Mate, I was genuinely eager to read the post in the Ivory Tower thread after it popped up on my watchlist just there. Imagine my disappointment.
I'm sorry about that, but I wanted to see if I could kick start it. and maybe your post will help. I'm already guaranteeing 5 merits, and the possibility of more from other merit awarders, so I'm not sure that I want to offer more as an incentive. I toyed with the idea of making a sample post myself, and topics I considered were -
- The failing Venezuelan oil industry following the seizure of the State oil company's assets in Cuba. This was as a result of a debt default.
- The ex-IMF prime minister forced on the Italian people as a punishment for supporting 'populism'
- The way key loggers hijack interrupt handlers to harvest keyboard activity.
I decided not to as my two political topics would be rehashes of various Internet videos and postings, and I'm probably about 30 years out of date with my knowledge of interrupt handlers. I could write an article on the path to Brexit, and start the story with the decimation of the railway network under Dr Beeching in the 1960s. That could be a bit long though.
