Mine too. In general I just use the like button either when someone posts some good or just jolly news (child passed their exams, whatever), for a quip that amused me, or if someone replies to me wit… (View Post)

Yeah - I'm more than happy for the crazy-dial to be turned back down too. Just idly wondering if we're in the doldrums a little as we reset ourselves from a fire-hose of events to a more ge… (View Post)

Yeah - I sometimes even find myself musing on it while I'm reading something, then forget that I've remembered it when I read the next thing. Quite a powerful effect. (View Post)

Reminds me of this Michael Crichton piece : https://web.archive.org/web/20200221061108/http://larvatus.com/michael-crichton-why-speculate/ "Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is as fol… (View Post)

I feel slightly distraught that PB doesn't seem to worthy even a second-rate Russian troll as the US election kick off. How would the BA pilots vote? We'll never know... (View Post)