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Sriver FX. Rather soft, and entirely without catapult.

Viable options only please. If everything’s on the table: I hear unicorns are nice as well.

The Singularity will be caused when an ever increasing frenzy on an irresistable topic reaches the threshold and collapses into itself. This is that topic and that’s the reason behind the rule, expressing an immutable taboo. Next to that, the answer is obviously Fastarc G-1. Regardless of the...

Well, looks like coöperation is the only viable survival strategy, in the end, the other choice being mutual destruction. That's not to say it's a guaranteed outcome, or even a likely one (cf. the Prisoner's Dilemma), of course.

True. I opt for (c), to call out and not explicitly or implicitly support politicized events. Which would imply boycotting Hitler’s Olympics. Or the world football tourney held in Argentina at the height of Videla’s ‘dirty war’. And yes, I’d include current day China as well as USA, both...

The present tense vs. the relatively distant past actually is (or at least, it should be, imho) a significant difference to our current acts. The USA's meddling in south- and middle-american affairs (such as, Allende's ‘suicide’ — he apparently shot him self in the back, with a machine gun...

Yes. Sponeta also has wheelchair-friendly models, but it's not very common. They take more place to store than the type of tables that you flip on the side, fold in the legs and then just stack them, certainly. Yet compared to tables like our 28Rs, which are 'rollers' (two separate halves...

I'm wondering about the "folding" tables vs. the tables that are stored away as separate halves. Reason is that we're using the Tibhar 28R at the club; the tables were used at the 2011 WTTC (played in Rotterdam). Which of course means they're the tables that got ZJK the gold medal, and that...

One bad does not justify another. And using it to obfuscate actuality is a form of whataboutism. We could refrain from this. And we can (and do tend to) look away from these pesky genocides that makes us feel so uncomfortable. We can. Many do. Nevertheless, some don’t. “Keep politics out of...

Last-minute cancellation by Lily Zhang. Pity! Edit: due to a foot injury, so I gather. Her seeding place has been assigned to Ding Yaping.

I think it is.

First position is close to the table. And cointering can be a counter topspin, a flatter drive, or even an active pinch block.

I’d say a first-position spin- and counterattack game, focused on consistency and placement rather than raw speed and spin pressure.

I expect match videos to appear, but can’t seem to find anything viz live streaming. Might happen over at twitter or somesuch.

The Dutch TT Master 2019 will take place in Leiden, october 26 and 27. The partipants in the men's department are: Cedric Nuytink (BEL) Cedric Meissner (GER) Nikhil Kumar (USA) Nicholas Tio (USA) Rajko Gommers (current national champion) Laurens Tromer (current titleholder) Kazeem Nasiru...

A few weeks ago, somebody brought me a new Stiga OC to glue rubbers on. Same story. I actually rubbed a few drops of tung oil onto the handle after polishing it to get it real smooth, and to remove the dullish sheen caused by sanding/polishing it. The wings took quite a bit of effort to get...

Playing strongly in competition, with a 100% win in singles and a major part in the doubles victory against a major competitor for the title. If I extrapolate my development curve, assuming the trend would hold, I'd be crouching towards the lower national divisional level in a year or three...

I would not mind that at all. Less companies, less product, less churn, and less of the world's scarce resources going to waste rapidly makes up for an equation in which us humans could last a little bit longer. "It's business" isn't a valid reason, in the end. Survival needs trump business...

Can't speak for others, but what I do is nothing special. Clean rubbers after playing with a few drops of water, wiped off very gently, and make sure my gear is stored in a closed bag or box in room conditions. New Sriver turns to plastic within a year, at least, that's what I've seen happen...

One of the coaches at my club plays with a slab of Baracuda that's many years old. He's not changing it, because of damage to the blade after edge hits; the blade's likely to fall apart upon removal. Anyway, it's still spinny as hell. His loops are quite hard to block, and he does it with...