This someone never had to rely on the support of his fellow citizens, I am sure.

The academia / universities are having their panties in a bunch because the current relation with the EU (unrestricted immigration == limitless supply of cheap labour for their labs; access to EU funding programs) is very good for them personally. They don't care a fig for national sovereignty (beca...

UK decides who gets to be the PM by even smaller "majorities". If Brexit referendum was decided according to the first-past-the-post rules, we'd have a 2/3 majority for Leave.

The issue of the balance of power between Parliament and Crown w/r to foreign policy is interesting, though.

The Loopers and the Algies? https://atilanevesoncode.wordpress.com/ ... he-algies/

Author says:

Was simpler than this:

    stuff = [ x for x in xs if condition(x) ]

But everybody knows that it should be

stuff = filter(condition, xs)

No?

Give them a call.

Self-promotion in the quant industry? Shocking, I say!

WE NEED MORE SAFE SPACES FOR SPECIAL SNOWFLAKES

Not sure how relevant all that is. A cap would result in an immediate Posh-Boy Drain. The question is whether we'd notice any difference to performance. At the moment shareholders don't really have any stats on how important high pay is. Actually, it's pretty much established there is no positive c...

"question: why is a minimum wage now considered "normal" but a maximum wage ridiculed?"

Because media bosses are affected by the latter but not by the first.

1,000-Man Mob Attack Police, Set Germany’s Oldest Church Alight on New Year’s Eve

Fake news!
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/ ... und-church

It must be great fun trading bitcoin, unless it's your money.

Assuming his/her bitcoints do not evaporate overnight... remember MtGox!

Or barley wine.

Salt 'n vinegar or cheese and onion?
Tesco are good (less fat), Lidl has more fat.

I avoid salt 'n vinegar; it brings on heartburn.

Definitely salt 'n vinegar (no dairy).

Or barley wine.

Afghanistan was always a tough nut to crack. This book tells a fascinating story of the early British attempts to have their way with it, and how they failed.