Observations on the world and its inhabitants
There comes a point in every great nation’s story when it must look itself squarely in the mirror, offer a quiet, slightly embarrassed cough, and ask: how did we manage to spend more than a Moon mission on a railway that still won’t reach central London for another decade and a half? HS2 has now ...
We’ve had a busy month in the business of measuring “Humanity.” Between the release of Humanity’s Last Exam (HLE) and the interactive bloodbath that was ARC-AGI-3, it’s becoming clear that we aren’t exactly building a new mind. We’re building a $600 billion filing cabinet that’s learned how to speak with a slight academic sneer. The ...
A couple days ago, someone suggested that I get out over the bank holiday weekend to a local restaurant. Calm down – they weren’t inviting me out or hinting at an invitation. They suggested I get a nice steak. I said, “No way. The restaurant would charge me about £20 for the same meal I ...
Some people want to save money on food and some don’t. In my recent bill below I saved 69%. Obviously, I won’t get that saving every time. But the more savings I make; they will add up. It was on food that was reduced-price, around 16:30PM on a Sunday. There are other days and times ...
For a long time, I’ve been observing how little people read things. Ahhhhh… but what does ‘read‘ or ‘reading‘ mean? The best definition I’ve found is, “the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message.” In this post I’m referring to things that people ought to have read i.e. various communications via electronic means and ...
Over the last 2 weeks I’ve been on an e-cleaning binge! That means I’ve been sorting out loads of electronic files of all types and cleaning up electronic messages. Did I say ‘electronic messages‘? Just checking. Yes – I did! Some fool wants to know what does ‘electronic messages’ mean. Chrysst! People don’t know what ...
Captain Walker
Captain Walker
