Alex James

Splunker, working on Query Language, Optimization, Type systems, Semantics and Distributed Query. Armchair tennis expert and wannabe golfer.

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@ilovenostalgia “You probably think this song is about you”

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@FlyAirNZ it would be nice if your app actually gave decent recognition upgrades request status. In particular letting you know when you aren’t getting the upgrade. Gate agent told me I’m not getting it - fine. But the app stupidly still says “Pending Review”. False hope sucks.

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@TheTennisLetter Vamos!

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@RuTheRealest I’ve always said Djokovic is the better player despite being a huge Nadal fan. That is basically what made me love Nadal so much, his ability to compete with someone who was clearly better. Nadal winning things often felt like a miracle, with Djokovic it often felt inevitable.

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@GolfDigest Pretty sure Jordan got distracted and let a putt get away because of the extra time he had to wait after Cantlay’s ball got lodged in the gap on the wood retaining wall. That might have been the difference right there. Very close, but not all the way back.

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@esammer Superficial understanding and grand posturing are common bedfellows?

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@esammer Classic. Call it like you see it.

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@BrainGameTennis Was just saying the same to my mum. It reminds me of Nadal trying to fight off Djokovic’s deep aggressive returns down the middle. Could be the key to who ends up ahead in the head to head when all is said and done.

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@dvnschmchr @bing Same. Obviously mentioning Godel Escher Bach, scratching at the edge of what you can know, Liars Paradox and self referential intelligence was flying to close to the Sun.

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@jasonkolb If so we’ve clearly declared war on them, and no good can come of that!

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@girishshyish @copsexhamilton When you pull out from a tow, you are supposed to go faster than the car in front, at least until you get to the breaking zone. But every time Lewis pulled out from behind Ocon, his speed advantage disappeared before he even got level. That doesn’t happen on evenly matched cars.

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@TheTennisTalker 80s Borg / McEnroe Wimbledon 1980
90s Agassi / Sampras AO 1995
00s Nadal / Federer Wimbledon 2008
10s Nadal / Djokovic USO 2013
20s Nadal / Medvedev AO 2022

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@davidfowl Yeah for sure. Imagine someone hitting the ball like those guys with the shot selection of Nadal or Djokovic. Here’s hoping they learn that side too.

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@TennisPodcast Starting to think/worry Sinner just has Alcaraz’s number just like Pete had Andre’s.

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@gregyoung I feel like this at least once each time I fill in most government forms. I know what they want me to say, but I also spend an inordinate amount of my career debating semantics.

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@fastchicken Nice! I was gonna guess waiheke. Palm beach is my favorite place to stay when we visit NZ.

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@fastchicken Where?

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@PaigeSpiranac Call it what it is, BS. Claiming PGA tour has a monopoly, when LIV clearly has the money to - and is trying to - turn the PGA into a feeder league, is outrageous. LIV wants to use the PGA tour to prop up their “super league”. It’s the Saudi’s trying to subjugate the PGA tour.

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@traskjd Thanks JD!