@mroach @elizayer Agree! The hardest part of the job doesn't need to be done at a screen and keyboard. I've been known to pace up and down my garden while designing an algorithm in my head.

@derPUPE Brilliant! Reminds me of that optical illusion with three cylinders at one end and two cuboid prongs at the other.

@original_peterm @ilovecomputers I remember that very well. I was briefly a CB user (Bristol, 1970s) and this perfectly summarises what happened. Before regulation it was possible to deal with the selfish people via "direct action" (ahem). After legalisation, the troublemakers had the law on their side and got free rein. It's not a bad analogy for what happened to the internet. The anarchy was at least self-regulating...

@skippingmoonrocks @schratze Yeah I made that mistake a lot when I first moved here (Aberdeenshire) — once I heard their voices I soon figured it out