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Martin Paul Eve
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Principal R&D Developer at Crossref | Lit Prof at Uni of London | Music on tici taci records | My books: books.eve.gd | Personal account.
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"We're designing a system for older, often less able, people. Let's make it so complex that they require help to complete it. In fact, let's make it so complex that the helper needs training to complete it."

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I've long used eXtract ze files (-xzf) as the mnemonic for extraction!

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...and when he looks at you directly, he seems *so* disappointed in you.

Stravinsky raising his glasses and peering at you with a look of suspicion
Stravinsky raising his glasses and peering at you with a look of weary suspicion
Stravinsky raising his glasses and peering at you with a look of suspicion
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We're having a serious slug invasion downstairs, too -- every night we do SlugWatch™ but every morning, they're back!

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That's utterly ridiculous!

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I'm using /Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics/ and it's pretty good at explaining things as though you're not an idiot, but you're also not great at maths.

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Fortunately, I think they are going to sort it and that estimate was wrong... But nobody told me the prescription had an end date! And the delivery company only told me because I phoned them... This all seems quite negligent when you have a lifelong condition and rely on meds.

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Without this drug, I am SO ill. I can't walk, use my hands. I was vomiting just from the pain of lying still. I ended up hospitalised with it. The first person I spoke to at the hospital told me it takes 8 weeks to renew. I can't tell you how panicked this made me.

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This is not a good article

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Here it is:

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Martin Paul Eve
@mpe.bsky.social
Principal R&D Developer at Crossref | Lit Prof at Uni of London | Music on tici taci records | My books: books.eve.gd | Personal account.
868 followers558 following1k posts