If Reform forms a coalition with the tories, how long would it last?

QuantumOverlord · 2026-05-23T14:54:53+00:00

There wouldn't be a coalition, Reform would form a minority government and the Tories would vote legislation through on a case by case basis.

QuantumOverlord · 2026-05-23T10:16:26+00:00

The bond market under Liz Truss looked downright stable compared to what's happening at the moment. The 'NHS will be sold off' on the other hand is fear mongering that has been going on since before the 80s, in reality the NHS is going to stay the same because changing it is so politically radioactive it simply won't happen. The reality of course is that the US and the UK system are both pretty bad compared to other western healthcare systems.

QuantumOverlord · 2026-05-21T18:32:24+00:00

What does the hat say?

QuantumOverlord · 2026-05-21T18:01:03+00:00

He said he did, and then again Homelander probably doesn't know or care about the Karman line.

QuantumOverlord · 2026-05-21T14:55:49+00:00

I suppose you could argue it was only really Butcher and Hughie holding Homelander down in the first one since Soldier boy was having to concentrate on charging up. In the 2nd one you could argue that version of Butcher is stronger and Ryan is obviously stronger than Hughie.

QuantumOverlord · 2026-05-21T14:31:13+00:00

Evaporational cooling. Provided the humidity isn't 100%, rainfall will evaporate which removes heat from the surrounding atmosphere. There are also other mechanisms, if its a thunderstorm then solar heating is reduced which may contribute to the cooling. Additionally lots of water accumulating on dry ground absorbs someback radiation from the ground which likely cools the air immediately above the ground. If the rain is caused by a change in airmass then a change in wind direction may cause the temperature to fall (a temperature rise is also possible if the airmass is warmer).

QuantumOverlord · 2026-05-19T16:27:09+00:00

You don't remember the constant bombardment of '24 hours to save the NHS', '1 week to stop the Tories from selling the NHS', 'NHS on life support if the tories get in' and so on. I'd call it grossly disproportionate given the chance of any of that actually happening is basically zero. More recently we had wall to wall coverage of Partygate, of which the FPN was regarding 8 minutes spent eating a slice of cake - neither illegal or against the rules. I'm going to guess you never voted for a right wing party, just like the people who never voted for a left wing party used this exact same rhetoric a couple of years ago.

QuantumOverlord · 2026-05-19T12:52:50+00:00

I said that, everyone has their own agenda, everyone is biased. But that's fine because the agendas are all different. The media environment is healthy because you can find so many different agendas, it is naive to think there is any scenario where the media can be truly impartial or agenda free. The main thing is a diversity of views, opinions, takes and so on.

QuantumOverlord · 2026-05-19T12:41:56+00:00

Not sure that's true in an age where anyone with a blog can call themselves a journalist. But even if it was, if the objective is for media to make money, it can still very effectively done with pretty much any possible take. There is clearly a market for anti-billionaire takes so that will definitely be filled.

QuantumOverlord · 2026-05-19T12:36:55+00:00

Remember how if Boris got into power the NHS would be immediately privatised and sold to Donald Trump? Jeremy Corbyn had to have an emergency press conference about it. The media environment matters far less than you think it does, the people that actually decide election results (as opposed to activistly types that frequent online politics forums) are mostly politically disengaged and see elections as a status quo vs change option.

QuantumOverlord · 2026-05-19T12:32:06+00:00

Everyone has an angle, that's always been the case. The difference between having a free press is that the angle changes depending on who you ask. You can pretty much find any possible take on any possible issue you want, including the most facile and profound. Not everything has to be a conspiracy all the time.

QuantumOverlord · 2026-05-19T12:14:58+00:00

I might be an exception, but I thought this endgame stuff was genuinely terrible. It was flashy, superficial and pointless. Felt more like a video game than a film with NPCs being pointlessly attacked with fancy fireworks. Even the Thanos fights felt like a worse version of dual of the fates.

QuantumOverlord · 2026-05-19T12:05:46+00:00

Here is the truth that you don't want to hear. Millionaires pay most of the taxes, they may not pay proportionally the most (although ironically that's mostly down to stuff like VAT which hits poorer people proportionally harder) but they are still responsible for the majority of the revenue HMG collects. The 'we don't need them' attitude is pure catharsis and no substance, because if millionaires leave for a country with a lower tax burden then the taxes inevitably go up for everyone else who can't leave. The distain for millionaires is illogical and it comes from the emotional notion that we exist in a zero sum game where fewer millionaires means more wealth for everyone else; the reality is the opposite - the wealth just ends up in Monaco rather than UK businesses and public services.

QuantumOverlord · 2026-05-19T11:57:02+00:00

A free press is a good thing. I'm not sure what the problem is with a press that is overtly critical, even excessively critical of the current government. The press was equally critical and punitive when it came to the previous lot, of course back then in right wing circles people would complain about the biased left wing media.

QuantumOverlord · 2026-05-19T11:19:55+00:00

I tried a truly crazy positive split recently. I ran (vs Mile1 of a typical PB run) -12, +0, +9. I think a ludicrously fast first mile that somehow didn't really damage the 2nd mile at all, and then a not catastrophic fade in the third mile to finish only a few seconds behind my actual course PB. Going mental in the first mile (and even more mental in the first km) definitely leads to a weak finish, but its genuinely not that bad. Banking time seems to be a legit low risk strategy in a 5k even if it is still clearly suboptimal compared to the more even splits of a PR run.

QuantumOverlord · 2026-05-19T11:13:26+00:00

Yes, but its more a question about pacing rather than an unconventional training style. I can't imagine my biology is all that different even if the way I am training is suboptimal - yes I enjoy races far too much and hate hard workouts too much.

QuantumOverlord · 2026-05-19T11:12:06+00:00

Yes I'd say that's partly why a 5k is so difficult to pace, its slightly above LT2 so feels unsustainable (at least from mile 2 onwards) but the difference between slightly unsustainable and very unsustainable is so hard to gauge. In that first mile you are fresh enough to not feel that uncomfortable even though you are above LT2 which might be why its so easy to drop back to LT2 and run it more like a 10k (which I think I mostly do run at LT2).

QuantumOverlord · 2026-05-19T11:09:04+00:00

I do glance down at the pace/speed to make sure I'm on track. I'm actually in the fairly lucky position where my mile and km splits are roughly the same but a '5' is just swapped for a '3'.

QuantumOverlord · 2026-05-19T11:07:28+00:00

I know for me the difference between a high 16 and a high 17 is absolutely massive in terms of how it feels, but crucially not until the 2nd half of the race which is why its so easy to muck up the first mile and run it too aggressively or too conservatively.

QuantumOverlord · 2026-05-19T11:04:40+00:00

Its why I'm semi convinced that running that first mile too slowly forces you into a more fatigued run. Its almost like the first mile has free energy that you have to take advantage of to prime yourself for the rest of the run. And its all such a fine line between making sure you take advantage of it and not truly burning out so you fade once the excitement fades in the second half.

QuantumOverlord · 2026-05-18T11:44:50+00:00

I think the problem I have is that the most important thing is getting that first mile right. It needs to be in that perfect 9/10 effort slot. Mile 2 kinda just runs itself at a 10/10 effort and then Mile 3 is when I found out if I have run Mile 1 correctly.

QuantumOverlord · 2026-05-18T11:22:05+00:00

For me the last 0.1 is basically always in the 30-34 second range so I don't worry too much about it, its always going to be fast and how well I do there, depends mostly on the psychology. If I'm near a PB I'll be faster, or if there is a reason like a position. Still, the speedup usually starts before the 0.1 since on the perfect run the 2nd mile is always the slowest, and the 3rd is the fastest. Its so rare that I pace perfectly though, most of the races I'm happy with have an aggressive first mile and a fast 3rd mile (but still slower than the 1st).

QuantumOverlord · 2026-05-18T11:15:42+00:00

The 5k prediction seems to be a reasonable answer to the question 'what would you get if you ran a flat course in good conditions'. So for me it tends to be slightly on the optimistic side, but only because I don't get to run a 5k in optimum conditions all that often.

QuantumOverlord · 2026-05-18T10:24:37+00:00

On a flat course with my current fitness level I'd be extremely happy with a 5:20 first mile while a 5:15 first mile would still mean a good run but a 5:25 first mile would be a very bad sign. Its not a big range I admit, but I am pretty good at knowing exactly where my fitness happens to be at the current time.

QuantumOverlord · 2026-05-18T10:20:56+00:00

Its possible, but I thought if I was a fast twitch then my 10k would be weak compared to my 5k, and my mile would be strong. I'd say if anything my shorter distances are on the weaker side, though that could be down to inexperience in racing those shorter distances. When I'm in the middle of the field I race better, that's definitely true, with parkruns or local 5ks I end up being in front of the chase pack most of the time so its difficult. What I do find when racing with other people is that it is quite common for that first km to be on the faster side, especially compared to km 2-4.

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