I've still got my copy of Windows 3.1 on 3.5" 1.44 MB disks; there are seven in total.

Now, Windows 95, that was a monstrosity on floppy disks.

Lithuania is considered, along with Latvia and Estonia, to be a developed country now. It really took a step forward after being freed from the chains of Russian subjugation.

certainly the man is due respect

How about no?

The ultimate STEMlord misunderstanding of culture; something absolutely rife in the Silicon Valley tech-sphere.

Something I will say about War and Peace that's rarely mentioned - probably because it is a work that is meant to mark one out as a cultured person - within the first 50 pages of the book, there's a scene where a group of the main characters tie a policeman to the back of a bear. For some reason, it's the part of the book that's stuck with me the longest in association with its story.

Not using blockchains, for a start. Blockchains centralise by design, because of economies of scale.

There goes the "will they, won't they?" of Red Bull taking all of the wins this year. Good work from Sainz, Norris and Hamilton; that was a bit embarrassing from Russell.

Are there any bears nearby? I'm looking forward to another wildlife infiltration.

Unless their will is to tie blocks of concrete to their feet and get in the sea, I can't see how.

something something don't threaten me with a good time

I'm wryly amused that of all people, the rats putting their dismal hopes into the prediction markets not going to zero are the ones screeching about scientism.

The problem, as always, is not that the likes of Aaronson and Siskind are being "attacked" - it's that they're not being criticised enough. In a more reasonable world, they'd have been laughed out of the room years ago.