Funnily enough I remember years and years ago, certainly pre-iPhone talking about why something like USB might eventually replace many of the sockets in the home. This has sort of happened, it's… (View Post)

It was Micro-B USB that was proposed as the standard and widely adopted, Mini-B USB was rarer and even worse. But imagine devices being stuck on Micro-B because it is the law, and that introducing de… (View Post)

Standards are good things, but mandatory standards less so. I'm all in favour of USB Type-C replacing things like Micro-B USB on devices that have held off changing, but I do wonder how somethin… (View Post)

Cameron is a much better politician than Starmer, probably second only to Blair in living memory. Frankly I'm starting to think Sunak is a better politician than Starmer, and political nous was … (View Post)

I think you may well be wrong. I suspect that a lot of those jobs you listed involve people working in the private sector on contracts for the public sector. (View Post)