2 hours ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Yeah that's a disgraceful front 3 to start a season with.

They're talking 'top 10' on Radio Lancs. No chance at the moment - just no goals in the side. We've really been let down this summer. Sat in the car about to head down to the ground and I have zero enthusiasm for the match / season.

Still disgraceful? 

Just now, Exiled_Rover said:

Jesus.

No. Markanday! 

Quick review. 

Those fake 'Lotus biscof' style biscuits they sell in aldi are almost as good as the real thing.

3.5 out of 5

'Great dunkers, better matched with coffee than tea though'

3 hours ago, KentExile said:

Shit, which one am I?

Well they do say true physcopaths and crazy people never believe they're crazy 🤷😅

Just a bread based divergence..... But what the fk in fk is the point of the hole in Bagels (the multi pack kind for toasting) first you've got to delicately try spreading around the hole then try eating it without stuff melting and running through the hole then down your fingers and all over the place. There is just no need for the hole!

51 minutes ago, Oldgregg86 said:

When I was a kid my Nan used to use best butter the full fat stuff salted and spread it on digestives and then pour maple syrup over them all washed down with a coke with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top. 
 

Let me tell you even with one leg and the diabetes I have no regrets

It completely left my mind until the other day that spreading margarine on digestives was a very common(and tasty) thing to do up until about 20 years ago, I have absolutely no idea why it's something that I just seemed to randomly stop doing and forgot all about!

I also used to like spreading chocolate spread between 2(0r more!!!)Rich teas and digestives.

Obviously this makes them undunkable!!! (which maybe why I stopped🤔)

5 hours ago, wilsdenrover said:

I’ll get the ball running…

Chocolate - fridge or cupboard?

Bread - slice straight or diagonally?

 

Only psychopaths and grandmas slice sandwiches diagonally

Those working in IT will gradually just put themselves out of work the more they embrace and become to rely on ai. Sadly i think the majority of them will end up the way of the miners... There will just be no use for them once it's realised that companies can now just have 1 person with the use of ai doing what a team of people currently do in the same amount of time

41 minutes ago, DE. said:

That isn't the issue, the problem is how climate change impacts our way of life in the meantime. Water shortages, rising sea levels, the breakdown of biodiversity, heatwaves, wildfires, animal and insect extinction ... the Earth will go on, but that's not much solice to those living on an increasingly hostile and inhospitable planet. 

If it's true what the media and government say(I doubt it completely is, because when is it ever.... ) then it's just tough titty innit, not nice but you reap what you saw and all that. We've all be complicit in the mess we've caused even if that's just by turning a blind eye for decades and decades

The Earth can/will take care of itself when it needs to, I don't think people could even comprehend what the planet is cable of doing to protect itself.

2 hours ago, RoverDom said:

I'm a cleanshirt desk jockey yeah but that's the way the world is going. Out of interest what did / do you do? I bet that field has been made easier amd better at somepoint by new tools / technology / ways of working. That's all AI is, a new tool. 

No, I work mainly with dogs.... So no my job has and always will be hands on 😄 yes you do get know it alls thinking they're reinventing the wheel in this industry occasionally, but it's most just the pet supplies industry trying to flog new useless garbage

And that's not the way the world can ever really go otherwise nothing would ever get produced... But from the it equipment that you use to the food that you put in your belly

P. S. prior to my current career I spent around 20 years working in manufacturing 

6 minutes ago, RoverDom said:

You should be measured by output not input. I embrace new technology and can therefore do jobs quicker than people who don't and to a better standard. AI is just another tool I use to do this. If I can do the same task to the same quality or better nuti can do it in 4 hours rather than 6, your logic would dictate I'm in the wrong. 

I watched over my colleagues shoulder as she painstakingly went down 100ish lines of data doing a manual calculation on her calculator and typing the number at the end of the row. After 5minutes and much pleading I jumped in, did a nested IF statement in less than 60 seconds and boom job done. An hours works done in 2 minutes. When Microsoft copilot rolls out I imagine it could be done in under 20 seconds. But my colleauge was showing fantastic work ethic working away in the stone age. 

Sorry but you're showing a really antiquated view of work. AI will revolutionise the workplace.

You're showing you have a bloody tediously boring job🤷 and likely live in a bit of an IT bubble

8 hours ago, Dreams of 1995 said:

It’s much smarter to adapt

If people do solid weeks, week in week out, then you are wasting your life. You only get one 

And that's why the countrys economy is going to 💩 since the lockdowns (although sheep will blame brexit🥱🥱) nobody actually wants to go out and work anymore, work ethic has gone out of the window. But hey as long as you're enjoying your life.... It's the kids and people from poorer backgrounds that will be left in the 💩 for decades to come

Jist briefly browsing through previous comments it seems its main use is to do peoples work for them because they're too lazy to use thier brain do it themselves 🤷 (seriously does nobody actually do a solid full weeks work anymore week in week out) 

On 29/04/2023 at 10:30, ben_the_beast said:

In my opinion the release of ChatGPT and the effective race it's triggered for all companies to dominate the world of AI is the biggest invention / product since the Internet. Its going to completely change the world, for everyone. 

In my line of work and small bubble it's all anyone is talking about, so posting in here to hear a cross section of opinions

- Have people heard of ChatGPT?

- Are you using it and if so what for / how regularly?

- Does it worry you, excite you, or both?

Personally I'm using it daily. I have to create a lot of learning / training in my line of work and can do it two or three times quicker with the use of ChatGPT. For anyone not aware of what it is here is a quick screenshot. I've only asked it to explain what it is / does in basic language. 

Heard of it (only because it's the latest trend that is being rammed into are eyes online) 

Not using it (haven't even had the inclination to casually explorexat a bit) 

Have no use for it, just more mind rotting society eroding shite that I'm happy living with. 

And in the end... As with all this stuff it will definitely be used to do fsr more harm than good. 

In my eyes there have been some improvements in attracting more non white, British fans to games in general (not necessarily just from muslim back grounds) but as you say, considering the large population of muslim,hindu , etc... People in and around Blackburn...the percentage of them actively supporting rovers is still pretty minuscule sadly.

It's always seemed the same to me in that you often see very young (primary age) British asian kids attend games with other kids their age, but for whatever reason once they get to secondary school age they turn away from rovers and start following the likes of Liverpool and man u instead

On 30/05/2023 at 15:08, Tricky said:

so this is what Superbad's McLovin is up to these days

Haha yeah, bless the guy but flippin hell the presentation is awful and makes it really hard for me to watch for more than a few minutes. Somebody with some content creating skills could really do with helping the guy out a little 

If you fancy a good gangster show the 'The last king of the cross' is a cracker.

Set in Australia in the early 90s, really good cast of characters including Tim Roth

Maybe I was speaking literally 🤐

6 hours ago, The Hypnotic said:

Show finale last night. Refreshingly the creators decided to end it after four seasons and wrapped everything up in a satisfying conclusion. I wish we could see that sort of sense from other shows. For me Succession has been one of the best acted, most sharply written and well observed shows of all time. The production values are through the roof and the incredible cast wring every ounce of emotion, humour, and pathos from their respective characters. I can’t recommend it enough to anyone who hasn’t watched it yet. For me it’s one of the best ever TV productions 👍👍

P.s. as I should have expected....in the end they all fucked each.

1 minute ago, Gav said:

Holly Tree Chippy @Mattyblue, even comes with scraps!

I'm starving now.......

 

Ey! And they'd probably charge you a tenner for them 😄

Oven bottoms are the best😊 are they just a Lancashire thing?

8 hours ago, Upside Down said:

He's still playing professionally. 

Yes i know.

2 hours ago, DE. said:

Judging by this season if the current coaching team are attempting set piece training it isn't working very well, so I assume they felt it was a weak area that needed to be addressed. 

But to me that just means our current coach that plans set pieces isn't good enough and needs replacing

2 hours ago, Hasta said:

 MGP, Charlie and that Coventry set piece taker from last month all show it can be mastered.

Maybe MGP would be a good shout as our set piece coach!