Re: Senior labour figures
Yvette Cooper's Balls was already at home.
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"The Labour party, particularly the left leaning versions, have done nothing but bring misery to the working man, through systematically and repeatedly fucking up the British economy. They've achieved that four times in my life time."
Yes, having a free NHS, a minimum wage, guaranteed holidays and the right not to be sacked arbitrarily have brought nothing but misery to millions of hard working people.
"they really are insane, they keep doing the same thing over and over and expect different results"
Or maybe they expect, and intend, the same results as before.
Without enemies, there is no need for them to exist.
Yes, if you move some or all of your IT to a cloud you need to be aware of the potential pitfalls, and yes, your provider going bankrupt is one of those, but as the article suggests there are ways to mitigate the impact of this.
However, not moving to a cloud also has its pitfalls. People who don't perform the necessary checks have been losing data since about an hour after the first electronic computer was switched on. If you do things yourself then a variety of things go wrong: your server room could burn down; your servers could break down; your sysadmins could become disgruntled and screw you over.
"... doing Monte Carlo simulation. Oh my, I feel 25 years younger now."
I know the feeling. In 1993 the third year project for my degree involved using Fortran to run Monte Carlo simulations to work out how lead atoms behave.
Those were the days when I still knew how to do quantum stuff.
You're far more likely to be killed by a drunk driver than you are by a terrorist.
Maybe there should be a road block on every road manned by a plod with a breathalyser?
You're far more likely to be killed by a spouse than you are by a terrorist.
Maybe the police should put cameras in every room of every house to stop domestic abuse?
You're far more likely to die in police custody than you are as a result of terrorism.
Maybe the security services should crack down on police brutality rather than read my emails?
"shy during the before polls, but apparently not the exit polls?"
Exit polls are conducted differently.
Normally you're asked who you're going to vote for.
But on election day the pollster gives you a ballot paper outside the station and you pop it into a ballot box, just like you've already done a minute or two before.
Therefore, exit polls have the advantage of anonymity.