Who should you vote for, and why, or rather why not? In many ways this will be a rambling post*, and in as many more ways, pointless. It seeks to steer your vote one way (“my way”, of course), while pointing out that voting is based on tribalism, laziness, and often monumental ignorance, and acknowledges
Preempting the General Election, 2019(?) Read More »
Remoaners never miss a chance, do they. Any and all negatives about the EU – the riots and protests in Brussels, in Spain, all across France, are ignored, are whitewashed by mainstream media. Project Fear is promoted as the future, as a cast-iron truth, and not, as it really is, as an almost impossible worst
Remoaner logic: all the world’s woes are because voters are stupid Read More »
This post: circa 4,500 words, estimated reading time: 22 minutes Childhood lessons: bad code A recent inspirational quote on Tiny Buddha, on Facebook, began: “You are not responsible for the programming you received in childhood”. Adding: “But as an adult, you are 100% responsible for fixing it.” My reply, shared below, was that it is
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Backstory: So, here I am, all amped to start season 18 of Diablo. I log in. I click “new seasonal” character… or not, because we have to wait until 5pm. "Why you do dis to me, Blizz!?" What to do? I was deciding between practising languages on Duolingo, or playing Pillars of Eternity, but, while
Dummies guide to fast levelling a new (seasonal) character in Diablo 3 Read More »
If you play a lot, this is, perhaps, stupidly obvious, but seeing as it helped me discover and report a game-breaking exploit that Blizzard had missed for years, well, not everything is obvious. Basically, for new and really casual players, legendary gems can make a BIG difference. There are many of them, some wanted for
Power levelling and gemming up in Diablo III: Godmode Read More »
{ Page last revised with season: 20 } Welcome and hello! First off, this isn’t a “what’s the best build” guide, Icy Veins does an excellent job of covering that aspect. This article is more, “things I’ve learnt”. Things that few share because “everyone knows”, but actually, no, they don’t, because unless you actively search
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A tale of two connections. Unlike our government, unlike the CBI (incredibly!), and unlike most remainers (it seems), I have a better grasp on business! Not exactly horses for courses, ‘cos I’m only talking about broadband, not international trade, but the same logic applies. Between accepting a bad deal – or no deal, you walk
Brexit? Vexit? Walk away from a bad deal! Read More »
On his Facebook page Bernard Jenkins (mp) – who I greatly respect – added a post. It was raising an important point, for those affected. In some ways it was and is a good thing, a right thing to do. But, yer, well, this is me. I tend to look and things from several angles
On diabetes, mental health and on risk management Read More »