Tom James
@TACJ
The details of my life are quite inconsequential.
I mean, it's all doable. We just have to build lots of solar, wind, and nuclear capacity; and stop using fossil fuels.
Hmm we could even layer all of the different preferences, zones, and presumptions together into a single national law
🚨 NEW: The Government is set to roll out "hospitality zones" across the UK to allow pubs and clubs to open in empty shops and operate with longer opening hours and alfresco dining
In the 1960s, MIT's Jay Forrester created a simulation that changed how we think about supply chains: the Beer Game. It revealed that even stable demand can cause wild production swings—now known as the bullwhip effect. 🧵1/10
It’s either so over or we’ve never been so back
One of the slightly scary things about AI/LLM/Claude is that it means that you can learn *anything* much faster. These things are going to transform education.
forgot to post about it but i was just casually handling the court copy of shakespeare’s will yesterday
I've been processing a lidar scan for the past 15 hours, and discovering at least one not-seen-in-1000-years structure every minute on average
Aargh.
Wikipedia’s legal case was heard at the Royal Court of Justice on July 22-23, and a ruling is expected within a month or so. However, if their legal arguments are rejected and they refuse to implement Category 1 rules, the UK government could block access to Wikipedia entirely.
Hey @grok, who was the most famous person to visit my profile? It doesn't need to be a mutual, don't tag them, just say who it was.
Don't study economics at university. What they teach is empirically false garbage. In just 9 simple points, let me explain why... and what to study instead. (1) Textbooks claim firms face "rising marginal costs" (making more = higher costs per unit). But 89% of real companies…
Not only Gooners, but Chelsea fans too!
I need people outside of the UK who think its only "Gooners" who are mad over this new ID law to understand that the Online Safety Act doesn't just apply this authoritarian horseshit to porn, its ANYTHING that can be vaguely classed as "adult". Violence, alcohol, drugs etc.