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#71
Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic
Last post by HVC - November 28, 2025, 05:20:48 PMQuote from: Josquius on November 28, 2025, 05:17:40 PMWhat else would we call beetroot?
With carrot the leaves are pretty useless so I guess its not worth specifying you're eating the root.
You can eat carrot tops. Good in salad. As far as i know it's as common as eating beet greens. Unless you count chard as beet greens, but then you might as well count parsley as carrot tops since they're in the same family (or celery if you want to get really pedantic )
#72
Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...
Last post by Josquius - November 28, 2025, 05:20:17 PMYour Party is a pretty good name I think. Though yes. Funny to be in there along with our party.
And the greens have absolutely eaten their lunch. They're pointless.
And the greens have absolutely eaten their lunch. They're pointless.
#73
Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic
Last post by Josquius - November 28, 2025, 05:17:40 PMWhat else would we call beetroot?
With carrot the leaves are pretty useless so I guess its not worth specifying you're eating the root.
With carrot the leaves are pretty useless so I guess its not worth specifying you're eating the root.
#74
Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic
Last post by HVC - November 28, 2025, 05:09:35 PMAlso, why do Brit's call it beetroot? Do you call carrots carrotroot or potatoes potatoetubers? 
#75
Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic
Last post by HVC - November 28, 2025, 05:05:57 PMI like my beetroot simple. Sliced thick and boiled. Goes great as a side to steak.
#76
Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic
Last post by Sheilbh - November 28, 2025, 05:04:19 PMIn a scone? 
From the description:
As I'm from Liverpool I absolutely love pickled beetroot (traditional accompaniment to scouse). But I think when I've prepared beetroot at home it's always been roasted.
From the description:
QuoteOur No. 1 Balsamic Beetroot & Walnut Tarts make a colourful and delicious festive main course. The crisp shortcrust pastry is filled with chunks of balsamic glazed beetroot and a creamy beetroot mix, topped with crunchy walnut and pumpkin seeds.
As I'm from Liverpool I absolutely love pickled beetroot (traditional accompaniment to scouse). But I think when I've prepared beetroot at home it's always been roasted.
#77
Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic
Last post by Grey Fox - November 28, 2025, 05:00:33 PMHow is the beetroot in that thing apprêté?
I never had beetroot that wasn't marinated or in a scone.
I never had beetroot that wasn't marinated or in a scone.
#78
Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...
Last post by Sheilbh - November 28, 2025, 04:57:42 PMTotal aside as they're not going to be relevant on the left - I think the Greens won that fight.
But the Corbyn-Sultana party continues to be an absolute shambles. There was an article in the Times summarising its challenges, including the observation that the party at one point had six MPs and four factions fighting each other
Different wings are regularly threatening each other with legal action and regulatory complaints (largely over different wings launching membership systems/collecting data and payments from people).
They're now heading up to Liverpool for the founding conference which will also include a vote deciding the name. The shortlist of names for conference to vote on are apparently:
Your Party
Our Party
Popular Alliance
For The Many
Not really a fan of any of them - but find it very funny that after all the jokes about Your Party as a name they've ended up with it and Our Pary on the shortlist.
And I've just seen that they have kicked out the Socialist Worker Party General Secretary as Your Party has apparently instituted rules banning multi-party membership. He was travelling with Corbyn on the train to Liverpool for the conference when he received the email informing him he wasn't in Your Paty anymore and got into an argument with Corbyn and his wife about this, observed by journalists in the same carriage 
But the Corbyn-Sultana party continues to be an absolute shambles. There was an article in the Times summarising its challenges, including the observation that the party at one point had six MPs and four factions fighting each other
Different wings are regularly threatening each other with legal action and regulatory complaints (largely over different wings launching membership systems/collecting data and payments from people).
They're now heading up to Liverpool for the founding conference which will also include a vote deciding the name. The shortlist of names for conference to vote on are apparently:
Your Party
Our Party
Popular Alliance
For The Many
Not really a fan of any of them - but find it very funny that after all the jokes about Your Party as a name they've ended up with it and Our Pary on the shortlist.
And I've just seen that they have kicked out the Socialist Worker Party General Secretary as Your Party has apparently instituted rules banning multi-party membership. He was travelling with Corbyn on the train to Liverpool for the conference when he received the email informing him he wasn't in Your Paty anymore and got into an argument with Corbyn and his wife about this, observed by journalists in the same carriage
#79
Off the Record / Re: Stocks and Trading Thread ...
Last post by The Minsky Moment - November 28, 2025, 04:55:05 PMThe Meta earnings call transcript is available online, we don't have to guess:
https://s21.q4cdn.com/399680738/files/doc_financials/2025/q3/META-Q3-2025-Earnings-Call-Transcript.pdf
Relevant portion was spoken by CFO Susan Li on page 6:
1. She is talking annual, not quaterly revenue.
2. the 60 billion refers to ALL revenue "running through our end-to-end automated solutions" I.e. she is just counting all ad revenue that Meta/FB generated where the advertiser used one or more of their optimization tools.
There is no claim that the optimization tools drove incremental revenue (i.e. people might have been buying anyways). These are existing advertising clients that are making use of some of the tools FB made available.
https://s21.q4cdn.com/399680738/files/doc_financials/2025/q3/META-Q3-2025-Earnings-Call-Transcript.pdf
Relevant portion was spoken by CFO Susan Li on page 6:
QuoteWithin our ads products, we're seeing continued momentum with Advantage+. In Q3, we completed the roll out of our streamlined campaign creation flow for Advantage+ Lead campaigns, so now advertisers running sales, app or lead campaigns have end-to-end automation turned on from the beginning, allowing our systems to look across our platform to optimize performance by automatically choosing criteria like who to show the ads to and where to show them. The annual run-rate of revenue running through our end-to-end automated solutions has now reached $60 billion following the implementation of the new streamlined creation flow as we continue to see more advertisers leverage the performance benefits of our solutions.
1. She is talking annual, not quaterly revenue.
2. the 60 billion refers to ALL revenue "running through our end-to-end automated solutions" I.e. she is just counting all ad revenue that Meta/FB generated where the advertiser used one or more of their optimization tools.
There is no claim that the optimization tools drove incremental revenue (i.e. people might have been buying anyways). These are existing advertising clients that are making use of some of the tools FB made available.
#80
Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic
Last post by mongers - November 28, 2025, 04:54:49 PMQuote from: Tamas on November 28, 2025, 03:47:00 PMQuote from: mongers on November 28, 2025, 03:24:21 PMQuote from: Sheilbh on November 28, 2025, 03:14:22 PMYeah I think it'd be tasty
I also think for Waitrose that's admirably restrained and not that pretentious
I rest my case.
Beetroot yuck. Walnut meh. The whole thing, bleh.
Tamas, our tastes are too provincial.
