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Sustainability: The Lazy Option 26 Nov 2011 | 12:18 am
In software development, it is sometimes said that the lazy developer is the best developer. She knows when to code longer in order to reduce future work – making systems that fix themselves, at sligh...
Metablog: Debt or No Debt? 25 Oct 2011 | 04:10 am
this is a response to Henry Tam’s post “Debt or No Debt” Cameron was talking about paying off personal debt and banks leading to businesses not individuals, so it’s actually not a contradiction. Deb...
Terrorism in Disguise 22 Oct 2011 | 08:36 pm
“Terrorists in disguise” is apparently what China’s officials have started calling Tibetan monks (and nuns) who set themselves on fire in protest at the communists’ continued occupation of Tibet. Ter...
Learn to attack your own interests 18 Oct 2011 | 05:56 am
Seriously, Chope? Rejecting an increase in MPs’ contribution to their own pension scheme is utterly insane. Contributions should clearly rise, for the foreseeable future, in line with standard public...
Perverse definition of privilege 24 Sep 2011 | 07:18 am
I found this article this afternoon, and was appalled by the cavalier definition of Liberalism as a mission to destroy the State. I do agree with the assertion that Liberalism is a mission to destroy...
Thoughtcrime is here 6 Aug 2011 | 08:24 am
The Metropolitan Police are now encouraging people to turn in their neighbours if they suspect them of being anarchists. [[EDIT: The police actually retracted the statement the next day. I'll leave m...
Clegg should not defend Cameron over hackgate 19 Jul 2011 | 05:22 am
There is a lot of talk about a possible snap election if David Cameron resigns over the phone hacking scandal. Nick Clegg is now out arguing against Cameron’s resignation. If we aren’t careful, this c...
Without God, whither Human Rights? 17 Jul 2011 | 02:38 am
There was a suggestion on twitter that atheists can’t be liberals, and I want to just put the record straight. Am I an atheist? No. I’m an agnostic, since I don’t believe there’s any evidence for or...
Killing people is bad, surely? 15 Jul 2011 | 09:36 pm
I was very sad to see the story about Mumbai this week, as well as the reports that Afghanistan was even more dangerous than last year in the six months to June, (and that four people were killed at H...
Phone Hacking 14 Jul 2011 | 05:14 am
Why was this a government matter in the first place? Don’t we have a free press? Media plurality is completely separated from criminal law – and quite rightly! The OFCOM acquisition guidance, includi...
