https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/11/trump-tesla-boycott-musk The best thing about this to me isn't so much the idea that boycotting something could be illegal. It's the implication that your typical 'loony-left' liberal was all set to buy a Tesla before they got their grump on. By the sa...

I've yet to go back to it (was caught up in a whole bunch of other game releases), but I did enjoy the few hours I played. Will have to get back into it soon.

Eyes Wide Shut 26 years late to the party (not THAT party :shock: ) and good lord I wish I'd delved in sooner. Before Kubrick died, he declared Eyes Wide Shut his greatest contribution to the art of cinema, and I don't dare disagree. It's a masterpiece. I knew very little going into the film. What ...

As promised, here's the description of the planar map: This room holds a fantastic contraption consisting of rotating metal discs, arranged in a vaguely spherical formation. It as a map of the multiverse, showing each of the different planes and how they connect together. Most planes are coloured pa...

I don't think I can muster any excitement for it anymore. The ship has sailed.

That's the danger, though - many people are becoming so reliant on it that accuracy of information is going to severely eroded, far more than it already has in the post-truth era. Most people are going to assume what it gives them is correct, when that's simply wrong on a frequent basis. I don't thi...

I'm half expecting that we'll have a meeting to clarify the purpose of the clarification meeting. I must spend up to a full day each week in meetings which serve no purpose for and require no contribution from 80% of the attendees. And the sad thing is that I'm typically the only person who question...

LLM AI - I see it as a tool that’s useful in some circumstances but is often wrong, as it places priority on the appearance of being correct over actual accuracy. There is a place for it and it will improve with time. Generative art AI - A blight that threatens creative jobs and wastes obscene amoun...

In the latest episode of life imitating Dilbert, we now have yet another weekly meeting. We have a daily meeting where each member of the team quickly mentions what they're working on, which is also a sensible time to raise any questions or concerns, etc. One person did raise concerns about somethin...

If you're concerned with the title sullying the good reputation of Gladiator, it may be wise to make your peace with the sequel now.

Gladiator II To my surprise, it wasn't anywhere as bad as I thought it might be. It's not great, either - certainly not a patch on the original, which is one of my favourite films of all time. It's a dumb spectacle, which taken on its own terms is perfectly reasonable entertainment. If the story ha...

It’d be a hell of a lot easier and cheaper for us to hire the ten best assassins in the world.

EDIT - On the slim chance the CIA stumble on this, by “us” I mean the UK, not the forum. I don’t have that kind of money.

If there's one thing KCD highlights more than any game I can think of, it's the value of armour. There's a lot to combat and both character and player skill makes a difference, but the one thing that will turn combat from nightmarish to feasible is solid armour, so that a glancing blow is no longer ...