You mean, why is it worth noting that someone who frequently speaks at conferences about Bitcoin, has businesses that utilise Bitcoin and is influential in the Bitcoin community is - the inventor of Bitcoin?

I enjoyed Gnomon, but boy I didn't find it an easy read

The second and third times through get easier, once you can appreciate the patterns and links that seem extraneous and confusing at first. Totally different kind of book, but I’d put it up with Infinite Jest as far as being convoluted but incredibly rewarding. And of course more SD / tech focused.

Thank you. I'll give it another go. I did enjoy Angelmaker as an enjoyable romp

I'd try Ted Chiang's anthology of short stories: Stories of Your Life and Others.

Also his second anthology!

In terms of ideas, Chiang and qntm are a tie for absolute favorite for me. I've probably thought about each individual short story more than about some entire series or multi-season TV shows in combination.

Placebos would work with anything with a plausible story, since I’ve tried many hundreds of things and only a handful worked I’m highly confident that it’s not a placebo. People with ME/CFS are used to trying things and have them not work so the placebo effect where it exists has usually worn off.

Not really

> Artemis II crew take 'spectacular' image of Earth

It was described by someone else as spectacular - in this case NASA

> Artemis II crew take spectacular image of Earth

We the BBC certify that this image is officially spectacular

Not hugely important in this context. By more import, when the sentence is something like X 'commits warcrimes' against Y

Try a corporate laptop. Every stupid thing you don’t need except to know it’s running is there, but you don’t know it’s running because they may just be hidden.

Jamf, zscaler, virus checkers, etc. need to all go to hell with this crap. I’m glad Tailscale are removing theirs.

Your experience is not everyone s experience. Are you one of their colleagues. No? Then they weren’t talking about you.

They don't have to be one of my colleagues to share their own perspective and experience. We're a rather large band of computer using people here, and it's good to share experiences and viewpoints.

Currently I have 6 extras, which is a rare number I see. My normal number is 3.

> The reality is that no program so far has really been successful within the NHS.

Could you be a bit more specific? No IT initiative at all? No attempt to create a national data spine?

My iPhone 13 mini launched around the same time runs it with zero problems

We have a mini in my household and I wouldn’t call it “zero problems”. It’s usable but definitely slower than iOS 18. My iPhone 17 visibly struggles with basic browser UI rendering. I’m not satisfied with iOS 26. Here’s hoping they improve performance in 27.

It’s not all or nothing there ads trade offs. The fact that Apple still bothers to expend marketing effort on its privacy chops suggests significant numbers of people still do care.