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Re: pollution is a big problem - EVERYWHERE HUMANS GO

dan!sh 13-Dec-21 5:02

dan!sh

13-Dec-21 5:02

Slacker007 wrote:
we don't climb Mount Everest anymore

I can't climb few flight of stairs. It is safe from me. I will gladly take "Everest saviour" award.

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Re: pollution is a big problem - EVERYWHERE HUMANS GO

Rick York13-Dec-21 5:12

Rick York

13-Dec-21 5:12

I think a better option would be for the climbers and their crew to haul out the crap they bring with them. I fail to see why it should be anyone else's responsibility.

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Re: pollution is a big problem - EVERYWHERE HUMANS GO

jeron113-Dec-21 5:23

jeron1

13-Dec-21 5:23

Rick York wrote:
climbers and their crew to haul out the crap they bring with them

Unfortunately, in my opinion, there's a better chance of a Yeti bringing the garbage down while whistling Dixie.

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Re: pollution is a big problem - EVERYWHERE HUMANS GO

CodeWraith13-Dec-21 6:14

CodeWraith

13-Dec-21 6:14

Rick York wrote:
I think a better option would be for the climbers and their crew to haul out the crap they bring with them. I fail to see why it should be anyone else's responsibility.

That will not work in this case. Many climbers did not make it back, leaving behind a trail of dumped equipment and ultimately themselves as pollution on the mountain. Anybody who climbs up there to recover anything is in danger of becoming a permanent resident himself.

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His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.

Financial Modeling World Cup

Duke Carey13-Dec-21 1:34

Duke Carey

13-Dec-21 1:34

Saw some articles late last week and over the weekend describing YouTube livestreams of Excel pros competing in a Financial Modeling World Championship "esports" competition. I'm vaguely aware that some YouTubers are making millions of $$ livestreaming their online gaming endeavors, but have no sense what the entertainment value there would be. However, I spent years working in Excel for financial institutions, building models both simple and complex, and was baffled by the idea that somebody would willingly spend upwards of 90 minutes to watch Excel experts competing on these models.

OK, so thinking that maybe you might learn something by watching, I invested about 15 minutes to watch a portion of one of the videos. [^]FMWC Open - Dec 8 (America Session) - Excel as esports - YouTube[^]

Initial suspicions were confirmed. The views of competitors' screens are small, you can't really see well what they're doing, you have little chance to tease out any single person's approach or logic, and they move from cell to cell so quickly that you can't even begin to see the formulas they've used. Additionally, in the portion I saw, they had 3 "experts" in small windows at 3 corners of the screen commenting on what "current" competitor was doing - that competitor appearing in the 4th corner of the screen.

They have links below the video to the various challenges on the FMWC web site, but if you want to see completed Excel models, it'll cost you $10 US EACH to download the files.

Am I wrong to think Excel as an esport is bizarre?

Re: Financial Modeling World Cup

OriginalGriff13-Dec-21 1:39

OriginalGriff

13-Dec-21 1:39

Duke Carey wrote:
Am I wrong to think Excel as an esport is bizarre?

No.

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Re: Financial Modeling World Cup

obermd13-Dec-21 3:33

obermd

13-Dec-21 3:33

Nothing beats the Nebraska church ladies scheduling system.

xkcd: Algorithms

Re: Financial Modeling World Cup

Gary R. Wheeler13-Dec-21 7:23

Gary R. Wheeler

13-Dec-21 7:23

Been there, done that. Back in the MS-DOS days, Lotus created an office suite called Symphony[^]. One of our customers at the time wanted us to aggregate information from their existing data acquisition system into a single spreadsheet. They had dozens of separate sheets, none of which updated consistently. First we reworked the original sheets to improve their consistency. Next we created an overlay system using macros that loaded an unloaded the individual sheets as needed, and added a menu system on top of that to manage the whole mess.

Probably the worst obscenity I've ever built in my career. Unsure | :~

Software Zen: delete this;

Re: Financial Modeling World Cup

Mycroft Holmes13-Dec-21 13:32

Mycroft Holmes

13-Dec-21 13:32

I once spent a few months building up a financial model for a car importer in Oz, excel dragging in data from various systems (mini, PC and banking services). After 3 months I apologised as I could not get it closer than $1m to the target - manager was delighted no one else had got closer than $10m. Excel took 9 hours to recalc the sheets.

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RAH
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Re: Financial Modeling World Cup

Gary R. Wheeler13-Dec-21 13:45

Gary R. Wheeler

13-Dec-21 13:45

9... hours... Good grief.

Software Zen: delete this;

WSO CCC OTD Solution

OriginalGriff13-Dec-21 1:27

OriginalGriff

13-Dec-21 1:27

BEZOAR

It's Calculus, furball!

A Calculus is a mineral Bezoar[^], a Furball is a organic Bezoar[^] called a Trichobezoar.

And I'm up tomorrow! Big Grin | :-D

Re: WSO CCC OTD Solution

pkfox13-Dec-21 1:35

pkfox

13-Dec-21 1:35

All jabbed up ?

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Re: WSO CCC OTD Solution

OriginalGriff13-Dec-21 1:38

OriginalGriff

13-Dec-21 1:38

Yep! Pfizer this time, to go with the AstraZeneca last time.
Hopefully no nasties from this one, but I've planned a "slob day" for tomorrow just in case.

Re: WSO CCC OTD Solution

pkfox13-Dec-21 1:57

pkfox

13-Dec-21 1:57

I've had Pfizer three times with no side effects at all - and I had my first ever flu jab at the same time as the booster - we're becoming a nation of narcos Big Grin | :-D

Re: WSO CCC OTD Solution

OriginalGriff13-Dec-21 2:18

OriginalGriff

13-Dec-21 2:18

Not as bad as NZ though: New Zealand authorities investigate claims man received 10 Covid vaccinations in one day[^]

Re: WSO CCC OTD Solution

OriginalGriff13-Dec-21 2:24

OriginalGriff

13-Dec-21 2:24

pkfox wrote:
I've had Pfizer three times with no side effects at all

According to the nurse today, the side effects generally happen in the "super fit", so we know which side of that equation you fall!

I just looked down at myself when she said that and raised an eyebrow Spock stylee. Laugh | :laugh:

Re: WSO CCC OTD Solution

pkfox13-Dec-21 4:34

pkfox

13-Dec-21 4:34

I've never been described as super or fit ! never mind super fit Big Grin | :-D

Re: WSO CCC OTD Solution

Rich Leyshon13-Dec-21 5:02

Rich Leyshon

13-Dec-21 5:02

Same mix as me, but I was somewhat dodgy for a couple of days after the booster. And definitely not super fit ...
Good luck!

WSO CCC OTD 2021-12-13

OriginalGriff12-Dec-21 21:23

OriginalGriff

12-Dec-21 21:23

It's Calculus, furball! (6)

Sorry it's early, but I'm booked for a booster jab and it's an 80 mile round trip ... this is not a part of the clue or related in any way to the solution.