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Training camp has been cancelled, as 4 players and one of the coaches tested positive yesterday. Niclas Füllkrug, Manuel Mbom, Milos Veljkovic and Marco Friedl are the ones who tested positive (plus Weiser who tested positive earlier). It's Friedl's second time in less than two months.

Dakar Rally started today with the Prologue. Audi's entry is very interesting and gets a lot of hype. First ever fully electric vehicle to challenge Dakar, with a new engine which charges the battery while driving. Looks very futuristic. And then their driver lineup... No words. Sainz Sr., Peterhansel, Ekström

Yeah.

The whole situation you described in your post. To be honest, I couldn't decide if "sad", "wow", "confused" or "facepalm" would be the most fitting reaction to that, as it has a bit of it all

I just found it amusing how random that fact about your mate was personally, I don't think anyone should be in jail for growing cannabis.

Wtf

He felt incredible pain because he can no longer boast about being the last driver to beat Hamilton to the title

My favourite part, too

Two friendlies scheduled for the winter training camp in Spain: Jan 5, 15:30 CET against VV St. Truiden Jan 8, 13:30 CET against KSV Cercle Brügge

Been watching the new adaptation of Around the World in 80 Days (with David Tennant) in the last few days. A very enjoyable, fun, old-school adventure series with humour for the whole family.

Haven't had any time to watch it, but Thailand have beaten Indonesia comfortably (4-0) in the first leg of the Suzuki Cup final, and are heading into their 6th Southeast Asian championship title.

Some very interesting insights (read the whole thread).

Like what, punching horses?

Thanks! I have no idea when I'll actually have enough time to do it, but I'm really looking forward to it! Already got the FIRE Fantasy 21 Mod for real teams/drivers, too will dominate the GT World with Porsche (or fail miserably)

I got Jade Empire: Special Edition, Kerbal Space Program, Assetto Corsa Ultimate Edition (the whole bundle with 11 DLCs), and the complete bundle of Motorsport Manager (the game + GT Series, Challenge Pack, and Endurance DLCs)

How do you arrive at a rating like that? I mean the decimal part

Great news.

If true and if it works as intended, then it could be a huge breakthrough for severely disabled people to gain some independence and improve their lives. That said, I'm always skeptical and a bit suspicious when stuff like that is made public on the social media of the company making the product...

One would think so, and yet the profits of the world's richest soared to never seen hights in 2020 during the lockdowns, for many reasons. Truth is, they don't give a fuck about it - lockdown or not lockdown, they are making money either way. https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/pandemic-profits-companies-soar-billions-more-poorest-pay-price https://www.ft.com/content/747a76dd-f018-4d0d-a9f3-4069bf2f5a93 https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18516290.uk-billionaires-see-personal-wealth-grow-25bn-pandemic-lockdown/

Yes - L2 is a location where gravitational forces of Sun and Earth combined balance out the centrifugal force, so any object in that position will orbit the Sun together with the Earth (so it stays stationary from Earth's point of view, with Earth blocking most of the sunlight). It's not stable like some other Lagrangian points, so small corrections are required every 26 days or so.

First course correction completed successfully. Webb has now traveled about a third of the distance to L2.

RIP.

Oh

This story sounds a bit nuts, buy pets can actually get infected with COVID after a contact with an infected human.

Best Christmas present ever