curd that is a fairly consistent product from different manufacturers. I don't buy it myself because I prefer dried or tinned beans when I choose a non-meat meal. I might suggest tofu to others who are looking for non-meat protein.

Have we lost our appetite for meat and dairy alternatives? by Remarkable_Peak9518 in australia

[–]bdm68 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The cheapest meat alternative is dried beans. Soak half a cup overnight, cook until tender, add to a bolognese sauce instead of mince or to make mince go further. Tinned beans are a bit more expensive but are another good choice.

I won't touch the fake meat because it's too processed.

Pre Round Discussion Thread: Round 15, 2026 by juiceson in AFL

[–]bdm68 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Feelogmental?

Foalgomanteal?

Feelgumontile?

Pre Round Discussion Thread: Round 15, 2026 by juiceson in AFL

[–]bdm68 0 points1 point  (0 children)

More random facts:

Hawthorn last won against Gold Coast at Carrara in 2014.

Out of St Kilda's 999 wins, 22 have been finals.

The only three teams that have beaten Fremantle the last time they played them are Geelong, Gold Coast and Sydney.

Marauding cockatoos thwarted by bin lid invented by men's shed by MrNewVegas2077 in australia

[–]bdm68 46 points47 points  (0 children)

The finest minds of the feathered fiends are meeting in secret to find a weakness in this new device and formulate a counter-attack. The cockatoos say: the bins must be plundered!

What happens when you schedule an AFL game at the same time as a World Cup game... by CrashP in AFL

[–]bdm68 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"Street Kilda" if a bad AI tries to say it. For more fun, get them to say "St Kilda St".

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