A certified poet from Slough, Whose methods of rhyming were rough, Retorted, “I see That the letters agree And if that’s not sufficient I’m through.” — Clifford Witting https://www.futilitycloset.com/2026/04/09/limerick-23/
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A certified poet from Slough, Whose methods of rhyming were rough, Retorted, “I see That the letters agree And if that’s not sufficient I’m through.” — Clifford Witting
“As companies grow, they all end up with more and more layers of collaboration, review, and management. Why? Because otherwise mistakes get made, and mistakes are increasingly expensive at scale. The average value added by a new feature eventually becomes lower than the average value lost through the new bugs it causes. So, lacking a way to make features produce more value (wouldn't that be nice!), we try to at least reduce the damage.” https://apenwarr.ca/log/20260316
Every layer of review makes you 10x slower
We’ve all heard of those network effect laws: the value of a network goes up
with the square of the number of members. Or the cost of commun...
There is a little-known far-right political party registered in Scotland, with politics similar to Reform. It doesn’t really operate as a party. It seeks no publicity, delivers no leaflets, does no canvassing. It lies low and does zero campaigning, avoiding attention, hoping not to be noticed … until polling day. Its plan is that on polling day, voters quickly scanning down the list of parties will put their cross against one that superficially looks like the Greens. (1/4)
Am I getting addicted to podcasts I wondered this morning, putting on T-shirt then jumper then headphones so I don't lose podcast time while putting on my pants
Good news from the world of Microsoft Teams usability! It now pops up a label saying either "Enter starts a new line" or "Shift+Enter starts a new line" depending on which of the mysterious and invisible modes it's decided to put you in!
Bret Devereaux of ACOUP comments on the war: https://acoup.blog/2026/03/25/miscellanea-the-war-in-iran/ "a fairly classic escalation trap: once the conflict starts, it is extremely costly for either side to ever back down, which ensures that the conflict continues long past it being in the interests of either party"
Miscellanea: The War in Iran
This post is a set of my observations on the current war in Iran and my thoughts on the broader strategic implications. I am not, of course, an expert on the region nor do I have access to any spec…