Well. This is exciting. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/dec/09/google-unveils-mindboggling-quantum-computing-chip (View Post)

The latter is the model that is used within HMRC. Most people's records are in the normal database, accessible by everyone with any sort of access. And then there's a special database for the Gary Li… (View Post)

Access is logged, I believe. But HMRC would lose most of its staff if everyone nosy enough to glance at their neighbour's tax records was sacked. There's something about the difficulty of looking up … (View Post)

~1g per $100 bill, so $2.3m. Worth paying for extra baggage allowance. (View Post)

I think Farage and Reform are too canny to seek a formal coalition as a junior partner. They would instead tolerate a minority government, until they decided it was advantageous to pull the plug. (View Post)