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This reminds me of that time Claus von Stauffenberg was rumbled when he left a hand written note lying around.
January 15, 2026 at 3:42 PM
This reminds me of that time Claus von Stauffenberg was rumbled when he left a hand written note lying around.
Defo LinkedIn. It explains its longevity.
January 4, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Defo LinkedIn. It explains its longevity.
Gonna need a bigger towel.
January 4, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Gonna need a bigger towel.
This is just lovely. As a kid I read a few good books, and several bad ones (really - they were objectively bad), but even so, it helps with vocabulary, style, structure, grammar and much else besides.
January 2, 2026 at 7:57 PM
This is just lovely. As a kid I read a few good books, and several bad ones (really - they were objectively bad), but even so, it helps with vocabulary, style, structure, grammar and much else besides.
I often feel that once corporations get to a certain size, reform through market-based consumerism isn't enough - regulation is required. What do economists call this?
January 1, 2026 at 1:50 AM
I often feel that once corporations get to a certain size, reform through market-based consumerism isn't enough - regulation is required. What do economists call this?
While we're talking about consumer leverage, what about pensions? The payments keeping retirees in the lifestyle they have been accustomed to depends on investments in companies that perhaps they don't like. Tough choice even if you never ever buy a product from these companies.
January 1, 2026 at 1:48 AM
While we're talking about consumer leverage, what about pensions? The payments keeping retirees in the lifestyle they have been accustomed to depends on investments in companies that perhaps they don't like. Tough choice even if you never ever buy a product from these companies.
The French physicist Fresnel often has his name mispronounced and was born in Broglie in France, but his birthplace is pronounced differently to another French physicist de Broglie who often has his name mispronounced as well.
December 31, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The French physicist Fresnel often has his name mispronounced and was born in Broglie in France, but his birthplace is pronounced differently to another French physicist de Broglie who often has his name mispronounced as well.
'Clipping' would have been a major problem at the time as well.
December 31, 2025 at 9:40 PM
'Clipping' would have been a major problem at the time as well.
It's a small club. My (our) initials keep popping up in all sorts of places. Starting to grate ever so slightly.
December 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
It's a small club. My (our) initials keep popping up in all sorts of places. Starting to grate ever so slightly.
I left when I couldn't restrict people from my TL.
December 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I left when I couldn't restrict people from my TL.
Somehow I don't see JC in a Merc either.
December 13, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Somehow I don't see JC in a Merc either.
Go to Whitby and sit in the bench overlooking the Royal Cresent (St Mary's Churchyard), and be a proper Dracula fan.
December 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Go to Whitby and sit in the bench overlooking the Royal Cresent (St Mary's Churchyard), and be a proper Dracula fan.
Generally walking around with a wet bag is worse without a dog I imagine, so there's that.
December 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Generally walking around with a wet bag is worse without a dog I imagine, so there's that.
It's time for a new initiative for our changing expectations and demography - fixing social mobility, pensions and care. Where's the leadership?
December 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
It's time for a new initiative for our changing expectations and demography - fixing social mobility, pensions and care. Where's the leadership?
And yet the world runs on the machine code/assembler equivalent of goto. It's almost time for goto to be rehabilitated.
December 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
And yet the world runs on the machine code/assembler equivalent of goto. It's almost time for goto to be rehabilitated.
I didn't follow link in OP🤦♂️
December 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I didn't follow link in OP🤦♂️
Huh. // Only become single line comments in c99 - at the time of this puzzle there would have been a lot more work using older compilers. Context is everything. CTRL-/ is almost muscle memory now (in C/C++ and SQL).
December 3, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Huh. // Only become single line comments in c99 - at the time of this puzzle there would have been a lot more work using older compilers. Context is everything. CTRL-/ is almost muscle memory now (in C/C++ and SQL).
"https:" is an unused goto label; // is the start of line comment indicator. So this would also compile:
bridge://over troubled waters
bridge://over troubled waters
December 3, 2025 at 7:26 AM
"https:" is an unused goto label; // is the start of line comment indicator. So this would also compile:
bridge://over troubled waters
bridge://over troubled waters
This infinite typewriters and monkeys thing does kick up some gold now and then.
November 29, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This infinite typewriters and monkeys thing does kick up some gold now and then.
You must be in-Seine. Ouze got the real figures?
November 28, 2025 at 8:40 AM
You must be in-Seine. Ouze got the real figures?
My view is that in broad strokes, 'simple' measures to curb immigration result in the UK being a less pleasant place to live to put people off, when the 'complex' answer is to fix issues like housing policy, health policy, labour policy and the asylum system, then the market can do the rest.
November 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
My view is that in broad strokes, 'simple' measures to curb immigration result in the UK being a less pleasant place to live to put people off, when the 'complex' answer is to fix issues like housing policy, health policy, labour policy and the asylum system, then the market can do the rest.
"Because you made a phone call"
November 27, 2025 at 11:45 AM
"Because you made a phone call"
Seeing Library Of Congress TK is giving me flashbacks.
November 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Seeing Library Of Congress TK is giving me flashbacks.
Is it Darth Vader approved?
November 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Is it Darth Vader approved?