This one was particularly perplexing because it was a synthesizer - simulator mismatch. When you're writing HDL for deployment to a gate array you test on a simulation engine before doing the long, t… (View Post)

I really need to read more Neal Stephenson. I've not even read Cryptonomicon. (View Post)

Less danger of "Oh shit I've accidentally created a memory worm that just knocked over our development server". Ask how I know. (View Post)

The Tory party, and the right in general, see themselves as the rightful inheritors of all things good and British, so when they lose power they lose their minds. That was the case in 97 as well. &qu… (View Post)

The UK Counter-Terrorism command should not be run by the met. Nor should Diplomatic Protection. They should be separate commands, with their own mandate, drawing from the expertise of every force in… (View Post)