Ewan

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• Commented on Fuck the Monarchy
  Squash :)....
• Commented on Fuck the Monarchy
  Jasper Hill is great cheese. Maybe 70 miles or so from us. I lived in the UK for 25 years; I've lived in the US for slightly longer. For us the biggest difference has always been at the supermarket level....
• Commented on Fuck the Monarchy
  Wait: the NT is among the casualties of Tory active idiocy? Wha' happened?...
• Commented on Coming soon: Escape from Yokai Land!
  Yikes. Just got my signed QoN (thanks, Mike and Charlie!) but $20 for a US novella? Naah....
• Commented on Oh, 2022!
  Interesting - thanks, Adrian. The paper being reported is from a very well respected group and not obviously crazy. It has a couple of methodological oddities, but impressive....
• Commented on Brief commercial interlude
  Unsolicited plug for Mike/TransReal: excellent and prompt communication, rapid shipping to the US, truly excellent customer service. Just ordered my signed QoN 😁....
• Commented on Oh, 2022!
  Can confirm. Our 2014 model S shows negligible impact on battery life from supplying heat. A/C is significantly more energy-demanding, but when we tested over the same drive with and without heat (internal temp set to 'off' vs 68F, outside...
• Commented on Oh, 2022!
  Citations, please?...
• Commented on A Quick Infomercial
  Off-topic but the original more-relevant thread is old now. Re-reading Labyrinth Index (a delight again). Bumping against the explicit statements that Cthulhu et al are explicitly previous rulers of this plane/planet. So: who put Cthulhu to sleep, and how? If...
• Commented on Dead Lies Dreaming: Spoilers
  Ha. I use Penrose as the example of 'uninformed and implausible theories' when I teach neural bases of consciousness :)....
• Commented on The Laundry Files: an updated chronology
  I use Penrose in my classes as an example of one of the worst attempts to explain consciousness. Dennett is a delight to read and an utterly atrocious public speaker, alas. My favourite current layperson explanation of consciousness comes from...