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Originally posted by LuckyLloyd View PostNot cancelling St Patrick’s day celebrations is madness. Do it before people start travelling.airport, lol
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Originally posted by eamonhonda View PostCan you really cancel it bar parade and official events. Won't the masses travel to get messy in the pubs and slobber all over each other anyhow?"Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally." - John Maynard Keynes
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Originally posted by LuckyLloyd View PostCancelling parades and official events across the country an excellent start. Doing it early even better.
I'm genuinely confused as to the logic or the rights and wrongs underlying any of this.
Cancel parades across the country and you have to shut down schools, colleges, why not pubs and restaurants, all sports, church gatherings weddings funerals communion's and confirmations etc. ad nauseam
I guess what your saying is that what happened in China and we should follow suit.
I don't think that can happen here.Turning millions into thousands
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Bruce Aylward, World Health Organization Joint Mission to China:
"I think the key learning from China is speed — it’s all about the speed. The faster you can find the cases, isolate the cases, and track their close contacts, the more successful you’re going to be. [...]
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View PostReally
I'm genuinely confused as to the logic or the rights and wrongs underlying any of this.
Cancel parades across the country and you have to shut down schools, colleges, why not pubs and restaurants, all sports, church gatherings weddings funerals communion's and confirmations etc. ad nauseam
I guess what your saying is that what happened in China and we should follow suit.
I don't think that can happen here.
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Some day for Kildare sport.
All Kildare Senior Cup.
My old bucks, Naas CBS, 3 in a row Leinster Schools GAA Finals.This may or may not be an original thought of my own.
All efforts were made to make this thought original but with the abundance of thoughts in the world the originality of this thought cannot be guaranteed.
The author is not liable for any issue arising from the platitudinous nature of this post.
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The response of the UK vs Ireland may offer an interesting use case of how EU directives which Ireland have employed differ in their effectiveness from those of the UK.
The UK are currently not initiating the centralised closure of schools which is also the official position of Ireland but I suspect the closures may persist here.
One of the primary differences which I think is a good idea from the UK where possible is:
Originally posted by IT! View PostOne of the biggest differences in approach between Ireland the UK relates to self-isolation. In the UK, people arriving from areas with ongoing community transmission of Covid-19 are being asked to isolate themselves for 14 days after arriving back. This means they have to stay at home and not go to work or school.
In contrast, Ireland is not asking people who return from areas where there is community transmission of the disease to isolate themselves – unless they develop symptoms. This is because Ireland is following the guidelines laid down by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, to which the UK no longer belongs.SPOILER
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Originally posted by ComradeCollie View PostAh, I'm not seriously trying to think about or follow it really. Just the feeling that every other pulling out candidate is supporting Biden.
That is the nature of the game though. And Bloomberg will support Biden too."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by ComradeCollie View PostAh, I'm not seriously trying to think about or follow it really. Just the feeling that every other pulling out candidate is supporting Biden.
The BASTARDS.You are technically correct...the best kind of correct
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Read this Hitch: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/artic...ackage=1125551
"All military spending does is encourage militaries to war to justify their budgets"
That is a beyond ridiculous soundbite.
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Originally posted by Tar.Aldarion View PostYeah they were cancelled, as that posed a threat to our economy, this only killz people."I can’t find anyone who agrees with what I write or think these days, so I guess I must be getting closer to the truth." - Hunter S. Thompson
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostTheres a lot of competition in the worst take category, in fairness.
This one is particularly egregious.You are technically correct...the best kind of correct
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostI do feel its right though. Sure spend on cyber and marine defense, as this has a broader use in terms of advancing tech (first) and preventing smuggling (second), and further expand the army rangers unit (for individual threats). But the idea that we should be buying a billion euro worth of fighter pilots to scare off over-flying Russian aircraft is madness - that was the most recent proposal. Why the fck should be care about that when there's so much more pressing and productive demands on public spending.
Military spending is a form of insurance, and like all insurance we should weigh the actual risks versus the actual rewards of increased spending. The whole equation breaks down very quickly on both sides. There's very little actual risk nor has there been for about 90 years, and there's very little benefit or risk averted from increased spending.
A small exception is on military wages, which are shockingly low and should be decent like everyone in society is entitled to.
You are arguing against yourself here. You started out saying that we are the only sane ones because we spend so little. Now you are positively arguing that we need to expand cyber security (a point you're only making because someone pointed it out to you in that twitter thread), upgrade the navy and increase military pay across the board. So, in short, you are in favour of increased military spending which you started out saying was insane.
How do you actually manage to hold these two views in your head at the same time? You must see the contradiction.
You also suggested that increased military spend encourages militaries to war so as to justify the spend which is, as Murdrum pointed out, patently wrong.You are technically correct...the best kind of correct
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The two biggest costs of US military spending is wages and health insurance.
Retrenchment sounds like a great idea as is pumping all your resources into re-educating the force, R&D and skeleton forces abroad but it's more complex.
The US has maintained the strongest economy in the world largely because they can offer military & strategic support to areas such as the Middle East and Europe.
The economic advantages which have been obtained as a result of this "sphere of influence" will not be as easy to maintain without troops on the ground.
A very easy example against retrenchment is that the cost of bringing troops home is often more expensive than stationing them abroad because foreign governments subsidise the housing, training and deployment of the troops.
They're cheaper to leave abroad, not to mention offering a salient example support.
Here's another flaw of military cuts:
Warren’s call for “shutting down a slush fund for defense spending”—liquidating the entire Overseas Contingency Operations account and using the freed-up money for nondefense priorities. That proposal is also deeply misguided: the majority of the account covers expenses not directly related to the U.S. presence in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria. It pays for efforts as varied as the stationing of ground and air forces in Europe, naval operations in the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean, and the ability to scramble jets over American cities in the event of an emergency.
There are definite flaws in strategy where HQ staff and R&D are often the first port of call to see cuts which is counterproductive to the LT goal but less spending = less war is an oversimplification.
That said, as always, love your stuff Hitch.
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostTheres a lot of competition in the worst take category, in fairness.
You need to do an anti-vax thing on Coronavirus to really set yourself apart from the herd though."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostWell hotspur is presumably deep in the library trying to find a situation where people have clearly valued freedom over economics, its vanishingly rare today that people actually consider that human right as important as economic human rights unless you go back to an earlier time in history where that was an important factor. Thus the people have spoken on what human rights they most value. Unsurprisingly its quite similar to Maslow and similar rankings - people value most the basic human rights and only after these are achieved do they care about the higher rights written about by rich French philosophers."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostMeh, its rather superficial freedom to be living in Naas and commuting for three hours a day to a shit job so that your Monday to Friday is exclusively taken up with work, you can't see your family, and weekends are spent recovering from the week of work. On paper you have more freedom, but your freedom in practice is 'academic'.
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostWell hotspur is presumably deep in the library trying to find a situation where people have clearly valued freedom over economics, its vanishingly rare today that people actually consider that human right as important as economic human rights unless you go back to an earlier time in history where that was an important factor. Thus the people have spoken on what human rights they most value. Unsurprisingly its quite similar to Maslow and similar rankings - people value most the basic human rights and only after these are achieved do they care about the higher rights written about by rich French philosophers.
You are technically correct...the best kind of correct
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Originally posted by ComradeCollie View PostBernie getting shafted again. Surprised nobody likes Bloomberg. And Biden, the candidate with more advanced dementia than Trump, wow.Turning millions into thousands
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Originally posted by Mellor View PostNo chance of a war?
Isn’t there a risk that some violent nation could invade a European country that they see as easy pickings?
Probably not, I wonder why."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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The right to free water was an example where the people completely ignored the actual economics of the fact (ie it was actually a solid financial necessity) over their human rights to have ‘free’ running water on TAP. They even imprisoned an evil water meter monger in her car to demonstrate the ferocity of their feeling
I’d say if you removed Wifi access from the masses there would possibly be a civil war. I’m not sure if this agrees or disagree with your point as I’m trying desperately to stay awake at a meaningless conference. (FREEDOM)
On a lighter (not by much) note. It’s not that long ago since the brits shot random Irishmen for being Irish and most likely dodgy opponents to the crown. However is it too fancy to imagine a future where brexit collapses the UK economy, the fear of the latest strain of flu pandemic and the fact that we have great Michelin Star Restaurants in Ireland not provoke a reawakening within the hearts of our former landlords to perhaps engage in some Colonial tinkering. John Bull has changed a wee bit but he’s still John Bull at heart. They probably sent Willie Windsor over to overlook their ol preserve. In light of recent political unlikeliness in recent years I wouldn’t rule ‘ANYTHING’ out. Having said that, the Irish Navy could be sunk in a wee rowing accident in a lake when some Cork lads push hard like a dog and sink our battleships. Ooops gotta go , people think I’m working.
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Originally posted by Mellor View PostTrue. Probably slightly lazy and imprecise from me. I was referring only European community that Hitch referenced and not the entire continent.
so, yeah, let's scrap all military spending..."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostThus the people have spoken on what human rights they most value. Unsurprisingly its quite similar to Maslow and similar rankings - people value most the basic human rights and only after these are achieved do they care about the higher rights written about by rich French philosophers.
Maslow was very unhappy that business people took his writings on achieving the fullness and creativity of being human and put them in a mere economic or financial framework.
And now to the nub of it. You don't see freedom in Maslow's hierarchy, and it is certainly not, as you seem to suppose, in the higher categories of self-actualisation or self-transcendence. Maslow believed that freedom - freedom of expression, and living in a free and fair society - were preconditions for achieving the whole framework of needs he created.
But Maslow aside, I think you're completely wrong about this.
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I disagree with pretty much every sentence of that.
But if you were minded to analyse the causes that get people to protest these days, you could analyse the major protests around the world in 2019 and ascertain the cause(s). I guess here would be a good start (scroll down to Geographical Distribution to see the major protests in the world last year and the cause):
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Says a lot about the calibre of people involved in horseracing that they are trying to push ahead with Cheltenham
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostJust to point out that we have a highly aggressive and malign (in all senses) actor on our Eastern flank.
so, yeah, let's scrap all military spending...
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What'd be the best type of chart/graph to put the below data into?
It's a Henderson = Important & Fabinho = Hindrance type thing.
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ALL Liverpool matches this season (45 in total)
Liverpool with Henderson:
Games: 33
Wins 28
Draws: 3
Losses: 2
Win%: 84.85
G P/G: 2.12
GA P/G: 0.73
Liverpool without Henderson:
Games: 12
Wins: 7
Draws: 2
Losses: 3
Win%: 58.33
G P/G: 1.92
GA P/G: 1.83
Liverpool with Fabinho:
Games: 28
Wins: 20
Draws: 4
Losses: 4
Win%: 71.43
G P/G: 2.04
GA P/G: 1.11
Liverpool without Fabinho:
Games: 17
Wins: 15
Draws: 1
Losses: 1
Win%: 88.23
G P/G: 2.12
GA P/G: 0.88
Liverpool without Fabinho and Henderson:
Games: 5
Wins: 3
Draws: 1
Losses: 1
Win%: 60
G P/G: 1.80
GA P/G: 2.00
Liverpool with Henderson and without Fabinho:
Games: 12
Wins: 12
Draws: 0
Losses: 0
Win%: 100
G P/G: 2.25
GA P/G: 0.42Last edited by TheJiggaman; 04-03-20, 13:38.
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Originally posted by TheJiggaman View PostWhat'd be the best type of chart/graph to put the below data into?
It's a Henderson = Important & Fabinho = Hindrance type thing.
Cheers
What I would do is download a free copy of Power BI and upload what I'm guessing is an excel workbook unless you're using SQL.
Create a matrix with the data, columns being those in bold, rows being all the appropriate stats.
Let that take up half the page and then play around with the different graphics on the other half to find something that is visually more appealing than a simple matrix.
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Originally posted by Murdrum View PostWell as a starting point, you should pretty much never use a pie chart.
What I would do is download a free copy of Power BI and upload what I'm guessing is an excel workbook unless you're using SQL.
Create a matrix with the data, columns being those in bold, rows being all the appropriate stats.
Let that take up half the page and then play around with the different graphics on the other half to find something that is visually more appealing than a simple matrix.
Didn't fancy Tableau for this.
I create it on a work product...
..and then export via CSV (unless I just manually want to create the graph/chart if it's easy data)
Last edited by TheJiggaman; 04-03-20, 13:56.
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