Ian Williams

Husband, Dad, Professional Sailor, and 8 time Match Racing World Champion

[Ian Williams @Williams_Racing]

@whippletom @wallaceme Or consider that blue car spends longer doing 50 than 70

[Ian Williams @Williams_Racing]

Wordle 1,058 3/6. Now got symmetry!

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Wordle 1,056 4/6

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[Ian Williams @Williams_Racing]

Finals day @LBYCConCup - we are currently 2-0 up in the semi finals against Nick Egnot-Johnson. Follow live from 1930 UK time at https://t.co/1BRgjnqIoh

[Ian Williams @Williams_Racing]

@adamjkucharski Surely you also need to differentiate between crust with no topping and the good bit?

[Ian Williams @Williams_Racing]

@t0nyyates I thought it was a deliberate ploy to see if we were paying attention. It was obviously a typo.

[Ian Williams @Williams_Racing]

@simonharris_mbd @conradhumphreys You can always tell the true patriots!

[Ian Williams @Williams_Racing]

@DanNeidle @Jacob_Rees_Mogg Worth pointing out this only applies between 50 and 60k, but agree it makes no sense - much better to phase child benefit out from 50 to 100k, or if worried about tax take, do it from, say, 40-70k. And the cliff at 100k is really dumb.

[Ian Williams @Williams_Racing]

@SirJJKC And we needed a Supreme Court hearing to establish that?

[Ian Williams @Williams_Racing]

@PippaCrerar But they have been acquitted of one.

[Ian Williams @Williams_Racing]

@t0nyyates I would say that much of Labour’s support is anti-Tory sentiment, and so the polls represent people’s feeling on who to vote for to get Tories out. When it comes to an election, whichever party is best placed to beat Tories does well - including LD - see by-elections.

[Ian Williams @Williams_Racing]

@t0nyyates But what about nights?

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Last few months are providing spectacular evidence of how unconstrained autocracy is a lousy way to run a business or country

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@dave_chivers @jdportes One counterpoint worth considering - at least this allows people to think critically about stats without confirmation bias that often restricts such thinking. Maybe this sort of thing actually helps.

[Ian Williams @Williams_Racing]

@PeterDClack Easier to see the trend on this graph I would say

[Ian Williams @Williams_Racing]

@Nigel_Farage Mission accomplished!

[Ian Williams @Williams_Racing]

@kallmemeg @BristOliver @snj_1970 Well the report doesn’t explicitly say that is the case, but my rudimentary statistical knowledge suggests that is the most likely scenario!

[Ian Williams @Williams_Racing]

@allthecitizens @chrischirp Surely the real problem is that anybody thinks a twitter poll should have any influence at all in decision making? With or without bots, they are fundamentally flawed.

[Ian Williams @Williams_Racing]

@adamjkucharski @matthewsyed Risk taking is invigorating. In life as in sport. So if you’re bored and unmotivated, it may be time to take more risk. Provided that you can also throw off the fear of failure, because more risk will lead to more failure on occasions.

[Ian Williams @Williams_Racing]

@adamjkucharski @matthewsyed Sure, moving the game faster can turn draws into wins. But it can also turn draws into losses. So it’s only a positive when you play better than the other team. Test cricket is, imo, a very psychological game. Again imo, the biggest boost Stokes has brought is psychological