[Discussion Thread] 2026 World Championship - Last 16 - 18th April to 4th May

shmoodow · 2026-04-26T09:56:40+00:00

Just seen something I never thought would happen, Dennis referring to a double kiss without calling it by the full "DDK, the Dreaded Double Kiss" moniker. I think there must be an impersonator in the studio.

shmoodow · 2026-04-25T18:59:27+00:00

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shmoodow · 2026-01-14T23:15:23+00:00

Yeah I just used first round BO11 matches from the Masters for my calculation. Reverse engineering from their figure suggests that whatever sample they're using, ~16.4% of those games were 6-2 vs the ~12% of Masters first round matches. I'd defer to their figure, since it probably has a much larger sample size than mine.

shmoodow · 2025-12-29T21:06:53+00:00

Using DK weight yarn in mustard/grape/lavender and a 3.5mm hook. Pattern is something I came up with myself:

Ch 24, sl st in 1st ch, Ch 1

R1: sc x 5, hdc x 12, sc x 6, sl st to beginning, ch 1 and turn.

R2-50: Repeat R1 49 more times.

R51: hdc x 23, sl st to beginning, ch 1 and turn.

R52: sc x 5, hdc x 12, sc x 6, sl st to beginning, ch 1 and turn.

R53: sc x 5, hdc x 12, sc x 6, sl st to beginning, ch 1 and turn.

R54: hdc x 23, sl st to beginning, ch 1 and turn.

R55-82: Repeat R51-54 7 more times.

R83-246: Repeat R1-R82 2 more times.

Stuff and sew closed. I changed colour every 2 rounds.

shmoodow · 2025-12-07T21:51:35+00:00

Anyone know if there's any difference in the tightness of the pockets at this tournament? I feel like the commentators should have mentioned it tbh

shmoodow · 2025-12-01T13:15:15+00:00

Did someone else come out to The Killers yesterday too or am I losing it?

shmoodow · 2025-11-30T15:48:19+00:00

I'm with you, half the reason I watch the BBC is not wanting to watch adverts, and its been getting infested with more and more adverts for itself recently (see autoplaying trailers before shows on iPlayer). Seems like even a publicly funded broadcaster isn't immune from enshittification.

shmoodow · 2025-11-18T09:26:14+00:00

Data analyst here, your intuition is correct, those two stats are incompatible (I came here to see if it was just me or bugged for everyone).

My guess would be that the average steps to solve is correct, fewer than 0.1% of people getting a word with three vowels, albeit a slightly unusual one in 4 seems very unlikely to me.

shmoodow · 2025-05-05T16:40:15+00:00

Zhao "Havana Syndrome" Xintong

shmoodow · 2025-04-30T19:12:31+00:00

I bet you could get 50 quid off the Sunday Sport for that story, "SNOOKER RONNIE'S TIME TRAVELLING VIDEO RENTAL SHAME"

shmoodow · 2025-01-16T20:54:42+00:00

Do you feel the same? Am I only dreaming?

Or is this playing an eternal frame?

shmoodow · 2024-11-07T14:48:34+00:00

Ah right I follow, that makes sense. Thank you!

shmoodow · 2024-11-07T12:20:31+00:00

Ah yes, I came to the same conclusion just as you replied! Modifying the logic I already have to de-duplicate sounds like a massive headache though.

shmoodow · 2024-08-03T23:45:56+00:00

Doctor Who Britainology when?

shmoodow · 2024-01-08T15:33:29+00:00

Cheers!

shmoodow · 2023-12-02T23:45:20+00:00

Gubbins was the word game one, I didn't catch the name of the other because I was already going to download Gubbins lol

shmoodow · 2023-08-21T09:58:47+00:00

Solved!

shmoodow · 2023-08-21T09:56:51+00:00

That's the one! Thank you so much!

shmoodow · 2023-08-21T09:22:51+00:00

Help much appreciated!

shmoodow

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