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by billforsternz 2199 days ago
Aha, so essentially he meant "football is a game of space, that's why parking the bus is an interesting strategy". Thank you. Too much binary thinking from me. I often struggle to discern the meaning of unclear writing. Which is probably why I spend disproportionate time on my own writing polishing and rewriting for clarity. But I still fail regularly, it's not an easy problem.
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Glad it helped! I brain-pretzeled myself over soundness in this very forum just last year:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20196575

An interesting and educational thread

> "I've now come to understand the two chief weapons of the JIT remain surprise, fear, ruthless efficiency and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope."

I like this very much. Even adding nice red uniforms, it's still two chief weapons.