• Steve@communick.news
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    8 hours ago

    That’s not what I heard.
    “We’ve got two weeks to go, and I’m very much grounded in the present. We will deal with election night and the days after as they come, and we have the resources and the expertise and the focus on that as well”

    She’s saying they have a bunch of capable people who’ll figure it out on the fly.
    That’s called improvising. Improvising is exactly the opposite of a plan. It’s what you do when you have no plan.

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      7 hours ago

      It’s also called being ready for anything. It’s what you do when you aren’t entirely sure what the idiot on the other side is going to do.

      The world’s best swordsman isn’t afraid of the second best swordsman. He’s afraid of the world’s worst swordsman, cause he can never be sure what the idiot will do.

      Same principle.

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        7 hours ago

        No it’s not.
        Being ready for anything is having a plan for anything.

        When you can’t know what your opponent might do, you can’t plan. That’s exactly why the best swordsman is afraid of the worst. He’s forced to go without a plan.

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          How can anyone be ready for anything if this is the definition.

          Being prepared for anything is about having the skills and tools to solve any problem, any time. On the fly.

          A good general isn’t one who relies on his plan surviving contact with the enemy, it is the one who knows it won’t and is able to respond appropriately and timely.