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Thanks! This is really intersesting and insightful. I'd definitely read the blog-post if you get round to writing it!

It's a very common term in British English (the Economist is a British magazine): https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/piling

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Especially as many people in the UK call the game soccer. For these people the term football would be used to refer to (Rugby) football.

Spam calls are simply not a problem in many countries outside the USA, so it must be possible to tackle the problem without a global treaty.

I've found that a simple dot_files directory that is sync'd via a public git repository [0] works well for me. When I'm on a new machine all I need to do is clone the repository an…

The main problem is that quantum mechanics is telling us that systems evolve in two, apparently contradictory, ways: - isolated systems evolve through unitary time evolution; and -…

This sounds a lot like a problem with your power supply. When your graphics card starts working harder, it uses more power than your PSU can supply, which makes the voltage drop an…

If anyone else has a Google Music account, but doesn't want to move to YouTube Music, then try chatting with Google support and asking for a refund. It worked for me!

I completely agree with you. I know many people who's lives are made much easier because they have access to medication. The last fifty years have also seen a massive improvement i…

If you want to start with a single self-contained book, then a really good choice is "Modern Mathematical Physics" by Peter Szekeres: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/course-in…

If you want to get away from the computer and do something with your hands I'd thoroughly recommend The Crucible [ https://thecrucible.org/ ]. They offer lessons in all kinds of cr…