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I used to have one long .org tasks file. That was great when I was working, because I saw it every day when I logged on my laptop and did org-agenda. But now that I'm retired I don…

I struggled with this too. The best understanding I've been able to come to is this: 1. Every month's item number can be calculated from the preceding month's item number by the me…

Poster is probably referring to Popper's 'The Open Society and Its Enemies' [1]. Some colleagues of Popper would refer to it as 'The Open Society By One Of Its Enemies'. [1]: https…

An (unfortunate) human could be at the epicenter of an earthquake. But not at the epicenter of a social circle unless that (unfortunate) social circle was deep below the surface of…

Second sentence contains one of my pet bugbears, 'epicenter' instead of, well, 'center'. If Capote really was at the epicenter of his social circle, then the social circle itself m…

If anyone wants to learn more about Murray and his ideas (and incidentally support him and his family), he has written a number of books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Zionism-Bullshit-…

The latest iteration is actually called 'ActianX', and it's a continuation of Ingres plus support for column-based tables from the 'Vector' product acquired by Actian. QUEL is stil…

Riddley Walker is a stunningly good novel. I've read it twice and I'd read it again. Many years ago there was a dramatisation of it at the Edinburgh Festival, very powerful. One bi…