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People will shortly run out of space to store their 10000p loo rolls and tins of beans so the panic has a natural end date. I suspect that by the end of the year we’ll be seeing C5 Programmes like , “My hoarding partner” and “Britons who only eat value dried pasta”.Black_Rook said:Just back from my trip to Tesco Royston tonight, and the rate of hoarding is definitely accelerating. Here's a list of stock levels that I observed (non-exhaustive, but I did go around quite a lot of the store looking for stuff, some of which I couldn't find...)
Bog rolls: 0%
Kitchen paper: 20%
Bin bags: 20%
Washing up liquid: 1%
Tissues: 0%
Tinned tomatoes: 1%
Tinned spaghetti: 5%
Baked beans: 1%
Tinned tuna: 0%
Other tins (meat, soup, fruit): 30%
Flour: 0%
Sunflower oil: 0%
Olive oil: 10%
Fruit squash: 5%
Beer: 20%
It wasn't exactly the end of days - levels of fresh and frozen food looked reasonable, given that this was after the post-work cavalry charge - but if this goes on for any length of time then people are going to struggle to get hold of some basic supplies. Notably, I managed to fill in the gaps in my shop by going to the little Morrisons in town, but there was absolutely no bog paper there either. Anybody in this area who's run out of it is going to be wiping their arse with the Daily Mail for the time being.0 -
It read like a stock market pump to me.... Here are the CEO's for Walmart and Walgreens, oh and Roche are providing their experience. TeleDoc is brilliant, Google have made a website etc etc etc Might as well have waved an A1 S&P banner instead of the flow chart.NickPalmer said:
Give them credit for adding some innocent merriment to our lives.welshowl said:White House press conference: weird, very weird.
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Yeah the Scots were too thick vote in multiple elections on the same day in 2007, something the English have regularly managed without issue.tlg86 said:
Is there a reason why it hasn't been repeated? Wasn't there a bit of trouble in Scotland in 2007?TheScreamingEagles said:
Allowed it in 2004 in London.tlg86 said:
Surely they won't allow elections with different systems on the same day?stodge said:Evening all
Just one trifling question - presumably even though the elections are delayed, they are still the 2020 elections and the winners will serve until 2024?
I ask because I think it probable the 2024 London mayoral election contest will take place on the same day as the next GE.
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Hasn’t the Labour Party been suspended since 2015?SandyRentool said:All Labour Party meetings and campaign activities have been suspended.
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Never had that happen, but have heard of it happening.AramintaMoonbeamQC said:
The whole statement is much worse, the tone is appalling.ydoethur said:
OFSTED has literally caused the deaths of headteachers in the past. Why would anyone be surprised that they don’t care?AramintaMoonbeamQC said:
https://twitter.com/Rosemarycalm/status/1238539833330581504ydoethur said:
I haven’t, but I find it all too easy to imagine.AramintaMoonbeamQC said:
If you've seen Ofsted's statement to Schoolsweek this afternoon, I wouldn't be optimistic. It's shameful stuff.ydoethur said:
Blimey. We are having multiple religious experiences right now. That’s asking for a miracle on a par with the raising of Lazarus.GideonWise said:My wife is a teacher. She has really struggled with motivating herself to do all the pathetic garbage at school which even at the best of times is pathetic garbage. We are hoping the education establishment sees sense
A more pertinent point, one that hare brained lowlife failure Spielmann seems not to have thought of, is that if a senior teacher dies of a
Covid-19 then the school will have to close for cleaning, so there will be nothing to inspect.
And yes, I've worked in a school where a key staff member died 24 hours before inspection. It was one of the worst experiences of my life.
The sensible thing to do would be to suspend inspections. Leaving aside the fact that the inspectors may be spreading the disease, no school is going to be at its best if multiple staff go into isolation. How would they make any sort of meaningful judgement?
But this is Spielman. She is a liar, a fool, a bully and a total failure in every job she has ever had. She has also repeatedly demonstrated that through ignorance alone she is a risk to children. Yet she is still in post. Why would coronavirus shift her or improve her?1 -
Bravo, sir.ydoethur said:
Ah, the glories of WhatsApp in this situation. Ideal for medical isolation.Big_G_NorthWales said:My son and his partner have had colds this week and we have agreed they will keep away for 14 days and also our grandchildren. Will use whats app and phones
It should be called the WhatsApp Doc.0 -
Supplies news update: Ocado drivers no longer bringing shopping inside, are leaving it at the door and not taking bags back.ydoethur said:
I was really annoyed with all these bloody hoarders. They had taken so much there were only 26 ready meals left for me.Casino_Royale said:
Well, if you will go to a peasant emporium.Black_Rook said:Just back from my trip to Tesco Royston tonight, and the rate of hoarding is definitely accelerating. Here's a list of stock levels that I observed (non-exhaustive, but I did go around quite a lot of the store looking for stuff, some of which I couldn't find...)
Bog rolls: 0%
Kitchen paper: 20%
Bin bags: 20%
Washing up liquid: 1%
Tissues: 0%
Tinned tomatoes: 1%
Tinned spaghetti: 5%
Baked beans: 1%
Tinned tuna: 0%
Other tins (meat, soup, fruit): 30%
Flour: 0%
Sunflower oil: 0%
Olive oil: 10%
Fruit squash: 5%
Beer: 20%
It wasn't exactly the end of days - levels of fresh and frozen food looked reasonable, given that this was after the post-work cavalry charge - but if this goes on for any length of time then people are going to struggle to get hold of some basic supplies. Notably, I managed to fill in the gaps in my shop by going to the little Morrisons in town, but there was absolutely no bog paper there either. Anybody in this area who's run out of it is going to be wiping their arse with the Daily Mail for the time being.
I'm enjoying fresh plaice from the Waitrose fishmonger tonight.
Delicious.
Have everything, that said. Bog roll, hand sanitiser...0 -
I have never done psychedelic drugs, I think I know what the experience is like and have no desire of repeating it.0
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Considering that very large numbers of Americans may well die it was unbelievably tone-deaf.MightyAlex said:
It read like a stock market pump to me.... Here are the CEO's for Walmart and Walgreens, oh and Roche are providing their experience. TeleDoc is brilliant, Google have made a website etc etc etc Might as well have waved an A1 S&P banner instead of the flow chart.NickPalmer said:
Give them credit for adding some innocent merriment to our lives.welshowl said:White House press conference: weird, very weird.
It Trump went to a wake the first words out of his mouth to the grieving relatives would be an offer to buy any property that had belonged to the deceased.1 -
I'm in total agreement. She is useless.ydoethur said:
Never had that happen, but have heard of it happening.AramintaMoonbeamQC said:
The whole statement is much worse, the tone is appalling.ydoethur said:
OFSTED has literally caused the deaths of headteachers in the past. Why would anyone be surprised that they don’t care?AramintaMoonbeamQC said:
https://twitter.com/Rosemarycalm/status/1238539833330581504ydoethur said:
I haven’t, but I find it all too easy to imagine.AramintaMoonbeamQC said:
If you've seen Ofsted's statement to Schoolsweek this afternoon, I wouldn't be optimistic. It's shameful stuff.ydoethur said:
Blimey. We are having multiple religious experiences right now. That’s asking for a miracle on a par with the raising of Lazarus.GideonWise said:My wife is a teacher. She has really struggled with motivating herself to do all the pathetic garbage at school which even at the best of times is pathetic garbage. We are hoping the education establishment sees sense
A more pertinent point, one that hare brained lowlife failure Spielmann seems not to have thought of, is that if a senior teacher dies of a
Covid-19 then the school will have to close for cleaning, so there will be nothing to inspect.
And yes, I've worked in a school where a key staff member died 24 hours before inspection. It was one of the worst experiences of my life.
The sensible thing to do would be to suspend inspections. Leaving aside the fact that the inspectors may be spreading the disease, no school is going to be at its best if multiple staff go into isolation. How would they make any sort of meaningful judgement?
But this is Spielman. She is a liar, a fool, a bully and a total failure in every job she has ever had. She has also repeatedly demonstrated that through ignorance alone she is a risk to children. Yet she is still in post. Why would coronavirus shift her or improve her?
Having inspection teams moving between schools at a time like this is grossly irresponsible, to say the least.
But a miracle has happened, and they have just issued an apology on Twitter, and updated the advice.0 -
You can’t ask him a question that he doesn’t want to answer are the US press Corp stupid? No scrutiny, no challenge no honesty it’s a disgrace, nobody would ask the muppets behind him for advice0
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According to my Sister in Law in Melbourne, so is Australia.GideonWise said:0 -
“Hopefully it will run out in eight, nine weeks, but I can’t give you a number....”0
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Thanks.SandyRentool said:
The conference was already binned. Presumably Jenny Formby just announces the result on a webcam.Mexicanpete said:
Does that mean Jeremy remains leader indefinitely? Or is April 4 set in stone?SandyRentool said:All Labour Party meetings and campaign activities have been suspended.
I hope Jenny doesn't get to thinking that means she can choose the new leader unilaterally.0 -
Nothing for a pair...TheScreamingEagles said:Now I remember what that White House flowchart reminded me of, we're all doomed.
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matt said:
People will shortly run out of space to store their 10000p loo rolls and tins of beans so the panic has a natural end date. I suspect that by the end of the year we’ll be seeing C5 Programmes like , “My hoarding partner” and “Britons who only eat value dried pasta”.Black_Rook said:Just back from my trip to Tesco Royston tonight, and the rate of hoarding is definitely accelerating. Here's a list of stock levels that I observed (non-exhaustive, but I did go around quite a lot of the store looking for stuff, some of which I couldn't find...)
Bog rolls: 0%
Kitchen paper: 20%
Bin bags: 20%
Washing up liquid: 1%
Tissues: 0%
Tinned tomatoes: 1%
Tinned spaghetti: 5%
Baked beans: 1%
Tinned tuna: 0%
Other tins (meat, soup, fruit): 30%
Flour: 0%
Sunflower oil: 0%
Olive oil: 10%
Fruit squash: 5%
Beer: 20%
It wasn't exactly the end of days - levels of fresh and frozen food looked reasonable, given that this was after the post-work cavalry charge - but if this goes on for any length of time then people are going to struggle to get hold of some basic supplies. Notably, I managed to fill in the gaps in my shop by going to the little Morrisons in town, but there was absolutely no bog paper there either. Anybody in this area who's run out of it is going to be wiping their arse with the Daily Mail for the time being.
I'm not so sure. If the economies of the world are sufficiently crippled to affect food production and distribution, we could be looking at actual shortages later in the year.0 -
Cut this off it’s a waste of time0
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So a question for all you psychology types out there in PB land.
Does Trump actually believe the BS he spouts - I mean the real obvious outright falsehoods - or is he just plain old fashioned lying.
Mad or Bad?
Both of course could be the answer.
Neither is not an acceptable response.0 -
Scandinavia/Nordic countries are putting up a valiant battle: 3,000 cases and just 2 fatalities.0
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It is a stark moment in the incompetence and disgraceful Presidency of Trumpnichomar said:Cut this off it’s a waste of time
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I believe both.Richard_Tyndall said:So a question for all you psychology types out there in PB land.
Does Trump actually believe the BS he spouts - I mean the real obvious outright falsehoods - or is he just plain old fashioned lying.
Mad or Bad?
Both of course could be the answer.
Neither is not an acceptable response.1 -
He’s, at heart, a real estate developer. Assume lying until proved otherwise. And still count fingers after hand shaking.Richard_Tyndall said:So a question for all you psychology types out there in PB land.
Does Trump actually believe the BS he spouts - I mean the real obvious outright falsehoods - or is he just plain old fashioned lying.
Mad or Bad?
Both of course could be the answer.
Neither is not an acceptable response.1 -
Im not sure he has a concept of the truth. Alternative facts was not a throwaway concept, it goes to the heart of his approach. Shape the world to benefit him, believe in that and then sell it to everyone else (or at least enough people around him) for it to work.Richard_Tyndall said:So a question for all you psychology types out there in PB land.
Does Trump actually believe the BS he spouts - I mean the real obvious outright falsehoods - or is he just plain old fashioned lying.
Mad or Bad?
Both of course could be the answer.
Neither is not an acceptable response.1 -
The Al Gore Rhythms have now developed a wicked sense of humour.BluestBlue said:FFS, the Amazon algorithm is clearly quite sophisticated. This is what it just recommended for me
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1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Turning Points in Ancient History)
Fuck it, they are openly mocking us!0 -
He is a dangerous narcissist who blusters and hasn't a clue in what he is sayingRichard_Tyndall said:So a question for all you psychology types out there in PB land.
Does Trump actually believe the BS he spouts - I mean the real obvious outright falsehoods - or is he just plain old fashioned lying.
Mad or Bad?
Both of course could be the answer.
Neither is not an acceptable response.0 -
My mother and I agreed this evening not to meet tomorrow. Boris Johnson’s speech yesterday had a big impact on her. She’s not self-isolating but she’s reducing her social contacts, just as the experts would wish her to. As someone who travels on trains and works in central London, we agreed I was a high risk person for her to meet just now.4
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It's probably undercooked. But 130k cases of Covid-19 out of a population of 7.7 billion is statistically insignificant.
Even if it's out by a factor of ten, which it probably is, then only 0.017% of the global population have it.1 -
> Do you feel ill? YESMightyAlex said:A flow chart, fucking hell.
> Have you got a cough? YES
> Go for a test!
They’ve been working on it all week.0 -
I hope you find ways to stay connected with her so that she, despite her cutting back on social contacts, does not feel socially isolated.AlastairMeeks said:My mother and I agreed this evening not to meet tomorrow. Boris Johnson’s speech yesterday had a big impact on her. She’s not self-isolating but she’s reducing her social contacts, just as the experts would wish her to. As someone who travels on trains and works in central London, we agreed I was a high risk person for her to meet just now.
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Which is interesting because if anywhere could shut it down, after it’s escaped containment, you’d think it was Australia. New Zealand seems good at the moment, but they have escaped any dangerous level of infection.Richard_Tyndall said:
According to my Sister in Law in Melbourne, so is Australia.GideonWise said:
The countries that are going for eradication are basically either relying on the development of a vaccine or committing to cut themselves off from the world indefinitely.1 -
As long as she still knows you love her just as much, I'm sure she'll be fine.AlastairMeeks said:My mother and I agreed this evening not to meet tomorrow. Boris Johnson’s speech yesterday had a big impact on her. She’s not self-isolating but she’s reducing her social contacts, just as the experts would wish her to. As someone who travels on trains and works in central London, we agreed I was a high risk person for her to meet just now.
(Working assumption, that you love your mother!)1 -
I live with mine - I'd move out if I could stop my dad going to the pub and mum going to the shops. I can't.AlastairMeeks said:My mother and I agreed this evening not to meet tomorrow. Boris Johnson’s speech yesterday had a big impact on her. She’s not self-isolating but she’s reducing her social contacts, just as the experts would wish her to. As someone who travels on trains and works in central London, we agreed I was a high risk person for her to meet just now.
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Nudge in action? Allowing people to reach their own decisions and remain in control.AlastairMeeks said:My mother and I agreed this evening not to meet tomorrow. Boris Johnson’s speech yesterday had a big impact on her. She’s not self-isolating but she’s reducing her social contacts, just as the experts would wish her to. As someone who travels on trains and works in central London, we agreed I was a high risk person for her to meet just now.
That said, if this sensible behaviour were infectious, I would be putting my mother in the firing line. “I was a doctor and I know better.....”0 -
US numbers predicted.
NYT:
Between 160 million and 214 million people in the U.S. could be infected over the course of the epidemic, according to one projection. That could last months or even over a year, with infections concentrated in shorter periods, staggered across time in different communities, experts said. As many as 200,000 to 1.7 million people could die.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/13/us/coronavirus-deaths-estimate.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage0 -
The Trumpian Law:Richard_Tyndall said:So a question for all you psychology types out there in PB land.
Does Trump actually believe the BS he spouts - I mean the real obvious outright falsehoods - or is he just plain old fashioned lying.
Mad or Bad?
Both of course could be the answer.
Neither is not an acceptable response.
Anything Donald Trump does: great, fantastic, smart, beautiful, yuge, perfect, bigly, incredible.
Anything people other than Donald Trump do: fake, terrible, small, stupid, lies, pathetic, low energy.
The words in between are just to connect the dots and are of little consequence.
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We spent a long time talking about striking a balance and still living her life. She’s not going to lock herself away but she’s going to take prudent precautions. We’re going to talk a lot on the phone, as we did tonight.TimT said:
I hope you find ways to stay connected with her so that she, despite her cutting back on social contacts, does not feel socially isolated.AlastairMeeks said:My mother and I agreed this evening not to meet tomorrow. Boris Johnson’s speech yesterday had a big impact on her. She’s not self-isolating but she’s reducing her social contacts, just as the experts would wish her to. As someone who travels on trains and works in central London, we agreed I was a high risk person for her to meet just now.
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Same here I think. But my mum’s a 73 year old GPtlg86 said:
I live with mine - I'd move out if I could stop my dad going to the pub and mum going to the shops. I can't.AlastairMeeks said:My mother and I agreed this evening not to meet tomorrow. Boris Johnson’s speech yesterday had a big impact on her. She’s not self-isolating but she’s reducing her social contacts, just as the experts would wish her to. As someone who travels on trains and works in central London, we agreed I was a high risk person for her to meet just now.
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She should join PB!TimT said:
I hope you find ways to stay connected with her so that she, despite her cutting back on social contacts, does not feel socially isolated.AlastairMeeks said:My mother and I agreed this evening not to meet tomorrow. Boris Johnson’s speech yesterday had a big impact on her. She’s not self-isolating but she’s reducing her social contacts, just as the experts would wish her to. As someone who travels on trains and works in central London, we agreed I was a high risk person for her to meet just now.
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For balance?SandyRentool said:
She should join PB!TimT said:
I hope you find ways to stay connected with her so that she, despite her cutting back on social contacts, does not feel socially isolated.AlastairMeeks said:My mother and I agreed this evening not to meet tomorrow. Boris Johnson’s speech yesterday had a big impact on her. She’s not self-isolating but she’s reducing her social contacts, just as the experts would wish her to. As someone who travels on trains and works in central London, we agreed I was a high risk person for her to meet just now.
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PB is NOT ready for my mum.SandyRentool said:
She should join PB!TimT said:
I hope you find ways to stay connected with her so that she, despite her cutting back on social contacts, does not feel socially isolated.AlastairMeeks said:My mother and I agreed this evening not to meet tomorrow. Boris Johnson’s speech yesterday had a big impact on her. She’s not self-isolating but she’s reducing her social contacts, just as the experts would wish her to. As someone who travels on trains and works in central London, we agreed I was a high risk person for her to meet just now.
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Divide by five for the size difference and those numbers for deaths are in line with our government’s own predictions (if anything slightly below), and well below those of the panic brigade.rottenborough said:US numbers predicted.
NYT:
Between 160 million and 214 million people in the U.S. could be infected over the course of the epidemic, according to one projection. That could last months or even over a year, with infections concentrated in shorter periods, staggered across time in different communities, experts said. As many as 200,000 to 1.7 million people could die.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/13/us/coronavirus-deaths-estimate.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage0 -
Sorry to hear you've had to make a tough decision, Alastair. My mum is 71 and in fair health except for high blood pressure, but I'll consider suggesting that she not visit - I'd never forgive myself if I was the cause of something awful.
Worth bearing in mind that this may still be ongoing in a year's time, though.1 -
Out of interest, anyone on here do telecoms for a living? I was wondering whether, if the lions’ share of those who can do so work from home, the residential network will cope?0
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We can’t have her cramping Alastair’s style. How would we cope without reluctant Turkish conscripts and sneaky fuckers?SandyRentool said:
She should join PB!TimT said:
I hope you find ways to stay connected with her so that she, despite her cutting back on social contacts, does not feel socially isolated.AlastairMeeks said:My mother and I agreed this evening not to meet tomorrow. Boris Johnson’s speech yesterday had a big impact on her. She’s not self-isolating but she’s reducing her social contacts, just as the experts would wish her to. As someone who travels on trains and works in central London, we agreed I was a high risk person for her to meet just now.
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Policy papers are supposed to be clear and straightforward. Do you want to beat around the bush so there could be confusion?AramintaMoonbeamQC said:
https://twitter.com/Rosemarycalm/status/1238539833330581504ydoethur said:
I haven’t, but I find it all too easy to imagine.AramintaMoonbeamQC said:
If you've seen Ofsted's statement to Schoolsweek this afternoon, I wouldn't be optimistic. It's shameful stuff.ydoethur said:
Blimey. We are having multiple religious experiences right now. That’s asking for a miracle on a par with the raising of Lazarus.GideonWise said:My wife is a teacher. She has really struggled with motivating herself to do all the pathetic garbage at school which even at the best of times is pathetic garbage. We are hoping the education establishment sees sense
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What are her views on pineapple pizza?AlastairMeeks said:
PB is NOT ready for my mum.SandyRentool said:
She should join PB!TimT said:
I hope you find ways to stay connected with her so that she, despite her cutting back on social contacts, does not feel socially isolated.AlastairMeeks said:My mother and I agreed this evening not to meet tomorrow. Boris Johnson’s speech yesterday had a big impact on her. She’s not self-isolating but she’s reducing her social contacts, just as the experts would wish her to. As someone who travels on trains and works in central London, we agreed I was a high risk person for her to meet just now.
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Apparently kids being at home in Italy is putting severe strain on the network. Especially when an upgrade to whatever game they are playing comes up. Shares in the best networks will be valuable...Time_to_Leave said:Out of interest, anyone on here do telecoms for a living? I was wondering whether, if the lions’ share of those who can do so work from home, the residential network will cope?
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Given that Ofsted have just apologised and acknowledged that this was inappropriate, maybe dial down the jumping down people's throats, eh?Charles said:
Policy papers are supposed to be clear and straightforward. Do you want to beat around the bush so there could be confusion?AramintaMoonbeamQC said:
https://twitter.com/Rosemarycalm/status/1238539833330581504ydoethur said:
I haven’t, but I find it all too easy to imagine.AramintaMoonbeamQC said:
If you've seen Ofsted's statement to Schoolsweek this afternoon, I wouldn't be optimistic. It's shameful stuff.ydoethur said:
Blimey. We are having multiple religious experiences right now. That’s asking for a miracle on a par with the raising of Lazarus.GideonWise said:My wife is a teacher. She has really struggled with motivating herself to do all the pathetic garbage at school which even at the best of times is pathetic garbage. We are hoping the education establishment sees sense
You have no idea what schools are having to deal with at present.3 -
Keep calm and carry on.IanB2 said:
Divide by five for the size difference and those numbers for deaths are in line with our government’s own predictions (if anything slightly below), and well below those of the panic brigade.rottenborough said:US numbers predicted.
NYT:
Between 160 million and 214 million people in the U.S. could be infected over the course of the epidemic, according to one projection. That could last months or even over a year, with infections concentrated in shorter periods, staggered across time in different communities, experts said. As many as 200,000 to 1.7 million people could die.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/13/us/coronavirus-deaths-estimate.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage0 -
No deaths in the US so far today - per worldometer.0
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You don't mean statistical significance, which is about samples, not whole populations. And if you take "statistical" out of it your claim is meaningless. "Only" 4,000 odd people died on 9/11, and one solitary individual was assassinated on 23 11 63. Were those numbers insignificant?Casino_Royale said:It's probably undercooked. But 130k cases of Covid-19 out of a population of 7.7 billion is statistically insignificant.
Even if it's out by a factor of ten, which it probably is, then only 0.017% of the global population have it.2 -
I'm not sure he greatly cares - he's found he can say any old stuff and remain popular with his fans (in which he resembles some British figures).Richard_Tyndall said:So a question for all you psychology types out there in PB land.
Does Trump actually believe the BS he spouts - I mean the real obvious outright falsehoods - or is he just plain old fashioned lying.
Mad or Bad?
Both of course could be the answer.
Neither is not an acceptable response.
i do recognise a certain rough charm - he's generally courteous and level-spoken to questioners, and trots out patriotic phrases at random moments. If you're an absent-minded patriot glancing at the news without bothering with the details, I can see you concluding that he's a good guy.0 -
Trump is now, narrowly, BF fav for POTUS vs Biden.
He wasn't a couple of hours ago.0 -
It did. My father worked there when it was a hospital in the '70s. Very nice place for afternoon tea these days.BluestBlue said:
This place used to be a hospital...nichomar said:Hotels in Madrid to be converted to hospitals!
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Heh, hadn’t thought of that. Getting old...alex_ said:
Apparently kids being at home in Italy is putting severe strain on the network. Especially when an upgrade to whatever game they are playing comes up. Shares in the best networks will be valuable...Time_to_Leave said:Out of interest, anyone on here do telecoms for a living? I was wondering whether, if the lions’ share of those who can do so work from home, the residential network will cope?
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The point is Charles it is not even a question that should arise for so many reasons. It is not the clarity that is at fault, it is the basic premise.Charles said:
Policy papers are supposed to be clear and straightforward. Do you want to beat around the bush so there could be confusion?AramintaMoonbeamQC said:
https://twitter.com/Rosemarycalm/status/1238539833330581504ydoethur said:
I haven’t, but I find it all too easy to imagine.AramintaMoonbeamQC said:
If you've seen Ofsted's statement to Schoolsweek this afternoon, I wouldn't be optimistic. It's shameful stuff.ydoethur said:
Blimey. We are having multiple religious experiences right now. That’s asking for a miracle on a par with the raising of Lazarus.GideonWise said:My wife is a teacher. She has really struggled with motivating herself to do all the pathetic garbage at school which even at the best of times is pathetic garbage. We are hoping the education establishment sees sense
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Some services for collaborative stuff might break, but there are plenty of alternative options. Network capacity itself should be fine - at worst people might need to watch youtube cat videos at 720p rather than Ultra-HD.Time_to_Leave said:Out of interest, anyone on here do telecoms for a living? I was wondering whether, if the lions’ share of those who can do so work from home, the residential network will cope?
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There is a very interesting book on Trust, of which truthfulness is of course a major component. Basically, trust is the default human condition, as we need, as social animals, to rely on others to survive, and trust is the sine qua non of cooperation. I have to trust that, if I help you now, you'll help me in like manner later.Big_G_NorthWales said:
He is a dangerous narcissist who blusters and hasn't a clue in what he is sayingRichard_Tyndall said:So a question for all you psychology types out there in PB land.
Does Trump actually believe the BS he spouts - I mean the real obvious outright falsehoods - or is he just plain old fashioned lying.
Mad or Bad?
Both of course could be the answer.
Neither is not an acceptable response.
Thus mutual assistance relies on people being both trusting, and trustworthy (and being truthful as a part of that).
However, unlike our hunter gatherer forebears in whom these mechanisms of social cooperation evolved, modern homo sapiens can accrue sufficient wealth to no longer, in many ways, have to depend on others. Thus, and this has been documented, truly wealthy people are both less trusting and less trustworthy - they don't need to be. So they have less need to be truthful. It is just is not that important to them.
Obviously, one cannot generalize for all individuals and there will be a bellcurve like distribution of how marked this tendency is across individuals. Trump clearly is at the outlier end of the curve.3 -
I would guess that the loading due to additional work is less than 1% of netflix and other video streaming. Work is mainly email, some intranet browsing and the odd video or teleconference.Time_to_Leave said:Out of interest, anyone on here do telecoms for a living? I was wondering whether, if the lions’ share of those who can do so work from home, the residential network will cope?
People trapped at home watching films all day rather than being at work is a bigger risk.2 -
Unlikely that the Tories would have polled as strongly this May as some polls have suggested.In May 2017 when polls were pointing to a massive Tory win for Theresa May , the Tory lead turned out to be 11% rather than in excess of 20% suggested. Starmer's election would also be likely to boost Labour and limit any Tory gains.Time_to_Leave said:I’m intrigued by the legal position. But then I suppose, absent a written constitution, Parliament can defer any election for as long as it likes.
Not the most important issue right now, but this is a godsend for Labour, you’d think.
More significant is that by deferring Mayoral elections to May 2021 Labour is likely to be better placed to win in areas such as the West Midlands and Teeside - and make gains to reverse losses suffered in the May 2017 County Council elections.0 -
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Except that it's Facebook.ydoethur said:
Ah, the glories of WhatsApp in this situation. Ideal for medical isolation.Big_G_NorthWales said:My son and his partner have had colds this week and we have agreed they will keep away for 14 days and also our grandchildren. Will use whats app and phones
It should be called the WhatsApp Doc.
Signal is a similar product that isn't Facebook.0 -
The Dow rose 9.4% on Trump's speech. That is very similar to the drop last time. Both speeches were similar so why the difference in response?
The drop last time must have been very embarrassing for Trump and he's probably taken steps to ensure it didn't happen this time. It will be interesting to see who the purchasers were during his speech. It's obviously big money to move the market that way. I suspect it is coordinated corporate share buybacks.0 -
Braemar update: having been refused port at the Bahamas, the ship is still offshore there while the captain tries to negotiate disembarkation for his passengers. I guess a key consideration is that the Americans on board won’t want to be dropped back in Europe.0
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I admire your optimism that it’s cat videos....Andrew said:
Some services for collaborative stuff might break, but there are plenty of alternative options. Network capacity itself should be fine - at worst people might need to watch youtube cat videos at 720p rather than Ultra-HD.Time_to_Leave said:Out of interest, anyone on here do telecoms for a living? I was wondering whether, if the lions’ share of those who can do so work from home, the residential network will cope?
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I called this the other day.rottenborough said:Genuine fucking
https://twitter.com/PickardJE/status/1238544565755412482
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InterestingTimT said:
There is a very interesting book on Trust, of which truthfulness is of course a major component. Basically, trust is the default human condition, as we need, as social animals, to rely on others to survive, and trust is the sine qua non of cooperation. I have to trust that, if I help you now, you'll help me in like manner later.Big_G_NorthWales said:
He is a dangerous narcissist who blusters and hasn't a clue in what he is sayingRichard_Tyndall said:So a question for all you psychology types out there in PB land.
Does Trump actually believe the BS he spouts - I mean the real obvious outright falsehoods - or is he just plain old fashioned lying.
Mad or Bad?
Both of course could be the answer.
Neither is not an acceptable response.
Thus mutual assistance relies on people being both trusting, and trustworthy (and being truthful as a part of that).
However, unlike our hunter gatherer forebears in whom these mechanisms of social cooperation evolved, modern homo sapiens can accrue sufficient wealth to no longer, in many ways, have to depend on others. Thus, and this has been documented, truly wealthy people are both less trusting and less trustworthy - they don't need to be. So they have less need to be truthful. It is just is not that important to them.
Obviously, one cannot generalize for all individuals and there will be a bellcurve like distribution of how marked this tendency is across individuals. Trump clearly is at the outlier end of the curve.0 -
Will the good old boys still be saying Trump is a good guy when Mom is no longer on the porch because she got the virus and no one came?NickPalmer said:
I'm not sure he greatly cares - he's found he can say any old stuff and remain popular with his fans (in which he resembles some British figures).Richard_Tyndall said:So a question for all you psychology types out there in PB land.
Does Trump actually believe the BS he spouts - I mean the real obvious outright falsehoods - or is he just plain old fashioned lying.
Mad or Bad?
Both of course could be the answer.
Neither is not an acceptable response.
i do recognise a certain rough charm - he's generally courteous and level-spoken to questioners, and trots out patriotic phrases at random moments. If you're an absent-minded patriot glancing at the news without bothering with the details, I can see you concluding that he's a good guy.0 -
I always loved the Library Bar for its cosy pretentiousness. I think I'll plan a celebration there when this is all over...Sandpit said:
It did. My father worked there when it was a hospital in the '70s. Very nice place for afternoon tea these days.BluestBlue said:
This place used to be a hospital...nichomar said:Hotels in Madrid to be converted to hospitals!
https://www.oetkercollection.com/hotels/the-lanesborough/1 -
You have no idea what I am dealing with right nowAramintaMoonbeamQC said:
Given that Ofsted have just apologised and acknowledged that this was inappropriate, maybe dial down the jumping down people's throats, eh?Charles said:
Policy papers are supposed to be clear and straightforward. Do you want to beat around the bush so there could be confusion?AramintaMoonbeamQC said:
https://twitter.com/Rosemarycalm/status/1238539833330581504ydoethur said:
I haven’t, but I find it all too easy to imagine.AramintaMoonbeamQC said:
If you've seen Ofsted's statement to Schoolsweek this afternoon, I wouldn't be optimistic. It's shameful stuff.ydoethur said:
Blimey. We are having multiple religious experiences right now. That’s asking for a miracle on a par with the raising of Lazarus.GideonWise said:My wife is a teacher. She has really struggled with motivating herself to do all the pathetic garbage at school which even at the best of times is pathetic garbage. We are hoping the education establishment sees sense
You have no idea what schools are having to deal with at present.0 -
Ch4 News reported that a UK company have a 10 min test, which will all be able to in Pharmacies from next week. Although, it seems initially it will just to test pharmacy staff, but plan is within next 3 weeks to the public.5
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To be fair, today's announcements are a dramatic improvement on what's happened in the USA up until now, which was on a scale from denial to apathy.williamglenn said:At least some people are impressed.
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Assuming the election happens, the Dems are going to have to pick a careful path balancing criticism of Trump’s shambles while still being onside and patriotic.rottenborough said:Trump is now, narrowly, BF fav for POTUS vs Biden.
He wasn't a couple of hours ago.1 -
Just an uptick in "random" shootings.....MikeL said:No deaths in the US so far today - per worldometer.
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Australia were desperate to get the Grand Prix off this weekend, only to be scuppered by this damn virus going around one of the participants.Richard_Tyndall said:
According to my Sister in Law in Melbourne, so is Australia.GideonWise said:0 -
Great news. Now let’s flog it around the world.FrancisUrquhart said:Ch4 News reported that a UK company have a 10 min test, which will all be able to in Pharmacies from next week. Although, it seems initially it will just to test pharmacy staff, but plan is within next 3 weeks to the public.
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Teh. Difficult. I am optimistic Biden is the one who can do that.IanB2 said:
Assuming the election happens, the Dems are going to have to pick a careful path balancing criticism of Trump’s shambles while still being onside and patriotic.rottenborough said:Trump is now, narrowly, BF fav for POTUS vs Biden.
He wasn't a couple of hours ago.
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I expressed sympathy on a previous posting - perhaps you should extend that courtesy to others dealing with difficult situations.Charles said:
You have no idea what I am dealing with right nowAramintaMoonbeamQC said:
Given that Ofsted have just apologised and acknowledged that this was inappropriate, maybe dial down the jumping down people's throats, eh?Charles said:
Policy papers are supposed to be clear and straightforward. Do you want to beat around the bush so there could be confusion?AramintaMoonbeamQC said:
https://twitter.com/Rosemarycalm/status/1238539833330581504ydoethur said:
I haven’t, but I find it all too easy to imagine.AramintaMoonbeamQC said:
If you've seen Ofsted's statement to Schoolsweek this afternoon, I wouldn't be optimistic. It's shameful stuff.ydoethur said:
Blimey. We are having multiple religious experiences right now. That’s asking for a miracle on a par with the raising of Lazarus.GideonWise said:My wife is a teacher. She has really struggled with motivating herself to do all the pathetic garbage at school which even at the best of times is pathetic garbage. We are hoping the education establishment sees sense
You have no idea what schools are having to deal with at present.
I have family in northern Italy, but I'm not lashing out at others.0 -
https://www.pcmag.com/news/pornhub-is-giving-italians-free-premium-access-during-coronavirus-quarantineTime_to_Leave said:
I admire your optimism that it’s cat videos....Andrew said:
Some services for collaborative stuff might break, but there are plenty of alternative options. Network capacity itself should be fine - at worst people might need to watch youtube cat videos at 720p rather than Ultra-HD.Time_to_Leave said:Out of interest, anyone on here do telecoms for a living? I was wondering whether, if the lions’ share of those who can do so work from home, the residential network will cope?
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Apparently there are 15 companies doing this.Gallowgate said:
Great news. Now let’s flog it around the world.FrancisUrquhart said:Ch4 News reported that a UK company have a 10 min test, which will all be able to in Pharmacies from next week. Although, it seems initially it will just to test pharmacy staff, but plan is within next 3 weeks to the public.
Again, makes head scratching why UK government appears to have decided testing isn't a good idea. Even if they think it is wasting resources to have nurses do it, could we not have drive up and use of this staffed by others. This is the South Korea approach. You get one of these quick ones done, and if you are positive you get funnelled into the system.0 -
Morocco has closed its land borders (the Spanish enclaves In Africa ) with Spain today!TheScreamingEagles said:
I called this the other day.rottenborough said:Genuine fucking
https://twitter.com/PickardJE/status/1238544565755412482
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Share buybacks don’t move pricesBarnesian said:The Dow rose 9.4% on Trump's speech. That is very similar to the drop last time. Both speeches were similar so why the difference in response?
The drop last time must have been very embarrassing for Trump and he's probably taken steps to ensure it didn't happen this time. It will be interesting to see who the purchasers were during his speech. It's obviously big money to move the market that way. I suspect it is coordinated corporate share buybacks.0 -
I’m more interested in the “(in which he resembles some British figures)” comment. I’ve no doubt. Corbyn is not one of them.rottenborough said:
Will the good old boys still be saying Trump is a good guy when Mom is no longer on the porch because she got the virus and no one came?NickPalmer said:
I'm not sure he greatly cares - he's found he can say any old stuff and remain popular with hisRichard_Tyndall said:So a question for all you psychology types out there in PB land.
Does Trump actually believe the BS he spouts - I mean the real obvious outright falsehoods - or is he just plain old fashioned lying.
Mad or Bad?
Both of course could be the answer.
Neither is not an acceptable response.
i do recognise a certain rough charm - he's generally courteous and level-spoken to questioners, and trots out patriotic phrases at random moments. If you're an absent-minded patriot glancing at the news without bothering with the details, I can see you concluding that he's a good guy.0 -
You’d think that “more data” would be useful to our “science-led” approach??FrancisUrquhart said:
Apparently there are 15 companies doing this.Gallowgate said:
Great news. Now let’s flog it around the world.FrancisUrquhart said:Ch4 News reported that a UK company have a 10 min test, which will all be able to in Pharmacies from next week. Although, it seems initially it will just to test pharmacy staff, but plan is within next 3 weeks to the public.
Again, makes head scratching why UK government appears to have decided testing isn't a good idea. Even if they think it is wasting resources to have nurses do it, could we not have drive up and use of this staffed by others. This is the South Korea approach. You get one of these quick ones done, and if you are positive you get funnelled into the system.0 -
So Italy really is about to suffer a bog roll shortage.matt said:
https://www.pcmag.com/news/pornhub-is-giving-italians-free-premium-access-during-coronavirus-quarantineTime_to_Leave said:
I admire your optimism that it’s cat videos....Andrew said:
Some services for collaborative stuff might break, but there are plenty of alternative options. Network capacity itself should be fine - at worst people might need to watch youtube cat videos at 720p rather than Ultra-HD.Time_to_Leave said:Out of interest, anyone on here do telecoms for a living? I was wondering whether, if the lions’ share of those who can do so work from home, the residential network will cope?
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"The Truth about Trust: How It Determines Success in Life, Love, Learning, and More" by David DeStenoBig_G_NorthWales said:
InterestingTimT said:
There is a very interesting book on Trust, of which truthfulness is of course a major component. Basically, trust is the default human condition, as we need, as social animals, to rely on others to survive, and trust is the sine qua non of cooperation. I have to trust that, if I help you now, you'll help me in like manner later.Big_G_NorthWales said:
He is a dangerous narcissist who blusters and hasn't a clue in what he is sayingRichard_Tyndall said:So a question for all you psychology types out there in PB land.
Does Trump actually believe the BS he spouts - I mean the real obvious outright falsehoods - or is he just plain old fashioned lying.
Mad or Bad?
Both of course could be the answer.
Neither is not an acceptable response.
Thus mutual assistance relies on people being both trusting, and trustworthy (and being truthful as a part of that).
However, unlike our hunter gatherer forebears in whom these mechanisms of social cooperation evolved, modern homo sapiens can accrue sufficient wealth to no longer, in many ways, have to depend on others. Thus, and this has been documented, truly wealthy people are both less trusting and less trustworthy - they don't need to be. So they have less need to be truthful. It is just is not that important to them.
Obviously, one cannot generalize for all individuals and there will be a bellcurve like distribution of how marked this tendency is across individuals. Trump clearly is at the outlier end of the curve.0 -
They'll only ever sell it on e-bay....Gallowgate said:
Great news. Now let’s flog it around the world.FrancisUrquhart said:Ch4 News reported that a UK company have a 10 min test, which will all be able to in Pharmacies from next week. Although, it seems initially it will just to test pharmacy staff, but plan is within next 3 weeks to the public.
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The shops around Milan have sold out of dildos, I am reliably infomed.TheScreamingEagles said:
So Italy really is about to suffer a bog roll shortage.matt said:
https://www.pcmag.com/news/pornhub-is-giving-italians-free-premium-access-during-coronavirus-quarantineTime_to_Leave said:
I admire your optimism that it’s cat videos....Andrew said:
Some services for collaborative stuff might break, but there are plenty of alternative options. Network capacity itself should be fine - at worst people might need to watch youtube cat videos at 720p rather than Ultra-HD.Time_to_Leave said:Out of interest, anyone on here do telecoms for a living? I was wondering whether, if the lions’ share of those who can do so work from home, the residential network will cope?
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I disagreed with Rosemary Burke. I didn’t think you posted any commentaryAramintaMoonbeamQC said:
I expressed sympathy on a previous posting - perhaps you should extend that courtesy to others dealing with difficult situations.Charles said:
You have no idea what I am dealing with right nowAramintaMoonbeamQC said:
Given that Ofsted have just apologised and acknowledged that this was inappropriate, maybe dial down the jumping down people's throats, eh?Charles said:
Policy papers are supposed to be clear and straightforward. Do you want to beat around the bush so there could be confusion?AramintaMoonbeamQC said:
https://twitter.com/Rosemarycalm/status/1238539833330581504ydoethur said:
I haven’t, but I find it all too easy to imagine.AramintaMoonbeamQC said:
If you've seen Ofsted's statement to Schoolsweek this afternoon, I wouldn't be optimistic. It's shameful stuff.ydoethur said:
Blimey. We are having multiple religious experiences right now. That’s asking for a miracle on a par with the raising of Lazarus.GideonWise said:My wife is a teacher. She has really struggled with motivating herself to do all the pathetic garbage at school which even at the best of times is pathetic garbage. We are hoping the education establishment sees sense
You have no idea what schools are having to deal with at present.
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Is this why there’s a run on tissues?matt said:
https://www.pcmag.com/news/pornhub-is-giving-italians-free-premium-access-during-coronavirus-quarantineTime_to_Leave said:
I admire your optimism that it’s cat videos....Andrew said:
Some services for collaborative stuff might break, but there are plenty of alternative options. Network capacity itself should be fine - at worst people might need to watch youtube cat videos at 720p rather than Ultra-HD.Time_to_Leave said:Out of interest, anyone on here do telecoms for a living? I was wondering whether, if the lions’ share of those who can do so work from home, the residential network will cope?
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@TimT, ages ago (at least a couple of years, possibly 5 or more!) we were having a discussion about game theory and you asked if I knew any good reference works that covered a fairly niche topic (an analysis of situations where "burning money" to reduce the value of certain options to you can actually be advantageous, IIRC). Anyway, I didn't find one, but while brushing up on my game theory recently I saw a reference to a book which sounds absolutely up your street professionally! "Compliance Quantified" (1996, Cambridge University Press) by Rudolf Avenhaus, University of the Federal Armed Forces, Hamburg, and Morton John Canty, Juelich Research Center.TimT said:
There is a very interesting book on Trust, of which truthfulness is of course a major component. Basically, trust is the default human condition, as we need, as social animals, to rely on others to survive, and trust is the sine qua non of cooperation. I have to trust that, if I help you now, you'll help me in like manner later.Big_G_NorthWales said:
He is a dangerous narcissist who blusters and hasn't a clue in what he is sayingRichard_Tyndall said:So a question for all you psychology types out there in PB land.
Does Trump actually believe the BS he spouts - I mean the real obvious outright falsehoods - or is he just plain old fashioned lying.
Mad or Bad?
Both of course could be the answer.
Neither is not an acceptable response.
Thus mutual assistance relies on people being both trusting, and trustworthy (and being truthful as a part of that).
However, unlike our hunter gatherer forebears in whom these mechanisms of social cooperation evolved, modern homo sapiens can accrue sufficient wealth to no longer, in many ways, have to depend on others. Thus, and this has been documented, truly wealthy people are both less trusting and less trustworthy - they don't need to be. So they have less need to be truthful. It is just is not that important to them.
Obviously, one cannot generalize for all individuals and there will be a bellcurve like distribution of how marked this tendency is across individuals. Trump clearly is at the outlier end of the curve.
It's a mathematically fairly dense, operational research/game theoretic approach to arms control verification. Quite possible that you're either very well aware of it, or the content is old hat by now, but to a non-specialist on biochemical/nuclear proliferation, the excerpts I can see in Google Books look very interesting!0 -
You probably need to know something about the reliability of the test.Gallowgate said:
You’d think that “more data” would be useful to our “science-led” approach??FrancisUrquhart said:
Apparently there are 15 companies doing this.Gallowgate said:
Great news. Now let’s flog it around the world.FrancisUrquhart said:Ch4 News reported that a UK company have a 10 min test, which will all be able to in Pharmacies from next week. Although, it seems initially it will just to test pharmacy staff, but plan is within next 3 weeks to the public.
Again, makes head scratching why UK government appears to have decided testing isn't a good idea. Even if they think it is wasting resources to have nurses do it, could we not have drive up and use of this staffed by others. This is the South Korea approach. You get one of these quick ones done, and if you are positive you get funnelled into the system.
For example if the test has a 10 per cent false positive rate, and a million people test themselves, then that is 100,000 panicking individuals, wanting medical treatment & there is nothing wrong with them.
Even 1 per cent false positives will be a significant problem.2 -
Generally yes, although there may be some local issues in smaller villages with limited bandwidth, and some ISPs will need to adjust their load-balancing in favour of residential rather than business customers during working days. The bigger issue will come if everyone 'working from home' start streaming Netflix all day.Time_to_Leave said:Out of interest, anyone on here do telecoms for a living? I was wondering whether, if the lions’ share of those who can do so work from home, the residential network will cope?
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So this is how Trump gets them to pay for a wall ?TheScreamingEagles said:
I called this the other day.rottenborough said:Genuine fucking
https://twitter.com/PickardJE/status/1238544565755412482
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Interestingly it was the No 10 presser (albeit the earlier one this week) that finally convinced my parents, who are nearly 70 but don't consider themselves elderly, to restrict their exposure to the outside world. I suspect that they're working with the audience for which they're intended.RobD said:
What are her views on pineapple pizza?AlastairMeeks said:
PB is NOT ready for my mum.SandyRentool said:
She should join PB!TimT said:
I hope you find ways to stay connected with her so that she, despite her cutting back on social contacts, does not feel socially isolated.AlastairMeeks said:My mother and I agreed this evening not to meet tomorrow. Boris Johnson’s speech yesterday had a big impact on her. She’s not self-isolating but she’s reducing her social contacts, just as the experts would wish her to. As someone who travels on trains and works in central London, we agreed I was a high risk person for her to meet just now.
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Thanks much. I was not aware of this work, so will have to check it out.MyBurningEars said:
@TimT, ages ago (at least a couple of years, possibly 5 or more!) we were having a discussion about game theory and you asked if I knew any good reference works that covered a fairly niche topic (an analysis of situations where "burning money" to reduce the value of certain options to you can actually be advantageous, IIRC). Anyway, I didn't find one, but while brushing up on my game theory recently I saw a reference to a book which sounds absolutely up your street professionally! "Compliance Quantified" (1996, Cambridge University Press) by Rudolf Avenhaus, University of the Federal Armed Forces, Hamburg, and Morton John Canty, Juelich Research Center.TimT said:
There is a very interesting book on Trust, of which truthfulness is of course a major component. Basically, trust is the default human condition, as we need, as social animals, to rely on others to survive, and trust is the sine qua non of cooperation. I have to trust that, if I help you now, you'll help me in like manner later.Big_G_NorthWales said:
He is a dangerous narcissist who blusters and hasn't a clue in what he is sayingRichard_Tyndall said:So a question for all you psychology types out there in PB land.
Does Trump actually believe the BS he spouts - I mean the real obvious outright falsehoods - or is he just plain old fashioned lying.
Mad or Bad?
Both of course could be the answer.
Neither is not an acceptable response.
Thus mutual assistance relies on people being both trusting, and trustworthy (and being truthful as a part of that).
However, unlike our hunter gatherer forebears in whom these mechanisms of social cooperation evolved, modern homo sapiens can accrue sufficient wealth to no longer, in many ways, have to depend on others. Thus, and this has been documented, truly wealthy people are both less trusting and less trustworthy - they don't need to be. So they have less need to be truthful. It is just is not that important to them.
Obviously, one cannot generalize for all individuals and there will be a bellcurve like distribution of how marked this tendency is across individuals. Trump clearly is at the outlier end of the curve.
It's a mathematically fairly dense, operational research/game theoretic approach to arms control verification. Quite possible that you're either very well aware of it, or the content is old hat by now, but to a non-specialist on biochemical/nuclear proliferation, the excerpts I can see in Google Books look very interesting!0 -
Trump saying they are considering adding the UK to tonight’s travel ban (not clear when)0
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The sooner the better...IanB2 said:Trump saying they are considering adding the UK to tonight’s travel ban (not clear when)
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