I like optimization of all kinds - productivity, creativity, happiness, investing, tea. Former music software entrepreneur; co-inventor of Sibelius

Joined February 2020
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Why do people say “throwing the baby out with the bath water” as if that’s a bad thing???
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An all-time classic
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TIL the position of punctuation marks in ASCII and Unicode was mostly based on the Remington no. 2 typewriter of 1878, which had set the de facto standard for punctuation marks on Shift number keys
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27 Oct 2025
Striking astronomical & statistical evidence of shiny objects orbiting the earth before the space age, and correlated with UFO sightings (as well as nuclear tests)
Wonderful news. 🌟💫✨ Our two new VASCO papers are now peer-reviewed, accepted and published — and they reveal some extraordinary things: - We find statistically significant correlations between short-lived transients on pre-Sputnik sky plates, UFO sightings, and above-ground nuclear tests. - We show a 22σ deficit of transients inside Earth’s shadow — consistent with a fraction of these events originating from solar reflections from flat, highly reflective surfaces in orbit before the human Space Age began. Together with our earlier MNRAS paper, these results form a triptych of new methods to investigate UAP using astronomical data. Three independent high-level journals — and three independent peer review processes. These latest results raise a bold question. And yes… you know which. Press release (Stockholm University): su.se/english/news/unexpecte… Scientific Reports: nature.com/articles/s41598-0… PASP: iopscience.iop.org/article/1…
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An amusing puzzle: Water is to infinity pool as grass is to _________
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🟣 World Happiness Report 2025 is here! This year’s edition, the second to be published from Oxford, presents the latest global evidence on caring and sharing. Read more 👉 worldhappiness.report/news/w…
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Lest there be any doubt about the state of degradation of America: In a fancyish tea/coffee shop in Chicago. Ordered Earl Grey tea with milk. Teapot arrived but no milk. This mystery suddenly ‘explained’ by pouring (examine closely the liquid emerging from the teapot). WTAF?!!
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19 Jan 2025
This review of Deliveroo tells a sorry tale
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Aggressive move by this wikipedia contributor to geometrically visualize the binomial theorem. Oh, do you "have trouble" seeing things in 4D? Sorry that life is so difficult for you. Stop whining and try harder.
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Wow, I did NOT know this: Buddhist logicians had discovered the Gettier problem c. 770 AD:
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Within the Realm (acrylic on canvas - 2016)
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19 Sep 2024
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15 Aug 2024
Surely worth paying more than one millionth of the revenue involved?
You have until Monday to apply to be in charge of the UK's trade with Poland: a top-15 UK trading partner with £31 billion (up 15% YoY) and buffer against Russia. Pay: £33k. Otherwise, a nearby Bill’s restaurant is advertising for a sous chef: £40k civilservicejobs.service.gov…
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Congratulations to Sir John Rutter (@johnmrutter) on his knighthood, years - actually decades - overdue! Though best known for his extraordinarily successful compositions, arrangements and editions, and as a busy conductor, many aren’t aware of the extreme efforts he…
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14 Jun 2024
goes to, often behind the scenes, in promoting choral music and encouraging young musicians across the UK and around the world. (He was also one of the first customers of my company Sibelius, and was very helpful to us, by endorsing the software and giving much useful advice.)
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9 Jun 2024
This uninvited guest outstayed its welcome by 3 hours this afternoon (sound on)
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30 May 2024
Gazelles and their shadows, galloping over the Namib sands. [📸 Solly Levi]
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Farmer & poet
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