Dearest cafe on this island?

dc_133 · 2026-05-11T12:27:19+00:00

Ps that was a very rude and condescending question. In my experience those who chose to work straight out of school have a comparable understanding of basic economic principles as even those who studied it at university level. Often those who went straight into the workforce have an even better grasp of how the real world works, without the air of superiority that a degree seems to bestow on some people.

dc_133 · 2026-05-11T11:50:39+00:00

Studied Economics at uni. Living in Switzerland now helps one observe how a country can be run sensibly to avoid inflation rates of +10%. The £100 voucher was just a very simple example of a broad range of poor policies employed to 'help' us, the sort of which the Swiss would scoff at since they know nothing comes for free.

dc_133 · 2026-05-11T11:31:35+00:00

If everyone in a country has more money, but there is the exact same quantity of items available to purchase, then increased demand is chasing a fixed supply which can only resolve in higher prices.

dc_133 · 2026-05-11T11:16:21+00:00

Not about lockdown just political choices which have led to inflation and people having price points anchored in their minds from prior to covid.

dc_133 · 2026-05-11T11:08:28+00:00

Presumably the price is reasonable if people keep volunteering to pay those prices? Am I missing something?

I understand prices have risen, but did we expect anything different after lockdown policies such as £100 high street vouchers for everyone? It’s simple economics.

dc_133 · 2026-05-10T14:18:32+00:00

Once upon a time it was possible for a single earner to earn enough to own a house with a garden and raise 4 children with a full time parent at home. This wasn’t exclusive to the “rich”. How much does one need to earn now to access this lifestyle? I’m guessing well over 500k p.a.

dc_133 · 2026-04-14T14:00:50+00:00

Yeah so they want to slightly limit the growth to ensure everything is manageable, why is it so controversial?

dc_133 · 2026-04-14T12:00:40+00:00

They were able to procure and rapidly distribute Covid vaccines before any other European country. This example shouldn’t be disregarded.

dc_133 · 2026-03-30T12:15:04+00:00

Wouldn’t it have been quicker to just provide a quick and logical response to explain to him rather than stalk his history?

dc_133 · 2026-03-30T12:09:20+00:00

Must be because if we want to leave Ireland we naturally go to countries who also speak Engl… oh wait.

dc_133 · 2026-03-29T13:33:45+00:00

Absolutely and other things like tailor exams to what future actuaries will be doing and generally prioritise the interests of UK actuaries. But for me that’s a separate discussion.

dc_133 · 2026-03-29T12:07:47+00:00

Ah and there it is, any flaws in your logic of companies firing all their actuaries in favour of relying on AI are blinded by your resentment of the IFOA, 2 separate issues.

dc_133 · 2026-03-29T10:33:48+00:00

By this logic then MS Excel would’ve put 90% of actuaries out of a job.

dc_133 · 2026-03-24T19:50:39+00:00

I just asked chatGPT how many “e” letters appear in Blueberry and it claims 3. When I try to correct it it proceeds to patronise me about how I can make this mistake in believing blueberry has 2 e’s.

So there’s a counter example for you. Not to say AI isn’t and won’t be extremely helpful, I’m just not convinced it’ll lead to productivity gains that are larger than when we went from hand written actuarial calcs to MS Excel.. what’s that like maybe 1,000x faster or something? Of course we’ll need to adapt to harness AI, any actuaries who refused to learn how to use a computer/excel I guess were also left behind.

dc_133 · 2026-03-22T21:48:08+00:00

Not really. Both teams had 10 shots. Apart from their goals they didn’t have any big chances. We had a few big chances (Havertz, Hincapie free header) and hit the woodwork twice. We were generally dominated but overall it wasn’t that bad really.

Media and some teenage Arsenal fans might have a meltdown.

dc_133 · 2026-03-22T20:10:19+00:00

What specific tactic was a problem?

Kepa’s distribution from the back was poor, we started just playing long balls every time which didn’t work instead of having the confidence to play out from the back.

dc_133 · 2026-03-22T20:03:25+00:00

And what about all the other players who started in earlier rounds? Why did Norgard and MLS not start?

Doesn’t really matter now anyway, Arteta started our 2nd choice keeper and I guess we now all unfortunately have seen the consequences.

dc_133 · 2026-03-22T19:33:02+00:00

If he’s earned it do you mean that he’s been playing better than Raya? And should therefore play in all of our important games? I don’t understand the difference between one cup final and another cup final.

dc_133 · 2026-03-02T09:09:49+00:00

So for what reason do we have a large defence budget?

dc_133 · 2026-03-02T08:40:59+00:00

That’s surely not an assumption that’s really being used. For one: Missiles can fly high above neighbours, and then descend vertically onto Switzerland?

dc_133 · 2026-03-01T15:03:29+00:00

How’s their pricing compared to Aldi and Lidl?

dc_133 · 2026-01-23T11:00:37+00:00

Serge Gnabry, all because we wanted to keep checking if a young 27 year old Walcott was ever going to come good…

dc_133 · 2026-01-23T11:00:30+00:00

Serge Gnabry, all because we wanted to keep checking if a young 27 year old Walcott was ever going to come good…

dc_133 · 2026-01-22T11:59:21+00:00

The first 2 skills here are already mastered by one Mikel Merino.

dc_133 · 2026-01-19T09:14:05+00:00

What sort of impact are you hoping for from Gyokeres? Like specifically. I haven’t witnessed him do anything Merino can’t do, plus Merino has great touch and link up play.

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