I really hate computers engaging in pretend conversations.

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I don't want a conversation, I want actions. I don't want to ask to save, I just want …

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My partner watches YT videos in the background while working, and the nonsense I hear is unreal.

• People stop to discuss the algorithm, and request audience intervention, persistently.
• People use code-words for drugs, death, suicide, and anything else they think the algorithm may dislike.
• Sponsorship ads last minutes, …

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Automation is more than time-saving, it lets you do and create what you otherwise never would.

I publish these little articles with as much automation as you can imagine. If I did this manually, the steps would be:

1. Add a publication date for the future to evenly space articles (I write loads, then stop for ages) …

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I don't know how long until people cannot use pens, but it seems their days are numbered.

Whatever time it might take, certain stages seem inevitable.

Those currently in the government seem unlikely to change the education system to remove pens. I find it more likely that a group who broadly haven't used a pen more …

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I'm fast learning not to listen to experts when learning.

I say I'm starting my second Python project. I'm trying to work a nested dictionary.

You should use classes

No, I really shouldn't. I haven't even become comfortable with nested dictionaries.

It reminds me of people asking which Linux distro to install, and …

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The original terminal interface let you type to the computer in a type-writer, and the computer would type back - no screen required, just typed-text. Since then, computers have become so fast that no human could possibly read the text spat back out at the user.

I don't think proper distinctions have been made with a …

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Any idiot can spot mistakes in sci-fi. Finding excuses makes for a better game.

Star Trek shows every race in the world speaking the same language, because they have universal translators. But then we hear klingons shouting in Klingon, and hear random Bejoran phrases. Clearly lazy writing.

But better writing might …

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I wonder if people might struggle less with computer security if we employed metaphors for previous technology.

People have attempted to get videos off the internet, showing a clear misunderstanding how how computers work. If they thought in terms of many people photocopying a picture, I'm sure they would understand …

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Plato's Republic can come across as naïve, and I find that fact tragic.

Broadly, the book climaxes with a plan to make a state ruled by Philosopher Aristocrats. While Plato calls these rulers "Philosophers", we shouldn't picture modern Philosophy students, but academics.

I find the failure tragic because all …

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I'm getting real sick of the 'I am not a lawyer' everywhere. Everyone's not a lawyer, nobody's not a doctor.

I get that people think their suggestions may have legal consequences. I don't think mine will though. I'm an internet lawyer - go murder someone, it'll be fine. This is legal advice.

I just can't picture …

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