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(Fire Boat) 34" Aerokits Crash Tender
Can't really complain about this setup, the boat performs well and the battery life is also very good considering the performance it delivers. (Motor: Mega X Motor) (ESC: Barracuda) (9/10).
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π Question of the Day?
9 days ago by
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I struggled a bit with the too-easiness of todays question! Surely a sub-Β£100 millionaire question? π
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π Question of the Day?
19 days ago by
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So I said jigsawβ¦
Razor saw?
Think it may be the last straw! Funny Iβm getting annoyed at my own creation π
As soon as Iβve time to focus in front of the laptop for a bit, I think itβs time to retire the daily questions.
Theyβll be kept (and validated) for just December when we do the free prize draw fun π
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π Question of the Day?
23 days ago by
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I may as well be the first to say itβs another ambiguous set of answers π
I doubt assessing the situation will help greatly! Especially if the tide is going outβ¦
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π Question of the Day?
25 days ago by
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Iβm still saving up for a boat with a swim platform! One can dream π€£ although then Iβd have to move to a nicer country tooβ¦ I donβt think a swim platform would be utilised on the River Mersey!
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π Question of the Day?
25 days ago by
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Let's see if there is wordle interest first π
I may well recycle this thread yes. This thread is already coded up to hide posts within the current day until members have solved the quiz question. It's little effort to change that to when members solve a wordle π
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π Question of the Day?
25 days ago by
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To avoid a googled answer, I'll try to describe wordle myself π
Every day, everyone worldwide (I think) gets a new word to solve. The same word for everyone. Usually it's 5 characters and you've 5 or 6 chances to get the word.
So you start with any word (usually best to pick one with lots of vowels). You may be super lucky and get it on the first try! Although verrryy unlikely. So then it tells you how many letters in the word you entered is in the solution and how many are in the correct position.
You then get another go... so letters that are in the right place you leave and letters in the wrong place you try to move elsewhere to make a different word. Often with some thought you'll get the word before your number of attempts runs out. No time pressure with it which is nice.
The fact you'll know it'll be a word to do with boats, sailing, shipping, bodies of water, nautical themes, etc will likely make it easier too.
We could keep the country based scoring too which I do think is a little bit of fun.
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π Question of the Day?
25 days ago by
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Maybe a question of the week? We can then delete all the iffy questions and keep the better ones.
Throwing ideas out there!
Or do we drop it completely and go back to December's prize-draw only?
We certainly don't want daily chores, much rather something fun for everyone.
Does anyone here play wordle? Throwing more ideas out here, but we could have a nautical themed wordle... I'd enjoy creating that in place of the daily quiz π
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π Question of the Day?
25 days ago by
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I've updated today's question and cleared any answers submitted so far.
Perhaps it's time to make the question of the day less prominent and resign it to this thread only. People can follow or unfollow the thread as they like π
Doug, perhaps I give you powers to edit upcoming questions too π
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π Website Notification Email Problem
26 days ago by
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I'm aware there are issues with emails not going out at the moment. I just haven't been able to fix it yet. It may be another day before I get chance to dig into it.
Please bear with everyone.
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π Uploading videos
1 month ago by
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It could be that the file sizes are too large. I think the max is 30MB.
I know if uploads take too long, it will give you the file type warning. MP4βs are ok though, if the file size is small enough π
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π New members - User Names
1 month ago by
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SkulduggeryP
It roughly rhymedβ¦. π€£
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π New members - User Names
1 month ago by
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I've changed the username.
It looks like the member registered using google login; when this happens, usernames are automatically generated, taking their first name in their google account and the initial of their surname. It seems their first name in their google account is B******y; so it used that.
Not saying it's right, but that's how it's flowed through to become a username here.
I guess I should check against all known offensive words to make sure it doesn't happen... it's where you stop with these things π€
Thanks for spotting though Doug!
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π Question of the Day?
1 month ago by
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βNow back to the main question in my house, how do I get my old address book into my new laptop?β
Open the lid, slide the book in, shut the lid? π€£
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π Question of the Day?
2 months ago by
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Hi Hermank,
We can certainly have a few Belgian questions. You can submit them to me via a private message and Iβll add them to the database π
Ideally short answers, even if it means making the question longer π
Thanks!
Stephen
Q. 26th Apr - Results!
What do you call the sail that is used to stabilize a boat when sailing downwind?
A. Storm Jib B. Spinnaker C. Mainsail D. Gennaker
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π Boats that βsnakeβ
2 months ago by
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Toying with an idea at the moment and wondering if any members have built snaking boats, as in, multiple boats, the front one simply towing the consecutive boats.
The only example I can think where people may have done this, are the fun model ducks with ducklings following behind, but perhaps there are other examples?
Iβm curious in particular on how accurately towed boats follow the lead boat when going through, for example, a steering course?
Thanks!
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π Question of the Day?
2 months ago by
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Itβs definitely a country dependant question. Perhaps due to the fact I live near the coast and regularly walk past various RNLI lifeboat stations (theyβre everywhere), to me, itβs the answer Iβd put first π€£
Reworded the question slightly, anyone who put MCA up to now Iβll honour a point to ππ
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π Question of the Day?
2 months ago by
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I agree too, probably the only exception is perhaps flat bottomed boats?
Would the hull technically then be on the outside and then the lowest part?
Itβs not a great set of options having both hull and keel!
Renewing my enthusiasm to get these questions properly validated before going live (I know Iβm being slow on this, despite having volunteer members).
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π Question of the Day?
2 months ago by
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To avoid giving away today's answer... this post needs to be hidden...
Admin test post π
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π Question of the Day?
2 months ago by
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Just posts relating to the current question π have no fear!
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π Question of the Day?
2 months ago by
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Think Iβm going to need to blur all forum posts within the current day - unless youβve already answered the question π then nobody needs to worry about revealing answers to others ππ
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π Quiz Answer?
2 months ago by
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We may need a few more quiz checkers! The questions are mostly not fact checked and could do with being, preferably before going live.
Weβve two volunteers for this, probably could do with better controls though, some way of signing questions off almostβ¦
Iβll work on it.
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π Very sad news about Nerys plus update on her final boat project
2 months ago by
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Devastating news once again. Nerys will be sorely missed, she helped so many, as is a reflection of all the kind words from other members here.
She was also very kind, often donating the prize pot for the December quiz of port & starboard socks (it did make me laugh to receive bundles of pairs of socks in the post).
She'll never be forgotten. With your permission, I would be happy to put together a fitting tribute.
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π Adding to your own blog
2 months ago by
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Just fixed this one π
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π Daily quiz
3 months ago by
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It wasnβt a hack.
We found a mistake and corrected it half way through the day π
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π Question of the Day?
3 months ago by
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"Given the recent upgrades / mods to the site, and now this effort, I'm beginning to wonder if you've taken early retirement, won the lottery or inherited a million or two!"
I only wish Doug! It'll be late retirement if anything. The age keeps going up! Still 30 years left I reckon. I do wonder what this website will be like in 30 years time. Sadly people don't build things themselves as much now, so I do worry it'll become a wasteland. Hopefully not π€ I keep fingers crossed younger generations will realise the fun in making instead of buying.
Question of the Day is now live for all!
We've an extensive list of questions taking us into next year... I'll publish past days questions on this thread once we've accumulated some.
Hope everyone enjoys!
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π Media Gallery
3 months ago by
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The media gallery was updated yesterday to come in-line with the rest of the site and how posts are displayed.
YouTube videos arenβt shown unless clicked into, which speeds up page load time, but I agree it doesnβt look quite right, especially on mobile, so further tweaks may be in order yet π
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π Question of the Day?
3 months ago by
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Early release (on homepage) for those in this thread who have expressed interest π
Happy to take feedback before making live for all.
Researchers; give me some time to figure out the best way to manage researcher feedback. I've a couple of volunteers now. Thank you so much for this! Once I can direct you to somewhere to check/edit the upcoming questions I'll let you know π€ π β΅
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π Question of the Day?
3 months ago by
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Hi All,
Given that it's always popular in December (and I've now figured out a way to get multiple-choice quiz questions very easily), how many of you would enjoy a non-competition based fun question of the day, each day?
In a similar way to December's one, it'll be on the home screen each day, with four possible answers to choose from. Maybe a rolling leader board and linked forum thread to discuss questions (but not reveal answers until the following day).
I know we're talking about at least 365 nautical/shipping/maritime/sailing/boating quiz questions here! But I now believe its possible to put together with little effort π perhaps useful to onboard a volunteer researcher mind, to double check questions and answers before they're made live. So if anyone would like to do that, let me know too.
Thoughts on having a Question of the Day?
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π Cookies
3 months ago by
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Functionally the website hasnβt changed the way it handles cookies at all. Itβs just a legal requirement to inform users via a very annoying pop up.
Wish it wasnβt needed!
Cookies are necessary to know youβre logged in.
I also donβt support how theyβre used to track you around the internet mind. There are pros and cons π
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π Cookies
3 months ago by
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Hi All,
Just a quick note that there is a one-time popup some of you may see around cookie use on the website. On first load, you'll need to acknowledge you're happy with cookies.
Cookies, despite the name, are just random strings of data like ABC123 (although much longer). These data strings are stored on your device in order for the website to know who you are and to keep you logged in.
I'm sure when the EU made the rule that websites have to inform users, they thought there was something much more cynical behind cookies but they're very much harmless. Just annoying that wherever you go on the internet these days you're always being asked to confirm cookie use.
It should only ever ask once, if you keep seeing the prompt, it's probably that you're using a browser or browser mode that wipes or disables cookies automatically.
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