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  • Commented on The coming storm
    Who do the disinformation merchants want to win ? The silicon Valley and billionaire nexus wants more power, who are they backing and how far will they go to do it? And if Ukraine is abandoned, how long before they...
  • Commented on Go away, Muse, you're drunk (again)
    First thought: supply chain attack Lead to: enslaved "computers" doing the drudge work of keeping the castle lights >blinking<...
  • Commented on An update on the revolutionary experiment
    I hope you get a mild winter, the energy situation looks rough...
  • Commented on What happens now?
    Someone figures the Democrats are pretty much right wing and the R's toxic and launches their coup, now knowing it's possible, from the "center"...
  • Commented on So you say you want a revolution
    Hopefully someone reading here might know: Is the reinsurance market, Lloyd's, ready for the financial disruptions to operations?...
  • Commented on Roll the dice
    Magic and Spell Auditor You did what, where? Is that covered by your rules of engagement and insurance?...
  • Commented on The obligatory general election discussion post
    I am just waiting for the movie. Hugh grant as leader of minor party. Julia Roberts as ny times as reporter. Who else we want in the ensemble romcom: Brexit or Bust, what the minor parties do in the dark...
  • Commented on CASE NIGHTMARE BLONDE, Part 2
    The courts not automatically siding with the government of the day was a good sign. How strong are other institutions like the police and military going to be in abiding by the law of the land, not just what the...
  • Commented on Tentative hypothesis
    Evidence for hypothesis: Microsoft Outlook insanely popular in real world, aka corporate land. Hated by right thinking people, besides being dreadful mail client it enables meetings. Case closed....
  • Commented on CASE NIGHTMARE BLONDE
    2 points, hooefully without typos. 1) from a distance it looks like petty dictatorship behaviour. Very ugly potential. 2) i hope London Bridge doesn't fall down anytime soon....
  • Commented on Whoops Apocalypse!
    At least if the planet keeps warming, even with the pound sinking you should be able to afford staying warm this coming winter. The next is a different story....
  • Commented on Ask me anything!
    It was fine when i typed it. "can, can't, must " "say, too dangerous "...
  • Commented on Ask me anything!
    Computers are getting better cheaper etc, as you have expounded on before. At what point are governments going to step in and say what you can, ca6, must run on your machine? They already log our traffic, is there a...
  • Commented on Social architecture and the house of tomorrow
    Work. One of the most environmentally friendly thing most people could do is work from if practical. I think resurgence of home office space will happen. Dedicated, designed, secure working space. Most people don't have it. Not sure how you...
  • Commented on The Inevitable Brexit Thread (2)
    Charlie, have you asked Scalzi to bring a suitcase large enough to smuggle you out in on his visit? Seriously, post brexit no deal scenarios are all pretty bleak. Any practical prep beside stock piling some backstop food and meds...
  • Commented on The Inevitable Brexit Thread (1)
    Charlie and other UK people, have you thought about a bank account outside the UK? I don't see how without replacing the current government brexit stopping, pausing, or reversing. They don't want to....
  • Commented on Someone please cancel 2019 already?
    Should Liz II, go down to 10 Downing street and tell Theresa to sort the mess out now? At what point are people going to want someone who has authority to kick some ass? If not now when?...
  • Commented on Crawling from the wreckage
    The goings on in deep corners of maths and physics are starting to bear fruit. The places dark matter and dark energy can hide are getting squeezed. The foundations of mathematics, even useful bits, are getting worked. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homotopy_type_theory...
  • Commented on Do my Homework
    You, me, and many other sensible people reject the overwhelming surveillance state. What about the large portion that welcome it? What if they gain power and demand and welcome it? Hi from Australia where this seems to be happening right...
  • Commented on That sinking feeling
    If djt unleashes on Iran, it will drive (Russian) oil and gas prices high. Which will flow thru to uk gas and electricity prices. Good luck paying for those with collapsed currency....
  • Commented on Excuses
    The news tempts me to go dark. The empty screaming void calls. Disappear into some cutting edge physics, and hopefully learn something before the world burns hotter....
  • Commented on Crying fire in a crowded theatre for pleasure and profit
    White hat cyber warriors crying cyber cyber cyber to get your cyber security cyber dollars....
  • Commented on The sudden eruption of news
    Dumb qn, from the land downunder and of rolling prime minsters. If May wins, there is nothing but convention stopping someone from rolling her for 5 years of power?...
  • Commented on 2117 revisited
    Total surveillance of everyone? Also will any interfaces between people and machines be purely under the user control?...
  • Commented on Popcorn Time
    Does England stil need Scotland's oil & gas and the associated revenue? Can England afford to let go?...
  • Commented on The internet of decay
    Imagine an island near Europe, in financial, economic, political strife. Data center operator goes bust or close to. How much to buy a used data center?...
  • Commented on Policy change: future US visits
    US visits and the tourism industry - Hawaii can write off the long wished for 5 star trip my wife & I wanted. No way she said. I am sure I am not the only one. I had started planning...
  • Commented on "You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!" 2017 continued.
    Governments declare all cash illegal, blockchain only currency so they can ration and track everything and evryone...
  • Commented on Just plain icky
    A tad meta, but any advanced and/or spacefaring civilisation will be aware of these results. Does that prejudice their ecosystem and habitat design?...
  • Commented on The unavoidable discussion
    UK and finance, someone has alluded to banks pulling out above. jobs and associated spending & taxes are one thing. A bigger issue is the macroeconomic numbers. The UK's debt relative to its economy is large but currently dwarfed by...
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