I believe the adage is that: if a test is open book, the book won't help you; if a test has no time limit, time will not help you; and if a test is take-home then you will forget where you live.
December 2, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I believe the adage is that: if a test is open book, the book won't help you; if a test has no time limit, time will not help you; and if a test is take-home then you will forget where you live.
I think it is different for each person, but there is a point where you go from "you are old" to "oh shit, you are so old we might lose you at any point and this joke reminds me of that."
November 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I think it is different for each person, but there is a point where you go from "you are old" to "oh shit, you are so old we might lose you at any point and this joke reminds me of that."
But we will also remember that the Democrats signed off on it after all the pain and suffering from the shutdown. Your colleagues caved, and need to be pushed out of democratic circles like the Republican lapdogs they are.
November 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
But we will also remember that the Democrats signed off on it after all the pain and suffering from the shutdown. Your colleagues caved, and need to be pushed out of democratic circles like the Republican lapdogs they are.
I worry I am becoming a curmudgeon, but I would never recommend a degree in cyber security, as everything you do in security circles back to software and hardware development as the starting point, with the desire to look for the gaps or try to be unobserved being the key change. Also I hate cyber.
October 31, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I worry I am becoming a curmudgeon, but I would never recommend a degree in cyber security, as everything you do in security circles back to software and hardware development as the starting point, with the desire to look for the gaps or try to be unobserved being the key change. Also I hate cyber.
I just had a moment of thinking about Adrian Blackwood thinking about the same discussion about something being in/out of character for him and it tickled my funny bone.
October 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I just had a moment of thinking about Adrian Blackwood thinking about the same discussion about something being in/out of character for him and it tickled my funny bone.
Fundamentally, we know Trump doesn't care about illegal immigration either or ICE would be raiding corporate offices not grocery stores. Immigrants come and stay because they are being paid by someone. And in the case of Trump properties, we know who the rich man is who was abusing the system.
October 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Fundamentally, we know Trump doesn't care about illegal immigration either or ICE would be raiding corporate offices not grocery stores. Immigrants come and stay because they are being paid by someone. And in the case of Trump properties, we know who the rich man is who was abusing the system.
It also lets us try to identify what else could have gone wrong. Reading the transcripts and interviews you get all kinds of pointers for how to do this well (the discussion on ballast release mechanism for example). People died and the rescue was costly, so let's learn as much as possible from it.
October 17, 2025 at 8:55 AM
It also lets us try to identify what else could have gone wrong. Reading the transcripts and interviews you get all kinds of pointers for how to do this well (the discussion on ballast release mechanism for example). People died and the rescue was costly, so let's learn as much as possible from it.
The full answer is that this is mostly about all the processes that failed to stop him killing passengers. Does classification of a vessel hurt innovation? Do we need to update international treaties so that the same standards used in most national waters apply everywhere?
October 17, 2025 at 8:55 AM
The full answer is that this is mostly about all the processes that failed to stop him killing passengers. Does classification of a vessel hurt innovation? Do we need to update international treaties so that the same standards used in most national waters apply everywhere?
I certainly agree, although it could be funny as a self help/instruction book from the perspective of a character with an odd perspective on the world to another. (Some secondary characters from your books spring to mind as having that warped view).
October 10, 2025 at 6:12 AM
I certainly agree, although it could be funny as a self help/instruction book from the perspective of a character with an odd perspective on the world to another. (Some secondary characters from your books spring to mind as having that warped view).