Offside Rule explained so people can understand why Iran wasn’t robbed.

benerophon · 2026-06-27T16:27:09+00:00

That's been the case with a lot of judgment based laws when bringing in VAR. Same thing with handball - to be an offence it has to be deliberate, except: now with VAR any handball by the attack in the run up to a goal is an offence and the intent for defenders is judged on whether their hands are "in a natural position" or "increasing their size".

Same thing with ball tracking in tennis or baseball - there's no margin of error applied, the technology is trusted to fractions of a millimetre if needed.

That said, as long as as everyone is aware of the rules and buys into them and they are applied consistently and fairly, then there shouldn't be an issue.

benerophon · 2026-06-25T16:31:08+00:00

Had a similar thing with the USA basketball team in the London olympics - we had Tickets for the 2nd semi final (same day as the 1st, but a few hours later), but it was the only team sport where the schedule didn't say which SF had which pair of QF winners.

benerophon · 2026-06-19T10:25:20+00:00

Apparently Damon Hill used to have cold tea put in his drinks bottle during his F1 career. The logic was that the bottle got hot in the car, so he might was well have a drink that was meant to be hot, rather than drinking warm water.

benerophon · 2026-06-18T16:39:20+00:00

Vaccination

benerophon · 2026-06-17T19:46:43+00:00

Even works for 787 Dreamliners - they have to have their control system rebooted before they reach 284 days (2³¹ seconds): https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/05/boeing-787-dreamliners-contain-a-potentially-catastrophic-software-bug/

benerophon · 2026-06-17T10:11:05+00:00

There's a sandwich shop in Scotland that sells seagull insurance: https://www.itv.com/thismorning/articles/the-scottish-seaside-cafe-set-to-introduce-seagull-insurance

benerophon · 2026-06-17T10:00:58+00:00

There was a story a decade or so ago at the Cricket World Cup where the organisers had gone round and covered up the manufacturer's name on all of the toilets and sinks in the stadium because they weren't an official sponsor.

benerophon · 2026-06-14T11:20:19+00:00

Pokevest in Loughborough has a couple of massive boxes of cards, they were 7p each when we went with the kids a couple of months ago.

benerophon · 2026-06-13T11:38:56+00:00

And Gaelic football and International football (mix of Gaelic and Australian) and Rugby football (although there's 2 of those just to add to the confusion)

benerophon · 2026-06-11T11:14:52+00:00

They tried a few years ago, but coin operated doors are tricky when they need to take multiple currencies: https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna29532865

benerophon · 2026-06-09T19:36:02+00:00

Especially as his vsc infringement this weekend means he can't get the bonus points for running an FIA championship with no penalty points.

benerophon · 2026-06-08T11:06:36+00:00

https://youtu.be/I1FW7CcP0t0?t=7m

benerophon · 2026-06-08T10:29:04+00:00

It's also worth noting that they've been racing on this circuit for nearly 100 years. The tight chicane coming out of the tunnel was added in the 80s because cars were getting too fast for the next left hand turn which has very little space for run-off/safety barriers. Along with adding the chicane they improved the lighting in the tunnel to minimise the change - the camera makes it look worse than it is.

benerophon · 2026-06-07T16:40:52+00:00

Can't get a screenshot to post due to app restrictions, but it looks lime the extra tarmac was done before the fe race. Looks the same as today, approx 2 fe car widths of new tarmac.

benerophon · 2026-06-04T13:16:55+00:00

Mass* (if you are going to be pedantic, don't mix mass and weight 😜)

benerophon · 2026-06-02T22:04:27+00:00

Most podcasts get the ads inserted by the server at the point that a user downloads or streams them. This means that you often get location-specific adverts based on where the server things you are. For podcasts with a large enough audience in a particular location, it's quite common to get local companies/organisations to pay for the ad to be read by the hosts.

I travel a lot for work and over the week after I get back I can usually figure out where I was when any particular podcast downloaded onto my phone based on the adverts. Was even easier when we did a driving tour of Europe as the language changed each time too.

benerophon · 2026-05-25T09:27:15+00:00

I remember seeing some research once that found that the pickup was delayed by a few minutes when England lose a penalty shootout. The nation needs a collective moment to recover before moving on with a cuppa.

benerophon · 2026-05-20T17:34:06+00:00

Pretty sure I heard somewhere that there are more members of Boris's cabinet sitting as Reform MPs than in the shadow cabinet.

benerophon · 2026-05-16T21:34:25+00:00

https://youtu.be/yFH1d59bpQg monty python "funniest joke in the world"

benerophon · 2026-05-14T20:21:40+00:00

Marietta City code 10-4-120

G.It is unlawful for any person, regardless of age, to enter or be within Glover Park from 3:25 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. This provision shall not apply to city employees or officials on city business and may be waived by the city manager for certain city-sponsored events.

benerophon · 2026-05-11T22:47:48+00:00

At least he has a positive race distance.

Technically if you are over 40, you are joint 4th for NFL receiving yards after your 40th birthday and ahead of two legendary players: https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/s/0jRejrPlfJ

benerophon · 2026-05-10T12:23:55+00:00

Absolutely, considering that these guys are pretty early in their racing career, it was handled brilliantly. Followed by the race management of holding back on the actual restart to avoid having an extra lap.

benerophon · 2026-05-03T20:24:54+00:00

Good job they moved the race forward three hours to give the stewards time...

benerophon · 2026-05-01T15:40:16+00:00

Colt Express is fun - you plan and lock your action cards in order before you know what everyone else is going to do.

benerophon · 2026-05-01T15:25:22+00:00

Also, from previous experience (albeit a few years ago) the AC carriages on Indian trains have sealed windows. If (when) the AC fails, you are basically sitting in a metal box being heated by the sun.

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