I'm sure I've probably written a few things online when frustrated that could be taken out of context and misconstrued. The idea that large numbers of people might come to an instant judgem… (View Post)

I'm being contrarian for the sake of it, but it's pretty clear from context (someone arguing that Palestinians weren't ethnically cleaned because some of them are left in Israel) that … (View Post)

Any objective measure is open to being gamed, while a human making a subjective judgement will spot such gaming they may make suboptimal decisions about reward for other reasons. (View Post)

Oh, relevant to the discussion earlier, Tractor production is down by more than 25% in Russia, year-to-end November. (View Post)

When my daughter was at university my Dad said to me something like, "imagine being old enough to have a child at university," and, quick as a flash I replied, "imagine being old enoug… (View Post)