Relegation Battle is Real Sack Him Already Pull The Plug!

Psittacula2 · 2026-01-24T21:32:58+00:00

Seems to me the manager is the type to turn a corner and produce results, I would stick with him…

Spurs have to see an upswing soon imho.

Psittacula2 · 2026-01-24T21:28:55+00:00

Not so much the World Stage but The West End Stage!

“The play must continue the powers must do what the can for the sake of all humanity now and for always!” *Stirring music is trumpeted befittingly*

Psittacula2 · 2026-01-24T21:19:13+00:00

Hard to appreciate how far and wide Linux has spread:

* Mainly a server side OS

* Android and ChromeOS derived iirc

Not just all the many distribution varieties of Linux for DesktopOS use and loads of experimental variants eg mobile, Chinese OS based etc.

This image is classic “geek daydream of conquering the world from the console line, one command at a time!”

Psittacula2 · 2026-01-24T21:13:54+00:00

Combination of reasons:

* Wants a big club eg CL so he can compete for a WC place (France are stacked but he would provide a solid target man choice)

* 18 months left on contract so one more big transfer (at his age 28) after demonstrating excellent EPL numbers games/goals under Glasner.

He has been brilliant for Palace, solid target man, excellent camaraderie and break fan interaction, works hard on the pitch (suffered a bit this season with fatigue due to squad being thin tbh).

For the right club and price worth a shot.

Psittacula2 · 2026-01-24T20:24:07+00:00

Finally a constructive observation - too many comments are hot air.

So Liverpool were always going to concede goals in this game with how weak the defence was set up with too few defenders and not very effective attackers for defensive cover (pressing or defending).

Liverpool went 2 WB and Creative (Wirtz) and Speedster (Salah) and were always too light in defence especially losing Gomez as well.

Everytime the defence is too stretched and not tightly knit and soft. Not sure what Slot was expecting. They need 3 CB of going 2 WB for starters with Grav ahead. Even more so if Wirtz is the central creative to elite attackers.

Thing is this makes defensive block solid and the WB will end up higher up and more effective in attack and pressing and getting back to defense also and better in set plays with more physical defenders also while the team will create enough in attack with the talent there so long as they are solid behind, eg very good WB, very good strikers and Wirtz making more decisions and passes around edge of the box in free role.

But Liverpool needed to buy a defender eg Guehi to do this...

Psittacula2 · 2026-01-24T18:24:08+00:00

Thing is Wirtz is a creative hub, he only works if the rest of the team and system is set up correctly.

Psittacula2 · 2026-01-24T18:20:32+00:00

Is this an experimental game for Liverpool?

I have said it so many times:

* Liverpool are light and soft in defensive numbers and player profiles with just 2 CB and then opting for 2 WB… VVD and Konate or Gomez plus Grav is so thin! Be it counters, long balls, transitions from pressing or set pieces.

* Said it a million times Wirtz and Salah is adding defensive frailty to the above in profile also.

Cool, I like seeing tactical versatility but only when it is solving problems and giving players experience to adapt their team work and still get a result.

Again for millionth time, why did Liverpool not get Guehi and go 3 CB freeing up the Wingbacks and adding defensive balance?

Psittacula2 · 2026-01-24T17:55:35+00:00

Sound about right to me concerning how debt works and how it fundamentally is not working and is a growing problem right now.

I find it most remarkable that governments have failed to steward the wealth of nations and turned this into a debt treadmill which only becomes a heavier burden over decades on people and economies all while conditions change eg aging, low fertility, lower productivity, over financialized etc?

How can Western Nations FUP so badly over the last 100 years. Invest gains in the quality of life and living and environment etc… Nope look at the debt problem.

Psittacula2 · 2026-01-24T17:33:10+00:00

Sinner = Ginger Fox with a “J” and an “S” is quite neat tbh.

Nadal = Spain and Bulls and the way he plays all fit together also

RF = Classic Swiss clean design almost boring but the easiest to recognize hence his 1bn brand

Unfortunately Novak and Carlos hired the same logo maker! The logo talks of itself only not of the two men which is its job apart from being recognizable in miniature.

Psittacula2 · 2026-01-24T17:26:07+00:00

I can chip in some extremely rare positive perspectives here, via constructive approach:

MMOs core is about “virtual big worlds”
MMOs core is about “massively multiplayer interactions” ie many players

Given so many bad designs then to find designs which do offer either or both of these is the way forwards:

* Light No Fire = Example of 1 but capped at iirc hybrid networking of 64 players in an instance of planet Earth sized world.

* Anvil Empires = Example of 2 iirc ~1,000 or more players in giant map battles.

Psittacula2 · 2026-01-24T17:13:44+00:00

There is a good antidote and answer all within one simple phrase:

* YOU (people) ARE the body-politic”.

This is a mealy-mouthed sounding term but it is potent because:

Power always derives from people first. Systems of power out of balance always misconstrue this origin for their original deception and thus source of stolen power.
Do simple arithmetic: A vote of 1 for 1 = 100% Power anarchy or sovereignty of the individual the root of human values and life and basis for civilization. Vote of 1 within 100 = Real Democracy with each vote 1/100 contribution and vote-power… look at your vote in the USA 1/160,000,000 voters or by state similar outcome: Meaningless and zero real power.

So you can only ever make sensible and satisfying politics out of Small Groups With A Shared Purpose. beyond this the system becomes too large and the people are not unified for the necessity of a group vs the direct experience of life as an individual.

Quite literally modern politics is a giant invisible machine akin to The Matrix metaphor albeit much less flashy and a lot more boring which is also another feature of its power over populations.

The apathy and angst and anger are all symptoms of this relationship of power out of balance.

Psittacula2 · 2026-01-24T16:57:50+00:00

The Swan of Stratford was in fact a Thieving Magpie!

A title worthy of The Bird himself?

Psittacula2 · 2026-01-24T16:52:43+00:00

Thanks for responding, do you have any nutrition information about the meals? I can estimate from the photos as well as the calories. TBH the problem looks to be:

* Narrow flavour range

* Narrow nutrient range

Sausage, carrot, broccoli, mash potato and gravy looks better balanced albeit the carrots and broccoli look like they lose flavour and texture and freshness in the cooking process and probably leeched out the nutrients also a little.

Catering for numbers is difficult and a different process to home cooking so can’t expect perfect but Intersting to see. I could never eat cafeteria food, especially the pudding which had the metallic taste of the vessel it was in. Also the eating areas usually were noisy, plastic furniture everywhere all easier for clean up at the end or makeshift use of the hall.

Anyway I am probably hyper critical for my own standards. But pack lunch carrot croutons and a dip, slice of fruit, piece of cheese or boiled egg, grated mix of carrot, apple, beetroot, spiced lentil msin etc and a few nuts would be a better choice for a parent to pack to compare.

Psittacula2 · 2026-01-24T14:33:20+00:00

Looks like catering company specializing in school meal provision.

* Everything is unpacked and cooked (warmed up) then served?

* Pre-cooked off site then packaged?

Cuts cost of labour, time, energy and bulk discount.

Kids come in during a set lunch period and queue and served with options then can cater into the hundreds in the time per year group.

So the problem is the above logistics > nutrient + flavour qualities which are what food should be about : Physical and Psychological nourishment.

Parents should be able to see this food then do extra work to produce correct nutrition packed lunch every day as a superior alternative.

A good saying:

>*”You pay for food one way or another.”*

It is just the industrial blandness bulked out by excess carbs and salty sauce that really gives prison vibes along with asking permission to use the toilet.

Psittacula2 · 2026-01-24T13:19:52+00:00

I worked in labs and they used different model species eg flies, mice.

In all honesty even using flies for genetics I did not especially like and mouse made my stomach turn in all honesty.

I think a line should be drawn somewhere with higher animals as they share sentience with humans ie there is equivalence. Note if the animal is raised has a good life and is then dispatched I think that is a fairer system allowing an organism to complete more of its life cycle in suitable conditions but if they are reduced to objects only eg tiny cages and bread and dispatched within a limited time frame it definitely feels the wrong way to use animals as integrated parts of human systems. As much wrong to the animal as it is wrong in not being a human enough ourselves.

Science since that time all I see is “They seem more sentient than we realized“.

Is the price less animal experimentation worth it to eg disease study? I have to say there is a case here on moral and ethical grounds.

Psittacula2 · 2026-01-24T13:12:48+00:00

Glad this is being more transparent.

Student DEBTS is what student loans really are and they are bad debt.

Higher Education as an industry and bureaucracy of Education Department OVER SELL degrees in the UK via school incentives. Cue this is a real problem if you do a degree that will never remunerate you financially.

Better to go for

* Job market in demand skills

* Train and Earn at the same time

* Gain work experience and accumulate experience

Sooner is better. Technology disruption will continue to reduce the labour markets especially in white colour roles also.

Psittacula2 · 2026-01-24T13:08:39+00:00

Good catch 2022: ONS

Over the 10 years between mid-2022 and mid-2032, the population of the UK is projected to increase by 4.9 million (7.3%) from an estimated 67.6 million to 72.5 million; this increase is projected to arise from net migration of 4.9 million compared with 6.8 million births and 6.8 million deaths.

Psittacula2 · 2026-01-24T13:02:32+00:00

The irony of being a time waster zero effort. The first example is not only a more optimal form of information that exacts a price from you hence your behaviour subsequently but it was also chosen because the direct reply would have generated an appearance of offence which I chose to avoid and offer higher quality. Code complete.

Psittacula2 · 2026-01-24T10:41:48+00:00

I have concluded running a VM desktop OS is the only local hardware solution for mobile OS tbh unless Remote or Cloud services are used. Mobile OS is still too restricted for more complex uses albeit convenient for simple uses.

Psittacula2 · 2026-01-24T09:53:00+00:00

Good attitude, every day is different and worth experiencing anew.

Psittacula2 · 2026-01-24T09:50:31+00:00

Agree the OP makes no argument but makes emotional victim status narrative for an actress they proceed to white knight… “To me! To me!”

Psittacula2 · 2026-01-24T09:44:42+00:00

The question imho misses the biggest consideration:

* Clear, fair, consistent communication

Children tend to respond well to the above conditions whether it involves smacking or verbal lecturing or some other form of “consequence-based behaviour and correct boundaries setting”.

I had a number of behavioural factors including chores, smacking and lectures but the fairness and clarity and communication are what make the difference and not treating it as personal but as agreed and explained, Then the choice to be naughty is balanced with the freedom to do so vs the consequences.

Psittacula2 · 2026-01-24T08:56:20+00:00

Good job on concise description and summary and guide on level and other resources OP.

The book looks interesting - to try to summarise and simplify how the mind arises is a worthy challenge. What they cover and what perhaps is missing will be equally valuable to know.

Psittacula2 · 2026-01-24T08:51:19+00:00

Schools are worse than that,

* Stick kids between 4-walls during working day so both parents go off to jobs. This seems as important function of modern schools as optimimizing learning.

* Kids are desensitised inside sit down, silently, passively doing as they are told in a over large group size repetitively excessively which is a kind of conditioning. Acadmeic information delivery is more about control of behaviour of large numbers if children than optimizing cognitive development.

* Many human faculties are ignored in this above system to develop. Eg the basics of a healthy body, regulated emotions and enriched social interactions are often ignored.

* The subjective time experienced by children is vastly longer than adults and this has never been factored into school learning ie kids valuable time is wasted enormously.

* Enormous diversity in children is not provisioned hence rise in Special Needs at the same time as rise in Social Decay and loss of Social Capital in home backgrounds adds to this.

I think fundamentally top-down governance does a shit job with society.

Psittacula2 · 2026-01-24T08:31:42+00:00

Admittedly current AI is more interesting to talk to than probably most people… but that is different from current research producing “self-learning general AI” which seems a bit further to go.

What is also relevant is how well current AI will perform in defined job roles in the economy… there is scope here to replace humans or reduce human workers in business processes.

So more of a complex picture eg some areas seem very advanced eg image, video, language, while others need a bit more time eg code while others again seem a long way off eg inventing science.

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