Working on something that you don’t quite fully understand, don’t have the time before delivery date to get to understand, yet need to implement as if you understand is really painful. It actually gets me down. It’s painful work. It often arises as a result of being unable to complete some other task that you […]
Hmmm: Financial services in the UK can currently trade across the European Economic Area (EEA) because member countries are bound by the same regulatory framework. The arrangement, known as “passporting”, expires at the end of the year and, while the UK has legislated so that EU banks can continue to provide services for customers in […]
I was thinking about what Boris Johnson said to Keir Starmer the a while back – ‘why don’t you build up what we are doing?’ It occurs to me that this is really key to leaders like Boris, and Nigel Farage, Donald Trump et al. It’s similar to the if you’re not with me you’re […]
Is exactly not the headline to this article in the Guardian (“UK had highest number of young cocaine users in Europe last year – report“), although, it could have come from the business and finance section with a little rewording. In short, the drugs trade is resilient to downturns, highly adaptable to changing market conditions, tolerant […]
“A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention with the possible exceptions of handguns and Tequila.” Mitch Ratcliffe
“atheism is defining yourself by an absence of something. Humanism is a positive choice to base your morals on your own human capacity.” Alice Roberts interview in the Guardian
Over on Memex, John Naughton makes a good point worth remembering regarding tech companies (the ‘don’t be evil’ crowd): “Anyone who thinks that tech companies are different from any other ruthless corporation hasn’t been paying attention. My view of tech firms is that they are indistinguishable from tobacco, oil and mining companies, i.e. intrinsically sociopathic […]
