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Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 1h

Mike Johnson is not seeing so many things, I suggest he needs to visit an ophthalmologist and optician

Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 1h

It is good to catch up on old films.

Last month we saw a screening of a 1970s TV play, Penda's Fen

Penda's Fen - Wikipedia share.google/rnmey3tIKHXk...

It's a folk horror, coming of age, film.

There was also a Q&A with the juvenile lead, and the author of a new book on the play.

Penda's Fen - Wikipedia

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Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 1h

Did you enjoy it?

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Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 1h

Who hired these people in an open, competitive recruitment process?

No-one.

Nepo hires every one

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Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 1h

Who hired Eric Trump in an open, competitive, recruitment process?

No-one.

Eric Trump is hired on his merits, where merit is defined as last name is Trump

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Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 1h

AI: what is it bad for?

All of the above.

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Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 2h

Is it 'his hair' because he paid for it?

Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 5h

O Deep Thought computer, the task we have designed you to perform is this. We want you to tell us...." he paused, "The Answer."
"The Answer?" said Deep Thought. "The Answer to what?"
"Life!" urged Fook.
"The Universe!" said Lunkwill.
"Everything!" they said in chorus.

Will that q crash ai?

Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 5h

The Innocents (1961)?

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Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 5h

Some passengers recline their seat at the earliest opportunity and refuse to return to upright even when food is served.

I'm so not that person. On a 12 hour flight I kept my seat upright for 4 hours. Then I realised the person sat behind me was a 3 year old.

Seat kept upright. It's a principle.

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Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 6h

Is the answer a world prepared to invest in science?

Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 7h

The Martin Beck novels came out in a great series design. Unfortunately I could not get them all in the same series.

The Martin Beck novels in a line.

Book 3 has a big R
Book 4 has a big T
Book 5 has a big I
Book 6 has a big N

Book 8 has a big E
Book 9 has a big C
Book 10 has a big K

Spot the missing volumes

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Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 7h

Use flood plains for recreation or farming.

Then when the river floods there's no massive loss of life, livelihoods, or property.

It's easier to recover a football pitch than a housing estate.

Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 8h

Around Nottingham we have parks, football pitches, cricket pitches, et al, on the banks of the Trent and Erewash.

Last year a flood destroyed my parkrun course for a year, but that's easier to repair than homes, shops, factories, cafés, etc.

Losing a park for a while is bad but not apocalyptic.

Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 8h

As the article said, hard engineering solutions need supplementing with natural solutions such as flood plains.

As floods get higher, engineering ever higher flood walls becomes unsustainable.

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Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 8h

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Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social · 19h

There is mathematics to determine if an election district has been gerrymandered.

The (very) tricky math of detecting gerrymandering in election districts – Mathematical Association of America share.google/EINXXzFwWlY0...

The (very) tricky math of detecting gerrymandering in election districts – Mathematical Association of America

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