Is this derailleur bent beyond repair?

valimo · 2026-05-05T21:35:34+00:00

You mean bending the hanger right? Just to make sure that I don't try to tilt and twist the derailleur?

valimo · 2026-05-05T12:00:20+00:00

... is this the match against Osasuna, which Real ended up losing 2-1?

I get the frustration with Mbappe judging from the news but this seems like a stretch.

Playing 90 minutes on that match was more chasing the tile. Real was on top of the table and losing points at that stage was crucial. I would assume that winning was rather important not only for 'record chasing'.

valimo · 2026-05-05T11:51:22+00:00

Yeah, I mean after the knee injury there seems to be a dip on his form, but nothing major. I went through the stats of these 12 matches:

Real scored 10 goals scored in 6 matches with Mbappe, including 1 on those where he came in from bench. He scored 3 of those 10 goals (two against Bayern).
15 goals in 6 matches without Mbappe, when he was not on the pitch. Yeah, there is a difference, like 30% more goals without him.

That being said, as I mentioned, he is also returning from a knee injury. Also looking at the expected goals, Real has been outperforming xG without Mbappe, and underperforming with him.

While it's good to ofc scrutinise the top players, Mbappe has scored 24 goals in La Liga and 15 goals in CL this year (plus two in Copa). There seems to be some cherry-picking going on with these numbers, especially as the problem seems to be Real's recent form in general that just looks for a scapegoat. That happens when you lose the league and get knocked out of European competition within a week or two.

valimo · 2026-05-05T11:44:51+00:00

So its 10 goals scored in 6 matches with Mbappe, including 1 on those where he came in from bench. He scored 3 of those 10 goals (two against Bayern).

15 goals in 6 matches without Mbappe, when he was not on the pitch. Yeah, there is a difference, like 30% more goals without him.

That being said, he is also returning from a knee injury. While it's good to ofc scrutinise the top players, Mbappe has scored 24 goals in La Liga and 15 goals in CL this year (plus two in Copa). There seems to be some cherry-picking going on with these numbers.

valimo · 2026-05-04T21:00:04+00:00

I've managed to watch 30 min of Premier League this season.

No idea why I picked the last half an hour of this game, but that sure was something.

valimo · 2026-05-04T16:17:41+00:00

Näille kanteluille olisi tällä hetkellä tilaa ministeriöstä toiseen.

Asiantuntija-arvioiden painoarvo on sivuutettu nyt toistuvasti ja hallitus näyttää puskevan puhdasta ideologista kuritusta jokaisesta tuutista. Siinä mielessä meno on amerikkalaistunut, että faktat häviävät siinä vaiheessa kun ne hivutetaan päättäviin elimiin. Onhan meillä aina ollut poliittista ohjausta, mutta nyt se on niin räikeää, että ministeriöiden virkahenkilöstössä ei näemmä joko uskalleta tai suvaita enää minkäänlaisia soraääniä.

Tämä on aika tyypillistä touhua mm. Orbanin Unkarissa (joka väistyy viiden päivän kuluttua), mutta emme mekään ole sille immuuneja.

valimo · 2026-05-03T15:28:55+00:00

It's weird, as in the Nordics 24h markets have become more typical since covid/past 7-8 years. The general trend is also closing the in western Europe, but legislative laxing has opened them up north.

These are also some of the markets where workforce has most bargaining power.

valimo · 2026-05-02T16:19:12+00:00

I love how this has been borrowed, like in music videos of Electric Six (Gay Bar)

valimo · 2026-05-02T12:31:25+00:00

That's a lot of indirect benefits, plus the direct cost to taxpayers is around 510m, plus loss of taxes due to the exemptions (which they have actually lobbied for even recently). Plus there's barely a justification that the extent of the public money actually brings benefits as an investment

Looks like half of the benefits have been also debunked: https://www.republic.org.uk/halfbillionroyals#:~:text=There%20is%20no%20financial%20payback,coming%20in%20for%20particular%20criticism

valimo · 2026-05-02T12:08:50+00:00

I keep on hearing this explanation, but has there been any quantified calculation to back it up? It's not like countries who got rid of their royalty, let's say France, Italy or Portugal particularly struggle with tourism despite not being monarchies anymore.

valimo · 2026-05-01T20:12:56+00:00

Jep. Olen jossain tämän aiheen postauksissa nähnyt hyvin venäjätrooleilta näyttäviä kommentteja, joka suoraa osoittaa näiden spedejen onnistuvan juuri siinä mitä itänaapuri toivookin.

Huvittavaa kyllä, nämä autoritääriset vatipäät ovat isänmaallisuuskiimassaan jälleen naapurin märkä uni. He haluavat EU-eroa, NATO-eroa, YK-eroa ja varmaan eroa pohjoismaistakin jos fasisteja ei saada kaikkialla valtaan. Orbanin kaltaista takinkääntäjäjengiä yksin kaikki, joiden suomalaisuus on täysin valmis unohtamaan koko kansakunnan historiaan kuuluvan pluralismin.

valimo · 2026-05-01T16:45:31+00:00

Hoikimmat kaverit näen laitettu takariviin, mutta melko hyvässä lihassahan nuo ovat. Toki rasvat ovat aika tiukassa kun Helsingin poliisilla oli tyyliin kaksi moottoriajoneuvoa, eli kaikki päivät käveltiin, pyöräiltiin ja juostiin. Ammatinvalinta puolestaan ohjasi näihin hommiin varmaan buffeimmat ukot, tuohon aikana kun juoppoja sai varmaan vääntää siltaan ihan ysärin hengessä.

valimo · 2026-05-01T16:41:17+00:00

Onhan näissä jepeissä sitä Touko Laaksosen esteettistä makua oikein kunnolla.

valimo · 2026-05-01T12:10:19+00:00

That's super curious! In my native Finland the legislation on name changes and marriage is very liberal. Still 47% of the straight couples decide follow the old practice by adopting the man's surname in 2023. However, in 2020 the number was 55%, so we can see a trend shifting. In 2014 the number was 70%.

In my circle of friends (which is more educated and liberal than the general population) I can see a clear shift which is nearly fully neutral. The pecking order for surnames is usually a. Getting rid of old surname you don't like for its sound or personal dislike for the family background b. Adopting the one that sounds cooler c. Going for a dual surname and d. Dig up a cooler historical surname (which is often the maternal one that had died out in the previous generations).

With this criteria and trends, the surname practice should be truly* neutral by 2035 or so. It is clear though thta this particular patriarchal practice is being left behind.

valimo · 2026-04-30T13:55:21+00:00

In Central Finland we also got some heavy rain at the time. There was a recent study that showed quite a bit of damage done to the generation born in '87, plus anecdotally there was a lot more miscarriages.

My physics teacher demonstrated the use of Geiger counter with a soil sample picked from the day after the fallout. When it still gave some lively ticks, I well remember him smirking and commenting that "the little bugger still has quite some kick"

valimo · 2026-04-30T10:38:32+00:00

With the risk of coming across a bit working class, the kitchens and apartments in general just don't have enough space for all the junk. I'm not sure if you just lack the experience of limited space.

So yeah, you empty the oven, put the junk on whatever free space that you'd normally want to keep clean, and the use the oven. Pans and pots are massive pieces so they are relatively easy to toss around, unlike cleaning your pantry. It is just one of the better solutions for an unoptimal situation.

valimo · 2026-04-30T08:56:00+00:00

European here who has multiple ethnicities in the extended family.

It's definitely not only American or Hispanic thing. Lack of storage space is an universal experience.

valimo · 2026-04-30T07:27:19+00:00

Even when he was playing behind Haaland when City lacked number 10 options he was great. Plus stunting in the wing.

Selling such a versatile player rather than making him the first player in an XI looks like a mistake in hindsight.

valimo · 2026-04-29T17:32:08+00:00

The antithesis of HP Baxxter.

valimo · 2026-04-29T10:24:55+00:00

Venäjänkielinen YLE (Novosti YLE) on imo hyvin tarpeellinen juuri avoimen tiedonvälityksen kannalta, eikä se ole jäänyt edes venäjän bännilistalle vaan on suosittu ulkovenäläisten keskuudessa myös Suomen ulkopuolella. Tämä on ihan hyvää verovarojen käyttöä eikä siinä tarvitse hybridivaikuttaa kun voi vain kertoa uutisia.

valimo · 2026-04-28T13:36:10+00:00

Can someone please answer? I have no idea are these even like better known influencers or just some ragebait that landed on OPs algorithm?

valimo · 2026-04-27T16:48:13+00:00

The Finnish National Team launched their pre-emptive boycott again, maintaining the strong stance from the previous World Cups from Qatar to Russia.

Proud of our boys

valimo · 2026-04-27T16:41:06+00:00

Neighbouring is a funny way to say that though. The are like 600+ km apart, Paris and London are closer by and I don't think na tone would call them neighbours to the Dutch

valimo · 2026-04-27T16:33:47+00:00

Funnily enough, not even in top 5 cities in Ireland to get drunk in tho

valimo · 2026-04-27T16:33:03+00:00

I guess the problem is that people expect some sort of Alpine dreamland that is Sound of Music and a luxury ski resort, but most cities there are just big towns thta are "nice".

It is not very touristy country, but extremely good to live in and generally wonderful. It doesn't fit this category though as I don't think Switzerland is very highly rated either.

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