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Free markets are to economics what frictionless pulleys and massless strings are to physics: a useful tool for teaching and understanding, but not anything that exists in the real world

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@timrichards Nice, and quite appropriate given that Bach means "little" or "short" in Welsh!

@mattedgar very nice! We tend to assume that old houses are cold and damp when, often, the problem is caused by clumsy repairs or maintenance.

@RonJeffries Really? Why? I quite like being able to fix and upgrade rather than throw away and replace.

@rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social Sadly the UK sovereign cloud industry SMEs were mostly driven out of business by the "revolving door" of senior officials who, after inviting them in, followed the money to join the US hyperscalers.

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@rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social I wondered the same thing. We could try to ask him on Monday night - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gloucestershires-first-tech-week-all-week-access-pass-tickets-1719135383209?aff=ebdssbdestsearch