OldIndianMonk

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[–] OldIndianMonk 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don’t think its a bad thing tbh as long as it is in the fediverse. Think of it as email. Google, Microsoft and many others are in the game but email stays the same

[–] OldIndianMonk 7 points 1 year ago

If the app wasn’t so trashy people would be happy to pay them money directly. Nearly everyone on Apollo pays to use it

 

[–] OldIndianMonk 1 points 1 year ago

It is doing very well indeed! Why kill it?!

[–] OldIndianMonk 1 points 1 year ago

Correct. The bowler is contributing to the velocity part of the equation

[–] OldIndianMonk 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)
  • his mass is 33% more and the ball goes 23% faster? Momentum is mass x velocity iirc.

Do you understand why this statement is wrong?

You’re mixing the mass of the person throwing the ball with the mass of the ball.

  • his mass is 33% more

This would matter if he was flying himself at the batsman.

[–] OldIndianMonk 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yes dear friend, momentum is indeed mass x velocity. But we’re not talking about the speed at which the bowler runs. It’s the speed at which the bowl is propelled.

(to be clear, the lower mass of cricket ball in women’s cricket is a factor in reducing momentum. But we’re talking purely speed here)

Some women cricketers (outside Pakistan) earn more than Pakistani male cricketers already. And I must say, I’m a huge supporter. Unlike the WNBA in the US, women’s cricket is way more popular in rest of the world.

It’s a biological factor that women, generally, aren’t as physically strong as men and as a supporter of female athletes, abolishing gender boundaries is practically killing women’s sports. Here’s some more data you could’ve found out by googling: https://boysvswomen.com/#/

[–] OldIndianMonk 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

I only pointed out the difference between the fastest. There’s plenty of shorter, leaner bowlers in men’s cricket who bowl faster than Perry. Kemar Roach for instance is in the same height and weight category as Perry and regularly bowls 150kph

Tbf it’s expected. You know women going below 16-18% body fat is completely unhealthy while top male athletes are perfectly healthy at 6% or so

Edit: wtf mate? Momentum is not mass of propeller times velocity. By your logic a sumo wrestler would easily be the fastest cricket bowler!

[–] OldIndianMonk 13 points 1 year ago

And imgur charges Apollo's dev $166 for the same amount of load reddit asked $20m for

[–] OldIndianMonk 0 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Okay.

Ellyse Perry, the fastest bowler in women's cricket is 176cm at 60kg (amazing athlete, represented Australia at both Cricket and Football world cups!). Her fastest ball was 130.1kph

Shoaib Akthar, the fastst bowler in men's cricket is 180cm at 80kg. His fastest was 161kph

Laws of cricket dictate that women should use a ball that is between 415⁄16 and 55⁄16 ounces (139.98 and 150.61 grams); which could be up to 13⁄16 ounces (23.03 grams) lighter than the ball used by the men.

Also made me think, the whole height-weight distinction will only work in purely physical sports like boxing (maybe even some american sports like baseball and nfl). It is not going to work in global sports like Cricket and Football. Think about the greatest footballers of our generation. Cristiano was 183cm (6ft) and Messi 169cm (5ft 6in).

[–] OldIndianMonk 1 points 1 year ago

Yes. This reminds me of my early days in reddit! I was so confused on their Android app and eventually found an app called Slide and yet it took me a week or so to figure out what I was doing there. Then some months to actually start contributing

[–] OldIndianMonk 17 points 1 year ago

Yes. I did try Mastodon during the Twitter fiasco. But the whole fediverse concept seems a little more suited for specific forums like Reddit

[–] OldIndianMonk 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How do I subscribe to those? Manually copy paste and edit link?

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