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Ken Griffin
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Recovering film archivist, civil servant and former chair of Save Havelock House.
Won't unequal tariff rates between the EU and UK cause Windsor Framework issues?
April 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
It will be soon. All Americans will have to buy a Tesla or face a firing squad!
March 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
As an addendum, I've just realised that even Herr Flick needed Rene's help at times.

It just shows the risks of superficial analyses of even light entertainment shows such as 'Allo 'Allo.
March 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The British are depicted as fools, reliant on the French for assistance. The French are relatively competent but they require materials from the British and the 'friendly' Germans.

The 'friendly' Germans need the French to conceal their thefts and protect them from the Gestapo. 3/3
March 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
There's more evidence to suggest that 'Allo 'Allo supports integration as all the various nationalities are heavily interdependent on each other. 2/3
March 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Your interpretation of 'Allo 'Allo seems implausible, particularly as there are very few British characters within it.

You have two British airmen and an agent who becomes so integrated in French life that he pursues his duties as a policeman to the expense of his mission. 1/3
March 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Nazi
March 4, 2025 at 12:43 AM
It's good to see that the Republicans are putting up a spokesperson.
February 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Of course not. If I signed up for a grant-funded project, I would expect the government to uphold its side of the agreement.
February 21, 2025 at 12:42 AM
They may be midway through amalgamating databases. It could be a legacy of some abandoned project. It could be that Elon's crew are looking at the wrong variable.

In general, Elon's team seems very light on database experience and, having sacked everyone, they are probably operating blind. END.
February 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
It sounds as though the death flag on the database is not fully populated for some reason. My suspicion is that the death data is pulled in from another source when the database is queried.

Why would it not be populated? 5/
February 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I don't know the specific database but there are a logical explanations for what Musk has observed.

Firstly, you would want dead people in that database. You don't want to issue duplicate SSNs. You also want to retain their data to prevent fraud. 4/
February 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
A lot of Elon's statements are similar to those raised by people starting to work with large databases.

There are always things that seem a bit illogical until they are explained to you. Take his latest claims about the SSN database with dead people on it. 3/
February 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
These routines clean up all known errors and oddities, either through removing the corrupt data or through healing the errors using other databases.

You are normally very cautious about correcting directly on the database because it is so easy to accidently erase valid data or even the database. 2/
February 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
It looks like contempt of court to me.
February 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
You seriously expect there to be a next president in the foreseeable future? Authoritarian regimes aren't exactly keen on free and fair elections.
February 16, 2025 at 1:11 AM
It'll also affect job creation. Who in their right minds would invest in a country with such political and regulatory instability?
February 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
He's pushing hard for Employee of the Month.
February 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM