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Indeed, and from the other side, there may not have been any progress at all without the support of Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom.

Thanks, that's my impression too. I wouldn't say Spain is much better, but my experience is limited.

Presuming there's a reason you excluded Germany, would you make a comparison with that system?

I have 2 of these (their campaign manager payment service was confusing, and I accidentally bought a second one). For me, it is very disappointing. The screen is _very_ small and m…

Every two to three weeks, in my experience

To be honest, the wood feels plasticky and the knob feels unfinished. There's also a significant gap between the wood and the bezel. The screen is too small, and battery life is po…

They work now though. Do you remember all the CSS hacks? All those pages are broken today. I'm not saying it's better, I'm just saying that I have a lot of regrets about jumping to…

Nowadays, I think the opposite. I feel a pang of jealousy and regret when I load a page from before CSS Zen Garden that uses tables for layouts. It still exists and works perfectly…

I don't think of dry stone walls as masonry myself. I actually think that's the distinction between masonry and not-masonry! But anyway, I think the second last section on the link…

Yes, it has that association in English.

I didn't think so, of you look at old stone walls, there's an absence of continuous horizontal or vertical patterns. (However the discussion was a fork, about wall building, so it …

It seems your are saying it is only relates to bricks? But it's not, it's any stone, cut or formed.

I think, in structural engineering terms, it refers to old natural stone wall [0] construction methods. Some bridges around me are made like this, and they're over a thousand years…

From what I understand of Svelte, it was built by a working data journalist with the dream of enabling these type of rich media articles. So yeah, 'emergent' and 'uncontrived' are …

Might not be a coincidence.

> Nobody "made" her do this It's not a career, it's more like being in a band. Everyone who is visible doing it, looks like a success. We don't see the 1000 failures. My advice wit…

I believe there is already a framework for this, for all supermarkets, and it is being used in several countries with significant political impact. https://www.wired.com/story/heis…

So you're saying the rate of change of compensation (or "jerk rate" when entering and exiting a curve, as people enjoy calling it) is worse on tilting trains? I would love to see s…

Yes, the part of the video that said this would work on existing infrastructure is entirely wrong. It could be interesting with it's own infrastructure, though my first thought is …

And if one rail has a gap or defect.

Ideal adjustments (full compensation) are more uncomfortable. Thought to be so, because there's a mismatch been visual and inner ear inputs. That is: you can see you're going aroun…

Yes, Hunkin gives a much better explanation than me on his site, which both exposes my own misgivings, and hits a bit harder at copyright.

There's an interesting note on his site [0] about how he had to demonetize all his YouTube videos because of the music, and how the original band are not getting anything from it e…

Are those fifty Tom Scotts all competing with each other to become 'experts of the week' on the same topics in slightly different ways? (that's what my 5 or 6 Tom Scotts do) I wish…

You never forget your first sewing machine (or find one that lives up to the memory)