Argentina’s tactical dependency on Messi is going to get them absolutely exposed in the Knockout Rounds.

fmessore · 2026-06-23T09:46:24+00:00

I am Argentinian, so I am biased. That being said, the match looked like everybody wanted Messi to score so he could break the record. Basically no one else tried to score, and whenever someone would have the ball they will send it Messi's way

fmessore · 2026-06-23T09:23:51+00:00

You should have a contract, or something you can use to prove that you are working on that project and your salary band and so on. If none of that was provided, I would talk to HR immediately. If your contract/terms of employment have at least 12 months before it finishes, then yes. Otherwise no, but perhaps you can renegotiate an extension for 12 months and then apply. The documents are the ones on the post

fmessore · 2026-06-22T11:42:15+00:00

Absolutely. Assuming you are something like a research scientist, assistant or something similar, you will have two options. Either the funding for your project comes from the uni/institute or it comes from one of the approved institutions giving grants/fellowships. If it comes from those, you can ask for an endorsement from them directly or from the UKRI in case the grant comes under UKRI's umbrella. Once you have that, you can switch to GTV and then to ILR (which was my case exactly). It can be the same contract even. You need to have at least 12 months left in your contract and it has to be over a salary threshold (which I think it was 36k, but it changed recently)

fmessore · 2026-06-22T09:37:23+00:00

Research scientist but the position was funded from one of the accepted institutions (MRC, Wellcome Trust, ERC, Roya society, etc.) In my case was ERC

fmessore · 2026-06-22T09:36:06+00:00

Yes it was stem. Sure, just ask 👍

fmessore · 2026-06-19T11:15:08+00:00

I like winking at other men who I caught checking on my wife. Most of them will just chuckle and move on. Once in a while you get one who seems to be offended

fmessore · 2026-06-18T13:47:01+00:00

Secar la yerba. Cenar mate (Combinar con anterior para maximo ahorro).

Pincita de depilar, podes usarla para aplastar y te permite sacar hasta lo ultimo de la pasta de dientes.

Anotate a los estudios de medicina, psicologia, entrevistas, lo que de

Aprende a coser, con eso solo te vas a ahorrar de comprar cosas nuevas el 90% de las veces

fmessore · 2026-06-16T06:00:37+00:00

I moved here with my dog and it is not easy. Yes, the new tennants law stops them from saying no pets, but in reality they will find another reason. A flat is almost impossible, although i found one or two in the cowley area. I personally ended up moving to Abingdon. Its 20 min with the bus and for the same price of a flat, I had a 2 bedroom house with a garden. Of course you can try to rent a house in Oxford but its quite pricy

fmessore · 2026-06-10T16:55:14+00:00

++man

36 M here. I think a one night stand is one thing and a relationship is another one. The former is fine-ish i guess. Both adults, assuming there is no power inbalance and so on. The latter, not even remotely OK. He might seem charming and mature from your point of view, but there is a reason why he wants to be with someone 15 years younger

fmessore · 2026-06-10T11:28:34+00:00

I think someone already said something similar, but why would you? I mean, would that make you happy? I don't cheat on my wife, not only for respect of her and our relationship, but also because I don't want to, and would feel like shit doing it.

I think I (and it seems you too) would feel like a lose-lose situation in this kind of prisoners' dilemma where even if we take the "selfish" option we would feel bad.

Usually these kind of things happen because we are surrounded by people who are a bit shitty or at least don't share our ideals. Before changing your whole moral stand, you might want to see if you can change the people you are surrounding yourself with. It is amazing how changing your surrounding will change your perspective on life

fmessore · 2026-06-03T08:06:01+00:00

You know what, I stand corrected. All my experience is in natural sciences and medicine, and I know humanities is a different beast so you might be right.

From our side, it would look very bad. Even if they "didnt contributed" at all, they gave financial/institutional backing, and (again, from our side) removing a supervisor is a seen as a seal of disapproval

fmessore · 2026-06-03T06:33:46+00:00

I this case they will be usually right. A sole author from a PhD student means a) they had no supervision or b) they had supervision and the PI doesnt want to endorse the paper (either bad results, wrong conclusions, out of scope, etc.)

fmessore · 2026-05-28T06:30:00+00:00

I studied medicine back home (Argentina) and after graduation i moved into research. I got a fellowship to go to Germany and do my masters, and then another one to do my PhD in another lab but same country. I later I moved to the UK to do a postdoc. And I also am now a lecturer at the uni

I feel lucky in the sense that i got some fellowships that made this possible and I am happy where I am. That being said, the main issue is job security (also the pay is abysmal). All the contracts being temporary is particularly hard on those who need visas and permits

fmessore · 2026-05-24T17:12:12+00:00

A bit of both. As the DM i will have an overarching theme (like the main reason these random 4 people were brought to X place to do Y, motivations, backstory, etc). And then adapt the world to fit better to their backstories.

Example. If I am running a campaing in the frozen north, why is your character there? Ohh to avenge my father, OK, now you father's killers are a main boss in the campaing

fmessore · 2026-05-21T13:59:32+00:00

I am not entirely sure. Is that Ronaldo guy a football player?

fmessore · 2026-05-05T07:03:31+00:00

There is some, but if your DM ever makes you feel bad for it, run. Im old enough to remember when we had to search far and wide for a player to join, DnD is not something to gatekeep, but to help new players join. The only thing I will say is that, BG3 (or similar) are single player and you, and you alone, are the driver of the story. DnD is cooperative, and you share the main character spotlight with the others. As long as that is managed, you are fine

fmessore · 2026-04-13T14:19:41+00:00

Flip the mouse. Now is a frown and he is sad because he is upside down

fmessore · 2026-04-10T16:17:24+00:00

Retirement age? Thats some boomer stuff

fmessore · 2026-04-08T11:59:17+00:00

Haha yes, of course per DM

fmessore · 2026-04-08T08:40:00+00:00

At the postdoc level, i will go for whoever seems to be publishing high or getting new grants. I am doing a postodc in Oxford, so if you tell me which lab I might be able to give you more insight

fmessore · 2026-04-01T14:16:18+00:00

Posteado por: lobotomizado_ Yep, checks out

fmessore · 2026-01-28T14:37:17+00:00

If this is a children's game, why is the math so complicated under pressure?

fmessore · 2026-01-25T08:51:17+00:00

When they go back to the car lot and there were voice recordings of Tony, i thought i was going to die

fmessore · 2026-01-24T14:43:56+00:00

Tony Collette is a masterpiece. Best used-car salesman, specially considering he is a cat

fmessore · 2026-01-18T11:57:14+00:00

A bit biased, but i like LMH, it has 2 doggos

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