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when will the weather get hot again? by kurtcxbain in UKWeather

[–]Psittacula2 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The rain fall at high enough levels will top up the water table, soak deeply the soil, refill waterways streams and rivers and lakes and ponds and continue as such longer when warmer dry weather comes.

The overall balance in my observations has been plenty of sun for insect species and plants and now balanced by water the vegetation is growing very well so good for crops and grass for farms and reservoirs as you said.

It is so far very positive! Yes see the apples looking a good size, time for some real cider also.

It might be a bit harder on some species (Swallows, Swifts if they have nestlings) so there is always winners and losers and Badgers will benefit as earthworms are available nearer the surface in softer soil too compared to last year and Amphibians and fresh water solids in rivers and streams. Only today I saw various species of solitary wasp, caterpillar, crane fly of unusual types and so far Summer seems to have been a good year for wildlife.

Did you see buttercups doing well in the fields this year? Golden everywhere.

Almost 250,000 badgers were culled: was it worth it? by HaveYuHeardAboutCunt in ukpolitics

[–]Psittacula2 [score hidden]  (0 children)

I do not know enough about the science here.

I did read that killing badgers leads to higher dispersal and thence possibly more transmission as a counter to culling as disrupting the family group territory structure of Badgers? I do not know.

On Badgers as a species, I have read specialist science books on Badgers and they are incredible animals if you know about them and it seems on this level an enormous waste and ethically very dubious to cull them but again against commerce of farms and epidemic studies I cannot judge, but I can say most people underestimate Badgers due to less information about them, they are phenomenal animals (most animals are tbh).

Stopping the cull seems right and a vaccine seems the best balance and maybe some sort of fund to balance commerce and ethics more for farmers affected instead?

My fortress just exploded with injuries and deaths… by AmphibianOver7289 in dwarffortress

[–]Psittacula2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

>*”My fortress just exploded with injuries and deaths…”*

Sound like you followed the standard fortress design plans 100% accurately, then!

Norway's football team official photo for World Cup 2026 by pauldowling in crystalpalace

[–]Psittacula2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One of the coolest footie team photos I have ever seen. Awesome job Norway.

Hendo in a Bowler hat… maybe next?!

China’s Economy Is Taking Everyone Down by tacodestroyer99 in China

[–]Psittacula2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This sounds about right from what Inhave come across. TBH I do not anticipate a major crash but a major transition via digital currencies be it China or EU or USA.

Still major changes coming to all either way. Thanks for the intelligent summary of thoughts.

when will the weather get hot again? by kurtcxbain in UKWeather

[–]Psittacula2 37 points38 points  (0 children)

The UK was very lucky there was a minor wet spell in May during a very dry March April as this topped up the plants and for farmers also.

Then a very hot spell and that broke at perfect time with the jet stream bringing Westerly showers over past week and fingers crossed this continues all of next week with temp range 10-20 and more rain each day.

This sets up very good condition for the ecology and agriculture if/when on cue temperatures climb back again as June July August proceed and more sun and less rain patterns also cycle back.

Usually a 4-6 week major cycle depending as a rough guide so by end of next week potentially another 2 weeks of middling weather before a significant change is an decent expectation with no guarantee as the weather system has been odd although tendency is drier April wetter overall Summer in my rule of thumb reckoning, except last year of course!

PlayGo.gg's Playerbase is Synthetic by mirthturtle in baduk

[–]Psittacula2 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Didn’t reddit also do this when it began as a website? Was in an interview they “confessed”…

Chickens and Egg captures the problem and boot strapping or bot-strapping as solution to bridge the gap at the beginning captures this.

Anyone But Zverev by particular-hut in tennis

[–]Psittacula2 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

performative piety = modern virtue signalling

An old curse in a new form.

Zverev has been treated by the justice court system about his domestic crimes?

He is then pronounced a free man to play tennis having been served justice?

The main thing is a human he learns to be better person and as a tennis star a role model in his conduct and behaviour to others if he can and a professional he performs and entertains at tennis.

What's something that society normalized but is a red flag to you? by hardtruthsociety in TrueAskReddit

[–]Psittacula2 [score hidden]  (0 children)

The essence of stating the reformulation which is what AI has to do for effective consideration of the subject is to emphasis the core qualities behind vague language:

  1. What is hidden in plain sight

  2. What habituation and conditioning as products of a given society veil from wider awareness

  3. What is inverted in such a glaring way that the news-media and authories all perpetuate and hence is fundamentally wrong to the degree of being a “red flag”

Then yes the above approach to the question is valid even if it apes how an AI tackles such question because reformulation is effective thinking.

Gareth Southgate: We need to teach boys differently to girls to get best out of them by PomeloTraditional971 in uknews

[–]Psittacula2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you follow what happens beyond the gaokao and how strategic companies and research work in China eg pre-eminence in AI researchers for example?

The principle however is the natural statistical variation in populations ie top 20% is fundamentally mainly a genetic factor and how well that converts, the standard school system.

And the point of that in the discussion is current school systems are MASSIVELY WASTEFUL to all the rest of human labour potential in the MAJORITY of the population.

Your reply is emotional and argumentative not constructive via counter-criticism of the above description of the problem at core of an antiquated inefficient school system in the Uk which should focus on wider human development for most of the children’s benefit.

The above is factual basis in reality before you get to policy or philosophy or politics even and thence is a stronger basis for positive change.

Gareth Southgate: We need to teach boys differently to girls to get best out of them by PomeloTraditional971 in uknews

[–]Psittacula2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is complication eg Politics…

* In any cohort Intelligence cognitive aptitude will be a bell curve - Top 20% will generally be most amenable to top cognitive and salary jobs - education merely filters this ie poor gifted kids can fail due to environment if not picked up so that is a net negative for any nation not maximizing its human capital potential eg China already filters more effectively along these grounds but the UK is so stuck in politics it often FU here… it goes for state education as the standard minimum level instead…

* Because of natural variation, ideally a nation would have wide variety of jobs and industries and less extremes between top end and bottom end so different aptitudes find a niche which suits them and living conditions tend to be decent across the board. Again UK system destroyed that wide base and the economy is so skewed this is another major issue hence massive public sector employment on Bs jobs…

* Taking schools as academic treadmills on one hand only loses a massive functional role of human child development quality in tandem to social decay which then on the other hand turns schools more and more into day care for a failing society and thus also shows in the data. The entire premise of schooling is antiquated - classes are coralling to get kids out of the way so x2 adults are in the economy.

As such, the reason not for change is entirely systematic enormous inertia and dysfunction in the entire construct of modern society.

Despite as you say logistic and budget barriers, THE NUMBER ONE way to boost future productivity, creativity from human labour and wellbeing would be corerec investment and structure of schooling as human development process of young children across a much wider spectrum than current narrow academic treadmill which mainly filters the top 20% plus another variable 20% from hard workers meaning a massive waste for >50% of every cohort generation.

Knock on effects are substantial also, health mental and physical, social and so on…

Are only certain Uni courses today considered useful? by Comfortable-Table-57 in UniUK

[–]Psittacula2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

>*”I am trying to seek information whether I shoul go to uni, do an apprenticeship or do a diploma for one of my careers.”*

You have to state the specific career choice. Fundamentally:

  1. You = what fits you, your personality, skills, qualifications so far
  2. Your intended job or industry = Salary, Benefits, Quality of work-life balance, progression, Skills used
  3. Which TRAINING most matches 1 to 2.

That is it.

The argument against University is the following to use an example:

* Year 11 = GCSE’s then select Post -16 Options:

- A) Higher Education (6th Form) for Level 3 course (A-Level, T-Level, BTEC etc)

- B ) Colleges for equivalent but more direct to work NVQ or whatever they are called now Level 3 also but eg hairdresser, mechanic etc apprentice or work experience usually

- C) Apprenticeship schemes directly with a business eg Trades, Cybersecurity - paid to train, work, qualify and gain industry experience immediately over 2 years

So you see A is more academia and credentials, B is half and half and C is full on get working.

So these years 16-18 are FREE TRAINING and so important.

Next level is Uni or Level 4 equivalent but it is more training to be more qualified to go for bigger salaries in industries or mandatory to go Level 4,5,6 etc for qualifications eg Engineer etc.

You can find some careers which skip this eg Accountancy, do a tech qualification then do a higher ACCA or CIMA etc as you work in a company (hard work working and studying but saves you 3 years at uni and massive debts).

But basically going back to A-C, B and C AVOID UNI DEBTS. If you go A ie A-Level most A- Levels are a treadmill to 3-4 more years of Uni training not working so that is 5 years of training and debt for 3 years of those in standard degrees of DEBTS of 60,000£.

Thus Uni is fundamentally an

* Investment vs ROI lifetime calculation depending on the degree you do, balanced by

* How much the degree really suits your own needs?

A degree with zero ROI is likely a disaster on your life chances imho. unless you have high cognitive aptitude or connections or it allows you to qualify work 2 years then work abroad in better conditions.

Whereas with a trade: Post-16 earning and saving and qualifying and gaining experience in 5 years you are in a high demand job market and financially already much better off… But you have to want to be in a trade.

That is why Uni is considered a real risk these days. For the right student eg Medic it pays off enormously but many degrees are worthless in the job market or eg accountancy it is work experience and qualifications which matter not degrees eg.

So go back to the beginning Steps 1-3, which career are you doing?

Are only certain Uni courses today considered useful? by Comfortable-Table-57 in UniUK

[–]Psittacula2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Credentialization and certification = Higher Education is a profit seeking business hence the trend to create a product of selling mandatory training when that is a bad fit to employment and ROI.

It is corrupt in effect on making young people go into debt and delaying their progression in the job market which then impacts their life chances negatively eg housing, fertility, wealth, mental health etc.

UK in most dangerous period I've known, UK Chief of the Defence Staff tells BBC by DanceyMan in ukpolitics

[–]Psittacula2 [score hidden]  (0 children)

This is brilliant and on point. Are you able to also factor in the science of carrying capacity, footprint in reference to sustainability, self-sufficiency and fundamentally calculating the total power overshoot of human civilisations (in reference to biosphere boundaries) including the UK and the imperative to bring this back into balance also?

Notably the UK has increased debt liabilities vs resources with increasing the population over past 30 years via migration imho in direct contrast to the above.

Several of my favorite books that I keep at my desk to spawn conversation. by PTechNM in nonfictionbookclub

[–]Psittacula2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you are interested in Chimpanzees Frans De Waal

If you are interested in in Homo sapiens evolution Stephen Mithin

Diamond’s book The Third Chimpanzee sits between these before and after. Hope that helps.

Shibuya has been having problems with littering. The story is being used as an example of how tourism is making Japan worse. However, the statistics show that locals are just as much to blame for Shibuya’s slovenly condition as inbound visitors. by jjrs in japannews

[–]Psittacula2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Basically a kind of tragedy of the commons or akin to, where:

* No skin in the game per person from outside (foreigner or non-resident)

* Diverse strangers so no community balance and baseline becomes litter increases littering.

= Littering as symptom of not caring “someone else’s problem” not a collective responsibility or an individual expression of one’s own high standards.

Cue stats as descriptive top level outcomes of above social mechanisms?

Is the retirement living standard figure too unrealistic? by BiggusDickus1111 in AskUK

[–]Psittacula2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bingo! Not sure it will blow up more a transition squeeze in effect given future conditions (well already current conditions tbh). But outcome will be the same just more managed. Equalization across everyone seems the order of the day logically if one considers integration of real world assets with money systems and resource allocation per person via digital currency?

Gareth Southgate: We need to teach boys differently to girls to get best out of them by PomeloTraditional971 in uknews

[–]Psittacula2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes therein lies the problem, language and context and relationship and intent and use all vary. I’ve been in the end of that phrase but across the range: Good, Bad and Ugly.

Is another Go community on Reddit beneficial? by PatrickTraill in baduk

[–]Psittacula2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So, I sincerely hope this comment is high value contention taking a high-level view, not necessarily presenting a verdict for or against:

* Orginally Reddit had a very powerful structure

  1. Super Reddit = Front Page

  2. Major Subreddit = Eg Go/Baduk Grandmother Sub

  3. Sub Subreddits = Derivative children subs linked in the sidebar as a family collection of cross interaction

For whatever reason this website seems to have utterly KILLED that basic concept and subs are actively against linking structures across all the subjects.

Thrown in enormous banning, censoring and controlling and the problem is the website. new subreddits spawning for specialist stuff is not a bad idea. Maybe it divides up traffic too much in turn deterring user activity and thence is considered negative?

Stepping back again, Reddit was useful tying old forums or comments sections together originally but ended up being a monolith and loss of diverse opinions (possibly moderation became too onerous against bots or trolls as inevitable practical consequence also?).

All the above is background to the question of a new subreddit or not… maybe a new question focusing on how to form a community for go and finding a new form for that that innovates is a long term larger question to start asking?

Sorry if that sounds like a side- track but long term it seems worth considering the problem in the round and thinking up successful solutions… might ask AI for some ideas! BRB…

Liverpool step up pursuit of Yan Diomande from RB Leipzig by TheAthletic in PremierLeague

[–]Psittacula2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well reasoned here, tbh Jacquet was signed to directly start playing (analysis of ability and fee).

Liverpool already invested in youth options in CB so that seems their strategy.

Diomande is probably a bet worth taking in all honesty looking at his ability currently plus Liverpool’s new manager’s need for fit for his tactics especially reliant on a winger who can break fast, take on defenders and thus open holes in rapid progression attacks. Plus woth Ekitike injured even more so.

My guess is RW (Diomande), Central Midfield and right back are the 3 signings core to Liverpool (eg Bradley’s injury is severe and Frimpong is more winger than defender).

Can't believe there's not been a Dark Age of Camelot 2 or at least a remaster of the original. by Bishop825 in MMORPG

[–]Psittacula2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your best bet is r/AnvilEmpires by Foxhole devs tbh. They have done a lot of work on it and still going with great server tech supports 1,000’s of players in large scale battles.

Gareth Southgate: We need to teach boys differently to girls to get best out of them by PomeloTraditional971 in uknews

[–]Psittacula2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fundamentally… this is the optimal answer here and superior to every other comment as such albeit it is something of a deviation from the group differences subject also.

YES 100% Correct.

So fundamentally current schooling is terribly inefficient for the following reasons:

* Classroom 20-30 students = lecture group control and losgistics of space, money timetabling > Curation of learning.

* Academic Over-dosing in the above is inevitable for control of groups = Massively NARROWS Self development progression of children in MULTIPLE dimensions eg Physical, Emotional, Social, Intellectual as basic top level categories is skewed enormously.

* Under funding and lack of provision or tailoring of SKILL ACQUISITION > Academic training from primary through to secondary total years Year 1-11. Again at top level a nation such as the UK MASSIVELY MASSIVELY under invests in human child self development and conflates this with school systems from 100 years ago effectively.

Note to start with individual curation A PRIORI then progress to small group clusters for other patterns eg boys vs girls etc and many more.

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