I've long felt that there's a problem with "news", where that's defined to be what "creates a story". It substitutes clickbait for journalism. I wish more were concerned with trut… (View Post)

Yes, and the terminology has been terribly confused. "Self-isolating" = mandatory quarantine because you're infectious, cannot leave the house, or is it "self-isolating" = staying… (View Post)

It's the not um and ah that causes problems. It's the glitch on the recording that drops out for several seconds (happens annoyingly often, despite updating drivers etc etc), the detuned motorcycle t… (View Post)

That's good to know. I'm recording lectures as 20-30 minute episodes rather than the traditional hour. And compositing slides with demonstration material as I go. The bad news is that it's unbelievab… (View Post)

It's the scientists that I'm most disappointed in. A lot of the conspiracy and denialism comes from citing some scientist or other. Reasonable scientists can disagree, but too many are acting as advo… (View Post)