gedhrel

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[–] gedhrel@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

Fucking well said.

[–] gedhrel@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Well, "senior colleagues" told him not resigning was the thing to do. So add cowardice to the list.

[–] gedhrel@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Maybe half that time.

[–] gedhrel@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'll try again in reply to the roght comment: "NRS social grade" is a UK demographics thing.

[–] gedhrel@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

The search term you're after is NRS social grade. It's a UK demographics thing.

[–] gedhrel@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Ivan's Childhood; although all of Tarkovsky's oeuvre is worth it.

[–] gedhrel@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago

That's Alan Turing the traitor as played by Sherlock Holmes?

It is a film with a great list of cheap tropes to avoid.

[–] gedhrel@lemmy.world 14 points 4 weeks ago

I'm a mathematician too. They're probably speaking from an intuitive grasp of utility.

[–] gedhrel@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah, but still - the elephant.

[–] gedhrel@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago

I care about my friends, and if they want to talk about it, I'm happy to listen.

Depending on what the thing is (eg, potential new person) they can be inherently interesting too.

[–] gedhrel@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

The Tarot of the Bohemians.

[–] gedhrel@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I think it's fairly parochial, and sounds quite infantile to me. Growing up (uk) we just used clockwise to tighten.

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