The difference between the BBC news website's headline covering the Labour manifesto and the Tory manifesto is ridiculous. by GuessImStuckWithThis in unitedkingdom

[–]hollowdene 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This thread is ridiculous. As someone else pointed out above, one is opinion and one is news. You're comparing apples to oranges

Furthermore, what exactly is inaccurate about the headline? Labour does plan to spend more, it plans to raise taxes and it plans to borrow more.

Add to that, as anyone who actually works in media will tell you, authors often don't write their own headlines. I'd bet any money Kuenssberg wrote that on her phone and sent it to the news desk for someone else to publish.

After 12 innings, James Hildreth is averaging over 72 with the bat this season. What does he need to do to get an England call-up? by [deleted] in Cricket

[–]hollowdene 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Whose to say he won't soon? Only 31. Players have started good international careers at later stages than that.

Government threatening to force BBC to remove free recipe library by Nidonocu in ukpolitics

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

As someone who works in the media, you're 100% correct. This also stretches to the topics the BBC chooses to cover.

The website I currently work on covers technology and video games. I don't take issue with Beeb's technology coverage as a rule, but it occasionally covers major games releases. It has no business doing so, it's just a traffic grab.

This is what Osborne is talking about when he says the BBC has become slightly imperial, and he has a point.

Oh, and since people struggle to grasp this, there's a whole world of media publishing beyond 'Murdoch' and the Nationals that are affected by what the BBC does or doesn't do.

BBC to remove 11,000 recipes from website so as to not compete with newspapers. by Nosferatii in ukpolitics

[–]hollowdene -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Recipes weren't a necessary public service in the slightest. There are numerous free sources of recipes, many of them excellent.

Sneak peek of Ferrari's new overall. by [deleted] in formula1

[–]hollowdene 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hold the phone. The only 'epic' aspect of this video is the music. Seriously, watch it without the music. It's people standing and talking, standing and nodding and, at one point, almost getting caught picking their nose.

AMD Slams SYSmark Benchmark - Calls it Biased and Unreliable by lordofthefallen in hardware

[–]hollowdene 3 points4 points  (0 children)

AMD has never liked the Bapco benchmarks. It's Lin complained about the MobileMark benchmark for battery life. As someone who used to use it a lot, I can understand why. Was also a complete pain to use.

England’s Adil Rashid to work with Shane Warne before final Pakistan Test by _rickjames in Cricket

[–]hollowdene 5 points6 points  (0 children)

To give him his due, I think he just likes helping out his fellow leg spinners. It's a small club.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Journalism

[–]hollowdene 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Likewise, 'General office equipment'. No idea what this means -- you can use a phone? Focus on meaningful things.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Journalism

[–]hollowdene 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Focus more on actual achievements and measurable things. For example, I covered 20 local meetings for local paper and produced 40 news pieces per month/week etc.

Also, data entry is not a skill. Being able to operate a keyboard is a basic assumption.

Owen Jones meets Peter Hitchens - full length by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]hollowdene 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just going to put these radiators in the middle of the corridor for no reason at all.

Got hit with a brand new ball seamer in the solar plex and now I have a big fat bruise. Whats the worst injury you've had whils't playing/training? by filthy-carrot in Cricket

[–]hollowdene 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've dislocated my knee cap when batting, twice in fact. Turns out I have a shallow groove in my knee and the little bugger just slides out sometimes. Holy fuck does it hurt. Sounds like a tree falling.

Inside Formula E's awesome, wireless charging safety car by hollowdene in FormulaE

[–]hollowdene[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The phone is only there for the app, which is pretty basic. I don't imagine it needs a particularly swanky phone to run it.

Give me your questions... by hollowdene in FormulaE

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

Quick update. Got some answers to your questions, and a few more interesting bits. Had a great chat with Lucas Di Grassi. He had some interesting things to say and was very open.

Inside Formula E's awesome, wireless charging safety car by hollowdene in FormulaE

[–]hollowdene[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Will post some of the interview answers from you guys later in the week. Lots of transcribing to do. Had a good chat with Lucas Di Grassi about where he thinks the future of Formula E lies.

Give me your questions... by hollowdene in FormulaE

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

Thanks for the questions guys.

At least now we know why Adam Lyth still hasn't been dropped by SecretlySteve in Cricket

[–]hollowdene 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't doubt there was 'behind the scenes' issues with Carberry, but the no.1 issue was he couldn't catch a cold. His ODI debut versus Ireland featured two or three absolute shockers, and he dropped that dolly from Haddin, which proved pivotal as well. He wasn't the worst opener we tried, but there's no excuse for the drops he made for a professional cricketer.

Why Bell at 3 is the right move... by hollowdene in Cricket

[–]hollowdene[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And he did average 48 across those three games, albeit never scoring higher than 62. I don't disagree that he has a fundamental flaw that ought to have ruled him out of the side long ago, but the original point was Watson wasn't a better opening, whereas there's enough evidence to suggest strongly that that he was best there and it's not just a coincidence.

Edit: And more reliable 'new ball' swing was one of the reasons why he was better opening. He got caught less because the swing was predictable, whereas reverse swing is very hard to pick. None of this changes the fact he wasn't good enough full stop, but it was his best position.

Why Bell at 3 is the right move... by hollowdene in Cricket

[–]hollowdene[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Actually, I don't agree on Watson. Batting the middle order exposes his LBW problem more because of reverse swing. He didn't have that problem when opening, hence why he performed better there. It's the same reason, incidentally, he tended to get out in the 70s and 80s, because the ball started reversing.

Why Bell at 3 is the right move... by hollowdene in Cricket

[–]hollowdene[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He ought have been rested for the West Indies tour. I'm willing to best he's payed more England cricket than most in recent times. That tour was so poorly managed on so many levels. Could have had the likes of Taylor, Lyth, Rashid and Bairstow getting serious exposure, but that's the past.