Jack Aidley
@jackaidley.bsky.social
Programmer (mostly games, currently Unity) and former microbiologist. Brit in Germany. Likes cats, tabletop RPGs, and F1.
Class in the UK is about the job you do not the money you make. Upper class is landed money, middle is managerial or knowledge based. Working class is trades or unskilled.
November 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Class in the UK is about the job you do not the money you make. Upper class is landed money, middle is managerial or knowledge based. Working class is trades or unskilled.
I thought it was highly enjoyable but not terribly memorable.
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I thought it was highly enjoyable but not terribly memorable.
It's 90% one of those things.
November 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
It's 90% one of those things.
Depends on who the MPs put to a vote, doesn't it? Conceivable he could be the only candidate or the better of two options.
November 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Depends on who the MPs put to a vote, doesn't it? Conceivable he could be the only candidate or the better of two options.
In a world where we perfectly know who is a danger to themselves or others the trade offs would work but that isn't this world.
November 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
In a world where we perfectly know who is a danger to themselves or others the trade offs would work but that isn't this world.
Of course. And it's also bad when people who aren't a danger to themselves or others get their liberty taken from them and worse when people who weren't a danger or others become so *because* they got their liberty taken from them.
November 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Of course. And it's also bad when people who aren't a danger to themselves or others get their liberty taken from them and worse when people who weren't a danger or others become so *because* they got their liberty taken from them.
People don't want to institutionalise people because it's objectively bad and has bad outcomes not because they're libertarian. The lack of good answers doesn't make the bad ones better.
November 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
People don't want to institutionalise people because it's objectively bad and has bad outcomes not because they're libertarian. The lack of good answers doesn't make the bad ones better.
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It was made all the more surprising by the fact I usually go barefoot in the house
October 31, 2025 at 3:02 PM
It was made all the more surprising by the fact I usually go barefoot in the house
I once decided to drain the water from the rice I was cooking through the collinder on the WAY to the sink "to save time".
October 31, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I once decided to drain the water from the rice I was cooking through the collinder on the WAY to the sink "to save time".
To me, it's yet another argument for the race director to be able to speak directly to drivers. Lawson should have been told "marshals recovering debris on track turn 2/3" rather than the message about debris he got from his team.
October 30, 2025 at 12:45 PM
To me, it's yet another argument for the race director to be able to speak directly to drivers. Lawson should have been told "marshals recovering debris on track turn 2/3" rather than the message about debris he got from his team.
Watching his on-board he does seems to have slowed sufficiently, he's really not going fast as he comes round the corner. One could criticise his choice of line (he does steer towards the second marshal) and I don't know whether he could actually stop or avoid if needed but he's slowed a lot.
October 30, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Watching his on-board he does seems to have slowed sufficiently, he's really not going fast as he comes round the corner. One could criticise his choice of line (he does steer towards the second marshal) and I don't know whether he could actually stop or avoid if needed but he's slowed a lot.
Isn't it not going into effect until next year? I'd have thought they'd want to push the legislation then not now. Otherwise you're going to get a mass of people caught out as they get confused thinking they have rights that they don't get until next year.
October 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Isn't it not going into effect until next year? I'd have thought they'd want to push the legislation then not now. Otherwise you're going to get a mass of people caught out as they get confused thinking they have rights that they don't get until next year.
Do we have figures for other parties? I'm assuming they're lower, but by how much? What if we include defections?
October 28, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Do we have figures for other parties? I'm assuming they're lower, but by how much? What if we include defections?
There were marshalls on track (visible from another angle). That justified the VSC, in my view.
October 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
There were marshalls on track (visible from another angle). That justified the VSC, in my view.
Who is going to do the calculations? Who is going to do them well?
That's all that is happening. The people appointed by the government are doing it, and have spent the time to do it well.
Anyone else could do it, but why would they?
That's all that is happening. The people appointed by the government are doing it, and have spent the time to do it well.
Anyone else could do it, but why would they?
October 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Who is going to do the calculations? Who is going to do them well?
That's all that is happening. The people appointed by the government are doing it, and have spent the time to do it well.
Anyone else could do it, but why would they?
That's all that is happening. The people appointed by the government are doing it, and have spent the time to do it well.
Anyone else could do it, but why would they?