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Yo - I'm not totally stupid - used circles and a table approach to show that there are only 6. Just took the time to write and draw in notebook.

Maybe it is the result of evolution and the hunter-gatherer optimisations for humans. Hunters hunt and are interested in clever things to do that and gatherers gather and are engag…

Exactly; take every thing good or bad as a life challenge or experience to be fully engaged with and do not give up! Learnt the not giving up as a teen while race sailing; not givi…

Not in my experience and I am in my late 60s. I think current trends are not radical eno

Sad - and makes me feel old! Remember seeing him live as part of Ginger Bakers Air Force circa 1970 ish. Remember the gig well but not the date!

I already make perfect pancakes - 12 pretty much perfect tonight. But maybe my definition of perfect would be different from theirs and most likely their perfect would be my disast…

Interesting - but I don't recall academia being quite that extreme but I am in the UK. I find deconstruction so useful...[essay deleted]

The median survival for me is 5 years! I have just had a stem cell transplant (well my own cells) and it wss hard - if I say hard then it really was and I feel a lot of empathy for…

bacteria are healthy

For me it's the opposite issue - I am paid to motivate me to sit at a desk and stare at a screen. At all other awake times I cannot resist cooking, eating, running, cycling and row…

Don't!

I don't know what triggers my monthly migraine but I have found that Citrulline malate (an extract of watermelon) a vascular dilator prevents it for me 100%. Originally I had start…

I think its great!: In the high tech software company I am at there seems to be a disproportionate number of people over 60 - and we are are leaders in our industry both in profit …

Started my programming in 1975 on a pdp using fortran 4 - used punched cards for storing and running significant programs. Used something called I* to edit binary files. A fluoresc…

TalkTalk need to do more to fix this issue as they were responsible for not keeping customer information secure. Admittedly they did give out free stuff last year as a sort of comp…

You can use last number barring to block their calls. My best attempt at wasting their time was 28 minutes - normally would not bother but I was ill and needed something to distrac…

Interesting, but wanting a fast negotiation is a result of panic and the prospect of an economic downturn for the EU. Germany does not want a weak pound as it will badly hit their …

The EU is in a massive panic and stands to loose a lot more than the UK in money and structure than the UK if exit negotiations go badly. Therefore the UK is in a much stronger pos…

utter rubbish - when lightening strikes you; all the current passes over the surface of your body. This is because while electrical breakdown is happening in air the effective elec…

I am not quite 96 yet, but what nonsense - the British fought for freedom, self determination and democracy and not to be governed by a European state. NATO has provided the only e…

"Agile" et al are sticks that those who cannot do things (managers) beat the people who can do things to make them do it the way that the managers want. Which of course is often th…

Yup a big one in the UK

Sorry - I was being annoying. I do find the use of Duh amusing tho. It reminds me of my children and then me adding duh to the end of their names - that's very annoying but it cure…

English?

Should? Are not developers intelligent enough to know how to look after themselves!? This could be the next interview question.