“If you had looked a Trojan horse in the mouth, Minister, you’d have found Greeks inside. Well the point is, it was the Greeks who gave the Trojan horse to the Trojans, so technically, it wasn’t a Trojan horse at all, it was a Greek horse.”
— Bernard Woolley, The Bed of Nails, Yes Minister Season 3 Episode 5
Some things I noticed 09/16/2020:
- Pythagorean Siphon
- “fall in imports was steeper than exports, which proved to be a boon to the currency as it flipped the Philippines’ currency account into surplus“
- “distinction between citizen army of Rome and mercenary army of Carthage deciding factor in the wars between otherwise equal powers“
- “Facebook’s short-term decisions are largely motivated by PR; priorities of escalations shoot up when others start threatening to go to the press“
- “authoritarian regimes humiliate opposition in the mind of the public so they’re not viewed as a credible or legitimate alternative”
- “Although best based on knowledge available, ultimately I made the decision not to prioritize further; I know I have blood on my hands”
- “do not bring out a black character, market them to be much more important than they are and then have them pushed to the side“
- “It may help some teachers who don’t have a document camera. All you need is a cd, pencil, tape and a quarter“
- “the cylinder packed with servers had a lower failure rate than a conventional data centre“
- Rolling in the Deep, “Kan du inte svara mig?“
- Batzorig Vaanchig, Throat singing
- Benjamin Rich — Albania, “Fidel“