Many people across the globe are currently interested in the quality of code and, even more, the quality of results that arise from code. In particular, in the UK, Neil Ferguson’s epidemiological code, that seemed to influence the government’s decision to impose a lockdown, and, on this blog at least, the code that makes up … Continue reading
Here’s the thing. In our earlier busy thread, Jaime Jessop was thinking like a Haskell programmer and John Ridgway a Ruby one. Perhaps even more fascinating, what was the government thinking? References: Wikipedia : Assignment (computer science) Demystifying Haskell assignment Ruby – Operators Basic Programming – Operators What’s New In Python 3.8 – Assignment expressions … Continue reading
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Lots of embedded tweets coming up, with little climate or climate mitigation. Please skip if either or both are a bother. Let’s begin not with bookcases but with the proud owner of about twenty, Sarah Vine, Daily Mail journalist and wife of Michael Gove, senior UK government minister. Vine tweeted this yesterday in praise of … Continue reading
The thesis of this post is stark: there’s no point debating climate further until Fact 13 has been established. What is Fact 13? The $1.5 trillion a year the ‘climate change industry’ was reported to have become by August 2015. Was that number even remotely right? What’s the correct one going to be in August … Continue reading
Pretty much Jason Bordoff’s headline in Foreign Policy magazine today, except I left out the “Sorry”. And that’s because I’m not. Sorry, but the Virus Shows Why There Won’t Be Global Action on Climate Change Bordoff believes in what is laughably called the scientific consensus on climate change but he seems, to his credit, … Continue reading
It can be a quiz. It can just be you showing off. Or, of course, both. Not limited to climate but bonus points if any climate factoid is deemed interesting by 97% of assembled Cliscep experts. All complaints please to DFHunter @all – since all the pubs are closed can we have a climate/general quizz … Continue reading
Jaime just said in a comment: Russell, “If the science is not faulty, then the people who deny the science must be insane, driven mad by ideology, racism, sexism, homophobism, fascism, or whatever other “ism” you can concoct.” We’re seeing that tactic fall apart big time, not in the climate change debate, but in the … Continue reading
It’s broader than that. In fact, let’s include the amazing recent election in Hong Kong: Just screw Hong Kong, amirite? — Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) December 11, 2019 They are putting their lives at stake for their freedom while some nutjob I being bandied around the globe talking out of a script and is being … Continue reading
With apologies to This Is Spinal Tap, someone at Pink News has just turned all the knobs to weird. Read This is what climate change and transphobia have in common, according to non-binary author Dr Meg-John Barker if you dare. There are some hilarious comments under Helen Joyce’s tweet, mostly from the ‘gender critical’ contingent … Continue reading
