There are good and bad state schools. In my local area, there is one secondary school that has a bad reputation for bullying, but another that has an extremely good reputation for dealing quickly and… (View Post)

My lad reports the same after his first year at Oxford. (View Post)

I use Amazon's (AI-based) CodeWhisperer, and it does indeed provide really useful ideas. The code it suggests doesn't usually work as it stands, and it sometimes gets the wrong idea completely, but i… (View Post)

Yup, JJ's "belief" that Dutch people cycle about double the amount (in terms of km/miles) that we do here in the UK is way off the mark. According to this article, for example, Dutch people… (View Post)

It's not that big a conditional. There is indeed evidence of bicycle use falling substantially following the introduction of helmet mandates, as this article explains (among other things): https://ww… (View Post)