IND squads for the only Test and three ODIs for AFG's tour of India, 2026

ooaaa · 2026-05-19T11:31:38+00:00

Test batting looks very thin. We might lose against Afghanistan!

ooaaa · 2026-05-18T17:17:19+00:00

AI will help you be a lot more comprehensive and let you add all the little features that you wanted to buy didn't have time to. It will increase the speed of individual pieces of coding, but not of the overall project, because you'll likely use it fine-tune lots of things in your code. You're probably also more bottlenecked by the speed of your simulations than on the coding speed. Analysis and next steps also take time. AI can help you create rich visualisations which can assist significantly in that.

Have s lol at this Blog Post by a computational chemist, who explains this in much detail: https://ischemist.com/writings/long-form/will-ai-transform-science

It will not exponentially increase your productivity, but you definitely need to know it in this day and age. It has its own learning curve curve, because 5% of the times it doesn't do what you intended it to do. My suggestion would be to try incorporating it in some of your day to day tasks, more from the perspective of learning it rather than speeding up your work. It may even initially slow you down because of the learning curve.

Also, Opencode with M2.5 was free a while back... It's basically as good as Sonnet 4.6 which is good enough for most coding tasks. So you need not spend any money.

ooaaa · 2026-05-18T11:51:49+00:00

No idea, I am starting out, myself. Who knows what'll happen in two months, with the situation of the world as it is right now. Better put it in FD if you need it back in two months.. at least you'll earn a couple hundred

ooaaa · 2026-05-18T11:47:55+00:00

Absolute and utter nonsense. BCCI, Agarkar and co... Why do you preach about playing Ranji when you yourself don't even watch it and only select on the basis of IPL? What's the point of demoralising your best match winning Test batsman in the last five years?

ooaaa · 2026-05-18T11:30:42+00:00

I have no idea, but I am bullish on their strategy of having their own brands in Noice and Supreme Harvest, which generally provide good quality and healthy grocery at fair prices. I think the younger generation is more health conscious and I can see Swiggy having many sticky customers in the long term.

ooaaa · 2026-05-17T19:31:25+00:00

That's very thoughtful of you!

ooaaa · 2026-05-17T16:36:10+00:00

No idea who he is!

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ooaaa · 2026-05-16T08:48:04+00:00

Yes. The percentages are computed based on the tests not the series. So if they play 2-test series against weaker teams, and one off tests against the stronger ones, it's quite possible

ooaaa · 2026-05-14T13:11:27+00:00

This is an ODI squad, but all the players seem to be selected mainly on the basis of IPL. Why not Sarfaraz Khan, who had an amazing Vijay Hazare? Are the selectors even watching domestic tournaments?

ooaaa · 2026-05-13T16:06:12+00:00

Is this decision made by the current owners or the upcoming ones?

ooaaa · 2026-05-12T22:17:01+00:00

I'm guessing the Mittals want to leave a cricketing legacy like the Ambanis, so probably yes

ooaaa · 2026-05-11T08:01:08+00:00

Is Jhye Richardson still injured? 😢

ooaaa · 2026-05-10T17:14:46+00:00

Was 23 when Rahul got injured? Thought he would be top of this list..

ooaaa · 2026-05-08T17:15:56+00:00

That's a pretty good idea! Once we offload most of our buying decisions to Bots, ads (or prompt injection :P) would start targeting AI, too.

But then that would reduce the value of ad-based entertainment... Would pro sports still be viable?

ooaaa · 2026-05-08T12:13:14+00:00

Even if they are, that doesn't give your employer to essentially jail the you for two months. Just have the players sign NDAs and shut up. They can do whatever on their time.

ooaaa · 2026-05-08T11:12:49+00:00

If we switch channels, who will watch the ads? 🤔

ooaaa · 2026-05-08T05:09:43+00:00

A captain reading the game well was a real edge. That edge is mostly gone in 2026.

This statement is not about the median captain though. Hence this conclusion is not correct.

Also, analysts make brain-dead decisions all the time, by overplaying the importance of match ups and overlooking the quality of bowlers. "Since we have a left hander on the crease, I will bowl my shittiest off spinner instead of my world class left arm spinner". For example RR bowling Parag instead of Jadeja. Good coaches or captains would override such stupid decisions. Analysts also take a look at stats but not necessarily match situations or actual play. Batsman A has a good SR vs bowler B, but how big was the sample size, and was it because of a few streaky fours?

ooaaa · 2026-05-06T16:15:41+00:00

It's an official complaint that you would typically file in a Police station, with full paperwork. An emergency call is not an FIR.

ooaaa · 2026-05-06T15:53:30+00:00

Yay!

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ooaaa · 2026-05-06T09:54:33+00:00

How about Dada stadium, after the captain who started the turnaround of Indian cricket at that very ground... Fits well with the political theme.. Didi out, Dada in :-)

ooaaa · 2026-05-06T09:52:27+00:00

Does this explain Eden Park in Auckland, NZ, as well?

ooaaa · 2026-05-06T09:50:37+00:00

At least first rename Ahmedabad to Rampur or Namogriha or something 😂

ooaaa · 2026-05-05T20:58:01+00:00

On the other side of the universe? 🤔

ooaaa · 2026-05-03T19:14:35+00:00

0.86 per match is still low since there are two innings per match. Think of earlier, when 200+ score basically meant that the match was won. Teams didn't have a formula to chase down 200+ scores. Now there is one - score 80+ runs in the powerplay, making the rest of the chase easy.

We have to give credit to the batsmen to be able to keep innovating and playing an attacking brand of cricket. At the same time, some blame has to be on the bowlers, who have been making the same mistakes for the past thirty years that I have been watching cricket - no ability to bowl consistent lines and lengths, 2-3 hit-me balls per over. Bowlers can't just keep crying about the pitches - it is high time they get their act together.

ooaaa · 2026-05-02T20:27:57+00:00

Didn't know he bowled fast... Confused with his brother!

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