Intelligence is a rather dubious metric anyway, and very domain-specific. I've seen some undoubtedly highly intelligent people make really dumb mistakes, and people with zero qualifications be r… (View Post)

Since the swim is in a narrow river, if I was half a mile from shore, then I'd be swimming up a hill or through a car park... :) (View Post)

A pointless invention for transport. Germany have shut down their test line (after a fatal crash on a system that was claimed to be crash-proof...); China are not going to extend their line, and Japa… (View Post)

In other news, I have a triathlon race on Sunday. And last night, we think I dislocated my shoulder. it was only out for a second, then popped back in again. I'd love to say I did it weightlifti… (View Post)

Nah, it's really dangerous. This sort of thing is going to end up with someone, or multiple people, dead. At best, it'd be a monkey: https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/T… (View Post)