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Category: unintended consequences

  • Why we should INSIST that years are written in full

    Two missing digits can change the century and corrupt the record A document I received during the evening of 9 September 2026 has a section headed “History”. Its version table dates version 1.0 as 20.08.26. I presume that means 20 August 2026. The date itself does not establish that. Under a year–month–day convention, the same…

  • UK Online Safety Act – A Lesson in “Taking Back Control”

    UK readers: do you see Edmund Blackadder below? Or just a message about the image being unavailable in your region? If you are in the UK and see Blackadder, then the chances are you are either using a foreign SIM in a cellular device (causing your browsing traffic to be back-hauled to originate from your…