Thomas McGregor

Web Developer, doing my best to learn Swift. Ex-Sunday League footballer. Sucker for an acoustic guitar. Increasingly decrepit runner & golfer. Views are my own

[Thomas McGregor @tommc1985]

This times 100.

The criticism frequently thrown at Southgate was that he didn’t change things in-game, and that he was limited tactically, not proactive etc.

Now we’ve hit a manager who /refuses/ to change tactic, plays one way, and all his subs and like for like.

[Adam Crafton @AdamCrafton_]

One of the fears pre tournament was that Tuchel’s subs could be like-for-like replacements in playing style, particularly in wide positions, relying on freshness rather than different ways of playing to disturb opponents. Playing out a bit here.

[Nicolas Deneschau @Nicozilla_FR]

Original #MonkeyIsland composers Clint Bajakian and Peter McConnell playing MI theme in front of nobody at Red Rock in 2015. ❤️

[I Am Devloper @iamdevloper]

The hardest thing about coding is being able to reason about a whole system

AI absolutely assists in the production of code, but doesn’t increase your reasoning about the system itself

Part of the way you increased your reasoning used to be as an implicit byproduct of the production itself.

That’s now gone.

[Thomas McGregor @tommc1985]

@sportingintel Aaaand now I’m gonna have to dig out my DVD of it to rewatch. What a cast.

[htmx.org / CEO of Perfectly Normal Behavior (same) @htmx_org]

statistically no. people who write their websites in pure html + css are busy reading classic literature, learning to windsurf, and hiking with their families, since they don't have to upgrade their build stack from version 14.5.75 to 15.1.200 every three weeks

[Thomas McGregor @tommc1985]

@leerhodes1983 @SkyBet Your round next time I see you

[Thomas McGregor @tommc1985]

Great, understandable explanations of stuff that’s confused me for years

[Ryan Mouque @ryanmouquegolf]

Are you confused by the JARGON us coaches use when we teach you?

If so, let me help you make sense of the 7 most common terms you might hear (they are actually really simple)

🧵👇

[Thomas McGregor @tommc1985]

@MagnificoCleary @hellobuglers Definitely. Hearing the actual word can be a little jolting.

[Thomas McGregor @tommc1985]

@Chelsearory Especially as darts isn’t even a sport.

[Thomas McGregor @tommc1985]

@anon_opin Finally, someone other than me that saw (and enjoyed) Studio 60

[Shooter McGavin @ShooterMcGavin]

Not shocked at this news. This is the same airline that inexplicably let Kevin McCalister board the wrong plane in ‘92.

[Thomas McGregor @tommc1985]

@Dag_RedFC Terrible draw

[Thomas McGregor @tommc1985]

Difford & Tilbrook want to have a word

[Anon Opin. @anon_opin]

Lennon & McCartney are third in the all time list of British songwriters. The Gibb brothers are first. Stock, Aitken & Waterman second.

[Thomas McGregor @tommc1985]

@anon_opin Difford & Tilbrook want to have a word

[Thomas McGregor @tommc1985]

@sportingintel Oh god, having a stark realisation that Bale is from a different generation #feelingold

[Thomas McGregor @tommc1985]

@TheAthleticFC @JordanC1107 That almost certainly means he won’t play, then

[Thomas McGregor @tommc1985]

@bafc_lancaster @LewisKnt9 In 2015 I spent 3 weeks going around New Zealand & Oz watching them at the CWC (including in the MCG) where they were awful. Someone told me I’d wasted my time going out there, like it was the primary reason I’d gone, and my enjoyment was tied directly to their results 🤯

[Thomas McGregor @tommc1985]

@JohnofOakTree @r0hanF @paul_c_watson @CrazyCoulter Yep, completely understand, it was a mistake on my part (and it’s safe to assume that if you were talking about grounds/stadia then it wouldn’t be such a rare occurrence)