Look up bikeshedding. This is a variant. You find a small version of the problem, put in an overkill solution. Then everyone in the circle pats the back of the person to their right. Fixing the actua… (View Post)

Not talking about what I want them to talk about. (View Post)

I attended a cheese tasting event, a few years ago. Some lovely stuff there. The lady presenting the event said that an important accompaniment was a good champagne - which had the right acidity and … (View Post)

On security Bruce Schneier said that a good system makes doing the right thing the easiest option and doing bad things close to impossible. Creating new password all the time leads to MySpecialPasswo… (View Post)

On water companies. The BBC, at the end of a piece said “The danger of radical reform is that if it doesn’t work, they will have no one else to blame.” Perfect statement of the problem - if the water… (View Post)