Richard K
@rkemb.bsky.social
A company for carrying out an undertaking of great advantage, but nobody to know what it is.
At last some good news.
November 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
At last some good news.
Actually remember having an argument with someone about this around 10 years ago: they were horrified that I might actually prefer the high interest rate environment to high-but-relatively-static prices and low interest rates. /1
Part of their own personal mythology. Like everyone who went on about the 15% interest rates, at a time when a house was a fraction of real terms price, following the Truss budget.
November 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Actually remember having an argument with someone about this around 10 years ago: they were horrified that I might actually prefer the high interest rate environment to high-but-relatively-static prices and low interest rates. /1
Of course, Coleridge was high on laudanum when he wrote this line; who knows what Hannan has been taking?
Spectator running a piece by Daniel Hannan which leans heavily into the inferred idea that you're not necessarily British if you come from a migrant background, even if you were born and brought up here.
November 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Of course, Coleridge was high on laudanum when he wrote this line; who knows what Hannan has been taking?
Reposted by Richard K
The most effective and commercially successful household robots are stationary white cubes that usually cost under £300. The most effective and commercially successful household robots that are mobile are disks with wheels underneath that usually cost under £700. Neither are £25k+ bipedal humanoids
Can a robot do housework for you? Absolutely not, but you're more likely to believe one can if it has arms and walks around on two legs like a person
November 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The most effective and commercially successful household robots are stationary white cubes that usually cost under £300. The most effective and commercially successful household robots that are mobile are disks with wheels underneath that usually cost under £700. Neither are £25k+ bipedal humanoids
Reminds me of the letter Dorothy Parker wrote to her editor from her honeymoon reading "I cannot respond to your message right now as I am too fucking busy, and vice versa."
There was a rumoured letter in family law that read:
"Dear Sirs,
Fuck off.
Stronger letter to follow.
Yours faithfully"
"Dear Sirs,
Fuck off.
Stronger letter to follow.
Yours faithfully"
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump - brilliant stuff from @davidallengreen.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/emptycit...
November 12, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Reminds me of the letter Dorothy Parker wrote to her editor from her honeymoon reading "I cannot respond to your message right now as I am too fucking busy, and vice versa."
A systems person might have something to say about why able people struggle to get anything done.
There are quite a few people in senior positions in this government who seem to me to be very able, but are clearly failing. The received wisdom on this site is that they're inept, and that their failings are for obvious and stupid reasons. I wonder what our perspective on this will be in 20 years.
November 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
A systems person might have something to say about why able people struggle to get anything done.
Getting a consultant in to completely rebuild your tech stack before you can realise the gains of AI? The straightforward, reliable solution that's never gone wrong before then.
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November 12, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Getting a consultant in to completely rebuild your tech stack before you can realise the gains of AI? The straightforward, reliable solution that's never gone wrong before then.
on.ft.com/4oAwTm3
on.ft.com/4oAwTm3
Classic economist-brain: "Well, if it's so straightforward, how come I, an intelligent American fellow, messed it up, eh? Checkmate. Also that £50 note on the floor isn't really there."
Noah Smith is paid in the high six-figures to write a blog read by Americans who believe themselves to be intelligent. Yet, he is both unable to read a sign and also for some reason chose to have a 90 minute layover for a flight that takes 90 minutes.
onemileatatime.com/news/economi...
onemileatatime.com/news/economi...
Economist Doesn't Follow Signs At Heathrow: Proof The UK Is Failing?
A economist had a bad experience connecting at Heathrow, suggesting it's reflective of bigger issues in the UK. There's only one issue...
onemileatatime.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Classic economist-brain: "Well, if it's so straightforward, how come I, an intelligent American fellow, messed it up, eh? Checkmate. Also that £50 note on the floor isn't really there."
Come on, now, AI recommends a morning coffee?
November 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Come on, now, AI recommends a morning coffee?
Benefitting from training on all the big data that says no-one wants this stuff.
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Benefitting from training on all the big data that says no-one wants this stuff.
"Kneel before Zod" says Conservative front bencher.
Conservative Shadow Culture Secretary Nigel Huddleston tells GB News that the BBC should "grovel" to Trump.
Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader
Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader
November 11, 2025 at 11:23 AM
"Kneel before Zod" says Conservative front bencher.
"James Bond? I heard you were dead."
November 11, 2025 at 11:19 AM
"James Bond? I heard you were dead."
Pfft, Rasputin handled similar just fine.
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Pfft, Rasputin handled similar just fine.
You say scone, and I say scone
You say abalone, and I say abalone
Scone, scone
Abalone, abalone
Let's call the whole thing off
You say abalone, and I say abalone
Scone, scone
Abalone, abalone
Let's call the whole thing off
My most controversial starter pack yet... a collection of people who pronounce scone as scone and not scone
November 11, 2025 at 11:06 AM
You say scone, and I say scone
You say abalone, and I say abalone
Scone, scone
Abalone, abalone
Let's call the whole thing off
You say abalone, and I say abalone
Scone, scone
Abalone, abalone
Let's call the whole thing off
Obviously what we need is an official Bond multiverse.
November 11, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Obviously what we need is an official Bond multiverse.
Mad dogs and Englishmen go out for a midday run.
November 11, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Mad dogs and Englishmen go out for a midday run.
This... just seems mad. The whole point of a register of interests is to allow it to be judged whether there are conflicts. If the information is hidden, the register has no value.
I put in a freedom of information request for her register of interests, which would reveal if she owns OpenAI shares. The government refused to share it, claiming it contains ‘personal information’.
For context, the PM’s previous AI Adviser’s register of interests *was* published.
3/5
For context, the PM’s previous AI Adviser’s register of interests *was* published.
3/5
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
This... just seems mad. The whole point of a register of interests is to allow it to be judged whether there are conflicts. If the information is hidden, the register has no value.
Perhaps they could form an organisation to represent the collective, and elect members to it, and
I was at an event yesterday where Rand Paul spoke via video and talked about how great it was to send ACA money "directly to the people" so that they could work collectively to get better deals on health care.
November 11, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Perhaps they could form an organisation to represent the collective, and elect members to it, and
When the DG of the BBC thinks "You know what, fuck this for a game of soldiers" and quits for a confected scandal rather than fighting to keep his position, there's a real problem with direction and morale within the organisation.
November 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
When the DG of the BBC thinks "You know what, fuck this for a game of soldiers" and quits for a confected scandal rather than fighting to keep his position, there's a real problem with direction and morale within the organisation.
Fulfilling my familial obligations by baking bread and filling the fridge with leftovers before disappearing for three days on a work trip.
November 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Fulfilling my familial obligations by baking bread and filling the fridge with leftovers before disappearing for three days on a work trip.
If I were atomic power, I would simply be too cheap to meter.
If I were AI, I would simply be intelligent
If I were housing, I would simply be affordable
November 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
If I were atomic power, I would simply be too cheap to meter.
I mean I'm 47 and Pete looks older than... hold on, my wife is telling me something
What nauseates about Mayor Pete is that he’s an Atlantic Monthly-reading retiree’s idea of what a young (ok, 43-yr-old) person should be like. Thank god for competitive primaries
November 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I mean I'm 47 and Pete looks older than... hold on, my wife is telling me something
Knows the cost of everything, takes a chainsaw to it anyway.
November 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Knows the cost of everything, takes a chainsaw to it anyway.
Fully-automated luxury nimbyism
November 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Fully-automated luxury nimbyism
"Why don't we just ban war?"
Zack Polanski: "I want to see everyone denuclearise, including Vladimir Putin."
November 9, 2025 at 11:39 AM
"Why don't we just ban war?"