Ebay has its own issues though - buyer is always right. A few years back I sold a brand new kids bike on Ebay. Posted it, buyer claimed there were parts missing (there were not, as became apparent on… (View Post)

Simple enough, surely? Just get parliament to pass a bill asserting that all three things are true, then it becomes fact. That's how we work nowadays, isn't it? (View Post)

Some. It's a mix, in my experience. There are plenty of egotistical senior scientists. But also plenty of very humble (and brilliant) ones. I've worked with both. Some of the ones with big … (View Post)

Punctuation is also important. I'm reminded of a message exchange with some friends many years ago, where a left-leaning friend with limited attention to messaging grammar added to a conversatio… (View Post)

I'm clearly not part of the PB drinking party as I just did a units calculator and got to ~14-15 (best guess) or just under 20 if I, for every uncertain decision on numbers, went up. But, for me… (View Post)