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Is it possible to add cards to shared decks? It looks like I'll have to go back to plan A, which was to create a deck of BSL cards with video clips - but it makes more sense to add cards to an existing deck so other users may benefit.

They are very, very different. I couldn't for example use ASL (American Sign Language) when talking to a BSL user.

Thanks - just done that. It seems to confirm my suspicions that there are only 36 cards in the British Sign Language deck - which is no good to me.

I'm interested in how your statement above ties up with your philosophical/spiritual beliefs. You've previously described yourself as being most closely aligned with Buddhism. And I know how long you spend getting midges out of your car.... Yet, you'll happily slap a steak on the BBQ. Do you...

I've searched and searched, but can't find an obvious way of seeing how many cards are in a deck. The reason for asking is that I've been using the BSL deck that you linked for the last couple of days and I've got no cards to review or learn. Also, I want to study outside of the daily...

Well, I think you can combine self-improvement and habits - so that would be one. As you don't use an Oxford comma when you write, I don't know whether you mean 'Wisdom & Debates', (one topic); or 'Wisdom, and Debates' (two topics). And yes, I am that pedantic. But a debating forum would be...

And yet you eat meat. And fish.

So telling a joke is a physical skill? Yet it's all about language and communication. What makes some people better communicators than others?

I think I am probably more accurately described as anti-theist.

I think they are all suitable topics.

I'd also like to add that hares in the UK are now a protected species, and also a priority species under the UK Post-2010 Biodiversity Framework. And all because of modern farming methods. Unlike rabbits, hares don't burrow, instead making forms (little depressions) on the ground. Countless have...

I personally don't think anything should be off-topic. We are here to participate, debate, learn, expand (well, I am at least) and the more mind-related topics there are, the more chance there will be of learning something new - or thinking about a subject from a different perspective. Though I...

Why is it that some people just can't tell jokes? It's very common.

I pride myself on having a good memory - but as time goes on, I am forgetting the specifics of things and just remembering events and information in a more general way. A good example is jokes. I have never understood people who can't tell a joke well, or remember the punchline, because it's...

I just found this link to an interview I did on Liminal for The Big Issue recently.

I did a double-take when I saw the title. You seem like a reasonable guy. Well, so far 😉

I think Asimov had it covered: A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. A robot must protect its own existence as long as...

Well, if you're heading to cliché-ville, then what about the same idea, but replace the beer with a lightbulb?

Al, that sounds horrendous. I recognise the fight or flight thing. It's caused me to change careers a couple of times. The first time, I worked for the railway in the UK in quite a high position. After an accident where 31 people were killed, I was in a room full of lawyers and loss adjusters...