We remember the bad bits, and expect the good bits. Something just working is unremarkable; something not working annoys and sticks in the memory. The Internet is also a problem; people (and trolls, … (View Post)

Way off-topic: I had no idea the first ship with Flettner rotors was made 100 years ago. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1dqznvxylqo (View Post)

Microsoft do an amazing job supporting a vast array of different hardware. This is much more difficult than supporting hardware that you design yourself, and control. Yes, they make some baffling bus… (View Post)

One of my regrets in life is being an archetypal Englishman who knows no other language, aside from a little schoolboy French. I have so many friends who are multilingual. (View Post)

The other day I mentioned we had had two pieces of white goods go wrong. Here's a video about how built-in obsolescence is adding to the enshittification of the modern world https://www.youtube.com/w… (View Post)