@matigo Thanks 10C HQ.
TV quiz question: which former prime minister's name is an anagram of rethatch?
Contestant's answer: Churchill.
@matigo Got a problem with nice.social in MacOS Safari. When I click on 'sign out' in preferences it simply refreshes the page and leaves me signed in. It’s done it several times, once last night and two or three times just now.
I like Confucius’s comparison of educating oneself with the polishing of jade. That’s what it’s like, once you’ve gathered the basics. Too many people just go on accreting more and more clumps of knowledge throughout their lives without bothering to polish it into something sophisticated and beautiful.
@jextxadore I’ve been wondering if the groups of people waving the P.R.C. flag are people who grew up in the republic and came to Hong Kong recently, hence their allegiance, or if they’ve been secretly bussed in from over the border. I suppose the other possibility is that there are native Hong Kong people who think the totalitarian empire is fab…
@peemee Sounds reasonable when they (Americans) say it, but looks unhelpful in number sequence.