Cussedness
The natural cussedness of things in general.
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No News Is Good News
At some point in November last year, I forget exactly when, I embarked upon an experiment. Now, those who know me will be aware that, even on a good day, I am not naturally predisposed towards happiness and joy, and on top of that, me and autumn don’t see eye to eye: autumn seems to like gloom, rain, mould, death, and roadworks, whereas I don’t, so I never expect much from the soggy end of the year. But as winter approached I noticed that I was even more than usually grumpy and miserable. I won’t go into great detail, because that sort of thing is deeply boring. Suffice to say, it wasn’t pleasant, and I needed to do something about it. (more…)
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Innumerate Journalists
Point 4 in this rather daft article made me swear out loud, specifically this sentence:
Two divided by three makes 0.666 recurring (allegedly - actually it makes 0.6666666667).
What on earth are they teaching in hack school nowadays?
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