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New comment by Sprotch in "Will I ever own a zettaflop?"

Sprotch — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:26:06 +0000

And when it comes, people will use it for porn, memes, and to argue with each other in bad faith

New comment by Sprotch in "A Japanese glossary of chopsticks faux pas (2022)"

Sprotch — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 23:06:38 +0000

What stuffy traditional practices does the UK have?

New comment by Sprotch in "A Japanese glossary of chopsticks faux pas (2022)"

Sprotch — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 23:05:37 +0000

It’s not western etiquette and makes no sense to me

New comment by Sprotch in "France's aircraft carrier located in real time by Le Monde through fitness app"

Sprotch — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 22:45:26 +0000

Tinder was launched in 2012 though

New comment by Sprotch in "The Dilbert Afterlife"

Sprotch — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 18:36:02 +0000

I admire your patience when faced with someone who clearly has not read the article but still wants to be right no matter what...

New comment by Sprotch in "EU–INC – A new pan-European legal entity"

Sprotch — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 17:11:08 +0000

Thank you - it is indeed €120k minimum capital

Then I suggest they make noise to lower it to €1 - much easier than creating a new legal structure

New comment by Sprotch in "EU–INC – A new pan-European legal entity"

Sprotch — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 16:56:31 +0000

How is this different from an SE, which has been existing since 2004?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Societas_Europaea

New comment by Sprotch in "The Dilbert Afterlife"

Sprotch — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 15:55:13 +0000

I suggest you read the article, it states the exact opposite and agrees with you

New comment by Sprotch in "Notebook Lawyer"

Sprotch — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 21:32:40 +0000

How effective is AI at pulling out relatively niche data from a document? Like - tell me which of these contracts has an arbitration clause?

New comment by Sprotch in "VW is bringing physical buttons back to the dashboard with the ID. Polo EV"

Sprotch — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 18:01:39 +0000

I don’t think they were following Tesla. It’s a trend that affects everything, including washing machines. Tesla is a mere symptom

New comment by Sprotch in "Lessons from 14 years at Google"

Sprotch — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 07:30:19 +0000

It’s not politics over competence. It’s getting things done in the real world

New comment by Sprotch in "The Great Gatsby is the most misunderstood novel (2021)"

Sprotch — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 08:16:35 +0000

I think there’s a nuance. Chasing the low millions, and therefore financial security and comfort, is not the same as chasing billions, which would be Gatsby territory

New comment by Sprotch in "Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes"

Sprotch — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 08:11:48 +0000

Thanks for this - Graham hits the nail on the head

New comment by Sprotch in "The Great Gatsby is the most misunderstood novel (2021)"

Sprotch — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 08:02:07 +0000

Indeed. And I see no evidence for the premise or the article. I read the book at school, and we all understood the not very subtle point about the illusion of money and how it does not bring happiness. The hopeless romantic aspect does get more touching as one ages though.

New comment by Sprotch in "The Great Gatsby is the most misunderstood novel (2021)"

Sprotch — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 08:00:18 +0000

You are going to love Honore de Balzac and Emile Zola.

New comment by Sprotch in "Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes"

Sprotch — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 20:56:13 +0000

This has nothing to do with JFK - it was put in place in 1945

New comment by Sprotch in "Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes"

Sprotch — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 19:50:33 +0000

If only this were about eliminating a nasty despot…

New comment by Sprotch in "Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes"

Sprotch — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 19:07:07 +0000

The institutions work if all countries abide by their rulings. The US doing this sort for things is destroying the institutions we have, chief of all the UN and the ICJ, put in place at the end of World War 2 to avoid a repeat. We have not learned.

New comment by Sprotch in "Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes"

Sprotch — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 19:05:19 +0000

He was awful from the start, sending political opponents to prison and transferring oil money to himself and his croneys, but he claimed to be taking from the rich to give to the poor, so the Western left lapped it all up. It took them years to realise what he was actually doing (from the start).

New comment by Sprotch in "Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes"

Sprotch — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 19:02:39 +0000

How exactly will the US run the country? They have just one guy