I'm so sick of the way Europeans serve coffee. I want more than a thimbleful and I want it hot, not lukewarm.
The UK and USA do coffee properly.
#coffee

Physicists - if decoherence doesn't need a sentient observer, just interaction with the environment, then how do you explain the double slit pattern when its not measured? It's interacting with the environment but you're still seeing the diffraction pattern.🙋

Supermarket self-checkouts - why has no supermarket figured out yet that you don't need to weigh the items. Go through the logic. It would save customers time, get more customers through and give you a surge in customers due to the USP, before the others caught on. Ask yourselves: ...

@iandunt.bsky.social @dorianlynskey.bsky.social
Not meaning to be a suck up, just wanting to spread some good karma. I love your podcast Origin Story, your dynamic works v well; and it's so refreshing to hear intellectual debate without the waffle or bull****.
PS Ian - perfect use of a semicolon.

Is Bluesky like Twitter/X?
When I have a thought or gripe or witticism am I just as well off going to an empty room in my house, opening the door, quietly saying my words to an empty room and then closing the door again?

IT automation is 20 years too early. If you need help with anything now, you may as well forget it - you can't get through to a human and your problem CAN'T be solved by a FAQ or similar, despite the 1st 20 mins of your call being wasted by someone telling you it can.

The world just evolves according the the Schrodinger equation. What does this actually mean? To me it's like saying the football match just evolves according to the online betting. Someone please explain! #physics #quantumphysics #schrodinger

@seanmcarroll.bsky.social I've enjoyed your books and podcasts but one thing you say really bugs me. 'The world just evolves according to the schrodinger equation.' What does this actually mean? To me it's like saying a basketball game evolves according to the odds.