Bret Devereaux has an excellent article on ChatGPT here: https://acoup.blog/2023/02/17/collections-on-chatgpt/ (With specific reference to its utility for essay-writing in university subjects and mor… (View Post)

We have also (by "we," I refer to Government flailing around) managed to do our damndest to discourage people from wanting to support any building by pissing all over them when they do. I'v… (View Post)

To add to that, all the interlocking thicket of regulation has actually done is to drive out individual housebuilders, small developers, and non-professionals who want to do something positive. All t… (View Post)

I saw a good line recently. The standard pronoun for Russian soldiers is was/were (Yes, I know those aren't pronouns, but I still chuckled) (View Post)

Point of order. As the Tories got 156 seats in 1906, a result of 150 seats would be worse than 1906. It would be their worst result since [checks elections]... It would be their worst result. (View Post)