@cstross Jesus, when did using "North Star" for "target" become a thing?

@WeeGem @cstross Well, »target« tends to be something defined, something you can be measured on. Now, »north star« has the advantage of making you a dude with a galactic vision, is clearly a long way over there where it’s obvious that only energetic hand waving can describe it in any meaningful way…and as such is hard to measure.