Instead of reductio ad absurdum, you may want to consider a threshold. Thresholds are useful things to help make good decisions. How about a crime incurring a custodial sentence over time T, where T … (View Post)

Ironically given my opinion of JKR, I have to say what I usually say in these circs: Never explain, never apologise. Initial remarks piss off some people on one side, but the apology doesn't mol… (View Post)

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The difference between a code and a cipher.* A cipher breaks a sentence down to its individual letters, converts each letter to another letter (ish), then reassemble the letters. So "British Ato… (View Post)

I was on another website in the early 2010s. Somebody mentioned PB. I went to this ooo-dangerous website and asked why the odds didn't add up to 100%. @NickPalmer politely pointed out the existe… (View Post)