The other thing about this is that Europe and the US are both really big and diverse, and the cultural difference from the UK is wildly different depending where you are. I think this is pretty obvio… (View Post)

Populism is generally very narrowly targeted. The idea is to appeal to the preconceptions of the people you need to vote for you, without restraining yourself by objective facts or the opinions of pe… (View Post)

We just had a nice Fujitsu cock-up in Japan. They were contracted to build a system where you could print your government personal record at convenience stores. They made it save the record of the da… (View Post)

Lovely coronation, can't wait for the next one (View Post)

We're in the middle of our town pottery festival. The government's been promoting cashless payment, and there are a bunch of very aggressive payment system companies signing everybody up. So nearly a… (View Post)