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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: The Climate, Environment and Energy Thread
Last post by LP -
It's amazing how the political position of many is so plastic, take the case of the data-centers.

Most of these developments come with 24x7 noise and emissions pollution, but they are sold as green, claiming solar and other renewable energy sources. The current round is even being supported by the Green parties.

But every data center makes use of gas turbine generators with Uninterpretable UPS for full online standby. These centers are not like the backup / hosting facilities people are familiar with, the proposed centers are in fact Server / GPU farms built for AI. In effect they use small jet engines that can ramp up and shut off at short notice. The developers will tell you the turbines only really ever run during an outage, that is a partial truth, they only all run to supply full power as part of an outage whether it is planned or unplanned. The reality is in combination with the full online UPS, the gas turbines will be cycled on and off around the clock 24x7. A big data center might have more than a dozen turbines, sometimes with duplicate or triplicate redundancy. That can mean at least one gas turbine will cycle on and off every 20 or 30 minutes somewhere at the facility, such that each generator is run for a small period of time once a day, sometimes more than once a day, and in any given hour there is a generator running for some significant portion of the available time slot.

Hardy green, certainly not environmentally friendly, and nearly always situated in remote locations because of the reasons above!

Now I'm all for super computers and R&D resources, give the scientists and engineers what they need to solve the next pandemic or environmental crisis. But this is not what the modern data-centers are really for, the bulk of the resource is being targeted at 'gaming' the financial sector, shares, crypto and targeted investments.

I'm not at all happy about having our tax dollars fund tools designed to the grow the personal wealth of billionaires. And it's truly ironic that some are all for this type of investment but openly protest a new train line, desalination plant, airport, freeway or power station!
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 18 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs Hawthorn at MCG
Last post by laj -
Quote from: LP – on
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on
Dressing room seems a lot happier and united under Fraser and the effort factor from all players seems higher as well,
You mean they are happy when winning, and the pressure is off!

The players are out there selling their wares, the question is why did it take them to arrive at the cliff edge before they switched on?
Pressure is not off as the last few weeks we have pushed a wildcard, and now in that position. There's plenty of pressure in  that regard. Depends those if the players feel it is more the point
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Jim Park Award 2026
Last post by crashlander -
AFL 2026 Rd 15:   Carlton vs West Coast at Marvel
Probably our largest win for the year, it was also a game where we won all 4 quarters. That doesn't happen to us much.

Trends:
[1]   There were 10 voters again this round, which is still closer to what we get for a loss than for most of our wins. Disappointing, but that's how it is. In the corresponding round last year only 8 people voted.
please do vote, win, lose or draw: it is something we appreciate and it makes our statistics a lot more reliable. And our statistics hold up pretty well when it comes to John Nicholls Medal night!


[2]   The rating was a 9.77, which represents a A-, for the 2nd week in a row.
Our rating of the 1st Richmond game, for example, was 7.69 which is probably the lowest we could get and still win.

[3]   16 players managed a mention this week, which remains on the high side. Clearly, our voters decided that most of our players made a contribution significant enough to recognize.

[4]   The average vote this week was 32, which is the equal 2nd highest of the year!. Scores are around 30 when we win, so read into that what you will. The only better one was against Geelong.

[5]   Again 5 players managed 100 votes or more, which remains on the high side. If we get fewer than 4, we usually struggle.

[6] Crippa didn't win this week, although he did come second, for the 2nd week ina row. Sam Walsh was judged BOG this week, for the seventh time this year.  George Hewett managed 3rd, his third top 3 rating for the year. Ben Ainsworth and Harry McKay rounded out the places.

[7]  Only two player managed votes from everyone again this week; Cripps and Walsh. Hewett and Ainsworth missed one.

[8]   Our midfield guns dominated the voting this week, with the top 4 spots going to our mids. Our defenders got votes, but nothing like what the mids got, and our forwards are making contributions, but not starring. Our youth continues to get noticed as well. And our more mature recruits have also been strong contributors.

[9] Harry Dean was our best youngster for the night, followed by Byrne, Smith, Cowan and Wilson.


Votes:
Walsh, Sam   366
Cripps, Patrick   308
Hewett, George   205
Ainsworth, Ben   190
McKay, Harrison   107
Dean, Harry   73
Byrne, Talor   63
Smith, Jagga   39
Cowan, Lachlan   39
Haynes, Nicholas   39
Wilson, Billy   10
Newman, Nicholas  5
Evans, Francis   5
Derksen, Wade   5
Florent, Oliver   5
McGovern, Mitchell   5


Progressive Voting:
Walsh, Sam   2939
Patrick Cripps 2642
Smith, Jagga  1195
Hewett, George  820
Florent, Oliver  817
Will Hayward  801
Harry McKay  784
Matthew Carroll   769
Newman, Nic   738
Ainsworth, Ben  737
Pittonet, Marc  714
Mitch McGovern  565
Kemp, Brodie  485
Weitering, Jacob  466
Cowan, Lachie  481
Dean, Harry  449
Hollands, Elijah  426
Ollie Hollands  413
Haynes, Nick 386
William, Zac  330
Blake Acres  223
Lord, Cooper  152
Evans, Francis  110
Byrne, Talor  107
Wilson, Billy   100
Young, Lewis   81
Cerra, Adam  80
Ison, Jack   43
Wade Derksen   35
Liam Reidy   28
Boyd, Jordan   27
Cottrell, Matthew 15
Adam Saad   15
Flynn Young   8
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 18 2026 Pre Game Predictions Carlton vs Hawthorn at MCG
Last post by Gointocarlton -
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on
Quote from: LP – on

You mean they are happy when winning, and the pressure is off!

The players are out there selling their wares, the question is why did it take them to arrive at the cliff edge before they switched on?
The obvious simplistic answer is they were not happy under Voss despite the players all pledging their allegiance and praising his leadership abilities but I think it was more complex than that and some how they seemed mentally shackled to the dilemma of the coach fighting for his job and looked mentally exhausted.
Under Fraser its been zero expectations, the pressure released and freedom to enjoy the game and obviously some players are playing for their careers so have the pedal to the floor a bit more.
Maybe when Cripps ends his career he might write a book and talk about what happened but Im sure its a lot more complex than it looks...
Pressure will come and you need to be able to not only cope but rise.
I was watching a video with Tom Brady talking about Coach Belichick. He said how normally in the dressing rooms and at the club, every one was happy during the week at training and then on Sunday, they'd get smashed and everyone was sad and unhappy. The club focused on making it a happy and enjoyable place during the week. Belichick flipped that on its head and made Mon to Sat absolute torture and then come Sunday, everything was easy,  they were happy and the results changed. He trained them to suffer and endure to the extreme which made game day a stroll in the park (literally).
In life, you get back what you put in, simple as that. If blokes are happy with themselves being on a list and collecting a fat pay check for kicking a ball around? You'll get SFA out of what will be a short career. If you bust a gut day in day out trying to get better as individuals and as a group? You achieve success, plain and simple.