Jonathan Hendry

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• Commented on Because I am bored ...
  It's unfortunate that a coin that enforces scarcity by being mined only on Itanium hardware isn't feasible....
• Commented on "It'll all be over by Christmas" (Part 2)
  "and now have huge stockpiles of pills that will slowly rot" And lupus patients having a hard time getting their prescriptions filled because the government bought so much....
• Commented on So you think you can be a reality TV producer
  "The problem for nuclear power is that it's not financially viable, even if you exclude insurance and post-operational costs" If nuclear helped us avoid the worst of climate change, that would save quite a bit of money, which should be...
• Commented on So you think you can be a reality TV producer
  Furry And Afraid A man and a woman, wearing only fursuits, are left to fend for themselves in the wilderness....
• Commented on So you think you can be a reality TV producer
  "I Need An Operation, Get Me Out of Here"...
• Commented on Crawling from the wreckage
  " but all DT needs is a short victorious war" Bush the Elder had that and it didn't win him a second term....
• Commented on Peak Brexit
  " making lots of them, to produce, not ammonia itself, but some more easily handled solid derivative, such as urea or uric acid." I bet it could be extracted from used cat litter, if the litter could be economically collected....
• Commented on Peak Brexit
  @whitroth: I don't know where you are, but Home Depot in the US lists an 8 kWh tri-fuel electric start generator for $1000. It works on gas, propane, and LNG. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Powerland-8-000-Watt-Tri-Fuel-Powered-Electric-Start-Portable-Generator-PD3G10000E/203608220...
• Commented on Peak Brexit
  Similarly, Garry Kasparov mentioned Thanos in a tweet....
• Commented on Why I barely read SF these days
  It'd be really interesting to get OGH, Ken MacLeod, and Elon Musk together for a discussion about Banks and The Culture....
• Commented on Dude, you broke the future!
  "(At this point I'm also a little surprised that some big church hasn't decided that surveilling their followers is a wonderful way to ensure a flow of big donations.)" It isn't big (unless you believe their hype) but that describes...
• Commented on Playtime is over
  I guess your take is somewhat optimistic. Watching the rise of fascistic movements, there were moments when, despite being an atheist, I started feeling like I was seeing the effect of some kind of active infernal influence. And I'd never...
• Commented on Evolver
  "Giant, aggressive fast-swimming squid replacing schools of tuna?" So basically slightly larger Humboldt squid, who are already big, fast, and aggressive. "Humboldt squid are carnivorous marine invertebrates that move in shoals of up to 1,200 individuals. They swim at speeds...
• Commented on A plaintive request
  "False-flag operation? You dress your boys up as someone else." That gets tricky if you start killing your boys who are dressed up as someone else. Supposedly a Turkish F16 shot down a helicopter operated by coup participants....
• Commented on CASE NIGHTMARE BLOND
  "Well, you see, Boris, it turns out that the Galli weren't just castrating themselves as an elaborate party trick..."...
• Commented on CASE NIGHTMARE BLOND
  Hm. I wonder what sort of conductive designs might have been sewn into the Bullingdon Club's fancy tuxedos....
• Commented on CASE NIGHTMARE BLOND
  Boris studied classics at Oxford, right? Perhaps there's some Roman stuff in the Laundry library that Bob could use to ease Boris into the situation....
• Commented on Constitutional crisis ahoy!
  "Meanwhile, as a continuation of the 'memes' subtopic, the latest hotness appears to be "The Union of Craic": Eire, NI and Scotland." I was hoping for something along the lines of "The Up yours Kingdom", perhaps expressed in Gaelic....
• Commented on It could be worse
  The car insurance dongle I had (from US company Progressive) worked a bit differently. They say it won't raise your rate; worst-case you get no discount. They say they measure rapid stops, speed, and time of trip. The dongle beeps...
• Commented on Second childhood?
  I used to enjoy Sinfest, but at some point it became very one-note, preachy social justice/feminism. I don't mind feminism/social justice messages, and I agree with them, it's just that the comic became a bit monotonous and repetitive, and lost...
• Commented on A product review, and some musing
  "I know that guy claimed he could hack into the control systems via the "entertainment" and internet access systems available to passengers, and he got arrested. I'm not sure the arrest says anything about the plausibility of the claim. "This...
• Commented on Inverted realities
  The go-to source for information about unpleasant human vampires is probably "Vampires, Burial, and Death" by Paul Barber (Yale University Press) He talks about how traditional vampires were more like bloated corpses, and this was likely because people weren't very...
• Commented on The Biggest Little SF Publisher you never heard of pulls on the jackboots
  When I read Vox Day's monomaniacal ranting about Scalzi, I can't help but think of this guy: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2023/2163446175_55663e9858_o.jpg...
• Commented on The Curse of Laundry
  Something like Victoria's Secret might have worked as a replacement for Woolworth's. An Apple Store could be fun, but they tend to be multi-floor unless the store is in a mall....
• Commented on Not a Manifesto
  "Magic in Tolkien's works is big and vast and ancient. His characters relate to that magic with awe, with fear, and occasionally with love. No one tries to hack the One Ring. Certainly no one tries to build a new...
• Commented on A brief, bitter quiz
  "It's very problematic in Arab culture. Footwear is considered unclean in some circumstances." This is true, but I think it's over-sensitive to assume offense when discussing boots used as they are normally used. They are boots. They go on the...
• Commented on Spoiler Thread
  "But George is never described as removing his gloves, and it seems implied that he is almost always wearing them…" And the banker never removes his clothing. I think what's intended is simply physical contact, not necessarily flesh contact....
• Commented on Spoiler Thread
  "Seems to conflict with "...items subsequently found in Old George's possession, both on his person...". Since his body is unrecoverable at the time, how could anything have been found on his person?" I suppose some bits of clothing, pocket contents,...
• Commented on Spoiler Thread
  My mental image of Pete is something like Richard Coles, Anglican priest, former member of the 80s band The Communards, and host of Radio 4 show Saturday Live....
• Commented on Spoiler Thread
  Two comments: One: I was surprised that Bob and Mo's agreement to adopt a cat (page 49 US kindle ed) never seemed to be mentioned again in the context of Spooky. Two: I was surprised at the lack of further...